My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection

Chapter 331 - 296: Competition

"Yaoyao, stop talking nonsense. There’s nothing about taking or not taking. Bai Zhou and I were just friends to begin with. They’re childhood sweethearts, mutually loving. You’re still young, you don’t understand. As for the wedding dress, it was my own decision. Since you’re my cousin, I felt embarrassed to ask you to design it. If I did, you surely wouldn’t charge me, and how could I face that?" Zhu Qinghan immediately interrupted her at these words, cleverly shifting the topic to money.Yao Xue, who had been listening with displeasure, softened her expression after hearing Zhu Qinghan’s latter remarks. She gave An Yuyao a light slap: "Alright, you should watch your mouth. You’re all grown up but can’t keep a lid on it. Your cousin is an adult and knows what she wants. And about your design skills, aren’t you aware? You just graduated and haven’t had any real experience. If your cousin entrusted her wedding dress to you, I’d be worried! A wedding dress is once in a lifetime, how can it be so hasty?!

"Hmph." An Yuyao, having been scolded by her mother, felt even more displeased. She snorted coldly and angrily turned to go upstairs.

"Qinghan, don’t mind her. You know her temper." Seeing An Yuyao storm off, Yao Xue still felt sorry for her daughter. Despite her words, she stood up: "Qinghan, you stay a bit, I’ll go check on this girl to make sure she doesn’t overthink things. I had someone buy some strawberries today, take two boxes home when you leave."

"No need, aunt, thank you for the thought. I also bought some yesterday, haven’t finished them yet! Go check on Yaoyao! I won’t disturb you anymore. I’ll leave for now and visit you again next time." Zhu Qinghan also slowly stood up, picked up her bag, nodded slightly to Yao Xue, and replied softly.o call Zhu Chen. After a few rings, a low voice came from the other end: "Qinghan?"

"Mm, it’s me." Zhu Qinghan responded softly, with a hint of fatigue in her voice.

"What’s up? You sound quite tired." Zhu Chen noticed the weariness in her tone and asked with concern.

"It’s nothing, I just came out of An Family Villa."

Just with this one sentence, Zhu Chen understood: "I’m not finished here yet. I probably won’t be back until after eight."

"Mm, I’ll go wait for you at your place."

"Alright."

***

The next morning, Cen Jin began working on Zhu Qinghan’s wedding dress. By eleven o’clock, because both had signed up for an international wedding dress design competition online, and with the Yun Group being a clothing industry giant in Nancheng, naturally, they were involved as investors and partners, acting as judges for this wedding dress design competition.

According to the rules, after signing up online, they needed to go to the Yun Group’s PR department for a preliminary competition test.

When they arrived at the Yun Group’s PR department, there weren’t as many people as they imagined. Just as they were about to enter, they encountered Yun Xi coming out. All three were momentarily stunned upon meeting, then Yun Xi, realizing their purpose for coming, promptly led them to her office to explain.

She said the competition test had been canceled an hour ago. Her brother, Yun Qi, said it was unnecessary. After the first-round auditions, the number of participants for the second and third rounds could be determined. Currently, too many people had signed up, many of whom clearly lacked the talent or weren’t even in the relevant field but signed up anyway, hoping to fish in troubled waters for the prize money.

"No wonder, I was wondering why there wasn’t anyone during the registration period!" Cen Jin completely understood after hearing Yun Xi’s explanation.

"Hehe, actually, I expected you two to sign up, quite nice." Yun Xi grinned, raised her eyebrows, and took a file from her desk: "Let me give you a little advantage. Here’s a list of some well-known designers who signed up, including many graduates from prestigious schools. Although it doesn’t offer substantial help in the competition, knowing your opponents is a key to success!"