“You don’t need to struggle anymore. If you hadn’t intended to harm anyone, I would have let you fend for yourself. But now you’ve become a menace, an outrage against humanity.” Ignoring his roars, A Lei continued, “There are things you might not know yet. Xiao Yu will soon be holding a fashion show at the Friendship Hall in Shanghai. Her brand will become world-famous, she will own her own fashion empire, while you’ll be confined to a dark cage, living a life without sunlight. How ironic! You’ve ruined your own prime years and future, and your mother in her wheelchair…”
"Shut up!" Jing Tian roared, followed by a loud bang. The large iron gate shook violently a few times, and then everything fell silent.
He finally had some guts and killed himself in the crash.
The staff watched from a distance, their eyes filled with panic, and dared not come over to intervene.
"When treating this, find a professional. Don't infect others, remember that." A Lei, still worried, reminded him again.
Having not slept well all night and still shaken from the shock, Qin Xiaoyu felt dizzy when she woke up. Thinking about Zhu Xu, she refused to stay home and rest for even a day.
Having no other choice, A Lei drove her to the store.
"How did your discussion go yesterday?" Qin Xiaoyu asked as soon as she came upstairs. Needless to say, the three designers had stayed up all night again.
"It's good that Zhu Xu isn't causing trouble." Master Liang was in a good mood as he poured strong tea for the three of them.
"No more tea! Once we've finished discussing it, go to sleep. Don't worry about your health!" Qin Xiaoyu scolded.
"You'd better do something about this, I'm telling you, I can't do anything about it anymore." Director Fei came up from downstairs, complaining all the way.
"No one is allowed to work overtime today. If you're sleepy, go home and get some sleep!" Qin Xiaoyu gave a firm order. She picked up the folder on the table and quickly went through the selected design drawings. This time, without Zhu Xu's participation in the discussion, the results were more than all the previous discussions combined.
"If you really care about us, then get rid of Zhu Xu," Master Liang said bluntly.
"Hmm, this." Qin Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment before reluctantly speaking, "Let's add Zhu Xu's three outfits this time. We can manage to pick three, right?"
She herself sounded guilty.
"Why? Look at the design drafts from our hometown. There are many that are better than his, but they were all rejected. Why must we use his? Xiaoyu, this is your career. You can't be so indecisive!" Master Liang exploded when he heard this.
"Calm down. Xiaoyu must have her reasons for saying that. Don't get agitated," Factory Director Fei said, stepping in to mediate.
"Sister Man discussed it with me yesterday, and I..." Qin Xiaoyu sighed heavily.
“That Man Aihong is blind. She married that man and treats him like a treasure. I think she’s quite shrewd. How could she be so bewitched? Anyway, I don’t agree!” Master Liang was still stubborn.
Qin Xiaoyu couldn't bring up Man Aihong's private affairs, which put her in a difficult position.
“I disagree as well.” Xu Jingye also had a say, and Jie Wei gave him an approving look.
“I know you all disagree. I disagree too. But we need Man Aihong, she’s a sales genius, so let’s treat it as a buy-one-get-one-free deal, the freebie is…” Qin Xiaoyu felt the strange looks from everyone and a chill ran down her spine.
She turned around abruptly and found Man Aihong and Zhu Xu standing at the top of the stairs.
The words had already been spoken and couldn't be taken back. Qin Xiaoyu looked at Man Aihong with apologetic eyes, hoping to gain her forgiveness.
“We’re not beggars, we don’t need a buy-one-get-one-free deal. We can live just fine without you!” Zhu Xu’s face was ashen as he turned and pulled Man Aihong away.
"Don't go, Sister Man!" Qin Xiaoyu chased after her.
"Zhu Xu, Xiao Yu didn't mean it that way, you've misunderstood." Man Aihong also held onto Zhu Xu, preventing him from opening the door.
Seeing this, Director Fei hurriedly urged Xu Jingye and Master Liang to come up with a solution, but the two of them remained silent.
"Didn't Boss Qin just say that Zhu Xu had three good fashion designs? How did the negotiations fall apart? Is there some misunderstanding?" Jie Wei said loudly on purpose, his hands not stopping as he quickly found three barely acceptable drafts among Zhu Xu's discarded drafts.
Master Liang snorted but didn't say anything.
Zhu Xu stopped immediately upon hearing that three outfits had been selected.
"Are three sets selected? Which three sets? Let me see them quickly." Man Aihong's acting skills are really good. Her face is full of surprise, just like the real thing, and she runs upstairs.
Factory Director Fei had already come downstairs and was dragging Zhu Xu upstairs. She was tall and strong, and Zhu Xu was no match for her. He reluctantly went up to the second floor.
Qin Xiaoyu let out a long sigh and rolled her eyes. It seems the old adage "don't talk about people behind their backs" is really true; thank goodness she got into trouble.
"Why choose these three? This isn't even my best work," Zhu Xu muttered, looking at the design drawings.
“It can be modified, it can be modified.” Jie Wei was smooth-talking and immediately pulled him to sit down, and the two began to discuss it.
Seeing that everything was alright, Qin Xiaoyu gave a wink, and Master Liang and Xu Jingye had no choice but to go downstairs.
"I told you to go to sleep, no more overtime, get out of here!" Qin Xiaoyu chased them away, afraid that she might say something wrong and add fuel to the fire, so she wanted to calm things down first.
"Little fish, I'm sorry to have troubled you." Man Aihong lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I was so careless with my words, Sister Man." Qin Xiaoyu took her hand and led her out the door.
"Don't worry, Xiaoyu, I will repay you double. I can make up for all his losses." Man Aihong waved the cloth bag in her hand.
"Are you leaving again?"
“Yes, there are still a few counties left to cover. I’ll go out and cast another net.” Man Aihong’s face regained its confident smile. Whenever she talked about her business, she was the most confident person in the world.
"Sister Man, don't make yourself suffer while you're out here. I saw your expense report last time, and you spent too little on accommodation and food. You're working so hard, so don't worry about the money anymore. Don't make yourself suffer. Just eat and stay, and I'll reimburse you for everything." Qin Xiaoyu felt sorry for her beloved assistant and was afraid that she would make herself suffer.
“I’m not picky about food, I’ll feed you anything you like, you can go in now.” Man Aihong said and strode towards the bus stop.
Qin Xiaoyu watched her retreating figure, feeling an indescribable pang of heartache. Fate had been so unfair to this young woman.
She thought of Tang Wenwen again. Tang Wenwen, far away in the north, probably didn't know that last night, she had overcome the biggest hurdle in her life. Jing Tian wouldn't hurt her and Xiao Zichen anymore; that was something to be thankful for.
With the promise of these three outfits, Zhu Xu finally calmed down and focused on revising his design drafts. He didn't even need anyone else to make the sample garments; he sewed them out himself on the sewing machine, which can be considered quite diligent.
Qin Xiaoyu could only sigh, thinking that this person truly loved the design industry, and why was God so blind?
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