Chapter 204: You Have Exceeded My Expectations

Xiao Yun stuck on her work for the whole day, eyeing the market sales and the review she receive from the customers. So far, Azure had led the number one most sought brand store and its customers range from ages. 

Thinking more ways to create a bomb of her company to the social media and people's eyes, Xiao Yun also launched accessories that could go along with the clothing in Azure and it could also be wear on its own. 

With the market raising up, the rest of the fashion companies including Golden Tree didn't back off that easily. Once Xiao Yun launched her accessories, three days after her launching the rest of the stores followed her lead to jump into the heat. However, Xiao Yun's accessories were to impactful that people couldn't create anything that held the same vibe to hers. 

In less than three days after her two branch stores opening, her clothing was out of stock. Zi Gong and her had discussed on opening another few stores in different districts. 

With many of her plans working well, Zi Gong created the rule of appointment before buying and the line of the customers was endless, most of the socialites also jumped to become her customers. On one day, Xiao Yun spotted Wang Li Lei's grandmother's name to be among them. 

"This person, is it her first time booking an appointment for our dress?" Xiao Yun pointed her hand on the screen. 

"No, but it is her first time for the accessories category, boss." The newly hired employee helped Zi Gong with his large workload stated. 

"Alright." Xiao Yun had a proud smile over her lips and chuckled to leave the office and knocked over to Chuan Huan Jing's office to see him sitting with Zi Gong to discuss the new theme and how it would be likable for the customers. 

"Boss." They both called up. 

"How is the new dress coming up, Huan Jing?" Xiao Yun asked and saw him a little more spirited than ever. "I see that you've eaten and slept well than before, haven't you?" 

"Yes!" Chuan Huan Jing nodded in vigorous agreement. 

"Good job, you two don't ever forget to take a rest and ask people's help if you can't handle your workload, understand? I do not want any of you fainting from overwork. Work is important but health is even more important!" Xiao Yun picked up the habit of telling people to rest out of her care for Wang Li Lei who rarely sleep and eat. 

"Yes, boss!" Zi Gong raised his hand with his hands fidgeting impatiently. 

Xiao Yun suspected something that could make her subordinate agitated and narrowed her eyes sternly. "What is it?"

"Yesterday, we received a call. It was a very important call." He pulled a red envelope and slide it across the desk for Xiao Yun to see. "It's the Spring Fashion Competition invitation for Azure company!" 

"What?" Xiao Yun asked in disbelief and took the envelope to read it in a hurry. As expected, what was written inside the envelope was the invitation for the designer to participate in the Spring Fashion Competition, the largest competition in China where many companies could only wish to attend. 

Not only did they could attend the competition, they received the invitation in advance from them. 

"Congratulation, Huan Jing!" Xiao Yun praised and turned her face to Zi Gong saying the same thing. 

"No, boss. This is all because of your help." Chuan Huan Jing bowed his head, decking it to the point he was about to give a peck to the table. Xiao Yun was about to tell him to stand up but saw tears dripping off from his eyes and spoke in a troubled tone. "Geez, why everyone around me are crybabies? Stop crying and be proud, this is what you have achieved from your hard work."

"Now that the Spring Competition is coming. What's our situation with the mole, Zi Gong?" Her tone narrowed, a chilling premonition mixed with the air sliding from her coral lips. 

"They haven't been making moves and have only taken the small baits."

Xiao Yun leaned to her chair. "The mole is very good at playing down to traps but that's what we want. Now perform plan two." she skipped her cold gaze at Chuan Huan Jing, asking, "Are you ready?" 

Chuan Huan Jing clenched his clasped hand, hitting down to his tone as he replied, "Yes." 

"Good. Zi Gong, what do we have next?" Xiao Yun continued her noon meeting, with how fast her company is flourishing, she has to use all her time now without giving a chance for another company to slip in, she couldn't slack off now. Not until the Spring Competition. 

"The last we should have would be the photoshoot for our company's advertisement, boss. The modeling agency we have contact would be this one and for now, we will be choosing which model for our work but one has immediately discussed to us of wanting to be our company's model no matter what." Zi Gong took out the profile of the model and the name card of the entertainment company for Xiao Yun to see. 

Her eyes slightly widened, murmuring. "Chu Bing Luo's company?" 

