"Are you really okay?" Hua Jin stared at the screen for a few seconds, "Then move closer to the camera so I can take another look."
"If you get too close to the camera, your face will look bigger and not good looking." Pei Yan turned his head away. "It's really okay, don't worry about it."
"Okay, okay, you are naturally beautiful, you look good in any photo." Hua Jin coaxed, "Come here, let me see." When a man becomes childish, he is no different from a little kid.
Pei Yan sighed helplessly and moved closer to the camera for a few seconds: "It's really nothing, you should go to bed early."
After confirming that his eyes were not injured, Hua Jin yawned: "It's so red, someone who doesn't know would think you've been crying secretly."
"What on earth are you thinking about..." Pei Yan stood up, "I'm going to take a shower. I'm hanging up now."
"Then...good night."
"etc!"
"What's wrong?" Hua Jin raised her cell phone and lay flat on the bed. What she saw were Pei Yan's gentle eyes.
"No, nothing. Have a good dream. I will treat you very well in the future." Pei Yan looked at Hua Jin and wanted to reach out and hold her in his arms. "Don't worry."
Hua Jin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Good night."
After hanging up the video, Pei Yan leaned back on the sofa and covered his eyes with his hands. He didn't know what Hua Jin had been through, nor did he know what kind of bullying she had suffered. Just those few records were enough to make him feel heartbroken.
Seven years ago, Hua Jin, who was not even 18 years old, came to this city from a remote mountain village. How uneasy and confused she must have felt. She didn't even have a few close friends of the same age, so she wrote down her emotions in a cold online diary.
"Mr. Pei?" The maid saw Pei Yan leaning on the sofa and thought he was drunk, so she walked over and asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Pei Yan's voice was hoarse, and he didn't let go of his hands covering his eyes: "You go and rest."
"Then I'll ask the chef to make you a midnight snack?" The maid was a little worried. Did Mr. Pei have a fight with his girlfriend? Mr. Pei was not very good at getting along with girls, so it was possible that he made a girl unhappy.
"No need." Pei Yan shook his head slowly, "I can't eat it."
The maid couldn't say anything more, so she said, "Mr. Pei, don't keep it to yourself. The most feared thing between lovers is anger. Things that can be explained in two or three sentences will be embarrassing if they get angry. In matters of love, you don't have to fight to win or lose. If the love is gone, you lose even if you win."
"I know, thank you, you go and have a rest." Pei Yan put down his hands that were covering his eyes, and his cell phone rang at this moment.
His eyes were so red yet he said it was okay. The maid saw Pei Yan staring at his phone with a very unhappy expression and walked away tactfully. She was afraid that with a stranger like her present, Mr. Pei would be embarrassed and quarrel with his girlfriend even more fiercely.
Pei Yan didn't notice that the maid had left. He pressed the answer button and the voice processed by the voice changer came out of the phone again.
"Mr. Pei, how does it feel to be deceived by a woman?"
"Get lost!" Pei Yan had a blank expression on his face. "It seems that I have been too easy to talk to recently, giving a sewer rat like you the opportunity to play tricks on me."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Yan sent the number to his assistant.
Xu Si smashed his voice changer and cell phone into the trash can, flushed the SIM card into the toilet, then opened his friend chat group with trembling hands and pretended to be happily chatting with everyone.
She handled this matter very carefully, and Pei Yan would not be able to find out. Moreover, at this time, he should be most concerned about Hua Jin, his sweetheart, rather than the person who told him the truth.
After thinking this through, Xu Si slept well that night. But this good mood only lasted until she went out in the morning and met Pei Yan.
Looking at the black car blocking her sports car, Xu Si thought she had encountered someone who wanted to kidnap her, so she gripped the steering wheel tightly and didn't dare to get out of the car.
"Ms. Xu, the sun is shining today. Please come over and talk to us." A man walked out of the black car with a gentle smile and polite words and actions, but the moment Xu Si saw his face clearly, she couldn't help but tremble all over.
Why is Pei Yan's assistant here? Could it be that Pei Yan has discovered...
Xu Si gritted her teeth in anger. Was he sick? He didn't pursue the matter after his girlfriend cheated on him, but came to trouble her? She gritted her teeth in hatred, but had to force a smile on her face. She opened the car door and said naturally, "I don't know if you are looking for me, or..."
"Of course, Mr. Pei." The assistant smiled politely, "Ms. Xu, please follow me."
"Our Xu family has had business dealings with the Pei family for many years. Although the younger generations don't have much friendship, when Grandpa Pei was alive, I had dinner with him..."
The assistant ignored what Xu Si said and took Xu Si into a teahouse, which was silent. Xu Si followed the assistant, crossed the lobby, and came to the door of an elegant room.
The door of the elegant room was ajar. Xu Si took a step back unconsciously and looked up to see a nameplate hanging on the room with the words "Wu Yan" written on it. It was obviously just a simple name of the elegant room, but she felt it had a deep meaning and was so scared that cold sweat oozed from her palms.
