Ye Qing took a few steps and then slowed down upon hearing Xi Quan's words.
Xi Quan, who was behind her, probably noticed that Ye Qing was walking slowly, and pressed on while the iron was hot, saying, "If you don't want to know, then forget it. But if you do want to know later, don't say I didn't tell you."
Hearing Xi Quan say that, Ye Qing stopped, stood there stunned for a moment, her hands hanging tightly at her sides clenched tightly, then slowly turned around and asked, "What did you do?"
Seeing Ye Qing turn around, Xi Quan didn't immediately go to Ye Qing's side. Instead, he looked down at his foot that Ye Qing had stepped on.
After asking, Ye Qing didn't hear a reply from Xi Quan. Instead, he kept focusing on his feet. Ye Qing was a little suspicious. He thought to himself that he hadn't stepped on them hard, but Xi Quan had his head down, so Ye Qing couldn't see anything. However, the way he bent over and hugged his feet while jumping made it look like it was a serious injury.
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Qing tentatively took two steps forward. Seeing that Xi Quan was still in pain, her heart suddenly jumped into her throat, and she quickened her pace.
Just as she was about to walk to Xi Quan's side, Xi Quan suddenly straightened up and rushed over to hug Ye Qing.
Ye Qing reacted quickly and gestured for him to stop: "Stop and speak properly."
Ye Qing was naturally unhappy to have been deceived, but seeing Xi Quan's dazzling smile, Ye Qing didn't seem so angry anymore. In fact, she was even a little afraid to look at Xi Quan's blatant and unrestrained smile.
Clearing her throat to hide her emotions, Ye Qing feigned anger and asked, "Tell me, what's wrong?"
Afraid that Ye Qing would be angry and he would pretend to be pitiful to deceive her, he thought he should smile first. There's a saying that goes, "You can't hit a smiling face."
As it turned out, the smile actually worked. Ye Qing didn't seem too angry, so Xi Quan went a bit too far and deliberately limped a little when he walked towards Ye Qing.
Ye Qing glanced at Xi Quan's walking posture, said nothing, and turned around directly.
Seeing this, Xi Quan didn't dare to overact anymore and quickly caught up with Ye Qing, pulling her back.
Ye Qing glanced down at Xi Quan's hand gripping her arm and said, "Speak your mind."
Although he didn't say not to touch him, his meaning and expression clearly conveyed his attitude, and Xi Quan quickly let go of his hand.
"Let's go, it's almost lunchtime, let's eat first..."
Ye Qing was a little angry when she saw that Xi Quan hadn't gotten to the point: "Xi Quan..."
"I have a gift for you, but I can't give it to you right now. I'll take you to see it. Let's eat first."
Ye Qing stood still: "I have no reason to accept your gift without having done anything in return."
Xi Quan had considered that Ye Qing might refuse, but he never expected her to refuse so directly, without any roundabout way. Of course, this was the real Ye Qing; she never knew what roundabout ways were when she was with him, and she always said what she meant.
Since Xi Quan knew Ye Qing's personality and knew she would refuse, he had already prepared a plan: "I originally wanted to surprise you, but since you've said that, there's no way to surprise you now. To be honest, I was thinking of giving you a shop..."
Ye Qing had never expected any gifts from Xi Quan, so she hadn't thought that Xi Quan might give her anything. Therefore, when she heard what Xi Quan was going to give her, Ye Qing was surprised: "What...thing?"
"A shop? Didn't you want to open a store?"
Seeing Xi Quan's calm demeanor, Ye Qing swallowed hard and quickly waved her hand, backing away: "No, no, I absolutely cannot accept it."
“Aren’t you and Xi Yue partners now? She agreed,” Xi Quan said.
Ye Qing couldn't find a reason to accept such a huge gift as Xi Quan, so she could only refuse: "Then she can find another partner. I won't take your shop. As I just said, I can't accept a gift without merit..."
Xi Quan: "Who said you shouldn't accept rewards without merit?"
Ye Qing clicked her tongue as she looked at Xi Quan, not quite understanding what he meant.
Xi Quan looked at the surprised Ye Qing and said, "I always thought you were quite smart, but now you seem so stupid. What did I just say? The evidence you gave me before was all thanks to you! Because of the evidence you gave me, I was able to give you a gift."
It wasn't that Ye Qing had forgotten about it, but rather that he couldn't figure out the connection between the two, so he remained silent and waited for Xi Quan to explain.
"Go and see where the shop I found for you is first," Xi Quan said, without giving Ye Qing a clear answer.
Although Ye Qing didn't really want to go, Xi Quan's curiosity was piqued to some extent, and with Xi Quan half-pulling and half-dragging, Ye Qing was still pulled into the car by Xi Quan.
On the way, Xi Quan asked Ye Qing why that girl named Liu Wei at the school gate was causing her trouble.
Ye Qing casually said it was nothing, but Xi Quan clearly didn't believe her. Although he was driving, he would look at Ye Qing whenever he had a spare moment.
For safety reasons, Ye Qing had no choice but to recount what had happened between her and Liu Wei.
After he finished speaking, Xi Quan asked, "So did you participate in that selection or not? You didn't participate yourself just to scheme against your classmate, did you?"
Ye Qing said, "How could that be? How could I be so stupid? I come from the countryside, and every opportunity is important to me. How could I give it up so easily?"
Xi Quan nodded, agreeing with Ye Qing's words: "That's right, we should seize every opportunity, and I hope you can keep your word."
“Of course I kept my word, Xi Quan, you…” Ye Qing instinctively went along with Xi Quan’s words and retorted, but halfway through her sentence, Ye Qing seemed to realize what Xi Quan wanted to express, so she swallowed the rest of her words and changed the subject, saying, “I will seize every opportunity. I don’t think that my refusal of the shop you offered me means that I gave up the opportunity.”
After a moment of silence, Xi Quan asked, "Did you open the shop to make money or to become famous? To become a designer that everyone knows?"
Ye Qing repeatedly said she wanted to distance herself from Xi Quan, but she never hid her thoughts from him, nor did she ever feel ashamed to say that she wanted a lot of money: "My grand ideal is to become a famous designer. Right now, I'm just trying to make money."
"So do you think it's more profitable to open a small tailor shop near the knitting factory, or to open a shop that looks more upscale? Although the concept of haute couture isn't that popular in China yet, you studied design, so you should know how much money haute couture makes abroad. Since Xi Yue has clearly told you that she hopes the studio you two collaborate on will follow the haute couture route, do you think people who can afford haute couture will go to the knitting factory to have their clothes made by you?"
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