chapter 77

That night, Qin Zhenyang was arranged by Ji Xiaoli to go to the study to sleep. Even if he stood pitifully outside the bedroom door, Ji Xiaoli would not allow him to sleep in the bedroom…

Aunt Wang seemed to be aware of this. She secretly asked Qin Zhenyang, “What did you do that made the Young Madam angry?”

Qin Zhenyang coughed twice. And he said with a smile, “I didn’t provoke her. I just made a little joke with her…”

Aunt Wang didn’t understand what happened between them. After hearing Qin Zhenyang’s words, she said with a smile, “The Young Madam is not an unreasonable woman. If you apologize to her properly, she will forgive you. The relationship between your husband and wife will get better and better.”

Qin Zhenyang knew that Aunt Wang didn’t know what had happened, so she encouraged him so much. However, he did not explain the specific reasons to Aunt Wang. Because he was confident that his wife would forgive him.

That night, Ji Xiaoli went to bed a little late. She was used to sleeping with Qin Zhenyang. After Qin Zhenyang went to bed in his study, she felt a little lonely. So she didn’t seem too sleepy. Then she went on to revise her design.

When she woke up in the middle of the night, she found that she was already in bed. And the man who was supposed to sleep in the study was sleeping next to her. Qin Zhenyang held her tightly so that she could not move freely.

Ji Xiaoli was a little angry, and she really wanted to drive Qin Zhenyang to the study. But looking at him, she didn’t want to wake him up at the moment… She had heard Qin Zhenyang say that when he was in the army, he could only sleep four or five hours a night. Thinking of this, she sighed and gave up the idea of driving him to the study. She leaned over and continued to sleep.

The moment she turned over, Qin Zhenyang suddenly opened his eyes. He couldn’t help laughing… He continued to hold Ji Xiaoli tightly, and he seemed to be afraid of Ji Xiaoli leaving him.

Before long, Qin Zhenyang would conduct a closed exercise. On the other hand, Ji Xiaoli’s studio had finished decoration. She would be able to recruit staff soon.

Her new studio was not famous now. Therefore, it was difficult for her to recruit senior designers in the design field. Ji Xiaoli did not want to recruit those famous senior designers. After all, her money was limited. She valued designers with innovation and foundation. Specifically, she should determine the recruitment criteria for designers according to the specific situation of the candidates.

A few days ago, she had posted an online recruitment announcement. Her salary was no different from other studios. After all, this was a new studio. It could only attract competent designers through high wages. There were some talents who were willing to join the newly founded company, while some were willing to pursue more stable jobs. New business needed to be developed in new enterprises. If the first employees to join the new enterprise made achievements, these employees would quickly become the backbone of the new enterprise. And they would have a very good future.

In the past ten days, she and Qi Xiaoguang had selected 20 candidates and were ready to interview them. She couldn’t accurately judge a person only through his or her resume. So the interview was very necessary… That afternoon, they went straight to the studio. They planned to start the interview at two o’clock in the afternoon. It was already one forty-five. Basically, all the candidates had arrived at the scene.

The interview went well. All the 20 candidates for the interview graduated from famous universities. And the designers who took part in the interview were all young. The youngest designer was only 21 years old. And the oldest designer was only 29 years old. One of the candidates was graduated from the same university as Ji Xiaoli.

They had recruited a total of six designers. They might need to hire some designers later. The girl who graduated from the same university with Ji Xiaoli was called Chen Xia. She was very lovely. Among these candidates, she was relatively lively. Seeing Ji Xiaoli and Qi Xiaoguang, she affectionately called them sisters.

In addition to Chen Xia, there were two designers to be recruited who graduated from Capital Academy of Fine Arts. One of the other three designers to be recruited was an amateur designer. The designer was the oldest of the applicants. But the designer had worked for years and she had a lot of experience. The other two designers had just graduated from foreign universities. They didn’t want to work in big companies. So they chose a new studio. They wanted to realize their life value by their own efforts.

At this time, the studio with less than ten employees was initially established. Some of these employees were from the South and some from the Northeast. Chen Xia came from ethnic minorities. Although they came from different regions, they could easily find common topics together. Before long, they became very good friends.

At first Ji Xiaoli was worried about her studio. But now she seemed relaxed, “Xiaoguang, we should be able to do it well.”

Qi Xiaoguang glanced at her. At home, she could only pretend to be a fair maiden. As soon as she got outside, she would cross her legs, “Although our studio is not officially open yet, we should have some confidence. Although you are not majoring in fashion design, you often went to our department to listen to professional fashion design courses when you were in college. I remember that old professor in our department wanted to accept you as a close disciple… And you have two years of work experience. Besides, you have a talent for it. So you don’t have to worry too much. Your husband will help you even if you have any difficulties.”

“It’s different… I don’t want to rely on him for everything. I’m married to him now. But I want to do something with my own ability. Don’t you think so?”

