As soon as the young man's cheerful voice rang out, several girls sketching turned around and excitedly shouted when they saw Ji Xia, "Ji Xia, you're here to climb the mountain today too?"
"Ruoshi, Qingci, you've come too?"
Rong Ruoshi, along with two senior students from the previous year, turned around, smiled broadly at Ji Xia, and waved happily in greeting.
"Oh, Ji Xia, we were looking for you, but we didn't know where you lived."
Jiang Qingci excitedly put down her paintbrush and ran over: "You even brought a camera? That's great, take some pictures of me later."
"If we're on the same wavelength, we can meet even without prior arrangement, right?"
Lin Chen stood next to Jiang Qingci with his hands in his pockets, admiring Ji Xia's beautiful features: "Ji Xia, it's a rare opportunity to meet you all. Shall we go together?"
"No need, Mr. Lin. My wife and I are taking advantage of the holiday to go on a date and relax together, so we won't disturb your date."
Chen Jing strode over to Ji Xia, put his arm around her shoulder, and gave Lin Chen a victorious smile.
Seeing Chen Jing's possessive gaze, Lin Chen smiled faintly, about to retort, when he suddenly saw the Xie brothers coming up behind Chen Jing.
Lin Chen was taken aback. He couldn't help but be surprised. Why were these two young masters here at Fragrant Hills today?
He greeted them with a polite smile: "Fourth Young Master, Sixth Young Master, are you two here to climb Fragrant Hills today too?"
He glanced casually at Chen Qiuyu, who was pretty and stylishly dressed, standing next to Xie An, and immediately revealed a meaningful smile.
Xie An remained silent, while Xie Xun raised an eyebrow: "Who are you? Do I know you?"
Lin Chen introduced himself: "Sixth Young Master, I am Lin Chen from Haishi, a member of the Lin family. Brother Liu took me to visit you last time."
Xie Xun nodded in realization and looked at Chen Jing: "Brother Jing, you two know each other?"
Chen Jing looked somewhat dazed and shocked, staring at the Xie brothers in disbelief. Hearing this, he nodded absently, "I know them."
"So what if we know each other? Why are you making that face?" Xie An couldn't help but chuckle.
Chen Jing rubbed his face, looking at his brother with suspicion for a long time: "Brother Xie, did I hear that right? You guys are the legendary Six Young Masters of Beijing?"
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Ji Xia moved closer to Jiang Qingci and Rong Ruoshi, looking down at the Fragrant Hills they had depicted, her face full of amazement.
The magnificence of nature is vividly rendered on the paper, with clouds and mist rising and falling in layers, the colors ranging from light yellow and ginger yellow to deep red and purple, with distinct layers, and pine and cypress trees interspersed among them, the red and green colors complementing the blue sky and sea of clouds, making it magnificent and beautiful.
She whispered, "It's really well drawn."
"You can draw well too."
Rong Ruoshi smiled, her eyes crinkling with joy, but Ji Xia shook her head: "Difficult, I probably won't reach that level in my entire life."
"How is that possible?"
Before Rong Ruoshi could offer further words of comfort, a senior female student turned around and laughed, "Your mind is too scattered. You study fashion design but you're thinking about making money every day. Your mind isn't pure; you're not focusing on art at all."
Ji Xia looked ashamed and awkwardly touched his nose; the whole school knew he reeked of money.
Rong Ruoshi shook her head: "Actually, what Amei said makes sense. Your conditions are not bad either. There is no need to think about making money every day. First, lay a solid foundation of knowledge at school."
Ji Xia looked a little uncomfortable, then chuckled and changed the subject: "When did you guys go up the mountain? Are you almost done?"
Rong Ruoshi stretched and moved her stiff limbs: "We arrived yesterday afternoon and started early this morning while the fog was still thick."
"It's just you few, Yujuan didn't come with you?"
Jiang Qingci scoffed: "She wants to stay in a guesthouse, eat and drink, what does she expect? She's just like you, always thinking about making money!"
If she were like Liu Yujuan, having to calculate every penny she spends on food, she would definitely be thinking about making money every day.
Just then, Chen Qiuyu called out from the other side of the pavilion, "Sister Xia, beautiful lady, this is a great spot, would you like to take a picture?"
Ji Xia took the opportunity to invite a few classmates to take photos together, and the girls immediately took the chance to relax.
They took individual photos, group photos, and three-person photos, taking a lot of pictures. After using up more than a dozen frames of film, they reluctantly put down their cameras.
After resting for a while, Ji Xia drank some water to replenish her strength, said goodbye to Jiang Qingci and the others, and continued climbing up the mountain road.
Xie An turned to look at Xiao Ting: "Were those girls your classmates? Are you familiar with them?"
Ji Xia looked at him suspiciously: "Rong Ruoshi and Jiang Qingci are my roommates, and we're quite close. The other two are senior students, and we're not that close."
Xie An couldn't help but ponder: "Is that lively short-haired girl in the green jacket your roommate? Where is she from? Does she have a boyfriend?"
"You mean Jiang Qingci? She's from Nanjing, and I heard her parents are both professors in the education field, teaching traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy."
As Ji Xia spoke, she turned around and looked back, only to see Lin Chen still standing outside the pavilion, watching them from afar with a gloomy and inscrutable expression.
She shrugged: "As for the person, that Mr. Lin often goes to the school and treats her to meals and drinks very attentively, but from what I can tell, it seems like she doesn't have that kind of interest."
"No ideas, that's fine." Xie An's lips curled up, his expression quite pleased.
He turned back to Chen Jing and smiled slightly: "Don't you two get along a bit?"
Chen Jing sneered: "It's not that we don't get along, it's just that he comes from the Lin family, and he's rich and powerful. We, who are just ordinary people from the countryside, can only avoid him when we run into him."
"Why? Why should you avoid it?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jing sighed slightly but shook his head: "They're from the same industry, competitors. The Lin family is wealthy and powerful; there's definitely something wrong with them."
He subtly mentioned the dispute with Lin Chen over the purchase of the Wangfujing shop a few months ago, and Xie An immediately understood.
Xie Xun suddenly asked, "Wangfujing? You bought a shop in Wangfujing? What do you plan to do there?"
Chen Jing was overjoyed. Yu Yan briefly mentioned their plan: to open a specialty store for bedding and wedding supplies.
However, despite trying every possible method, private individuals still cannot obtain business licenses, which is a real headache.
Upon hearing about the wedding season, Xie Xun suddenly asked, "What kind of wedding supplies store? What do they sell?"
"We sell six-piece and eight-piece bedding sets for weddings, as well as women's traditional wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, and other women's clothing," Chen Jing explained.
Xie Xun raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "There's a store like that? Do you have wedding dress and bedding sets now? We have a friend's sister who's getting married on New Year's Day."
Upon hearing this, Chen Qiuyu patted Hou Xiaolian on the shoulder: "You should ask her. She's in charge of the production line for wedding dresses and bedding. She should have some stock left, right?"
Hou Xiaolian said calmly, "We don't have much stock, just a few dozen pieces. However, we have 28 designs for wedding dresses, 18 designs for bridesmaid dresses, and 8 new designs for wedding bedding sets, all of which are available for pre-order."
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