Chapter 29 "You're willing to sacrifice your looks for a few orders."
"Hi, Ah Ying." Shi Yu stood behind Qi Ying and said with a smile, "I brought my friends here this time. They all liked the dresses I posted on WeChat Moments very much. I brought them here today to have a look. Please show them any dresses you have designed. I promise to be generous and won't let you work for nothing."
Qi Ying looked at the group of girls. They were all very young and looked like a group of female college graduates who had just graduated. However, their makeup was very heavy and mature. They wore low-cut and belly-exposing tops. There was also a girl wearing hot pants that exposed half of her butt. She looked quite hot.
Shi Yu said to Qi Ying: "These are all customers, don't you go and receive them?"
Qi Ying turned around and looked at Shi Yu, frowned slightly and said, "You don't have to do this."
Shi Yu said, "I'm not trying to please you. I really like the dress you made for me, so I brought my friends here to spend money. Even if the dress was not made by you but by another designer, I would still bring my friends here if I thought it looked good, so you don't have to feel anything."
As he spoke, Shi Yu secretly glanced at Qi Ying, coughed lightly, and took a step closer: "But if you want to thank me, I won't refuse."
Qi Ying smelled the new perfume she had sprayed on her body, which was a very light jasmine scent.
"Miss Shi." Qi Ying whispered, "We..."
"Didn't you say last time that we can still be friends even if we can't be lovers?" Shi Yu interrupted her, not looking at her eyes: "I don't want to talk about this now, please show my friends the autumn clothes first, don't make them wait anxiously."
Seeing Shi Yu walk away, Qi Ying frowned.
She could see that Shi Yu had not given up yet, and was even planning to use various methods to get close to her, which made things a bit difficult.
Shi Yu's friends were all children from wealthy families, and they were at the age when they loved beauty. They were particularly interested in Qi Ying's new autumn clothes. The store sold more than a dozen sets of clothes in one go, and even sold seven or eight of the hardest-to-sell furs and coats.
Just as Qi Ying was trying on a coat that he had just taken off the mannequin on one of the tall girls, a jingling sound was heard at the door.
Xia Ruoxin rushed into the store and shouted, "Aying, I'm here to save you!"
Qi Ying: “…”
The customers in the store turned around and looked towards the door.
"Who is it?" someone asked.
"have no idea."
"An acquaintance of the store manager?"
“It seems so…”
Xia Ruoxin looked at the seven or eight people standing or sitting in the room, and found Qi Ying, who looked unhappy, and Shi Yu, who was sitting on the sofa and looking at her. She awkwardly put away her posture and said to everyone, "Hello, hello, I am another designer in this store."
Everyone's eyes were still fixed on her, but someone secretly laughed out loud, making the scene a little awkward.
Qi Ying remembered that she had just sent a message to Xia Ruoxin but forgot to withdraw it, so she hurried over and pulled her behind the clothes rack and said to her, "I forgot to tell you that everything is fine, you don't need to come to the store."
Xia Ruoxin was extremely curious. She pulled Qi Ying and pointed at the large group of people outside and asked in confusion, "Who are these people? Why are there so many guests?"
"They are all Shi Yu's friends." Qi Ying sighed and said, "She showed off her dress on WeChat Moments, and then brought some interested girls to the store to customize it. Look, these are the dresses they ordered and the deposit they paid."
Xia Ruoxin was blinded by money. Seeing that there were several deposits added to the account today, her eyes suddenly lit up. Holding the account book, she lowered her voice and said, "Wow, coats... furs... and haute couture dresses, were these ordered by Shi Yu's friends?"
Qi Ying nodded.
"Goddess of Wealth!" Xia Ruoxin said to Qi Ying while holding the account book: "Look, you don't want to date my sister, but she wants to give you business. She's such a good person, why don't you agree?"
Qi Ying rolled his eyes at her, snatched the account book from her arms, and planned to break off relations with this money-hungry woman for five minutes.
Xia Ruoxin was not angry. She walked out from behind the clothes rack happily, greeted the customers who were trying on clothes, and enthusiastically helped to match clothes. Qi Ying went to discuss the design with the girl who wanted to have a custom order.
Shi Yu sat on the sofa, his eyes following Qi Ying's figure in the crowd. Today, Qi Ying was wearing a black sleeveless vest and loose black wide-leg pants. Her long hair hung casually behind her. She raised her hand and hung the tape measure around her neck. The long black hair and the beige tape measure formed a clear contrast.
Qi Ying had beautiful shoulders and a slender waist. Her eyes were gentle when she lowered her head slightly to look at the guests. The way she nodded and smiled gently made Shi Yu unable to take her eyes away. She just stared blankly at Qi Ying who was busy in the crowd, and didn't notice at all that there was someone sitting down next to her.
"Miss Shi, drink some water." Xia Ruoxin said to her, "It's no use just watching. People don't like you."
Shi Yu turned around, glanced at Xia Ruoxin, and turned his head away unhappily.
They are both designers, but this one is a bit inferior.
Qi Ying's dressing style is cool, simple and capable, with black shirt and black pants, or solid-color professional attire. She looks like an elite designer at first glance, while Xia Ruoxin's style is noisy, colorful and messy, and she doesn't look like a designer at all.
