Even though it was difficult to start a business at the time, fashion design was something I loved and I didn't want to give up. I got a job as a fashion designer to earn some living expenses and pay off my debts, while building up contacts and working part-time in my spare time...... I was so busy every day that I only slept for a few hours for a long time.

The first two years were really difficult, I encountered countless denials and blank eyes, often couldn't make ends meet, and was so tired that I was about to be hospitalized, but two years later, I seemed to suddenly 'transfer', and a women's clothing designed became the autumn hit of the year, leading a fashion trend! Even many big names followed suit, and my fame gradually spread in the circle, and the studio received more and more orders, and the number of employees increased from me alone to a dozen later, and the scale of the studio became a small company.

After becoming famous, I happened to meet Zhou Kaicheng, who was doing finance, at a dinner, and he claimed to appreciate some of my talent in clothing design, suggested that I make my own brand, and was willing to invest in me to expand the scale of the company, such as leasing office buildings, factories, recruiting employees to form a complete functional department, to create a clothing company integrating design, production and sales, and the brand name is my own name 'Yuncan'.

Of course, I was very excited to have this great opportunity to make money, so I accepted Zhou Kaicheng's proposal and investment, and Yuncan clothing was established in this way...... It is not easy to make a brand-new, mid-to-high-end clothing brand gain a firm foothold in the highly competitive market and open up its popularity, so I need to consider not only clothing design, but also sales, finance, and store management...... I need to be personally involved in the overall management of all aspects.

In this way, due to the accurate positioning of 'Yuncan clothing', it is unique in design and version, and the product quality is also excellent, coupled with Zhou Kaicheng's investment in shares, the company's scale has expanded year by year, and the number of stores has gradually increased, and in recent years, it has vigorously expanded e-commerce channels, and the annual turnover has been rising...... In five or six years, it has developed into a well-known mid-to-high-end women's clothing brand in China. So I'm 'successful' to a certain extent, going from nothing to being worth hundreds of millions, which sounds like an ethereal myth, but it really happened to me.

Therefore, the development of Yuncan clothing to today's scale is inseparable from Zhou Kaicheng's investment support and business guidance. I can despise all men, but I can only respect Zhou Kaicheng, treat him as a confidant, friend, and big brother, and even rise to the level of 'relative'. We've long since gone from working together in the mall to each other's private lives, and he knows everything that happened to me in the past, and I know all the stories about him.

He was married at the age of thirty.

According to him, he and his wife were introduced to each other and did not have much affection, but because his father was seriously ill and dying, he wanted to see him get married before his eyes were closed, so in order to satisfy his father's wish, he reluctantly held the wedding. A few years after marriage, he and his wife broke down step by step because of a strong disagreement between personality and values, and his wife was bent on immigrating to live abroad, so he also filed for divorce. However, due to various differences between the two on the division of property and other aspects, the marriage has not been divorced.

In the year I met him, his wife had already immigrated to the United States, and he was busy with his own business in China alone, which seemed to be no different from being single, and he was still legally a person with a wife. It is also for this reason that although I have been very close to him over the years, we have never crossed the normal relationship between men and women, and we get along like a confidant and work partner of the opposite sex on the surface.

Last year, he went to the United States, on the one hand, to be stationed there for a long time to investigate a project, and on the other hand, to go through divorce procedures with his wife. And I, given his status as a 'married man', I didn't consciously contact him, nor did I care about his career and the progress of the divorce. Unexpectedly, he went for a year.

When I came back, I had arrived at the door of my villa.

Ringing the doorbell, Sister Tao came out and rushed to drag the suitcase into the house. I also took the initiative to get him a pair of brand-new men's slippers in the shoe cabinet and asked him to sit on the sofa and change them, after all, after more than ten hours on the plane, it is more comfortable to wear slippers. When he was done, I bent down and put his leather shoes next to the shoe cabinet.

At this time, I only heard him smile and say, "When I come back to you, I really feel like home." ”

"Yes," I thought strangely, but I didn't think much of it.

Sister Tao said to Zhou Kaicheng in a loud voice again, "Why don't Mr. Zhou go take a bath first, and then eat." ”

"Well, isn't it?"

"What's wrong, go wash it quickly," I thought of the night he had stayed up on the plane last night, so I persuaded him, "It's easier to wash people." ”

Zhou Kaicheng didn't say more, went to the bathroom on the first floor to take a shower and wash his hair, changed into clean clothes and came out, Sister Tao had already brought a few fragrant dishes to the table, there were fish, meat, soup and vegetarian, which made people have a great appetite.

