When Cen Jin returned home, Ms. Qin happened to be washing dishes. Seeing her come back, she casually asked if she’s had dinner, but Cen Jin didn’t answer her question. Instead, she blushed, lowered her head, and went straight upstairs to her room, closed the door, and touched her thumping chest, unable to calm down for a long time. All she could think about was that unexpected kiss.
After who knows how long, Cen Jin managed to gather her thoughts, casually threw her bag onto a nearby small armchair, strode to the edge of the bed, and fell straight onto the comfortable and soft large bed, anxiously shaking her legs: "Ah~, this is so annoying! Nie Cenjin, look at the mess you’ve made! How are you going to face him now?"
After venting her anger, Cen Jin felt even more embarrassed and ashamed, slowly raising her hand to touch her soft pink lips, finally burying her head angrily in the pillow: "Ah, what are you thinking, Nie Cenjin, enough already."
The most embarrassing thing for her was being seen by Miss Yu Hui. Wouldn’t that misunderstanding be a big deal!
Even ten mouths couldn’t explain it clearly!
In the following four days, Cen Jin deliberately avoided Jiang Baizhou, feeling both guilty and uncertain. Previously, they would ride in his car to the studio in the morning because it was convenient, but in the past few days, she had been purposefully leaving about ten to twenty minutes earlier than usual and coming back home after ten at night.
Jiang Baizhou was also aware that Cen Jin was deliberately avoiding him, but he wasn’t in a hurry, nor did he contact her through WeChat or phone. He gave her a transitional period, as he understood Cen Jin’s nature, so he didn’t do anything extra in such times.
On this Friday night, due to the issue with the Milan project, Cen Jin, along with Ye Lingran, Yun Xi, and two designers from the Yun Group’s design department, were amending the draft and worked overtime until half-past ten.
After finally confirming the revisions, Yun Xi threw her pen onto the desk, leaned back straight into her chair, stretched her arms out wide: "Wow, it’s finally done, I’m exhausted. Ah, it’s already ten-thirty. Are you all finished over there?"
Upon hearing this, Cen Jin purposely glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer screen, her pink lips lightly pressed together: "Mm, it’s finished."
"I’m done here too," Ye Lingran gracefully nodded with a smile.
"Us too," the other two designers replied in unison.
"Then let’s clock out! I’m beat, you all can send the finished draft to me, and I’ll directly hand it over to my brother. You guys have a good rest over the weekend, no need to make another trip. We’ll see what Milan says next week."
After the group agreed, each sent their drafts to Yun Xi, who would coordinate with Yun Qi. By the time all was done, it was past eleven. Yun Xi suggested they go eat supper together, but both Ye Lingran and Cen Jin politely declined. Mainly because today’s intense work had left them mentally exhausted, and all they wanted was to go home, lie in bed, and have a good night’s sleep.
Finally, Yun Xi shot a cunning and threatening glance and smile at the two design team leaders, making their scalps tingle, and she forcibly dragged them off to "accompany her for supper."
"Cen Jin, I’m heading out now," Ye Lingran said, helping Cen Jin sweep the studio floor before grabbing her purse to leave.
"Mm, I’ll take out the trash and head home too."
"Thanks for your hard work!"
"Bye-bye, go home and rest well, have a nice weekend."