Sober and beautiful, my husband and son begged for my forgiveness on their knees.

Ning Yao refused without hesitation, saying, "Sorry, we will not cooperate with the Lu Group."

Yang Qian was stunned by the other party's straightforward rejection. He was about to ask for the reason, but the other party did not give him the chance and hung up the phone directly.

He found it incredible.

The Lu Group is the most powerful company in Whale City. They took the initiative to seek cooperation with the other party, but the other party actually refused!

This is how to do?

How should we explain this to President Lu?

What are you afraid of?

Before he could even find a reason, Lu Jingmo was already pressing him for updates.

"Have you made contact with 'Shattered Star'?"

Yang Qian dared not lie, so he had no choice but to report the truth.

"They rejected you?"

Lu Jingmo's tone was calm, but his eyes were cold.

"Yes." Yang Qian noticed that the BOSS's expression was not good, and quickly added, unconsciously becoming nervous, "I will continue to communicate with the other party to try and win them over."

Lu Jingmo frowned slightly, "Have you found the address of 'Shattered Star'?"

"Have."

"Get the car ready, let's go straight to the meeting."

Lu Jingmo's words surprised Yang Qian.

The Lu Group is always sought after and fawned over for cooperation, and President Lu never makes appointments with people easily. Why is he being so proactive this time?

But he dared not ask any more questions and could only do as instructed.

Ning Yao was already extremely busy.

Because her current position is still quite sensitive, she handed over all the tasks of receiving reporters to Xiaoxiao and asked Wen An to assist her.

Meanwhile, I was at the company handling other orders and dealing with other phone calls.

A client was coming to see the design in the afternoon, and she wanted to make a good impression, so she quickly tidied up the office area and meeting room.

Just as I was carrying a bunch of things out, I suddenly heard a noise at the door.

"Hello, I'm an employee of the Lu Group. Sorry to bother you. Our CEO, Mr. Lu, would like to meet the designer who designed the dress for actress Jiang Tian. Do you know who it is?"

Lu's Group?

Ning Yao never expected that they would still come knocking on her door after she refused.

She moved the cardboard box in front of her, turned her head to look outside, and immediately saw Lu Jingmo standing at the door with his brows slightly furrowed.

His expression immediately changed.

Lu Jingmo hadn't expected to run into Ning Yao here. He glanced at the pile of things in her hands and her simple attire, and a surge of anger instantly flashed in his cold eyes.

Yang Qian was stunned and paused for several seconds before finding his voice, "Miss Ning, leave these to me."

He knew their divorce had been very unpleasant, and now that they were facing each other again, it was definitely going to be a chaotic scene.

He's just a working man; it's best he doesn't get involved.

Before Ning Yao could even refuse, the things in her hands were snatched away.

She was speechless.

"You were once a daughter-in-law of the Lu family, how could you stoop to doing this kind of work? Aren't you ashamed?"

Ning Yao knew that he had mistaken her for a cleaning lady.

But she didn't bother to clarify. She casually clapped her hands and sneered, "As long as I can make money, I don't feel ashamed of any job."

Seeing that she was already in such a sorry state but was still putting on a brave face, Lu Jingmo's displeasure became even more obvious.

“There are reporters downstairs. Once you're photographed, everyone will know you're Mingjin's mother. How is he supposed to face all that gossip? He's only five years old. Aren't you afraid this negative news will affect him?”

Ning Yao didn't care at all. "You're overthinking it. He only has eyes for his beautiful aunt. How could I possibly have any influence on him?"

Lu Jingmo's jawline tightened, and he angrily retorted, "Ning Yao, we're already divorced, and you're still bringing up Ning Yan. You're hopeless!"

Ning Yao's face stiffened slightly. "Who do you think you are? What right do you have to judge me!"

Lu Jingmo was completely enraged by her aggressive manner and said coldly, "Ning Yao, you're not the only one who regrets getting married. But Ming Jin is innocent. Even if we're divorced, as his mother, you should consider his feelings more."

Ning Yao suddenly looked at him, her eyes filled with frost.

"Lu Jingmo, you're such a coward! If you regret it, why didn't you take the initiative to file for divorce? Instead, you pushed everything onto me, made me the villain, and then came to lecture me! You're so hypocritical!"

Lu Jingmo's face was so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water.

The whole person was shrouded in gloom, and the cold was frightening.

His voice was deep and hoarse as he said, "Ning Yao, you should stop now. Don't test my patience."

Ning Yao snorted coldly, "It wasn't me who asked you to come. If you're not happy, then get out. Nobody will stop you!"

"You are unreasonable!"

Lu Jingmo could no longer bear it and turned to leave.

Ning Yao was also furious and locked the door behind her.

He also reminded Xiaoxiao and Wen'an in the group chat to enter the password to enter.

She hadn't been this angry in a long time.

If Lu Jingmo hadn't walked away so quickly, she would have definitely stomped on his foot and kicked him out the door!

After gulping down two mouthfuls of water, Ning Yao's mood calmed down a bit.

Just then, she heard someone knocking on the door.

She assumed it was a customer she had booked for the afternoon, and managed a forced smile, but her expression turned cold again when she saw the person at the door.

"Ms. Ning, I'm sorry, I'm here to relay a message from Mr. Lu."

Seeing that she looked unhappy, Yang Qian quickly smiled apologetically.

Ning Yao had no intention of making things difficult for him, so she opened the door and said coldly, "Speak."

Yang Qian handed over a business card with both hands. Seeing that Ning Yao had no intention of taking it, he carefully placed it on the table before saying, "President Lu said that the cleaning work you do here is too hard, so he wanted to ask if you would like to work at Lu's Group, which would make things easier for you."

Ning Yao's anger, which had just subsided, surged again. "Take this business card and tell your CEO Lu to mind his own business, or don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Although she deleted the previous photos, they are not impossible to retrieve.

If anyone dares to cause her trouble again, she'll make everyone else uneasy.

Yang Qian realized that she was determined not to accept, so he left.

Back downstairs, as soon as he got into his car, he saw Lu Jingmo, who was usually expressionless, rubbing his temples and looking exhausted.

"Mr. Lu."

Lu Jingmo slowly opened his eyes, his dark gaze falling on him. "What did she say?"

“She…” Yang Qian carefully chose his words, “She refused, and even told you not to interfere in her affairs, otherwise she would not show any mercy.”

Lu Jingmo snorted angrily, "You're acting like a cleaning lady and you're still getting worked up!"

He'd see how long Ning Yao's backbone could last!

In the afternoon, Ning Yao received ten orders for custom-made dresses in a row, and after a rough calculation, the profits were quite considerable.

So that evening, she took Xiaoxiao and Wen'an to a popular restaurant in the city center for dinner.

This restaurant is hard to book; if she hadn't made a reservation in advance, she wouldn't have been able to eat there today.

The three of them went to the private room in high spirits.

As Ning Yao passed through the lobby, she noticed Ning Yan and several other people she didn't recognize sitting by the window.

She sighed inwardly at her bad luck, and quickly left the place with Xiaoxiao and Wen'an in tow.

But Ning Yan still noticed them.

Did she see it wrong?

Xiao Xiao, the designer of "Shattered Stars" who was interviewed by reporters in the afternoon, was actually with Ning Yao?