"Muse has decided to hold a public audition to select an endorser. This process and its outcome are guaranteed to be fair and just, because we have no need to gamble Muse's reputation."
"Miss Qin Yiran, let me tell you straight, the endorser I initially chose was Ming Ge."
"However, she suggested this audition herself."
Madam Melody's tone softened, yet it was suffused with an overwhelming pressure as she quietly asked, "If Ming Ge had been willing to accept the invitation to become the face of Muse Perfume from the outset, this audition would never have happened."
"—Do you understand, Miss Qin Yiran?"
Spoken softly and elegantly, with composure.
Yet each word struck like a slap across Qin Yiran's face.
Qin Yiran's face flushed with a mix of anger and mortification, "..."
