Wedding Dress
Ever since returning from Xi'an last time, Chen Jin, Yang Qian and Lin Xinran seemed to have lost contact. The three of them never contacted each other by phone. When they did call, it was to ask Chen Jin to go shopping.
Chen Jin yawned, got up and opened the curtains. The sun was shining brightly at two o'clock in the afternoon. "What's there to see? Come to my house to eat watermelon, drink soda and chat."
She had been staying at home for a few days and was now too lazy to go out at all. I don't want to move even after I go out.
Yang Qian found that she couldn't persuade Chen Jin to go out, so she had to tell him her real purpose, "I'm going to try on wedding dresses, you and Lin Xinran have to go and give me some advice."
Chen Jin sighed, "Your sisters are not good enough to help you with reference? I have never been married, so I can't give you any reference advice."
"......I asked you to help me see if it looks good, not to share your experience with me!" Yang Qian made a decision for her directly, "Meet at Sister Jiang's bridal shop. I'll be there around three o'clock. You can leave according to the time. Hang up, I still have to notify Lin Xinran."
"Hey! Are you going to notify us when you try on your wedding dress? You..." Chen Jin glanced at the hung up call, threw the phone on the bed, and snorted, "I'm not going."
Just as he reached the door of the study, he turned back and said to himself, "Let's go. I want to see how beautiful her wedding dress is. You must ask me to go over and see it!"
When Chen Jin arrived at Sister Jiang's bridal shop, he only saw Zhuo Jiyu standing calmly in front of the floor-length mirror, and Lin Xinran huddled uncomfortably beside the sofa.
When Lin Xinran saw Chen Jinshi, she was obviously relieved, and her body relaxed as well. She picked up the water cup on the table in front of her and took a sip, then raised her chin to signal her to look at the fitting room, "Yang Qian is changing clothes."
As soon as Chen Jin sat down, Lin Xinran immediately came over and whispered, "I just came over to say a few words to Yang Qian, and she went in to change her clothes, leaving her partner standing outside. I felt pressured watching this."
Chen Jin looked at her sympathetically and said, "Then you came at the wrong time." Fortunately, she took a detour to refuel and arrived ten minutes later than expected. Otherwise, if she were to face Zhuo Jiyu alone, she would feel embarrassed.
I have to say, Zhuo Jiyu really looks a bit like the gangster boss in Hong Kong movies. It's amazing that Yang Qian is not afraid of him at all.
The salesperson in the store gave Chen Jin some water and a copy of the store's wedding dresses. The salesperson told them that in addition to the existing styles, the store can also provide private customization, including Western-style wedding dresses and Chinese-style wedding dresses, and the store is also equipped with a special makeup team and photography team...
While listening to the salesperson's introduction in the store, Chen Jin flipped through the brochure. I have to say that the wedding dresses in it were really beautiful, and Chen Jin was a little moved by them.
In fact, it is not impossible to customize a set for yourself.
So Chen Jin seriously asked about the price of private customization and who designed the clothes. She asked so seriously that the salesperson thought she was preparing for marriage in advance and suggested that she and her partner come together to choose.
Chen Jin: "I don't have a partner yet, but this shouldn't affect my ordering a custom wedding dress."
Who didn’t dream of being a princess in a wedding dress when they were a child? She planned to customize a set for herself and put it in the cloakroom... Well, she had to free up the things in the cloakroom, otherwise there wouldn't be enough space to put them all.
"...It doesn't matter. If you are interested, I will arrange for our designer to communicate with you."
"No, no, I'll come another day. I'm here to accompany a friend today." Seeing that she was a little disappointed, Chen Jin hurriedly said, "Leave me a business card. I'll come to consult you next time I come."
"Okay. Then next time you come to the store, just come to me directly." The salesperson didn't expect to get an unexpected surprise. Although it was the first time she met a single person who wanted to customize a wedding dress, it didn't matter. She had accumulated another customer.
After the people left, Lin Xinran said, "I'm really impressed by you for customizing a wedding dress even though you don't have a partner. Is this the trouble you rich people have? Having money but nowhere to spend it?"
