novelraw Chapter 504
Chapter 504
Zheng Cai: "Wait, wait a moment!"Ye Yuning pursed her lips, feeling somewhat irritable.
Zheng Cai: "Um, Tongtong recently went to work at Gao Ma’s studio, right? You should know about this."
She spoke hurriedly, fearing Ye Yuning might hang up out of impatience.
She was so desperate she had no other choice!
Otherwise, she would never have asked Ye Yuning for help with something like this.
Ye Yuning: "This is good news for you."
Zheng Cai: "..."
Good news?
At first, she too thought it was good news. Consequently, she’d even lorded it over those ladies who had previously looked down on her and Ye Tong.
She believed the Nanjia Peak project had simply been too difficult, which led to the subsequent outcome.
So, this time, with Ye Tong joining Gao Ma, she hoped Ye Tong would strive to succeed and win back the face she had previously lost!
She had already bragged about it everywhere.
But then... Ye Tong ran into trouble again!
Zheng Cai took a deep breath and said, "But recently, almost all the designs she submitted have been rejected."
If this continued, she worried Ye Tong might be fired outright.
By then, she would be even more humiliated in front of that group of gossipy women.
Thinking of this, Zheng Cai’s anger and anxiety towards Ye Tong intensified! The slight guilt she had felt for having lost Ye Tong for so many years evaporated.
Ye Yuning raised an eyebrow. "So?"
As expected!
With Ye Tong’s skill level, she had actually dared to compete with me for the Nanjia Peak project.
And what happened after she snatched it away? The plagiarism incident taught her a harsh lesson.
She must know her place by now!
Especially Zheng Cai; she must be watching Ye Tong more closely this time, not wanting her to make a fool of herself again.
Zheng Cai: "That design is really too difficult. Can’t you guide her?"
Ye Yuning: "Me, guide her? How? Have her come to my studio to design with me, just so she can steal my drafts?"
These words made Zheng Cai’s face, on the other end of the phone, turn pale.
She glared fiercely at Ye Tong, who was sitting on the couch.
Ye Tong was also completely overwhelmed.
Feeling Zheng Cai’s glare, Ye Tong lowered her head resentfully, her hands clenched tightly into fists.
Zheng Cai: "No, no, that won’t happen."
She spoke in a low, pleading voice to Ye Yuning, "Just help her this one time, please..."
Just as she was about to say more, Zheng Cai abruptly stopped.
She had wanted to appeal to the sentiment of the nurturing Ye Yuning had received over the years, but remembering Ye Yuning’s previous words... she knew Ye Yuning wouldn’t care about such sentiments.
Instead of appealing to those sentiments...!
It was better to beg directly!
"I’m begging you, please? Just help her this once," Zheng Cai said cautiously.
As long as Ye Yuning was willing to guide Ye Tong, she believed Ye Tong’s designs would become excellent in no time.
After all, there was no better designer in Upper City than Ye Yuning.
However, even though she didn’t mention past sentiments this time and resorted to begging...
Ye Yuning bluntly retorted, "I can’t help!"
With that, she hung up.
Zheng Cai: "..."
Listening to the BEEP BEEP BEEP from the phone, her face turned ashen.
That little bitch!
How could she not help? It’s such a trivial matter! Even if she just told one of her subordinates, it would have been resolved.
How could she possibly not help?
Zheng Cai, both angry and anxious, glared at Ye Tong. "You! Tell me, how can you be so incompetent!"
"Mom~!"
"Enough! Don’t call me Mom!" Zheng Cai fumed.
She recalled how, before Ye Tong went to Gao Ma, Ye Tong had made such confident promises.
Saying she’d gotten a great platform, and though Gao Ma wasn’t as good as Manlang currently...
...she believed she would soon become Gao Ma’s chief designer.
And now look! Her designs were being rejected time and time again!
Zheng Cai had been at her wit’s end these past few days.
Initially, she had felt guilty towards Ye Tong and wanted to make up for the years of neglect.
But now, seeing Ye Tong in this state, how could she still have the heart to...
She almost wished she’d never gone to find this daughter and bring her back.
Seeing Zheng Cai so furious and distraught, Ye Tong felt a dull ache in her heart.
"Mom, you think I’m useless, don’t you? You don’t want me anymore, do you? I’m not as capable as Ye Yuning!"
Zheng Cai: "Enough! Stop comparing yourself to her!"
She roared.
Her words undoubtedly signaled regret.
She thought of the honor Ye Yuning had brought her over the years.
Back when her relationship with Ye Yuning hadn’t soured, whenever she went out, people would praise her for having such a good daughter.
Even though it made her uncomfortable at the time, and she would silently retort that the Ye Family’s achievements weren’t solely due to Ye Yuning... regardless, Ye Yuning had never embarrassed her.
But this Ye Tong...
Ever since Ye Tong returned to the Ye Family, she felt she had completely lost face.
Ye Tong was stunned by the yelling. "..."
She looked at Zheng Cai with a touch of resentment, but ultimately didn’t dare to say anything.
"Go and beg Ye Yuning! I’m telling you, if you want to overcome this crisis, your only option is to beg her to guide you."
"What if I just quit my job? Can’t I do that?"
The thought of having to beg Ye Yuning instantly filled Ye Tong with indignation.
She would never beg that bitch! She would rather lose everything than beg Ye Yuning!
When Zheng Cai heard Ye Tong say she didn’t want to work anymore, she felt a surge of anger so intense it was almost painful. "No! This job isn’t something you can just quit whenever you feel like it!"
If she quit now, how would those gossiping busybodies ridicule me then?!
Thinking of this, Zheng Cai’s expression towards Ye Tong grew even colder.