After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 86

Chapter 86: I Like You, Huai Xing.

Jingcheng’s thunderstorm season hadn’t arrived yet. The afternoon sky was clear and transparent, and the not-so-scorching sunlight gently covered the entire golf course.

A gentle breeze blew, creating fine waves on the neatly trimmed lawn.

Chu Wantang, wearing a white sportswear and a pearl-white hat, stood on the lawn. She stared intently at the hole in front of her, got into a ready position, and then swung the club neatly. The milky-white small ball drew a nearly perfect parabola in the air and flew towards its destination.

A hole in one, as smooth as flowing water.

She smiled in satisfaction, pressing her lips together, and handed the club to the caddy.

CEO Mei at the side looked at the disappearing small ball, then turned her head to the tall and straight woman at the side and commented, “You’re in good shape today.”

She asked with great understanding, “Did something happy happen?”

“Mm,” Chu Wantang said, lifting the brim of her hat, her eyes sparkling. “There’s something I’d like to ask for CEO Mei’s approval.”

CEO Mei took a club and made a gesture, not looking at her, and not needing to hear what she had to say. She said directly, “Go ahead. You can handle some of the company’s affairs remotely in Haicheng.”

“How did Auntie Mei know that this was what I was going to say?” Chu Wantang raised an eyebrow and deliberately changed her form of address.

Ever since she had known that CEO Mei had said that she and Chu Lingyi were old friends, she had had her change her form of address in private. She was the only one in the entire company who had this treatment.

CEO Mei swung her club, and it went wide.

She glanced at Chu Wantang, and the wrinkles on her face were filled with a sense of speechlessness. “After you came back from Nancheng in April, your state has been very different from before. You even started a cooperation project with ‘Silk Season’… do you need to personally lead such a project now?” She then looked at the lawn, preparing to hit another ball. “There’s only one answer: you’ve found her.”

Chu Wantang’s gaze fell on the azure sky. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and said slowly, “That’s right. I’ve found her…”

It was no longer the Huai Xing that existed in her illusions and memories, but a real Huai Xing that she could touch.

“So I won’t stop you. Go if you want to. You’ve done a lot for ‘Lan Ling’ these past few years. It’s okay if you want to rest. I don’t want you to be so tense, lest your mother in heaven blames me for mistreating you. Then I’d be really wronged.” CEO Mei’s ball also went into the hole, and she revealed a brilliant smile. “But I don’t know what you’re going to do in the past.”

“I’m going to apply for the position of temporary design director at ‘Silk Season.’ They have a show in September and have encountered a small problem,” she said. She often opened the “Silk Season” brand forum and had naturally seen the recruitment letter for fashion designers.

What did it mean to be given a pillow when you wanted to sleep? This was it.

She was just worrying about how to shorten the physical distance between her and Huai Xing. She could no longer stand the intimacy between others and Huai Xing. Now, she could accept the friendship intimacy between Huai Xing and Lu Xianyue.

But Lu Zhenyue was not okay.

On the day of the old matriarch Lu’s birthday banquet, she could not help but suspect that Lu Zhenyue had made such an intimate gesture towards Huai Xing because she had seen her.

“…” CEO Mei’s smile was gone. Her mouth moved, and her eyelids also twitched. A few seconds later, she spat out two words, “I’m impressed.”

Recalling CEO Mei’s two words, Chu Wantang also indeed admired herself.

She looked directly at the two young women opposite her, her hands clasped together, and said very seriously, “This is my personal resume. I saw your company’s recruitment letter for a runway fashion designer. I’ve already asked our company’s CEO Mei for permission. I wonder if I can apply for the position of temporary design director at your company?”

As soon as she said this, Lu Xianyue was a little stunned.

Huai Xing was also a little surprised, but not much.

The resume had already come before them, with two copies prepared. They each picked one up and opened it.

One page was not enough to contain Chu Wantang’s achievements in the past. She had been in this industry for more than ten years and was of the extremely talented type. She had won almost all the major and minor awards in the country, and she had also won many foreign awards, not to mention her abundant experience in leading runway shows. She was also the vice president of “Lan Ling” womenswear, and the projects she had been in charge of along the way were countless.