Qi Xiaoguang nodded. Her mother-in-law had been angry with her again recently. A while ago, her mother-in-law took a girl to see her husband, which made her feel very angry. If she couldn’t make any achievements, she was expected to be expelled by her mother-in-law sooner or later.

“I just hope we can make achievements sooner. I want my mother-in-law to know that I am a capable woman.” Qi Xiaoguang said while gnashing her teeth.

People from rich families despised ordinary people like them the most. But ordinary people could make great achievements with their own efforts and wisdom.

Although they were a little fidgety, they could succeed as long as they were confident.

“We should have a good mentality. The designers we just recruited are of high level. We are very likely to succeed. After a while, we will have to prepare a clothing store. Zhao Weixing and I have already communicated on this matter. I know you’re also short of money. And we need a certain amount of money later. So I’ll give you two million yuan in case of emergency.”

Ji Xiaoli currently had more than 4 million yuan, but she thought that the money was not enough to maintain a studio. She didn’t want Qi Xiaoguang’s money. However, considering that she still needed a lot of money in her later stage, including clothing design, purchasing machinery and equipment and recruiting textile workers…

They looked at each other with a smile. Then Ji Xiaoli took Qi Xiaoguang’s hand and said with a smile, “Thank you. Otherwise, my funds are really not enough.”

“You’re welcome. If you really want to thank me, you can give me more dividends in the future.” Qi Xiaoguang said with a smile.

“Of course… I will give you a lot of dividends… I won’t treat you badly.”

Their studio was due to open on the first day of next month. They had two or three days to prepare for this. Ji Xiaoli was basically ready, so she was not in a hurry at the moment.

They stayed in the studio until about five o’clock in the afternoon before they were ready to leave. “Is your husband at home today? If he is not at home, we can eat out. We haven’t had dinner together for a long time.”

Ji Xiaoli couldn’t help but sigh that they seldom ate together after graduation from university. When she used to work for that design company, she often worked late. Sometimes, they even needed to work on weekends… Qi Xiaoguang should be more cautious in the Zhao family. Especially when she first married to the Zhao family, her mother-in-law was very dissatisfied with her. Her mother-in-law was always critical of her. So she could hardly go out at will.

The two of them were working together at the moment, so they had time to eat out together. Qi Xiaoguang stretched himself and leaned against the passenger seat. She said with a smile, “Don’t think about him… He’s been busy at work these days, and he should be dealing with a big project recently. My mother-in-law doesn’t like me anyway… let’s go! Let’s go to Tian’an Night Market. I want to eat the sizzling squid there.”

When they were in college, there was a snack street outside their school. They didn’t live in the same bedroom. But, coincidentally, they all lived on the same floor. So they often went out for dinner together. In their sophomore year, they gained nearly 5000 grams in only one month. With this lesson, they seldom went out to have a snack at night.

Ji Xiaoli also recalled that good time. So she drove there.

“Xiaoli, why do I always think we are more like twins? Although we are not sisters, sometimes our personalities are very similar… No wonder we were always together at school. We are really predestined to meet.”

Ji Xiaoli said with a smile, “If I don’t have Ji Xuewei in my family, and if you are my sister, I will be very happy.”

“Although we are all married into wealthy families, our life is not very smooth. Ji Xuewei always provokes you. And my mother-in-law often provokes me…”

Ji Xiaoli never felt that she could enjoy a comfortable life by marrying into a wealthy family. On the contrary, she felt that this was only the beginning, and that she would experience more difficult things in the future… But she knew she had to stick with it.

“Wow, the chutney is still in business here. This curry fried noodles are still here… I think I will eat a lot today…”

It was only five o’clock now, and it was time for class to end in college. So there were a lot of people in this snack street. And these people were all students of Capital University. In this snack street, there were squid with iron plate, duck neck with marinated flavor, fried noodles with Keli cake, small hot pot with sauce flavor…

Ji Xiaoli couldn’t help feeling hungry. The two of them ate squid string, soy sauce hot pot and hot and sour noodles…

Looking at them, the students around were surprised, ‘They both ate too much…’

Finally, the owner of the squid shop saw that the two girls were still sitting there. Then he asked curiously, “Do you want squid?”

Ji Xiaoli felt a little full. She stood up and shook her head, “We’re a little bit fed up. We are going to leave soon…”

‘They’re both going to feel a little full. A man can’t eat that much.’

“We all scared people today.”

“I’m so full. I can’t even stand up…”

“…”

It was half past eight when they returned. The two of them walked around the school again. After a period of time, Ji Xiaoli was ready to drive away.

They were at the back door of Capital University. It was late now, so there was a sense of desolation… Their car was at the corner of the lane. At the moment, Ji Xiaoli always felt something was wrong, “Do you feel like someone is following us?”

‘Someone’s following us?’

“It’s impossible… Security in this district has always been good. Do you think too much?” Qi Xiaoguang yawned, and she didn’t think much. But when they heard footsteps behind them, they could not help but be alert.