Chapter 343: Active Invitation
After Lu Dongping had arranged everything here, he discussed with Wen Wan: "I plan to go to Yangcheng again, this time to get more goods. After all, to open a store, the supply of goods is very important."
"Didn't you say there was a phone call?"
"Well, I called a few times and did get in touch, but the transaction was very troublesome. I have to go back and get some more goods."
Going from the capital to Guangzhou is like traveling across half of China, and it takes almost half a month to go back and forth. By the time the goods arrived, the decoration here was almost done.
Wen Wan said, "It won't take as long this time as last time, right? You've been busy since you came back, and you haven't been able to go back to Dad's place to see Dandan. You didn't go to Chun'e either. She and Zhou Mingli originally planned to get engaged before May. Chun'e has been waiting for you, wanting to schedule a date after you came back, but now you're gone and you can't even see her."
Lu Dongping said, "I'm going to her school tomorrow morning. She's discussing the engagement with Zhou Mingli. Just let me know when the time is set. Later, please help me find out what the engagement customs are here and what the bride's family needs to prepare."
After saying that, he kissed the woman in his arms and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you again."
Wen Wan hummed and poked him in the chest: "Stop using sweet words to coax me, I want to see your performance."
Lu Dongping chuckled: "Okay, show me, I'll show you well. I won't use sweet words, I'll just coax you with my actions, okay?" As he spoke, his hands became restless.
Wen Wan was about to say something, but he cut her off as soon as she opened her mouth. She was so hoarse that she forgot what she wanted to say. Her mind was blank and she could only sing intermittently to please him, like a small boat in the waves, clinging to him tightly.
Even the sound was later broken up and became fragmented.
After giving birth, Wenwan's figure became more slender than before. Her waist was still slender, but her body was much fuller. When the two of them were in love, they were much more compatible than before.
Lu Dongping just felt that he couldn't let her go and that no matter how much he loved her, it was not enough.
Wen Wan just felt that after this long journey, this man became even worse, with all kinds of tricks, making it really difficult for her to cope with him.
Especially at that time, he would always coax her by saying some strange things, and never tired of asking her if she was comfortable.
If she hadn't felt so weak all over that she couldn't muster any strength, she really wanted to hit someone.
Lu Dongping was planning to leave the next day. He had been very busy the night before. As he said, he hadn't made up for the loss after being away for several months, and now he was going to separate again. If time and energy didn't allow it, he wouldn't have wanted to get out of bed.
Thanks to him, Wen Wan was late for class the next day.
Being late is an extremely embarrassing thing for Wen Wan, as she has always had a good image in the School of Economics.
I just asked for leave in the morning.
Lu Donglin was busy with the store, so Ai Shang closed the shop. Since she didn't have to go to school, she could open the shop for a while and complete the orders that Lu Donglin had taken on some time ago.
She couldn't help with the store, so she asked Xu Qingming to contact the team that originally did the decoration here.
Then, taking advantage of the rare opportunity to catch the busy Xu Qingming, he invited him to sit with Ai Shang and told him about the partnership with Li Laiyu.
"Seventh Brother, did you know that my aunt went to find Lai Yu last time?"
Xu Qingming nodded: "I know, she told me as soon as she got back."
Wen Wan lay on the table and looked at him: "Do you have any ideas?"
Xu Qingming leaned there lazily, holding the cup: "Yes! I want to treat her better, for the rest of my life."
After saying that, he still felt it was not enough, so he added, "I will use my actions to tell her that the difficulties she had before will no longer exist after she met me. I will give her a happy life."
Wen Wan rubbed her arms and looked at him with disdain: "You can just say this in your heart, or tell Lai Yu, but you are still nagging in front of me."
Xu Qingming chuckled. "What's wrong with nagging in front of you? I just nag a few times. Think about it yourself, how could I have tolerated the nagging between you and Lu Dongping when we were on the team?"
Wen Wan didn't argue with him: "She doesn't plan to work, nor does she plan to do an internship. I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I plan to get her into partnership, so that she can also put the Ai Shang label on the fabrics and clothes she prints and dyes and sell them in the store. So I'll have to trouble you to help me get the agreement and change the name."
Xu Qingming asked: "Will she agree?"
Wen Wan said, "She must have agreed to my request before I came to you! If she didn't agree, why would I come to you? To convince her together? Could I do such a thing?"
"I was thinking, she really likes this line of work, even more than I do, and she's so focused and persistent, she doesn't even plan to do an internship, so she has to find something to do."
"She really doesn't want to do the internship. You can find a way to help her get the stamp later! Let her focus on her own things! She just wants to get a diploma and doesn't want anything else. As for the professional knowledge, as long as she doesn't fail the courses, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Xu Qingming nodded: "It's not a big problem." He would find a way.
Wen Wan added, "I think making clothes is pretty good. Ai Shang is a little famous now, and there are many people coming and going to make clothes. If she works hard, she won't have to worry about food and drink. She won't have to deal with a lot of people. I've been looking for someone smart enough to run the store for me and serve customers. She only needs to take orders, which is very suitable for her. Oh, by the way, let me show you the clothes she brought over. They are really, really beautiful. I didn't even want to put them up."
