"What a coincidence?" Hua Jin walked to the door of the store, "Are you... just passing by?"
Pei Yan stood at the door and did not go in: "Could it be that he came here specially to see you?"
Hua Jin laughed when she heard this: "It's still raining outside, come in and sit for a while, I'll pour you some tea."
Pei Yan wanted to say that he was afraid that he would not be able to move his legs after entering such a small shop. But for some reason, his legs seemed to be out of control, and he followed Hua Jin's steps and walked in unconsciously.
After entering the store, he found that although the store was not large, it was cleverly decorated, making it easy for people to relax.
Near the embroidery frame, there was a small table and a sofa stool. Pei Yan's legs were too long, so when he sat on the sofa stool, he curled up and looked a little pitiful.
"You sit here." Putting the teacup on the table, Hua Jin pushed the embroidered chair she usually used in front of Pei Yan.
"I didn't expect your store to be right here." Pei Yan stood up and changed his seat. He remembered that the last time he heard Chen Sen say bad things about him, he seemed to be not far from this store.
"Although many people like to buy things online now, having a physical store will increase customers' trust in us." Hua Jin looked out the window, "What's more, our store is here. As long as passers-by take a closer look, they can also deepen their understanding of embroidery."
Pei Yan took a sip of tea. The tea leaves were very ordinary, and the water used to make the tea was also ordinary. Normally, he was picky about them, but today, perhaps because he had gone out too early and his mouth was a little dry, he felt that this tea was delicious.
The shop suddenly became quiet. Pei Yan turned his head and saw the unfinished koi picture on the embroidery frame. The brightly colored koi swam in the water, and the scales on its body seemed to emit a dazzling light under the sun. He blinked and saw that the koi did not really reflect the light, but just looked too real.
Putting down the teacup, Pei Yan stood up: "I should go now."
Hua Jin nodded.
Pei Yan stood there and waited for a while. Seeing that Hua Jin didn't say anything, but looked at him with puzzled eyes, as if asking "Why don't you leave yet?" His mood inexplicably became a little bad, and he slapped an invitation card on the table.
"What is this?" Hua Jin looked at Su Ya's invitation card and saw that Pei Yan seemed a little unhappy. She was about to reach out to take the invitation card, but retracted her hand.
"There will be a traditional art exhibition in a few days. Because some of the exhibits are very valuable, they are only open to the public. If you want to go, go ahead." Pei Yan couldn't understand the artistic value of embroidery, lacquerware, and pottery anyway. When he received several invitation cards from the organizer in the morning, he subconsciously thought that Hua Jin might be interested in this kind of exhibition.
"Thank you." Hua Jin happily held the invitation letter, then looked at Pei Yan in confusion, "Do you want money?"
"No." Pei Yan said coldly, "I was planning to throw it in the trash can, but I didn't expect to meet you here. Giving it to you is also a way to recycle the waste."
Hearing this, Hua Jin was not angry. Instead, she said, "Next time you have waste that needs to be recycled, don't forget me. I can help you solve the problem."
Pei Yan: “…”
"Brother, is this really the place?" Chen Jiang looked at the embroidery shop across the street and asked doubtfully, "I think you guessed wrong?"
"Heh." Chen Sen snorted and laughed. "When Pei Yan got off the car that night, his expression was quite normal. Not long after that woman called him over, his expression changed, so that woman must have said something to Pei Yan."
"No, brother, I think this is a bit wrong." Chen Jiang thought for a while, "If you hadn't scolded Pei Yan outside, wouldn't there be so many problems? So this can't be blamed on the girl."
"Sister, sister! You can't walk when you see a female?" Chen Sen glared at Chen Jiang. "You are still in the mood to say this nonsense. Now our family has opinions about the two of us because of Pei Yan's cold attitude. What do you think we should do?"
"I'm not smart enough to think of a good solution. But if that woman knows Pei Yan, wouldn't it be adding insult to injury if you go and cause trouble for her now? Brother, how come you're acting like a brainless cannon fodder in a TV show?" Chen Jiang put his hands in his pockets. "If you ask me, we should buy more things from her store. Maybe if she's in a good mood, she can say a few nice words for us."
"You are so afraid of Pei Yan that you are afraid of a woman whose relationship with him you don't even know?" The veins on Chen Sen's forehead popped up. "Do you have any ambition?"
"No future." Chen Jiang answered calmly, "You can go if you want, I won't go anyway."
"Hmph!" Chen Sen started to walk away, took two steps, then silently retracted and retreated to Chen Jiang's side.
"What's going on..." Chen Jiang was about to ask what happened when he saw a very familiar person walking out of the store opposite.
Pei Yan?
"Pei Yan, thank you." Hua Jin knew how rare this exhibition was. She had heard Aunt Gao mention it a few days ago, saying that it not only contained works by modern and contemporary masters, but also cultural relics handed down for thousands of years. It would be a great blessing in life if one could go in and take a look. It was a pity that this exhibition was not open to the public, and was only open to some experts and scholars for research and discussion.
