After asking this question, Zhou Dong saw the other person smile.
Polite and distant.
His excited mind suddenly calmed down, just like a bucket of snow thrown into boiling water. He suddenly remembered the rumors back then. Some said Hua Jin's parents favored boys over girls and treated her badly; some said Hua Jin's family was in trouble and she was the only one left in the family; and some said she didn't take the college entrance examination because her uncle's family found a rich husband for her and asked her to marry him.
If the beautiful girl in front of him was really Hua Jin, would his appearance be the key to awakening her painful memories? She had finally crawled out of that life and had a new life, so why did he have to expose it in front of others?
At this moment, Zhou Dong felt like he was drowning, and he couldn't breathe. He lowered his head and said in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person." At that time, he was young and admired Hua Jin, but when he found out that Hua Jin didn't come to take the college entrance examination, he was worried in his heart and didn't even have the intention to look for her. Later, after the college entrance examination, he still had all kinds of concerns, until he heard the girls in the class say in the chat group that Hua Jin was going to get married, he sighed and hid the secret love in his heart.
When she was in trouble, maybe he was taking the college entrance examination, happy for getting into a good university, and never thought of helping her. Now that they met in a foreign land, she didn't want to recall the past, so why should he bring it up again. Zhou Dong felt very sad, felt bad for Hua Jin's past, and regretted his cowardice and incompetence. His eyes were slightly red, and his voice trembled as he said, "I'm sorry."
After saying that, he turned and ran out of the store, not even having the courage to look back.
"What's wrong with this guy?" Yang Shao glanced at Zhou Dong's embarrassed back, "Master Hua Xiu, do you know him?"
Hua Jin smiled without saying anything, turned around and saw Pei Yan standing outside the window.
Did he come here with Yang Shao?
No wonder Yang Shao, who is so careless, would think of taking her to a party with an embroidery master. Did he also see what happened just now?
Hua Jin looked up and smiled at Pei Yan. She thought Pei Yan would turn around and leave this time, but she didn't expect him to nod at her.
"Can you come pick me up tonight?" Hua Jin said, "I can't leave now. The store is too busy."
"No problem." Yang Shao nodded, "Then you can take your time, flower embroidery master. Brother Pei and I will go and do something else first."
"Yeah." Hua Jin smiled, turned around and walked back to the embroidery frame, pulled out a thread from the strands of thread, threaded the needle and continued to embroider the unfinished embroidery screen.
"I'll come pick you up in the evening." Pei Yan walked to Hua Jin's side without knowing when, "Tell me your clothing size by the way."
"Are you going to prepare an evening gown for me?" Hua Jin looked up at Pei Yan and chuckled, "No need. We have suitable clothes in the store that will definitely suit me for a big occasion."
"Hmm." Pei Yan glanced at the unfinished double-sided panda embroidery on the embroidery frame. Every detail of the panda's body was clearly visible, and even the luster of its fur was visible. He couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Hua Jin was very serious when she was embroidering. Even if there were other people watching her, it would not affect her state. Pei Yan, however, didn't want to leave when he saw Hua Jin embroidering. If Yang Shao hadn't made a face beside him, he would have almost forgotten that he still had something to do later.
After leaving the door of Fanhua Studio, Pei Yan got into the car and said to Yang Shao, who had been using his car recently, "What's wrong with you lately? You don't even drive your own car anymore?"
"I'm a salaried person with no pocket money now." Yang Shao chuckled, "I just want to follow you, Brother Pei, to save some gas money."
Pei Yan: “…”
"You've grown up and finally understand what it means to be stingy."
"I'm not that poor, but you know my personality. I hate to see beautiful women suffer. A few days ago, I saw the flower embroidery master eating instant noodles. I couldn't bear it, so I transferred some money to her. In order to make me better, my father doesn't give me more money now, but only pays my salary on time. If it weren't for you, Brother Pei, I would hardly be able to survive."
"Heh." Pei Yan sneered, "Since you dare to be a hero and save the beauty, why are you afraid of being poor?"
"That's not what I meant," Yang Shao said with a bitter face, "Who asked Master Hua Xiu to be so pretty, with such moist eyes and fair skin? Who would be willing to let such a girl suffer?"
Pei Yan glared at him and said nothing.
After driving for some distance and waiting for the traffic light, Pei Yan saw a man crying while holding onto a lamppost. If this section of the road was not so remote, it would definitely attract a lot of onlookers.
After passing the traffic light, Pei Yan found a U-turn area and drove back.
"Brother Pei, what are you doing?"
Returning to the place where the crying man had not left, Pei Yan parked the car on the side of the road, opened the door and got out. When he was about to approach the man, Pei Yan paused and suddenly didn't want to go forward anymore.
Zhou Dong was crying secretly, not knowing that someone would notice him even on this cheap road. At this moment, he was overwhelmed by regret, annoyance, and heartache, feeling so heavy that he could hardly breathe.
