Chapter 489

The early morning light seeped into the bedroom through the white gauze curtains.

Tang Song's eyelids trembled slightly, and his consciousness gradually woke up from his sleep.

A warm and smooth skin sensation came from under his palm, and the tip of his nose was shrouded by bursts of cold, clear fragrance.

Opening his eyes, his blurred vision gradually focused, and before him was a scene that made it hard to look away.

Zhao Yaqian was curled up in the crook of his arm, sleeping soundly.

Her fair cheeks were flushed with a faint red, her dense eyelashes trembled lightly with her breathing, and her lips were slightly swollen.

On the other side, Lin Empress Mu Xue was half-lying on his chest, her brown hair scattered like a waterfall, her long legs draped casually over his knees, and her body curves outlined an alluring arc under the warm light.

The morning light traced their smooth skin, and the hickeys, scratch marks, and slap marks left during the intensity of last night were vaguely visible.

The whole room was filled with a lazy and intoxicating atmosphere, as if time had stopped flowing.

Tang Song tried to pull his hand away, which immediately drew a dissatisfied hum.

Gently soothing them twice, he sat up from the bed and checked the time.

6:50.

Tang Song rubbed his forehead and let out a light breath.

After a short and intense basketball game last night, they played games together in the media room for a while, and then started the second round directly.

That scene was truly—thinking about it was unbearable.

In the end, he was forced to use a precious 【Stamina Recovery Potion】, which allowed him to win the battle and save face.

Now, under his guidance, the beautician and the fake socialite had become two very active and skilled excellent players.

After the two formed a CP, they no longer attacked each other, and their combined combat power had already exceeded the fitness expert Wen Ruan, causing Tang Song huge trouble.

It seemed his kidneys still needed to be strengthened!

Tang Song turned over, just about to get out of bed.

The beautician hummed lightly, opened her misty eyes, giggled, and said in a soft, sleepy voice, "Good morning, Brother Song—what time is it—."

"Not yet 7 o'clock," Tang Song lowered his head and kissed her on the face, breathing in the clear body fragrance on her, instantly feeling a bit high.

A sound of fine thinking rang out on the bed, accompanied by the beautician's unconscious low hum.

The simple morning exercise ended.

Tang Song turned over and got out of bed, walking into the bathroom.

Because the amount of exercise last night was large enough, plus the physical exertion was heavy, he didn't have the heart for morning exercise.

Opening his phone, an unread message entered his line of sight.

【Lingling: "0°*0 Today is September 26, overcast, 17^26°C, autumn is crisp, outfit suggestions are as follows."】

【Lingling: "Senior, forgot to tell you, I will officially go to the company this morning to handle the resignation procedures. Minmin finished it last Friday. When you have time, let's have a meal together."】

Seeing this message, Tang Song raised his eyebrows, almost forgetting about the junior sister's matter.

Today was the day the Huashang Apparel shareholders' meeting was held.

It also represented that he would officially enter Huashang Apparel and open up the clothing OEM supply chain of Songmei.

The clothing design of the He Yiyi brand also needed to be put on the agenda.

The early stage naturally took the design team of Huashang Apparel as the core, and Yao Lingling, as the designer on his side, was responsible for controlling the design direction and docking needs.

Besides that, there was Li Shumin.

He had promised to help her solve the work problem, and since he happened to be going to Huashang Apparel for a meeting today, let her go report first.

With her and Zhang Jiahong there, they could also help him be an internal spy to see if the employees of Huashang Apparel were serious about the work of Songmei Apparel.

For him, everything was prioritized by the 【Growth Plan Task】!

Thinking for a while, Tang Song smiled and replied on WeChat: "Lingling, how is your fitness recently? You haven't been lazy, right? It's been a long time since I saw you post photos."

Xingchen Huayuan residential area.

"Ding-dong—" The WeChat notification sound rang, and the phone screen on the coffee table lit up.

"Is it a message from Senior Tang Song? Let me see!" Li Shumin, who was secretly observing the movement here, ran over.

Yao Lingling hurriedly picked up the phone and raised it, "Not allowed to peek at our chat."

Li Shumin hugged her waist and acted like a spoiled child, "Oh, let me see, I'm dying of anxiety!"