"How can it be called a worry? This is clearly the joy of spending money." Ever since Shen Baichuan came to ask her if her family had planted all the fruit trees that day, Chen Jin had been dreaming of counting money for several days in a row. I talked to the president of the bank last time. If there is another demolition, I will still keep my bank account in his branch. People should be honest, so I will still go to him in the future.
Zhuo Jiyu, standing in front of the mirror with his back to them, seemed to be checking his appearance, but in fact he was thinking about his own things. Hearing the conversation between the two people behind him, a smile flashed in his eyes, and then he looked at the closed door of the fitting room. She asked these two friends to come for such an important matter as trying on wedding dresses. She must really like these two friends.
It is said that birds of a feather flock together. Is Yang Qian also such a funny person in private?
When Yang Qian changed into her Chinese wedding dress, she also changed her hair accessories and makeup.
No wonder it takes so long to change clothes, it turns out that he has to change all of them.
Yang Qian walked out of the fitting room and first saw Zhuo Jiyu next to the fitting room, then went straight to Chen Jin and Lin Xinran who were sitting on the sofa opposite, and turned around in front of them, "How is it? Does it look good?"
"It looks good!" Today's trip was not in vain, it really broadened my horizons. It was the first time that Chen Jin discovered that Chinese wedding dresses were so beautiful. In the past, he only stared at Western wedding gowns. I leaned forward to take a closer look at the workmanship, it is exquisite and grand!
"It looks super good!" Lin Xinran also agreed.
Chen Jin was so amazed that he was almost speechless. He felt that even ten thousand words could not describe Yang Qian's beauty at that moment. The daughter of an ancient noble family and a famous lady were embodied at this moment. As a result, she and Lin Xinran, both students of the Chinese Department, were more “uneducated” than the other, and could only say: “good-looking” and “super good-looking”.
Chen Jin gently pushed Yang Qian and reminded her in a low voice: "You are not marrying us, so our opinion of her beauty does not count. Go ask your partner."
Yang Qian secretly glanced in the direction of Zhuo Jiyu, and seeing that he was looking at her, her face suddenly became hot. Fortunately, she had put on makeup and blush on her face, so it shouldn't be noticeable that she was blushing.
"Hey." Yang Qian took a few steps towards him, "Mine fits perfectly, no need to alter it."
Zhuo Jiyu lowered his eyes to take a look, nodded, and said, "There are two other sets, try them together, and you can choose one when the time comes. All of mine are fine."
Yang Qian complained in her heart: Your clothes are pretty much the same, of course they're all fine.
Later, Yang Qian tried on two more sets, one Chinese wedding dress and one Western wedding dress. Chen Jin's eyes were almost blinded by the dazzling array. "Each set is very beautiful. How can I choose?"
"Oh, it's divided into two parts, so we can wear both Chinese and Western styles? And we have to choose toast clothes too..."
It was like a dress-up show. Chen Jin was very happy watching it. It felt like today’s trip was worth it!
"Chen Jin? Are you here with your friend to try on wedding dresses?" As soon as Chen Ting and Zhuang Yao came in, they saw Chen Jin sitting on the sofa eating a cake. They were surprised to meet him here.
Chen Jin was quite surprised to see the two of them together. He pointed at Yang Qian and Zhuo Jiyu standing side by side in front of the mirror and said, "My friends."
This was the third time Lin Xinran had seen Chen Ting. She greeted her. She remembered that she was Chen Jin's cousin. The previous time she went to dinner with Chen Jin, it was like she was disrupting someone else's date. The last time they went to the coffee shop, Lin Xinran didn't even have the courage to talk to her. Now they met again, luckily the man from last time was not there.
"This store is opened by Aunt Ke Xin's eldest sister. There are many styles to choose from, and they can also be customized. I'll find a salesperson to introduce you." Chen Jin went straight to the girl who had just given her the business card. The two people who came were her cousin and future cousin-in-law, both of whom were planning to get married. The girl was so happy that she thanked her again and again.
Chen Ting was interested and went to look at the wedding dresses in the store. Zhuang Yao was not interested, so she sat down to have afternoon tea with Chen Jin and the others.
"I wanted to go shopping with you today." Zhuang Yao glanced at Chen Ting, "but I followed Chen Yongxin to the company and happened to meet Tingting. We have a tacit understanding, so we can meet even without any appointment."
