Chapter 126 Peeping
Chu Qingxue asked softly as she sat down on the swing next to Mo Yan.
Under the night sky, with stars twinkling, a man and a woman sit on a small swing, a scene that looks like it came from a beautiful and romantic shoujo manga.
“I went to my studio in Jiangning today,” Mo Yan said.
Chu Qingxue feigned surprise, but in reality, she wasn't surprised at all.
The last time she met Mo Yan, she deliberately said that Jiang Ning was her competitor at LD Jewelry Fashion Week, precisely to get Mo Yan to cause trouble for Jiang Ning.
“I brought Miranda with me.”
"Miranda...is that the fashion world's big shot, the editor-in-chief of 'Radiance'?" Chu Qingxue blinked her innocent big eyes, secretly delighted.
Everyone knows that Miranda is particularly picky, so it's likely that Mo Yan wanted Miranda to find fault with Jiang Ning so that Jiang Ning could be disqualified from participating in LD Jewelry Fashion Week.
"So... what did Miranda say?"
Chu Qingxue asked cautiously.
Quickly tell them that Jiangning has been disqualified by Miranda...
Tell me quickly!
Her inner expectations were like the floodwaters of a river during the rainy season.
Although she was well-prepared and confident for this LD Jewelry Fashion Week, having no competitors was ultimately the most advantageous and safest option for her.
Especially in front of Lu Junyan.
If she shines at LD Jewelry Fashion Week while Jiang Ning is disqualified, she will impress Lu Junyan even more, allowing her to obtain shares in the Lu Group before Jiang Ning.
That night, her mother talked to her a lot.
Fan Yali learned from Chu Qingxue that Lu Junyan had once wanted to transfer 10% of the shares of Lu's Group to Jiang Ning after the divorce.
Although things didn't work out, there's always a chance that things might change.
Fan Yali believes that Chu Qingxue must first acquire the shares of the Lu Group, regardless of whether Lu Junyan has divorced Jiang Ning or married her.
Mo Yan remained silent for a long time.
“That Jiang Ning… is probably not easy to deal with. Miranda seems to admire her quite a bit.”
"What?!"
Chu Qingxue exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I lost my composure."
Chu Qingxue awkwardly tossed her hair, inwardly feeling dissatisfied with Mo Yan.
Miranda was brought there by Mo Yan, but instead of disqualifying Jiang Ning, she actually created more opportunities for him. Wasn't that just making things worse?
She also subtly inquired whether Mo Yan had secretly seen Jiang Ning's designs for the LD Jewelry Fashion Week in Jiang Ning's office, but Mo Yan hadn't seen anything.
What a piece of trash!
Chu Qingxue didn't want to waste any more time with Mo Yan, so she made an excuse to leave, leaving Mo Yan alone on the swing in the cold wind.
The swing made a creaking sound.
Mo Yan felt that Chu Qingxue was somewhat different tonight.
It was different from what he remembered.
During the time Jiang Ning was in the workshop repairing the emerald, he sat at Jiang Ning's desk.
There are blueprints on the desk.
Although they are all sketches, neither completed nor yet revised, Mo Yan guessed that "breaking out of the cocoon and becoming a butterfly" should be the jewelry theme that Jiang Ning prepared for the LD Jewelry Fashion Week.
He could have told Chu Qingxue about it.
But he didn't say it.
Mo Yan didn't know why either.
That night, he didn't leave the swing.
I thought about it all night, but I couldn't come up with an answer.
That night, Lu Junyan did not leave the general manager's office.
After waiting all night, the divorce agreement submitted by Zhou Yu and his team was still deemed unacceptable.
Jiang Ning didn't go home that night.
The next day, Gu Qian was the first person to arrive at work.
Because he went out to buy supplies yesterday, Jiang Ning told him he didn't need to take a detour back to the company and could just leave work directly. So he took a nap at home yesterday, which restored his energy a lot. He got up early today and arrived at the company early as well.
After clocking in, Gu Qian realized that there were other people in the office besides him.
