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Chapter 836: It’s Decided Then
Jian Yumin said that he was willing to give Luo Xiuen some time to think about the matter however he ended up staring at her for the entire time.
“I can’t think with you looking at me like that.”
“You might run away if I don’t look at you.”
Jian Yumin believed that Luo Xiuen was someone who could do such a thing.
After all, she could suddenly get on a plane and disappear into another country.
Then, he would never see his adorable child.
Furthermore, what if he found a stepfather for his child? What if his child called someone else father in the future?
Luo Xiuen said: “Well if I want to run, you can’t stop me.”
“I…” Jian Yumin started. He wanted to argue against her however he realized that she was saying the truth.
He couldn’t win a fight against Luo Xiuen!
Jian Yiheng calmly interrupted: “I will watch her for you. She won’t be able to leave.”
Upon hearing this, Jian Yumin felt reassured. He nearly forgot that Jian Yiheng was here!
Then, Jian Yumin said to Luo Xiuen: “You won’t be able to escape. I will wait for your decision.”
Luo Xiuen glanced at Jian Yiheng. She didn’t believe in their words.
And thus, she attempted to stand up. However, a hand was placed onto her shoulder and pushed her into her previous spot on the sofa.
Luo Xiuen tried to stand up again. However, this did not work against Jian Yiheng.
Although it appeared as though he wasn’t using much strength, he could still ensure that Luo Xiuen was seated.
This man’s strength was terrifying!
Then, Jian Yiheng said to Luo Xiuen: “Don’t move around. I don’t want to hurt my nephew or niece.”
As Luo Xiuen failed to escape, she turned around to look at Jian Yiling for help: “Yiling, can you be alone with me for a while?”
Jian Yiling shook her head: “I want a nephew or niece as well.”
It seemed as though her only source of hope was standing on the opposite side of her.
Luo Xiuen felt isolated and helpless against the Jian family.
Jian Yichen walked up to her smilingly: “Hey future sister-in-law, just agree to get together with my cousin. Although my cousin is a bit frank, he’s not a bad man! I can guarantee that he definitely likes you.”
This was something that Jian Yichen could vouch for.
After all, Jian Yumin would only be sexually attracted to someone that he liked romantically.
Furthermore, the only person who played around with women in the Jian family was Jian Yichen.
Jian Yumin slapped the table before he suggested: “What about this. We can try and date for a while. If it’s actually unbearable, we can talk about it again.”
“But… I haven’t had enough time to think about it…”
“You can think about it as we date.”
“But…”
“No buts.”
“…”
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After this incident, Zhai Yunsheng and Jian Yiling headed home.
Zhai Yunsheng was taking a sip of water when Jian Yiling suddenly asked: “When are we going to have a baby?”
“Cough… Cough cough… Cough cough cough…”
Zhai Yunsheng choked on his water.
After a while, Zhai Yunsheng finally composed himself: “When… When did you get this idea?”
His handsome face has a flush to it.
Jian Yiling: “Master Zhai said marriage comes after engagement. Then, pregnancy and finally a baby.”
Zhai Yunsheng did not know when his grandpa instilled such thoughts into Jian Yiling’s mind.
However, it appeared as though Jian Yiling accepted his grandpa’s words.
“I… I guess…”
“I’ve delivered babies before. Through natural birth and cesarean section. I shouldn’t be afraid of the process.”
Jian Yiling was filled with medical knowledge.
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Chapter 837: I Want to Kiss You Right Now
Upon hearing this, Zhai Yunsheng replied: “It’s not the same.”
“It’s not the same?”
“Mhmm,” Zhai Yunsheng replied to Jian Yiling in a soft voice: “A baby should be the crystallization of love. It’s not a task or obligation.”
After saying this, Zhai Yunsheng dropped a soft kiss on Jian Yiling’s red lips.
Then, he said to her: “Maybe when you want to kiss me or hug me. Maybe then, we can have a baby.”
Jian Yiling tilted her head and looked at Zhai Yunsheng…
Then, she suddenly put her arms around Zhai Yunsheng’s neck and stood on tippy toes to kiss him.
Jian Yiling’s lips were soft and warm. The moment her lips touched his, it felt as though her lips were the sweetest candy.
After the kiss, Jian Yiling said: “But I want to kiss you right now.”
Jian Yiling’s gaze was serious. Although there was no lust or desire in her eyes, she was still a fatal temptation to Zhai Yunsheng.