"Isn't that right?!" Chen Jin asked, "You and your second brother are planning to get married at the end of the year, so shouldn't you order your wedding dresses first? It takes more than two months to get a custom-made one."
"Let's wait and see. I think he's too busy now. If you want to see him, you have to go to the company to find him." Zhuang Yao sighed in annoyance, "If I had known, I wouldn't have confirmed the relationship so quickly. Your second brother only has work in his eyes. After he got her, he was busy with work."
It turned out that she was working in administration at Chengxin Construction Company. She didn't really go to work there. Her father and Chen Yongxin's father wanted to bring her and Chen Yongxin together, so they let her go there to study for a while. Later, after she and Chen Yongxin confirmed their relationship, she resigned and went back to work at her own company.
But after they no longer worked in the same company, it was really difficult for her to see Chen Yongxin.
Chen Jin didn't know what to say. She knew that her second cousin was now fully focused on the development of the land in the suburbs of Xicheng District, and her uncle was now keeping a close eye on the factories in Qiaoxi Village and the suburbs of Nancheng District to see when they would move to the industrial park. He also had to go around to get news.
Chen Jin suspected that this was some gossip he got from chatting with people in the teahouse in the National Forest Park last time. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why my uncle called her several times to ask her to go to Xichan Temple to worship together after he came back from the National Forest Park.
My second cousin is a workaholic, otherwise he wouldn’t have gone without looking for a partner for so long. It’s not like no one introduced him to someone. Now that's great, he has finally found a partner who knows him well. Both sets of parents are happy to see it, and he has more time and energy to focus on his work.
Chen Jin felt that if this was her boyfriend, she would have to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
"It's great this way. Second brother is only focused on work, so you don't have to worry about him messing around outside. He still makes money, so you can help him spend it! But you have to be aware of the money. He also has half of his money. Don't ever leave all your money with him. Who can say for sure what will happen? At least you will still have money by then, right?"
"Besides, he's the only one who's busy with work? You can just go and do your own thing. Who doesn't have some ambition?"
This is what she has concluded from several divorce cases around her. A woman must be capable at all times and must hold the financial power of the family in her hands so that she can have the right to speak. Any other promises are useless.
Zhuang Yao was shocked. She knew that Chen Jin was a reliable person, but she didn’t expect him to be so reliable! She had thought of so much for her!
It can be seen that Chen Jin really regards her as a friend.
Chen Ting looked at Chen Jin with a complicated expression: Who are your family members? Why are you still helping others to scheme against your second brother's things? !
But at the same time, she was thinking about what Chen Jin said. She was now determined to marry Liu Chengzhi, but marriage was marriage, and she would not be able to share the things she had with him in the future, so she had to keep the money in her own hands as Chen Jin said. As for the little salary from his job, it doesn't matter whether he uses it to subsidize his family or for his own use.
The atmosphere between Yang Qian and Zhuo Jiyu suddenly became subtle. Yang Qian completely agreed with Chen Jin's words. She simply spoke out her real thoughts. She just wanted to observe Zhuo Jiyu's reaction. Then Zhuo Jiyu said to her: "Once you get the certificate, I will transfer half of my assets to your name."
Yang Qian: “…”
It's as if she was only thinking about what he had. Who doesn't have some assets?
However, she really had to hold on to what she had in her hands.
"Your friend and Shen Baichuan are neighbors." Zhuo Jiyu asked: "Do you want to ask your friend if she can be a bridesmaid?"
"Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan are neighbors. What does it have to do with whether she is a bridesmaid or not?"
"Grandpa Cheng asked Shen Baichuan to go with him to get married. Besides, Shen Baichuan should have a good relationship with your friend. It would be perfect for them to be best man and bridesmaid together."
If the relationship was average, would Shen Baichuan think of coming to him to ask if his family wanted to take over the land in Qiaoxi Village?
If he hadn’t insisted on asking, he wouldn’t have known that Shen Baichuan was such a kind-hearted person, and he actually helped his neighbor to find out the news.
Yang Qian glanced at Chen Jin who was eating the cake bite by bite, and shook her head, "I haven't heard Chen Jin mention Shen Baichuan. I only knew that Shen Baichuan was Chen Jin's neighbor when we met in the coffee shop last time. And Chen Jin definitely doesn't want to be a bridesmaid."
