Ji En hugged Ji Aier from behind.
"Where did you go today?" Ji En whispered in Ji Aier's ear. He saw that she had a sad expression when she came back today.
"I went to the villa on the hillside," Ji Aier told the truth. She didn't want to lie to Ji En. Although her feelings for Ji En couldn't go back to the beginning, they had started to thaw.
"You went to see Raymond!" Ji En let go of his hand, and an unhappy expression appeared on his face.
"No, Raymond has already gone back to Italy. I just went there to take a look. There's no other meaning," Ji Aier explained. She found that she cared about Ji En's thoughts again, just like before. She didn't want Ji En to misunderstand anything.
"Ai'er, you can't think of anyone else except me in your heart!" Ji En turned Ji Aier's body around to face him and said.
Ji Aier looked at Ji En and didn't nod. At that moment, she seemed to be hesitating, and she didn't know why. Maybe she had never had enough confidence in Ji En. He was too dazzling, so she couldn't really see him clearly.
After coming back from the villa on the hillside, Ji Aier felt that her soul had been baptized. Raymond's gentle care made her feel sad! She realized that she had developed a sense of servility. So when others were kind to her, she felt it was a great burden because she couldn't repay them.
There was too much love that Ji Aier couldn't afford, and there were too many complicated feelings that Ji Aier couldn't solve. So she still habitually chose to escape when she didn't know what to do. She almost threw herself into her current work. With the cultivation and help of Enrico, her talent in evening dress design was becoming more and more evident, just like the ugly appearance of an oyster couldn't hide the brilliance of the top-quality pearl inside.
"Ji En, I want to go to fashion shows all over the world! I want to do a good job in my current work," Ji Aier said to Ji En. She rarely made requests to him. But this time, she hoped he could agree to her because she needed to broaden her horizons. For this fashion industry, she definitely couldn't be complacent and closed-minded.
Ji En glanced at Ji Aier and nodded in agreement.
So in the past six months, she shuttled between different countries just to enjoy every excellent fashion show. The only country she didn't go to was Italy because Raymond was there. She was afraid of seeing Raymond and even more afraid of Ji En's misunderstanding.
This time, she flew back early from Paris, the fashion capital. She shuttled between the two places like a swallow and didn't notify anyone! She even went back to the company without stopping.
"Ai'er, you're back!" Wu Yaqi exclaimed when she saw Ji Aier, who didn't look like she had just gotten off the plane at all.
"I want to give you a surprise. These are the gifts I brought for you! Everyone has a share," Ji Aier started rummaging through her suitcase for the carefully selected gifts.
"Thank you!"
"The director went back to Italy this week! He said that when you come back, you should take the final draft to the president for review," Xin Ye said to Ji Aier.
"Ah! Why me?" Ji Aier asked with wide eyes in confusion. It seemed that this wasn't within her scope of responsibility before! The most important thing was that she didn't want to go to the top floor if she didn't have to!
"Because you are—the director's assistant. The director is back in his home country, so of course, you'll be in full charge of the director's work," Xin Ye said while opening the gift. Then she saw a beautiful brooch and excitedly kissed Ji Aier on the cheek.
Ji Aier stood there, a bit overwhelmed by Xin Ye's enthusiasm.