Zhao Mei closed the door quickly, saying goodbye to her own chill, and pulled Qiu Jiahe, who was sitting in the reception area playing with his mobile phone, and the two of them left Mingzhao Investment.

After getting on the elevator and pressing the 18th floor button, they arrived at Xu Yan's clothing studio. As soon as they got off the elevator, Zhao Mei and Qiu Jiahe thought they had arrived at the scene of a horror movie.

The empty office space, looking inside from the elevator, only had dusty desks and tilted office chairs. The floor-to-ceiling glass doors and walls were shattered and cracked, with almost no intact parts. There was no light source at all, only the light from the billboards shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the buildings on both sides.

As soon as Qiu Jiahe got off the elevator, he wanted to leave. He huddled around Zhao Mei's arm and asked in a trembling voice, "Meili, what are we doing here... It's so scary..."

Zhao Mei pulled out her phone with trembling hands, turning on the flashlight. She was also quite frightened. "Of course I'm here to get your costumes... Sister Xu Yan moved her studio here from the clothing store, but she clearly told me she had finished decorating it!!"

The two of them carefully avoided the various foam plastics, red banners and broken glass on the ground with flashlights. They were even frightened by a doll costume lying on the ground. Finally, they saw the light coming out of a half-open door at the corner in front.

Leaning closer, she noticed the room was getting brighter. The room itself was spacious and bright, but Zhao Mei couldn't discern any signs of renovations beyond the brighter glow. Miscellaneous office supplies were still scattered across the floor, and the desks and chairs were all over the place. The only noticeable difference was that it was a bit cleaner.

So when Zhao Mei saw Xu Yan opening the door and coming in from the other end of the room, the first thing she asked was: "Is this what you called the decoration completed?" At this moment, Zhao Mei finally deeply empathized with Huo Cailiang, and her blood pressure soared rapidly.

Xu Yan hesitated slightly when greeting, holding her hand in the air, not knowing whether to continue. Qiu Jiahe was still hiding behind Zhao Mei, and Zhao Mei's expression was not very good, but she hesitated for a long time and finally told the truth.

"Isn't the point of decoration to make it workable?" Xu Yan smiled and scratched his face. "I decorated my previous shop the same way."

Zhao Mei felt like she was going to strangle someone out of anger: "Wasn't the decoration of your previous clothing store very beautiful?"

Warm wooden decoration, warm yellow lighting, and various small decorations. Although it was also a mess, I must remember it correctly, right? Zhao Mei looked at the mess and even began to doubt her memory.

Xu Yan looked up and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Ah, that store was like that when I bought it. The odds and ends I found here were brought back from my travels." She smacked her lips as she spoke, "I think this place will get better after I visit it a few more times."

Zhao Mei was speechless with veins popping out. "Sister Xu Yan, you'd better not hire anyone yet. I'm afraid someone will come here and think they're applying for a haunted house NPC position. I'll ask Zhao Jing to find someone to redecorate it for you later."

Xu Yan, who started rummaging around on the table again, didn't care: "Okay, no problem, of course it's Boss Zhao who has the final say." Soon, Xu Yan took out a bag from somewhere and said, "Put everything else aside for now, Jiahe, come on, try on the clothes first."

Qiu Jiahe looked around at the ground, which was bare, and took a hesitant step forward. "...Do I really have a place to change clothes?"

Xu Yan pulled her over and said, "You must have it. Just follow me."

Zhao Mei followed the two of them to the room Xu Yan had just left. It was indeed much cleaner inside than outside. At least there was no dust on the floor, and there were even two carpets laid.

Qiu Jiahe was visibly relieved. He closed the door and quickly changed his clothes. After coming out, Xu Yan and Zhao Mei both looked at him with praise.

"I have to say it has the flavor of the character in your drama." After watching the rehearsal, Zhao Mei had a deeper feeling for Qiu Jiahe's role and a deeper sense of identification with the design of this dress.

"Sure enough, Sister Xu Yan's craftsmanship hasn't deteriorated, even after several years. Look at this pattern, this sewing skill, wow, it's amazing." Xu Yan compared the design draft to the clothes, occasionally deleting and revising it. "It's just that this dress has only been able to be improved to this extent in recent time... I feel like there's still room for improvement... But it doesn't seem necessary..."

Seeing Xu Yan immersed in personal intoxication and unable to extricate herself, Zhao Mei and Qiu Jiahe looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

Seeing that Xu Yan was still immersed in improving her design, Zhao Mei took this opportunity to slip away: "Sister Xu Yan, you don't have any clothes for me to try, right? Then I'm leaving?" At the same time, she hinted to Qiu Jiahe with her eyes, asking her to change her clothes quickly and leave.

Just as they were about to leave stealthily, Xu Yan suddenly woke up and looked up. "Wait! As a studio owner, it's unethical for you to run away so quickly. I finally caught you this time. I have several freshly made designs here. Come and try them on me."

Zhao Mei could only turn her head back stiffly and swallow the bitterness in her mouth: "...Okay?"

Qiu Jiahe, who was standing by, showed a helpless look as he watched Zhao Mei being dragged into the hut by Xu Yan.

As expected, two hours had passed when Zhao Mei came out again. Xu Yan, who was still not satisfied, would have held her down for another two hours if Zhao Mei hadn't protested by pressing her hungry chest against his back.

Zhao Mei pulled Qiu Jiahe away from Xu Yan's studio as quickly as if she was avoiding a disaster, and she didn't want to hear Xu Yan say regretfully that she would come again next time.

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