Huh? Are villainous bosses this easy to flirt with?

Chapter 143 The Distinguished Employer

Within ten minutes of the reporters at the fashion gala receiving the news, the #XieQingplagiarism# incident took a dramatic turn.

Leo, who has long resided abroad, made a rare appearance on his Chinese social media account and posted an update.

[Friends in China, it's been a long time! Have you missed me? ? (??3(???c) , especially my most esteemed employer—Mr. Xie Qing, I wonder if the clothing I specially designed for you suits your taste? Your opinion is very valuable to me!]

After posting his update while on vacation in Hawaii, Leo sent a message to his real employer, Huo Yunting.

【Mr. Huo, it's all done.】

Please remember to give me a five-star review!

After sending the message, without waiting for a reply, he tossed his phone aside and continued admiring the muscular, shirtless volleyball player on the beach.

At this time, Chinese netizens saw this news—

【Huh? This, this is really…】

[Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap... An incredible plot twist!!!]

[Is this fake? Did Leo's account get hacked?]

[Did I read that right?! Xie Qing's fashion designer really is Leo, so what we've been discussing for so long... is that Leo copied my style and ideas? Are you kidding me?]

[I told you to let the dust settle, but look, look, in less than half an hour, the situation has reversed so quickly.]

[Is this the legendary slap in the face? It's so satisfying!!! Haha... Haters, does your face hurt from being slapped? Those who said we plagiarized, does your face hurt?]

[It's impossible that Xie Qingzhen is just a country girl with no connections who could get Leo to design her clothes personally, right?]

[To the person upstairs, I agree. I think Xie Qing is definitely not simple.]

[I have to say Xie Qing is awesome. I thought he was going to collapse here tonight, but he didn't.]

【…】

Netizens offered their opinions, and soon the hashtag #XieQing'sClothingDesignerIsLeo# trended on social media again.

One netizen asked: "Aren't you curious why Leo would design clothes for Xie Qing? He's Leo, the one who's only ever designed clothes for members of the M royal family!!!"

Netizens left numerous comments below.

Of course I'm curious, but curiosity is useless; if I can't guess, I simply can't.

Is Leo interested in Xie Qing?

[To the person upstairs, could you please refrain from spreading rumors? Leo's message clearly states that Xie Qing is his most esteemed employer, employer!!! Please even look at those two words.]

[Although I don't know why, as a fan of Qingqing, I suddenly feel a sense of pride and joy. Why is that?]

[Fellow fan of Xie Qing, add me too!]

[Haha... This comeback was so satisfying!!! Absolutely awesome!!!]

[I knew it! I knew becoming a fan of Xie Qing wouldn't be a mistake, it wouldn't be a mistake!!!]

Judging from this, the 'Blazing Rose' earring Xie Qing is wearing in her left ear must be real too.

[It's definitely real!!! If they can get Leo to design their clothes, they wouldn't care about wearing fake earrings.]

[Just how rich is Xie Qing? That's a small goal!!! What a waste of money!]

[Um... I mean, can some netizens please stop being so possessive of other people's money? Just because it's your money doesn't mean you can call it a waste.]

Wait, weren't we discussing why Leo designed clothes for Xie Qing? We've completely veered off course.

We discussed it, but couldn't come to a conclusion.

【…】

In fact, Leo's reason for designing clothes for Xie Qing was quite simple—Huo Yunting's offer was too tempting.

Initially, when Huo Yunting sent someone to ask her to design clothes for a certain person, she wanted to refuse, but the other party really had the financial power.

This incident also made Leo re-examine himself. He realized that his previous rejections of other wealthy businessmen's invitations were not because he was arrogant, but because the offers were not high enough and did not meet his expectations.

The principle that quantitative change leads to qualitative change is something that, apart from Huo Yunting, other wealthy businessmen have not fully grasped.

She thought, no wonder those people aren't as rich as Huo Yunting. That's the difference.

*

At this moment, at the fashion gala.

The reporter who loudly questioned Xie Qing was probably too noisy at the scene and didn't hear the well-intentioned reminder from his colleague, continuing to do as he pleased.

"Xie Qing, are you not answering me because you feel guilty?"

"You should give the truth back to the netizens..."

"Don't you think you've gone too far...?"

The other party bombarded him with questions, his tone full of resentment, as if he was already certain that Xie Qing had plagiarized and was just short of forcing him to admit it.

Xie Qing was getting a little annoyed by the other party's persistence, and retorted with a smile, "Is the threshold for becoming a reporter so low now that they accept all sorts of monsters and demons?"

"It seems I overestimated your intelligence; you simply can't understand the meaning of 'purely fictitious'."

These words silenced all the reporters present.

Xie Qing... has he always been this headstrong?

The reporter was so angry that his face turned red and his chest heaved violently; he was about to unleash a torrent of curses.

At this moment, five or six bodyguards dressed in black quickly walked over, and the person leading them was none other than Mr. Huang, the boss of the fashion gala organizer.

Mr. Huang walked up to Xie Qing and waved to the bodyguards behind him, "Please 'invite' this reporter out."

As soon as he finished speaking, two bodyguards stepped forward, grabbed the reporter from both sides, and dragged him away.

Mr. Huang smiled broadly, his face crinkling with wrinkles, and looked at Xie Qing, "Teacher Xie, I hope that reporter's remarks did not offend you."

Although Xie Qing didn't know why this General Manager Huang had come, she still replied politely, "Thanks to General Manager Huang for arriving in time."

Mr. Huang's smile deepened. "That's good."

……

After Mr. Huang's actions, Xie Qing keenly noticed that the questions asked by reporters during the interviews were much more polite.

As he entered the European-style hall, his agent and Chu Luo were already waiting for him.

When Xiang Yiting saw Xie Qing coming over, she led him to a seat and returned his phone to him.

He checked his phone and, sure enough, everyone online was talking about him.

Xiang Yiting said, "Qing, you really blew up the internet tonight, you dominated the top ten trending topics."

“But…” she bent down and stared at Xie Qing’s left ear for a while, “that thing on your ear… is it really worth a small goal?”

Xie Qing shook her head, her eyes curving into crescents, her clear eyes seemingly holding dazzling starlight, overflowing with tenderness and sweetness, "I don't know, it was a gift from my darling, I'd love it even if it was only worth a penny."

When Xiang Yiting heard his sickeningly sweet tone, she felt every pore on her body stand up instantly, and goosebumps rose one after another.

Ugh... it's unbearable to look at.

Chu Luo chimed in, "To be precise, it's ninety-four million."

Xiang Yiting almost choked on her own saliva. "Really...really that expensive?!"