At the sight of the woman's burned face, Ning Shile frowned and instinctively looked away. Su Jinyu... how could he do something like this?
As he was thinking, the kitten in Ning Shile's arms meowed and jumped down. Bai Qiongyu's gaze followed it the whole time, and then he hurried off after the cat.
"You're... that young actor who played an extra last time?" a voice suddenly asked. Ning Shile looked toward it and saw a vaguely familiar middle-aged man standing before him.
Their eyes met. The middle-aged man seemed to notice Ning Shile's confusion and explained with a smile, "It's me, the director from when you and another young man came to our set as extras and the horse got spooked."
That jogged Ning Shile's memory at once. He hurriedly dipped his head and smiled. "Oh, it's you. What a coincidence."
"Yes, what a coincidence." The director looked Ning Shile over carefully and nodded to himself.
Last time, the kid had smeared fake blood all over his face, making it impossible to tell what he looked like. Seeing him today, the director found him handsome and fresh-faced, with very likable features.
With a stylist to spruce him up, he would definitely stand out.
"Speaking of which, how's that friend of yours?" The director couldn't help adding, "I told you to come find me for reimbursement, but you never did. I sent you a message on WeChat, too, and you didn't reply."
WeChat?
Ning Shile was confused for a few seconds before realization flashed in his eyes.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Ning Shile remembered now. He had indeed seen the director's message, but after opening it, something else had come up. By the time he finished dealing with that, he had completely forgotten about the director.
Feeling terribly guilty, Ning Shile