Chapter 338: Engagement!

Jiangnan City.

Bluewing Cosmetics, CEO’s Office.

Su Menghao sat in her chair, looking through the various proposals prepared by her R&D department for their new products.

Recently, the skincare creams and perfumes launched by their rival company had become extremely popular. Judging from current market trends, it seems that Angel Skin-care might soon capture a large share of the market.

Their product line, including new advanced face masks, face creams, and perfumes, might leave little room for Bluewing Cosmetics in the market.

"Sigh, can’t those idiots come up with something better and more unique? All of these are boring ideas. Even if we develop a new face cream and perfume like theirs, how will our products be better than theirs? From the current perspective, their products are far ahead of us."

Su Menghao muttered under her breath as she looked at the few bottles displayed on the table.

Their names were clearly visible.

Angel’s Beauty Cream.

Maiden’s Scent.

Even the stylish designs of the products were attractive enough to catch the eye.

With a frown on her face, Su Menghao closed the file and pushed it aside.

The company’s future had been giving her a headache lately, and she was quite worried. Unfortunately, at present, she didn’t have any better solution.

Helpless, she decided to shift her attention to something else and relax her mind.

As she switched on her phone, she happened to notice her cousin’s newly posted status.

"Roxue’s status? That’s new. That girl rarely posts anything."

She clicked it open to see what her cousin was up to, but the next moment, her mood soured.

It was a selfie of Su Roxue and Yang Zhen wearing bunny ears and eating cotton candy. Yang Zhen was carrying several shopping bags. It was obvious that Su Roxue had done a lot of shopping and was using Yang Zhen as her personal hanger.

He looked somewhat helpless, but he was still smiling.

"What the heck? What’s she doing with Yang Zhen?"

"Are they on a date?"

From the looks of it, they indeed seemed to be on one.

Although the thought felt absurd, Su Menghao was mostly irritated.

"I’m stuck here worrying about the company while they’re out there enjoying themselves."

She clenched her phone as she stared at the doting smile on Yang Zhen’s face and snorted.

"Bastard..."

Her mood soured even further.

That guy hadn’t come to give her flowers for so long, and now he was going on a date with Roxue.

As expected, all men were fickle pigs.

Ring! Ring!

In a bad mood, she was about to turn off her phone when she suddenly paused after seeing the caller’s name.

"Hello, Grandpa."

"Yeah, I’ve got time."

"Boyfriend? No..."

"... old promise?"

"What?! An engagement?! No, what are you talking about? This is my first time hearing about it!"

"Picking him up? I’ll send a driver..."

Su Menghao hesitated for a moment before she sighed.

"...Fine, I’ll go myself. But let me make this clear. I’m not interested in any so-called engaged partner. I don’t accept this engagement."

She turned off her phone and nearly smashed it onto the table.

A fragile sadness appeared between her brows, and for a moment, Su Menghao felt like crying.

"Why is everything going wrong with me?"

She looked at Su Roxue’s status again, her attention falling mostly on Yang Zhen.

She pursed her lips before turning off her phone.

Standing up, Su Menghao left her office.

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Meanwhile, Su Roxue, who was having a great time with Yang Zhen, slipped her phone back into her pocket.

To be honest, she had been a little hesitant about going on a date with Yang Zhen at first, considering his infamous reputation as her cousin’s admirer.

However, after thinking that it would be nothing more than a simple meal to thank him for his help, she managed to convince herself to go.

It turned out to be absolutely the right decision.

Those rumours had really undermined her understanding of Young Master Yang’s true personality.

He wasn’t the playboy, arrogant, and snobbish rich second-generation heir that everyone made him out to be.

Rather, he was incredibly doting and caring.

Whatever she happened to show the slightest interest in, he was willing to buy for her without hesitation. Later, she had actually needed to stop him from buying things recklessly.

And this was despite the fact that he wasn’t even pursuing her.

Yes, from their conversations, Su Roxue could tell that Yang Zhen was treating this as nothing more than an outing with his crush’s cousin (future sister-in-law).

He didn’t have any such thoughts about her.

At first, Su Roxue felt relieved.

Later, however, she became annoyed.

Was she really worse than her cousin in any way?

Seeing that Yang Zhen seemed to have eyes only for Su Menghao, she couldn’t help feeling a little dissatisfied.

’Cousin, since you don’t know how to cherish a good man, don’t blame me.’

With several thoughts already forming in her mind about how to make Yang Zhen let go of his feelings for Su Menghao, she maintained a soft smile on her face and asked,

"Now then, what should we eat next?"

Yang Zhen’s arms were already getting a little tired from carrying all the shopping bags. He was beginning to regret not letting his bodyguards carry them while following from a distance.

Hearing her question, he was stunned.

"You can still eat?"

He was already stuffed from eating alongside her earlier. Do girls have such an incredible appetite?

"What? Are you calling me a big eater?" Su Roxue stared at him with a thin smile.

"No, no. I mean, if you’re still hungry, we can go to a good restaurant and get something to eat."

"Nah, I’m not that hungry. A little snack will do. When we passed by that area earlier, I remember seeing a fruit snack shop. Let’s go try it."

"Okay."

Yang Zhen nodded, already feeling sorry for his stomach.

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[A.N: Welcome to the new volume!]