"Jiangning? You... arrived even earlier than me?"
Gu Qian realized something was wrong as soon as he asked the question, and changed his mind: "You wouldn't... not have gone home all night, would you?"
Jiang Ning yawned and rubbed his dark circles.
"Work makes me happy."
Gu Qian was both amused and exasperated.
"Has some kind of last-minute order arrived?"
"No, it's still for LD Jewelry Fashion Week."
"Huh?"
Gu Qian tilted his head.
"Wasn't the theme for LD already decided a long time ago?"
"Yes, it was originally planned..."
Jiang Ning couldn't help but sigh.
She and Gu Qian chatted as they went out to find a place to have breakfast. Unexpectedly, they ran into Pete downstairs at the Zhongqing Building, so the three of them went to a dim sum restaurant together.
"Jiang Ning, do you know that last night, for the first time ever, Miranda actually asked me to have a late-night snack together?"
Jiang Ning could tell from Pete's words that this late-night snack was probably related to her.
“Miranda knows you used to work for me, and she asked me a lot of questions about you. I noticed the ring on her right middle finger; that must have been designed by you!”
"Um."
Jiang Ning was somewhat surprised that Miranda hadn't thrown away the synthetic emerald ring after leaving her studio.
She briefly explained to Pete the background of designing the ring yesterday.
"No wonder, she admires you so much."
“I don’t expect her to appreciate me, I just hope she doesn’t disqualify me for no reason.” Jiang Ning smiled wryly. “But thanks to Miranda’s encouragement yesterday, I realized that the design theme I originally planned to showcase at LD Jewelry Fashion Week… is indeed a bit too common.”
"So you're going to change the theme at the last minute?" Gu Qian was shocked.
Jiang Ning nodded.
"But the deadline for submitting samples is fast approaching!"
Gu Qian disagreed with Jiang Ning's last-minute changes, which would mean starting from scratch and wasting all the previous efforts. Not to mention whether there would be enough time, inspiration would also be limited by tension and urgency.
Although Pete previously disliked Gu Qian because Gu Qian had been a corporate spy sent by Chu Qingxue, this time he shared Gu Qian's opinion.
However, Jiang Ning seemed determined, and both Gu Qian and Pete thought Jiang Ning was incredibly stubborn when it came to design inspiration.
"Oh, and let me remind you again. I don't know where Chu Qingxue heard that you did the design for Miranda, but she's been secretly contacting Miranda through Lu Junyan. Just today, I heard that Chu Qingxue is holding a private jewelry design exhibition in the VIP art hall of the DJ Art Museum. She didn't invite many people, which is obviously to curry favor with Miranda."
After listening to Pete's words, Jiang Ning fell into deep thought.
The person who brought Miranda to her studio yesterday was Mo Yan.
This suggests that Mo Yan and Miranda are quite familiar with each other.
Mo Yan is also Chu Qingxue's friend, and Chu Qingxue can get to know Miranda through Mo Yan.
However, Chu Qingxue did so through Lu Junyan.
Jiang Ning shook his head, not understanding why he was getting hung up on this.
Chu Qingxue is about to become the new mistress of the Lu Group, so it's only natural that Lu Junyan would help her with any needs she might have.
"Anyway, whatever Chu Qingxue does, it won't change my determination to change the theme at the last minute."
Jiang Ning cheered himself up.
"Stay up all night again tonight."
"Don't ruin your health first."
Pete, concerned for Jiang Ning, casually reached out and patted Jiang Ning on the shoulder.
His hand lingered on Jiang Ning's shoulder for a little while longer.
In the end, they took it back.
That night, Jiang Ning did indeed stay up all night at the company again, but Gu Qian was also there.
Gu Qian didn't say much, but quietly helped Jiang Ning organize the information so that Jiang Ning could find inspiration more quickly.
Around four in the morning, he and Jiang Ning couldn't stay awake any longer and slept for a little over an hour. When they woke up, they found someone had sent them a WeChat message—
It is Chu Qingxue.
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