Personal Makeup Artist For A Top Celebrity - Chapter 001

Personal Makeup Artist For A Top Celebrity
Chapter 001 – A Best Friend’s Betrayal (1)

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During a film shoot in the UK, the rising star Lin Zexi was involved in a car accident, and his life hung in the balance.

As soon as the news reached home, it caused a huge uproar.

Major websites and platforms were flooded with photos of the accident and videos showing him being carried onto a stretcher, his face covered in blood.

Fans stayed up all night in shock and worry.

Many rushed to temples overnight to kneel and pray for his safety, even vowing to eat vegetarian and do good deeds in exchange for his safe return.

Numerous celebrities also posted messages on Weibo*, wishing him well.

*Weibo : A very popular social media platform in China, often compared to a mix of Twitter (X) and Instagram. 

Perhaps the prayers of countless fans were heard, days later, news broke that Lin Zexi was no longer in life-threatening danger and would recover after a period of rest.

Only then did the week-long frenzy surrounding his accident finally begin to die down.

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Capital City. Winter.
A biting cold wind swept through the streets.

The trees had long lost all their leaves, leaving behind only bare, skeletal branches.

Shen Yiyi walked along the road carrying a large bag.

Inside were the latest makeup products she had bought through a personal shopper, this single bag alone cost her an entire month’s living expenses.

That evening, the school would be holding a graduation showcase competition.

Many experienced professionals from the industry had been invited as judges, including the manager of top star Zhang Yuanfan.

In recent months, Zhang Yuanfan’s styling had been heavily criticized and even trended online for all the wrong reasons.

His manager had no choice but to look for a new makeup artist and stylist.

The teachers had already told them in advance, the winner of tonight’s competition would be recommended to become Zhang Yuanfan’s makeup artist.

Shen Yiyi was a devoted fan of Zhang Yuanfan.

She had chosen to study makeup because of him, just to get a little closer to her idol.

That was why she enrolled in this school, which specialized in training makeup artists for the film and entertainment industry.

At that moment, the phone in her pocket began to vibrate.

Shen Yiyi took it out and glanced at the screen, her heart skipped a beat, and she almost dropped it.

“Yiyi, I’ve been scammed. Come save me, Xingyue Hotel, 6th floor, room 6001.”

Le Qi had gone out with her earlier that day.

She had said that a manager from Tianyin Media wanted to meet her, they were looking to hire a new makeup artist.

Shen Yiyi checked the time. There were only 58 minutes left.

“What’s wrong?” Liu Duoduo noticed the panic on Shen Yiyi’s face.

“Duoduo, wait for me, I’ll be back soon.” Shen Yiyi said, hurriedly putting on her down jacket before rushing out.

“The competition is about to start! Where are you going?”

Liu Duoduo’s voice was drowned out by the noise in the makeup room.

Shen Yiyi dashed out of the school gate and headed straight for the subway station.

But on the train, she ran into the evening rush hour.

She tried calling Le Qi several times, but her phone was switched off.

“Come back quickly, the competition is about to start,” Liu Duoduo urged her on WeChat.

“Help me tell the teacher I stepped out for something, I’ll be back soon.”

Shen Yiyi said anxiously, grabbing the back of her head.

Her eyes were fixed on the subway stops as she silently urged, faster… faster…

After getting out of the station, she couldn’t find a taxi.

In a panic, Shen Yiyi broke into a run.

Fifteen minutes later, she finally reached the hotel.

She rushed up to the sixth floor and banged furiously on the door of Room 6001.

“Coming.” a man’s voice called from inside, slick and unsettling.

When the door opened, a short, chubby man stood there with his upper body bare.

Shen Yiyi shoved past him and rushed into the room, only to find that Le Qi wasn’t there at all.

“Where’s Le Qi?” Shen Yiyi demanded angrily at the fat man.

“I don’t know about Le Qi, but I do know you’re prettier than her.”

The man said, his leering eyes sweeping over Shen Yiyi from head to toe.

“Get lost!” Shen Yiyi snapped, suppressing her disgust.

“Heh, feisty little girl… I like that.” He chuckled.

“You study makeup too, right? Spend one night with me, and I’ll save you ten years of hard work. I can get you straight into being a celebrity makeup artist.”

As he spoke, the man reached out to touch her smooth, delicate face.

Shen Yiyi grabbed his hand the moment it came close, twisted it sharply to the right—

“Ah—!” The man let out a pained, distorted scream.

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