Chapter 149 - Too proud

"Is she really that good?" Tyler asked.

"Yes."

"Then you should collaborate with her. Her designs would win, your studio would also win. That would be a win-win situation for both of you." he suggested.

Yun Xuan looked at him like he was an idiot.

Collaborate with Wan Jia? May as well ask her to die.

"You hate her that much?" Tyler noticed her scornful look.

"Don't get me wrong. I don't hate her. We just didn't end it peacefully." Yun Xuan would tolerate anything but anyone talking ill of her Old Two. Yun Jifeng had been nice to her ever since she was a little girl. She believed that she knew him even better than he knew himself. How could Wan Jia label him as such a person?

Aside from all that, she did realize she had gone overboard with her words. It's not that she never regretted saying those things to her.

However, she was too proud to be the one to apologize. She missed her friend a lot but she would rather die than lie that she believed her and apologize.

Right now, what she wished for the most was for Wan Jia to not participate in this Golden Hand Awards.

Unluckily for her, Wan Jia was currently coming up with the best drafts. She had already made five of them, so she called Lu Shaoting and arranged for a meeting with him.

"Sister-in-law, what is it you wanted to talk to me about, that you wouldn't talk to my brother about instead?" In the office of the Vice President, Lu Shaoting was very curious.

"Business in one of your subsidiaries." she said plainly.

"Did you have to tire yourself out to look for me? The President is your man." he almost rolled his eyes.

"He told me to look for you."

Lu Shaoting took advantage of the situation. "It's Elite Fashion World, right? I'll talk to the CEO right away. You can start working today if you want to, but can I give you a condition?"

"Vice President Lu, you can name your condition. I have a request too; when at work, don't adress me as sister-in-law."

Lu Shaoting was not used to being called 'Vice President' by his sister-in-law but he tried to adjust. "Then my condition is....make me specially prepared lunch today."

Wan Jia laughed. This guy liked her bento the last time, but he did not request for her to make him one until today, months later? "Okay, that will do. I'll go back home now and send it over. I'll go over to EFW tomorrow; I still have a lot to do today."

Lu Shaoting grinned from ear to ear. Hehe, he would only tell his brother about it when he's done eating.

However, he was still bound to get the short end of the stick.

Wan Jia prepared two bentos and had someone send it to Lu Aotian. Unluckily for Lu Shaoting, his brother confisicated his lunch.

"Bro! That's my lunch..." he almost cried. Did his brother know how much effort he had put in to get it?

"It was prepared by my wife." ...so it's mine. Go find your own wife to cook for you.

"I'm telling sister-in-law about this. Let her be the judge to this matter." he said bitterly.

"Who do you think your sister-in-law would support- her husband or other men?" Lu Aotian smirked.

Wan Jia would probably be very shocked if she knew that two big company heads were bickering over lunch.

"Then let's call her and ask." Lu Shaoting was confident since his sister-in-law had promised him. His brother was even riding in his glory yet he was being so ungreatful!

"You're childish. Are you a little boy going to report everything?" Lu Aotian shot him a look and grudgingly pushed his lunch to him.

...

The next day, Wan Jia was taken to an exquisite building with a huge EFW engraved on it. Since Lu Shaoting had proven himself capable enough and was promoted to the position of Vice President of Lu Enterprise, his visits in the subsidiaries were quite frequent.

Hence, no one was surprised to see him in Elite Fashion World. However, who was that beautiful girl beside him?

Elite Fashion World was considered a gathering of many talented designers who were widely known in the fashion industry. They were big names who did not care about people below them. Naturally, it was not a surprise that almost no one recognized Wan Jia.

In fact, even the secretaries and assistants were so full of their own designers that perhaps not even a single soul had paid attention to the rookie Awards from many months ago.

Amidst the pairs of curious eyes, Lu Shaoting walked into the elevator with Wan Jia as they headed to the most important department of this building, the design department.

As they left, someone who had seen them asked a friend, "Who is that lady, the Vice President's girlfriend? She's quite pretty."

Wan Jia had not made very many appearances, and she was wearing an official attire which was different from her usual style. She would not be easily remembered in Lu Enterprise, let alone this place she had never been to before.

Lu Shaoting had not been seen with girls around him before either, it was not shocking for someone to assume that Wan Jia was his girlfriend.

"You think too much. Although she's very pretty, they don't look like a couple at all. Besides, if she were the Vice President's girlfriend, why would he bring her here?"