"Miss Xu?" The assistant smiled at her gently, opened the door and bowed slightly, "Please come in."
The door of the elegant room slowly opened, and Xu Si looked up and saw Pei Yan sitting in the main seat. The room was filled with the aroma of tea, and two tea masters were kneeling on the futon to pour tea. When they saw her stand up, they put down the tea set and left the elegant room.
"Mr. Pei..." Xu Si felt cold all over. Two ladies in professional suits walked past her and sat down on both sides.
"My girlfriend doesn't like me being alone with other women, so I asked two assistants to accompany me. Miss Xu, do you mind?" Pei Yan raised his head and pointed to the seat below. "Miss Xu, please take a seat."
Xu Si forced a stiff smile and sat down where Pei Yan pointed. She didn't know how much Pei Yan had found out, so she didn't dare to speak rashly.
"I heard that many long-lived people have one trait, which is that they never like to meddle in other people's business." Pei Yan turned the teacup in his hand without even looking at Xu Si: "I wonder if Miss Xu understands this principle?"
Xu Si's body trembled uncontrollably. She grabbed the edge of her skirt with her hands and barely suppressed her fear: "I'm not sure what Mr. Pei means by this."
A cup of tea was placed in front of her, brought by the female assistant sitting on her right. The female assistant had a cold and hard look, and gave off a killer vibe. Xu Si stretched out her hand to bring the tea, but then retracted it.
"I wonder how my Hua Jin offended Miss Xu, which made you spend so much effort to deal with her?" stroking the teacup, Pei Yan sneered, "Huh?!"
"I don't understand what Mr. Pei means." Xu Si gritted his teeth and withstood the pressure, "Miss Hua and I have no grudges, why should I go against her?"
"Yeah, she has no grudge against you, why are you trying so hard to get what you want?" Pei Yan's face suddenly darkened and he slammed the teacup in his hand down on the table. Xu Si, who was already terrified, couldn't help but scream.
"Ms. Xu is bold and careful, what are you afraid of?" Pei Yan sneered, "Xu Si, ten years ago you relied on your family's power to bully your classmates, but I didn't expect that you still haven't changed your ways after ten years. I know very well whether my girlfriend is good or not, do you really need to tell her what to do?"
"Why do you think I bully those classmates?" Boundless fear turned into anger. Xu Si wiped the tears from her face because of shock. "We are obviously well-matched, but you treat those shabby female classmates better than me. That ugly and unsophisticated girl in the class wrote you a love letter and was discovered by others. Everyone laughed at her, but you said that those who laughed at her were wrong and asked other students not to bully her. What am I inferior to them in that you are unwilling to even look at me?"
"Don't use the excuse of having a crush on me to cover up your past mistakes." Pei Yan said expressionlessly, "Those classmates are better than you in every way except that their family background is not as good as yours. What can you compare with them?"
"Yes, I am worthless in your eyes." Xu Si sobbed, "It's a pity that the woman you like has another man in her heart. How are you better than me?"
Pei Yan looked at her without saying anything.
Pei Yan's look broke her spirits. Xu Si pushed away the female assistant who was blocking her way and yelled, "Pei Yan, you are a coward. You are cuckolded by your own woman, but you only dare to make trouble for me. The hooligans on the street would fight for their lives if their women were robbed, but you are worse than the hooligans!"
All these years of resentment and fear accumulated together, causing Xu Si to lose control of his emotions: "Even if you have countless wealth, the most important man in Hua Jin's heart is still not you!"
"Xu Si." Pei Yan stood up and put his hands behind his back, his expression cold, "I called you here today to inform you of something."
Xu Si opened his eyes wide, his rationality gradually returned, and his eyes were gradually filled with fear.
"You'd better take care of yourself. The Xu family's business may not be doing well in the future." After saying these words, Pei Yan stopped looking at her and turned to walk out.
"You can't do this." Xu Si wanted to reach out to grab Pei Yan, but was stopped by two female assistants.
Pei Yan turned around and looked at her: "Miss Xu, I'm sorry that you didn't listen to me when I warned you yesterday." Seeing Xu Si desperately reaching out for his hand, Pei Yan took a few steps back and said, "Men and women should not touch each other, Miss Xu, please respect yourself."
The assistant opened the door, as if he hadn't seen anything in the room: "Mr. Pei, the flowers you ordered are here."
"Yeah." Pei Yan pulled his clothes and said, "Arrange the car. I'm going to pick up my girlfriend."
"Pei Yan!" Xu Si screamed Pei Yan's name heartbreakingly, "If Hua Jin never liked you for the rest of her life, wouldn't you feel unwilling?"
"I'd love to." Pei Yan strode away without looking back.
