Ye Qing looked at Xi Yue in surprise. Because of Xi Yue's words, she thought of the phone call Xi Quan had received before, and the coffee shop with Xi Quan and a woman that she had accidentally seen at the intersection when she came to Qingye Studio.
Ye Qing's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't show it.
After her initial surprise, she looked at Xi Yue with a "don't joke around" expression, actually wanting to hear Xi Yue continue and wanting to know what had happened.
Xi Yue didn't know what Ye Qing was thinking. Seeing Ye Qing's expression, Xi Yue felt that Ye Qing didn't believe her, so she said, "You don't believe me anymore?"
“It’s not that I don’t believe him, it’s that I think you know Xi Quan better than I do. Even if I don’t believe in Xi Quan, you should,” Ye Qing said with a smile.
Her words made Xi Yue feel even more that Ye Qing didn't believe her, so she wanted to tell her what she knew even more. However, even though she was about to speak, she couldn't help but explain for Xi Quan: "I didn't say I didn't believe Xi Quan. It's just that you have to know that Xi Quan is very outstanding. If he doesn't go to others, others will come to him."
Xi Yue's words allowed Ye Qing to follow up without having to think too much about how to respond: "You mean someone has approached Xi Quan? Who is it? Jiang Xinya? His so-called fiancée? By the way, you two used to be colleagues?"
"Of course it's not her. You're making her write an apology statement and all that. Besides, Xi Quan's maternal grandfather doesn't acknowledge her anymore. How dare she be so arrogant and come looking for Xi Quan? Furthermore, if she wanted to find Xi Quan, she wouldn't need to go through Liang Lu. She should have Xi Quan's contact information, right? Didn't she come to your house before?" Xi Yue was a little anxious, feeling that Ye Qing had no sense of crisis at all.
Ye Qing said with a laugh, "Alright, then tell me what exactly happened."
"A woman wanted to know Xi Quan's contact information, so she asked Liang Lu for it, and Liang Lu gave it to her. I almost got into an argument with Liang Lu."
After all that talk, Ye Qing felt that Xi Yue was trying to say that she almost had a fight with Liang Lu, and that it sounded like her relationship with Liang Lu was actually pretty good now, which was a subtle way of showing off their affection.
However, Ye Qing is not concerned about the relationship between Xi Yue and Liang Lu right now.
Because of what Xi Yue had just said, Ye Qing was already very anxious. She was now eager to know who the woman who had taken the initiative to find Xi Quan was and what she wanted to do with him.
Actually, Xi Quan is now a big boss, so it's not surprising that all sorts of people come to him. However, Xi Yue's attitude, combined with what Ye Qing had seen before, made Ye Qing, who wasn't usually so suspicious, start to feel a bit anxious.
"So who is this person who took the initiative to ask Liang Lu for Xi Quan's contact information?" Ye Qing didn't pay attention to how Xi Yue and Liang Lu's relationship was going, and asked about the thing she cared about most.
"I don't know. I asked Liang Lu, but he didn't say."
To be honest, Xi Yue was disappointed upon hearing this. She had laid so much groundwork beforehand, and everyone thought she would definitely say something more, but... that was it?
That's as good as saying nothing!
This made Ye Qing, who was already on tenterhooks, quite disappointed.
However, since Ye Qing hadn't shown much interest in Xi Yue at first, and seemed to have been pushed along by Xi Yue's words to get to this point, Ye Qing didn't want to keep asking Xi Yue. The key point was that even if he did ask, Xi Yue wouldn't know anything.
Ye Qing instantly lost interest. She picked up a pen and scribbled a few lines on the draft she had designed earlier. Then, Ye Qing looked up and asked Xi Yue, "What did you come to see me about? You didn't come just to talk to me about this ambiguous matter concerning Xi Quan, did you?"
“No, but I already told you,” Xi Yue said.
Ye Qing had only asked casually, since she seemed busy and Xi Yue was still there, suggesting she had something to do. However, she didn't say anything, and the two of them remained silent, creating an awkward atmosphere.
To everyone's surprise, Xi Yue said she was fine.
This left Ye Qing unsure how to proceed. If she simply said she had to get busy, it would be tantamount to kicking Xi Yue out. If it were Xu Xiaoyue, Ye Qing could say that without worry, since the two had a good relationship.
But now it was Xi Yue, and the relationship between Ye Qing and Xi Yue was actually quite awkward, so after a moment of silence, Ye Qing thought he should ask, "What did you say you wanted to see me about? My memory has been getting worse lately, what is it?"
Xi Yue initially thought Ye Qing was saying that on purpose, but after staring at Ye Qing for a while, she felt that Ye Qing didn't seem to be doing it intentionally, so she awkwardly repeated, "I came to apologize to you. I'm sorry."
When she mentioned it, Ye Qing remembered that it was about what happened when she was recording the show that day. However, the matter had passed and Ye Qing had almost forgotten about it. She didn't care whether Xi Yue apologized or not.
Seeing that Xi Yue looked very sincere, Ye Qing felt she needed to say something. She said, "There's no need to apologize. I told you from the beginning that I had my own reasons for asking you to participate in the show's recording, rather than because of you. It was more for the sake of Zitai Fashion."
“But now you’re no longer in the fashion world, are you?” Xi Yue muttered. “So let’s just put it on your head. Anyway, thank you, and I’m sorry.”
After saying that, Xi Yue remembered something and asked Ye Qing, "Why didn't you become the general manager of Zitai Fashion? Oh, right, if you don't become the general manager of Zitai Fashion, then Zitai Fashion will continue to invest in the Jin brand. If they don't invest, it will be even more difficult for us in the future."
Ye Qing was initially a bit disheartened, but upon hearing Xi Yue's words, she suddenly remembered something. She put down her paintbrush, stopped pretending to be busy, and earnestly asked Xi Yue, "What was the story behind your collaboration with Li Yeming back then?"
Although Ye Qing's question was a bit abrupt, it seemed acceptable to Xi Yue since she was the one who brought it up first. After thinking for a moment, she answered Ye Qing directly: "It's nothing. You know I like making cheongsams, kind of like collecting them. I've always had them made at her shop, but when I went there, I happened to run into Yang Zi, and I casually asked Li Yeming about her shop's predicament. I thought I still had some money on hand, and the interest from putting it in the bank wouldn't be much, so I invested it in, as a way of helping her."
Ye Qing asked, "Is she really willing? Didn't she hesitate?"
“Of course she’s willing. I signed the contract with Li Yeming before Zitai Fashion. If she wasn’t willing, she wouldn’t have signed it.” After saying that, Xi Yue looked at Ye Qing’s serious expression and gradually realized that something might be wrong. She asked Ye Qing, “Is something the matter?”
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