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"Jason Harrington?" Caroline asked in surprise.

Vivian nodded.

Jason Harrington is the person in charge of the men's clothing section on the second floor. He is about 27 or [-] years old. Like Charlotte, he has been working here since the establishment of Max Department Store.

Caroline felt a little unbelievable. Although she hadn't worked at the hat counter in recent months, she still saw Vivienne often, and she didn't see any signs of it.Moreover, Jason usually has an unsmiling personality, which is completely different from the type of boy Vivienne mentioned before.

"So, you agree?"

Vivian nodded again.

"I thought you liked Ryan like that," Caroline asked a little puzzled.

Ryan works at the bar in the rest area on the third floor. He is a typical Irish boy, sunny and cheerful, very pleasing to girls. Vivienne once said that he is very cute.

"I thought so too," Vivien flipped through the menu casually, "but after what happened with Laura, I changed my mind unconsciously. Jason is a reliable person, and he usually does everything with a serious attitude." Seriously, it’s also quite interesting.”

"As long as you like it." Caroline looked at her friend, and she could feel that Vivienne had considered it carefully, "But why did you tell me alone? Could it be that your family disagrees?"

"That's not true. I've already written to my brother. He said he respects my choice and will go back to Chicago to meet Jason in the next two days."

Vivienne hesitated for a while before speaking again,

"Actually, it was decided last month. We have been dragging it out because Jason plans to leave Macy's recently. He went to explain the situation to the manager and Ms. Green just after get off work."

Caroline was very surprised, and immediately asked,

"Are you worried that two people will not be able to continue working at Meisi Department Store together? Although this situation is not common, Meisi has no regulations prohibiting salespeople from being together."

Vivienne smiled and shook her head, "No, he saved a sum of money and planned to open a store by himself. He was worried that if we announced it first, I would be affected after he left. So we agreed to get engaged in private first, and we will get married next year when we get married. Tell everyone."

"You are following Ms. Green now. Jason's recent departure will definitely be known soon, so there is nothing to hide from you. But Joanna talks too fast, and I'm worried that she won't be able to hide when I tell her about Jason and me. Come on, Jason always has to hand over before leaving, I don't want to make it known to everyone before Jason leaves, Anne and Joanna are roommates...so, I just want to talk to you first",

Vivienne blushed a little, "You know, I still want to share this kind of thing with a friend."

If she had known about this in advance, Caroline might still have to worry about whether Jason's decision to leave Meisi to open a store by herself would have an adverse impact on Meisi Department Store, but now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, she is still happy to replace her friend .

Caroline got up and went to the other side of the table to hug Vivian and express her blessings.Although she herself has little energy and interest in love and marriage now, it is really a very happy thing to see her friends around her find happiness.

After the two of them finished their seafood risotto, Vivian chatted with Caroline about her new fiancé for a while, and it was only then that Caroline realized why she hadn't noticed the two of them together.

It turned out that because he was too serious on weekdays, Jason pursued Vivian silently for a long time without Vivian realizing it. After finally getting Vivian's response, Jason told her his work plan immediately , Let her choose whether to make it public or not. Later, just like Vivienne said, the two of them have kept it a secret until now.

As for Jason's plan to open a store, it was not on a whim.

He plans to open a fabric store near the West District, and has already negotiated a store.Jason worked at the fabric counter before becoming the head of the second floor.During his work, he discovered that compared with clothing and shoes and hats, department stores have less pressure on private stores in the fabric market. After working for a long time, he has accumulated enough relevant knowledge, as well as some channels and contacts. Just decided to try it myself.

"So what about yourself? What are your plans?" Caroline cared more about Vivian's own thoughts than Jason's plans.

"I thought about it. I don't have much to pursue. I like my current job very much. It is enough for me to live on my own. My brother also said that he saved a little dowry for me in private so I don't have to worry about it." Weiwei smiled, "If Jason needs my help to open the store successfully, I can go there, and we are also prepared for him to start all over again if the store does not go well."

