Although Yang Zi's words sounded normal, Ye Qing knew that Yang Zi had been testing him on two points in those words.
She wanted to know why she had helped Li Yeming so much, and also about the photos of herself and Su Mei's husband.
However, since all of this was planned by Ye Qing in advance, he was not too surprised to hear Yang Zi say this, and pretended not to know anything and exchanged pleasantries with Yang Zi.
"I do have a relationship with Sister Li, but to be honest, that relationship isn't really worth anything. I only worked at Sister Li's shop for about a month back then."
Moreover, at that time I had just come from the countryside to take the college entrance examination and didn't have much money. All I could think about was how to earn money to pay for the tuition. And later, I didn't want to leave. It was Sister Li who made me leave. As for how deep my relationship with Sister Li was, it really wasn't.
"I just love traditional clothing. Remember the news about me the other day? It said I met with so-and-so. It's because I heard he bought a completely hand-embroidered traditional garment years ago. Mr. Yang, you should know better than me how valuable those kinds of clothes are now, so I was thinking of seeing if I could buy one for my own collection."
After Ye Qing finished speaking, he noticed that Yang Zi was gripping her handbag even tighter, so he subtly looked away and pretended to be watching the show attentively.
At this moment, Yang Zi asked, "The other party agreed to sell to you? At what price did he offer?"
Hearing this, Ye Qing knew that Yang Zi had taken the bait. She pretended to be very troubled and said, "I wish he would just tell me directly how much he would sell me for."
However, since the other party has announced their intention to sell that garment, it will definitely go to the highest bidder. I heard that he acquired it at auction years ago. Since it was an auction, it certainly wasn't cheap. Given the high price he paid initially, it will undoubtedly fetch an even higher price now; otherwise, why would he sell it?
Yang Zi hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that the other party is a painter or something, who just likes the embroidery on the clothes, but doesn't really know much about clothing. They want to find someone who is destined to collect it. Since that's the case, is the price not as high as you think?"
Ye Qing pretended to be someone who had just met Yang Zi, "President Yang, you started doing business earlier than me, do you believe that? Nobody does business at a loss, right? He said he didn't know anything about clothing, which is probably true, but the subtext of that is that he doesn't want to sell it cheaply."
“That’s true,” Yang Zi said after a moment of thought.
Upon hearing Yang Zi's words, Ye Qing pretended to have just remembered something and looked at Yang Zi with suspicion: "President Yang, you wouldn't happen to be interested in that dress as well, would you?"
Yang Zi was slightly taken aback, and asked Ye Qing in return, "What? Is it not allowed?"
"No, that's not it. Everyone likes good things, but if you, Mr. Yang, also like it, then I'll have one more competitor. I heard there are a lot of people who want that dress." Ye Qing said, feigning grievance, with a hint of coquetry.
Yang Zi was very pleased with Ye Qing's attitude. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Ye Qing, to be honest, I do like that dress, but it's not very convenient for me to show up."
Hearing this, Ye Qing remained silent for a moment before looking at Yang Zi, pretending not to understand her meaning: "Then, Ms. Yang, what do you mean..."
Yang Zi suddenly grabbed Ye Qing's hand and said to her in a very kind and gentle manner, "Ye Qing, as you know, my teacher specialized in traditional clothing. Although I work in modern fashion now, I was influenced by my teacher back then and I also love traditional clothing, especially embroidery. I heard that, putting aside the garment itself, the embroidery alone could be declared an intangible cultural heritage. So I thought I'd buy it to comfort my teacher's spirit in heaven..."
Suddenly, Yang Zi smiled, a hint of self-deprecation in her voice: "Am I being a bit too formal with my words? You're young, so you might not understand what it was like when I was learning my craft from my teacher. Back then, I strictly followed the old rules for apprenticeship. My teacher was like my own father, so I..."
"But I..." Ye Qing was overjoyed inside, but on the surface she still pretended to be very embarrassed.
“I know you like it too, and you want to collect it. How about this, if you buy that dress, I'll pay double the price for it? How about that? You won't lose out.” Yang Zi stared at Ye Qing without blinking.
At that moment, neither of them had time to pay attention to the exciting fashion show on stage.
After a moment of silence, Ye Qing felt the time was right and spoke again: "President Yang, if I really get it, I definitely won't let you pay double the price to buy it back. You can buy it back at the same price I paid, but..."
"Just what?"
"But if I finally get something so good, and then give it to you before I've even had a chance to truly appreciate it, I'll always feel a little reluctant, right? You used to study traditional crafts and have seen many similar things, but I'm just a country bumpkin; I've never really seen anything this valuable before, so..."
Ye Qing hesitated, but Yang Zi seemed to understand. She said, "I get it. Ye Qing, you're never one to suffer losses. You didn't ask me for more money, so you must want me to make concessions in other areas, right?"
After all that build-up, we're finally getting to the point. Ye Qing, of course, wouldn't stand on ceremony. She said, "Mr. Yang, I heard that Ye Shuang is going to marry your son?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Qing saw the obvious displeasure on Yang Zi's face. But since Yang Zi needed Ye Qing's help, she couldn't stay silent, so she directly said what was on her mind: "I'm getting married, but this marriage is giving me a heart attack."
"Mr. Yang, I don't know if you saw the news a couple of days ago? Ye Shuang came to my studio to see me. It was because of what she said to the reporters—that I design her wedding dress. Why did she come to me, Mr. Yang? I think she's just trying to sow discord between us. Mr. Yang, you're a fashion designer, and she actually asked someone else to design her wedding dress. And even if she asked someone else, she asked me. If Ye Shuang and I were on good terms, that would be one thing, but our relationship is clearly irreconcilable. Her asking me to design her wedding dress—what does that mean? It's too obvious, isn't it?"
Ye Qing spoke with a hint of righteous indignation: "President Yang, you are a senior in the industry. Even if we have some differences in our ideas, I still respect you."
Yang Zi doesn't like Ye Shuang, but she doesn't completely believe Ye Qing's words either.
But as I said before, she was here to see Ye Qing today, and Yang Zi was indeed very displeased with Ye Shuang's actions. So she looked at Ye Qing and said, "I'll cooperate with whatever you want to do, but although I don't like Ye Shuang, she's ultimately going to marry my son. Even if you're targeting her..."
Ye Qing interrupted Yang Zi: "I'm not targeting you or her, I just hope that President Yang can cooperate with me on one thing. I absolutely wish your son a happy marriage."
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