As she said that, she went to the backyard where she kept the clothes separately.
It was a light blue embroidered cheongsam.
Not to mention Wen Wan, even Xu Qingming, a grown man, was stunned at the sight of this cheongsam.
Wen Wan said, "The style is very different from the traditional cheongsam. There's nothing special about it. The most outstanding thing is that she dyed the satin herself and embroidered the flowers herself."
The background is a gradient of water green, with lotus flowers embroidered on it. The lotus flowers are also gradient in color, with white petals and yellow centers. The combination of light and dark colors is just right, and it is extremely realistic.
Wen Wan said, "My mother liked embroidery when she was alive, and my grandmother's skills were also good when she was young. But in my opinion, the embroidery they put on is really far inferior to Lai Yu's."
"I never knew her craftsmanship was so good. Honestly, studying economics is really unfair to her."
Xu Qingming glanced at her and said, "If others heard what you said, they would definitely criticize you. How is studying economics unfair? Our country is vigorously developing the economy now, and those who study economics have a bright future."
Wen Wan snorted: "I haven't told anyone else, I'm not talking to you."
Xu Qingming couldn't take his eyes off the dress. "How much does she plan to sell it for?"
Wen Wan glanced at him and said, "Why? You want to buy it?"
Xu Qingming nodded: "My mother likes this, I bought it for her. I think the size should be suitable."
He would buy it regardless of whether it fit him or not. This was the first piece of clothing Li Lai Yu had made, and he wouldn't let anyone else buy it.
Wen Wan laughed unceremoniously: "Okay, Seventh Brother, you are rich and powerful now!"
Xu Qingming said: "I can't compare with you. If I compare myself to you, I will be a pauper."
After saying that, he took out all the money he had and gave it to her: "Is it enough? If not, I'll make up for it later."
Wen Wan was amazed. "You're really trying hard to pursue your partner. Anyway, you can decide for yourself how much you think the dress is worth."
Xu Qingming was so annoyed by her that he lost his temper. Lai Yu was different to him. She was his first piece of clothing, so it was priceless!
"It's rare for her to have something she likes and wants to do, so I will support her no matter what."
Wen Wan packed his clothes and said, "Okay, then we have a deal. Go back and help me draft a cooperation agreement. I'll make an appointment with her tomorrow, and we'll find a place nearby to sit down and have a good talk."
Xu Qingming asked her, "Where are we going to sit? Isn't it the western-style restaurant across from the school again?"
"What happened to the Western restaurant?"
Xu Qingming looked at her teasingly: "I heard from Lu Donglin that you took those two brothers to a Western restaurant last time?"
Wen Wan said, "Yes! Lai Yu has gone too. Why would Lu Donglin tell you this? Did he tell you that the food inside is extremely expensive? And also extremely unpalatable?"
Xu Qingming did not answer, Wen Wan understood.
"They don't understand it now, but as more people come to do business with them and time passes, they will understand."
Eating Western food is a kind of mood, an atmosphere, and an enjoyment.
Some flavors may not be familiar to you at first, but you will get used to them as you eat them.
The next day after class, Wen Wan called Li Lai Yu.
Li Laiyu was stunned when she heard her talk about partnership: "Do we have to make it so formal?"
Wen Wan nodded: "Yes! We already said it's a partnership, it's not just asking you to sell your clothes at my place. When I start working, this store will depend on you."
"Lu Donglin has to go back to work with his brother. I need to find someone else to help run the store. You'll have to worry about the rest."
Then he remembered, "Oh, by the way, I sold your dress not long after I put it up yesterday. I'll give you the money."
Li Laiyu blinked at the money she handed over and asked, "So much?"
"A lot? Your dress is so well made. If the other party didn't really like it and kept pestering me, I wouldn't be willing to sell it to him."
Li Laiyu said, "It's not as good as you say." Back when her parents were still alive, they hired the best embroiderer in the city to teach her needlework. Back then, because she'd practiced martial arts, she'd developed calluses on her palms and knuckles, and she'd been criticized for that. They said a girl's hands were the most delicate and needed to be taken good care of.
She didn't like learning those things. She liked to follow her father in martial arts. After reluctantly learning for a while, she didn't want to do it anymore. Once she put it down, she never picked it up again in her life.
In this life, almost twenty years have passed in a flash. Her hands are even rougher than in the previous life. She has to learn everything she learned before from scratch, so how can she make anything good?
Wen Wan smiled and said, "Anyway, I just think it's really good."
"I made an appointment with my seventh brother and asked him to help write an agreement. Relationships are one thing, but these things still need to be made clear, don't you think?"
Li Laiyu nodded and watched her stop downstairs in the restaurant: "What's wrong? Did you meet here?"
Wen Wan nodded: "There is no teahouse nearby, there is no suitable place to go."
Li Lai Yu said, "Then let's go to my place." She had Western food there with Wen Wan once, and the taste was so weird that it was unacceptable.
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