He was staring at her intently at that moment.
Overflowing with worry and anticipation.
Those eyes, which she had depicted countless times in her memory, now appeared clearly before her eyes, deeper and more passionate than she had imagined.
Shen Zhiyi stared at him blankly.
“Xie Huaiyang…” she paused, a smile spreading across her lips, “Long time no see.”
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
Xie Huaiyang froze instantly.
All the tension and unease dissipated in her gentle voice.
A surge of heat rushed to my eyes without warning.
His vision blurred, and he quickly turned his face away, raised his hand, and rubbed his eyes hard with the back of his hand.
The movements were hasty and clumsy.
When she turned back, her eyes were red-rimmed and glistening with moisture.
“Baby…” He knelt down, took her hand, and tried to force a big smile, trying to recapture the rebellious and unruly spirit she remembered, but his voice trembled and was hoarse as he said:
"haven't seen you for a long time."
...
It took Shen Zhiyi a few more days to recover and readjust to the world of light.
Before being discharged from the hospital, Xie Sili came to see her.
"Zhiyi, I'm about to return to Beijing. I wanted to ask you if you'd be interested in going back with your brother?"
“I have visited your perfume studio and smelled your work. If you are willing, you are fully capable of becoming a perfumer for our group.”
“We need a unique fragrance to help us return to the fragrance market, and you also need a bigger stage to showcase your talent and create a fragrance that the public will love.”
Shen Zhiyi shook her head and declined, saying, "Brother Sili, thank you for your kindness."
"However, what I want to make is not a mass-market perfume that conforms to the market, but a perfume that can express oneself and has a soul."
“I want to create my own brand and find a small audience that can appreciate me.”
Joining such a large corporation inevitably means sacrificing your own preferences and expression to cater to the majority of people in order to gain benefits.
She didn't want to do things that "won't make mistakes".
She wants to be herself.
Xie Sili paused for a moment, then said, "I forgot to tell you, this business line has been taken over by Xie Huaiyang."
“If you come back to Beijing with me, you can work with him for the rest of your life and be together every day.”
"I can take care of you at all times and make sure nothing else happens to you."
"Don't you want to go with him?"
“She doesn’t need to come with me.” Xie Huaiyang pushed open the ward door, walked in with a carefree expression, sat down next to Shen Zhiyi, took her hand, and looked at her intently.
“I followed her.”
He knew that she had been trapped in darkness for too long and longed to pursue a broader and more vibrant narrative.
He will protect her dreams.
Wherever she goes, I go with her.
"Then how do you plan to save the group's perfume business?" Xie Huaiyang asked disapprovingly. "Can we meet our targets by staying in Mu City?"
"Why not?" Xie Huaiyang raised a slight eyebrow.
“I have the technology, and the group has stable raw material suppliers. As long as Bao Bao is willing to collaborate with me to launch a perfume that belongs to both of us, we can definitely revive this business line.”
He turned to Shen Zhiyi and said in a soft voice, "Baby, would you like to collaborate with me?"
This is a collaboration.
Her studio will appear alongside the Xie Group.
They appeared side by side.
She did not belong to him; it was he who, of his own free will, followed her, approached her, and shamelessly clung to her.
Shocked, Shen Zhiyi couldn't help but feel worried.
Is this appropriate?
Why would such a large conglomerate like Xie's collaborate with her unknown studio?
It seems like a fantasy.
"Why is it inappropriate?" Xie Huaiyang's lips curled into a lazy smile, but his eyes were bright and he stared straight at her. "She looks like a gentle and harmless little white rabbit, but she used tremendous energy to save a big gray wolf that was on the verge of death."
"Such a dramatic event is a huge selling point in itself."
"Someone will pay for their story."
Shen Zhiyi felt her face flush.
What big bad wolf, what little white rabbit...
His statement was as inexplicable as he was...
But irresistibly, she was moved.
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