Chapter 71 Chapter 71 Young Couple
Last year, the global offline economy was in a severe recession due to the epidemic. This year, as the economy gradually began to recover, fashion events have also invited many guests. Fashion Week has begun, and the area around the hotel is full of foreign faces of all sizes, including internet celebrities, stars, athletes, models... and the inevitable European media, both famous and unknown. Paris is bustling with activity.
Last night, after the two of them were together, Kwon Ji-yong didn't return to his hotel. Instead, he decisively abandoned his best friend, Lee Joo-hyuk, and followed Sung-ae back to her room. They stayed up all night, doing nothing but chatting about the past and the present, until they finally fell asleep, exhausted, in the late hours. The next morning, they were both so excited that they woke early again.
Then all the staff realized—oh, Xing'ai finally figured it out and is finally with GD. Congratulations! GD finally got her! It was so hard! Then everyone went about their business.
Quan Xingai bought macarons and coffee for every staff member. Alas, love is something that cannot be shared with the whole world, but at least it should be shared with the staff around you. She was in a good mood. After solving her personal problems, she was going to start working hard. Tonight was the Margiela party that she was most looking forward to.
"Tonight's Margiela show is attracting a lot of attention. Xing Ai is really looking forward to meeting Galliano." It was still noon, and Kimi was sorting out the intricate and eye-catching haute couture that Xing Ai would wear that night.
"Come on, that's Pirate Lord, aren't you looking forward to it? I just love him to death." Xing Ai showed exaggerated starry eyes.
Margiela obviously already knew about the idol artist's love for Pirate Lord in faraway Asia. Coupled with the PR, Margiela's invitation and show treatment this time were also rare and good. Only Quan Xingai was invited as a show guest in Asia. The clothing provided not only the unreleased autumn and winter styles of 2021, but also the haute couture styles of 2019. Compared with the regular autumn and winter clothing, Quan Xingai prefers the haute couture concept designed by Galliano in 2019.
Its decadent style, tinged with glamour and drama, inexplicably resonated with the sartorial philosophy of All Star Love. Pirate explores the concepts of overconsumption, materialism, and information bombardment. Galliano used his unique tailoring to transform and deconstruct clothing in the popular sense, turning it upside down and inside out. For example, the female models wore men's clothing, while the male models wore garters and high heels...
Quan Xingai's look this time consisted of wide breeches and ankle boots, her upper body wrapped in a pleated organza pattern. This unique print was inspired by Galliano's tens of thousands of Instagram photos, which led to his unique and dramatic "walking in projection" concept, which is unique to Pirate King. Not only did he create his own projection pattern, but he also printed tweed, houndstooth patterns, various animals, and various other pictures on the organza. This will be worn by Quan Xingai tonight, and she will walk in the light and shadow like a walking projector.
Although compared with Dior and Gi, which she will attend later, the latter two are more famous and brand-name and more in line with the concept of luxury goods, Quan Xingai is most looking forward to the Margiela show in the evening. She is so excited that she doesn't want to eat all day. The good mood of love and the anticipation of watching the show make Quan Xingai extremely excited.
"Unnie, I really can't eat. I'm just excited right now."
"It starts in the evening. You haven't eaten all day? I'm afraid you'll faint from hunger at night."
"That's a social battlefield. I won't faint. I will just chat with Galliano excitedly!" Quan Xingai shrugged. It's the fashion circle.
"Tsk tsk, it's definitely different when you're in love," Ji Myung-jin said sincerely. Xing'ai was in great shape today. She seemed to have entered a new realm since being with Quan Zhilong. As she thought this, she asked, "Will Zhilong be going to the after-show party tonight? And you guys?"
"No, Oppa, because of Karl Lagerfeld, he will remain loyal to Chanel even after Karl Lagerfeld passed away, so he will not go to other brands. Although I know many big brands are eager to poach him, that's Chanel, and Zhilong has been working together for ten years. He will not leave." Quan Xingai replied while sending a message.
"Your world is really hard to understand. Before coming to Europe, you said you would not be with GD, but now you are in love after only two days in Paris?" Kimi shook his head.
"Why, wouldn't it be nice to have one less person competing with you for male models?" Quan Xingai said with a forced smile.
"That's great, it's what I want. A woman in love is so radiant, so what about GD?" Kimi asked.
"I sent him back to his hotel this morning. It's too unsafe for him to stay here. I'm a rising female idol, so I should keep my relationship secret." Quan Xingai's words made sense. It wasn't just for himself, but also for Quan Zhilong, as he was going to make a comeback this year.
So they still have to be careful about their secret relationship.
"I seem to hear a little baby saying bad things about me?" Speak of the devil and he appears. Quan Zhilong walked in wearing sunglasses.
