"Don't you need it?"
Su Yuhua narrowed her eyes, her voice carrying an irresistible charm.
Jiang Shaolong took the gun, his voice hoarse, "Why are you helping me?"
"Do I need a reason?" Su Yuhua smiled, "Perhaps it's just a coincidence, a stroke of fate."
"You're using a knife to kill someone?"
Jiang Shaolong wasn't foolish and quickly saw through Su Yuhua's intentions.
"Think whatever you want," Su Yuhua didn't argue, directly stating, "You can go and do what you need to do now!"
Jiang Shaolong sneered, pulled back the magazine, glanced at the fully loaded bullets within, and said nothing more. He turned and left.
Even knowing Su Yuhua was using him to get rid of Chen Fan, he didn't care.
All he wanted now was to get into the convention center and find Chen Fan to exact revenge, making him pay a bloody price.
"Dad, what is this?"
A figure walked up, it was Su Yuhua's son, Su Lingyu.
"You can check and see if that Chen Fan is inside the convention center," Su Yuhua said calmly.
Su Lingyu immediately made a phone call and quickly received an affirmative answer.
"But Dad, why are you..." Su Lingyu's words were cut off by Su Yuhua before he could finish.
"Lingyu, can you see the madness in this man's eyes? For revenge, he'll do anything, he'll have no reservations, he won't stop even if it means self-destruction."
Su Lingyu froze.
Su Yuhua smiled, patted his son's shoulder, and said faintly, "Having gone through similar experiences, it's easy to understand."
With that, he walked towards the entrance with his hands behind his back.
...
Outside the special passage of the convention center, Chen Fan parked his car in the lot.
Everyone got out of the car. Besides him, there was Li Xiuying with Nannan, and Wang Dongdong and Wang Tingting.
However, Wang Dongdong's girlfriend, Wenwen, who was supposed to come with him, couldn't make it due to a last-minute issue.
As for Su Yingxue, she had already met up with Meng Dandan and gone in ahead of time to prepare.
As soon as they entered the convention center, a group of people walked towards them, led by Jiang Tiansheng and some high-level executives from Huancai Apparel.
"Mr. Chen!"
Jiang Tiansheng greeted him respectfully.
Chen Fan nodded and asked softly, "Did everything go smoothly on your end?"
Jiang Tiansheng replied, "Meng Dandan arrived early, and Ms. Su is backstage with Master Bob, helping with the costume changes."
Chen Fan hummed softly and turned to the others, "Then let's go in too!"
"Do you want to check out the backstage?"
Jiang Tiansheng asked.
"No need, we'll just watch the fashion show,"
Chen Fan said dismissively.
Jiang Tiansheng didn't ask further and led the way, guiding them into Exhibition Hall No. 3 with the help of the venue staff.
Upon entering the hall, the sight that greeted them was a crowd filling the venue, which could accommodate over three thousand people.
Clearly, this competition had attracted a large audience.
Soon, staff members approached and led them to seats in the front row.
Chen Fan looked at Jiang Tiansheng, surprised, "There are quite a few spectators."
"Mr. Chen, it's because Meng Dandan is participating in the show," Jiang Tiansheng explained. "Although Meng Dandan's popularity isn't what it used to be, she still has many fans. I heard that many people rushed to grab tickets after hearing the news, and a scalper ticket is now going for over a thousand yuan!"
Chen Fan was slightly taken aback.
He hadn't expected that inviting Meng Dandan as a model would lead to such a situation.
But on second thought, it wasn't surprising. Meng Dandan was a star of the "Little Diva" level. Although her career had declined in the past two years, she still had a following.
And with Meng Dandan returning to her old profession, such a news hook would surely be of great interest to the media.
Of course, as long as it didn't affect Su Yingxue's competition, Chen Fan didn't mind. If her fame could help Su Yingxue become an overnight sensation, that would be a good outcome.
"By the way, Mr. Chen, the judging rules have also changed!"
Jiang Tiansheng told Chen Fan again.
"What do you mean?" Chen Fan asked.
"Because Meng Dandan has so many fans, the organizers discussed with us, and the voting rule will no longer be based on audience votes but will be decided by a panel of judges," Jiang Tiansheng said systematically. "There are a total of thirty judges, and after comprehensive scoring, awards like the Best Design Award will be selected!"
Chen Fan nodded. This approach was indeed fairer.
Otherwise, if Meng Dandan took the stage, all her fans would vote for her, and the competition would be over before it even began.
After a pause, Jiang Tiansheng lowered his voice, "Mr. Chen, if you need to pre-arrange a win for Ms. Su, I can have someone make arrangements now!"
"Pre-arrange?"
Chen Fan turned his head, looking at Jiang Tiansheng, his gaze turning a bit colder.
He knew very well that "pre-arranging" meant backroom dealings, where the outcome was decided from the start.
But could such a thing be done for Su Yingxue?
Jiang Tiansheng, being sharp, quickly sensed the chill in Chen Fan's eyes and chuckled awkwardly, "Actually, the organizers told me that several genius designers have inexplicably entered this competition."
"No need!"
Chen Fan refused without a second thought.
"Don't bring up such matters again. I believe in Ah Xue's strength."
"Besides, if you do that, you'll be insulting Bob's skills!"
"Yes, yes!"
Jiang Tiansheng quickly agreed, feeling a bit regretful.
After all, he came from the underworld and was accustomed to such methods of doing things. He still had some of that rough demeanor, and now he thought about it, it was really inappropriate.
By all conventional standards, a work personally crafted by Bob, as long as the judges weren't blind, had no chance of not winning an award.
Thinking of this, Jiang Tiansheng became even more cautious.
It seemed he still had a lot to pay attention to in the future; he had to change where necessary!
While the two were chatting.
In the backstage private changing room, Meng Dandan had already changed into her costume.
The gorgeous dress, like the most beautiful dowry, made her radiate with energy, transforming her into her most beautiful self.
Looking at her reflection in the mirror, a smile appeared on her face.
Behind her, Bob surveyed her for a moment and gently shook his head, "Su, I still think you are the most suitable for this dress."
Su Yingxue, while helping to adjust the hem of Meng Dandan's dress, said, "Master Bob, this is already very good. Miss Meng's figure is very suitable!"
Bob shook his head and said thoughtfully, "After the modifications, it is indeed suitable. However, it lacks a certain something in terms of temperament!"
"Mr. Bob."
Su Yingxue was a little helpless and quickly reminded Bob.
Although their conversation was in a foreign language, Meng Dandan was a "Little Diva" and would understand foreign languages.
His words would surely make Meng Dandan uncomfortable.
Su Yingxue couldn't help but glance at Meng Dandan.
As expected, on her exquisite face, her expression had visibly darkened.