It could be said that there were not a few outstanding fashion designers in the emails received recently, but none of them could compare to Chu Wantang. She had come up to apply for the position of design director, and it was believed that no one would be unconvinced.

For a time, only the sound of pages turning was heard in the meeting room. Huai Xing and Lu Xianyue did not take this as a joke and looked at it very seriously.

“President Chu,” Lu Xianyue said, after flipping through the stack of documents with a click of her tongue, and she looked up. Even though she knew the intention behind Chu Wantang, she still couldn’t help but say, “It’s a great waste of your talent for you to apply for this position.”

Chu Wantang said seriously, “You’re too kind, Little President Lu. Although my past experience is relatively rich, I don’t think so. I think that the main difference in work is whether it’s suitable and whether it can be done well. I also believe that every position has an irreplaceable value. This show of your company is also full of challenges for me. ‘Silk Season’ and ‘Lan Ling’ also have a foundation for cooperation. If ‘Silk Season’s’ show is perfect, it will also be beneficial to ‘Lan Ling.’ So I think there’s no problem with me applying.”

Huai Xing held the document and looked at the person opposite her, a little dazed—

This was a real interview scene, different from the scene at the hotel last time.

Lu Xianyue turned her head to look at Huai Xing. In the past few years, the two of them had learned a lot, including that in the business world, “profit” was the main thing, and there were no permanent enemies. So even though she had previously felt that there was some conflict between Huai Xing and Chu Wantang, the cooperation between the two companies could still proceed normally. Not to mention that she now knew the past between Huai Xing and Chu Wantang…

It was precisely because she knew that she felt it was even more subtle.

What kind of drama was this? She wasn’t blind. She naturally knew what Chu Wantang was lowering herself for.

Then in this matter, Lu Xianyue’s attitude would follow Huai Xing’s. Huai Xing’s thoughts would decide everything, and it had not much to do with her.

For a time, the atmosphere in the meeting room was a little stiff, and the fine rain in Haicheng also fell during this period.

Chu Wantang met Huai Xing’s probing gaze, looking as serious as ever. She was a qualified “job applicant,” waiting for the interviewer’s verdict.

“Please wait for our news, Miss Chu,” Huai Xing said with a faint smile, no longer calling her “President Chu,” which meant that she had put the person in the right place as Chu Wantang had wished. “Our company will give a reply on the last day before the end of this month. There are still two working days.”

The last day of June was the 30th, a Monday.

Chu Wantang nodded. “Okay.”

After Chu Wantang had returned to the “Lan Ling” team to rest in the reception room, Lu Xianyue followed Huai Xing to the office. Her expression was a little hard to contain. She stood with her hands on her hips and paced, still feeling incredulous. “Huai Xiao Xing, don’t you think this is too exaggerated? She’s ‘Lan Ling’s’ Chu Wantang.”

She then couldn’t help but ask, “What are you thinking?”

“The company’s interests come first,” Huai Xing said, taking a glass of warm water and drinking it slowly, and replied.

Lu Xianyue’s footsteps paused. “So you’ve agreed?”

“I have no reason to refuse. There are only two and a half months left before the big show. We don’t have much time,” Huai Xing said, putting the water glass on the table and pondering. “And if she’s the design director, no one else will have any objections. Even if they do, they’ll have to swallow it.”

Chu Wantang’s work ability was clearly written on her resume, and everyone had seen it. Besides, she had also witnessed it in person before.

“Alright,” Lu Xianyue said, no longer tensing her expression, and smiled. “You’ve made me look forward to it.”

Huai Xing: “Mm.”

As soon as Lu Xianyue left, she looked at the fine rain outside the window and let out a breath.

Her phone reminded her at this moment that she had a new WeChat message.

She trembled her long lashes, unlocked it, and opened it. It was still a water photo from Chu Wantang, but on the background wall was the bright name “Silk Season.” This was a scene that Huai Xing was all too familiar with.

Chu Wantang: [Delicious.]

They were both plain water.

Huai Xing’s expression was as usual, and her reply was also as usual: [1]

…

When she returned to her apartment at night, Huai Xing went to Lu Xianyue’s place for dinner again.

