Chapter 91 Reject Me, and Yousll Lose Your Opportunity (1/2)

Xin Qing did not expect a birthday gift to get her into so much trouble.

The following afternoon, Xin Qing received a phone call from an unknown woman, who ungraciously demanded her to make her a scarf. According to the woman, money would not be an issue as she was willing to pay any amount for it. Xin Qing was not the mood to entertain anything of the sort, so she hung up the phone straight away. She ended up receiving numerous calls over the course of the entire afternoon, whose callers had all demanded her to make embroidery stitches for them. Xin Qing had always been good-tempered and affable, but not even she could remain unaffected by such nonsense. Without further ado, she called Meyer and told him to do something about his sister.

At night, Xin Qing ran into Ailey on the way to the supermarket. There were two other girls with Ailey. When the three saw Xin Qing, they hurried over.

”Xin Qing!” Ailey yelled out to her. She sounded slightly upset. ”Why did you hang up on my friends?”

”Are you serious right now?” Xin Qing thought. Now she finally knew why she disliked Ailey so much. This woman probably thought that everyone in this world was her friend. She thought it was completely natural to demand everyone else to do her bidding.

”Because I don't know them,” Xin Qing said, her face devoid of any expression.

Ailey quickly grabbed the two girls beside her. ”Well, now you know each other! We're all friends now.”

”Is there something you need? I have to go get my groceries.” Xin Qing did not feel like explaining anything to them. Any further explanations would be pointless anyway.

Ailey nodded. ”Yeah, there is something we need. They want your embroidery too. Why don't you make one for each of them? Well, let me think, how many are there... Hm. Around ten of them.”

For a long moment, Xin Qing looked at Ailey as if she was seeing some kind of monster. She kept staring at Ailey until the latter was starting to get creeped out.

”Wh-what's wrong?” Ailey said, blinking her eyes. ”There's no rush. You can take your time. Just give it to them in a few days.”

”Ailey, do you know how long it'll take for me to make one of those scarves? Also, your brother and I are friends. You and I? Not quite. Even if we're friends, we aren't that close, so you can't just demand me to do things for you. I gave you a birthday gift because that's the sensible thing to do. Now I'm refusing to give your friends anything for the same reason. Because it's a reasonable thing to do. I don't know them, and I don't want to know them.”

”You d*mn Chinese. Ailey considers you her friend because she thinks highly of you. Do you know that her family owns the supermarket you're heading to? She's asking you for the scarves because she respects you, okay!” Feeling displeased, one of Ailey's companion had begun mocking Xin Qing.

Xin Qing gave her a cold stare. ”I didn't ask for her to think highly of me, and I don't need her to think highly of me.” Xin Qing stepped around the group and was about to leave.

”Xin Qing, Xin Qing!” Ailey hurried after Xin Qing and seized her. ”Please don't get mad. I didn't do it on purpose. If you don't want to do it then that's fine. It's okay!”

Xin Qing felt that same wave of emotion welling up inside her. Frustrated, Xin Qing shook off Ailey's hand. ”It's her problem,” Xin Qing thought, ”and yet she somehow made it sound like I had bullied her.”

”I'm not mad. I still have to get my groceries. I'll be going first.”

Xin Qing left without a backward glance. As she walked away, Xin Qing could still hear the sound of Ailey crying.

Afterwards, Meyer called her, but she did not pick up. She had scolded his sister. What else could she say to him?

At the same time, she received word from CK that they had already come to a decision between her and Eva's designs. They asked her to drop by. That afternoon, Xin Qing went to CK and was unsurprised to learn that it was her design that they had picked. They did not make any changes to her design at all.

Randa's attitude towards her had suddenly become very genial. He ordered Kay to escort Eva away, leaving Xin Qing alone with him.

”Xin Qing, the higher-ups like your design very much, and have decided to use it this time.” As usual, Randa was naked from the waist up. Slowly, he stepped around the design table and came to stand in front of her. ”However... you know as well that you're still a student. So I'm afraid it wouldn't be appropriate if we were to tell the client that you had designed it.”

”What's that supposed to mean?” Xin Qing asked, startled.

Randa chuckled. ”Hehe. What I mean is...” All of a sudden, Randa's hand reached out and wrapped around her waist. ”If you're with me, I'll tell them that you've made a lot of input during the design process. After you graduate next year, I'll recommend you to CK! How does that sound? Oh, I didn't make the same promise to Eva, mind you!”

Xin Qing shoved him away, smiling slightly. ”If I refuse, would you claim my design as your own?”

”Claim it as mine?! How can you say that?” Randa did not seem to mind that Xin Qing had pushed him away. ”You should have said, it is mine.”

Xin Qing stared at him wide-eyed. She had underestimated this sleazeball's despicability. When she was about to rebuke him, Randa pulled her into his arms, his hands slipping under her blouse. Xin Qing panicked. She was about to push him away when the door swung open with a bang. Eva and Kay stood at the doorway.

”Oh, yeah! You shameless woman. You're trying to seduce Randa so that he'd put your name on the design!”

Xin Qing felt Randa's hand loosening its grip on her. She shoved him away forcefully and raised her hand to slap him. But she heard Randa said, ”Ah... although I don't mind sleeping with you, you should forget it if that's your intention. You were never even part of the design process. I'll never put down your name.”

”You...” Xin Qing stared at Randa in disbelief. Before she could say anything, Kay walked over and spoke to her in a stern voice, ”Please leave. I'll report this to the higher-ups later. We'll see if any disciplinary action will be taken against you.”

Xin Qing glanced at Randa, and then at Eva, who was looking at her gleefully. Xin Qing took a deep breath, turned around, and made her exit, slamming the door behind her.

She ran all the way to the streets. She rubbed her eyes, but that was not enough to stop her tears from flowing out like a running tap. No matter how much she tried, she was not able to dry her tears. In the end, she resigned to sitting on the pavement and crying her heart out.

”Ying Qingcang... they bullied me...” Somehow, those were the words that she had shouted out. When she realized what she had just said, she was shocked. She was still chastising herself for being pathetic when she heard a voice beside her ear.