At that moment, Zhai Yunsheng knew what the saying of lifting a stone just to smash one’s own feet meant.
Zhai Yunsheng let go of Jian Yiling and said: “I’m going to go shower.”
Then, Zhai Yunsheng hurriedly walked away. After all, if his pacing was any slower, his mind could waver.
After Zhai Yunsheng left the shower, Master Zhai appeared in their living room.
A bunch of bags was next to him.
Needless to say, Master Zhai was here to give his granddaughter-in-law tonics and supplements.
There was ginseng, young deer antler, edible bird’s nest, and cordyceps flowers.
Then, Jian Yiling went back to the study to deal with work matters. She left Master Zhai and Zhai Yunsheng to chat in the living room.
After learning about what happened today, Master Zhai said with envy: “Ahhh, I want a woman to come to my door with a child as well.”
Zhai Yunsheng: “What?”
Master Zhai: “I’m talking about your uncle. Not you! If you dare to do something like that, I will break your legs!”
In the past, before he had a granddaughter-in-law, Master Zhai would not mind something like this.
However, he now had a granddaughter-in-law. Therefore, his great-grandchild must come from the belly of his granddaughter-in-law! No one else would do!
And thus, Master Zhai’s statement was related to the Second Master of the Zhai family.
Then, Master Zhai smilingly asked Zhai Yunsheng: “Soo… When are you going to…”
Upon hearing the start of the sentence, Zhai Yunsheng suddenly moved one of his hands to his chest: “Ahh my heart hurts… I need to rest.”
“You brat. You’re deliberately avoiding my question, aren’t you?”
“Heart hurts…”
“You…” Master Zhai started before he took a deep breath. “Okay, let’s not talk about this then! Your heart doesn’t need to hurt!”
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Ada came to ask Wen Ruo if she wanted to participate in an international jewelry design competition.
Wen Ruo immediately said yes.
She did not even consider the fact that jewelry design was not her strong suit.
During university, Wen Ruo focused on designing clothes. It was not in the same direction as designing jewelry.
However, Ada told Wen Ruo that in order to participate, she had to either be a famous jewelry designer or have a letter of recommendation from a famous jewelry designer.
As Ada specialized in designing clothes, she was not qualified to give Wen Ruo a recommendation.
Therefore, Ada assumed that perhaps Wen Ruo could speak to Mr. Kevin. If she managed to do so, it shouldn’t be a problem for her to get a recommendation from the company’s jewelry designers.
This was because the jewelry designers at XDL were typically renowned in the industry. It was unlikely for them to write a recommendation letter for an intern under normal circumstances.
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Chapter 838: Jewelry Design Competition (1)
“I’ll try.”
Wen Ruo did not know whether her attempt would work her not. However, there was no harm in trying. Even if they did not write a letter of recommendation for her, she had nothing to lose in the first place.
To her pleasant surprise, when the other person realized that she was related to Wen Nuan, they readily agreed to help her.
And thus, Wen Ruo successfully got a letter of recommendation.
When she got home, Wen Ruo told her mother about the good news.
Cai Qinyue was genuinely happy for her daughter: “Once you rank highly in the competition, no one will question your abilities in the future.”
“Mhmm..”
“We will let them all know that Wen Ruo is the most talented designer in the Wen family.”
After speaking to her mother for a while, Wen Ruo said that she was going to go upstairs to review content related to the design of jewelry.
Although the design of jewelry was not Wen Ruo’s main area of study, she had studied it during university.
In her room, Wen Ruo drew up several designs.
However, every time she drew a design, she quickly scrunched it up.
By the time Cai Qinyue visited her, the floor of Wen Ruo’s room was already filled with paper balls.
“What’s wrong?” Cai Qinyue asked. She sensed that her daughter was not in a good mood.
“Nothing,” Wen Ruo replied. She did not want to tell her mother that she didn’t feel any inspiration.
“Mother, I’m going to the attic to look for inspiration.”
There were many old things in the Wen family’s attics. A lot of items had been passed down by their ancestors for hundreds of years.
And thus, Wen Ruo wanted to find design inspiration from these items.
“Okay, I will get you the key from the drawer.”
Then, Cai Qinyue handed the key of the attic to Wen Ruo.
There were a lot of things locked up in the attic. Typically, their servants were not allowed to go inside the attic to help them clean up the space. Instead, Wen Cheng handled the cleaning by himself.
As Wen Ruo was going through old items, she suddenly found numerous old design drafts.