If she had to be the host, she might not even attend the wedding.
Zhuo Jiyu suddenly laughed, “You didn’t tell your friend about how Shen Baichuan scratched his own car in order to cheat Grandpa Cheng for it, did you?”
"Can't I tell it?" Yang Qian reflected on it and felt that she was just telling a piece of gossip, they wouldn't spread it out, and it wouldn't affect Shen Baichuan, so it shouldn't be a big deal.
"Yes, I can."
Yang Qian was suspicious. Since it was something that could be discussed, why was he laughing? It was as if he was waiting to see a joke.
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The next day, Chen Jin went to the bridal shop opened by Sister Jiang again, found the salesperson from yesterday, and met with the designer. She ordered a white wedding dress, paid a deposit of 6,000 yuan, and waited to pick it up in a month and a half.
After taking a detour to Guxi Road, I unexpectedly ran into Shen Baichuan in a cake shop.
"What a coincidence? Are you here specifically to buy a cake?" He had to admit, when he saw Chen Jin push open the door and come in, he couldn't hide the surprise on his face.
Rongcheng is such a big city, but they met in a new store on this old street.
"I came out to order a dress, and happened to stop by to buy a cake." Chen Jin walked to the counter and placed an order, and also reserved a big cake. This was for her three partners when she went to "Sifang Travel Agency" to sign the contract later.
Now you have to wait to order the cake, Chen Jin ordered one to eat on the spot, and sat opposite Shen Baichuan, and seeing that there was a drink on his table, she followed and asked for one.
"You also had your clothes custom-made? An old tailor?" After asking this, Shen Baichuan cursed himself for being so talkative, as if this question was rather private, and he wondered if others would find it presumptuous.
But Chen Jin obviously didn't think too much about it, and replied: "I ordered a Western-style wedding dress. It's not from an experienced tailor. I heard it was from a designer who specialized in fashion design. It's from the Liangyuan Wedding Shop on Zhongshan Road in front. The wedding dresses in that shop are very well made."
"If Teacher Shen needs it, you can go and find out."
"......" Shen Baichuan took a deep breath and found his voice after a long time, "Teacher Chen is going to get married? I haven't heard that you have a partner."
"I didn't have a date, but I saw that wedding dress was nice and not very expensive, so I bought it."
“Is that so, then I’ll go check it out some other day.” Shen Baichuan felt as if he had been on a roller coaster, and when his mood finally settled, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at Chen Jin, who was still concentrating on digging out the cake with a small spoonful, he suddenly found himself quite funny.
Ever since he heard her say in the restaurant at the beginning of the year, "Men can be found everywhere, but when money is gone, it's really gone," he felt that this neighbor was interesting. After a few brief encounters and hearing all kinds of compliments about her from Professor Song, he became curious and wanted to make friends with her.
Although she always ignored the chance encounters several times, and even showed a resistant attitude of "We are not the same kind of people, don't come close to me", she is such a lively person.
Watch her humming a little tune leisurely every day, going out to eat breakfast and bringing back a watermelon, or one day she brought back a cart of flowers, and outside the courtyard gate she called Professor Song to come out and select a few bouquets of flowers, watch her cross-legged in the backyard of her home, staggering around while eating snacks and reading a book, a martial arts novel, she would observe the surroundings furtively, and then learn other people's moves...
He still wanted to get through.
He had been vague about it before, but just now she said she had ordered a wedding dress. His hair stood on end: every day she either went out with relatives and friends or stayed at home watching TV or reading. Professor Song had already said that she didn't have a partner, so why did she suddenly want to order a wedding dress?
Oh, it's a misunderstanding!
It was such a close call, I almost thought I would never have a chance again.
As Chen Jin was eating, she felt something was wrong. There seemed to be a burning gaze falling on her head from the opposite side. She looked up suddenly and met Shen Baichuan's eyes. Then, Chen Jin slowly turned his head and looked behind him, and found that there was no one at the table behind him.
"Teacher Shen, are you okay?"
It's a bit creepy when you stare at me like that.
