Not long after, Xie Zhendong returned. "Alright, I'll have my studio handle all the Xie family's formal wear designs. Your wedding dress this time is also designed by her studio."
"Did she design it personally?"
"Yes, she should notify you to try on your wedding dress in the next couple of days."
"Darling, thank you." At this moment, Zhan Jiayi felt no need to be inferior to Gu Susu. Everything Gu Susu had, she now possessed as well.
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Susu knew Zhan Jiayi was coming to try on her wedding dress and formal wear today and deliberately avoided seeing her.
Although she had personally designed both the wedding dress and formal wear, she had entrusted the task of receiving Zhan Jiayi to Xu Shishi and stayed in her office, not going out.
As she was concentrating on her work, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Xu Shishi walked in softly, quickly closed the door, and said, "Xie Zhendong's fiancée wants to see you. She wants to alter the wedding dress."
"What does she want to change?"
Xu Shishi whispered, "I told her you weren't here and were out meeting clients. She said she'll wait for you to return and tell you personally what she wants to change."
Susu put down her pen, thought for a moment, and realized she couldn't avoid it. She looked at Xu Shishi and said, "Then let her wait a while. I'll go over later."
Xu Shishi gave her an OK gesture and lowered her voice, "I don't know what Xie Zhendong sees in this woman. Her looks and figure are very ordinary."
"Stop gossiping and hurry up," Susu said with a smile, shooing her away.
Xu Shishi quickly left.
Susu leaned back in her chair, unable to understand why Zhan Jiayi insisted on her blessing.
It was Zhan Jiayi's business to get what she wanted; it had nothing to do with her. Was she trying to show off in front of her?
Susu helplessly continued with her work. After a while, she walked out of her office and went to the fitting room.
Zhan Jiayi, still wearing the wedding dress, sat on a sofa chair inside, reading a fashion magazine.
"Sister Gu, you're back." Xu Shishi saw her first and winked at her as she stood up.
Susu hummed and said politely to Zhan Jiayi, "Miss Zhan, hello. Are you satisfied with the wedding dress and formal wear?"
Zhan Jiayi closed the magazine in her hand, looked at Susu, and said without standing up, "I'm satisfied, I like it very much."
"Are there any alterations needed?" Susu said, treating her like any other client. "After all, marriage is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and it should be as perfect as possible."
Zhan Jiayi finally stood up and said, "You're right. I think the waist of this wedding dress needs to be a bit tighter to fit my figure better."
Susu pinched the fabric at the waist of her wedding dress. "It can be tightened a bit, no problem. But you'll need to try it on again after the alterations."
"I'm busy preparing for the wedding these days, so I have plenty of time."
"That's good." Susu gestured to Xu Shishi. "Please help Miss Zhan change out of the wedding dress and notify her when it's altered."
"Okay." Xu Shishi immediately went to Zhan Jiayi's side.
As Susu prepared to leave the fitting room, Zhan Jiayi called out to her, "Wait, can we talk?"
"I've said everything I needed to say. There's no point in talking further," Susu said, not wanting to waste any more time.
"I know what you're thinking, but I'm also trying to find out the truth," Zhan Jiayi said.
Susu looked at her again. Her eyes seemed to suggest she knew something more. Could it be related to Shasha?
"Shishi, please check what other guests are scheduled for today. I need to speak with Miss Zhan privately."
Shishi realized that Sister Gu actually knew Xie Zhendong's fiancée. She went out first.
Zhan Jiayi, still in her wedding dress, stood in front of the mirror. Seeing that no one else was in the fitting room, she said, "Now, except for my husband being a bit older than yours, I'm the same as you in every way. Why am I still not qualified to have a proper conversation with you?"
Susu asked directly, "Are you referring to the investigation you wanted to conduct, or the miscarriage?"
"There is that, but also the truth behind Xie Qining's suicide in prison," Zhan Jiayi turned to face her.
She said with surprise and astonishment, "Xie Qining is dead? When did that happen?"
"It's been some time, perhaps before my miscarriage," Zhan Jiayi said. "It was because of his suicide that Xie Zhendong went abroad to handle the matter, and I had my accident. I always feel there's some connection between the two incidents."
Susu was stunned and could only remain silent for a moment. It seemed that many bad things had happened in the Xie family, and Shasha's meddling in the Xie family had never ceased.
Zhan Jiayi continued, "I'm also trying to find evidence of Yang Shasha's wrongdoings."
Susu felt that this was very dangerous and advised her, "If you think it's all Yang Shasha's doing, that woman is terrifying. You'll be in danger."
Zhan Jiayi fiddled with the small diamonds adorning the front of her wedding dress and said, "Danger? Every step I've taken to get here has been dangerous."
"After you marry Xie Zhendong, won't Yang Shasha have to live with you? Won't you have to see each other every day, which would be unbearable?" Susu asked.
Zhan Jiayi smiled and said, "Zhendong loves me very much and thinks of me in everything. He's obtained custody of the child from Yang Shasha, and I will be raising this child from now on."
Susu was even more surprised. "You're raising the child? Will Yang Shasha let go of that child? Impossible! You and Xie Zhendong are both in danger..."
"Gu Susu! Do you know something about Yang Shasha? What is your relationship with her?" Zhan Jiayi felt her tone of voice was off.
Susu quickly said, "I have no relationship with her. I've only met her once or twice, and I don't have a good impression of her."
She felt very conflicted. If she revealed the child's true identity, it would cause great harm to the child, and after all, it was Yang Sijie's only bloodline.
Zhan Jiayi had also investigated. In Lancheng, Gu Susu and Yang Shasha indeed had no interaction or contact.
But was Gu Susu merely not fond of Yang Shasha? It seemed she wasn't telling the truth.
However, at least Gu Susu wasn't on Yang Shasha's side, so she shouldn't be hindering her.
Susu couldn't stand her slightly disbelieving gaze and said, "I hope you can find the truth and not continue to lose yourself."
Without waiting for Zhan Jiayi to say anything more, she turned and quickly left the fitting room, feeling an inexplicable panic in her heart. wΑp.kanshu伍.net
After returning to her office, she felt increasingly troubled. The matter seemed to be getting more and more complicated.
After an unknown amount of time, Shishi came to her office to say that Zhan Jiayi had finally left.
Susu, as if she had done something wrong, let out a sigh of relief.
"Sister Gu, so you knew each other." Shishi asked curiously, "Do you know what ability she has that made Xie Zhendong divorce his wife and become the legitimate wife by crossing class boundaries?"
Susu glared at her and said, "You watch too much TV. She's highly educated and relies on her own strength."
"Oh, I really couldn't tell." Shishi didn't bother her further.
Susu had no intention of continuing her work. When she returned home that evening, she had a nightmare.
She dreamed that Yang Shasha had killed both Xie Zhendong and Zhan Jiayi, and then, holding Yang Sijie's child, she bared a ferocious smile at Susu.
She woke up with a start, finding herself covered in a cold sweat. She sat up, wanting to drink some hot water.