It was not until the footsteps were getting closer to him that he hurriedly wiped the tears from his face and prepared to walk in the opposite direction.
"Do you know Hua Jin?"
When Zhou Dong heard the visitor mention Hua Jin's name, he paused and turned back warily. He found that the person asking the question was a man. He was not only handsome, but also dressed in expensive clothes. "I don't understand what you are talking about."
"I'm her friend." Pei Yan paid attention to the expression on Zhou Dong's face. The panic and uneasiness on his face were visible in his sight.
"I recognized the wrong person." Zhou Dong guessed that this person might have seen his behavior in the store just now. He turned his head slightly to avoid Pei Yan's sight and said, "I don't know your friend."
"Really?" Pei Yan leaned against the lamp post, "Can you tell me about your friend who also has the last name Hua?"
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm not interested in telling stories to strangers." Zhou Dong knew that he couldn't afford to offend such a man, but he had already been a coward once in his life and didn't want to be a coward again. "Goodbye."
Looking at Zhou Dong's hurriedly leaving back, Pei Yan did not get angry. He lowered his eyelids and looked at the floor tiles under his feet.
He remembered this man. A few months ago, Hua Jin appeared in the elevator with him in a hotel in Furong City. It was not until today that he asked Hua Jin's name, which meant that Hua Jin did not tell him at that time.
She didn't want this person to know that her name was Hua Jin, which meant that she knew him in the past. After this man knew that Hua Jin might be the person he once knew, he was not happy about the reunion, but felt guilty and sad. That's why he, a man in his twenties, couldn't help crying on the street corner.
How much suffering did Hua Jin go through in her past to cause such a reaction from someone she once knew?
Pei Yan covered his chest, where he felt a stabbing pain. He looked at Yang Shao who was running towards him with an expressionless face, with a bit of confusion in his eyes.
"Brother Pei, what happened to you?" Yang Shao saw Pei Yan covering his chest with a pale face, and took out his cell phone, "Bear with it for a while, I'll call an ambulance right away."
"I'm fine." Pei Yan held him down and stood up straight, "Let's go."
"Are you really okay?" Yang Shao was a little worried. Brother Pei didn't look like he was okay.
"Yeah." Pei Yan unbuttoned his cuffs and rolled up his sleeves.
"Then you sit in the back and rest, I'll drive."
"Okay." Pei Yan glanced at him and didn't object.
Now Yang Shao was even more worried. Normally when he was with Brother Pei, Brother Pei never let him drive. But today... was he possessed by evil spirits?
After getting in the car, Yang Shao felt that the atmosphere in the car was a bit depressing. He didn't dare let Pei Yan fall asleep. What if something happened?
"Brother Pei, I heard that you invested in an online costume drama a few days ago. Why did you think of investing in this?"
"I'll invest as well." Pei Yan said, "Why, do you want to invest as well?"
"Forget it, this business is complicated. The little money I have is not enough to cover the cost." Yang Shao whispered, "When I went out to discuss business with my dad a few days ago, I saw Pei Cunhai and Xu Yi together."
"Why does Xu Yi get together with Pei Cunhai when he doesn't care about his son who is still in prison?" Pei Yan sneered.
"It is said that Pei Cunhai sold 2% of Yuan Pan's shares to Xu Yi." Yang Shao shook his head and said, "Pei Cunhai's tricks may have been played to death by Xu Yi. I don't know what happened."
"Business is like a battlefield. No one else has the right to control the path he takes." Pei Yan said coldly, "Let him go."
"He made Yuan Pan's side dish like that, and you..."
"The so-called use of wealth as a place to place emotions is actually an excuse for human greed." Pei Yan's tone was still indifferent, "The most important thing my grandfather left me is love and care, as well as his teachings to me, not the property. I have so many businesses under my name, I don't lack a side dish."
"You are quite open-minded."
"The only inconvenience is that I can't send Yuan Pan's side dishes to someone."
"Who?" Yang Shao thought there was something wrong with his ears. "Who?"
However, after his curiosity was aroused, Brother Pei actually stopped talking.
He widened his eyes and looked at Pei Yan in disbelief. What kind of trick was this?
"Huahua, you don't seem to buy snacks from Yuan Pan's store recently." Tan Yuan opened the refrigerator and found that all the brands of ice cream inside had nothing to do with Yuan Pan. She picked a flavor that Hua Jin liked and handed it to her, "Finally changed your hobby?"
"Well, I will never buy food from Yuan Pan's house again." Hua Jin stood up and stretched, unpacked the bag and leaned on the sofa, eating ice cream while being lazy, "I changed my hobby."
"That's great." Tan Yuan sat down next to her. "Have you prepared your outfit for the party tonight?"
"Don't we have it ready?" Hua Jin said, "A cheongsam with a shawl. I made a cheongsam for myself last time, but I haven't worn it yet."
Tan Yuan smiled and said, "Alas, Mr. Pei asked you about your size, but you didn't tell me. You actually wore the cheongsam you made yourself. It's really..."
