Seeing Pei Yan coming over at this time, Hua Jin was a little surprised. In order to complete the customer's orders recently, Hua Jin opened the store one or two hours earlier than usual. According to the usual opening time, she was not in the store at this moment.
Glancing at the girl who was not in a stable mood, she gestured to Pei Yan, asking him to sit at the counter for a while. Pei Yan, who usually liked to argue with her, actually understood what she meant and sat behind the cashier without saying a word.
"Sometimes it's hard to tell right from wrong in love and life." Hua Jin took out two tissues and put them in the girl's hands. "You chose different paths and had different expectations for the future. You were together reluctantly, and you might separate because of various conflicts. Now that we are separated, at least we still have some good memories."
"Sorry, did I say too much?" Hua Jin smiled and handed the cup to the girl, "Drink some water."
"No, thank you." The girl took the cup in a daze, "I feel much better with you talking to me. I am sorry to bother you..."
She felt a little embarrassed to say so much in front of a stranger. She lowered her head and drank water to hide her shyness. Maybe it was because the atmosphere of this store was too comfortable, or maybe it was because the beautiful owner in front of her had too much tenderness in her eyes, which made her want to confide in him unconsciously: "Do you have someone you like?"
Pei Yan, who was sitting at the counter, turned his head to look over here, then quickly turned back.
"Me?" Hua Jin chuckled. "For me, the most important thing is embroidery, so that more people will like it and appreciate it."
"It's better this way. Love is so hurtful." The girl stopped crying and felt much better. "Men may leave, but career and money won't. Even if you have love, you can't give up on yourself. You are so beautiful, don't let those stinky men hold you back."
Unexpectedly, this girl would say something like this. Hua Jin said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Thank you for praising me for being beautiful. Please rest assured that I won't give it to anyone else."
The girl was amused by Hua Jin's words. She covered her red and swollen eyes and said, "I'm sorry for making a fool of myself."
"Every love is beautiful, no matter how it ends, it is not a joke." Hua Jin smiled and said, "I wish you all the best in the future, and a successful love and career."
"Thank you." The girl paid the balance and noticed a white scar on Hua Jin's beautiful white hand. The scar was very deep and was left on the index finger, destroying the perfection of this hand. "You, have you really never liked anyone?"
After asking this question, she realized her own impoliteness.
The most taboo thing in life is to talk about deep things with someone you just met. She and the store owner were just a guest and she didn't even know his name. This kind of question was too private and she shouldn't have asked it.
"Sorry..." She apologized with a blushing face.
"Not really." Hua Jin didn't mind the girl's abruptness. She smiled gently as she recalled the past. "Not really."
Hearing her ambiguous answer, the girl was stunned for a moment, then stood up and said, "I understand." There are many things in the world that are more important than love, and the emotions in the world are not just love.
She hadn't seen it clearly enough before.
"Thank you, shop owner." The girl said sincerely, "I hope your business will get better and better, and more and more people will like embroidery. I hope your wish will come true."
Wish come true...
Hua Jin smiled like a flower: "Thank you, I will."
After sending the girl out of the store, Hua Jin turned around and saw Pei Yan lying on the counter. She couldn't help but smiled and asked, "Are you sleepy?"
"What do you mean sleepy? I'm just afraid that she'll be embarrassed if she sees me. I'm a grown man, and I'm not interested in listening to your women's private conversations." Pei Yan pushed the breakfast box aside, "I packed breakfast for you, go and eat it."
Hua Jin walked to the sofa, sat down, and took a bite: "It tastes a bit like the custard buns in that expensive breakfast restaurant?" On the day that Sister Qin's son ran away from home, Pei Yan took her to this restaurant for dinner.
"Didn't you say that the food there is delicious?" Pei Yan walked to the sofa and sat down, saying nonchalantly, "I just happened to pass by there this morning, so I bought one for you."
"Thank you." Hua Jin drank a sip of freshly squeezed soy milk. "Have you eaten?"
"I get up every morning to run, so I've already finished eating by this time." Pei Yan picked up the brochure under the table and flipped through it from time to time. "It seems like you've been opening your store earlier recently?"
