Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 736: [Yan Jian Extra] 23. Cold-blooded man, how can you do this!

Yan Jian almost sacrificed everything to conceal her relationship with James, but it didn’t reduce Shi Nian’s attention to the latest developments of the Fude Group.

One day, Shi Nian suddenly invited Yan Jian, asking her to come to the "Middle Ages" after work, saying there were some things she wanted to discuss.

Hearing the meeting place was the "Middle Ages," Yan Jian couldn’t help but hesitate.

It had been several days since the rainy night, but she still couldn’t calm down and face that place.

However, Shi Nian was too smart. She knew that if she made an excuse not to go, Shi Nian would definitely become suspicious.

After all, "Middle Ages" was entrusted to her by Big Sister, and no matter how busy she was, she had no reason not to go.

After work, she bravely left the Westside Fashion Design College.

Standing by the roadside hailing a taxi, she inadvertently glanced at the bulletin board at the entrance. To her surprise, the most prominent ad was a large recruitment poster for her studio.

The ad had a completely black background with a black suit. The white shirt at the collar formed a V-shaped space where the recruitment details were written in the shape of a tie.

Recruiting models, chief male model.

After Catherine separated from the studio, even Little Ben no longer came, leaving the studio without a fitting model. Many semi-finished products could only be hung on mannequins for inspiration.

They were in urgent need of a model. Although the Westside Fashion Design College had a modeling department with several promising boys, perhaps it was Yan Jian’s own pickiness that prevented her from finding someone who fit her design philosophy.

Since running the studio, Yan Jian also hired her good friend Lin Lu as an assistant. Lin Lu introduced her to many male models, some even very prominent ones, but she rejected them all.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t compromise, just that... inspiration couldn’t be forced.

The studio employees had some private complaints, which she also heard. Fortunately, she had a last resort: if it came to it, she could ask her second and third brothers to fill in.

Looking back now, there was a small sense of regret: having always guarded against Little Ben, she realized now that Little Ben’s physique and temperament did fit her designs perfectly.

Losing herself in thought, a car horn honked.

Yan Jian snapped back to reality and saw it was Yan Yu driving over.

Actually, Yan Yu was quite similar to Shi Nian. Shi Nian once drove a three or four-hand Beetle, while Yan Yu straightforwardly drove a 20-year-old beat-up pickup truck. The paint was mostly peeling, revealing the sandy red base beneath.

But fortunately, Yan Yu had always embraced a rustic style, so the back-to-basics vibe of the beat-up pickup didn’t clash with her at all.

Yan Jian sighed, "What are you doing here?"

Yan Yu asked Yan Jian to get in the car, watching her buckle the seatbelt before sighing, "I was passing by anyway, thought I’d give you a lift."

Yan Yu didn’t say it outright, but the family had been busy lately, and she could clearly see Yan Jian being lost in thought. Although Yan Jian could use the studio as a cover, as sisters who grew up together, Yan Yu knew something was off.

Yan Yu started the car. These old cars had a temperament; they wouldn’t start without a few attempts. Yan Yu remained calm, leisurely looking around while starting the car, not in a hurry at all.

Yan Yu also noticed the poster.

She continued to start the car, tilting her head to look at Yan Jian, "Hey? Don’t you guys have that Little Ben? Why recruit a model again?"

Yan Jian didn’t want to elaborate and didn’t want Yan Yu to know that Little Ben was James’ man, so she hung her head slightly and explained offhandedly, "He’s not doing it anymore."

Yan Yu, for some reason, felt a bit disappointed, "Though he has a strange temper, even I have to admit his physique and temperament matched your project’s design concept quite well."

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At "Middle Ages," when Shi Nian saw Yan Yu had also come, she didn’t say much, just talked to Yan Jian about the store’s matters, especially mentioning Yu Huan, saying it seemed Yu Huan was frightened, and perhaps should see a vet.

Yan Yu asked, "What’s wrong with Yu Huan?"

Shi Nian sighed, "It’s like whenever Yu Huan sees me, she shouts ’catch the bad guy.’ I asked Zan Hua and Xiao Kai, and they said she does the same with them. Seems like something scared her."

As she spoke, Shi Nian’s gaze drifted to the tea table, "I carefully checked the store’s inventory, nothing’s missing, just a few cushions. Those cushions aren’t worth much, but they are all old, hand-sewn from silks that Sister Sheng brought back from Asia, and Big Sister cherishes them. Could they have gone missing?"