CHAPTER 590: CHAPTER 590: LUCKY STAR

Just returned to Su He Bay.

Lin Zhiyi received the interior designer’s drafts.

She stared blankly at the decorations on the screen, as if she would be there the very next second.

Gong Chen glanced at the design drafts and then at her.

"Don’t like it?"

"No, it’s just that it feels like a dream."

Lin Zhiyi reached out to touch the screen, unable to hold back a smile on her lips.

Gong Chen pinched her cheek, "Designer Lin, getting a little carried away."

Lin Zhiyi simply stopped restraining herself, letting some words slip out from her heart.

"So what if I’m smug? Don’t I have you? Third Young Master."

After speaking, she held her phone and pursed her lips.

Now she’s truly getting carried away.

She has lived cautiously since she was young, even in the Gong Family, she didn’t dare to overeat.

In her past life and this life, she lived very carefully.

But who doesn’t like to indulge and be favored?

Gong Chen’s fingers paused on Lin Zhiyi’s face, softly stroking her tender skin with his fingertip.

"Okay."

Before, he fought out of hatred, now he seems to understand what he’s fighting for.

Lin Zhiyi raised an eyebrow, held his hand close to her, and said seriously, "Rest assured, I’ll work hard too, striving for wealth so that when Third Young Master retires, I’m still here."

Since they’ve decided to be together, the relationship must be mutual to last long.

In her past life, Gong Chen loved her, but his love was hidden too deep, too heavy, too arrogant.

She doesn’t want it to be the same this life.

Might as well be straightforward.

"Are you despising me for being old?" Gong Chen frowned.

"..."

"My performance should... um."

Before he could finish, Lin Zhiyi covered his mouth in frustration.

Gong Chen wasn’t angry. He simply grabbed her wrist and pulled her to him.

When he touched the scar on the back of her right hand, the smile in his eyes dimmed a bit.

Lin Zhiyi flinched: "It doesn’t hurt anymore."

But in truth, reaching this point wasn’t something a mere "doesn’t hurt" could sum up.

It took her more than two years to use a pen normally, and three years to produce a design draft she was satisfied with.

A jewelry designer who can’t sketch by hand won’t be trusted.

The man kissed the scar on her hand gently.

"It won’t happen again."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zhiyi received a light peck on her lips.

Softly.

It was like that feeling when she secretly kissed Gong Chen in her teens.

She was stunned for a moment as the person in front of her deepened the kiss, gentle and long, yet subtly domineering, leaving her no escape.

Until a message from the designer popped up on the phone.

"Miss Lin, is your logo design ready? I’d like to incorporate it into the design."

"Haven’t thought of it yet."

At this moment, there was noise in the corridor of the apartment.

Xingxing and Liao Yi ran out of the room, playing and laughing.

"Mom, Dad."

Xingxing ran over and into their embrace.

Gong Chen picked her up instantly, his face relaxing significantly.

Liao Yi came over, holding a drawing in his hand.

"I told Xingxing you’re starting your own studio, so she specially drew a picture for you."

Lin Zhiyi took the drawing, slightly surprised.

Under Liao Yi’s guidance, Xingxing’s drawing skills had improved leaps and bounds.

The current strokes no longer looked like a child’s work at all.

Clean lines, seemingly casual doodles.

But in fact, it contained her little thoughts and was full of childlike fun.

Overall, it resembled stars, the lines interspersed like Chinese knots.

But looking closer, you would find three stars, one nested inside another.

A family of three.

The small star was dotted with pink, representing someone unmistakably.

Lin Zhiyi looked at the drawing, happy yet with a hint of bittersweet emotion overwhelming her.

In her past life, when Xingxing was cremated, she placed two small pink stars in Xingxing’s palm.

Remarkably, it was identical to Xingxing’s drawing.

Everything seemed to remind her that they were really together again now.

But why were there three?

She only remembered folding two pink stars for Xingxing.

Thinking again, Xingxing hadn’t been reborn, maybe it was just a coincidence.

However, Xingxing inspired her.

She took a photo of the drawing and sent it to the designer.

"Let’s use this logo."

"Okay."

Lin Zhiyi leaned in to kiss Xingxing.

"You’re mommy’s little lucky star."

"And daddy’s too. If it weren’t for you putting the phone watch in mom’s bag last time, I couldn’t imagine where mom would go to find me."

Gong Chen kissed the other side of Xingxing’s face.

Lin Zhiyi suddenly remembered the preschool brochure in her bag.

"Were those brochures what you put in my bag?" she asked.

"What else? It seems like our family of three has great synergy." Gong Chen said calmly.

Lin Zhiyi was speechless.

So, Gong Chen knew all along where Gong Yao would detain him.

No wonder the mountain lodge fire was timed perfectly.

It was all planned in advance.

There was a reason why she was completely enchanted by him.

Liao Yi glanced at Lin Zhiyi’s expression and laughed, "You have a good family chat, I’ll be on my way."

She turned and slipped away.

Lin Zhiyi and Gong Chen played with Xingxing for a while longer.

After she fell asleep, they both left the children’s room.

In the living room, Lin Zhiyi was so tired she flopped onto the sofa, unwilling to move at all.

Remembering the phone buzzing while putting Xingxing to sleep, she quickly pulled out her phone.

She was surprised to see a jewelry master, Jace, had updated his status.

"Xue Man has exhausted his talents; the new season’s jewelry is like stones picked from manure, disgusting and ugly."

"Unoriginal, I can even imagine with my eyes closed how ugly the wearer would be!"

"She’s even lowered Miss Bai’s level! Like leftover scraps from street food!"

Jace holds a high position in the jewelry world and is never afraid to offend anyone.

He used to praise Xue Man, but now he is utterly disappointed in her.

Even to the point of uttering such harsh words.

Lin Zhiyi searched for Xue Man’s recent happenings.

It turns out Xue Man conventionally launches new models before New Year, inviting some celebrities for in-house events.

Entertaining the rich and boosting sales without hitches.

But this year, when the products launched, sales were terrible.

Design is always subjective to different tastes, so fluctuating sales are normal too.

Lin Zhiyi checked the new products, bold and abstract in style, with chaotic color combinations.

Missing Xue Man’s unique subtlety.

No wonder those who previously liked Xue Man couldn’t accept it.

Nobody expected that at this time, Xue Man’s ex-husband would step forward to criticize her.

Due to drinking, Xue Man went online drunk to curse her ex-husband and his current wife, Chen Huan.

Revealing the infidelity from years ago.

Instead of explaining, Chen Huan seized the opportunity to expose Xue Man’s inability to create due to drinking.

Even releasing home surveillance footage proving Xue Man’s drunken disturbances at their home.

Suddenly, Xue Man was thrust into the center of public opinion.

Without rationality, Xue Man directly blamed the genius designer Bai Ruoshu in everyone’s eyes.

Claiming that most of the new models were designed by Bai Ruoshu.

The drama began to unfold.

Some even questioned Bai Ruoshu’s design abilities.

"Although I don’t understand art, this is really ugly, no wonder the master said it looks like manure."

"Miss Bai’s abilities are evident, why such a sudden decline?"

Lin Zhiyi, like netizens, was stunned. Was this really designed by Bai Ruoshu?

"What are you looking at?"