"Brother Pei, the flower embroidery master." Yang Shao, who was helping the Meng family receive guests, squeezed through the crowd, followed by Meng Tao and Chen Jiang. In this circle, everyone can have some relatives. Yang Shao's grandmother and Pei Yan's grandfather are cousins; Yang Shao's mother, Meng Tao's father, and Chen Jiang and Chen Sen's mother are siblings, but Yang Shao doesn't often play with Meng Tao, Chen Jiang, and Chen Sen, but is closer to Pei Yan.
Chen Jiang also knew that if it wasn't for Yang Shao's sake, the incident of his brother scolding Pei Yan last time, which was heard by Pei Yan, would not be so easily exposed. He came over shamelessly at this time, also wanting to curry favor with Pei Yan.
"Good evening, Mr. Yang." Hua Jin smiled at Yang Shao and nodded slightly to Chen Jiang and Meng Tao.
Chen Jiang and Meng Tao were flattered and forced themselves to smile.
Pei Yan nodded slightly and said to Yang Shao, "Have the two embroiderers arrived yet?"
"We're here, I'll take you there." Yang Shao glanced at Hua Jin and said to Pei Yan, "Just now the guy from the Xu family asked me if you would come."
"Hasn't he been close to Pei Cunhai recently? Why is he asking me?"
"I'm not talking about Xu Yi, but Xu..." Yang Shao looked back and saw that Pei Yan's attention was not on him at all, so he tactfully shut up.
Pei Yan noticed that Hua Jin was wearing high heels, so she walked very slowly. When he stepped onto the stairs, he held her waist with one hand and whispered, "You have an old injury on your leg, why are you still wearing high heels?"
"In this kind of occasion, walking in high heels will make you more imposing." Hua Jin noticed the subtle warmth around her waist. She looked down and saw that Pei Yan's hand did not touch her waist at all, but this action just happened to protect her and prevent her from falling.
"You're just trying to save face, but you're suffering." Pei Yan whispered, "You're not short, so you won't look bad even if you wear flat shoes."
"A tree lives by its bark, a person lives by his face, please satisfy my little vanity of loving beauty." Hua Jin said with a smile: "Besides, I came out with you today, if I lose face, isn't it the same as your loss?"
"I'm never afraid of losing face." Pei Yan sneered, "I don't know how many people here are secretly cursing me in their hearts. It's not a big deal if you lose face occasionally."
"Don't be sad. Anyway, they can only secretly scold you in their hearts. Their bodies and mouths still have to please you." Hua Jin patted the back of Pei Yan's hand soothingly. "If you think about it carefully, this feeling seems... not bad."
Yang Shao, who was leading the way, almost couldn't help laughing. He coughed dryly, turned to Pei Yan and said, "Brother Pei, I have already told grandpa about this at noon. Grandpa was very happy when he heard about the career of a flower embroidery master. He said that when the flower embroidery master arrives, he will take her to meet the two embroidery masters."
"Thank you for your trouble."
"It's a small matter." Yang Shao smiled, "Besides, I'm just helping the flower embroidery master, why would I need you..."
Pei Yan glanced at him lightly.
Yang Shao immediately changed his words: "This way."
The Meng family's villa was very large. The width of the spiral staircase from the first floor to the second floor was almost as wide as her bedroom. The corridor on the second floor was covered with carpet, and it felt light when she stepped on it. But it was this light feeling that made Hua Jin sober up little by little.
The luxury and bustle here have little to do with her.
"Are you feeling unwell?" Pei Yan, who was walking beside her, lowered his head to look at Hua Jin's smiling mouth, "Don't be nervous, I'll go with you to meet them."
"It's okay." Hua Jin shook her head slightly. She looked at Pei Yan's profile and tidied the curly hair by her ears, covering her cheeks.
Led by Yang Shao, Pei Yan and Hua Jin entered a room where three old men were sitting. They were dressed simply and looked no different from ordinary old men on the street.
"Mr. Pei is here?" The old man in a white double-breasted shirt stood up, smiling a little more on his kind face. "Please take a seat." He glanced at Hua Jin. "This little girl is really pretty. Please take a seat."
Hua Jin thought about how she was only twenty-four or twenty-five years old and was still called a little girl, and couldn't help but smile sweetly.
"Master Hua Xiu, this is my grandpa." Yang Shao introduced in a low voice.
"Hello, Grandpa Meng." Hua Jin called out, looking very well-behaved. Pei Yan touched his bruised waist and smiled at Grandpa Meng, "I haven't seen you for a while, Grandpa Meng looks better."
"It's all thanks to your investment in that environmental protection project. If you're in a good mood, your complexion will naturally improve." Old Master Meng had also heard rumors about Pei Yan, but in his opinion, Pei Yan was young, not interested in women, and didn't like to cause trouble outside, so he was much less of a worry than his two grandsons with the surname Chen. He had never seen him bring girls to crowded occasions, and today was a rare occasion. Even an old man like Meng couldn't help but feel a little more curious and secretly looked at Hua Jin several times.
