Chapter 54: Save enough money to buy a jade pendant!
Xu Rong and the woman had very different personalities. Su Mengxue didn't expect that they actually knew each other. Just as she was standing there in a daze, the woman said impatiently, "What are you dawdling about, girl? Come here quickly."
Su Mengxue thought about what Xu Rong had said last time, and the embarrassment of being rejected by her. She felt a little worried that if Xu Rong said something to the woman, she would naturally stand on her side without hesitation and abandon her, an insignificant tailor.
She had hoped to use this woman to climb the social ladder, but she hadn't expected such bad luck, running into Xu Rong again. She suppressed the turmoil in her heart, took a deep breath, straightened her back, and slowly walked over to the two of them in her high heels.
Her throat moved slightly, and she smiled and said, "Mrs. Wang, hello, Sister Xu."
Xu Rong glanced at her calmly without saying anything.
When the woman saw that she knew Xu Rong, she paused holding the teacup. After her eyes wandered between the two of them, she turned to look at Xu Rong and asked, "Sister Xu, so you two know each other?"
The woman didn't wait for Xu Rong to speak, and said with a smile on her lips: "Sister Xu, didn't you say that you haven't met a suitable tailor? Since you two know each other, do you dislike this girl?"
When Su Mengxue heard this, her eyes unconsciously fell on Xu Rong. She wrung her hands at her sides, waiting to hear what she would say.
Xu Rong naturally noticed Su Mengxue's embarrassment and uneasiness. After a few seconds of silence, she said perfunctorily, "We met once at the Gu family banquet."
Seeing that she didn't say anything else, Su Mengxue finally felt relieved.
The woman said "Oh" and then chuckled and curled her lips: "Sister Xu, you've missed a good tailor. Although this little girl is young, her craftsmanship is really good. From now on, I will let her make all my clothes."
Xu Rong looked up at the cheongsam hanging on the hanger and raised her eyebrows: "So she made that cheongsam?"
The corners of the woman's lips curled up slightly. "Yes, she did it, Sister Xu. You've always been swift and decisive, but this time you weren't as quick as me."
Xu Rong raised her eyelids slightly, glanced at Su Mengxue, and said to the woman, "It doesn't matter. Compared to me, Mrs. Wang, you need her more."
Su Mengxue heard the contempt in Xu Rong's words. Since she dared to mock her like this, it was obvious that in her eyes, the other party posed no threat at all.
The woman's brows suddenly furrowed. After enduring it for a while, she turned to look at Su Mengxue and changed the subject: "Okay, it's getting late. Come over and help me clean up. Don't delay my work."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Xu Rong again and said, "Then please wait here, Sister Xu."
Xu Rong said calmly, "Please do as you please."
The woman walked gracefully in her high heels to sit in front of the dressing table, tapping her fingers impatiently a few times, and said in a low voice, "Why don't you come here quickly!"
Su Mengxue frowned immediately when she heard the tone of her words, but for the sake of the money she did not get angry. Instead, she quickly walked up to the woman.
Her eyes caught sight of the bottles and jars on the countertop: Estee Lauder, Clinique, Lancome, Shiseido, Givenchy...
These are popular brands in modern society and are also what she often uses. In this era, women who use these are indeed considered rich.
Seeing her staring at her dressing table in a daze, the woman sneered and said with a boastful tone, "These are all big brands. Of course, you haven't seen them before, but it doesn't matter. As long as you know what colors of eyeshadow and blush go together, that's all."
Su Mengxue knew that the woman had suffered a setback at the hands of Xu Rong and wanted to get back at her.
But she wasn't one to take offense. She calmly replied, "Estée Lauder's foundation lasts very long, Lancôme's foundation has excellent coverage and a light texture, Clinique's butter foundation is very moisturizing, and Givenchy's lipsticks are vibrantly colored, and their perfumes are also very popular."
The woman's eyebrows raised again. These cosmetics were the latest models that Wang Rongwei had just brought back for her from the south. She herself only had a vague understanding of them. How could Su Mengxue possibly understand these?
After thinking for a few moments, she quickly came up with the answer. Su Mengxue was a tailor. She must have seen her when she was helping other noble ladies to cut clothes at home, so she pretended to know a lot here.
She picked up the moisturizing water with her bright red-nailed fingers, poured it into her palm, and then applied it to her face. Her bright red lips were pressed into a straight line, and she said sarcastically, "Have you seen this on someone else?"
