Chapter 1003: Yanqing Are You Asleep

Bo Yanching: “Still in a meeting.”

Nan Jiaojiao frowned.

Is he very busy recently?

It’s been two days without a video call, and he takes a long time to reply to messages.

This time he replied quickly, and Nan Jiaojiao actually felt a sense of relief, but just as she was getting caught up in her own feelings, his blunt four words popped all those bubbles.

“Alright, you go ahead and be busy.”

Bo Yanching stood by the window.

He had just arrived home, his suit jacket draped over his arm, and he didn’t dare delay for even a second upon seeing her message, replying immediately.

With no messages coming in a short moment later, he reckoned at this time she was probably taking a shower, so he waited.

Did he step on a landmine just after exchanging a couple of words?

Just by reading the words, one could imagine Nan Jiaojiao’s angry face.

He immediately took a screenshot and sent it to Yaen Chi, unabashedly asking, “How should I appease her?”

Yaen Chi first responded with a few laughing emojis.

A moment later, as Bo Yanching was about to read the following text, there was a knock on the door, and a woman’s gentle voice sounded from outside: “Yanqing, are you asleep?”

…

The next day, Nan Jiaojiao got up early.

She only saw Pei Dongshi during breakfast.

He ate quickly and left right after finishing.

Nan Jiaojiao was not familiar with the roads in the Capital City, but fortunately, Pei Dongshi had arranged a driver for her, and she asked the driver to take her to the mall in the city center.

She browsed from the first floor to the third floor, carrying just a few bottles of perfume in her paper bag, unable to find anything else she liked.

The fifth floor was a luxury goods area, connected to five stores, all E.Y’s physical stores with an open layout.

Nan Jiaojiao wandered in.

The jewelry in the display cases were all from the previous season; the new season had only a few pieces, available exclusively to VIP customers.

In the clothing section, the dress she designed was in a glass cabinet, for exhibition only and not for sale.

Nan Jiaojiao asked the clerk, “Is this store’s stock in Capital City’s E.Y so limited?”

The clerk smiled upon hearing this and patiently explained, “It’s actually not that little.

It’s just that whenever there’s a new product launch, Sweetheart’s creations are pre-ordered first and almost sell out completely.

Besides Capital City and Rongcheng City, you can’t buy Sweetheart’s works in any other physical store, so it’s quite a lot already.”

“What about the other designers’ works?”

“The designers at E.Y are all quite renowned internationally, and although they aren’t as sought-after as Sweetheart, a large number are pre-ordered shortly after release as well.”

Nan Jiaojiao thought for a moment, “So, the pre-orders are sold at the main counter, and only the extras go to the physical store?”

“Not quite, there are reservations for the physical store to ensure there’s stock available.”

The clerk noticed Nan Jiaojiao had been standing in front of the display window for a long time and eagerly introduced, “This one is not for sale, actually, it’s been pre-ordered.

The buyer only lent it to us for display for two days before it’s returned.”

“If you want our chief designer’s clothes, you have to pre-order two seasons in advance.”

Nan Jiaojiao was a bit flustered, feeling slightly inflated.

Is she really…

That popular?

“What a shame, it’s already sold,” a girl’s regretful voice came from beside her.

Nan Jiaojiao glanced over; it was a mother and daughter pair, their facial features like they were carved from the same mold.

The girl looked in her early twenties, wearing a floral dress under an over-the-knee coat, with long hair draping over her shoulders and one side tucked behind her ear.

She was looking at the dress in the display window, asking the clerk, “Hi, could you tell me who purchased this outfit?

I really like this ensemble; can you help me contact the buyer?

I’m willing to pay double.”