Qiao Miao Xia said, "However, the wind is too strong, it's not good for sitting in confinement. I've been checking out some confinement centers these past few days, I found a few that are private and have good service, I'll send them to you later, you can choose one."

  Wen Ning let out a bright and cheerful laugh from the other end, "It's still early."

  "It's still early? You don't know, those famous confinement centers, the beds are in high demand, you can't even book 10 months in advance. And those gold medal confinement nannies, they're so sought after that even with money, you can't hire them."

  Qiao Miu Xia Guang is so careful when choosing milk powder and diapers that she even made a whole notebook of notes, more attentive than Wen Ning.

  Qiao Mu suddenly changed the subject and mentioned Gu Bei Ci.

  "Gu Bei just came to see me, he asked about your whereabouts. As per your instructions, I didn't tell anyone. Dr. Gu asked me to pass on a message to you, he said he will always be your Gu Er Ge."

  On the other end of the phone, Wen Ning's expression paused for a moment.

  Qiao Miao Xia said, "I've also been paying a bit of attention to the news about the Gu family these days. The engagement announcement was made by Dr. Gu without consulting anyone, and Mrs. Gu is furious about it. Putting aside other things, I don't understand what Mrs. Gu means. She was the one who arranged the engagement in the first place, and now she's denying it. Anyone with eyes can see that Dr. Gu likes you."

  "Let's not talk about it anymore." Wen Ning interrupted her, "It's impossible for me and Bei Ci. The engagement was dissolved six years ago. I promised Mrs. Gu that I would never contact Bei Ci again, it's my fault for breaking the promise first, not Mrs. Gu's."

  "What? It was dissolved six years ago? Did Gu Bei know?" Qiao Moxia was shocked.

  But Wen Ning didn't want to talk about the past anymore, so they chatted for a few more sentences before hanging up the video call.

  Qiao Mu put away her phone and focused on her unfinished work.

  She doesn't care about others, her own life is also a mess.

  ……

  At 8:00 in the morning, during rush hour, the elevator in front of the Luk Building was packed with people.

  There was a meeting at the company in the morning, and as Qiao Muxia was the secretary, she had to arrive early to prepare the materials.

  She squeezed into the crowded elevator and before she could even stand steady, the elevator doors closed and her back was pushed by someone.

  Qiao Minxia tumbled out of the elevator and fell to the ground, her knees hitting the hard floor, and the things in her bag scattered all over the place.

  Low laughter echoed around.

  Qiao Mi Xia reached down to pick up the scattered items on the ground, when suddenly a pair of small sheepskin high heels stepped on her sketchbook.

  "Director Ding."

  "Director Ding."

  Ding Ding held her head high and walked towards the VIP elevator with everyone's attention, at the same time, Qiao Muxia's painting book also had her footprints on it.

  The VIP elevator opened and Lu Chengjing stood inside, looking out for a moment.

  "Good morning, Director Lu."

  Ding Ding twisted her waist and stepped into the elevator, Lu Chengjing withdrew his gaze and nodded at her.

  The elevator doors closed quickly, and a small commotion broke out outside the elevator.

  "Is something good happening between Director Ding and General Lu? I see the two of them often going in and out together. Now General Lu has even given Director Ding the use of his private elevator."

  "I saw that last time I was at the restaurant, Mr. Lu took Director Ding and his family to dinner together. This is the rhythm of meeting parents."

  "I bet a pack of spicy strips that within three months, Lu Zong and Ding Zong will definitely release good news, let's wait and see..."

  "The elevator has arrived, hurry up and get in, otherwise you'll be late."

  Qiao Mu Xia didn't seem to hear, wiped the footprints on the painting book and silently squeezed into the elevator.

  In the cramped elevator, someone stood behind Qiao Muxia and made faces.

  "Lucia, isn't your secretarial department short-handed? Why has a new person suddenly arrived."

  Lucia is a colleague of Qiao Muxia. Lu Chengjing's special assistant resigned last month, and she was originally the most likely to be promoted, but out of nowhere came Qiao Muxia, who was even personally brought into the company by Lu Chengjing.

  Everyone in the company knows about Lucia's dislike for Qiao Muxia.

