Finally, it was time to get off work. Tina walked out of the company. She felt extremely irritable. Wandering aimlessly on the street, she finally entered a coffee shop.
She ordered an Americano, then carried the coffee and found a seat to sit down. As soon as she looked up, she saw a person in front of her designing clothes on a computer. Immediately, she became interested. She found that the clothes designed by the person in front of her were plain yet distinctive. Wasn't this exactly what Wen Sining wanted? An idea popped into her mind.
With this thought in mind, Tina walked towards him and greeted him actively, "Hello."
The person looked up at her and smiled politely, "Hello."
"I see you're designing clothes. They're really well - designed," Tina complimented.
"Really?" the person replied.
Tina nodded affirmatively and casually sat down opposite him. "May I ask how I should address you?"
"Steve. And you?"
"Tina. I'm very glad to meet you," Tina said amicably. She had an ulterior motive; otherwise, she wouldn't have acted like this.
"Would you like to work in our company?" Tina asked directly. Since Wen Sining had set a time limit for her, she couldn't afford to dawdle.
"Your company?" Steve had no idea which company she was referring to.
Only then did Tina realize that she hadn't mentioned the company's name. "Freedom."
"I know this company. I applied for a job there after graduating from university. After I failed the interview, I never had the courage to try again," Steve's eyes lit up after hearing the company's name.
"Do you want to go now?" Tina asked again. Afraid that he might refuse, she added, "Don't worry. I won't treat you badly in terms of salary and benefits. Moreover, I'll arrange two paid days off for you every week. That's a privilege that other employees don't have."
Steve still hesitated a bit. "I'm afraid I won't be able to handle the job." This was his concern.
"Don't worry. Your ability is definitely up to the task," Tina said. As long as she could get him to the company, the rest would be easy.
Steve thought for a while and finally nodded.
"Then come directly to the design department to find me tomorrow," Tina said as she took out a business card from her bag and handed it to him.
After Steve took it, he said, "You're the director of the design department."
Tina nodded.
"I'll come tomorrow," Steve said.
The two sat and chatted for a while longer before Tina left. Her mood had improved a lot.
The next day, Steve came to the company very early. Since she had called Tina in advance, Tina was waiting for her at the entrance.
"You're here. Let me show you your workstation," Tina said.
Steve didn't think much and just nodded at her.
Tina led her to the workstation. There was only a computer on the desk.
"By the way, you need to submit a design drawing today. The requirement is to be concise. Send it to me before you get off work," Tina said.
Steve let out an "Ah". She had just started work today, and now she had to start working right away.
"Is there a problem?" Tina looked at her. Her tone wasn't very kind.
Since Steve had come to the company, she had to follow Tina's instructions, so she nodded.
Before getting off work in the evening, Steve sent the completed design to Tina's email.
"It's done," she clapped her hands, stretched a bit in her seat, then turned off the computer and left.
After receiving the email, Tina was very satisfied with the clothes designed by Steve. This should be what Wen Sining wanted. However, Steve had only designed one version, which might not be enough.
In the following days, as soon as Steve came to the company, Tina would assign her the task of designing drafts.
No matter how much Steve loved this job, she would feel annoyed under Tina's exploitation. But for the sake of the salary, she had no choice but to do so.
Tina already had several clothing templates, but she didn't have Wen Sining's contact information, so she could only send the designed clothing templates to Cao Ye and ask him to forward them to Wen Sining. In this way, she could keep her job.
Cao Ye did as she asked. Wen Sining had a property in the US. She only stayed there when she came on business trips. Although she didn't live there permanently, there was a maid who cleaned it regularly.
She had just come out of the bathroom. Habitually, she turned on her phone and saw the message from Cao Ye.
[Tina's designed clothing templates have been sent to your email.]
Wen Sining replied with an "Okay", then went to blow - dry her hair. After coming out, she turned on the computer and, as expected, saw the email from Cao Ye.
She clicked it open. Looking at the clothing templates displayed on it, she was very satisfied. At the same time, she felt puzzled. Only a few days had passed, and Tina's design style had completely changed. How could it change so quickly? And with her personality, how could she obediently follow her instructions? This made her suspicious.
Wen Sining picked up the phone on the bed just now and sent a message to Cao Ye.
[Is this really sent by Tina?]
Cao Ye replied to her quickly. [Yes. Is there any problem with the clothing templates?]
[No.]
[Her design has changed a lot this time. It conforms to the company's theme. Tell her to keep it up in the future.]
[Okay.]
[By the way, ask Tina to come to my office at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.]
[Okay, Ms. Wen.] Cao Ye replied without asking the reason.
Wen Sining closed the computer and lay down on the bed.
Just as she lay down, Lu Luochen called her for a video call. This caught Wen Sining off guard. She immediately sat up from the bed, ran to the bathroom, looked at herself in the mirror, and after making sure that she looked okay, she answered the video call. She didn't even realize that, without knowing when, she had become so concerned about her image in front of Lu Luochen.
"What were you doing? Why did you answer the call so late?" As soon as she answered the call, Lu Luochen's face appeared on the screen.
"I was in the bathroom just now. I heard the phone ringing and just came out," she lied casually. Anyway, they weren't together.
Lu Luochen didn't dwell on this issue. He didn't doubt what she said either.
"Have things been going smoothly these days?" Lu Luochen asked. In fact, he had been waiting for Wen Sining to call him actively. But for several days, there was no sign from her. So he had to call her himself.
"Everything's going smoothly. Are you still dealing with work in the study?" Wen Sining recognized the bookshelf in the background.