When Han Muzi went back to her office, she sat down, but her head still felt heavy. It might be because she fainted yesterday, so she used her hands to press on her temples. Although she felt better afterward, the gastric pain she endured this time seemed more serious than before and even lingered until now. Is it because of him?
As she sat there, Yan came in. She came in holding a stack of documents, then she pulled over a chair and sat beside Han Muzi. “I’ve calculated it. According to our contract, no matter which party decides to terminate it, we will need to pay up to three times the compensation fee. If it’s only just one order, then we wouldn’t need to pay so much, but Mr. Ye took up all of our company’s orders. So… the compensation fee may exceed our expected budget.”
Han Muzi kept quiet for a while before asking her, “How much do we need to pay?”
Yan looked at her and let out a gentle cough. “I did a rough count, and after paying the compensation fee, we will probably have only a few ten thousand left.” After she was done, Yan looked like she was about to cry as she held onto her face. “If we had known this would happen, we should have just thrown him out when he first came to us. Ugh… Now we’re going to be broke!”
Only a few ten thousand left after payment? Han Muzi perked up the corners of her mouth. “That’s fine. I thought we didn’t have enough.”
After hearing what she said, Yan widened her eyes in shock. “Are you kidding me? We’ve just lost a ton of money and you’re saying it’s fine. I thought—”
“Is there anything happier than finally getting rid of him?” Han Muzi smiled and continued, “Alright, you go prepare for this and contact our lawyer to see how we should deal with this.”
“Okay then, I’ll get right to it.”
…
Because of the compensation fee, Han Muzi and Yan didn’t bother viewing any more houses.
However, if she was willing to, she could just go to Han Qing for his help. From Han Muzi’s point of view, her brother had done so much for her already. Before this, she quietly accepted his help because if her brother wanted to make it up to her, her refusal of his help would make him feel even more guilty. Instead of letting his heart drown in guilt, why not let him redeem himself?
Even so, it didn’t mean that she was a dependent person. She was always afraid that if she kept receiving help from others, she would eventually become a useless person. That was why she had been working hard for the past few years, even though the whole Han Family was supporting her.
She also didn’t like to constantly use the ‘Han’ name to look for job opportunities. She was always dependent on herself, as shown in the current situation where she decided not to find Han Qing and instead work hard to earn money herself to buy a house. Even if she wasn’t able to afford it under her current circumstances, she could always get a loan from the bank.
At noon, Han Muzi gave the draft she drew yesterday a few adjustments and sent a text to Lin Qingqing, asking her to come over and have a look at it.
Lin Qingqing quickly replied to her, saying that she would come over when she was free.
A few minutes after receiving the text, Yan pushed open the office door and came in. “Muzi, I have some good news.”
“What is it?” Han Muzi lifted her eyes at her.
“Lin Xinghuo’s dress is done now. They have sent it over to the company. I placed it in the showroom on level six.”
Listening to her, Han Muzi’s eyes relaxed. There was finally something to be happy about. She then smiled and said, “I’ll go take a look. Give Lin Xinghuo a call to inform her.”
“No problem.”
Afterward, Han Muzi went out of the office alone to go see the design on the sixth floor. On the way there, she suddenly thought of something and turned toward the staff floor.
When Han Muzi came to the staff floor, everybody went quiet. After a while, they reacted and someone whispered, “Miss Muzi is here.”
At first, everybody despised her, but ever since they saw the information found by Leng Yueyue and realized that Han Muzi was the winner of the Lotus Award, their view of her changed drastically.
When Leng Yueyue saw her, she quickly stood up and her expression changed. “W-Why are you here?”
Usually, when I come here, these people will ridicule me. Why are they so compliant today? “I’m looking for you.” Han Muzi’s eyes landed on Leng Yueyue for a while, then she looked elsewhere.
Leng Yueyue stuttered with her eyes widened in disbelief, “L-Looking for me?” Back then, she definitely would have scorned Han Muzi, but now… after knowing of her true identity, she realized that she couldn’t shun her anymore.
“Yes.” Han Muzi nodded with a somewhat friendly look. “Come with me,” she said softly.
Everyone else looked toward Leng Yueyue in suspicion. She was shocked inside, but she didn’t express it. After she calmed down, she walked out.
Han Muzi turned and walked into the elevator with Leng Yueyue in tow.
“W-Why are you looking for me?” Leng Yueyue couldn’t hold on to the question much longer after entering the elevator.
“Don’t you want to see the product of your design?” Han Muzi stood still with a cool demeanor.
Listening to her, Leng Yueyue staggered. Only after a while did she come back around. “Is the end product done?”
“Yes.”
All of a sudden, she became excited. This was the first product designed by her since coming to the company, and… it was designed for the award-winning actress, Lin Xinghuo, to wear at the press conference.
Thinking about it, she became even more excited. “Of course I want to see it!”
“It’s at the showroom on level six. Let’s go.”
Ding! At this moment, the elevator door opened and both of them walked out.
The sixth floor was arranged by someone Yan hired after Han Muzi asked her to do so. This was because, as a design company, the showroom was essential to showcase old and new designs for clients to view.
Inside the empty showroom, there was only one product, and that was Leng Yueyue’s design.
Seeing that her work was the only one displayed in the showroom, her eyes widened while she covered her mouth, trying to stop herself from crying. Oh my God! This is too much for me!
This was the first time in her life. Before, when she worked alone, Leng Yueyue also won a few awards, but… none of it gave her the feeling she was experiencing now. Her work was being displayed.
“Excited?” Han Muzi turned to her and smiled. “There will be more chances like this, so you need to stay calm.”
Hearing her words, Leng Yueyue couldn’t help but look at her embarrassingly and uttered, “This is the first time for me, so I’m excited, but for you… you’ve already won so many awards; I guess for you, this isn’t a big deal at all!”