She has a good appearance and a friendly smile, but I don’t know if she can tolerate Pei Yan’s changeable personality.
“My two old brothers, this little girl is the younger generation I mentioned to you. She is so amazing at such a young age. Even my grandson’s grandmother praised her embroidery works.” Although Grandpa Meng had never seen Hua Jin’s embroidery works, he didn’t even blink when he praised her.
The two old men who had been sitting next to her and had been silent all this time smiled when they heard her words and asked Hua Jin some questions about embroidery. Seeing that Hua Jin answered very well, they nodded and praised her, "You are so young, but you have achieved such results. Your future is limitless."
"What's the point of just saying this?" Mr. Meng said with a smile, "Every day you lament that there are fewer and fewer young people working in the traditional handicraft industry. It's rare to see someone who is talented and willing to study hard. Why don't you leave your contact information so that young people can ask you for advice if they don't understand something in the future?"
"You make sense." The two embroidery masters took out their mobile phones and added Hua Jin's WeChat.
"Add WeChat. These two old guys don't like needles anymore. They just like playing WeChat and forwarding health articles every day." Mr. Meng said to Hua Jin, "If you have any questions, just ask them on WeChat. You will definitely find them."
Hua Jin could tell that Mr. Meng was hinting to her that she could communicate with the two masters more often on WeChat. She smiled and nodded, her eyes full of gratitude towards Mr. Meng.
"Come to think of it, I seem to have heard this girl's name somewhere before." The white-haired embroidery master added Hua Jin's name to her WeChat and asked uncertainly, "A few days ago, a designer who invited me to be an embroidery consultant told me that a young Shu embroidery artist had just joined the team, and her name seemed to be this one."
"Teacher, are you talking about Mr. Mark?" Hua Jin was very respectful in front of the two masters. In fact, looking at the entire embroidery world, any embroiderer who knew the identity of this embroidery master would have the same reaction as her.
This ordinary-looking old man is the famous master Xu Yan in the entire embroidery world. Master Xu Yan started learning embroidery at the age of nine, and is good at combining various styles of embroidery together to form his own style. Another master is Zhang Peiye, who is almost as famous as Master Xu Yan. Both of them are highly respected teachers in the embroidery world, and their embroidery works are famous both at home and abroad.
Hua Jin never dreamed that she would have the honor of getting the contact information of these two masters. She held the phone in her hands, feeling a sense of unreality.
"That's him." Xu Yan smiled and nodded. "You are so young, and you can join this team, which shows that you have a good accomplishment in embroidery. I have an apprentice in this team too. If there is a chance in the future, you can exchange more ideas about embroidery."
Hua Jin smiled and said yes.
The two old gentlemen were old, and there was a party downstairs, so Hua Jin didn't want to disturb them for too long. After chatting for a while, she tactfully said goodbye.
After walking out of the room, she looked at Pei Yan dazedly: "Pei Yan, is it dark outside?"
"It's dark, but you're not dreaming." Pei Yan stretched out his index finger and flicked Hua Jin's forehead, "Wake up, I'll take you downstairs to eat."
Walking downstairs, Hua Jin was somewhat surprised to find that there were several very famous stars in the entertainment industry present at the scene.
"I thought you would be more excited after seeing the star than before." Pei Yan responded coldly to a male star who took the initiative to talk to him, and leaned down to whisper in Hua Jin's ear, "I heard that the male star just now is very popular with you girls."
"Actually, I'm still very excited, but there are so many people here, so I have to hold my breath, otherwise." Hua Jin held the champagne in her hand and whispered, "Besides, I have you here as a reference. I think this star is just averagely handsome."
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows, his cheeks felt a little hot. It seemed like he was being teased by this woman again?
Waves of people came up to talk to him and left. Hua Jin said, "Before coming here, I thought you were just rich. Now I know that you must be very rich."
Pei Yan took her to sit at the table on the grass: "After today, will you regret not being attentive enough to me?"
"If I treat you more attentively in the future, will you throw money at my face?" Hua Jin asked back.
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows: "What do you think?"
"Forget it, let's just leave it at that." Hua Jin straightened her chest, "I'm not the kind of woman who would bend over backwards for a few pieces of silver."
At most, I would bow down for five dou of gold.
"Heh." Pei Yan leaned back in his chair and said lazily, "It turns out that Miss Hua is such a noble person. I didn't even notice it. I'm so sorry."
"Your eyesight is not good, I forgive you." Hua Jin shook his head and sighed, and said magnanimously, "Who told me that I was born to be magnanimous to good-looking people."
Pei Yan: “…”
If there is an event to see who is more shameless, Hua Jin will definitely take first place.
He pointed to the food area not far away: "There's food over there, go get what you're interested in."
"Aren't you going?" Hua Jin put her handbag in front of Pei Yan, "Please keep an eye on the bag for me."