"The model name is Zhi Ling Ling." Zi Gong intercepted and heard a giggle running out of Xiao Yun's lips. It had been only two weeks since the last time they met but Zhi Ling Ling's talented modeling has been recognized to the edge of China. People called her as the rising model of the century. 

"What do you think, boss?" Zi Gong waited for her response. 

"Our icon should be this model." Xiao Yun concluded with a warm smile. 

"I understand, then we will schedule the photoshoot with the model and the photoshoot." Zi Gong tapped the keyboard on his Ipad at a lightning speed, pushing his glass when he felt it running loose.

"That should be it for today. Huan Jing, you have to be in your top condition for Spring Competition." Xiao Yun trailed her words, seeping in her breath between her teeth as she scanned over Chuan Huan Jing's untidy appearance and rubbed her chin to scrutinize him. 

"Boss?" Chuan Huan Jing backed off, intimidated by Xiao Yun's straightforward gaze that could almost pierce his head. 

"Do you remember what I've said once before when our company was in an utter dishevel state?" Xiao Yun pointed. 

"Y- Yes!" Chuan Huan Jing took the quiz and recited, "The appearance of the office will reflect our company's good name and we can't have them dirty and untidy." 

"Good, but there's an extra to my words. The designer's appearance could also show how often he slacks. Even though you never slack off you have the appearance of a person who couldn't give any care to the whole world." Xiao Yun spoke, raising her hand to flip his curling bangs that had hidden his face since the first time they met. 

Half of her reason was because she's curious. 

"Let's get you clean up." she inched forward like a hungry monster. 

"Wait, boss!" Chuan Huan Jing back off, stopping Xiao Yun from a moment. "I have always been stared at by people because of my bad eyesight." 

"How bad is it?" Xiao Yun asked but her tone wasn't questioning anything. 

"Because I can't see far, I always squint my eyes, and people often took it as me glaring them for a fight." Chuan Huan Jing replied. 

"That's fine, we can prepare an eyeglass for you. Zi Gong!" Xiao Yun ordered. 

"Yes, boss. I have plenty of optical eyes store that could find the perfect and most suitable eyeglass for Huan Jing." Zi Gong spoke for sure, being a man who lives with his eyeglass, he knew just how important a suitable eyeglass frame to him is and have found plenty of stores that have given him the perfect eyeglass for him. 

"But, I really look bad." Chuan Huan Jing evaded. 

"I'm saying this for your own good, we can't have you appearing to the Spring Competition with appearance, can't we?" Xiao Yun stated the matter of fact with a serious face, making no single path for Chuan Huan Jing to decline. 

"Well. Your words are true, boss." Chuan Huan Jing easily swept off by Xiao Yun's persuasion. 

Chuan Huan Jing took a straight posture. "That's right, leave it to me. I'ms very good at makeo-" Xiao Yun nearly bite her own tongue as she brushed the curly bang over Chuan Huan Jing's face.

"You're not a Chinese?" Xiao Yun stared as his blue eyes and stuttered. His face was sharp-lined, having the perfect and delicate features of a beautiful man. Not a handsome man, but a beautiful man. It was beautiful enough for the usual strict Zi Gong to have his both eyes widened like a shock squirrel.

"No, I am Chinese but my father has a foreigner blood." 

Xiao Yun moved back, taking a seat beside Zi Gong and sighed. "This isn't fair." 

Chuan Huan Jing felt his heart stabbed from her words that he took as a disappointment and asked in his puppy-tone. "Do I look that bad?" 

Xiao Yun crooked a smile, having her lips twitching. 'Look bad? With only your look, any man could fall for you! This isn't fair, you're even more beautiful than Zhi Ling Ling?! What are you?!' those were the words Xiao Yun wanted to say but held it back in as she shook her head. 

"No, you have exceeded my expectations. You look very beau- handsome." Xiao Yun tapped Chuan Huan Jing's shoulder and woke him up from his trance, ordering, "Bring him to a good hairstylist, if you could just make him look presentable without his long bang but keep his long hair." 

"Why?" Zi Gong asked in a naive confusion. 

Because many women in the capital would agree with me that I should preserve his hair!

Xiao Yun covered her mouth and cleared her throat lightly. "Because he looks better that way."