How was she supposed to answer that?
Huo Rou's face suddenly flushed.
She grabbed the pen on the table, pushed Qin Ningyi aside, and said somewhat flustered, "Move away, I'll draw it for you!"
Zhou Wu cowered behind Qin Ningyi, his eyes full of resentment.
But Huo Rou was in the middle of creating, and he didn't dare to disturb her.
The outline of a men's shirt gradually appeared under Huo Rou's pen. The collar design had a slight resemblance to a Mandarin collar, and instead of a traditional front opening, the entire placket shifted slightly to the right, resembling the right-over-left overlap of traditional clothing. A row of buttons descended, connecting the subtle bamboo pattern on the placket.
The chest pocket area was covered by a rock-like pattern, from which a dark bamboo had taken root…
Shielded by Qin Ningyi, Zhou Wu watched Huo Rou's serene profile from afar. With the design draft flowing effortlessly from her pen, he couldn't resist taking a photo and posting it on Weibo.
He opened a translator, input the foreign text, and pasted the Chinese translation.
"Meeting again, Rose is still my goddess."
As a top international model, Zhou Wu's Weibo immediately attracted a flood of fans.
"Zhou, did you finally find your Weibo password?"
"This time it's in Chinese, finally no need to use online translators anymore."
"Wait, what did I just see? Is that Rose?"
"Is it really Rose? She looks beautiful from the back! Her hands are so pretty! Is she drawing a design draft?"
Along with the name "Rose," Zhou Wu's Weibo trended.
Everyone also saw his previous Weibo clarifying their relationship.
"Who is Wang Wanrou? Why is she suddenly clarifying their relationship?"
"Huh? Isn't that the relative of the influential person from our school..."
Soon, an employee from Qin Corporation uploaded a video of Wang Wanrou being kicked out of the company, along with a caption accusing her of slandering Rose. This immediately caught the attention of the school's management.
Wang Wanrou had been admitted partly due to some connection with Zhou Wu, and they had valued that. Now, it turned out she not only had no connection with Zhou Wu but had also offended Rose! This was a design genius that all schools would want to have!
The school decisively expelled Wang Wanrou.
Wang Wanrou, who had been thrown out of the company, was not only photographed by the female colleagues she had offended there but also received a notice of expulsion from the school after finally getting into a car.
A design department of a foreign brand that had already been in contact with her also sent her a rejection notice.
Suddenly, she had nothing.
Wang Wanrou, like a rat crossing the street, rushed back to the Qin family, covering her face, in a taxi. When the car reached the entrance, the security guard, despite seeing her, refused to let her in.
"I'm a guest of the Qin family, hurry up and open the gate!" Wang Wanrou rolled down the window and yelled at the guard indignantly.
The security guard had just received instructions not to let her in and naturally ignored her.
Qin Ningyi was truly cutting off all her escape routes, as she had repeatedly crossed his bottom line.
The housekeeper of the Qin family had been replaced after that day. He came out from inside, dragging her belongings.
"Miss Wang, please take your things and leave!" The new housekeeper only recognized Qin Ningyi as his master. Wang Wanrou's presence there had prevented the true owner from returning, which was already quite bizarre, but this guest was shamelessly unwilling to leave.
He had had enough. Having received orders, he quickly threw her belongings out.
Wang Wanrou stood outside the villa area with her belongings, with nowhere to go.
The news online was still brewing, especially in the fashion design field, where industry giants were weighing in.
Zhou Wu returned after taking a call outside, and those guarding the office door, hoping to see their idol, were once again treated to a feast for their eyes.
"What's the situation now? Can we go over and ask for an autograph?"
"Are you good at foreign languages? His Chinese isn't great, so he probably won't understand you."
Just as everyone was questioning Zhou Wu's Chinese proficiency, a colleague came over, holding a phone. "Haven't you guys seen the trending topic? Zhou Wu just posted in Chinese!"
"What?" Everyone had been waiting by the office door gossiping and hadn't had time to check their phones. Upon hearing the news, they opened their phones and indeed saw Zhou Wu's latest Weibo post.
"He really knows Chinese! Then I'm going to get his autograph!"
"Are you silly? The important thing isn't that he knows Chinese! The important thing is that he said he found Rose! That's the genius designer!!!"
"Finally, someone's got the point," the colleague who brought the phone reminded them, full of gossip and excitement. "Zhou Wu posted this Weibo in the office. The table in this photo is Sister Qin's desk! Haven't you figured it out yet?"
"So..."
"No way, wait, let me think. Who's in the office right now? Sister Qin, Mr. Qin, Assistant Xiao, and Lili, Huo Rou..."
With the candidates listed, the least likely option surprisingly became the only answer.
No one was willing to believe the conclusion they had reached. Huo Rou had only come to the company a couple of days ago as the Technical Director of Yuda Security for business liaison.
"A couple of days ago, I heard from my boyfriend at the security center that Director Huo is very capable! This genius designer Rose surely can't be a STEM girl, right?"
The person who said this looked incredulous. She hoped someone could provide a reasonable explanation to refute her guess.
"But, doesn't this back view look exactly like Huo Rou?"
Those outside the door had stumbled upon the truth. Inside, Huo Rou glanced up at Qin Ningyi, then continued working on the jacket on her drawing.
Qin Feiyan just kept nodding in amazement beside her, completely lacking her usual competence.
In the time it took Zhou Wu to take a call, Huo Rou had already finished the design draft. She somewhat shyly and vexedly shoved the draft into Qin Ningyi's hand, "Here."
Qin Feiyan's heart ached as she watched Huo Rou casually hand the draft to Qin Ningyi as if it were scrap paper.
Qin Ningyi chuckled and unfolded the design draft, his smile widening.
Zhou Wu felt a pang of jealousy at not receiving Huo Rou's design. He leaned forward, "Rose, LK contacted me to invite you to be a designer for their brand. I have a long-term cooperation with them. Will you go?"
"LK?" Lili couldn't help but exclaim. It was a world-renowned luxury brand, where a single piece of clothing cost hundreds of thousands casually.
"LK is certainly an option..." Qin Feiyan said with great pain. She had intended to invite Huo Rou to the Wan brand, but LK had also extended an invitation...
Anyone with eyes would choose LK, right?
When Huo Rou turned her head from Qin Ningyi's smile, she had already regained her serene demeanor.
She frowned and thought for a moment, "But I don't intend to do design."
"Rose, with your talent, you persevered through such a difficult competition back then, how can you say you don't intend to do design now when you have such a great opportunity?" Zhou Wu was very confused.
Back then, he and Huo Rou had worked so hard to advance in every round. Huo Rou had even spent every day reading design books to create excellent works, and she had also self-taught inlay techniques to make jewelry to match her clothes.
Such a hardworking person, with a chance for fame right before her, was now letting it slip away and unwilling to seize such a good opportunity.
Huo Rou also recalled the past. She gave a bitter smile, "I was forced to participate in that competition. Speaking of hardship..."