I asked Sister Tao to eat with us, she smiled and excused, "It's only 11 o'clock, I'm not hungry at all, you can eat, Mr. Zhou has just returned to China, you two must have a lot to say, I won't bother." With that, she turned and went back to clean up the kitchen.

Sister Tao is over forty years old, she has been working as a nanny in Zhou Kaicheng's house before, she is diligent in her hands and feet, superb cooking, cheerful personality, energetic, and can drive and surf the Internet.

In these years, even if you have money, it is more difficult to find a suitable nanny than to ascend to the sky, and I changed four or five before Sister Tao. So later, Zhou Kaicheng generously 'gifted' Sister Tao to me, which can be regarded as solving a big problem in my life.

Considering that Zhou Kaicheng's house has not been occupied for more than a year, there must be no dust in the house to settle down, so I asked Sister Tao to go to his house to help clean it up. She dragged Zhou Kaicheng's suitcase and quickly went out, leaving only the two of us in the living room.

We haven't seen each other for a long time, and we don't have as many topics to talk about as we imagined, just sitting and chewing slowly and eating slowly, and more often than not, we are still silent. After a while, he asked, "He Yi has come back recently?" ”

"No," I shook my head, "he hasn't been home for half a year, he's busy with his studies, and he doesn't have time to go home." ”

"Yes," he said, glancing at my living room, "looks like you have a boyfriend?" ”

I froze, and looked up to meet his deep eyes, "Why do you say that?" ”

"I see you have an ashtray on the coffee table, a men's T-shirt hanging on the balcony, I just went to the bathroom to wash my hands, and I found an electric shaver inside," he recounted these facts gently and calmly, with a vague smile on his lips, "My first reaction was that He Yi was back, because in your home, except for me and He Yi, no third man has ever entered." So, who is he? ”

"......" I was a little embarrassed by his question, and my face became displeased, "Kaicheng, you are also very tired after taking a plane back to China for more than ten hours, I hope we can talk about some light topics between us." ”

"I want to be relaxed too," his eyes quickly darkened, and he said slowly, "but since I stepped into your house and saw these 'clues', I can't be 'relaxed' at all." I thought that with the weight of my heart in you, there was no reason why you should not tell me the truth. ”

I ate a few bites of rice absentmindedly with the rice in the bowl, and said indifferently, "There is no so-called 'boyfriend' of yours, but I don't want to explain anything to you." ”

"Don't get me wrong," he snorted and said, "I've been away for a year after all, and I can't figure out your current emotional state, and if you have a partner, it's definitely not appropriate for me to still settle down with you." ”

Me, "......"

"However, since you said 'no,' I'm relieved." His voice was low and magnetic, and when combined with his burning eyes, the air between us was filled with a sense of oppression.

Frankly speaking, he is over forty years old, he still has a handsome and charming face, his temperament is very unique, he belongs to the kind that gets older and more flavorful, deep and introverted, light and leisurely, and has the fatal attraction of a mature man~

Just as I was a little distracted, I suddenly felt his broad and powerful palm covering the back of my hand, pressing my hand against the table...... My heart was beating so hard that I was overpowered!

In the past five or six years, this is the first time that he has touched my skin so 'intimately', and the first time he has 'crossed the line'......

"Yun Can," he said further as he pressed my hand further, his eager eyes locked on me, and he said very seriously, "I must first tell you the fact that I am divorced and now free!" ”

"......" was too confused, and he didn't feel much about his words.

In front of Zhou Kaicheng, I am just a confused and emotional woman. His age, his experience, his wealth, and his wisdom are here, and I can't be arrogant or indifferent anyway.

"You, let me go first." I whispered.

After a pause for a few seconds, he finally withdrew his hand, a little uncomfortable, "Sorry, I was a little out of shape just now." ”

For a while, my whole body was confused, and I couldn't find a better response except silence.

I've known him for so many years, it's not that I don't know his feelings for me, but he hasn't pierced that layer of paper, and I can still get along with him as a 'friend'. Now, he made the ambiguous move just now, which can be regarded as an indirect indication of his heart...... I realized that our 'normal' relationship was about to deteriorate, and there was inevitably a rush of war in my mind.