"Oh Mo, why are you here again?"
"Joo Hyuk—he's so slow shopping—I can't stand him. I was too lazy to wait for him to choose, so I saw the Chanel store next to your hotel and just came up to find you." Quan Zhilong collapsed on the sofa, rolling his eyes when he talked about the picky Lee Joo Hyuk shopping. "By the way, I brought you a cup of your favorite mocha."
"Wow, Zhilong puppy is the best." Quan Xingai laughed, opened her arms and rushed over to hug Quan Zhilong.
"Ah - these two people, please don't let the staff and me eat dog food together." Li Zhuhe also came out late and complained accurately.
"It just so happens that Senior Zhilong is here too. Let's quickly persuade Xingai to eat something. The show is tonight, and she hasn't felt like eating all day." Chi Mingzhen shook her head.
"Hey, Jeon Xingai, you really are... Let's go to the hotel restaurant to eat something. You are so thin that even if you eat a cow, you can still fit into Margiela's clothes." Kwon Ji-yong hugged Jeon Xingai and persuaded her.
"It's not because of the clothes. I'm really too excited and happy that I don't want to eat anything." Quan Xingai blinked.
Quan Zhilong laughed and said, "I am very happy too. Then can you eat with me?"
Quan Xingai thought about it and happily agreed. They then took Li Zhuhe, who didn't want to be a third wheel, and took the elevator to the hotel restaurant on the 3rd floor, which seemed to be a Michelin-level restaurant.
There was a couple in the elevator. The boy had slightly droopy green eyes, and the pretty girl, with dark hair and Eastern European features, wore sunglasses and hugged her boyfriend, chattering in Italian. Quan Xingai's grandfather had been an Italian painter in a previous life, so she couldn't speak Italian, but she could understand a little.
When Xing Ai and the others came in, the girl was still saying, "Charles, are you really going to take me to the Chanel show tomorrow? I told my friends that you would make me public."
"Barbara, I promised you, of course I will take you with me."
"But your agent doesn't like me."
"I'll convince him, don't worry."
The young couple chatted in Italian, and Quan Xingai treated it as gossip, playing with her phone while texting Quan Zhilong about the new things she had heard. "Does this person next to us look familiar? I think I've seen him somewhere."
"Don't you know him? This is Ferrari's F1 driver Charles Leclerc, he's very famous." Kwon Ji-yong looked at Xing'ai's bewildered face and sent her a message.
Xing Ai raised an eyebrow in surprise, then glanced at Leclerc in the elevator mirror. Her eyes met with the young couple's, and they exchanged a few simple smiles as a greeting. They soon realized they were both heading to the restaurant on the third floor. On the way out, she pulled Quan Zhilong aside and asked, "How did you meet?"
"You'll recognize it after watching the game."
As a result, the young driver in front's cell phone rang, and Jeon Seong-ae and Lee Joo-hyuk looked at Ji-yong at the same time, because Leclerc's cell phone ringtone was COUP D'ETAT. Leclerc's behavior of using GD's song as his cell phone ringtone but not knowing GD himself tickled Jeon Seong-ae's funny bone, and Seong-ae's shoulders were still shaking until the three of them sat down in their seats.
"Jilong, this shows that your music transcends national boundaries." Lee Joo Hyuk was also trying to hold back his laughter and patted G-Dragon on the shoulder.
"I don't mind at all. You two are laughing like this, Xingai, especially you, is it so funny?" Kwon Ji-yong pinched Quan Xingai's face.
"No, no, I just think this scene is hilarious—I haven't even started talking about the gossip yet. I heard some gossip in the elevator just now. It seems the driver's agent doesn't support their relationship. And he's also attending the Chanel Fall/Winter show tomorrow. You might even run into him."
"You are so gossipy." Quan Zhilong knocked his girlfriend's head.
"Xing Ai can speak Italian?" Li Zhuhe was surprised.
"I can only listen but not speak, just a little bit. I know a lot more." Quan Xingai smiled.
Not far away, Leclerc's expression was not very good after he answered the phone. It seemed that he had some dispute with Barbara and they parted on bad terms.
"Why is it so troublesome for athletes to fall in love? Can't it be made public?" The three of them sighed with gossip after watching the whole process.
"Everyone has difficulties, what about you? Secret love? When Zhilong returns, the sasaeng will also return, right? Are you going to keep pretending that you are not familiar with each other?" Li Zhuhe turned his head and looked at the two of them and asked.
Xing Ai sighed, "There's nothing I can do."
Quan Zhilong supported his chin and thought, "Actually, I have been thinking that we should just post our interactions and photos openly."
