Song Lan and Guo Sichen entered a famous designer store for men. If she was not mistaken, this store named History was known as a top-class and high-quality store for suits and the likes. All the rich family's young masters only shopped here and it was evident with its interior design that they found no harm in littering this place with gold as it was even more luxurious than an average family's home.
Song Lan hummed in contentment seeing such a visually satisfying store. The shop attendants all had polite smiles and appeared smart looking with their crisp suits. It was to be expected, History would have never gotten this far if they simply employed ignorant staffs. It was unlike other stores that had arrogant clerks. A shop with a high standing and would never let a mere attendant tarnish their good reputation so it was an eye-opener for Song Lan to see the difference between irresponsible owners and outstanding ones.
King was following them earlier but the shopping assistants Guo Sichen called for abruptly arrived. With Guo Sichen's mere glance at King, they immediately took the bags from him.
Bag free, King felt like he was back to his true job scope and was about to follow Song Lan and Guo Sichen, quite excited as it was the first time their boss allowed them to receive gifts.
Unexpectedly, the assistants all blocked him with a polite smile. "Mr. Guo instructed us to let you guide us to his car to leave the bags as we do not know where it is."
He glanced at Guo Sichen to confirm this and he was already looking at King. "They don't know the way," he spoke as if he felt worried for the assistants.
King was speechless at his boss's behavior. He thought that it was already weird when his boss offered to help him. Now, he realized that the boss was shooing him off right from the start!
He also agreed that they could receive gifts. He suspected that the boss seemed to be interested in Miss Sun but he shook off the thought because the boss was letting him tag along to receive a gift too.
He was mistaken ah! The boss was not a pushover, he was a schemer!
Song Lan noticed that King was stopped and asked, "Eh? You're not coming with us?"
"He seemed worried that the assistants would have a hard time finding the car, so I let him accompany them." Guo Sichen fixed his tie with a straight face and nodded at King.
King was left speechless by his righteous tone, acting like he was an upright person who understands the worries of others.
King was wistful when he recalled how Zhao Lei was always spiritless after talking to the boss. 'Zhao Lei, I regret accepting this job... I thought it would be good to be paid high despite only being idle and escorting a rich young mistress... Who would've thought that the boss would tag along?'
The store manager of History hurried to a room inside History. An old man was sitting sipping tea, garbed in traditional clothes made with fine silk in pure white and cream colors with intricate swirls of gold. He appeared scholarly and calm.
"Elderly sir, Mr. Guo has entered our store and appears to be accompanied by a lady." The store manager respectfully informed him.
A strange glint flashed in the old man's eyes, making his scholarly image waver. He placed the cup back on the table and cleared his throat.
"Then we must welcome our customer warmly. Who knows how many suits he'll buy again!" The old man said becoming a bit excited, his eyes looking greedy.
The store manager was speechless at how the old man looked especially like such a money-grubber.
Outside, Song Lan was surveying the designs of the ready-made suits in awe. They really all look so outstanding and well made, the designs all varied in every way possible with each having a unique quality. Men's wear had always been unexciting for Song Lan as there was not much that could differ but these designs are truly worthy of its high praise and worth.
Guo Sichen was only following Song Lan blindly like he was her tail. Song Lan removed a suit from hanging and placed it against Guo Sichen humming.
"Hmm, you will definitely look good in anything." Song Lan muttered.
"Mr. Guo! Here to get suits tailored again?" An old man in traditional clothes greeted, getting the attention of Song Lan. The old man was followed by the store manager.
"Mr. Ma," Guo Sichen greeted perfunctorily with a nod.
The old man glanced at the lady beside Guo Sichen. It was already shocking that he received news of him personally visiting the shop instead of just giving a call and sending the money to get a suit tailored. History both had tailor-made and ready-made suits, but the tailor-made ones cost an astounding amount. And this rascal orders 10 suits at once every now and then, it was obvious why the old man valued this customer very much. And this valued moneybags brought a lady with him.
Just who was Guo Sichen? He was someone uninterested in interacting with the opposite sex, not paying any heed to the countless daring women who did anything to catch his fancy.
The old man peered at the woman's face and froze.
"And this is?" His eyes glinted again as if he has seen another moneybags.
'Ayo, such a peerless beauty! She's also tall and her body proportions are perfect! I found her! I found my muse!' The old man excitedly thought in his head.
Guo Sichen raised his brow, "This is Miss Sun Song Lan."
The old man immediately grabbed Song Lan's hands in fondness.
"Young lady, are you interested in becoming a model?" The old man grinned with a greedy look in his eyes.
The store manager saw this and felt speechless, 'Ahh, elderly sir no one would think that you're reliable with that greedy look in your eyes.'
Song Lan narrowed her eyes and retracted her hands, even hiding behind Guo Sichen a bit but just enough that her head and the side of her body was still showing.
She previously admired how dignified the old man looked but after seeing how he looked greedy after looking at them, that dignified image crashed. An old man looking greedy while staring at you definitely isn't something comfortable. And now he was offering a modeling job but it only appeared like a joke to Song Lan due to his money-grubber look.
'It's definitely a scam!' Song Lan thought.
"Sorry, you don't look reliable." Song Lan mercilessly denied, and gazed at him suspiciously.
Guo Sichen watched this and one side of his lips tugged up.
"This is Ma Zhen, Miss Sun. He's the founder and designer of History." He explained.
Ma Zhen was actually the previous CEO of Ma Enterprise but he left his position to his younger sister to pursue his dream. Only that his dream was realized 20 years too late, he was already nearing his fifties. Such an old man pursuing fashion design was unfathomable to both his parents and sister but alas, History was definitely successful.
He now wanted to venture to ladies wear, he was getting kinda bored with suits already and since his brand was already well established, he had no problems venturing into other things. He was looking for a fresh face to be his muse. He couldn't find any model that fit what he was looking for. He held auditions but turned down every single one despite their numerous achievements or popularity.
"Sorry, you're not what I'm looking for, " He would say with a straight face monotonously.
In truth, he had no idea what he was actually looking for. Maybe it was the image, he wanted to create it and a fresh face was the only thing that will allow him to create what image he wanted for them. And now Mr. Moneybags Guo brought his muse!
He froze from just one glance at her face and got a sudden surge of inspiration. He already itched to draw countless designs that rushed to his head from seeing Song Lan's slender but curvy frame.