His influence had thrown Jiang Lili’s work off-kilter for days. She’d been forced to wear a silk scarf to the office, a constricting band around her neck every time she looked down, but she hadn’t dared remove it. By Friday evening, the marks had faded enough for her to finally shed it. Xu Na, wary of seeming too cruel by sending Jiang Lili to Lin Xiran’s alone for the measurements, offered to acc