"How many men did you see in the food section?" Pei Yan took Hua Jin's bag and said, "Just worry about yourself and don't worry about me."
"Oh." Hua Jin nodded, got up and went to the food area.
There were not many people in the food area. Hua Jin had just picked up a few dishes with her plate when a lady in an evening gown appeared beside her. Seeing her staring at her hands, Hua Jin thought she was interested in the food in front of her, so she moved aside.
"Miss, you look unfamiliar." The lady in the evening gown symbolically placed two pieces of fruit on the plate. "The cheongsam you are wearing is very beautiful. Can you please leave me your contact information? I also want to order two cheongsams like this."
"Thank you for the compliment." Hua Jin smiled helplessly, "But the business card of this store is in my bag, and my bag is in the hands of my male companion, why don't I give it to you later."
"If you don't mind, please allow me to go with you to get it." The lady in the evening gown smiled gently, "I hope you don't think my behavior is too rude, because I really like this beautiful cheongsam."
Hua Jin glanced at the high-end designer clothes that the other person wore from head to toe, and smiled: "Of course I don't mind."
She picked up two plates of food, walked back to Pei Yan, and put the plates on the table.
Pei Yan looked at the two plates of food and took one of them without any hesitation: "Eat less, I'll help you share half."
"I knew you would do something like this." Hua Jin gave him a portion of tableware. "What you said about not having many men in the food area? It's obvious that you're just being lazy and don't want to move."
"The person sitting in front of you is your benefactor, so be polite." Pei Yan used a clean fork to fork a piece of fruit from the flower plate, took a bite and tasted it, "It's quite sweet."
Hua Jin didn't expect him to be so shameless. She forked three pieces of fruit from his plate and said, "You're lazy, but you actually stole my fruit."
"Childish." Pei Yan saw Hua Jin holding the plate in his arms, put down his fork and said disdainfully, "You ungrateful little bastard, I just ate a piece of your fruit."
Hua Jin lowered her head and snorted, "You are childish."
When she was a child, she and her younger brother would visit other people's homes. The hosts would make shredded pork noodles or egg noodles for her and her younger brother, but her younger brother would always take away the shredded pork and eggs. Whenever she was unhappy, her parents would tell her earnestly that her younger brother was a boy and had a big appetite, and asked her not to argue with him.
She still remembers that when she was eleven years old, her younger brother snatched the chicken leg that her grandmother had put in her bowl. She wanted to take it back, but was scolded by her mother. At that moment, she didn't know what she was thinking. She ignored the elders' scolding and took the chicken leg back. She ignored her brother's crying and stuffed the chicken leg into her mouth. The next second, she was slapped hard by her mother. The chicken leg bone pierced her mouth and her mouth was full of blood.
At that time, she cried while desperately swallowing the chicken leg meat. The bloody chicken leg meat was fishy and salty, and actually not delicious at all, but she ate it cleanly, without any meat shreds left.
"Here, take it." A shelled shrimp was placed in front of her, and then a few pieces of fruit were placed on her plate. "What else do you want to eat? I'll get it for you later. Don't be so worried. People who don't know would think I'm bullying you."
Hua Jin blinked and looked up at Pei Yan.
In the dark night, the light cast a halo around Pei Yan, and even his black hair seemed to be covered with a layer of light gold.
She stared at him blankly, and after a while, she curled her lips and said, "That's enough."
"Is that really enough?" Pei Yan wiped his hands with paper when he saw her smile. In order to please this ungrateful girl, he even peeled the shrimps. If she continued to frown, he didn't know what to do.
"Um..." The lady standing next to the two of them smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Pei, I'm disturbing you."
Hua Jin then remembered that she had promised the lady to give her a business card. However, judging from her expression, she was probably asking for her business card for a fake reason, and her real intention was to find a chance to talk to Pei Yan.
"This table is full, we don't want to share it." Pei Yan said without even looking up, "There's an empty table next to it, thank you."
Hua Jin glanced at Pei Yan silently. She finally understood why Pei Yan, who was rich and powerful, didn’t have a girlfriend. He was truly single because of his own strength.
"Mr. Pei, you misunderstood. I came here to get Miss Hua's business card."
The smile on Hua Jin's face faded. Just now this lady acted as if she didn't know her, but now she called her "Miss Hua"?
She reached out and poked Pei Yan's arm, "Where's my bag?"
Pei Yan handed the bag to Hua Jin, still not looking at the young woman standing next to him.
"Mr. Pei, I haven't seen you for a few years. You may not remember me." The young woman took the business card handed to her by Hua Jin and said, "I am Xu Si, your high school classmate."
Pei Yan finally raised his head: "Oh."
The atmosphere was stagnant.
Hua Jin: ...
Pei Yan finally used his powerful language skills to finish the conversation.
The author has something to say: Pei Yan: Although I speak rudely and I deserve a beating, I am a good man.
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