This is why Chen Siyuan didn't directly confront the Wen family's cloth shop when they were intentionally targeting them.
Thinking about it, she felt she should continue to work hard; she couldn't forget her old profession while away from the capital.
I haven't designed clothes for a long time, and I've also been through a lot.
Chen Siyuan's mindset began to change, and her clothing design style also gradually changed.
In the past, the clothes she designed tended to reflect feminine softness. Just now, she suddenly felt that perhaps women's clothes shouldn't have so many colors and patterns, but rather a single color, and the designs should have some variations.
Thinking about it, Chen Siyuan slowly walked towards Nanguan Street.
She observed everything along the way.
Knowing the target group makes it easier and more direct to observe people.
What she wants now is to design clothes that are not necessarily beautiful, but also practical.
As soon as I arrived at the shop, I saw Chen Luyang walking in from outside, looking furious.
Seeing his expression, I was speechless.
Her eldest brother always wore his heart on his sleeve.
Whether you like it or not, just express it directly.
"Big brother, what's wrong?"
Chen Luyang glanced at Chen Siyuan, but didn't speak immediately. He sat down and gulped down a pot of tea before finally speaking.
"I'm so angry! I saw a lot of clothes on the street that we used to sell. At first, I thought they were from our store, but after I looked at the fabric, I realized they didn't come from our store at all."
"I saw it too."
"Isn't it infuriating? Has Madam Jiang of the Marquis of De'an's mansion gone mad? Her original shop was almost closed down, and suddenly she switched to the fabric business. What's even more infuriating is that she's actually mass-producing the clothes designed in our shop..."
"Large quantities?" Chen Siyuan was furious. She had originally planned to take over Madam Jiang's shop, but now it seemed that the opportunity was gone.
However, Madam Jiang's actions were inappropriate; targeting her directly was extremely annoying.
"You don't know, what's even more infuriating is that they're selling clothes at half the price of ours, and now our shops have almost no business."
Others plagiarize, and they do it so shamelessly.
If Madam Jiang weren't an official's wife, he really intended to take action against such a shameless person.
"Is that so?" Chen Siyuan was not as angry as Chen Luyang when she heard this.
"yes!"
Half price?
"Um."
Chen Siyuan was no longer angry.
She designs the clothes, she sources the fabrics, and she knows the profit margins. If Mrs. Jiang really does this, selling at half price would almost mean she makes no money.
With so many people on your paycheck, why would anyone be so foolish as to make a noise that doesn't make money?
“We’re not in a hurry,” Chen Siyuan said, becoming quiet instead.
She wanted to see what this Mrs. Jiang was up to.
Chen Luyang was still angry. Hearing her words, he looked over and said, "Yuan'er, we can't let people bully us like this."
"In business, there's no such thing as bullying or not bullying; it's all about who can make more money." Chen Siyuan, who was in a hurry to draw the blueprints, was no longer in a rush. While eating some snacks, she saw her older brother, who was already angry, venting his frustration, and then spoke up.
"Brother, why get angry over such a small thing?"
"How could I not be angry?" This was the only place where they could meet openly and honestly. Besides, the two of them had put a lot of effort into this place. They had worked so hard for so long, how could they let someone else steal their achievements?
Chen Siyuan ate her snacks while looking at her older brother and felt that something was wrong with him.
During the years when my elder brother was driven away by Aunt Zhao, he was still a child and experienced a lot. Logically speaking, he should be much more composed than me. Why is it that he can't control his temper at this time?
"Brother, is something wrong?" Only this explanation could convince him. He suddenly remembered when his brother went to the Feathered Clan, Wang Yuyan followed behind. Why hadn't she returned? Could it be...?
Only then did Chen Luyang realize that he had lost control of his emotions and was somewhat out of line. He didn't even dare to look at Chen Siyuan and quickly walked outside.
Chen Siyuan felt even more strongly that her elder brother was hiding something.
"Brother, you still haven't told us what's going on with that batch of fabric?"
Chen Luyang abruptly stopped in his tracks.
Chen Siyuan noticed something was amiss, but pretended not to know. "Was that batch of fabric really sent by the Feathered Clan?"
Chen Luyang gasped for breath, and after making sure he had calmed down a bit, he said, "No."
"No? Who's impersonating me?" Chen Siyuan asked again.
"It's not clear yet, but I've already had someone check."
"Why isn't the eldest brother going?"
Chen Luyang glanced at Chen Siyuan and said, "I'm very busy."
Chen Siyuan smiled, this was more like the older brother she knew, "Big brother must have done it on purpose, right?"
"Um."
Chen Siyuan felt it was about time and spoke up, "Someone is targeting our cooperation with the Feather Clan and deliberately setting a trap for us." Thinking this, Chen Siyuan ate another piece of pastry and looked at her elder brother, "Brother, if they deliberately set a trap for us, they should be planning to kill us. Why haven't they made a move after two people died?"
Looking over, Chen Luyang realized that something was amiss after hearing what was said.
"Big brother, what are you thinking about?"
"You mean the problem is with the fabric?"
"Hmm, think about it, the fabric has a fragrance that has never been seen before, and then someone died. Isn't this obviously a setup? If someone dies, it will be directly attributed to the fabric. Those who sold the fabric won't be able to escape either, and they will eventually find the Feather Clan."
Who exactly did this behind the scenes, and what did they do to allow the final outcome to be covered up so quickly?
"I'm going out for a bit, you don't need to wait for me." Chen Luyang seemed to have thought of something and quickly left.
Chen Siyuan continued making and eating the pastries, but she couldn't taste anything special and asked.
Chunping stood to the side, also thinking about what Chen Siyuan had just said.
Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Someone deliberately sent scented fabric, clearly with ill intentions. Later, someone died, and Chen Luyang was arrested. In the end, the matter was simply left unresolved.
The people at the Wen family's cloth shop didn't pursue the matter further, which is clearly unreasonable.
"Young Madam?" Chunlan thought for a while but couldn't come up with a conclusion, so she simply asked.
Chen Siyuan sighed, "There are too many strange things happening. We need to be careful lately."
The fabric issue was considered resolved, and she wasn't in a hurry to find out the details, but she couldn't let the matter rest.
Thinking about the current plagiarism issue, I can't help but think of that short-sighted Mrs. Jiang.
Without the support of Madam Qiao and Consort Qing, she actually started to pawn her things.
Given how things have become, how could they still have money to buy so much fabric?
At current prices, plus the cost of making the clothes, it could be said that all her efforts were in vain. What exactly has supported Madam Jiang to get to where she is now?
It's yet another mystery.
The problem hasn't been solved yet, and now another one has arisen.
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