"You're a unique girl, capable and thoughtful. I really admire you and hope to see you more often in the future." Muchen felt that this was a bit abrupt, and added, "What I mean is that seeing more of your drawings in the future will really inspire me."
Ai Xiaoxia could understand Mu Chen's excitement a little bit. After all, she was also a designer. When she encountered a bottleneck, she would be very happy if she had an inspiration. And this time Mu Chen really helped a lot.
She said, "I'm glad to be able to help you, but thank you so much this time. I'll treat you to a simple meal at noon."
"I'm treating you. I haven't thanked you for the help you gave me before."
"We are helping each other, so don't be polite."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I'll treat you this time, but you can treat me next time, right?"
"Then I will refuse it disrespectfully."
Muchen gave all the materials about the bath center to Ai Xiaoxia, and asked Ai Xiaoxia to wait for him at the door. He asked for leave from his boss and came out half an hour early.
Afterwards, Muchen took Ai Xiaoxia to a restaurant near their unit. They often ate there and the food was delicious.
Ai Xiaoxia was not picky about food, so she ordered two signature dishes, which didn't cost Muchen too much.
While eating, Ai Xiaoxia told Muchen some of her knowledge about architecture.
In her previous life, when she was a graphic designer, she also made many brochures for real estate, so she had some understanding of it.
She said that these were really useful to Muchen. The more Muchen listened, the more excited he became. There was light in his eyes when he looked at Ai Xiaoxia.
After dinner, seeing that it was getting late, Ai Xiaoxia said goodbye to Muchen and went to Lingyuan Hotel.
When she arrived at Lingyuan Hotel, she gave all the materials to Sun Qiang.
Sun Qiang didn't expect Ai Xiaoxia to complete all the formalities so quickly. He said to Ai Xiaoxia in admiration, "Sister-in-law, you really impressed me. I said Brother Shen has good vision. This is really great."
Ai Xiaoxia smiled and said, "Thank you for your compliment. We'll have many opportunities to make money together in the future. I have many more ideas. After the bath center opens, we'll go into the catering business. In the future, we'll strive to become a well-known domestic chain brand."
Sun Qiang nodded repeatedly: "If someone else said this, I would think it was bragging, but since my sister-in-law said it, I believe it."
"Then I don't care about these drawings anymore. I'll give them to you. I'm going to the department store again to buy some wool and knit a sweater." Ai Xiaoxia wanted a white sweater, but the ones she bought didn't look the same as she imagined, so she planned to knit one herself.
"Xiao E is resting today, so you can ask her to go with you so she can have some company." Sun Qiang said.
Ai Xiaoxia was quite happy: "Then I'll go find Xiao'e. You're busy. If you have anything, call Lu Jingshen and ask him to tell me. We can't just take the money and not do anything."
"I understand, sister-in-law. I promise to come to you first if I have any problems in the future, because there is nothing you can't solve." Sun Qiang is now absolutely convinced of Ai Xiaoxia.
"Okay, stop praising me, or I'll become arrogant. I'm leaving." Ai Xiaoxia said goodbye to Sun Qiang jokingly.
Sun Qiang saw Ai Xiaoxia out the door.
Ai Xiaoxia went to Fang Lan'e's dormitory to find her and went to the department store together.
With money in hand and business now under her belt, Ai Xiaoxia no longer had to be so frugal. She bought a lot of wool and also brought some for Li Shaofen and Lu Lin. This season was the perfect time for knitting sweaters. After finishing the farm work, she had nothing to do, so she just sat on the kang and knitted sweaters while talking.
Fang Lan'e bought a piece of clothing. She hadn't bought new clothes for many years. This time, she used her own salary to buy clothes she liked. It felt great.
She didn't go to Lu Jingshen's place today and missed lunch time. If she went there again, it would delay Lu Jingshen's work, so she went home directly.
When she got home, she just walked to the door when she heard Zhang Caifeng's voice in the room: "Uncle and aunt, I'm not lying to you. Ai Xiaoxia really has an unclean relationship with Jiang Qingru. I have a friend who works in the hospital. She saw it. Why don't you believe it?"
Li Shaofen said without hesitation: "We know Xiaoxia's personality well. You don't need to instigate. You are not welcome in our home. Please leave immediately."
Zhang Caifeng was unwilling to give in and continued to pull Li Shaofen: "Auntie, do you think this is just empty talk? Someone said that there is something wrong, right?"
Ai Xiaoxia walked in and grabbed Zhang Caifeng's hair from behind: "Are you done yet? Am I being too kind to you?"
Zhang Caifeng struggled with her hands in pain, trying to push Ai Xiaoxia away. "You, you're angry because I exposed you? Are you trying to kill me to silence me?"
Ai Xiaoxia turned Zhang Caifeng towards her, looked at her and asked, "What's your friend's name? Let's go to the hospital and find your friend and confront him face to face."
Zhang Caifeng didn't dare to go because she heard that Ai Xiaoxia and Zhang Tingting had a quarrel in the hospital. She and Zhang Tingting were relatives, so she went to find Zhang Tingting and they came up with this solution.
She could only say, "You know I can't betray my friends, so you said that on purpose, right? Let me tell you, Ai Xiaoxia, there's no such thing as an impenetrable wall. Do you think you can keep your story a secret?"
Ai Xiaoxia slapped Zhang Caifeng twice, then grabbed her by the collar and said to Lu Guojiu and Li Shaofen, "Mom and Dad, please accompany me to the West Courtyard. I can't tolerate this. After all, this is a slander against my reputation. I must get an explanation from their family today. In order to clear my name, I must also take your parents to the hospital to confront them and make them apologize to me and Vice President Jiang in front of everyone."
When Zhang Caifeng heard that Ai Xiaoxia was going to their house and taking her parents to the hospital to confront and apologize, she was really scared. Her father had a bad heart and was a proud man. If she did this, he would be very angry. After all, she knew very well that this was all made up by Zhang Tingting and it was not true at all.
Although she had a vicious heart, she was still filial. Of course, she knew that if this matter got out of hand, it would be bad for her reputation.
Before, she saw that Ai Xiaoxia was also concerned about the relationship between the two east and west courtyards, and thought that Ai Xiaoxia would not go to their house to find the elders because of the neighborly relationship between the two families for so many years. She didn't expect Ai Xiaoxia to be so determined this time.
She tugged at the door frame. "Ai Xiaoxia, we live in the east and west courtyards. If you tear our relationship apart like this, how will our two families interact in the future? We'll see each other every day. Don't you have any consideration for your elderly family members at all?"
Ai Xiaoxia knew that Zhang Caifeng was not that cunning. If she dragged her out of the room, she would confess. Of course, she also guessed that Zhang Tingting must have said something to her, but she had no evidence, so she had to wait for Zhang Caifeng to tell her.
So she dragged Zhang Caifeng out and said, "I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. So what am I afraid of? Besides, whoever ignores this matter will be embarrassed. Our family is upright and aboveboard. What are we afraid of? Let's go and ask for an explanation."
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