After flicking through the pages, Wen Ruo was surprised to find that all of them of drawings of jewelry.
Wen Nuan had drawn these designs before she got married.
Back then, Wen Nuan showed a lot of talent in this area.
When she was younger, Wen Nuan would draw designs in her spare time.
However, she did not take these designs with her when she got married. Instead, she left her design drafts in a box in the attic.
And thus, these designs were from decades ago.
Despite that, even after so many years, these designs did not appear out of date.
Unknowingly, Wen Ruo stayed in the attic until late. Cai Qinyue had to come upstairs to call for her.
“Wen Ruo, it’s time to rest.”
When she saw her mother, Wen Ruo subconsciously hid the stack of designs behind her back.
“Okay.”
Then, Wen Ruo got up. She placed the stack of designs in an old book and took it out of the attic.
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Wen Nuan received an invitation from the international jewelry design competition.
When Jian Yunnao saw the invitation, he was incredibly happy for his mother: “Mother, apparently only renowned jewelry designers are invited to this competition!”
After Wen Nuan’s display of talent at XDL’s fashion show, she was now considered to be a famous and renowned designer.
Wen Nuan thought about it for a while before she decided to enter the competition.
After it, it was not about your ranking, it was about participating.
And thus, Jian Yunnao accompanied his mother to the competition location.
The judges for such a competition were all internationally renowned designers.
Major brands and the media also attended this competition.
At the competition location, Wen Nuan ran into Wen Ruo.
Wen Ruo was accompanied by Cai Qinyue.
When Cai Qinyue saw Wen Nuan, she asked with mockery: “Oh? You’re here as well? Who wrote the letter of recommendation for you?”
Wen Nuan replied with a bright and dignified smile on her face: “I don’t need a letter of recommendation.”
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Chapter 839: Jewelry Design Competition (2)
Cai Qinyue did not believe in Wen Nuan’s words. However, she was not bothered to argue with her either.
And thus, she said: “Well, I’m here to wish you a good result in the competition.”
However, Wen Nuan was in no mood to feign civility with Cai Qinyue. Instead, she pulled Jian Yunnao away.
When Cai Qinyue saw them leave, the smile on her face disappeared instantly.
“Your aunt used to be so polite to us. However, after the Jian family made their way into the Beijing circles, she just ignores us now. It’s as though she considers everyone else beneath her or something.”
Wen Ruo also looked at Wen Nuan and Jian Yunnao as they left.. However, she did not say anything.
Then, the competition began.
During the competition, no one else was allowed to enter the competition venue. The venue was to be kept absolutely quiet.
Furthermore, no electronic devices were allowed to be brought into the venue.
After the competition started, the contestants were given a theme by the judges.
This year’s theme was “fusion.”
This theme did not challenge Wen Nuan. After thinking about it for a while, Wen Nuan drafted up a design that she was happy with.
Wen Ruo seemed to have performed well too. When the designs were handed in, Wen Nuan saw the happiness on Wen Ruo’s face.
However, Wen Nuan did not really care about this. After all, her niece’s drawings did not affect hers.
The results of the competition came out the next day.
All the works were made public.
Wen Nuan’s design was awarded second place.
This was already a good result. After all, Wen Nuan was considered a rookie in the industry. Being placed in the top three ranks was an amazing feat.
Wen Ruo’s design ranked third. She placed just after Wen Nuan.
When Wen Nuan saw Wen Ruo’s design, a sense of familiarity flooded her.
Although many years had passed, Wen Nuan still recognized the work that she had designed with her own hands.
“Mother, what’s wrong?” Jian Yunnao asked hurriedly. He noticed that his mother’s expression was not right.
“Wen Ruo’s design… It looks like the one that I designed thirty years or so ago…”
“Really? If that’s the case, then this is plagiarism!”
“Yeah, I think it’s my design. After all, I drew it with my own hands. Therefore, I still have some impression of the design. Even if a long time has passed since then, I would not completely forget about the design.”
“Where are those designs right now?”
“I probably didn’t bring them with me when I got married. I don’t know where they are right now.”
After all, those designs were spontaneously drawn by Wen Nuan. They were left in the Wen family attic with many of Wen Nuan’s old possessions.
Previously, Wen Nuan did not think of these designs.
However today, she suddenly saw Wen Ruo’s competition entry.
“Wait, so that means Wen Ruo saw your old designs and used your work in the competition?!”
As he thought about this, a look of anger appeared on Jian Yunnao’s face.
