Gu Susu returned to the office with a composed demeanor, thinking that Qin Tianyi wouldn't suspect anything, as she had merely gone to the restroom.
She hadn't spoken with Chang Qingchuan for too long, so she had nothing to feel guilty about.
The person tailing Gu Susu had transmitted the scene of her meeting with Chang Qingchuan, as if it were a live broadcast, via video to Qin Tianyi's phone.
While Gu Susu was out of the office, Qin Tianyi watched the live-like video with bated breath. Fortunately, Chang Qingchuan had been the one to initiate holding Gu Susu's hand, and she seemed to be deliberately avoiding any physical contact with him.
This point rather pleased him. However, the private investigator following Gu Susu was keeping a distance for fear of being discovered, so the specific details of their conversation were inaudible in the video.
Qin Tianyi's heart was filled with mixed emotions. He had initially thought that with his grandmother insisting on arranging his marriage, even if he went along with it, he wouldn't have any feelings for the woman he married. He just wanted his nominal wife to be obedient and sensible.
But he hadn't expected things to spiral out of his control. Not only had he consummated his marriage with this woman, but he also found his emotions frequently fluctuating because of her.
Damn it! He turned off the video on his phone, feeling that he couldn't continue like this, couldn't be influenced by this woman any longer. He had more important things to do.
As Gu Susu pushed open the office door, she saw Qin Tianyi standing by her desk, looking at her laptop.
He looked so engrossed that she nervously asked, "What are you looking at?"
He looked up at her and said, "Your design drafts. They're not bad, with some novelty. When do you plan to start cutting and sewing?"
"Since you think there are no issues, I'll make the finished products as soon as possible." Gu Susu breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that he didn't seem suspicious.
Having found Chang Qingchuan earlier, she had made things very clear to him. She believed that from now on, there would be no more misunderstandings between them in the company.
Qin Tianyi's eyes curved slightly as he asked, "You can also cut and sew fashion?"
Gu Susu walked back to her desk and confidently replied, "Fashion designers can all sew their own clothes, especially for runway shows. When a new design is created and not yet mass-produced, it's best for the designer to cut and sew it personally. This way, any detail issues discovered during the process can be rectified promptly. Don't you understand this?"
Qin Tianyi turned back to his large desk and said with a slightly hoarse voice, "I haven't had the time to thoroughly study the fashion designer industry. Then you should finish the finished products as soon as possible and let everyone see the results."
Gu Susu glanced around the office and said with some difficulty, "It's not convenient to make finished garments in this office. I need to select fabrics and find suitable models. Models need to try them on and make adjustments. So, starting tomorrow, I'll need to go to the company's designer studio. It should have everything there..."
"No, you are not allowed to move to the design department," Qin Tianyi stated authoritatively, forbidding it.
Gu Susu said helplessly, "But how can I make finished garments without going to the studio?"
"You just need a spacious place, a design studio with all the necessary equipment, right?" Qin Tianyi asked, ignoring her protest.
Gu Susu suppressed her anger and replied, "Yes."
"That's simple. I can find a place for you outside. Starting tomorrow until the finished garments are ready, you don't need to come to the company anymore," Qin Tianyi said, his tone leaving no room for her to object.
She said "Oh," sat down in her chair, and closed the designed drafts. She thought that Qin Tianyi was simply afraid of her staying in the same department as Chang Qingchuan. He was truly narrow-minded.
But this was for the best. With her absence from the company for these few days, Chang Qingchuan could adapt to MISHANG on his own, and she wouldn't have to worry about Qin Tianyi inexplicably throwing a fit of jealousy.
He was jealous? He would be jealous of her? Thinking of this, Gu Susu couldn't help but look at Qin Tianyi, trying to find something in him.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Isn't this arrangement good? It allows you to stay in a completely undisturbed studio and focus on creating finished garments. You know how important this runway show at Paris Fashion Week is to our company..."
"It's nothing, I know," Gu Susu withdrew her gaze. She only saw coldness and an icy chill emanating from him. It seemed she had been overthinking it.
...
The next day, Qin Tianyi did indeed find a design studio for her, which was fully equipped and met all her requirements for garment making.
After dropping her off, Qin Tianyi went to MISHANG Company himself.
She also began her work without any hesitation. Taking the large stack of fabric samples and model information sent by Qin Tianyi's staff, she started with fabric selection.
She couldn't recall how long it had been since she last sewed clothes herself. She remembered the first time she made clothes was in college, with her tailoring and sewing teacher.
Later, she didn't have such opportunities. Even when she participated in international design competitions in prison, she only had design drafts, never making the finished products herself. She wondered if her award-winning design would be as beautiful as the artistic conception she intended when made into a physical garment.
She worked in this private design studio for a week, creating two finished garments. She also hired a female model to try them on in the studio to see how they looked, which was largely consistent with her designs.
She walked around the hired female model and asked, "Does your waist feel too tight? Should I loosen it a bit?"
The beautiful female model slightly bent over and smiled, "A bit tighter accentuates the figure better. It doesn't need to be too loose."
Gu Susu smiled and said, "The fashion I design doesn't focus on highlighting the figure too much..." Just as she was speaking, her phone rang.
She gestured for the model to take off the current outfit and try on another one. She looked at her phone; the caller ID was Ai Yiwei's number.
She mentally calculated that it was time to visit Xingxing this month, but Ai Yiwei would certainly not contact her about this matter.
"Hello, speak."
"Gu Susu, you must help me this time!" Ai Yiwei's voice on the other end of the phone was so loud it hurt her ears.
She quickly moved the phone away. Seeing that the model in the same studio could also hear, she had no choice but to walk out of the studio to the open space outside to talk with Ai Yiwei. "What's wrong? Is Xingxing okay?"
"Your child is fine." Ai Yiwei's voice was laced with tears. "But I'm not doing well right now. I'm pregnant. I want to keep this child. If my child cannot be born, I won't let your child have an easy time either..."
Ai Yiwei kept talking, and Gu Susu didn't listen carefully. She only heard that Ai Yiwei wanted to make her child suffer, and she became angry. "You're pregnant, you want to have a child, what does that have to do with Xingxing and me? This is your own business. Don't always bring up Xingxing. If you push me too far, we'll both go down in flames!"