After Ning Anmiao's analysis, Yin Yiyan also thought it made a lot of sense.
"Then..." Yin Yiyan hesitated. "He hasn't given a definite answer yet. I feel a bit uncertain."
Ning Anmiao nodded in understanding.
Although Lu Yan had reassured her last time, and she had also told Yin Yiyan about Gong Ming's real background, no one was sure what kind of person he was.
Moreover, Lu Yan had said that Gong Ming was a good gun.
No one knew if this gun would suddenly turn against them one day, especially since they couldn't even be considered on the same side.
Ning Anmiao frowned slightly, poked Yin Yiyan, and sighed. "Yanyan, what were you thinking? You agreed so readily at that time."
If she had been more cautious, she shouldn't have made a deal with the devil.
"I owed him a favor. Besides..." Yin Yiyan bit her lips and gently bit her lower lip uneasily. "I also wanted to spend more time with him."
Ning Anmiao: ...
She finally understood. Yin Yiyan wasn't stupid at all. She was just too smart.
So smart that she knew Gong Ming might be a hot mess but still wanted to jump in.
Ning Anmiao decided not to continue this topic. She played with the doll on Yin Yiyan's desk. "Let's not talk about this. Are you free tomorrow? I want you to accompany me to try on wedding dresses."
Lu Yan had been busy with the company and wedding preparations recently. She really didn't have the heart to ask him to spare time to go shopping with her.
It was a day off tomorrow. She wanted to go shopping with Yin Yiyan. She hoped to finalize the style of the wedding dress as soon as possible. Once the measurements were taken, they could start custom - making it.
The engagement date chosen by Ning Zhijing was approaching. The wedding preparations had to be accelerated. There was no time to delay.
Ning Anmiao didn't need to worry about other things. Lu Yan would take care of them. But the wedding dress and the dress for toasting at the wedding still had to be in the style she liked.
"You may not be satisfied with the designs by others. Why not design it yourself?" Yin Yiyan gave a reasonable suggestion. "Besides, you're in this line of work. Why go through so much trouble?"
Yin Yiyan rested her chin on her hand. "If you're really too busy, I can design it for you."
Ning Anmiao shook her head and curled her lips. "Since it's my wedding, I want to be comfortable and relaxed. I don't want to worry too much."
Designing a wedding dress by hand was too troublesome. Plus, with her indecisive nature, she probably wouldn't even be able to finish the sketch by the wedding day.
Not to mention Yin Yiyan. She was good at designing fashion. She had never touched on wedding dresses, let alone design a finished product.
Ning Anmiao wouldn't use her wedding dress as Yin Yiyan's experiment.
Seeing that Ning Anmiao had made up her mind, Yin Yiyan nodded in agreement. "You're right. Preparing a wedding is already so complicated. We should simplify the other steps as much as possible."
"I'm free tomorrow. I'll accompany you to have a look."
Yin Yiyan said casually, "I should report this to President Lu. I'll spare time to accompany his little wife to choose a wedding dress. Shouldn't he give me a cooperation deal to buy me off?"
Ning Anmiao couldn't help but roll her eyes at her. She pushed down the doll on the table and said impatiently, "Haven't seventy percent of Xinghe's external design orders been given to your studio? Why are you still so greedy?"
Yin Yiyan looked at Ning Anmiao in surprise, then clicked her tongue. "Tsk tsk. A boss's wife is really different. She's already starting to care about the company for her man."
Being teased like this, Ning Anmiao blushed and argued, "I'm an employee of Xinghe now. Of course, I have to consider things from Xinghe's perspective..."
"Don't you remember that we opened that studio together? Why don't you consider things from the perspective of our studio?"
Ning Anmiao: "… Okay, I'm wrong. I'll treat you to dinner after shopping."
She admitted that she did care more about Lu Yan now.
As for the studio, with Yanyan there, she didn't need to worry too much.
Yin Yiyan snorted, indicating her satisfaction. "That's more like it."
—
Although Lu Yan was busy, he didn't intend to leave the task of choosing the wedding dress and gown entirely to Ning Anmiao. The two of them lay in bed and selected several high - end wedding dress brands together.
Ning Anmiao nestled in his arms. She really liked this feeling.
Whether it was marriage or family, it took two people to maintain and manage it. If everything was left to one person, life would become boring.
What she liked was the process of two people planning, researching, and completing something together.
This would make both people in the marriage feel a sense of achievement and happiness.
As they were looking, Ning Anmiao yawned. Lu Yan's embrace was so broad and warm that her eyelids began to droop unconsciously.
"Lu Yan, I'm sleepy." Her voice became blurred and her words were slurred. "Let's go to sleep."
Lu Yan looked down and saw that the little one in his arms was yawning continuously. He smiled slightly, took out the tablet that was originally in front of her, and placed it on the bedside table.
"Okay, go to bed early."
After saying that, he reached out and turned off the light.
The room was completely dark and very quiet.
Suddenly, a sweet female voice rang out. "I almost forgot the good - night kiss."
Ning Anmiao raised her head and quickly kissed him.
"Good night. I love you."
—
The next day, Ning Anmiao met up with Yin Yiyan. The two of them followed the strategy that Ning Anmiao and Lu Yan had made the night before. They asked the driver to take them to several high - end wedding dress brand stores first.
After visiting several stores back and forth, they finally settled on a brand store with excellent quality and styles. They let Ning Anmiao start choosing inside.
Lu Yan had said hello in advance. The staff in the store were very respectful to Ning Anmiao. They helped her change into the wedding dresses and arranged the hems of the dresses for her.
After trying on several dresses, she was a bit exhausted.
Yin Yiyan was sitting on the waiting sofa. Seeing Ning Anmiao come out of the fitting room, she shook her head and pointed at another dress.
"Try this one."
Ning Anmiao sighed and sat directly next to Yin Yiyan. She leaned back on the sofa, looking completely drained. "I didn't expect choosing a wedding dress to be so tiring. I don't even want to get married anymore."
Hearing this, Yin Yiyan looked at her meaningfully. "This isn't your first marriage. Aren't you more familiar with this process than I am?"
This was a reasonable point.
Ning Anmiao suddenly remembered the details of her first marriage to Lu Yan.
At that time, she just wanted to get the marriage certificate with Lu Yan to confirm their marital relationship, so she had simplified everything else. Even the wedding dress was prepared by Secretary Song. She hadn't even paid attention to the style.
Looking back now, both she and Lu Yan had been very hasty about their marriage.
Fortunately, they still had a chance to make up for their regrets.