After resigning from Shangya, although Li Shumin was happy to have received a generous compensation, she couldn't help but feel anxious when she saw everyone else busy with work.

Although Lingling had said before that Lin Empress Mu Xue would help solve the work problem, the matter hadn't been finalized after all, so she could only tactfully let Lingling mention it to Senior Tang Song.

She hoped the senior could keep it in mind; after all, Lin Empress Mu Xue was Tang Song's assistant.

Yao Lingling had no choice but to put down the phone and unlock the screen.

Soon, a slightly warm WeChat message popped up.

Yao Lingling's face was slightly red, her eyes shining, looking shy and happy.

Li Shumin smacked her lips, feeling a bit worried about gains and losses, "The senior wouldn't have forgotten me, right? Lingling, do you think I should send the senior some gifts or something?"

"Go, go, go, what do you think of the senior?" Yao Lingling gave her a look and urged, "Take a photo for me; once I finish the resignation procedures here, I'll tell Sister Seeing Xiao Xue."

"Ah! Okay!" Li Shumin instantly turned from cloudy to sunny, took the phone, and hopped back.

Opening the camera to adjust the focal length and exposure, and turning on the beauty function, she began to direct Yao Lingling to pose.

"Eon! Lingling, head up and chest out!"

"Cough, cough, said it wrong, don't stick out your chest, stick out your big butt!"

"Dead Minmin, can you speak properly, you are the big butt!"

"Okay, okay, I said it wrong, then stick out your big butt, haha!"

"Click—click—" They laughed and played for a while.

Yao Lingling took the phone, picked the most satisfying one, and shared it with Tang Song.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"

【Tang Song: Crazy Like. GIF】

Looking at the cute emoji sent by Tang Song, Yao Lingling raised the corners of her mouth and twisted her body happily.

Li Shumin took the opportunity to say, "Lingling, seeing Senior Tang Song so happy now, why don't you take the opportunity to ask about our work? See if we can enter Huashang Apparel like Jiahong."

Zhang Jiahong, who had just walked out of the kitchen, hesitated for a moment and interjected, "Minmin, this is easy to say; assistant designer or design assistant isn't a core position, so they can be inserted. But I'm afraid Lingling's side is hard to handle; our department's clothing designers are currently saturated, everyone has a product line they are responsible for, and maybe some will be laid off—"

Having joined Huashang Apparel for a while, Zhang Jiahong gradually integrated into the circle of colleagues and also understood the current situation of the company.

The performance in 2023 fell quite a bit compared to the same period, the product lines of their own brands were almost all losing money, and last week colleagues mentioned that they might optimize a few designers.

Hearing her words, Yao Lingling and Li Shumin both became anxious.

After being silent for a while, Yao Lingling shook her head, "It doesn't matter, anyway, I have some achievements, even if I go out to find a job, it definitely won't be difficult."

There were many things she hadn't told her two roommates, such as Lin Empress Mu Xue's special status.

Based on the other party's performance at the clothing exhibition, she could definitely help solve the work problem.

However, she didn't want to make things difficult for Tang Song and hoped to prove herself through hard work, making the senior have more good feelings for her.

"But big companies have requirements for experience, and small companies aren't reliable." Jiahong was just about to continue analyzing,

A WeChat video call ringtone suddenly rang.

Li Shumin whispered, "It's Senior Tang Song! And it's a video call!"

"I'll answer it!"

Li Shumin and Zhang Jiahong leaned over tacitly. Yao Lingling pushed her two roommates, and seeing it was ineffective, she could only glare at them angrily.

Answering the video call.

A face that was excessively handsome appeared on the screen.

The three girls all felt their faces heat up.

Early in the morning, the autumn weather was dry, and seeing such a big handsome guy, they just wanted to have a nosebleed.

"Hello, Senior, good morning," Yao Lingling adjusted the lens to make herself look better.

"Good morning, Lingling," Tang Song's pleasant voice came from the receiver, "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet, but Jiahong has already started cooking, and we will be able to eat soon."

The two chatted about daily life for a while, and Tang Song opened his mouth, "Calling you is just to chat with you about the work problem of you and Minmin."

Hearing this sentence, Li Shumin's eyes suddenly lit up, and she leaned over half a head, "Senior, I'm here! Ready to listen to arrangements at any time!"

