Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 242 - 244: The Promised Photoshoot

Su Xingyu has always been good at recognizing people. She scrutinized him for a few moments and quickly recognized him: "You’re Mr. Jason from the M.J fashion show last time, right? Ouyang Yi introduced us back then."

"Miss Su has a really good memory." Jason said, "Then you should know what I’m here for today."

Although Su Xingyu was a bit surprised by his appearance, it wasn’t completely unexpected. She said, "You mentioned last time that once I become famous, I’d be qualified to shoot for Ouyang Yi."

"Miss Su is indeed a smart person," Jason laughed. "So now we can talk about it. How about finding a place to sit down and chat?"

Su Xingyu hesitated for a moment, remembering Lu Shifeng’s ban on getting too close to Ouyang Yi. However, they had agreed that work-related contacts were fine. She quickly looked up at Jason and said, "Sure."

Not everyone could land an endorsement for M.J, and photographers were carefully selected as well. But with Su Xingyu’s current qualifications, it was not an issue at all.

The two quickly settled the time, location, and shooting requirements in a street-side café and signed the contract.

As Jason was putting the contract back into his briefcase, he asked her, "Miss Su, this is my first time collaborating with a photographer from Blade Group. Doesn’t Blade Group mind you taking freelance jobs on the side?"

This was something he was quite curious about. Most photographers freelanced, but they didn’t have long-term contracts with companies, only signing separate temporary ones like they were doing now. However, Blade Group’s photography center was different; photographers there had formal employee onboarding and social insurance, making private freelancing a bit sensitive.

Su Xingyu hadn’t considered this. After a moment of blankness, she said, "I don’t think so? If that’s really the case, then the set of photos I took for Xiaoling would also be problematic. Xiaoling wasn’t the model we hired then."

Jason didn’t know the details about the Xiaoling photos. Hearing her say this, he felt relieved: "That’s good. I don’t want to use a false name. If it’s to be credited, I want it to be your most popular name."

Su Xingyu nodded understandingly. Each place has different requirements for photographers. M.J obviously demands a combination of true talent and fame.

When she got home, over dinner, she thought for a while and decided to tell Lu Shifeng about it: "M.J has invited me to shoot photos for Ouyang Yi."

"No." Lu Shifeng said without thinking.

Su Xingyu argued reasonably: "You clearly said last time that I could collaborate with Ouyang Yi on work-related matters."

"That was then; things are different now." Lu Shifeng replied smoothly, "Back then, you hadn’t joined Blade Group yet. Now that you have, you’re part of Blade Group and are not allowed to take freelance work outside."

Su Xingyu was dumbfounded. How come he didn’t say that when she took photos for Xiaoling earlier?

"You... you’re being such a double standard," Su Xingyu struggled, refusing to give up, "The set of photos of Xiaoling was beautifully shot. She posted it on Weibo, indirectly promoting Blade Group."

"Promotion?" Lu Shifeng continued eating, his voice somewhat indifferent, "Blade Group’s business doesn’t rely on the public. Our family deals in high-precision instruments, with most income from the government, large commercial groups, and even organizations like the mafia. As for consumer cameras, that’s just a small portion."

Su Xingyu was not reconciled: "But last time when I shot Xiaoling it was also freelance, and you didn’t mind!"

"That was Blade Group’s involvement in an environmentally themed advertisement," Lu Shifeng said steadily, "not considered freelance."

What a beast!

Su Xingyu was fuming, whispering angrily at him: "I’ve already signed the contract with them!"

"So you took action first and report later?" The man squinted dangerously.

Su Xingyu shrunk her head in fear, summoning the courage to plead softly: "Shifeng... please let me go."

"I’ll pay your breach of contract fee." The man was unmoved.

"You’re too domineering!" Su Xingyu was about to explode again, "Then you saying I could photograph Ouyang Yi was just empty words?! Joining Blade Group wasn’t my wish. You forced me. Did you plan to nullify the terms regarding Ouyang Yi all along?"

Lu Shifeng was silent, realizing she was quite smart to figure out the crux of the matter so quickly.

The girl before him looked like an angry little rabbit, her crystalline eyes seriously staring at him, her entire being bristling.

Well, he might as well let her have her way this once.

So, the man nodded graciously: "Just this once, not to be repeated."

"Great!" Su Xingyu immediately cheered up, "Lu Shifeng, I know you’re the most understanding!" When she’s happy, she’ll say anything flattering...

Watching her joyful smile, Lu Shifeng’s mood inexplicably improved a lot. At some point, this little wife of his was slowly affecting his emotions...

A few days later, Su Xingyu carried her gear to the designated shooting location.

Ouyang Yi was delighted to see her, breaking through a circle of makeup artists with a big smile, "Long time no see, Xingyu. It’s really hard to see you nowadays."

Su Xingyu also felt apologetic. Although Ouyang Yi often went to Cloud Magazine, and her Blade Group was just a street away from Cloud, they hadn’t met for a while due to avoiding suspicion.

"As compensation," she said, "I’ll make a special effort for this shoot to capture you in the most perfect way possible."

"Even more perfect than Xiaoling’s last set?" he joked with her, helping to move her gear to the reflector.

Su Xingyu tilted her head slightly: "You have different styles. You’re more..."

"More what?"

"More like a peacock." Su Xingyu teased without mercy, referring to Ouyang Yi, who was quite the playboy.

"You saying that will hurt my feelings." Ouyang Yi exaggeratedly clutched his heart but didn’t seem hurt at all. Instead, the few jokes cleared the air, and the awkwardness of not seeing each other for a while vanished, bringing them to a very natural interaction state.

Su Xingyu was indeed an outstanding photographer, and Ouyang Yi was a world-class model. Working together, they often understood each other’s thoughts with a single look. Normally, a six-photo set could take hours to shoot, but with Su Xingyu, it was completed in two hours.

The person in charge, Jason, reviewed the photos, finding them stunning and flawless. He greatly praised Su Xingyu and called it a wrap.

As the group disassembled the equipment and drank bottled water, Ouyang Yi changed back into his regular clothes and approached Su Xingyu with a charming smile: "How about grabbing a coffee together?"