Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 538 - 501 Doesn’t Rely on Face (1 update)

Chapter 538: 501 Doesn’t Rely on Face (1 update)

South Island Resort.

On Chen Duoduo’s first day at the resort, a heavy rain began to fall. The weather was not on her side, and the day’s photoshoot had to be called off.

Chen Duoduo decided to take the opportunity to rest well and gather her energy, planning to shoot both days’ schedules the following day if it stopped raining. By then, things would be a bit rushed.

But there was no other way, as her time was money.

She had only allocated one week for this client.

After resting for two days, she would have to attend to her next client.

The next client was in Beijing, and she had to return to Beijing.

Thump, thump, thump—

The sound of knocking echoed at the door. Chen Duoduo tidied her hair and went to answer it.

Chen Duoduo had thought it would be her assistant, but it wasn’t—it was her client, Su Yuanyuan.

In reality, Chen Duoduo’s client was Mr. Xiao. Mr. Xiao was Su Yuanyuan’s patron, and he had booked Chen Duoduo to take private photos for Su Yuanyuan.

Su Yuanyuan was now a model with a little bit of fame in the modeling world.

In their high school years at Chengnan Middle School in Hua City, Su Yuanyuan and Chen Duoduo were the two great beauties whose popularity was on par with each other.

The two extraordinarily beautiful women should have been empathetic towards each other, but Su Yuanyuan, whose parents had died, leaving her to lead a miserable life under someone else’s roof, held nothing but disdain for Chen Duoduo.

Back then, Su Yuanyuan’s father was the head of Huacheng Financing Bank. She was the princess pampered by her parents, with a younger brother who was not as favored as she was; their family valued daughters over sons.

So, Su Yuanyuan truly was the pampered little princess of the Su Family.

Therefore, in her eyes, Chen Duoduo was no more than a beggar.

Why should that little beggar, who was as pretty as she was, not irritate her? And how could a little princess be friends with a little beggar?

Chen Duoduo was ambitious and had good academic performance while she was in school.

Armed with her family’s favoritism and already arranged to study abroad, Su Yuanyuan didn’t even need to participate in the college entrance exams after finishing her senior year. She could just go abroad directly.

So when the teachers criticized her poor grades and suggested she learn from Chen Duoduo, saying that for a girl, beauty alone was not enough without real abilities, Su Yuanyuan began to hate Chen Duoduo.

In her mind, Chen Duoduo’s diligent study was simply out of necessity.

She was just a beggar, so why should she have to learn from her?

However, fate is unpredictable. No one had expected that during their senior year, Chen Duoduo would be adopted by Bai Wei, and Su Yuanyuan’s life would plummet due to her father’s corruption scandal.

The little princess, once only accustomed to enjoying life, was forced to take on the responsibilities of a family.

Although she had thought herself to be the most cherished and important member of her family, her mother ended up forcing her to marry an old man to cover the expenses of her brother’s trip overseas.

All because the dowry offered by that old man was high.

Su Yuanyuan was not happy with this arrangement. Even if she were to rely on a man to live, she wanted someone pleasing to the eye.

Leveraging her God-given advantages, she entered the modeling circle, met many rich and noble gentlemen, and that was when her eyes were truly opened.

Having been confined to the small world of Hua City, she used to believe it was all there was. She thought being the daughter of a bank president was impressive, unaware of the vastness of the world and the multitude of wealthy people.

Indeed, as the daughter of a bank president, she was just one among many.

She was nothing.

After learning to bow down to life, Su Yuanyuan became attached to Xiao Nanqing.

Xiao Nanqing didn’t love her, he just kept her around, amused by her when happy, and could ignore her for weeks when not in the mood.

She also heard that she was just a pawn used by Xiao Nanqing to make the one he truly loved jealous.

These things, Su Yuanyuan knew she had no right to argue over, nor the confidence to be angry about. While she still had some usefulness to Xiao Nanqing, of course she wanted to enjoy all the benefits she could.

For instance, after reuniting with Chen Duoduo in Beijing, a star in the world of photography, she still wanted to best her.

So, last month, after she did something meritorious, Xiao Nanqing asked her what she wanted as a reward, and she said she wanted Chen Duoduo of Duoduo Studio to help her shoot a personal portrait, a full set of outdoor scenes, and she wanted to do it in South Island.

Xiao Nanqing agreed, and he successfully arranged for Chen Duoduo’s services for her.

"Miss Su." The two had been classmates for two years, but there was no camaraderie between them; Chen Duoduo simply treated Su Yuanyuan as her client.

The person she was relying on was Mr. Xiao, and as for the nature of their relationship, Chen Duoduo wasn’t a moral judge, so naturally she would not pry.

"Duoduo, why so formal? We are classmates from Chengnan Middle School, after all. I want to go swimming at the hotel pool; will you come with me?" Su Yuanyuan asked insincerely, treating Chen Duoduo as someone hired for work.

A high-class worker is still a worker, essentially.

"Miss Su, it’s raining today, many outdoor scenes can’t be shot. My advice is not to do strenuous exercise, and I want to rest well. Let’s aim to complete the tasks for both days tomorrow, what do you say?"

"This is a personal photoshoot, not work. Do we need to rush it so much?" Su Yuanyuan wasn’t very pleased.

"But this is my work."

"Fine then, I asked you to swim just so you could relax. If it wasn’t for the fact that we were classmates, do you think I..."

"Duoduo, what a coincidence?" At that moment, Bai Dingyang, dressed in a suit, followed a hotel attendant to the top floor; his room was opposite Chen Duoduo’s.

"Mr. Bai?" Chen Duoduo was indeed surprised; she hadn’t expected that during the big holiday, Bai Dingyang wouldn’t be in Beijing with his family but had also come to South Island.

"..."

When Su Yuanyuan saw Bai Dingyang, her eyes lit up, however, his were glued to Chen Duoduo like superglue.

"We’re all so familiar with each other, are you still calling me Mr. Bai?" Bai Dingyang wasn’t very pleased with Chen Duoduo’s form of address.

"..." Chen Duoduo was too embarrassed to change her words and didn’t speak, her lips moving slightly.

"Mr. Bai, your room is ready; I wish you a pleasant stay," the attendant’s polite script rescued Chen Duoduo from her awkwardness.

"Alright, thank you." Bai Dingyang took the room card and luggage. He glanced at Su Yuanyuan and then looked at Chen Duoduo, "We have a college reunion going on here for a few days. If it fits your schedule, might we travel back to Beijing together after your work is done?"

"...Okay." Chen Duoduo hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

"Great, then I’ll let you be busy; I won’t disturb you any further."

With that, Bai Dingyang opened his door and went inside.

"Duoduo, don’t tell me he’s your sponsor?" Su Yuanyuan leaned in close, her face full of gossip.

"Miss Su, you’re overthinking it. I have a job and can support myself. I rely on my own skills, not on my looks. Sorry, but I won’t be joining you for the swim," Chen Duoduo retorted.

Having said that, Chen Duoduo also entered her room and closed the door.

Su Yuanyuan pouted, "Tsk, what’s so great about that? Skills? What skills? It’s just good luck to be adopted by a powerful woman, isn’t it?"