The Self-Redemption of the Wronged Fool [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 12

Zhang Zixin’s job was to handle promotional activities for Zhao’s Jewelry. Various shoots and venue exhibitions actually required jewelry. Afterward, whether it was the numerous celebrities invited by the Zhao family for runway shows or promotional sales, they all needed these designers to step in to style them or redesign a set of jewelry for them. Female stars generally wore jewelry necklaces and rings, while male stars wore brooches, bracelets, and various other accessories.

Zhao Lingyun had originally intended to find something from the inventory for Zhang Zixin, but he did not expect the other party to express a desire for Ji Qiuchi to help with the jewelry design. Upon thinking about it, Zhao Lingyun agreed immediately, and Ji Qiuchi designed a set of perfect jewelry in a very short amount of time. Of course, the jewelry styles of the Zhao family were different; Ji Qiuchi abandoned his own style for this design, and an ordinary person truly could not see the difference between the two.

However, who could have expected that during the shooting, Zhang Zixin would rush over to Zhao Lingyun and Ji Qiuchi, who were checking the progress of the shoot, and say: “Brother Zhao, can you change a set of jewelry for me? I feel that I don’t look very good wearing this. I’ve filmed several times but just can’t find that feeling; I don’t really like it. Of course, Designer Ji’s ability is obvious to all, but it is indeed not suitable for you.”

During these days, Zhang Zixin had shown defensive and dismissive hostility toward Ji Qiuchi more than once. Ji Qiuchi did not know him and did not pay much attention to the other party’s attitude; he had also asked him what requirements he had for the jewelry, which led to the design of today’s iris brooch.

The director and staff, who actually had no issues with this shoot and already thought it was very good, were speechless. Looking at the other party’s pretentious performance and the glances he occasionally cast toward Zhao Lingyun, Ji Qiuchi laughed in his heart. Was he trying to play games with him?

He immediately put on an expression of sadness and anger: “Then you should find another designer to design jewelry for you. My skills are lacking. Brother Lingyun, after all, my cooperation with you does not include doing designs for the brand ambassador…”

While saying such things, what Ji Qiuchi was actually thinking in his heart was what kind of brainless spokesperson that idiot Zhao dog had found. They had only discussed the jewelry design for the spring exhibition before, and Ji Qiuchi had recently completed this part of the design, which had also received approval from the senior management of the Zhao family.

Zhao Lingyun was also furious. He looked at Zhang Zixin, a flash of irritation crossing his eyes, but Ji Qiuchi’s performance today was very satisfying to Zhao Lingyun. Regarding whether Ji Wang actually liked him or not, Zhao Lingyun had thought about it a lot and finally felt that if Ji Wang didn’t like him, he wouldn’t have agreed to his requests at all.

He certainly wanted the Zhao family to reach a higher level in his hands. Although he had used schemes to obtain this position, the Zhao family would surely be better than before with Ji Qiuchi’s help. However, since Ji Wang would get angry because of Zhang Zixin, Zhao Lingyun found it very satisfying to watch.

Back when he and Wen Jing were making a chaotic mess, Zhao Lingyun had discovered Ji Wang’s possessiveness toward him; how could such a person not like him? Some time ago, he also asked Ji Qiuchi if he had cooperated with the Lin family, only to find out that he had only given his personal brand to the other party for sales and borrowed their exhibition, but had not participated in the design of this year’s spring jewelry. This was good news for Zhao Lingyun.

The Lin family had been denying the rumors about him and Ji Wang, but Ji Wang had never responded directly; it was always Lin Ming who was interfering. In these days, the changes in the Zhao family were indeed very difficult, and he almost fell into Lin Ming’s trap; if not for his good luck in obtaining a large investment, it was uncertain what would have happened. But it didn’t matter; if this spring exhibition were successful, there would be almost no need to worry about projects for the entire following year. Once his strength became even greater, he would absolutely not let Lin Ming off.

