"Get ready to give the lecture," Ye Qing said.
"Give a lecture?" Li Yeming was quite surprised: "What kind of lecture would I give?"
Ye Qing glanced at Li Yeming and, seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, had to explain her thoughts again: "Weren't we talking about you taking on apprentices before?"
“Right, haven’t you already moved on to starting classes?” Li Yeming belatedly realized Ye Qing’s meaning after saying that: “You mean you want me to give lectures to college students?”
Ye Qing nodded.
Li Yeming hurriedly waved his hands: "I can't, I..."
“You can do it.” Ye Qing’s tone was calm, but his attitude was very firm: “Just tell us what’s in your head. Since we’re going to take on apprentices, we need to cast a wide net, because we don’t know who is suitable or who truly loves traditional clothing and can carry it on.”
“But…” Li Yeming has the kind of personality that involves keeping her head down and doing things quietly, so she’s a little uncomfortable stepping into the spotlight. Back in the model competition, she had to bite the bullet and go through with it.
Now, when Li Yeming wants to give a lecture, his first thought is to refuse.
Ye Qing saw through Li Yeming's thoughts and said, "Sister Li, haven't you always said that your father hopes you can carry forward the craft of traditional clothing? Now is a good opportunity. The model competition back then allowed everyone to witness the exquisite beauty of traditional clothing. Now it's time to pass it on. If you refuse, then what are Xi Yue and I busy with?"
"Yes, Sister Li, we can't back down," Xi Yue encouraged Li Yeming.
Ye Qing was silent for a while: "Sister Li, I'll say it again, of course I have my own reasons for helping you."
This matter seems to be helping you, but it requires using the Aoba Scholarship as a pretext for negotiation. If the school agrees and a deal is reached, then the previously little-known Aoba Scholarship will become known to the public.
Similarly, Aoba Studio will become well-known again, but that's not so urgent for Aoba Studio. However, I'm still going to work on this despite being heavily pregnant. If you refuse again, things might get complicated.
Upon hearing Ye Qing's words, Li Yeming subconsciously glanced at Ye Qing's stomach: "You..."
She wanted to refuse, but then she thought about what Ye Qing said and realized that he was right. He was helping her while heavily pregnant, so she couldn't let him down.
After hesitating for a long time, Li Yeming said, "Okay then, as long as you've reached an agreement with the school, I definitely won't mess things up."
Li Yeming has already stated his position; if this matter is to be resolved, the next step depends on how well the negotiations with the school go.
Although it was important to hurry, Ye Qing felt there was no rush, and besides, it was almost noon, so he probably wouldn't be able to find anyone at the school anyway.
So after making arrangements with Li Yeming, Ye Qing didn't rush to leave.
Moreover, it's autumn now, so hopefully Ye Qing's collaborative class can start next summer when school resumes, so there's still plenty of time.
Since it was lunchtime, Li Yeming said that Ye Qing had always helped her a lot, and she had never had a chance to help Ye Qing in any way, so let's have lunch together.
Ye Qing was fine with it, so she, Xi Yue, and Li Yeming discussed what to eat for lunch.
Afterwards, as they were about to go eat, the phone rang; someone was looking for Li Yeming.
Ye Qing and Xi Yue went outside to wait for Li Yeming to finish his call before leaving together, since only Xi Yue was driving.
Although Ye Qing and Li Yeming have reached a preliminary agreement on cooperation again, it is only for official business. Therefore, Ye Qing and Xi Yue are very discreet and generally do not ask Li Yeming about his private affairs unless Li Yeming brings it up himself.
Moreover, the phone call Li Yeming just received was clearly about personal matters, as could be seen from her attitude while answering the call.
Knowing it was a private matter, neither Ye Qing nor Xi Yue thought to ask who had called Li Yeming.
However, after Li Yeming finished his phone call and got into his car, he sighed and looked rather gloomy.
Seeing such obvious worry, Ye Qing and Xi Yue couldn't pretend they hadn't noticed, so Ye Qing took the opportunity to ask, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"Someone actually asked me for money." Li Yeming said with a hint of self-deprecation, but after saying that, she seemed to want to sigh. Although her attitude was somewhat self-deprecating, she actually wanted to lend the money to the person who called her.
Whether or not to lend money to others is a more private matter, and Ye Qing was even less inclined to express his opinion.
Li Yeming looked very conflicted, and he was sighing a lot. Ye Qing disliked hearing such troubled sighs the most, because Ye Qing had always believed that sighing could not solve any problems.
Instead of sighing, it's better to think about how to solve the problem.
So Ye Qing couldn't stand Li Yeming's sighs and couldn't help but say, "Although I don't know what to say about the topic of borrowing money, I think that things that can be solved with money are not really problems."
These words were actually spoken by Xi Quan and Ye Qing.
However, Ye Qing only borrowed it here, so it doesn't affect anything.
Hearing Ye Qing say this, Li Yeming glanced at Ye Qing: "That's true. If someone asked me for money, I might not have much, but I could scrape together some and lend it to them. But now..."
"If you don't want to lend it, then don't." Ye Qing felt more and more that there was nothing to agonize over.
Li Yeming seemed to have opened up, saying, "If Yang Zi didn't have money and asked me to borrow some, I definitely wouldn't lend it to her. Because even if I did lend her the money, she wouldn't appreciate it. Once she calms down, she might even think I lent her the money to humiliate her. But today she called me to borrow money not for her, but for her son, and I..."
Ye Qing wasn't really interested in listening to what Li Yeming was saying, since people need to maintain appropriate boundaries when interacting with each other, especially in private matters.
But who knew that Li Yeming would mention Yang Zi!
Was that phone call made by Yang Zi?!
Thinking about her past with Yang Zi and how Yang Zi was close to having her child recently, why would she turn around and ask Li Yeming for money?!
And judging from Li Yeming's tone, Yang Zi is doing this for her son?!
But didn't they say her son had lost contact?
Ye Qing paused for a moment and asked Li Yeming, "What happened?"
Li Yeming sighed deeply and recounted what Yang Zi had said on the phone. After finishing, Li Yeming continued her words with a sigh: "I've watched Yang Zi's son grow up. Although he has a lot of problems and doesn't seem like a good child, he wasn't like this when he was little. It's all because Yang Zi was busy with her business after her divorce and neglected her child that he gradually became like this. Although everyone says that he's not a good child, every time he sees me, he's still the same as when he was little, so well-behaved. I always feel a little guilty about it."
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