In a few days, this month would be over, which also meant that Lu Zhenyue would be returning to Jingcheng. If they could eat at home, they would.

Wen Shiwei had not yet returned from her business trip, and her older sister was going back to Jingcheng, so Lu Xianyue was a little listless.

She picked at her delicious dinner and let out a long sigh. “Sister, you’re going back. Where am I going to eat such delicious food?”

“Your food exploration account hasn’t been updated in a long time,” Lu Zhenyue said, chewing slowly.

Huai Xing: “She’s been too busy recently.” She teased, “Busy with work and also busy with her relationship. The next time she goes to explore a restaurant, it will most likely be with Sister Shiwei.”

Lu Xianyue said righteously, “That’s not necessarily true. You’re my eternal restaurant exploration buddy.”

She suddenly remembered the matter of Chu Wantang and said again, “But Sister, did you know? Something shocked me. That Chu Wantang from the Chu family came to our company to apply for the position of design director for the big show. That resume made my eyes blur.”

“…” Lu Zhenyue’s peripheral vision fell on Huai Xing’s face, and she saw that Huai Xing’s long lashes were lowered, and there was no fluctuation in her expression.

A faint smile bloomed on her lips, and she asked back, “Is that so?” She paused. “There’s something I haven’t told you.”

“What is it?”

“The troupe wants to deeply cultivate the theater here in Haicheng and has asked me to be mainly in charge of this section,” Lu Zhenyue said slowly. “So, I won’t be leaving Haicheng for the time being. You can still eat such delicious food. How about it? Are you surprised? I was originally planning to tell you on the last day.”

Lu Xianyue: “Wow! Sister! How long are you staying?”

Huai Xing also looked at Lu Zhenyue and did not speak, but her expression was the same question.

Lu Zhenyue chuckled lightly. “I’m not sure.” Her gaze swept over Huai Xing’s face, and she propped her chin on her hand, her fingertips lightly tapping her cheek, her voice slightly raised. “I don’t want to be separated from you and Xiao Xing either, so in the future, remember to come back for dinner like tonight.”

“Okay!” it was Lu Xianyue who answered with a full voice.

Huai Xing also smiled. “Okay, Sister Suisui.”

After dinner, Huai Xing went to the kitchen to wash the post-meal fruits. Her appetite was not large and she did not eat much. Now, in the kitchen, she was a little dazed as she washed the fruits.

Her palm was covered with a thin layer of salt, and she was rubbing the peach fuzz on the surface of the peach, very carefully.

“Xiao Xing,” Lu Zhenyue said, walking in and taking a fruit knife from the side. “I’ll cut it.”

Huai Xing came back to her senses, smiled at her, and handed her one.

The two of them had a clear division of labor. Lu Zhenyue peeled the skin clean and then cut it into pieces on the fruit-specific cutting board.

When the three peaches were cut, just as Huai Xing was about to take the plate out.

Her wrist was gently held by Lu Zhenyue.

She blinked, her lips moved, and she called out, “Sister Suisui.”

“Did you misunderstand my meaning, Xiao Xing?” The kitchen lights were bright, and Lu Zhenyue’s fox eyes held a hint of confusion. She let go of her hand and stood fixedly in front of Huai Xing.

Huai Xing couldn’t help but laugh. “What do you mean?”

“The ‘I know’ I said that night didn’t mean I was giving up, but…” Lu Zhenyue took the fruit platter from Huai Xing’s hand and slowly finished the rest of the sentence. “I’ll take it slow.”

“Xianyue might not be happy to hear it, but buying the ornament for her was a bonus. I’ve been running to Haicheng often these past two years not just because of work, but also because I wanted to see you. I’ve looked forward to every meeting with you, because only then would you hug me.”

Lu Zhenyue had brought the undercurrent between them to the surface.

Huai Xing parted her lips, about to say sorry, but before the words could come out, Lu Zhenyue spoke first. “I know what you want to say. I’m making it clear today because I’ve found that I can’t take it slow anymore.”

Lu Zhenyue composed herself and said very seriously, “I like you, Huai Xing. Consider me?”