Tang Song chuckled, "It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival + October 1st holiday, I want to arrange your affairs before the holiday,"

"So you don't have to think wildly."

Yao Lingling hurriedly said, "Let you worry, Senior, thank you, Senior."

"You're welcome," Tang Song paused and asked, "Minmin, do you want to go to Huashang Apparel? It's the department and position Jiahong is working in now."

"Want!" Li Shumin nodded fiercely, then felt she was too unreserved, and said in a small voice, "I listen to the senior; wherever you say to go, I'll go."

"That's good, you go directly to report to HR after 9 o'clock this morning, let Jiahong take you."

Li Shumin widened her eyes, incredibly, "Ah? No interview?"

"No, last time was because I was afraid Jiahong would refuse, so I took a detour. If you have no opinion, just bring your documents and join the job; I will say hello."

"Thank you, dear Senior! Thank you, dear Senior! You are really too awesome!" Li Shumin stood in front of the camera and bowed to thank him.

They laughed and joked for a while.

Tang Song turned his gaze back to Yao Lingling, "Lingling, although I know you really want to work with them, but now—"

Before he finished speaking, Yao Lingling hurriedly waved her hand, "Senior, don't worry about my affairs, I can find a suitable job myself. Recently, I have chatted with several clothing companies on Boss Zhipin, and I have no problem! I will be able to get an offer soon!"

"Oh?" Tang Song raised his eyebrows, "So, you want to refuse me?"

"Ah? Refuse you?" Yao Lingling was stunned and hurriedly explained, "No, no! I don't have any other meaning, just afraid of causing you trouble."

Tang Song smiled, "I also prepared an offer for you here, I don't know if you are interested?"

Yao Lingling said blankly, "Senior, what do you mean?"

Tang Song coughed lightly, sat up straight, and said with a serious expression, "Hello, classmate Yao Lingling, I am Tang Song, CEO of Songmei Apparel. Our company mainly engages in livestream e-commerce business. Currently, the business has entered a stable period, in order to create our own women's clothing brand—"

Following his fast-paced introduction, the eyes of the three girls widened more and more.

When they knew Tang Song on Xiaohongshu before, his self-exposed profession was a programmer, and later he mentioned doing livestream business, thinking it was technology-related, but they didn't expect it to be selling clothes.

And it seemed to be quite awesome, having reached the point of creating his own brand.

After talking for a while, Tang Song looked at her and asked, "Now I want to invite you to become the first core designer of our new brand, mainly responsible for the business docking of our OEM factory, Huashang Apparel. How about it, Lingling? Consider it?"

"Willing!" Yao Lingling shouted, a blush of excitement on her face, "I am willing to go, when can I join?"

Looking at the face she thought about day and night on the screen, Yao Lingling's heart was about to jump out.

Working in a company with Tang Song, and doing the clothing design she loved, she could also help him develop his career.

This was simply a position tailored for her!

It was really damn exciting! She wouldn't even dare to dream like this!

"Lingling, be reserved," Zhang Jiahong pushed her and smiled, "Those who don't know would think you agreed to the senior's proposal."

Tang Song couldn't help but "poof" and laugh "haha."

Yao Lingling blushed and played with her two best friends for a while, the smile on her face unable to be suppressed.

After a while.

Tang Song cleared his throat and continued, "Lingling, aren't you handling your resignation this morning? After you finish, come to Huashang Apparel as well. I happen to be there, so I'll take you to meet the designers here in advance, and treat you to a meal at noon."

Yao Lingling nodded immediately, "Oh, okay Senior, then see you at noon!"

"Okay, I'm going to eat too, goodbye."

"Goodbye," "Goodbye, Senior."

Hanging up the video, a sound of playing and laughing rang out in the living room.

Yao Lingling's originally anxious heart finally settled, and she began to imagine the beautiful working environment after working in the same company as Tang Song.

Her resignation handover had already gone through the entire process yesterday, and today she only needed to sign a document and return office supplies, access cards, etc., to the company.

After eating breakfast, the two agreed on the time and place to meet.

Yao Lingling couldn't wait to pack her things and rode her little motorcycle straight to Shangya Apparel.

9:00 AM.

The sound of leather shoes and high heels echoed in the empty corridor.

