Love You Till the End-Chapter 1020 - 1019: You Still Say It’s Meaningful?

"So, Young Master Jue hopes I can design a homecoming gift for your mother?" Bai Ya summarized the implication of his words with a smile.

"It’s not just that." Shi Aoju raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and the waiter next to him immediately handed over a contract. "I’ve also heard that the sales of the brand Xiro haven’t been great lately. I’m sure Miss Bai knows much more about the specifics than an outsider like me, so I’m interested in acquiring your brand. The detailed terms are all in the contract. Miss Bai, feel free to think it over."

Bai Ya frowned slightly. She had long heard that the son of the old customer, Mrs. Shi’s son, Shi Aoju, was a swift and decisive businessman who always spoke directly. She hadn’t expected to be genuinely impressed after meeting him today.

She had known that his invitation couldn’t just be for designing a piece of jewelry, as he could have easily sent someone to her company with the order. There was no need to go to such lengths to personally invite her for afternoon tea at this expensive café.

When she walked out of the café, Bai Ya still looked a bit dazed.

The cold sweat from nervousness lingered in her palms, while her pulse gradually returned to its previous calm.

Facing a man who could be called "legendary," even the silence in the air felt suffocating.

The Shi Family’s influence was not to be underestimated, and she was well aware of the rumors about Shi Aoju.

Recently, her company had been facing financial issues, operating poorly, and relying on the Shi Family’s regular jewelry purchases to sustain itself. She also knew her brand might eventually be acquired by someone else.

But she didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

Shi Aoju agreed to give her a week to consider, but during this week, she also needed to design the jewelry she had promised.

Bai Ya stood alone in the shade, holding the somewhat scorching contract, for a long time.

At night, at the Shi Family’s place.

Su Jiuyi casually slung a towel over her shoulder and picked up a few pictures placed on the table by Shi Aoju. They were some design drafts that Xiro had just released this year.

"These are quite meaningful." She flipped through them one by one, then said.

Shi Aoju smiled lightly and rolled up his shirt sleeves, then picked up the water cup on the table corner and took a sip. "Can you understand the meaning behind these designs?"

Su Jiuyi looked up at him, watching his fair collarbone move up and down sensuously as he drank water, causing her to gulp uncontrollably and shake her head in a daze.

"Then why did you say they are meaningful?" Shi Aoju put down the water cup and raised an eyebrow at her.

Coming back to her senses, Su Jiuyi’s eyes shifted uneasily. "Doesn’t every design have a different meaning behind it? And can you understand them!"

Shi Aoju also shook his head at her.

"Well, there you go." She suddenly became somewhat gleeful.

Shi Aoju took a few steps to stand in front of her, took the design drafts from her hand, and said, "My mom can understand them."

Su Jiuyi laughed, "So it seems you’re not acquiring the brand just because the designer is pretty, huh."

Shi Aoju’s face darkened immediately from the teasing. "Forgot about the truth or dare game and the toilet cleaning?"

"I was wrong." Su Jiuyi quickly pleaded for mercy. Ever since returning from the mountain climb, she’d been finding various excuses to avoid the toilet cleaning, "That task isn’t under my jurisdiction, and if I do it, I’ll be taking my colleague’s job, which isn’t fair."