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A few days later, Bai Yulin needed to go out to meet Li Rou as they were going to the studio for a photoshoot. It was for the endorsement of the perfume company.

It was a famous perfume brand for women. And just about one year ago, Ji Haishan acquired this company as part of his subsidiaries.

This season, they were going to launch a new perfume collection for youth. Especially younger girls who were still studying in school.

This company's perfumes were high branded and of course, they were expensive. So the company launched a campaign to distribute limited edition coupons to almost 100 lucky girls in chosen schools around the country.

Consequently, this campaign was positively received by the public and their brand became even more famous. Not only working, career woman used their perfume, even teenagers were able to.

And so, Bai Yulin was chosen to become the face of this collection.

At this very moment, Ji Haishan was pacing about there and forth in his room when he heard Bai Yulin knocking from outside. He looked at the door but he was reluctant to open it.

Having lost her patience, Bai Yulin shouted "Ji Haishan come on! You're going to be late! Please save my face and go down now! Li Rou is waiting!"

Ji Haishan was having an anxiety attack. He didn't want to be photographed! He didn't like it! He wasn't ready!

Aghhhh!! Why?? Why did he decide to do this?!

"Ji Haishan! My career is on the line! Please think about me!" Bai Yulin was desperate. She didn't know that Ji Haishan would act like this once it was his turn to help her out.

"Ji Haishan, come out!!" she knocked on the door again, having exhausted all of her idea to get him to come out.

A few minutes later..

The door was opened. Ji Haishan's sweat-trickled face was seen from the very corner of the door. He still didn't show himself fully.

Bai Yulin was fuming "What the hell is going on?! Why are you scared?!"

"Well- I can't help it! I'm a very private man! I can't have my photos taken just like that!" Ji Haishan reasoned, face red as cherry.

Bai Yulin's jaw almost dropped "What are you talking about?! It's MY face that they're going to take photos of- not YOURS!"

Ji Haishan pulled on his hair and grunted "No.. I'm not used to this!"

"What the hell, Ji Haishan! We agreed on this, remember?" Bai Yulin toned down her anger and sighed.

Then she added "I thought I'm the only one who couldn't act- but you're even more hopeless! You couldn't take pictures!"

Ji Haishan swallowed his pride and didn't say a word. He also didn't know why he was suddenly feeling like this.

He thought he was ready to become the Bai Yulin everyone knew. He thought he was better at this than Bai Yulin. But alas..

"But.. but, the attire.." he choked then continued.

"The attire for this photoshoot is ridiculous! I'm a 26-year-old man! How do you expect me to wear something like that..! A high school sk- skirt?!" he felt all his life force gradually depleting.

Bai Yulin shook her head and said "Gosh.. Ji Haishan. That's normal. We're endorsing a perfume collection for young girls."

It went on and on for another half an hour until Bai Yulin practically forced Ji Haishan into the car. She was the one who pulled him towards the elevator and pushed him out.

Li Rou was too angry she didn't even talk to 'Bai Yulin' even once. She just continued driving until they arrived.

When they were finally at the set, Li Rou heaved up a sigh. She turned to face 'Bai Yulin' and said "If you mess this up, I'm going to kill you."

Ji Haishan just nodded helplessly. He didn't have the energy to rebuke her words. They were already late because of him.

The director greeted them and asked for the photographer's attention. He also told Li Rou that they were going to do a short clip for the launch caremony.

Li Rou nodded in agreement. Then she told 'Bai Yulin' to go and change.

Ji Haishan didn't know what to do but thank goodness there was a makeup artist calling his name. So he went to that person.

Once he was in the changing room, he was forced to wear the girly school uniform. Ji Haishan forced himself to smile when the person in charge of costumes handed him the clothes.

Ji Haishan had never worn skirt before. After he changed body, he always wore Bai Yulin's pants like trek suit, pajama pants, streetwear pants, and jeans.

He even went as far as buying different kinds of women's pants such as dress pants, bell bottoms, and Palazzo. As long as they were pants, he didn't care!

'Damn it..' he cried silently as he went to change.

After changing, the makeup artist snatched him away and began dolling him up. Ji Haishan wasn't accustomed to people touching his face and putting on strange foundation on him but he relented.

He had to! He ain't got no choice! Nay, nay!

Soon after that, Ji Haishan was sent to the shooting area. At first, his overall posture was awkward and bad. Li Rou had to explain to the director that 'Bai Yulin' was in a car accident just recently so she needed time to get used to things.

The director was a good man and he understood. He even told 'Bai Yulin' to take her time. Despite his heavy heart and uncomfortable situation, Ji Haishan faked a smile and asked for a few minutes. He planned to focus on the task at hand so that he could go home faster.

And if there was one thing Ji Haishan was good at- that was to reach for competency.

He didn't like to lose.

He also didn't like to be called incompetent.

So, he did whatever it took of him to focus and walla~! The shoot was finished rather easily!

Next, it was a video shoot for a short clip. Ji Haishan went to change clothes again. In this video shoot, Ji Haishan needed to change clothes for five times!

And this time, rather than a school uniform, Ji Haishan wore sportswear and a school jersey, as an indication for one smell from the youth collection: The Daisy.

Another clip was taken with Ji Haishan wearing glasses and a formal prefect attire. It was a smell for another perfume: The Magnolia.

For the third time, Ji Haishan wore casual outing clothes and the setting was at a karaoke, a place young girls loved to visit after school. This setup stood for another different smell: The Sunflower.

Next, Ji Haishan wore simple white shirt and a slack pants. The setting was at home: The Tulip.

The last shoot was when Ji Haishan wore a pink prom dress. This was the last smell from the youth perfume collection: The Rose.

It took them almost three hours to finish and when the shoot was done, Ji Haishan was called to see the creation phase. As the model himself, he needed to see and decide whether he would like to take another shot or not.

Ji Haishan went towards the director and there were some videographers and photographers flocking at the same place. They were totally immersed in the video and photos they took.

Ji Haishan propped his head near the screen of the computer, and his eyes widened slightly. To say that he was surprised was an understatement.

He didn't know anything about Bai Yulin's job. He thought it was simply taking photos and smiling at the camera lenses.

But he knew it wasn't just that when he saw the screen. All of the five clips taken just now were merged into one. And the final product was beautifully edited by professionals.

In clip one, Ji Haishan was seen full of determination at the starting line of the school's marathon, wearing a head band and a school jersey. While in clip two, the scene changed to that of the heavy atmosphere inside a student council's room. Ji Haishan was seen giving a speech as the president.

Then the next scene changed again where Ji Haishan was laughing and talking in a karaoke room, seemingly having fun. Another scene came out where Ji Haishan was seen greeting someone home.

And the last one was what caught other's attention the most. Ji Haishan was shyly descending the podium as the most beautiful girl at the school prom party.

'So this is.. what her job is..' Ji Haishan was amazed for the first time ever.