Thinking that way, he still had to coax Ji Wang first. As for Zhang Zixin, he couldn’t let the other party leave either; he was still useful. Although Zhao Lingyun was certain that Ji Wang liked him, after so long, their relationship seemed to still be separated by a layer of gauze. Ji Wang had not made any indications and had been obsessed with design for many days; without some stimulation, Ji Wang simply wouldn’t realize his importance to him.

“Alright, since you don’t like it, you will no longer wear Designer Ji’s works in the future. There isn’t enough time now; I will have someone send a set over.” Zhao Lingyun did not intend for Ji Qiuchi to revise it, nor did he let this matter trouble Ji Qiuchi further.

Ji Qiuchi did not show it on his face, yet he was still somewhat annoyed by Zhang Zixin. If he had the ability, he should just take down Zhao Lingyun directly; involving him was really meaningless. The newly delivered jewelry was worse than Ji Qiuchi’s design. Zhang Zixin, who had originally wanted to torment Ji Qiuchi into redesigning for him, did not expect Zhao Lingyun to be so perfunctory with him. It wasn’t that he truly disliked the jewelry Ji Qiuchi designed. Besides, wasn’t this design just the other party giving a drawing, with the Zhao family doing the rest? He actually really liked that obsidian, but seeing the way Zhao Lingyun protected Ji Qiuchi now, Zhang Zixin was full of fire with nowhere to vent it.

Afterward, Zhao Lingyun did what he said and truly did not let Ji Qiuchi design for the other party again. Ji Qiuchi also proposed that he would not come to the company anymore; after all, his work was almost finished, and the system reported that the favorability had already reached eighty.

“Brother Lingyun, I still have some work; contact me again if there is anything,” Ji Qiuchi said. Today, as Ji Qiuchi got off work to leave, the other party sent a bouquet of red roses to him as usual, staring straight at him with blatant eyes, an infinite tenderness seeping from the depths of his gaze: “Then, see you next time.”

Ji Qiuchi didn’t know what to say. Liking and not liking were truly worlds apart. Before, even because of his status in the Lin family, the other party had not really sent flowers to him. Moreover, the original owner didn’t actually like roses very much; he preferred baby’s breath and violets.

When he went out holding the flowers, he ran into Zhang Zixin. The other party looked at the flowers in his hands and gritted his teeth in anger, somehow knowing that he would not be coming to the company frequently after this. Zhang Zixin finally showed an expression of loathing: “Ji Wang, you really have means, being able to play two people like fools. But I will definitely expose your true face. Being in a favorable position, with the time I spend with him, I will definitely make him fall in love with me.”

“Is that so? Then I wish you good luck.” Ji Qiuchi simply did not treat the other party as a rival.

However, unexpectedly, a few days later when he woke up in the morning, the system spoke: “Good heavens, Zhao Lingyun’s favorability toward Zhang Zixin suddenly increased by ten. I checked, and that guy drugged him; he actually succeeded!”

“They slept together?” An expression of disgust appeared on Ji Qiuchi’s face. To be honest, even if the drugging was successful, it wasn’t as if there was no way to call for help. Given Zhao Lingyun’s character, he would probably accept anyone; if he were unwilling, Zhang Zixin might not necessarily have succeeded.

At this moment, Ji Qiuchi’s phone also received a bed photo sent by Zhang Zixin. Now, Ji Qiuchi truly wanted to give a thumbs up to this male star with a hole in his brain. Thanks to him, he had evidence to kill off both Zhao Lingyun and himself. Zhao Lingyun had maintained a persona of deep affection for so long externally. He hadn’t exposed the matter of canceling the engagement at that banquet at all, nor had he ever mentioned his pursuit of Lin Ming; he just kept saying how deep his feelings for Ji Qiuchi were and that they had been engaged before. During these days, any slight movement on his part made him wish the whole world knew. Ji Qiuchi curled his lips mockingly.

The system was as if facing a great enemy: “Zhang Zixin has moved up; aren’t we going to do something?”

“No need.” Zhao Lingyun dislikes most what is delivered to him; what cannot be obtained is always the best, isn’t it?