Now that Vivienne had a clear plan for her future, Caroline stopped talking.

It was already dark outside, and the street lamps were turned on, illuminating the entire street near the restaurant.

"Let's go back early, I always feel that Chicago is not very safe recently." Although both of them live on the main road in the bustling area, and both have street lights like here, Caroline thought that she was still not far from home in the morning. Almost being robbed, I couldn't help but tell Vivienne about my experience, and let her pay attention.

After sending Vivian to the tram, Caroline also chose to take the tram home.

Not long after returning to the room, Isabella came to her with a few drawings.

Isabella has been helping her uncle's shoe factory design shoes for the past two days. Although she doesn't want to get involved in the family business, if she can help her family in the field she is good at, she is still very happy.

Caroline was busy two days ago, and I agreed with her to help with reference tonight.After all, she has been working in a department store for so long, and she has been doing collocation columns, so she always has some research on the styles of shoes.

After Isabella entered the room, she first took out a small tube of ointment from her pocket and handed it to her.

"Franz came here today. He said that you met a robber this morning and hurt your hand."

Caroline rolled up her sleeves and looked at her wrist. The trace of Lena's slap had faded away, leaving a light bruise.Because it didn't hurt too much, she didn't care about it during the day, but Francis didn't expect to notice it.

"I have used this ointment before, and it has a good effect on blood congestion. I will bring it here for you to try." Isabella said and put the ointment on Caroline's table.

Caroline thanked her and took the blueprint from Isabella.

"Recently, the order of the riding boots that my uncle is fighting for has special requirements from the buyers. They were not satisfied with the usual layout of the shoe factory before. I hope the shoe factory can continue to improve the design," Isabella said with some distress.

Looking at Caroline's puzzled eyes, she continued to explain, "Buyers think that the current lace-up riding boots are too inconvenient to put on and take off. I hope we can improve this. They should not only look for Uncle's shoe factory at the same time, look. One can make a design that meets the requirements."

Caroline looked at the twenty or so lacing holes on the front of the riding boots from the design drawings to below the knees, and was a little confused. She originally thought that it was a popular design that she could say a few words about, but she didn't. Think of it as a practical design.

"Aren't you clueless?" Isabella sighed.

Riding boots or long boots sold in shopping malls are generally different in material or decoration design, and there are few special things about putting them on and taking them off.So what did the boots of later generations look like?

Except for the lace design like now, the rest should be zipper design.But the zipper should not have been invented yet?At least Caroline hasn't seen it in real life.

It would be great if I could know the design principle of the zipper and copy it, Caroline thought, and felt that if this was the case, she would probably be able to rely on this invention for the rest of her life.

It's a pity that although the zipper looks simple, she doesn't know the principle, so she can't do it.But just in case, she still asked Isabella, in case someone has invented it, but it is not used much in life.

"Have you heard of this 'zipper' thing?"

"What company?" Isabella asked inexplicably.

"It's nothing, I just heard a new word today." Caroline smiled and rounded up, as if she was thinking too much.

Caroline flipped through a few drawings that Isabella brought. They were all similar boots drawings. Although the styles were different, they were all similar in terms of putting on and taking off the designs.

Wait, this guy in the last picture.

When Isabella saw Caroline's eyes resting on the portrait, she remembered, and quickly explained, "This picture was simply drawn by the person who snatched your bag when Franz came back, and told you to see it. Take a moment, so you can be prepared in the future."

The portrait is of a young man with black hair and black eyes, with a gloomy expression.

Caroline remembered that she should have met him on the day when Max Department Store announced the results of the trial.

In this way, perhaps it was a premeditated robbery.

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If Xiao Fu does not come to make the background board, it will be difficult for Caroline to realize that there is something wrong with the robber

Supplementary Note: The zipper-related plots are inspired by the history of the invention of zippers (initially for the convenience of putting on and taking off boots, improved and used in clothing, etc.)