Chapter 63: The Late Fishtail Gown

Jiang Jinyun glanced at the mirror and said calmly,

“Oh, Yunxi made it.”

Lu Yunxi was Lu Yunting’s sister, currently studying fashion design abroad. Coincidentally, her school was the same design academy she had attended before, ranked highly in the world.

Su Yiren held the dress and examined it carefully, confirming it was indeed the one Lu Yunting had given her.

No wonder Ouyang Shasha had an identical one, she and Lu Yunxi were best friends, so it seemed hers was also made by Lu Yunxi.

But Lu Yunxi always disliked her, why would she send her a dress too?

Jiang Jinyun thought of something and quickly explained,

“Zhou Tong said the driver delivered it before, maybe he forgot to mention it at the time and took it to your room. Liu Shen was cleaning the room a couple of days ago and asked her to bring it over.”

Su Yiren suddenly realized: So that’s how it was.

She remembered there were two boxes at the time, one pink and one grey.

She subconsciously assumed the pink box was for her and directly opened it, inside was this dress.

A faint premonition arose in her heart, Su Yiren pursed her lips and temporarily suppressed her doubts.

She was holding the dress in her hand, so she asked,

“Would you like to try this one on?”

Jiang Jinyun turned around and said lightly to the mirror,

“No, put it back.”

Su Yiren looked at Jiang Jinyun curiously.

For some reason, she always felt that Jiang Jinyun was different towards Lu Yunxi, as if she disliked her daughter.

Even though Lu Yunxi was mischievous and undisciplined, she was her biological daughter after all, how could she be so cold towards her.

But this was a matter of the Lu family, Su Yiren didn’t want to think too much about it, after helping her choose a dress, she went back to her room and found the grey box from her closet.

Su Yiren held the box and sat on the bed, hesitating for a moment before opening it.

Inside was a fishtail gown adorned with pearls.

Each pearl was round and white, like shining stars, emitting a soft glow.

The fabric of the dress was of the highest quality, every detail was meticulously designed.

Su Yiren carefully touched every corner, finally noticing a logo embroidered with silver thread in a very inconspicuous spot: Susan.

She let out a soft breath.

This was the dress Lu Yunting had asked her to design last year, he only provided a size and didn’t say who it was for.

At that time, she looked at the size and thought it was for her, feeling happy and anxious, a little shy and expectant.

So she worked extra hard, sewing each pearl on herself.

After finishing it, she carefully tried it on, feeling like the happiest woman in the world at that time.

But she never saw the dress again after handing it to Lu Yunting.

After a few months, she finally understood: This dress wasn’t for her.

She cried herself to sleep that night, her eyes were red and swollen, but the next day when she saw him, he frowned and asked,

“Didn’t I give you money? Your eyes are like this, don’t you know how to go to the hospital yourself?”

Thinking back to the past, Su Yiren sighed deeply.

She held the dress, not sure how she felt, a little relieved, a little sad, but mostly, it was calm.

She shook the gown open and put it on, the length and size were custom-made to her figure, but she had lost a lot of weight in the past few months, the dress looked a bit loose.

It was like she was stealing someone else’s gorgeous dress.

Although it was the same dress, it was far less beautiful than when she first saw it.

She stared at the person in the mirror, both unfamiliar and familiar, for a long time.

—

Su Yiren’s foot injury had healed a lot and she could walk normally.

She went back to Rongcheng for a while, on the surface everything in the company seemed to be running smoothly, but she could guess what was going on behind the scenes.

Si Hong’s business skills were truly impressive, sometimes Su Yiren even felt he was the real leader of Su’s, and she was just a nominal CEO and designer.

She felt a sense of childhood friendship towards Si Hong, but more importantly, respect and trust.

He had his own business, but when she said “I need your help”, he resolutely took on the mess of Su’s and diligently managed it for her, without asking for any salary.

If it hadn’t been for him stepping in to help these past two years, Su’s probably wouldn’t have reached its current state, and she wouldn’t have been able to take over smoothly.

So she was both grateful and trusting towards Si Hong, treating him as the last family member in this world.

Learning about her recent ordeal, Si Hong pursed his lips lightly, rarely speaking to her in a stern tone,

“Why didn’t you tell me you were injured? You even lied to me, saying you were catching up with Chi Muyang and staying in Jiangcheng for a while, not letting me pick you up.”

Su Yiren nervously touched her nose and chuckled,

“I didn’t want you to worry…”

“You know I worry, and you still lie to me.”

Su Yiren didn’t dare to retort, she hung her head in feigned self-blame.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Si Hong’s heart softened, he couldn’t bear to say anything more to her.

He raised his hand and tapped her head, warning her,

“Don’t do this again.”

Su Yiren immediately looked up and smiled, “Okay!”

Si Hong shook his head helplessly, knowing she wasn’t sincerely repenting.

He poured her a glass of warm water and then talked about other things,

“The person caught on the surveillance footage, we found him, he’s a worker at Lu’s clothing factory, his father is the factory manager, but they both lost their jobs because the factory closed down a while ago.”

Su Yiren understood, pondering,

“He didn’t attack me, he probably doesn’t want to go too far.”

Si Hong disagreed, “He dared to push you down the stairs this time, next time he might do something even more dangerous, are you sure you want to let him go?”

“How can I let him go?” Su Yiren raised an eyebrow,

“It’s just that I don’t know why he did this, let’s wait and see.”

Although Si Hong was a little worried, he didn’t want to go against her wishes, so he nodded,

“Then I’ll be with you all the time for a while.”

“No need!” Su Yiren smiled and declined,

“The company can’t do without you either.”

But I don’t want to leave you either.

This sentence almost came out of his mouth, but he swallowed it back.

Si Hong’s Adam’s apple bobbed, but he didn’t reveal his feelings.

After a moment of silence, he asked,

“Are you going back to Jiangcheng soon?”

“Yeah,” Su Yiren nodded,

“It’s Mr. Lu’s birthday soon, I should go back for it, and besides…”

Thinking of how Lu Yunting had defended Ouyang Shasha that day and how he had scolded her with a frown, Su Yiren felt even colder in her heart, so she said calmly,

“I need to finalize the procedures as soon as possible. I don’t want to drag it out.”