“Brother, are you home? I’m coming in.” The familiar voice of Lin Ming came from outside the door. Upon hearing it was him, Ji Qiuchi felt helpless; the other party had actually bought the house next door to him directly and would cook delicious food for him whenever he was free. Compared to Zhao Lingyun’s verbal chatter on the phone and those useless flowers, Ji Qiuchi indeed preferred the meals Lin Ming made with his own hands. There was no other reason; it was just too delicious. He could even make all kinds of desserts, so much so that Ji Qiuchi, who was captured by the food, gave the other party a fingerprint recording for the door; it was hard for him to refuse Lin Ming’s craftsmanship.

“Come in,” Ji Qiuchi said. Regarding those recent news reports and the news of his cooperation with Zhao Lingyun, Lin Ming should have known, but the other party brought small cookies over again. Ji Qiuchi’s conscience was truly aching; he originally wanted to be cold to Lin Ming, but in the end, it all failed.

Seeing that Ji Qiuchi was at home, Lin Ming also showed a smile: “I baked some cream cookies and some cakes. Let’s go to my place for lunch today; I stewed a chicken.”

“Aren’t you busy?” Ji Qiuchi couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s alright; I’ve been working at home lately. Are you used to living here? I’m not disturbing you like this, am I?” Lin Ming said.

“It’s fine. Then the designs for the Lin family’s spring collection should be no problem; they will be released soon. Many people will surely be watching this time,” Ji Qiuchi said.

“The Lin family has no problems, but sometimes I also want you to see how it is. After all, you stayed abroad for a while. Actually, this time we also want to seize the foreign market.”

“That is indeed not very easy.” Ji Qiuchi could no longer eat the cake. The other party indeed knew he was designing jewelry for the Zhao family. Having eaten so many of Lin Ming’s cakes, he would actually be quite upset if the Lin family lost. After all, the strategy has now reached the final step; Ji Qiuchi feels it is almost there, and the favorability should be able to be maxed out. As for the career line tasks, there have been no mistakes so far.

“Your ability is outstanding, and you are very talented. I believe in you.” Lin Ming’s eyes shone with a joyful light and he smiled; clearly, he liked hearing those words.

The spring exhibition is an excellent opportunity for various designers to compete for the market. Ji Qiuchi had also made a lot of preparations and was confident in achieving good sales results. However, today Zhao Lingyun invited him to the Zhao family’s venue. His tone was somewhat different, and Ji Qiuchi also felt that the other party would likely clarify his feelings today. But it wouldn’t do; there was still a Zhang Zixin between them.

As the brand ambassador for the Zhao family, Zhang Zixin was also dressed up flamboyantly today. Seeing Ji Qiuchi arrive, he couldn’t help but smile hypocritically: “Isn’t this Designer Ji? Why have you come to Lingyun’s exhibition?”

“Naturally, it is because Zhao Lingyun invited me,” Ji Qiuchi said.

“Do you have no shame? Do you want to be a third party? You should already know that Zhao Lingyun and I are together, right?” the other party said softly.

Ji Qiuchi looked behind him, his eyes filled with tears: “Is that so? Zhao Lingyun, you are together with him? If so, why did you still send me flowers? Don’t you know that I didn’t even do designs for the Lin family in order to help you? They also know that I have been helping you all this time. Doing this, where does that leave me?”

Zhang Zixin’s heart jumped. When did Zhao Lingyun arrive? Looking at Ji Qiuchi’s sad expression at this moment, Zhao Lingyun also felt guilt in his heart. He looked fiercely at Zhang Zixin: “No, there is absolutely no relationship between us. It is he who has been pestering me. I will change the brand ambassador for the summer. Xiaowang, after this, he will not appear before us again.”

Zhang Zixin did not expect that Zhao Lingyun, who had been pleasant to him just a few days ago, would treat him like this just because of a single sentence from Ji Wang. But now he could say nothing, because he saw Zhao Lingyun’s warning gaze. He had originally thought that after that time, the other party’s tacit approval of his approach meant he had accepted his intentions. But only now did he realize that Zhao Lingyun had no place for him in his heart at all.

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