Office Girls Episode 12

I'm trying to kiss up to DramaFever right now, and it's there where you can watch Office Girls.

 

This was a nice little episode, full of warm fuzzies and laugh out loud moments, despite the cartoon sound effects. Even Bitch Mandy managed to bring a smile to my face.

 

It's three o'clock in the morning. Xing Ren finally goes out to see what Zi Qi wanted. He's asleep on a bench. Xing Ren is trying to wake him up when his cell phone lights up with a new text message. Turns out there are other people awake at 3 a.m.  The text is from Kai Er (who is listed on his phone as "Pretty Kai Er") and Xing Ren can't help but read the message. In it Kai Er explains about that night she wore his shirt and went up to the girls' apartment. She apologizes and hopes they're still friends.

 

Xing Ren wakes Zi Qi up and he also starts to explain about that night. Xing Ren stops him and says she believes him. (Well of course you do now that you've seen Kai Er's text.) While the two playfully spar out on the patio, Moma Shen peeks out and watches them with delight.

 

The PB counter opens for business and is an instant success. Everybody's wearing PlayBoy. As our store characters congratulate Yu Cheng Feng, his maybe-ex girlfriend Wei Mi Na shows up. She announces she no longer wants PlayBoy's counterspace. However, she does make the request to have Shen Xing Ren design a new counter for the Yu Cheng Feng brand. Xing Ren tries to point out she's in sales, not design, but her boss Shi Te Long overrides her and gleefully loans her out to Mi Na.

 

Moma Shen comes by the store to drop off some homemade wine to Te Long. She mentions she'd like to go see Danshui and Te Long, thinking to be helpful, orders Zi  Qi and Xing Ren to go with her. Once there, Moma Shen knows to make herself scarce and announces she'd rather walk around by herself. This leaves Xing Ren and Zi Qi to have a day together on a not-date. He attempts to play a sharpshooter game in order to win her a stuffed bear. He doesn't hit a single balloon so he ends up buying the bear for an inflated price. While they're out and about, Zi Qi gives her a key to his apartment.

 

Meanwhile, back at the office, after Shi Te Long wakes up from his afternoon nap, the remaining sales people discuss the new makeup samples. One sample is of a lip gloss that includes a mirror and an LED light so women can apply their makeup in the clubs. Te Long flashes back to being trapped in the elevator with Le Le and how she confessed to being scared of the dark. This would be perfect for her. He takes the sample and runs Le Le down to give it to her. Although she at first sneers that he's giving her a sample product, she doesn't turn down anything for free. She still won't get into an elevator with him, though.

 

That night Xing Ren receives a video message on her phone from Zi Qi, who is downstairs in his apartment. He speaks through the stuffed bear, telling her what a great guy Zi Qi is and she had better grab him. Xing Ren sends a video message of her own. She pretends her stuffed bear is Zi Qi and she abuses the poor toy for a bit. Yet at the end she smiles and wishes him a good night. This is enough to make Zi Qi happy.

 

The next day at work Wei Mi Na swings by to grab Xing Ren so they can talk about the new counter. Talk as in Mi Na goes to get a massage as Xing Ren stands there uncomfortably. She shows Mi Na a design but the businesswoman doesn't like it. Doesn't Xing Ren have any other alternatives to show? Xing Ren gets a call from Zi Qi and she admits things aren't going very well. He offers to come to the spa and handle Mi Na. He shows her some popular designs being used in France. If Mi Na sees something she likes, they can adapt it to make it their own. Mi Na turns her nose up at the idea of plagiarizing. (People, it's a counter. How hard is it to design a counter?)

 

At the store Le Le goes into the women's restroom and is in a stall. Next to her a pervert is peeking over the top. Eww. Le Le screams, which Shi Te Long hears from outside. He runs into the bathroom to confront the pervert. The guy happens to trip and fall against a post, knocking himself out. Le Le comes out of the stall and Te Long takes all the credit, comforting the crying girl.

 

But for every step he takes forward he gets knocked back two. Turns out they're still having those special team meetings and Le Le practically ignores Te Long in favor of Michael, Cheng Feng's assistant. Kai Er is apparently out on vacation. Te Long and Zi Qi ask Cheng Feng how should a difficult client be handled as they describe (but don't name) Wei Mi Na and her behavior. Cheng Feng replies this is a good question and that's what the two teams will be working on for the next presentation. The teams have been mixed up so now Zi Qi and Xing Ren will be working together.

 

Xing Ren is in her apartment going through several design books (again, it's just a counter!) and Zi Qi volunteers to help her. They work throughout the night. Moma Shen silently watches them with glee. Yet as she turns around to head off to bed she suddenly grimaces in pain and grabs her side.