"Well, Mr. Yang's grandmother's birthday is coming soon, and the embroidered screen he ordered has not been completed yet. In addition, there are many customers recently, so we have to open the store earlier." After eating a custard bun, his empty stomach finally felt at ease. "For those in our business, when business is good, we can't be lazy. If we miss a good opportunity, we don't know when we can make it back."
"You can't make enough money. You close the store at 10 pm and open it at 7 am. Can your body handle it?" Pei Yan couldn't help asking, "I have to take the subway from where you are to here and change trains twice. You have to get up at 5 or 6 am. How many hours of sleep do you get at night?"
"I didn't expect you to know subway routes." Hua Jin opened her eyes wide and smiled at Pei Yan, "It seems you are still a very down-to-earth rich man. I'm sorry."
"I..." Pei Yan was completely out of temper with Hua Jin's reaction. He took a deep breath and said, "Can't you have something normal in your head?"
"I know what you mean, but sometimes there is no other way but to grit your teeth and fight hard." Hua Jin smiled, "Thank you for bringing me breakfast."
"Who sent it specially? I'm just passing by." Pei Yan frowned. "Let's talk after breakfast. Is there anything I can help you with in the store?"
"I got off work early last night and Tangyuan has already closed the store. There's nothing to do now, so you just sit down and take a rest." Hua Jin continued to eat her breakfast with her head down. The steaming porridge made her eyes a little itchy. She couldn't help but blink a few more times to suppress the itch.
"I think what that woman said just now is wrong." Pei Yan walked around the room for several times. When Hua Jin had almost finished eating, he sat down next to her. "We are from the same village, how can we be in different worlds?"
"The same village?" Hua Jin looked at Pei Yan in surprise, "How do you know they are from the same village?"
"Not just them, you and I are from the same village." Pei Yan raised his chin, "Ten years ago, there was a world-famous song with the lyrics sung like this."
Hua Jin: “…”
"You and I, heart to heart, live in the global village together." Pei Yan looked at Hua Jin, "Look, we are from the same village, so what's the difference between the world and the world? In the final analysis, it's just that we don't love each other enough. If the love is deep enough, we can be together even if we are thousands of miles apart; if the love is not deep enough, even if one of us is in East City and the other in West City, it is still a long-distance relationship, in different worlds."
"You're talking about... the Olympic song." Hua Jin was stunned, and it took him a long time to find his own words, "Why do I feel that what you said is a bit distorted?"
"Whatever the reasoning, there is no reason for love." Pei Yan bent down to collect the empty lunch boxes on the table. "Other people's love experience cannot become yours. The ending of the relationship is not yours either. Don't listen to other people's nonsense and let it affect you."
Hua Jin: “…”
She looked at the man in the expensive shirt, helping her collect the lunch boxes on the table, and felt like the abominable Dong Yong, who dragged the fairy down to earth: "Don't move, let me collect this."
"Why are you collecting it? Sit down and take a rest while there are no customers." Pei Yan glared at her and took the lunch box out to throw away the garbage. "Do you really think you are made of iron? After you are done with these few days, I will take you to see an old doctor and let him take a look at your legs."
Hua Jin stared at his back, slowly lowered her eyelids, and reached out to rub her knees.
That rainy night, she lay on the ground, blood continuously flowing out of her body, dirty water flowing over her hands, her face, and her wounds.
The car that hit her just stopped there, and the driver looked at her with disdain, as if he was looking at an ant.
When the headlights came on again, she thought the driver was going to run over her.
At that moment, another car approached...
"Hua Jin." The man in the white shirt came over with a slight smile on his handsome face, "Here you go."
The rich fragrance of flowers wafted into Hua Jin's nose. She looked at his palm, where there was a bunch of pure white gardenias. It was already June, and there were still gardenias?
"It smells so good." Hua Jin took the flowers and placed them on the fruit plate. "Thank you."
Looking at the gardenias arranged in a row, Pei Yan sighed. He didn't expect that the first time he gave flowers to a woman in his life, he would give her a bag of gardenias worth ten yuan. "Just now, there were two kids selling them outside. They said they were participating in a charity sale, so I bought a bag."