Su Mengxue lowered her eyes and whispered, "Moisturizing water is easier to absorb if you pat it with your hands than if you spread it on."
The corners of the woman's well-maintained eyes twitched uncontrollably. What she hated most was being pointed at by others, especially with Xu Rong around. Her face suddenly turned cold.
She said impatiently: "I understand all this, I don't need you to remind me."
Su Mengxue naturally knew that saying these things would cause the woman to be disgusted with her, but given the woman's personality, it was only a matter of time before the two of them broke up. Since that was the case, she came up with other ideas.
She glanced at Xu Rong who was sitting on the sofa and said nothing more.
Although the woman was tough in her words, the subsequent skin care steps were no longer to apply but to gently pat with her hands. After completing the basic skin care, she stood up, took the cheongsam from the shelf and went to another room to change clothes.
Xu Rong then slowly stood up, walked over to Su Mengxue, and jokingly said, "It's not easy to make a living under such a person, right?"
When Su Mengxue saw Xu Rong coming to her on her own initiative, her eyes darkened and she had some vague guesses in her mind.
After a moment of silence, a helpless smile appeared on her face: "Making money is the most important thing."
Xu Rong looked her up and down, her gaze settling on the cheongsam she was wearing. "Are you short of money? The one from the Gu family..."
Before Xu Rong could finish, Su Mengxue explained to her, "Sister Xu, Gu Xuejiao and I have a grudge. She just made up all those things."
Xu Rong paused for a moment and asked tentatively, "Are you interested in coming back to make clothes for me again? As for the price, I know Qin Liu will definitely give you a lot, but I don't want to be taken advantage of. You can still pay the price we agreed on before."
She added, "But I have far more resources than she does. Would you like to consider it?"
Su Mengxue raised her eyebrows. It turned out that the woman's name was Qin Liu. She called Xu Rong "Sister Xu" and Xu Rong called her Mrs. Wang. The metaphor between these titles was obvious. Xu Rong relied on herself, while Qin Liu relied on men.
She responded without hesitation: "Sister Xu, compared to Qin Liu, I would rather deal with you."
Xu Rong raised her eyebrows and said, "You are a smart person. I have a dinner party this Friday. Please come to my house at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning to help me make clothes."
After she finished speaking, she patted Su Mengxue's shoulder gently and reminded her, "If you are late again, I will kick you out like last time."
Su Mengxue was still frightened by the thought of what happened last time. She calmed herself down and assured him, "Sister Xu, it was an emergency last time. It won't happen again."
When Qin Liu came back after changing his clothes, he saw Xu Rong sitting leisurely on the sofa reading a newspaper, while Su Mengxue was waiting there.
Seeing that the two of them had no communication, her worries were swept away. She walked back to the dressing table with satisfaction and said to Su Mengxue with a smile: "I was rude just now, don't mind. Now help me with my makeup and hair."
She had made up her mind in the cloakroom just now. Su Mengxue was very knowledgeable and her clothes were beautiful and novel. If she could use them for herself, she would definitely be the center of attention at banquets. As long as she could use this opportunity to enter the circle of noble ladies, her position in the Wang family would naturally be secure. What would it matter if she lowered her posture now?
An hour later, Su Mengxue helped Qin Liu finish her makeup. Qin Liu was naturally quite satisfied. After looking at herself in the dressing mirror for a long time, she waved her hand and gave Su Mengxue two hundred-yuan bills with the portrait of the great man printed on them.
Su Mengxue was not shy at all. She took it and put it into the pocket of her cheongsam.
Qin Liu didn't ask her to stay. After Su Mengxue got in the car, she spread out the money in her pocket and counted it. There was a total of 493.5 yuan. Her eyes darkened and she said to the driver, "Master, please take me to the Hepingli Family Compound."
Twenty minutes later, the driver took her to the Hepingli family compound. The sentry was still on duty this time. She went in under the pretext of looking for Lu Yuanzhou, and then went straight to Chen Yanzhi's home.
When she arrived outside his house, she couldn't wait to ring the doorbell, and saw Chen Yanzhi coming out.
He looked like he had just taken a shower, his silk pajamas were loosely wrapped around his waist, a white towel was casually draped over his shoulders, and water droplets from the ends of his hair slid down his delicate face, across his lean and firm back, and disappeared into the faintly visible mermaid line.
Su Mengxue's ears instantly felt hot. She coughed lightly and turned away, then handed over the money she had collected along the way. "Chen Yanzhi, these are just a few dollars short of 500 yuan. Can I buy your jade pendant?"
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