Chapter Forty-Seven: The Designer That He Admired (2/2)

Xiao Yu did not budge as his little doe eyes continued to stare at Yan Jin.

Zzzzzz –

Eventually, the one who gave in was undoubtedly Yan Jin. The chairman took out the first-aid box that Chu Ge had left behind, tore open an adhesive bandage, and covered the subtle scratch mark.

Earlier, after the two of them ended their discussion, the young man insisted on sending Yan Jin home because he shouldn’t drive drunk. Yan Jin, who was indeed tipsy, ended up agreeing while spaced out. It was quite late by then, so when Yan Jin reached his bedroom, he was already feeling sleepy. Who would had thought that before the chairman could even shut his eyes, that young man had already followed him onto the bed and started unbuckling his belt.

Anger flared at that untimely moment. Amidst the dramatic struggles, the bedside cabinet was toppled over and Yan Jin was scratched by the young man’s ring.

Thankfully, the edge was not very sharp. Otherwise, Yan Jin would probably be disfigured from that swing.

After tending to his wound, Yan Jin looked at Xiao Yu as he helplessly asked: “Satisfied?”

Xiao Yu actually felt that it would be better to call Chu Ge over, but the hamster understood that he should not go overboard in this situation. Hence, he wrapped himself onto Yan Jin’s finger and planted a small kiss as a form of reward.

It was about three in the morning, yet neither the hamster nor the human felt sleepy. Yan Jin did drink quite a bit, but the alcohol content wasn’t that strong. After what happened earlier, the lightheaded feeling and sleepiness had diminished.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have abandoned you today.” Yan Jin apologized sincerely: “I didn’t plan on meeting him anymore, but he suddenly mentioned that he found the cufflink that he had taken away back then. I had to go.”

Xiao Yu did not plan on letting Yan Jin treat him like a listener to his love problems at this hour. He was very interested in gossip regarding Yan Jin, but without a doubt, he was more concerned about the chairman’s body – After all, pulling an all-nighter was the first sign of sudden death.

Instead, the hamster was planning on making Yan Jin go to bed early to nurse him back to health. However, when he heard the word ‘cufflink’, Xiao Yu chose to put those thoughts aside and sat upright to listen.

At this moment, Xiao Yu finally understood that curiosity was always prioritized over anything else.

Yan Jin took out a pair of cufflinks from his pocket and placed them on the table.

It had a sliver base decorated with emerald colored gemstone fragments. Despite its inexpensive exterior, it also revealed the expensive and classy feeling that only custom-made items had.

One of the cufflinks was in good condition. It looked like it was brand new. The other cufflink had one of its edges chipped off and looked slightly damaged. The patterns on this pair of cufflinks were different, with three alphabets evenly aligned. It was an extremely simple pattern that formed a perfect sentence when placed together.

YES I DO.

Xiao Yu stared at it for a long time.

“Is it pretty?” Yan Jin revealed a satisfied smile.

Without waiting for Xiao Yu to nod his head vigorously, Yan Jin already answered his own question as if minding his own business.

“I think it’s gorgeous.”

“I’ve never seen such gorgeous cufflinks. It was like an abnormal love that had no ending, more so than any other couple rings.”

Time stopped for a second, as if Xiao Yu’s heart had come to a stop at that moment.

Every strand of fur on Xiao Yu’s body stood up as the hamster quickly bent his body over, using those tender white paws to cover his eyes as he became a ball of grey fluff.

Even so, Xiao Yu could not be sure if he had successfully concealed his blushing red face.

This was the first time Xiao Yu realized there could be such a chemical reaction that would make him feel embarrassed to death when someone else praised him for his own work.

Especially when that person was Yan Jin.

“Fishy?” Yan Jin was taken aback by Xiao Yu’s reaction. He promptly reached out to scoop up the hamster and raised Xiao Yu to his eye level to take a closer look.

The hamster maintained his ball shape and refused to let go of his two little paws no matter how Yan Jin tried to pry them off.

Very quickly Yan Jin gave up on Xiao Yu’s paws and changed his tactic to tickle the little white belly.

“Squeakkk!” Xiao Yu, who could not hold back the ticklish sensation, surrendered almost immediately. He flopped to his side and rolled around on Yan Jin’s palm. He tried to conceal the fact that he was embarrassed and prayed that the blush on his face would quickly evaporate.

“Squeakk.” I’m fine.

Sensing Xiao Yu’s joyous feelings, Yan Jin’s worries quickly disappeared as he continued to talk about the cufflinks.

“SI’s SHIP said that this was his design. But I know it’s not him.” Yan Jin played with the cufflinks that were on the table. Yan Jin’s words and the clinking sounds emitted when those metals collided with each other were more beautiful than anything he had ever heard before.

Xiao Yu perked his ears upright – SHIP probably refers to Lin Zhou. So that means that Yan Jin knew Lin Zhou had been lying to him the whole time?

“Some time ago, I received a work from this designer. It’s a pity that I did not have the chance to meet him in person. SHIP insisted that this designer no longer works in the field. But when I received these cufflinks, I knew that he was lying.”

“The works from this designer… Once you’ve come in contact with them, you will never ever forget about them. I know that these cufflinks must have been created by that designer, they must be.”

That sentence felt a little exaggerated.

Xiao Yu mentally ridiculed: You can’t even recognize the works of SI’s chief designer, only a ghost would believe in you.

Furthermore, those designs that Yan Jin mentioned (the carpet for example) were all his earlier works. There was already a big change in Xiao Yu’s design philosophy and style from the time he spent overseas. Even his standards were raised tremendously. Yet these cufflinks were something that he had designed about two years ago – Xiao Yu did not think that it was possible that Yan Jin could recognize them.

If Yan Jin really insist on saying that, then the chairman should not have been a stranger to FISH’s designs over the past two years no matter what, and he would have come to acknowledge Xiao Yu’s presence long ago.