"I like it very much." Hua Jin smiled at Pei Yan.
"It's just a few worthless gardenias..." Pei Yan coughed dryly, "If you can't make it in time for Yang Shao's embroidered screen, it doesn't matter if you finish it later. I'll talk to Yang Shao about it."
Hua Jin smiled and said, "Okay."
Looking at the polite smile on Hua Jin's face, Pei Yan knew that although she said yes, she would definitely complete Yang Shao's request on time. He sighed: "Forget it, I will pass by here tomorrow, so I will buy you breakfast."
Hua Jin held a gardenia in her hand and smiled, "Thank you."
There were footsteps. Pei Yan looked back and saw that it was Hua Jin's friend. He coughed and said, "I'm leaving now. You should get some rest."
Tan Yuan looked at the handsome man who nodded to her reservedly, then turned to look at Hua Jin. These two people...
As soon as Pei Yan left, Tan Yuan rushed to Hua Jin and said, "Hua Hua, did you take down this handsome man?"
"What are you thinking about?" Hua Jin quickly changed the direction of the gardenia, not letting Tan Yuan press it down, "Didn't I tell you a long time ago that our relationship is just a pure one between a man and a woman?"
"How can it be pure for a man and a woman to stay here so early in the morning?" Tan Yuan sat down and looked at Hua Jin. "Actually, I think Mr. Pei is quite good. He is handsome and rich. How about considering him?"
"What are you considering?" Hua Jin couldn't help laughing. "Why should I consider it? You, stop gossiping and do more work. Have you reached an agreement with the new employee?"
"It's already been discussed. My mother will go to sign the employee contract with her this afternoon." Tan Yuan saw that Hua Jin didn't want to talk about this topic, so she walked to her workbench and sat down. "For now, we'll hire one embroiderer. If the business is still so good in the future, we'll hire a few more."
"Yeah." Hua Jin withdrew his gaze from the gardenia and nodded slowly.
"Brother Pei." Yang Shao greeted Pei Yan excitedly when he saw him. "You're finally here. The Xu family has been coming to my house every day these past two days. I'm getting annoyed so much that I have no choice but to move to our new home and stay there for a few days. But the place is small and I can't even move around. Can I stay at your place for a few days?"
Pei Yan glanced at the brand new four-bedroom, two-living-room house and said expressionlessly, "No."
"Why?"
"I'm afraid that others will think that there's something wrong with my sexual orientation." Pei Yan sat on the sofa. "It doesn't matter if you don't know me in terms of relationships, but I want to live a good life."
"Brother Pei, you're making a personal attack again..." Yang Shao was frustrated for two seconds, and suddenly his face changed, "No, Brother Pei, what did you mean by that just now?"
"What did I say?" Pei Yan turned on the TV without even looking at Yang Shao.
"Do you have someone you like?" Yang Shao looked at him suspiciously.
"No!"
Since you denied it so quickly, it must be true.
Yang Shao sat down next to Pei Yan and nudged him with his elbow: "Although I don't have a girlfriend, I am very good at picking up girls. Tell me about it and I'll give you some advice."
With a sneer, Pei Yan moved aside: "She is different from those women of yours."
"Of course, of course. How could a woman that Brother Pei likes be a mortal?" Yang Shao nodded repeatedly and began to list the women who had crossed paths with Pei Yan recently. After thinking for a long time, he could only think of Hua Jin and Xu Si. He looked at Pei Yan with half surprise and half suspicion, "Brother Pei, I just made things difficult for Xu Changhui yesterday. You're not going to tell me that you like his cousin, are you?"
"Which cousin is it?" Pei Yan frowned.
"Xu Si," Yang Shao said, "I heard that this person has been asking for your contact information since she returned to China. If everyone knew that you are not... not interested in women and it is not convenient to tell her your contact information, she might have contacted you a long time ago."
"How can a woman who likes to bully people in school be suitable for me?" Pei Yan stood up and said in a light tone, "You should live here and cultivate your character."