Tang Song and Lin Muzhen walked out of the large apartment in Yanjing Tiancheng, took the elevator directly to B1, and sat in the Rolls-Royce Phantom that had been waiting for a long time.

After all, it was attending a formal occasion, and after a night of nourishment.

Lin Muzhen fully played the role of a bright and beautiful female assistant, and her whole spirit was extremely good.

Her whole spirit was excellent, wearing a well-tailored professional suit, stepping on high heels, with thick confidence between her brows, looking capable and elegant.

Of course, another important reason was that today she was going to the shareholders' meeting to show off and slap faces, and the targets included He Jingping and his son.

For Lin Muzhen, this was simply a professional match, and she hadn't "shown off and slapped faces" in such an occasion before, so she was extremely excited.

The car drove slowly out of the underground parking garage and into the busy traffic.

Tang Song leaned on the back seat, his gaze cast toward the scenery flying past outside the window, his fingers tapping on his knees subconsciously, and a look of thought flickering in his eyes.

Next, he would first head to Rongliu Investment to meet with his investment team and lawyers.

Then they would set off together to Huashang Apparel to attend the shareholders' meeting.

Update the shareholder register, propose temporary topics, reorganize the board of directors, and finalize the cooperation of the new production line.

For him, this was not only a test of his own ability but also a key step in his future layout.

The "struggle" with He Jingping would also welcome a phased victory.

Thinking of this, his eyes became sharp, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"Ding-dong—"

The WeChat notification sound rang, breaking the quiet atmosphere in the car.

Tang Song took out his phone from his pocket, lit up the screen, and a friend request popped up,

The nickname was 【Yuki】, and the avatar was a real ID photo, which was very familiar.

The application message was simple: "Hello Tang Song, I am Sun Jiayue."

"Sun Jiayue?" Tang Song muttered to himself, and a color of memory appeared on his face.

Sun Jiayue was his high school classmate and also a friend in the same dormitory as Liu Qingning.

In the memories of 2016, her figure had also appeared many times.

At that time, because of Liu Qingning, the interaction between them was quite frequent.

However, with Sun Jiayue being admitted to Modu University of Finance and Economics, plus he also entered the "dream state" and separated from his white moonlight.

The two hadn't been in contact for many years, and they weren't even WeChat friends.

It was said that she later entered a Modu financial company with excellent grades and was currently working in the fundraising department.

But besides that, he knew almost nothing about her life in recent years.

Even Liu Qingning hadn't been in contact with her for a long time, and their relationship was no longer as close as it used to be.

Accepting the friend request.

【Sun Jiayue: "Hello, Tang Song, it's been a long time since we contacted. I chatted with Qingning today, and she pushed your WeChat to me, saying that you are going to Modu for the October 1st holiday? You can tell me when the time comes, let's meet and have a meal together."】

Tang Song: "Okay, no problem."

Then, the two chatted briefly about their recent situation.

【Sun Jiayue: "Then let's do this for now, I just arrived at the company and have to start getting busy, bye-bye."】

Putting down his phone, Tang Song's gaze flickered, seemingly understanding the little thoughts of his white moonlight.

When Liu Qingning came to Yancheng to see him last time, she once said that she felt Sun Jiayue, this girl, had become a bit "excessively realistic" since she came into contact with the financial circle.

Knowing that she had cashed out nearly 4 million in cash from Century Zhixue, her attitude suddenly became extremely enthusiastic, and she had also tactfully expressed opinions about her and Tang Song's affairs.

The white moonlight specially let Sun Jiayue add his WeChat and tell the other party his itinerary, probably wanting to take the opportunity to teach her a lesson?

Tang Song shook his head lightly, smiled in a low voice, and put his phone back into his pocket.

For him, the task of this Modu trip was very heavy.

Dating Annie, visiting Su Yu, investing in Yimai Technology—every matter needed careful arrangement.

As for his old classmate Sun Jiayue, let's just treat it as revisiting old times.

Speaking of which, he really needed an assistant who understood business and investment now; Xiaozhen was a good hand at showing off, but many occasions weren't suitable.

For some reason, the figure of Shen Yu Yan appeared in Tang Song's mind.

This school beauty had excellent wrist and ability, and also had the experience of starting a business and financing from 0, and her relationship with him was also quite good.

More importantly, she was beautiful.