She saw that Huo Zheng’s fist had loosened and turned to leave the private room. Only after returning to the storage room did she secretly heave a sigh. In fact, she didn’t know if she could scare Huo Zheng just then, and she figured it was her last sentence that had disgusted him.
Only by making him feel that a cleaner held no novelty for him could she prevent him from bothering her in the future.
…
Ya Nan left the club alone first. A few steps after walking out the main door, she saw Su Kangxi, dressed in plain clothes, walking towards her.
She held her head high, pretending not to see him, treating him as air, and brushed past him.
Su Kangxi, however, reached out and grabbed her arm. “Don’t work here anymore. I can help you find a proper job, enough for you to support yourself.”
Ya Nan wanted to shake him off and said with a laugh, “You’re a police officer. Associating with someone like me, being discovered, would damage your esteemed image.”
Su Kangxi didn’t let go and pulled her to the side. “I know you hate me, but you can’t ruin yourself like this. Find a proper job, and it’s not too late to start anew…”
Ya Nan glared at him and sneered, “Officer Su, you think too highly of yourself. How is working here not proper? If working here is ruining myself, then Su…”
She almost blurted it out. Wasn’t Susu also working here? Fortunately, she stopped herself in time.
“What did you say, Su?”
Ya Nan forcefully shook him off. “I said, what kind of logic is that!”
“This place is a mix of all sorts of people. Even if you don’t want trouble, trouble will find you. The incident last time is the best proof!” Su Kangxi tried to persuade her to leave such a place.
“Su Kangxi, don’t talk to me with that benevolent facade. It makes me sick. I don’t need your sympathy or charity… Don’t come looking for me again. I never want to see you again in this lifetime!” Wei Ya Nan pushed him away forcefully with both hands and quickly hailed a car to leave.
She returned to her residence and, waiting for Susu to come back, she didn’t sleep. She was playing games madly, venting all her hatred for Su Kangxi into the game.
Not long after, Gu Susu also returned to their residence, exhausted. Fortunately, there were no major incidents. That Huo Zheng was just a spoiled brat.
However, if he planned to retaliate afterward, she wouldn’t give him any chance.
Ya Nan saw her return and exited the game, chasing after her and asking, “Susu, did that extremely psychologically abnormal Young Master Huo trouble you? You really have some skills to get away unscathed.”
Gu Susu threw her bag aside, sat down, poured a glass of water, and drank it all in one go before saying, “He’s just a spoiled child. His family background is too privileged, and he has no life goals. He’s probably not bad at heart. His sister, Huo Jin, helped me a lot. She hopes this will make him reflect on himself properly.”
“Huo Jin is that young lady who helped you? Are she and Huo Zheng siblings?” Ya Nan asked.
She hadn’t met Huo Jin in person, but Susu had mentioned that Huo Jin was a rather righteous and ambitious young lady from a prominent family.
Susu nodded.
Ya Nan shook her head and said, “Then they are truly worlds apart. Are they born of the same mother?”
“They should be.” Gu Susu had checked online. Huo Liangcheng had only had Huo Jin’s mother as his legitimate wife throughout his life, and there were no rumors about him before.
Ya Nan didn’t ask about Huo Zheng anymore. Thinking about what Susu had said when they were about to finish work, she asked, “What did you want to tell me? Did that Yang Sijie discover you?”
Hearing the name Yang Sijie, Susu’s heart fluttered with panic. She was afraid of being found by him, which was why she didn’t want to stay at the club anymore.
“Ya Nan, I want to leave the club and go to a small city below Lancheng to do a clothing wholesale business. Do you want to come with me, or continue staying here?”
Ya Nan was slightly taken aback and immediately said, “Wherever you go, I’ll go. Are you planning to leave me and go alone?”
Susu said with a laugh, “If I wanted to leave alone, would I be telling you now?”
“That’s true.” Ya Nan remembered Su Kangxi had come when they finished work, but she didn’t want to see Su Kangxi either. It was a good opportunity to get away from him.
Let him walk his bright path, and she would cross her single-plank bridge. She didn’t want to see his guilty look and sympathetic expression anymore.
“But I’ve never done this kind of business before. I’m afraid I’ll do poorly and drag you down,” Ya Nan said unconfidently.
Gu Susu said, “I haven’t done it before either. I’m just crossing the river by feeling the stones. However, I’ve been to clothing markets in such small cities before, and there is still market and development space. If you’re willing, I’d be delighted to have someone help me.”
“Willing, of course, I’m willing.” Ya Nan said with a look of weariness, “I’ve long wanted to leave the club, and it would be even better to get away from this city.”
Susu knew that Lancheng was now a place of sorrow for Ya Nan. She continued to explain her plans.
“I’ve thought about it. Initially, we’ll rent a stall. If we have a good eye and bring in a few styles of fashion suitable for that place, and sales pick up, we can open our own studio, design fashion ourselves, and find local garment factories for processing. This way, the cost price of fashion will be lower. Then, with a combination of physical stores and online sales, we shouldn’t have trouble supporting ourselves.”
Although Ya Nan didn’t understand these things well, listening to her, it didn’t seem difficult to do. Susu was originally a fashion designer, and by leveraging her expertise, she was sure to succeed.
“Okay, I’ll do whatever you say. As long as I’m with you, I’ll do whatever you ask me to. I’ll be very happy if I can be with you.”
“It sounds simple when I say it, but when we actually implement it, there will be many things to do. You can definitely help me, and we’ll be partners.” Susu extended a hand for a high-five.
Ya Nan said with some difficulty, “But I don’t have much money now. Partners have to contribute capital, right?”
“You don’t need to contribute money; contributing effort counts too.” Gu Susu held her hand and shook it. “Then it’s settled. Tomorrow during the day, we’ll go to the club to resign. Before we leave, I’ll explain to Sister Jing privately.”
“It’s a deal.” Ya Nan felt she had a new goal and was full of energy, no longer dwelling on sadness, anger, and hatred as before.
Susu smiled and said, “Get some rest early. Starting tomorrow, we’ll be busy.”
After her excitement, Ya Nan suddenly remembered something and asked, “But where are we going after we leave Lancheng? Where do you want to go?”
Susu replied, “Dechuan City.”
Ya Nan asked blankly, “What kind of place is that? I’ve never heard of it.”
“It’s a fourth or fifth-tier city. You can find it on a map online.” Gu Susu had gone to Dechuan City once before for her stolen designs.
Although the experience wasn’t very pleasant, she had taken the time to look at Dechuan’s clothing market.
That small city was developing rapidly. Even if it wasn’t as economically developed or as densely populated as a big city like Lancheng, it still had significant development space and potential.