"Brother Pei, you are my biological brother..."
"I don't have a brother like you..."
Yang Shao: “…”
Could you please not be so obviously disgusted?
"Brother Pei, do you...have feelings for the flower embroidery master?" Yang Shao looked at Pei Yan cautiously.
Pei Yan was silent for a moment: "I don't know."
His parents died early and he grew up with his grandfather. He has no idea how a normal family gets along, let alone what love is.
"That is, when you see her, do you blush and your heart beat fast, and you can't wait to hug her in your arms?"
Pei Yan thought about it carefully for a long time and shook his head: "No."
Hua Jin would only make him so angry that his breathing became rapid and his face turned red.
"Do you think she is the most beautiful woman in the world, and no other woman in the world can compare to her?"
Pei Yan thought carefully and said, "She is indeed pretty good-looking."
Yang Shao felt that Brother Pei's attitude did not seem like he was deeply in love. Could it be that he had spent so much time with the flower embroidery master that he had a false feeling of love?
"That's how men treat women." Yang Shao smiled obscenely, "I want to eat her, strip her, and also..."
"Stop talking." Pei Yan frowned tightly. Normally, he could pretend he didn't hear what Yang Shao said, but since "she" was referring to Hua Jin, he couldn't stand it. "Let's talk about something serious."
"Love between men and women is just a matter of nature. How can it be improper?" Yang Shao shook his head and sighed, "Brother Pei, love is too complicated. It may not be suitable for you."
Pei Yan ignored him and just frowned.
He can't bear to see her suffer, he gets mad at her, but he also doesn't want her to be sad, he hopes everything goes well for her, and he doesn't like others to have blasphemous intentions towards her. So, isn't that because he is moved?
"Mr. Mark, is this your concept drawing?" Hua Jin looked at the design draft and had to admit that Mark, who was only 30 years old, could have such a status in the fashion industry because of his talent.
She didn't know much about fashion, but as a woman, her first thought when she saw the design was to imagine what it would look like on her.
"What do you think?" Mark asked with a gentle smile.
"It's beautiful." Hua Jin said, "It combines modern fashion with ancient elements. It's so beautiful that it's like the dream of many girls."
"I'm glad that Miss Hua likes it." Mark's smile became even gentler. "I want you to embroider the pattern on this skirt. I believe you can make this dream come true."
Hua Jin was slightly stunned, and said without any modesty: "I will try my best."
"It's rare for Miss Hua to come out, so let's not just talk about work. The hand-ground coffee here tastes great, you should try it." Mark picked up the coffee cup and said, "I happened to see an interview with Miss Hua on TV a few days ago."
Hua Jin picked up the coffee and took a sip: "Are you talking about that TV show?" She has been too busy these days, and if Mark hadn't said he had something work to discuss with her, she wouldn't have wanted to keep the appointment.
"Yes." Mark nodded. "After watching that show, Miss Hua's image in my mind has become even more impressive."
"I didn't expect Mr. Mark would watch this kind of show." Hua Jin put down the coffee cup, "It's just a coincidence. It's actually not as good as it's said on TV."
Mark glanced at the coffee in her hand, called the waiter, and ordered a few cakes. After the cakes were served, he said softly: "The cakes in this store are also very delicious. The sweetness of the cakes can just dissolve the bitterness brought by the coffee. The bitterness is sweet, just like the perception of life."
Hua Jin smiled and said nothing.
She really didn't like the bitter taste of coffee, but she didn't expect Mark to see that.
I scooped a piece of cake with a spoon, and the sweet cream melted in my mouth, washing away the bitterness in my mouth.
"Flower embroiderer, what a clever move."
Hearing someone calling her, Hua Jin turned her head and saw Chen Jiang standing not far behind her.
She inexplicably felt that the way Chen Jiang looked at her was as if he was looking at Pan Jinlian who was dating Ximen Qing.
The author has something to say: Pei Yan: You and I are connected heart to heart, heart to heart, heart to heart~
Chen Jiang: Oh my god, Pei Yan is being cuckolded!
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