Walking out of the Zong family’s estate, Aunt Yu looked at Lin Xichen in her arms. “We’re going to the supermarket. Can you not tell your mommy and grandma about coming here today?”
She had told them that they were going to the supermarket. If she did not buy anything back, she was afraid that Zhuang Zijin would get suspicious.
Furthermore, there was no conclusion about this matter yet. If Zhuang Zijin and Lin Xinyan knew about this and stopped the testing, she might never know what the truth was for this.
Although they had avoided him when discussing the test, Lin Xichen had still realized it and it made him uncomfortable.
He pursed his lips. “Are they suspecting me?”
Aunt Yu shook her head. “No.”
Lin Xichen smiled with an obvious look of disbelief on his face.
Aunt Yu explained, “The reason why your mommy isn’t telling your daddy who you are is because she’s mad at him. That’s why we have to use the evidence to convince him.”
That sounded logical. Lin Xichen looked up into the sky. “I don’t know if mommy would be angry if she knows about it.”
“Do you want mommy and daddy to be together and live as a family of four?” Aunt Yu asked him.
Of course.
Ruixi looked happier nowadays.
He wanted a family where there were mommy, daddy, grandpa, and grandma. That would be the perfect family.
Aunt Yu smiled. She knew that he understood.
She carried him into the car and went to the supermarket. After the supermarket, they went home.
While Lin Xinyan and Zong Jinghao were not back in the afternoon, Zhuang Zijin let the two children play in the room. She plucked Lin Xichen’s hair and found Zong Jinghao’s hair in the bathroom, then gave them to Mr. Feng.
“Master said to take care of the two children.” Mr. Feng said to Aunt Yu.
He could not appear before the results were out, just in case his appearance raised questions. He could only come when the results were out.
“Tell Master to not worry, I’ll take good care of them.”
“That’ll be good.” Mr. Feng took the hair and left.
Aunt Yu returned to the villa.
It was like their meeting had never occurred.
Time flew by, and soon, Lin Xinyan’s LEO boutique in Country Z had start operating.
Early in the morning there were several cars coming that brought dozens of flower stands. They lined the entrance of the store.
Qin Ya, who was in a purple dress, was stunned. Who was the one who sent all these flower stands?
She ran over to ask the people who were moving the flower stands. “Who sent these?”
“We’re just working. We don’t know who sent all these. You can look if the cards have names on it.”
Qin Ya did not see any names, that’s why she went to ask them. “Never mind.”
She walked into the store. There were clients who would come because of Mrs. William, and she had to check what other preparations she had not done yet. However, she had only taken one step before another car stopped outside the store. The person came down from the car and started moving the flower stands from the car to the store.
The flower stands this time were a lot too. They were the big and colorful ones.
Soon, the flower stands crowded the storefront and the pathway outside the store.
Qin Ya walked over. This time, there was a card in the flower stands—Shen Peichuan.
Unlike Su Zhan, Shen Peichuan had given his name when the florists asked for the sender’s name.
It was Lin Xinyan and they were Zong Jinghao’s best buddies. Naturally, they would have to support her publicly to let others know there is someone behind this shop owner.
Qin Ya understood who had sent these. She looked at the flower stands that lined all the way onto the road and sighed. “What a spectacular sight.”
The opening has not officially started, and it was already so “merry”.
Mrs. William was also wearing formal attire. She wore a royal blue suit and her hair was up. This time, she wore a set of emerald jewelry. She looked graceful and elegant.
Ellen’s hands were holding onto a bag of clothes as she followed her into the lounge. Lin Xinyan was checking the decorations at the lounge and making sure that nothing was out of place. The lounge was spacious; on the right were drinks and desserts, on the left was an exhibition for the opening, and in the middle was a walkway. There would be a catwalk later to show off LEO.
Although Lin Xinyan had no connections in the country, she had a certain level of reputation in the industry. Combined with Mrs. William’s connection and LEO’s reputation, there would be many attending the opening today.
“Lin.” Ellen called to her.
Lin Xinyan was adjusting the clothes on the “model” when she heard Ellen’s voice and turned to face her. She asked, “Yes?”
She handed her the bag. “For you.”
Instead of taking it immediately, Lin Xinyan asked, “What’s this?”
“You’ll know when you see it.” Mrs. William said with an elegant smile on her face.
Lin Xinyan remained curious and took the bag. She placed it on the table and opened it. In it was a dress she was familiar with, because she was the one who designed it.
It was her award-winning design— “The Beginning”.
When He Ruilin and Zong Jinghao were about to get engaged, they bought this dress. Why was it here now?
She looked at Mrs. William with confused eyes. “This is…”
“Someone asked me to hand it to you.” She did not tell her who asked her to hand it to Lin Xinyan.
Lin Xinyan was about to continue asking but Ellen, who knew that Mrs. William did not want to answer, cut her off. “Quickly wear it. The time’s almost up. You’ll have no time to wear it when the crowd comes in.”
Lin Xinyan hesitated and Ellen pushed her into the staff room. “Hurry up, stop hesitating.”
Lin Xinyan was now in the staff room, but still she made no move to wear the clothes. In a panic, Ellen moved to take off her clothes. “Seriously. You need to wear your own design so you can show off the true value of it.”
Unable to withstand Ellen’s “violence”, Lin Xinyan said, “I’ll wear it myself. Please go out.”
Ellen was still worried as she said, “Hurry, or else the crowd will come soon.”
“Okay.” Lin Xinyan answered.
The door closed. She looked at the clothes on her hand. It was just a dress but sewn in it was her dream. She once had a dream to become a famous fashion designer.
Later on, she thought that she no longer had the chance to become one. Perhaps fate decided that she had been too cruel to her, so now she was here.
Knock knock.
“Lin, are you done?” Ellen did not leave. She had been standing by the door. When she heard no sounds coming from inside, she knocked onto the door to rush her.
Lin Xinyan said half-heartedly, “Soon.”
“Hurry up. There are guests who have arrived. You’re the spotlight of today. She would be the one in charge of the shop from now on.
She was the main character in the show today.
Naturally, she would have to socialize with the guests coming today.
Lin Xinyan looked at the time and hurriedly changed her clothes.
She was not wearing any makeup, but her skin still looked fair and delicate. She casually put her hair into a bun with strands dangling around her ears. She looked feminine.
Pink was the color of naivety. It was gentle and pure like a newborn baby, simple and cute. This was why she had chosen this color for her work, The Beginning.
It represented youth.
She had never thought that she would wear this dress ever.
Looking at herself in the mirror, she fell into a momentary trance.
Knock knock.
“Lin, hurry up, the people are here.”
“Alright.” Lin Xinyan opened the door to find Ellen standing in front of her. When Ellen saw Lin Xinyan, she could not help herself but said, “Lin, you’re looking too good.”
Lin Xinyan gave her a look. “Have I always been ugly?”
“No.” Ellen’s eyes were looking at her from head to toe and in her light blue eyes was surprised.
Ellen was a citizen of Country A but she knew how to speak Country Z’s language since her schooling days. That was why Mrs. William had told her to help Lin Xinyan here.
She could help with the communication.
Including her, the shop now had three designers. Although Qin Ya was now able to take on clients by herself, having only three designers was a little stressful for them. They had one front desk clerk, one receptionist, and two dressmakers. They might need to hire more in the future.
Lin Xinyan returned back to the topic. “Let’s go.”
“Alright.” Ellen walked beside Lin Xinyan. “I saw the people who arrived. They’re all handsome men!”