"Oh my, Oppa, are you going to throw the jar into chaos?" Quan Xingai was so scared that he called him Oppa.
"Mo, it's not that we're desperate, but I think that instead of suddenly announcing our relationship one day and shocking everyone, it's better to boil the frog in warm water and slowly desensitize the fans. We can interact openly in the name of friends. Besides, it's 2021 now, not ten years ago. It's relatively safe here in Europe. It's too easy to be photographed if we return to Seoul." Kwon Ji-yong said to Xing Ai.
"Aren't you worried about your fans going crazy?" Xing Ai asked, "You're going to make a comeback this year, right? You're practically jumping on the line of your fans' acceptance."
"They'll have to accept it sooner or later anyway, so why not prepare them mentally as early as possible?"
"You said before that you were not familiar with me, but now we are suddenly friends. No one would believe it." Quan Xingai looked at him as if he was a fool.
"Come to think of it, Xingai was scolded for a long time because of the scandal with Zhilong. Is it okay now that they have become 'good friends'?" Li Zhuhe also expressed doubts.
Quan Zhilong looked at Xingai holding her hand and smiled, "Yeah, it makes me even angrier when I think about this. Those years were President Yang's fault. Of course, the group of people who kept abusing her were the work of other companies. They ridiculed Xingai so recklessly simply because I really didn't know her. Little Xingai had no backers and no family, but now we are all Xingai's family. She has fans, me, and Zhu He. We are all her backers."
Xing Ai was quite moved by what she heard. She told Zhi Long about Xiao Xing Ai and the reason why she hadn't clarified the rumors and let them develop. In fact, she had hired a lawyer and had been quietly collecting evidence. In particular, she knew that the boss behind several water army companies was the high-profile Fang Shihe, and that the crooked Yang Xianshuo was behind the media outlets that always published negative articles. She had compiled and collected a lot of evidence and had been waiting for an opportunity to stab them. Right now, she wasn't strong enough, not famous enough, and even had no way out, so she had always ignored the negative public opinion and even let it develop freely.
President Yang probably really hates her. She 'kidnapped' Zhilong and 'intercepted' Blackpink, so he keeps making small moves and will severely criticize her whenever he gets the chance.
After she told Zhilong these things, Quan Zhilong was silent for a long time, and even felt very guilty. Then he took the initiative to say that he would provide Xingai's lawyer with evidence that Yang Xianshuo fabricated the scandal. He felt very guilty about Xiao Xingai. At that time, he was also busy with his own affairs, so he never took care of the little girl's mental health problems. Although he knew that Xiao Xingai did not blame anyone, he still wanted to make amends.
"I said we weren't familiar with each other before because I was impulsive. But later I said it because I wanted everyone to pay more attention to your creations instead of me. Besides, not being familiar with each other doesn't mean we can't be friends. Anyway, those media didn't believe what I said about not being familiar with each other. After all, there is JY. JY created with you, so how could they not be familiar with each other?" Kwon Ji-yong stiffened his neck and admitted that he was too impulsive at that time.
Quan Xingai laughed. "Okay, I don't have any objections." She shrugged. "But it's better to take it slow and not do too many exciting things at once."
"Let's go shopping later. Chanel downstairs? Or Dior, or Margiela? Take a few ambiguous photos and let everyone guess."
The few of them were chatting while eating, and as soon as they went downstairs, they saw Leclerc, whom they had just met at dinner, walking towards them. His expression seemed a little strange, and his eyes lit up when he saw the three of them. He stepped forward and stood between them as if he was avoiding someone.
"I'm so sorry, I'm Charles Leclerc. Do you know me? I'm here for tomorrow's fashion show, and my girlfriend is with me. But my agent just called me and said he doesn't like Barbara. I met my girlfriend at this hotel without telling him, but we had a fight and I don't know where Barbara went. But there's this annoying paparazzi following me, taking pictures, and I don't want to be photographed. We met in the elevator just now, right? Please do me a favor. Thank you very much."
Leclerc spoke.
"Of course, how can we help you?" Quan Zhilong asked in surprise.
Li Zhuhe and Quan Xingai looked around and indeed did not see the girlfriend.
"Thank God you're willing to help. I'm really sorry. When I returned to my floor just now, I found that there were already European paparazzi, those damn toilet newspaper paparazzi. I came down the fire escape and suddenly ran over here because I almost ran into the guy from The Sun head-on. Luckily, I met you and he didn't notice me and went the other way."
Kwon Ji-yong raised his eyebrows and looked at Jeon Seong-ae. Seeing the eagerness and gossip in Nu's eyes, he laughed. Then the four of them sat down in the cafe and listened to this handsome F1 guy tell the whole story.
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