"Willing... He is willing..." Xu Si sat on the ground in a daze. After a long time, she cried and laughed, and her tears smudged her makeup.
Hua Jin had long guessed that the embroiderers who could work with Mark must be well-known figures in the embroidery industry. But when she actually met these embroiderers, she suddenly realized that her imagination was too poor.
These embroiderers are all big names among big names. Hua Jin sat with them and wanted to take out her cell phone to take a few photos with them on the spot.
The famous embroidery masters did not expect that there was such a young girl among them.
The Hunan embroidery master smiled and said, "You all said that Old Man Xu's apprentice Yan Ke is the youngest among us. Now that Comrade Xiaohua is here, the throne of the youngest will be handed over to her."
Several masters laughed. They did not put on airs just because Hua Jin was young. Instead, they asked her in a friendly manner which embroidery style she had learned.
"My master used to be an embroiderer at the Shu Embroidery Factory. Later, the factory closed down, so she opened her own studio and began to integrate the strengths of various needlework techniques. I was fortunate to learn some needlework techniques from her, so I mainly learned Shu needlework techniques, and only have a superficial understanding of the specialties of other embroidery schools." At this point, Hua Jin smiled humbly at the masters, "Please give me more guidance, and if I have done something inappropriate, please feel free to criticize me."
"How can you be so modest at such a young age?" The Guangdong embroidery master sitting next to the Hunan embroidery master was a plump woman in her fifties. She wore a loose long skirt, had fair skin, and smiled very kindly. "We older people have more experience, and you young people have more active minds. This is called a combination of old and young, and the work is not tiring."
As soon as Yan Ke walked to the door, he heard laughter in the lounge. He was secretly suspicious, could it be that everyone had arrived?
When he pushed the door open and went in, he saw Hua Jin sitting and laughing with the Guangdong embroidery master. He thought he was seeing things: "Why are you here?"
Hua Jin sat up straight, looked at the person clearly, stood up and greeted him: "Teacher Yan."
"Yan Ke, come and sit down. This is Master Hua Jin, who is best at Shu embroidery. You are all young people, so you will have more common language when you are together." The Guangdong embroidery master saw Yan Ke and asked him to sit down.
"Teacher, I met the flower embroidery master once." Yan Ke said with a fake smile, "I didn't expect that we would meet again after a few months."
Hua Jin pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly. How could she have expected that Master Xu's disciples would hear Pei Yan's casual remark at the traditional art and culture exhibition a few months ago that her embroidery was no worse than Master Xu's? Thinking of this, she smiled at Yan Ke.
"So you two know each other?" The Guangdong embroidery master said with a smile, "That's even better. We can discuss cooperation in the future."
Yan Ke glanced at Hua Jin and said, "You are right."
Hua Jin wanted to take this opportunity to compliment Yan Ke a few more times, but Mark came in with his assistant, so she had to swallow her words.
"I'm sorry to bother all the teachers with the trouble today." Mark said a few polite words when he entered the room, met Hua Jin's eyes, and nodded at her with a smile.
Yan Ke noticed Mark's eyes and turned to glance at Hua Jin.
"The samples for the exhibition clothes are in the next room. Please follow me, teachers." Mark attaches great importance to this fashion conference, so he respects the embroiderers present.
Hua Jin walked behind several masters, and Yan Ke, who was walking beside her, suddenly smiled and said, "Master Hua Xiu, you are really amazing."
Hua Jin looked at him in confusion. Sudden compliments always made people feel uneasy.
But Yan Ke had no intention of explaining. He took long steps, walked past her and came to the front.
Hua Jin: “…”
A man’s heart is as unfathomable as the sea.
After looking at the clothing samples, Hua Jin chose a shoulder-baring evening dress and was responsible for the embroidery sample of this model. However, in order to achieve the best effect of embroidery, Hua Jin gave Mark a suggestion that the main fabric of the clothing should be Shu brocade, so that the clothing and the embroidery pattern can be perfectly integrated.
"I trust the flower embroidery master's judgment." Mark did not hesitate for too long. "I will arrange for someone to purchase the best Shu brocade. I wonder if the flower embroidery master has any suggestions in this regard?"
"The most natural Shu brocade is made from mulberry silk. Only the healthiest and most flawless silk cocoons can be spun into brocade." Hua Jin said, "Shu brocade has different weaving methods, and the finished products are also different. Some are as thin as a cicada's wing, some are like a streamer in the dark night, and some are very luxurious. I'm afraid only Mr. Mark knows what kind of brocade is suitable for the dress you have in mind."
"If the flower embroidery master doesn't mind, why don't we have a quick lunch together at noon and talk more about clothing fabrics." Mark smiled gently, "Please give me some face, flower embroidery master."
"Sorry." Hua Jin smiled back. The smile was soft, but the words were a ruthless rejection: "I already have an appointment at noon."
The author has something to say: Pei Yan: I will bite whoever messes with Huahua!
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