Jian Yunnao stood up as he wanted to go and find the organizer of the competition: “I’m going to speak to the organizer of the competition! I will expose Wen Ruo’s shameless behavior!”
Wen Nuan pulled Jian Yunnao back: “We don’t have any evidence.”
Even if Wen Ruo stole Wen Nuan’s previous designs, they did not have any evidence.
After all, when Wen Nuan drew those designs back then, there were no witnesses nor records.
“Then are you going to just let her use your work like this?” Jian Yunnao said angrily.
Although Wen Ruo’s ranking did not affect his mother’s results, her rank still came from the fruit of his mother’s labor. What right did she have to use his mother’s designs?
Wen Nuan: “But we don’t have any evidence. The organizers of the competition will not back up our claims. Furthermore, your uncle…”
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Chapter 840: Jewelry Design Competition (3)
After all, this matter was difficult to deal with.
Without any evidence, the organizers of the competition would not believe them.
Naturally, Wen Ruo would not admit to plagiarism either.
Jian Yunnao hesitated for a moment before he said: “Mother, let’s discuss this matter with Yuncheng and Yiling.”
“You want to tell Yiling about this?” Wen Nuan said as she frowned: “Let’s not tell Yiling about this. She already has to deal with a lot of things. Let’s not add something else to that list.”
Wen Nuan knew that her daughter was incredibly busy these days. Her matters weren’t that important. Therefore, she did not want to cause any additional trouble for her daughter..
Jian Yunnao also reflected on this: “Hmm, alright then. I’ll tell my brother about this.”
When Wen Nuan discussed this matter with the rest of her family, the list of winners had already been released.
Many news reports began to appear on the media.
The news that two individuals from the Wen family had won awards at the same time also spread.
The media praised the Wen family and praised the talent of Wen Nuan and Wen Ruo.
When Cai Qinyue heard that her daughter ranked third in the competition, she was overjoyed. However, when she saw that Wen Nuan was ranked second place, her mood sank slightly.
But soon, she thought about the matter again. Her daughter was much younger than Wen Nuan!
This meant that her daughter had much more room for growth.
Furthermore, her daughter was not even majoring in jewelry design.
“Wen Ruo, now those ladies who questioned your ability can all shut up! Furthermore, our company will be able to run even more smoothly.”
Wen Cheng was overjoyed to learn the results of the competition.
“Wow! A Nuan and Wen Ruo are amazing!” Wen Cheng cried. “I am going to throw a big banquet to celebrate their achievements!”
And thus, Wen Cheng began to send out invitations to his friends and relatives.
All his friends and relatives were envious of the fact that the Wen family had two talented designers.
Wen Cheng’s friends expressed their envy: “Wow, the Wen family is amazing. Both Wen Ruo and Wen Nuan managed to achieve such high ranks in a renowned competition!”
Wen Cheng was delighted to hear this praise. He liked to hear people praise his sister and daughter.
“Nah, they’re great on their own. It’s not that related to the Wen family’s upbringing” Wen Cheng smilingly replied.
Then, Wen Cheng visited the shopping mall. He purchased two branded bags worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. One was for his sister and the other was for his daughter.
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Whilst Wen Ruo and Wen Nuan were at the jewelry design competition, Jian Yiling dragged Zhai Yunsheng to the Qin Residence.
“Why do you want me to go with you?” Zhai Yunsheng asked Jian Yiling.
“Because… It’s better for you to accompany me.”
After her last conversation with Qin Chuan, Jian Yiling was a little afraid to see Qin Chuan again.
However, she had already promised to treat Qin Hongzhi’s condition. Therefore, she had to visit the Qin Residence.
After thinking about the matter, Jian Yiling thought that it would be best to let Zhai Yunsheng accompany her.
“Hmm?”
“I want you to accompany me…” Jian Yiling said. She did not understand the reasoning behind her request.
“I like your request.”
Upon hearing Jian Yiling’s words, Zhai Yunsheng was in a very good mood.
Then, Zhai Yunsheng made a call to his company. After sorting out some matters, he accompanied Jian Yiling to the Qin Residence.
After arriving at the Qin Residence, Jian Yiling asked Qin Honzhi about his health condition. Then, she checked his medical report and previous medical tests.
After that, she told him that he would be admitted into a special ward tomorrow. Someone would look after his everyday life.
As Qin Hongzhi did not know the reason for Jian Yiling’s sudden change of mind, he was rather happy. He was happy to know that his condition had a chance to be cured.
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