"Stay clean and untainted by the mud, and don't be tempted by money?" Hua Jin chuckled, "It's best for people to recognize their own identity and not covet things that don't belong to them."
"Um, today's male customer..."
Hua Jin's hand holding the popsicle stick trembled slightly, and she lowered her eyelids: "He was my high school classmate. At that time, I was the top student in the class, and he always seemed to be hovering between second and third. I haven't seen him for several years, and he looks much more handsome than he did back then. It's true that men change a lot when they grow up, and they become more and more handsome."
Tan Yuan held her empty hand and whispered, "Huahua, I will be with you from now on."
"Don't think too much. I just don't want to be involved with the past." Hua Jin smiled at her, "From the day I walked out of the mountains and got on the train here, the past has nothing to do with me anymore."
"Well, you are one of the future heirs of Shu embroidery, and you have a great responsibility."
"Yes." Hua Jin smiled and curved her eyebrows. "I am the future star of Shu embroidery."
After eating the ice cream, Hua Jin washed her hands and sold another piece of embroidery before going to the small storage room at the back to change clothes and put on makeup.
As soon as Hua Jin entered, a new customer came in. As soon as Tan Yuan went up to greet her, the other party asked, "Is Master Hua here?"
The question was not very polite. Tan Yuan glanced at the woman who asked the question. She was wearing a one-piece work suit and looked a bit like a secretary or assistant. The man walking in front of her was wearing a suit and did not look easy to get along with.
"Hello, the flower embroidery master has something to ask. Please sit down for a moment."
"Hello, my last name is Lu, and this is the president of our company. There are things we want to discuss with the flower embroidery master."
President?
Tan Yuan glanced at the man who was not talking with his chin slightly raised. "If you two want to order embroidery, I'm afraid you'll have to wait for a while. Our shop's custom orders are already scheduled until next year."
"Embroidery?" Pei Cunhai glanced at the items in the store, and said with arrogance without disguising it at all, "No need. As long as Master Hua can do one thing for me, I can help you buy this store."
Tan Yuan: “…”
She could only watch the president show off quietly.
Hua Jin came out of the small utility room at the back, saw the people in the store, and pulled her shawl: "Mr. Pei?"
Is this man also surnamed Pei? Tan Yuan couldn't help but take a closer look at Pei Cunhai. It seems that not all men surnamed Pei are handsome. Compared with the particularly good-looking Mr. Pei, this Mr. Pei is really far behind.
"Master Hua Xiu." Pei Cunhai noticed Hua Jin's attire, "It seems Master Hua Xiu has an important date?"
Hua Jin took out the sample book and placed it in front of Pei Cunhai: "Mr. Pei is Pei Yan's family member. If there is anything you like, we can make it for you in advance."
"Heh." Pei Cunhai sneered. It was just a few pieces of rags embroidered with flowers. He had to rely on Pei Yan's face to get to the front of the line? Pushing aside the heavy sample book, Pei Cunhai crossed his legs and leaned against the sofa, saying, "I came here not for the embroidery of the flower embroiderer, but to discuss a business with you."
After taking a look at the sample album that was pushed open, Hua Jin held the album in her hand and smiled politely: "Mr. Pei is really a joker. I run a Shu embroidery studio. Apart from talking about embroidery with you, there is nothing else to talk about."
"I heard that you have a very good relationship with my cousin?" Pei Cunhai laughed with an ambiguous meaning, and there was a hint of contempt in his laugh. "I heard that my cousin not only went to a traditional art exhibition specially for you, but also often accompanied you out for dinner and picked you up after get off work. Hua Xiushi came from a poor family, but he was able to get my weird cousin to do so many things for you, but how come you have nothing to talk about with me?"
"Maybe it's because you're not as rich as him, nor as handsome as him." Hua Jin looked at Pei Cunhai with a smile, her white fingers gently resting on her cheeks, with a bit of enchantment, "Even women from poor families like good-looking men."
Pei Cunhai's eyes turned cold, but he laughed out loud: "But no matter how good-looking a man is, he is not as important as money. I think Master Hua Xiu, you also understand that with your status, it is impossible for you to marry Pei Yan, why don't you find a way to make more money?"
"Heh." Hua Jin's fingers gently drew circles on the cover of the sample book, and what he said was full of sarcasm, "But do you have as much money as Pei Yan?"
"Although I don't have it, but..." Pei Cunhai stretched out his hand, ready to hold Hua Jin's hand on the sample book, but Hua Jin easily moved away.
He sneered and took his hand back. "But if you can do one thing for me, I can give you more. A house, a car, a household registration here, and fame in the embroidery world, I can give you all of them."
"But," Hua Jin tilted her head, her tone extremely gentle, "I am a very principled person. For example... I won't help a man who is greedy and ugly by nature."
She chuckled, her face as pretty as a flower, "Mr. Pei, I hope you know yourself."
The author has something to say: Hua Jin: I am a very principled person, for example... I am obsessed with looks.
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