Hiding her pregnant belly and leaving, the CEO's ex-husband cried red eyes

An Xia's puzzled eyes suddenly cleared up.

“Jewelry brand?”

Qingtian named several high-end luxury brands one after another.

An Xia gradually formed an impression.

“Have I worked with these before?”

Qingtian nodded.

This was two years ago.

After Qingtian opened his studio, he traveled around for business and accumulated a lot of connections. Through chatting with two people, and two people brought three people, he got to know some managers and directors of jewelry brands.

An Xia was most interested in jewelry design at that time. She drew a lot of designs, including finished products and drafts, most of which were left in the studio.

Later, Qingtian invited those acquaintances to visit the studio, and An Xia's design draft was seen by chance.

Her style is immature yet unique, a brand new style in the jewelry industry.

Those jewelry directors and managers spent a lot of money to buy An Xia's manuscripts. They even extended invitations to An Xia to cooperate with them for a long time.

The job was comfortable, without the need for a fixed office schedule, and it also paid well, so An Xia was naturally happy to take it.

But half a year ago, these jewelry brands seemed to have colluded and informed An Xia that they would no longer cooperate. Qingtian asked around and learned that they had changed to a new designer.

Qingtian was disgusted by this behavior of throwing things away after use, and he pulled An Xia aside and scolded them for a long time.

But An Xia didn't care. She was just doing it as a part-time job, so whether she cooperated or not didn't really have much impact on her.

Although An Xia didn't care much about this matter, it didn't mean that she would accept it without any reservations and without bearing any grudges.

Moreover, they were the ones who insisted on terminating the contract half a year ago. But after only half a year, they suddenly changed their mind and came back. This is really strange.

Qingtian said: "When they contacted me yesterday, I paid close attention and investigated."

"After they changed designers half a year ago, their performance has been declining. I have seen their subsequent new works. I can't say they are ordinary, but I can only say they are extremely ordinary! They can't compare with your previous designs at all. They probably can't stand the performance, so they came back to you now."

Qingtian saw that An Xia seemed to be lost in thought, and asked, "Then do you want to accept it? They are very sincere, twice as much as before. You are short of money right now, if you accept this, your troubles will be solved."

An Xia was indeed a little shaken.

But it’s not about wavering in cooperating with those brands, but…

"Do you think you have enough energy to run a jewelry studio?"

Qingtian was stunned: "What do you mean?"

He responded: "Are you planning to start your own business?"

An Xia nodded.

Instead of always being passive, it is better to strengthen yourself and be completely independent.

Before, because she had the Lu family to back her up, she could ignore the profits brought by the designs and work as a part-timer to earn some pocket money for fun. But now the situation is different, she must maximize her benefits.

Qingtian hesitated for a moment, because the studio's business was growing, and he had two exhibitions in the next two months, so he was still very busy. But in all these years of working with An Xia, she had hardly made any requests, and now that she had made up her mind to do something, Qingtian couldn't bear to refuse.

"As long as you want to do it, I will fully support and cooperate."

The gloomy expression on An Xia's face finally cleared up, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Then you can let your subordinates take care of the studio's affairs for the time being. Let's complete the studio's formalities first, so that we can discuss cooperation with those brands as soon as possible."

Qingtian was stunned.

"I've already opened my own studio, why would I want to work with them? It's better to keep the money within the family."

An Xia said: "When I sold my manuscripts before, I didn't sign my name. The works sold well, but I had no fame. So the first batch of our opening was to cooperate with those brands to support our fame, which would be more beneficial to our subsequent development."

Qingtian understood.

"So should we give the manuscript to them for production this time?"

An Xia waved her hand: "No. This time we're going for a joint series. Tell them that our studio's name must come first, otherwise there's no deal. And the price should be double what they offer. Not a cent less."

Qingtian smiled.

At the beginning, those brands only verbally agreed on long-term cooperation, but later they tricked An Xia and terminated the contract without even paying the penalty.

Now that An Xia has done this, it can be regarded as taking back part of the liquidated damages that were not calculated before.

Even so, they still made money thanks to An Xia's unique design.

"Got it! I'll start preparing now."

Qingtian immediately started to get busy, looking up information, contacting people, and communicating with the brands.

I don’t know what was wrong with the brand at the time, but they replaced the designer with a very mediocre one. The jewelry series launched in the past six months is also very average, resulting in very low sales.

The amount was less than one-tenth of what An Xia earned from the designs she designed.

Therefore, they were very eager to find An Xia to cooperate again this time. Even though Qingtian's request exceeded their original bottom line, they did not dare to complain and agreed without thinking too much.

The night is getting darker.

An Xia took Lu Jingyang to a local restaurant in the mall, had dinner there, and then sent him back to the Lu family's old house.

It was already very late, but apart from the servants, the old lady was the only one at home in the huge old house.

I heard from Aunt Liu that Lu Yuan and Song Lanzhi had a big fight at home and never came back.

Song Lanzhi was in a bad mood and went out early and came back late every day.

Lu Zixing almost lived in Lu's subsidiary and was busy with work, so he had no time to go home.

Aunt Liu went upstairs and said something to the old lady, and the old lady came downstairs in her nightgown.

I haven't seen her for more than half a month, and the old lady seems to look more haggard.

However, the Lu family is already in such a mess, and none of the sons and daughters-in-law are worry-free. It is hard for the old lady not to be haggard.

An Xia worriedly asked about old lady Liu's recent health condition. Upon learning that she was just overworked and didn't get enough rest, she still couldn't help but give the old lady a few more instructions out of concern.

But after saying this, An Xia remained silent.

Now that the old lady has no reliable person around her, she has to take care of all the trivial matters of the Lu family by herself. At this critical juncture, she sent Lu Jingyang, who needed more care, back.

To put it mildly.

This is just one more thing to add to the pile of past events.

But even so, An Xia had to be cruel.

"Grandma, I'm here to bring Jingyang back to you today." An Xia lowered her voice and carefully observed Lu Jingyang who was playing Lego in another corner, worried that he would hear her.

"I have moved out of Tianzhuyuan."

The old lady's eyes dimmed instantly.

On the surface, An Xia's words were explaining the current situation, but in reality, she was saying that she and Lu Beichuan had reached a desperate situation and there was no possibility anymore.