  "Everyone has their own expertise, we can only be responsible for daytime, some people are specifically in charge of night shifts, it's not something we can do."

  Various gazes fell on Qiao Muxia's head in the elevator, and Qiao Muxia pretended not to hear, standing up straight with her waist held high.

  The elevator doors opened and she stepped out quickly.

  "Who doesn't know that she was kicked out of the design department for plagiarizing Director Ding's work, and yet she still dares to come back to Lushi, her face is really thick."

  The moment the elevator door closed, someone cursed from behind.

  Qiao Mu rushed to the conference room to set up the venue.

  As they walked out of the conference room, Lu Chengjing happened to be walking over with someone.

  A suit with a straight and neat color, a tie of the same color, sleeves and collar that are not sloppy, steps that are crisp and decisive, like his eyebrows and eyes, sharp and piercing.

  Lu has many male models, but none of them can wear a suit as noble and ascetic as him.

  Lu Chengjing walked past Qiao Muyan without a glance, stepped into the conference room and sat down in his designated seat, not giving her a single look throughout.

  The meeting ended at 10:00 am.

  Lu Chengjing called Qiao Miao Xia into his office through internal channels.

  "Get ready, there's a dinner gathering at noon, you're coming with me." Lu Chengjing instructed without even lifting his head.

  Qiao Miao's heart skipped a beat, "Director Lu, I'm not feeling well, can you arrange for someone else?"

  Lu Chengjing put down his pen and looked up at her, "What's wrong?"

  "Aunt Flo."

  Lu Chengjing took a look at the calendar, "Isn't your aunt's birthday on the 20th?"

  Qiao Miao's face suddenly turned red like a monkey's buttocks.

  Lu Chengjing looked at her seriously, "Why did you lie? Don't want to go out with me?"

  "Suit yourself, if you don't want to go then just don't go."

  Lu Chengjing turned around and took out a black gift bag from behind him, with a big brand's LOGO printed on it.

  "Saw it while shopping around and thought it suited you, so I bought it on a whim."

  "Thank you."

  Qiao Mu Xia took it and glanced at it. Inside was a black and white casual outfit, simple and neat, which was her favorite style.

  She held the thing for a long time, and Lu Chengjing raised his head again, "Anything else?"

  Qiao Mu Xia plucked up her courage and said: "For the next quarter's product selection in the design department, can I participate?"

  Each quarter's products of Lu's company need to be proposed by each small group in the design department, then discussed and voted on by the whole company, and finally three groups are selected for production and marketing.

  Although Wen Ning is willing to lend Man Rou to her rightful name, Qiao Zijun would rather stand up upright in the place where she fell.

  "The design department of the company has a rule that if an employee is dismissed due to plagiarism or other serious incidents, they will never be rehired. If you participate in the competition, others will think it's unfair." Lu Chengjing explained calmly.

  Qiao Miao's face sank, "I didn't plagiarize. The design draft was designed by myself, I don't know why Dingding's is exactly the same as mine."

  Whenever he mentions that game back then, Qiao Muxia feels a sense of grievance.

  At that time, she had been working at Lu's for only a year, and due to market recognition, the clothes she designed always led a new trend.

  Her career was on the rise, just when she was about to reach the top, she suddenly fell from the clouds and landed in the mud.

  It was an international design competition where the winner could study with Master Emily for three months, which is a huge temptation for all designers.

  Qiao Mu Xia submitted her entry, only to be told that it was identical to Ding Ding's, but Ding Ding had submitted his earlier.

  Ding Ding pulled her in front of Lu Cheng Jing for questioning. Lu Cheng Jing only said one sentence, "Handle it according to the rules." and fired her.

  "You never believed in me, did you?"

  She was called back to the company, but was transferred to the secretarial department.

  Does he know that she has to bear the strange gaze of others every day, endure other people's gossip and rumors, when in fact she did nothing wrong.

  "Lu Chengjing! I'm going to resign, and the 50 million will be returned in full."

  Qiao Miao Xia threw the things in her hand back onto the desk and turned around to leave Lu Cheng Jing's office without looking back.

  (End of chapter)