Cloudside Café

The Tenth Cup of Coffee Part 1

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In early May, Little World had an update to the main storyline.
The staff at Zhicheng Studio was busy all day, and they had to be on guard against their boss, who had been more erratic and unpredictable lately.

After working nonstop for two weeks, Jiang Ying could not take a break until the Labor Day holiday.

During previous vacations, Jiang Ying usually went everywhere around the world with Shen Xuan.
They went to any city they wanted to go to.
But at the beginning of this year, Shen Xuan found out she was pregnant, and her ambitious plans could only be temporarily set aside.

It was also good to take her vacation at home.
Jiang Ying planned on taking advantage of the Labor Day1 holiday to make up for her lack of sleep.

She was woken up by a phone call early in the morning on the first day of the holiday.

Jiang Ying felt for her phone, “Hello?” Her eyes were still closed,  she was still half asleep.
“Who is it?”

“Sister! Help!”

“Jiang Yuanyuan?” Hearing her cousin’s voice, Jiang Ying thought she was in trouble and  instantly became awake and sat up.  “What’s the matter?”

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Jiang Yuanyuan complained on the phone to her, “I was stood up by the model! Everything is ready now, but she told me she can’t come.”

When Jiang Ying heard this, she fell down, and pulled the blanket around herself.
“Then why are you looking for me?”

“Sister,” Jiang Yuanyuan called out pleading.
“Can you help me and be a model for me for one day?”

“Me? I can’t.” Jiang Ying’s voice became smaller and smaller, as if she could fall asleep again at any time.

“You can help me~ It’s just taking two promotional pictures.
It’s very simple, help me~” Jiang Yuanyuan squeezed her throat and imitated a spoiled Taiwanese girl’s accent.

Jiang Ying was unmoved.
“I want to sleep.”

“What damn sleep! Your sister’s ass is on fire!” Jiang Yuanyuan’s simple tricks didn’t work, so she went harder.
“Sister, if you don’t help me, if you really don’t help me, then I will tell the uncle that you are a chain smoker and go to bars often.”

Jiang Ying took a deep breath.
“Are you threatening me?”

“Help me, sister, the photographer is here, and so is the male model.
I was already busy during Labor Day since I made plans with someone today.
If you don’t come to help me, then it’ll really be all over for me!”

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There was silence on the other end of the phone, and Jiang Yuanyuan knew that her sister was about to compromise.
She struck the iron while it was hot and used her trump card: “Today’s model is soo handsome, you won’t regret it!”

Jiang Ying: “…Come and pick me up.”

“I love you! Muah muah muah muah!”

Jiang Ying hung up the phone.
She rubbed her head to try and wake herself up.
She reluctantly washed up and changed clothes.
She was just done putting on a layer of sunscreen when Jiang Yuanyuan arrived with a bunch of energy.

In the car, Jiang Yuanyuan first gave Jiang Ying a warm bear hug.
After seeing her face more clearly, she pushed away in disgust.
“How come you haven’t put on makeup?”

Jiang Ying rolled her eyes.
“Where do I have the time?”

Her eyebrows were there, and she was not ugly without makeup.
But, she looked pale.
She had dark circles under her eyes from working overtime, so now she looked haggard.

Jiang Yuanyuan took out her cosmetic bag from her bag and patted Jiang Ying’s face without any explanation.

“Fortunately, it’s fine to shoot JK ​​today with light makeup,” Jiang Yuanyuan said while drawing Jiang Ying’s eyebrows.

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Jiang Ying was sleepy and closed her eyes to make up for her lack of sleep.
She didn’t care what Jiang Yuanyuan said and only gave a half-hearted “yeah”.

There were many vehicles around on Labor Day, and traffic was bad.
The drivers slowly moved forward.
Ten minutes later, they were still on the road.
Jiang Yuanyuan anxiously waited, but Jiang Ying didn’t mind being stuck like this, so she slept a lot for a while.

When Jiang Yuanyuan woke her up, Jiang Ying had finished a short dream and looked confused.

She wanted to rub her eyes, but Jiang Yuanyuan stopped her.
“Don’t rub your eye makeup.
There are mints in my bag, you can have one to refresh yourself.”

“Oh.” Jiang Ying took a mint and stuffed it into her mouth.
She felt that the surrounding area was a bit familiar.

She got out of the car and saw Jiang Yuanyuan take out the clothes needed for today’s shoot from the trunk—a white blouse, a fancy bow tie, and a colorful plaid skirt.

Jiang Ying sensed something was wrong.
She opened her eyes more.
She pointed to the pile of clothes and asked, “Today you want these for the shoot?”

“Yeah, JK has been very popular recently.
What do you think? Isn’t it pretty innocent?” Jiang Yuanyuan said, shaking the skirt in her hand with a face full of expectations.

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Jiang Ying only felt dizzy from all the colors swaying, and her brain crashed.

When Jiang Yuanyuan’s online shop had just opened, she couldn’t afford to hire a model.
She would ask her cousin, Jiang Ying, to help with the shoots.

The clothes that were going to be put on the shelves had a soft, elegant style or a sweet, sexy style.
These were styles that Jiang Ying could put on.

But the girl’s high school uniform was obviously out of her range.

Suddenly, the cool mint taste alerted her senses.
Jiang Ying woke up and looked around.

The delicate and warm room, the familiar decoration in the shop, and the logo hanging on the white wall beside the door, the blue sky background, and the elegant white characters—“Cloudside”.

 

Footnotes

Chinese Labor Day is about five days long