Shi Yu didn't want to pay attention to her.
Xia Ruoxin was not angry when she saw that no one was paying attention to her. She put the cup of water on the coffee table in front of her and said to Shi Yu, "You can't force feelings. I think you should be more open-minded, Miss Shi. You are young and beautiful. People who like you must be lining up from the south gate of the city to the overpass. There is no need to fight with Qi Ying."
Shi Yu frowned, turned around and glared at her: "Have you ever been in love? Do you know what love is? If I part ways with Ying just because she rejected me once, then that's not love, that's fickle."
Xia Ruoxin said firmly: "But I don't think Aying will like you. She likes pretty and cute girls. You are not her standard for a partner."
Shi Yu glared at her.
Xia Ruoxin added: "Aying was very popular in school before. Her suitor came to our dormitory every day, bringing gifts and helping to fetch water, but Aying just had no interest in him. In the end, he directly reported it to the counselor, and the girl cried so hard."
"So that's why." Xia Ruoxin chuckled and said to her, "If she doesn't like you, then she doesn't like you. Even if you take off all your clothes and lie on her bed, Aying won't like you."
Shi Yu stood up from the sofa in an instant, his cheeks flushed with anger as he looked at Xia Ruoxin: "You are talking nonsense!"
The customers in the store turned around when they heard the noise.
"Are you okay, Shi Yu?" someone asked.
Shi Yu's face was still red. She looked at Qi Ying who was also looking at her. She met the other's dark gaze and remembered what Xia Ruoxin had just said, 'Even if Miss Shi, you take off all your clothes and lie on her bed'. She suddenly felt ashamed, as if she was already naked.
Shi Yu became furious and kicked Xia Ruoxin in frustration, then rushed out of the store with her bag without looking back.
When everyone saw Shi Yu leaving, they looked at each other in surprise. Many people chased after him. Even the girl who was custom-making clothes came down from the stage after seeing this, and left with her things.
The originally bustling store suddenly became empty after Shi Yu left.
Qi Ying frowned. She turned her head to look at Xia Ruoxin who was sitting on the sofa drinking sparkling water, then walked over with a frown.
"What did you say to Shi Yu just now?" Qi Ying asked her.
Xia Ruoxin shook the leather in her hand, put her arms on the back of the sofa, crossed her legs and said to Qi Ying: "Of course I helped you solve a problem."
Qi Ying frowned. She knew that Xia Ruoxin would definitely be on her side, but she was worried that Xia Ruoxin would speak without thinking and offend Shi Yu and her friends.
It doesn’t matter if he offended someone. What Qi Ying was worried about was that his entire afternoon’s work would be in vain.
She unhappily pulled off the tape measure hanging around her neck and threw it at Xia Ruoxin, saying coldly, "I wonder what you'll do if those customers cancel their orders later."
Seeing Qi Ying like this, Xia Ruoxin laughed at her: "You still say that I am a money-grubber. Look at yourself now. You are willing to sacrifice your looks for a few orders. Reflect on yourself. Who of us is the money-grubber?"
Qi Ying became unhappy when he heard this, and turned around and started fighting with her.
Fortunately, although Shi Yu ran away angrily, none of the orders from those friends were canceled. Only then did Qi Ying breathe a sigh of relief.
Qi Ying originally thought that Shi Yu was so angry that he ran away and would not come to the store again for a short time, but he did not expect that he would come the next day. Moreover, this time he did not come directly to find Qi Ying, but went to find Xia Ruoxin first.
It was unknown what the two of them said to each other. After a while, Shi Yu came over and smiled at Qi Ying, completely different from the attitude he had just had with Xia Ruoxin.
Shi Yu smiled and said to Qi Ying who was drawing a blueprint: "My birthday party will be in a few days. I have reserved a seat for you. You must come."
Qi Ying lowered her eyes: "I'm sorry, I've been busy these days and may not be able to attend your birthday party, but the gift will definitely be delivered. Thank you for your kindness."
But Shi Yu didn't intend to let her go. She pestered Qi Ying and said, "You are the designer of my dress, so you must come. I will introduce you on the stage then. And... I know you definitely don't want to come alone, so Xia Ruoxin has already agreed that she will come with you."
Qi Ying frowned when he heard this, looked at Xia Ruoxin who was standing aside gloating, then turned to look at Shi Yu who had a look of excitement on his face.
"Okay then." Qi Ying said to her helplessly, "Then Ruoxin and I will go to your birthday party together. Do you have any special gift you like? We will buy it for you."
Shi Yu smiled and said to her: "I'm very happy that you can come. Gifts and such...as long as they are bought by you, I like them very much."
Qi Ying opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Shi Yu immediately said, "It's settled, you must come to my house that night. I have other things to do here, so I'll leave first~"
Shi Yu happily waved at Qi Ying and ran away, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly change her mind and disagree.
Xia Ruoxin came over, put her arm around Qi Ying's shoulders and looked at her, saying, "Shi Yu told me that if you still don't like her by the end of the birthday party, she will never be your girlfriend again in her life. I think she's serious about it, and I think this is a good way to deal with it. What do you think?"
Qi Ying was silent for a while and then nodded in agreement.
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