Although many objects can be seen on the Internet, the shock brought by the real objects cannot be compared with photos.
"I already said it was just a coincidence. What's there to thank me for?" Pei Yan raised his chin slightly, with a bit of pride and laziness in his peach blossom eyes. "Okay, I'm busy. I'll leave first."
"Wait a moment." Hua Jin pulled Pei Yan's sleeve, ran back to the store quickly, and stuffed a palm-sized box into Pei Yan's hand, "Thank you."
Pei Yan looked at Hua Jin suspiciously: "There won't be love letters or something like that in there, right?"
Hua Jin: “…”
"Mr. Pei, you are a busy man, I won't waste your time, let's go." What era is it now, and there is still love letters.
"Tsk." Pei Yan sneered and took the box back to the car. He opened the lid of the box and found a tie inside.
He picked up the tie and took a look. There were two koi carps connected head to tail embroidered on the lower front of the tie. On the side that was close to the body, there were four small words "Happy Years Ago" embroidered on it.
"Happy years..." Pei Yan threw the tie on the passenger seat, drove for a distance, took a deep breath, parked the car on the side of the road, folded the tie and put it back in the box, smoothed the wrinkles on it, and put the lid on.
He breathed a sigh of relief and successfully suppressed the irritability in his heart.
"Brother, are you still going?" Chen Jiang nudged Chen Sen with his elbow.
Chen Sen was angry and annoyed, but he couldn't get angry: "Go, if you don't go, I'm your grandson."
Chen Jiang took a big step back. If his grandparents heard this, they would be beaten to death. He stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction where Pei Yan's car disappeared, thinking. He had never heard that Pei Yan had a close relationship with any woman, but seeing how he was flirting with someone in front of the store just now, could it be that the two of them...had an affair?
Hua Jin had just put away the invitation when she saw two men walking in. She looked at the leading man and felt that he looked vaguely familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.
"You!" Chen Sen stared at Hua Jin, and saw Hua Jin looking back at him with a pair of watery eyes, "What good things do you have here? Take them out and let me pick two."
Chen Jiang silently turned his head to look at his brother who had threatened to settle accounts with someone a few minutes ago. So buying things from others means settling accounts?
"Sir, the items on the shelves in the store are all finished products that can be sold. If you are not satisfied with these, we also accept customization." Hua Jin took out the brochure and asked, "What do you need?"
"What can you do?" Chen Sen walked to the sofa stool and sat down, looking around the store with a critical look.
Hearing the other person's voice, Hua Jin slowly remembered who this person was. Wasn't this the person who stood under the street light and scolded Pei Yan a month or two ago, and she heard the whole thing?
Not knowing whether the other party was really here to buy something or to take revenge on her, Hua Jin kept smiling and put the brochure in front of Chen Sen. "I am good at embroidery, and I know a little about lacquerware, but I am not very good at it."
"Then pack this and this for me." Chen Sen pointed at two things at random.
"Are these the two?" Hua Jin's smile became more sincere. "The pattern on the left ornament is called fame and fortune. When embroidering it, nearly ten kinds of needlework were used. Both the fabric and the embroidery thread were taken from..."
"No need for introductions." Chen Sen handed the card to Hua Jin, "Swipe the card."
"Thank you." Hua Jin took the bank card swiftly and used the card reader to deduct the amount. "Sir, please enter your password."
Chen Sen looked at the amount of money deducted. These two little things were not cheap. He entered the password with a stern face. When Hua Jin finished packing the things, he turned around and saw Chen Jiang still staring at a round fan. He said with a sullen face, "Come and get the things."
"Oh." Chen Jiang ran back to Chen Sen and grinned at Hua Jin, "Beautiful girl, leave me your contact information so we can meet up to play together when we are free."
"Sir, you're really good at joking." Hua Jin's mouth curled up, but there was not much smile in his eyes. "For someone like me who works hard every day to make a living, how can I have time to play?"
"It's so hard, Pei..." Chen Jiang paused and laughed dryly.
Chen Sen glared at him with disappointment and strode out of the store.
As soon as the two brothers left, Hua Jin happily sent a WeChat message to Tan Yuan.
Fanhua: Tangyuan, the ornaments that have been displayed in our store for a year and have not been sold, was finally bought by a fool at a high price!
These two ornaments have good meanings and are exquisitely made. A lot of effort was put into embroidering them, so they are very expensive. They have been displayed in the store for a year, and many people have asked about them, but no one is willing to pay for them.
Just when Hua Jin thought that these two ornaments would be placed in the store as the store's treasures, the sucker finally showed up.
After a while, Tan Yuan replied, but it was not about buying things.
Tangyuan: Huahua, if I make lacquerware for my whole life, is there really a future for me?
The author has something to say: Chen Sen: Even if I am scolded to death by my family, I will never bow my head to Pei Yan! Can buying Pei Yan's woman's things at a high price be considered bowing? That's a strategy!
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