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

Ning Yao is the kind of person who becomes stronger when faced with a stronger opponent. Seeing that she had been discovered, she simply stopped pretending.

She relaxed her shoulders and slowly walked down.

"Long time no see, but you should call me Miss Ning."

The butler quickly forced a smile and asked politely, "Miss Ning, would you like breakfast?"

Ning Yao reached out and touched her hair, smiling slightly, "No need, thank you."

She walked down the steps, put her high heels back on, and prepared to leave.

"Mother?"

Lu Mingjin, dressed in her school uniform, stood at the corner between the first and second floors, staring intently at Ning Yao.

Ning Yao frowned impatiently, turned her head slightly to greet him, "Good morning."

Seeing that she was about to leave without even looking at her, Lu Mingjin clenched her little fists and questioned, "Mom, didn't you come to see me?"

Ning Yao paused again, this time turning around to look at him. "No."

Upon hearing her denial, the light in Lu Mingjin's eyes faded, and her small fists clenched even tighter.

"You said that a person should be courageous and responsible, and not a coward who lies. Then why didn't you apologize when you wronged me, deliberately ignored me, and even smashed my gift? Does Mom also say one thing and do another?"

Ning Yao was slightly surprised as she listened to his resounding accusations.

But after listening to his long speech, she immediately retorted, "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't smash your gift."

Lu Mingjin immediately seized on the loophole, "Then admit that you broke your promise and wronged me!"

Ning Yao was speechless.

Seeing that she didn't argue back, Lu Mingjin loosened her clenched fists, crossed her arms, and said arrogantly, "Apologize quickly, or I won't forgive you."

Ning Yao cursed inwardly, but didn't put on a brave face. "I forgot about you on my birthday. I apologize. I'm sorry. I'll treat you to a meal next time I have the chance."

Lu Mingjin listened to her apology and arrogantly put her hand down, but when she heard that she could only treat her to a meal next time, she became unhappy again.

"No, what if you forget again? Let's eat tonight, you, me, and Dad together, the three of us!"

Lu Jingmo had just reached the top of the stairs on the second floor when he heard his son mention him. He silently walked to the edge of the stairs and saw Ning Yao still downstairs through the gap.

His previously cold expression softened instantly.

Seeing that Lu Mingjin was even taking advantage of her, Ning Yao directly refused, "Either I eat with you, or I'll order takeout and deliver it to your home for you to eat by yourself."

Lu Mingjin stomped her feet in anger and gritted her teeth, saying, "That's too much! You're the one who should apologize, why should I listen to you!"

“Because I’m treating, the person who pays is the boss,” Ning Yao replied confidently.

“In that case, I’ll treat you. Tonight at seven o’clock, at the revolving restaurant, my son and I will be waiting for you to have dinner together.” Lu Jingmo seized the opportunity and finalized the arrangements.

Ning Yao wanted to refuse.

But Lu Jingmo saw through her and slowly added, "You're the one who should apologize to your son, and you're the one who told him that the person who made the money is the boss. Once a promise is made, it's like spilled water. You can't go back on your word, can you?"

Ning Yao was so angry she laughed. "Trying to use her spear against her shield, huh?"

"Okay, you're cruel."

She stormed off.

This time, Lu Jingmo didn't stop her.

Lu Mingjin was overjoyed. "Dad, you absolutely mustn't work overtime tonight, or I'm afraid Mom will change her mind again."

Lu Jingmo had suffered more losses in this matter than him, so he patted his head and assured him, "Don't worry, Dad won't work overtime."

Lu Mingjin was still worried and asked again, "What if Mom makes up an excuse not to come?"

Lu Jingmo raised an eyebrow slightly and said in a forceful tone, "Then let's go to her house to eat."

Lu Mingjin thought the suggestion was good, "I haven't eaten my mother's cooking in a long time."

Lu Jingmo also felt a pang of nostalgia when this was mentioned.

Although Ning Yao is not very good at socializing, she is an excellent cook.

He's better than many star-rated chefs.

But when he recalled Ning Yao's earlier questioning, the nostalgia in his eyes instantly turned dark.

No one is born knowing how to do these things. She must have endured a lot of hardship to do them so well.

……

Although Ning Yao had asked Lu Jingmo for leave, she did not rest at home. After taking a shower and changing her clothes, she went to Suixing Company.

Wen An had just received the samples from the factory and was unpacking them when he saw her, and was overjoyed.

"Sister Yaoyao, you're back so soon?"

Hearing the commotion, Xiaoxiao ran out too. "Sister Yaoyao, you're finally back! I was just about to call you to talk about our supplies!"

Even Zhong Yunche came out. He seemed to be on the phone earlier, and his phone screen was still lit when he walked over.

"It's alright, take your time. I'm not going to Lu's anymore starting today," Ning Yao announced.

Creating a brand is not that simple.

Even though the design was finalized, the final sample was still somewhat unsatisfactory.

“This dress was prepared for Fashion Week, but we don’t have much time left. If we can’t find a suitable factory soon, we might not make it in time,” Xiaoxiao said worriedly.

Wen An also said, "The fabric we need is a new style that was just released this year. There aren't many factories in the entire Whale City that have it in stock, but the other companies are all super large factories that are unwilling to cooperate with small companies like ours. Even if we use the same grade of material instead, it won't work because it can't produce the effect we want."

Ning Yao only knows Mr. Guo from the neighboring city, which is far too few.

So she looked at Zhong Yunche and asked, "Manager Zhong, do you have a referral code?"

Zhong Yunche was somewhat surprised. He thought that Ning Yao didn't want his investment because she was unwilling to accept his help.

Unexpectedly, she took the initiative to speak this time.

A warm feeling welled up in my heart.

"I'm in contacting them, and I'll definitely give everyone a result today."

Ning Yao nodded, "I'll contact the factory we worked with last time to see if they have any."

Half an hour later, Ning Yao contacted President Guo, who said that he had some before, but they had all been reserved by the Lu Group three days ago, and suggested that she go to Lu Jingmo.

She had no other options and could only pin her hopes on Zhong Yunche.

Thinking about this, she felt that she needed to expand her network of contacts.

She messaged Jiang Tian again, asking her to take her out to see the world when she had time.

A short while later, Jiang Tian replied to her. Xu Sang wanted to have dinner with her to make amends for the unpleasantness last time and asked if she was free tonight.

Ning Yao hesitated for a moment, but decided to agree anyway, only changing dinner to afternoon tea.

Xu Sang must have good connections to have been able to secure a natural hot spring pool.

After finishing all that, Zhong Yunche also received news that he didn't have any fabric available yet because it was so scarce.

Ning Yao was not discouraged and took him with her to see Xu Sang.

In this situation, Zhong Yunche would definitely be more at ease than I am.

When they arrived at the agreed location, Xu Sang and Jiang Tian were already there. They were both surprised to see Ning Yao with Zhong Yunche.

Jiang Tian didn't know Zhong Yunche, but Xu Sang did.

She thought Ning Yao was only entangled with Lu Jingmo, but she didn't expect that she also knew the Crown Prince of Haicheng.

The choice of who to befriend was the right one.

This Ning Yao is no ordinary person!