Jin Yin answered casually.
"They were selling counterfeit goods and got shut down. Remember to bring the clothes back in a couple of days for a refund. We absolutely cannot let this kind of person ruin our city's reputation!"
"Fake? What do you mean? These clothes can be real or fake?"
"Of course, all the wool they use is fake; the Chu family uses real wool."
"Oh, I really liked their clothes, what a pity, what a shame!"
Jin Yin glanced at her and chuckled.
"What's there to regret? There are plenty of clothes in the world. If we can't buy from her store, we can't just buy from someone else."
"You've never been to the Golden Crane store, have you? If you had, you wouldn't say something like that."
The clothes in that store are so beautiful and fashionable! I heard even movie stars come here to buy them!
Forget about whether it's real or fake, as long as it looks good, that's all that matters.
Jin Yin sneered repeatedly, finding it utterly absurd.
Fake is fake, and selling counterfeit goods should be punished! Otherwise, this city would be taken over by these outsiders!
The next day, Jin Yin went to school and subconsciously glanced at that spot in the corner.
Sure enough, Jin Shu hadn't returned even though class had started.
Chu Dong, who had been paying close attention to Jin Shu during this period, noticed it immediately and became absent-minded, turning his head to look at her every now and then.
"What's wrong? Still hung up on your old flame? You're that concerned about her?"
Jin Yin taunted as she organized the books.
Chu Dong immediately asked.
"Classmates, who wouldn't be curious if you didn't come to class? Everyone's very curious."
As soon as he called out, everyone gathered around. They all felt that Jin Shu and Jin Yin had some connection after all, and if Jin Shu wasn't there, Jin Yin must know something more or less.
Sure enough, you could tell from her expression that she knew.
"Why ask? I can't talk about her affairs. It's very serious. It would be wrong for me to talk about her casually."
Someone urged anxiously.
"Serious? What happened? Tell us quickly, the truth will come out eventually, if you don't tell us sooner or later."
"I'm in a difficult position because of you. Fine... I can tell you, but please don't spread it around, otherwise it will greatly affect Jin Shu's reputation."
After much hesitation, Jin Yin recounted the whole story.
"What?! Jin Shu sold counterfeit goods to make money?! She got arrested?! And she's going to jail?!"
The three questions were enough to show how shocked he was.
"No way, I never thought she was this kind of person. If you don't have money, you should earn it honestly. How could you sell counterfeit goods!"
"Even her background is fake, so what's wrong with selling counterfeit goods? Isn't that normal?"
"How long would she have to go to jail? We've all graduated from university and she's still in there, right?"
After a heated discussion, Jin Yin lowered her eyes and sighed, looking helplessly at Chu Dong.
“I don’t want to see her like this either, but the fact that she’s selling counterfeit goods will be exposed sooner or later. It’s still not too late to get her to turn back from her wrong path.”
Chu Dong's expression was complicated, but reason told him that this matter was beneficial to the Chu family.
But deep down I still feel a little regretful.
After all, a relationship of more than ten years can't be severed so easily.
"She's quite capable. She has good grades and a good design talent. If she hadn't gone astray, she could have worked at Chu's."
Chu Dong sighed, his face full of displeasure.
Upon seeing this, Jin Yin's eyes dimmed slightly.
"Is designing clothes difficult? I see that the clothes she sells are all based on foreign styles."
"Not every piece of clothing from abroad sells well. People in our country have their own aesthetic sense. If it were that simple, our Chu family would have been all over the country by now."
Jin Yin's face was tense, and her lips were almost pressed into a thin line.
On her way home, she made a special trip to the bookstore to buy a lot of fashion magazines. These magazines came from all over the world, and the women in them dressed in their own unique styles, looking quite fashionable and beautiful.
"What's so difficult about it? Just buy some fabric and sew it together."
She went to the tailor shop and bought some fabric according to the colors and styles of the clothes in the book. When she got home, Liao Lin saw Jin Yin carrying bags and bags of things. She took off her apron and poked her head out to ask.
"What did you buy? So much of it?"
"Mom, can I borrow your sewing machine? I want to make something."
"A sewing machine? Do you know how to use it?"
"You can teach me if I don't know how. Didn't you teach Jin Shu before?"
Liao Lin found it rather strange.
"Jin Shu? Why did you suddenly decide to learn this?"
"If Jin Shu wants to learn, then she can; but if I want to learn, then I can't?"
"No... Mom didn't say you couldn't learn it. Why would you learn this when you should be focusing on your studies? It will interfere with your studies."
Liao Lin followed Jin Yin to the guest room, where a sewing machine was placed.
"Did Jin Shu's studies suffer when she was studying? She didn't, so why do you think I would have suffered?"
Liao Lin frowned, looking at Jin Yin in front of him, feeling exhausted.
“If you want to learn, then learn. Why keep bringing up Shushu? She’s interested in sewing machines, so I’ll teach her. If you’re interested, I’ll teach you too.”
Jin Yin sat in front of the sewing machine, head down, choking back tears.
“But when I wanted to learn over the past ten years, I didn’t even have a sewing machine. How could I learn? You’re my mother, why did you have to teach Jin Shu so many things? And now I don’t know anything!”
Liao Lin felt both helpless and heartbroken upon hearing this.
Her daughter had indeed suffered, and she was trying her best to make amends, carefully avoiding mentioning anything about Jin Shu.
But she still couldn't let go of it, so Liao Lin had no choice but to put aside his chores at home and teach her how to use a sewing machine.
"Twist the thread here, thread it, and after threading, fold the garment in half where you want to sew it, and push it forward along the needle tip without stopping your foot..."
"Ouch—it hurts!"
Without her noticing for a second, blood gushed from Jin Yin's finger.
Liao Lin quickly helped her deal with it and comforted her.
"Beginners are all like this, don't rush it, just practice slowly for a few months using some scrap fabric."
"A few months? When will I be able to get my clothes made? A few months is too slow."
"Why do you want to make clothes? These things can't be rushed. I studied for several years back then, let alone making clothes. Take your time, there's no rush. We don't rely on this to make a living."
Jin Yin felt a lump in her throat. After learning the basics, she sent Liao Lin out to do other things and then started sewing clothes based on the pictures in the magazine.
The clothes were finally made, but the crooked fabric and centipede-like stitching made them unrecognizable, let alone being worn. They were so bad that you wouldn't even recognize them as clothes if you threw them on the ground.
She was furious and stomped on the clothes on the ground with gritted teeth.
It's all Jin Shu's fault!
It's all her fault!
If she hadn't stolen my life, she would be the one easily making beautiful clothes now!
Now, she has to start all over again, like a clown throwing a tantrum at herself!
Fortunately, Jin Shu has reaped what she sowed; she is finally going to pay the price for the life that wasn't meant for her.
This can be considered a form of compensation for the victims.
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