"It's okay." Shen Baichuan retracted his gaze, looked at the pedestrians and vehicles coming and going outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and calmed his thoughts little by little. Seeing that Chen Jin was completely obsessed with eating, he asked, "By the way, last time I heard you say that you still have a piece of land and several buildings in Qiaoxi Village?"
If he said this, she would be excited!
Chen Jin immediately sat up straight, "To be precise, the homestead is mine. Only one of the five buildings is mine. Teacher Shen," he leaned forward and lowered his voice, "is there any news?"
Shen Baichuan was helpless, as she was indeed only interested in her land and buildings, and if it came to other topics, she would probably just skip over them in a few words.
"I guess so, but not so fast. It will probably take another year or two. I'll tell you when I have news."
Chen Jin held down the corners of his mouth that wanted to rise, and hurriedly ordered another piece of cake for Shen Baichuan, "Teacher Shen, this one is good, you can try it. Oh yes, it's my treat."
Just because Teacher Shen is such a friendly neighbor who revealed the news to her, no matter whether it is demolished in the end or not, if she has a share of the cake in the future, Teacher Shen will have a share as well!
By the way, she didn't expect that Teacher Shen actually liked eating cake. Thinking he might know more, I asked him if he had any recommendations for good cake shops.
Shen Baichuan found something she was interested in besides money—eating.
So, Shen Baichuan recommended it to her while recalling it.
Chen Jin was completely unaware of many of these things. He sighed, "You've only been back from studying abroad for a year, but you're more familiar with Rong City than I am."
Her knowledge of Rong City was basically limited to Qiaodong Village, Qiaoxi Village, the area near Nanda University, Hanlin Garden, and the old department store in Dongcheng District, and she had never been to many of the alleys.
Shen Baichuan smiled, but didn’t say that this was all summarized by his cousin Qin Yi for him.
During the one hour of waiting for the cake to be made, it was basically Shen Baichuan who brought up the topic, and Chen Jin was also drawn into it as he spoke, and then began to ask questions in return with great interest.
It's just that when Shen Baichuan mentioned his cars, Chen Jin almost asked "Do you have any skills in scratching cars?" When he held his mouth, he wanted to slap himself several times: How can you ask the God of Wealth such a question? If she pointed this out to him, and he felt embarrassed to scratch cars in the future, wouldn't she become a stumbling block that prevented him from filling up the parking lot? !
But she was really curious, Shen Baichuan's looked like new, and they were scratched and sent for repair?
Tsk! Generous.
Shen Baichuan didn't notice Chen Jin's guilty expression just now, and continued: "If you have a chance in the future, you can go to the parking lot I rented to look at the cars. There are a few that are okay, and they are all specially customized and sent back from abroad."
Listen, he actually said "it's okay", this damn rich boy!
"If there's a chance in the future." Chen Jin laughed.
When she looks at a car, she only looks at the appearance. It’s enough for her to look at the cars parked in front of his house at home. Why should she go to the parking lot he rented? There's no need to make a special trip. She will go to the third brother to sign the contract later. She must tell him about Teacher Shen’s luxury cars. The third brother will definitely be jealous.
"My cake is ready." Chen Jin saw that the clerk had packed it and looked in her direction, so she stood up to get it, but when she saw Shen Baichuan still sitting still, she asked, "Teacher Shen, are you waiting for a friend?"
He also said that he had something to do later and had to leave first.
"I'm waiting for a friend. Teacher Chen will go first if he has something to do." Shen Baichuan sat and looked up at her with a smile in his eyes. There will be many days for them to meet in the future.
"Goodbye, Teacher Shen."
Watching Chen Jin driving away with the cake, after a while, Qin Yi came over, his eyes flashing with gossip, staring at Shen Baichuan, “Cousin, you just winked at me and told me not to come over, are you afraid that I will disturb your date with your neighbor?”
Oh my goodness, look what he discovered! He couldn't wait to spread the news!
"Don't talk nonsense, we just happened to meet." Shen Baichuan lowered his eyes, but raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.
After a long while, he looked up and warned him, "If you dare to tell anyone, you will never be able to drive my car again."
Qin Yi rolled his eyes and whispered, "Others may not know, but I don't know how you got your car? You won't let me drive the car for free..."
Facing Shen Baichuan’s sharp eyes, he immediately corrected his attitude, “Oh, I see.”
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