Gu Susu recalled her last encounter with Qin Yaxuan. She had asked Manager Li, who said Qin Yaxuan was the agent for Mishang in Dechuan City. Could there be an agent for Yimei there as well?
"I'm not sure, it's just a hunch. Yimei has always aimed for the high-end market, so they shouldn't have an agent in Dechuan City."
Chang Qingchuan asked the cashier to set aside this invoice separately before continuing with the other shipping documents.
They picked out all the shipping documents that might be related to the batch of low-quality goods and began to scrutinize them one by one.
However, a definitive answer couldn't be reached immediately. As Gu Susu was about to leave the conference room with the cashier, Chang Qingchuan called out to her, "Are you feeling better after going to the hospital yesterday?"
"It's nothing, just a bit of qi and blood deficiency. I've been prescribed some Chinese medicine," Gu Susu stopped.
"Well... when I was talking to President Qin about Yimei yesterday, he specifically asked about you, so I told him truthfully that you took the afternoon off to go to the hospital."
"Mmm, he contacted me later. It's fine. You're his subordinate; you don't need to lie to him when he asks you something," Gu Susu said calmly with a smile.
Chang Qingchuan paused and said, "President Qin seems very cold on the surface, but he actually cares about you quite a bit. Why didn't you even tell him you were going to the doctor?"
Gu Susu smiled and replied, "He's too busy. I didn't want to trouble him."
"But you're husband and wife. You should communicate more with each other."
Gu Susu didn't want to talk about Qin Tianyi anymore, so she changed the subject and asked, "Did you contact Huo Jin again yesterday? Did you apologize to her?"
Chang Qingchuan lowered his head, looking a bit dull, and said, "I sent her a WeChat message last night, but she hasn't replied. It seems we're going to break up this time."
Gu Susu was exasperated, "Senior Brother, you sent a few dry WeChat messages and expect her to forgive you immediately without being angry?"
"I didn't send many, only one," Chang Qingchuan corrected her immediately.
"That's even more outrageous. She's a pampered young lady, after all. You said such harsh words yesterday, and you only sent one WeChat message. It's not that she wants to break up with you; you're forcing her to break up!" Gu Susu thought it was a miracle that Huo Jin could like such a blockhead as Chang Qingchuan.
It seemed that the saying "different strokes for different folks" was indeed true.
Chang Qingchuan looked at her helplessly and asked, "Then what should I do?"
"If you really want to win her back, buy a bouquet of fresh flowers after work today, and then buy a beautiful piece of jewelry. Go to Huo Jin and apologize to her in person."
Chang Qingchuan said dismissively, "That's too much trouble. I think I'll just forget it."
Gu Susu laughed at him, "Senior Brother, I think you should cherish your blessings. It's not easy to meet someone like Huo Jin. Do you want to be a single dog for the rest of your life?"
"Someone like her... you want me to cherish my blessings..."
Gu Susu didn't listen to his face-saving sophistry and left the conference room with a "suit yourself" attitude.
Back at her desk, she looked at the Tongda Plaza noted in her notebook. She wanted to ask Manager Li if Qin Yaxuan's fashion store in Dechuan City was located there.
During her lunch break, she went to the sales department. Manager Li was just about to go out to eat with a few colleagues. He spotted Gu Susu lingering outside the sales department.
He dismissed his colleagues and went forward to greet her, "President Gu, is there something you need in the sales department?"
"I've told you not to call me President Gu. I'm not worthy of it anymore," Gu Susu said with an embarrassed smile. "I came to find you; I have something I want to ask you."
"Then let's talk in my office."
"Okay."
Gu Susu entered his office and said, "It's lunchtime, and you should eat. I won't take up too much of your time. Do you know where Qin Yaxuan's fashion store is located in Dechuan City?"
"Is there a reason you're asking about Miss Qin's store?" Manager Li asked.
"Yes, there's something I want to verify." Gu Susu had a feeling that Qin Yaxuan had the agency authorization for Mishang. If Yimei shipped that batch of low-quality goods to Qin Yaxuan, it wouldn't be easily discovered.
Manager Li said readily, "Wait a moment, I'll ask a colleague who went to Dechuan at the time."
He made a phone call and confirmed Gu Susu's intuition: Qin Yaxuan's store was indeed in Tongda Plaza.
However, there was one point Gu Susu still couldn't figure out. How did Qin Yaxuan get in touch with Yimei Company? Did Qin Yaxuan also know about her designs being stolen? Qin Yaxuan should also know about their agreement with Yimei, which meant Qin Yaxuan had people within Mishang or Aoxiang Group.
Therefore, even if Qin Yaxuan was in Dechuan City, she could still know everything happening in Lancheng.
Gu Susu didn't want to wait for the results of the investigation into every suspicious shipping document. Instead, she wanted to go to Dechuan City in person. As long as she saw her designs being sold in Qin Yaxuan's store, she would know for sure.
When she got off work, she told Chang Qingchuan that she would be inspecting Yimei's production workshop tomorrow. In reality, she had already booked a high-speed train ticket to Dechuan City for tomorrow.
The high-speed train was at 8 AM. Gu Susu checked the timetable; it arrived in Dechuan at 11 AM. It only took three hours, no wonder Qin Yaxuan always came and went on the same day when settling accounts with Mishang.
Gu Susu sat by the window on the high-speed train, watching the scenery flash by. She thought about how Xiao Xingxing had sat in the living room last night, eagerly waiting for Qin Tianyi to return.
After 10 PM, Xiao Xingxing was too sleepy to stay up any longer, so Gu Susu coaxed her into her room to sleep.
It seemed that Qin Tianyi had been genuinely angry after having dinner with them the night before. Was the day he would grow to dislike her not far off?
Just as she was starting to feel a glimmer of hope, Qin Tianyi's call came.
"Did you go to Yimei's factory again today?" he asked, his tone that of a superior.
"Yes." Gu Susu didn't want him to know yet that she was on her way to Dechuan City.
Qin Tianyi commanded, "Come back. You don't need to supervise the factory there. I'll have Chang Qingchuan send someone else."
"Why? It's my own design. It's best for me to supervise their production process." Gu Susu didn't want to give up on this matter.
Qin Tianyi asked, "How did you get those shipping documents? Was it very risky?"
"Do you remember Guo Mei? Zhang Gaoyuan's wife, the one who almost injured you."
"I remember."
"She sent them to me. She works as an assistant factory manager at Yimei. She's very grateful that you helped her and her child." Thinking of this, Gu Susu felt that Qin Tianyi wasn't as cold and heartless as he appeared on the surface.
"Oh, tell her to resign from that factory as soon as possible too. Yimei's President Zhang is not easy to deal with. If he finds out an employee is betraying him, he certainly won't let Guo Mei off."
Gu Susu was startled. How had she not thought of this? She had to contact Guo Mei quickly.
"Then what are you going to do? Are you just going to let Yimei break the contract..." As she was speaking, the high-speed train suddenly entered a long tunnel, and the signal was completely lost.