Chapter 426 Shouting "No" Three Times
Despite her busy schedule, she still found time to buy her so many things, which deeply moved Shen Xuewei.
"Okay, okay, I got it. I'll definitely take a picture and send it to you when I receive the package. You're still working, right? I won't bother you any longer. You're busy, we'll talk later."
Xu Yue was too busy to go with her, so Shen Xuewei looked through her friends list and her gaze settled on Chen Fanglan's profile picture.
"Auntie, are you going on a trip abroad?"
Chen Fanglan responded quickly, "Go!"
Three days later, the two met at Shanghai Airport and departed for France.
After spending a few days in France, I finally saw the Eiffel Tower, which I had only seen in books before.
Chen Fanglan held up a selfie stick and took a selfie with Shen Xuewei in front of the Eiffel Tower.
After taking two selfies with her, Shen Xuewei was unwilling to take any more photos and just watched Chen Fanglan take pictures non-stop with a selfie stick.
Just as she was about to look around, a foreign couple handed her their phone, gesturing for her to take a picture of them.
Shen Xuewei was taken aback.
It's been a long time since anyone asked her to take photos for them. The last time she helped... well, never mind, she can't remember.
Since it was rare for someone to ask her for help, Shen Xuewei was determined to take some beautiful photos of the couple, and she snapped several pictures of them.
After the photos were taken, the girl in the couple thanked Shen Xuewei while looking at the pictures she had taken.
It would have been better if I hadn't looked at it; once I did, my brows furrowed so deeply they could have trapped a mosquito.
Shaking her head, she shouted "No" three times to Shen Xuewei, then left with her boyfriend, her face full of disappointment.
Shen Xuewei scratched the back of her head awkwardly.
She...she seems to have tarnished the reputation of Chinese people for taking good photos.
While Shen Xuewei was taking photos of the couple, Chen Fanglan had already put away her selfie stick.
Sure enough, when she saw Shen Xuewei being disliked by the couple, with their disdain practically showing on their faces, she almost laughed herself silly.
"Haha, Vivi, they really have no taste, they actually asked you to take pictures for them."
"With so many people here, I guarantee your photography skills are the worst. They asked you to help them take pictures, and you actually dared to take pictures for them..."
The reason why Shen Xuewei rarely takes selfies from childhood to adulthood is that her photography skills are very strange.
Her skills are decent when it comes to taking landscape photos; however, when it comes to taking photos of people, she can make someone's oval face look like a round face and someone's long legs look like short legs.
Over the years, when Chen Fanglan and Xu Yue were with Shen Xuewei and wanted to take a selfie, they would rather hold a selfie stick and take the picture than hand their phones to Shen Xuewei so she could take the picture.
Even when Chen Fanglan and Shen Xuewei take selfies, she insists on holding the phone herself, afraid that Shen Xuewei will make her look like a fake Chen Fanglan.
Shen Xuewei initially thought nothing of it, but Chen Fanglan's smile made her feel embarrassed.
With a stern face, she ignored Chen Fanglan's attempts to coax her.
Chen Fanglan had no choice but to say, "Alright, alright, it's your aunt's fault. Your aunt shouldn't have laughed at you."
"Tell me, what do you want in return for your forgiveness, Auntie?"
Shen Xuewei stared at her bag, "Unless you give me your bag."
Chen Fanglan's eyes widened. "Hey, you really dare to dream. This bag of mine, a brand new limited edition Hermes crocodile bag, you're just going to give it to me like that?"
Shen Xuewei simply replied, "Take it or leave it."
Chen Fanglan relented, "You silly child, I was just saying. I'll give it to you, if you like it, your aunt will give it to you."
Seeing her face contorted in distress, Shen Xuewei finally felt happy.
After spending a few days abroad, the two returned to China and went back to their respective busy lives.
When they met in Italy for the Chinese New Year, Shen Xuewei gave Chen Fanglan a newer and more expensive bag, and Chen Fanglan's face immediately lit up with a smile.
"Oh, Weiwei, why are you being so polite with your aunt? This must be worth hundreds of thousands, I'm really a little embarrassed to accept it..."
Shen Xuewei pretended to take it back, "Since you're too embarrassed to take it, I'll keep it myself."
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Fanglan snatched it away in a flash.
"I was just saying, why didn't you say a few more words of advice to me..."
She looked the bag over and over, holding it in her hands and lifting it in various ways, clearly very satisfied.
Everyone was having dinner at Chen Fangli's house when Xu Yue came up again.
"Weiwei, it's already the 29th of the lunar year, isn't Xiaoyue coming back yet?"
Chu Dexi had just finished eating an apple, but now refused to eat. His hands were sticky as he tried to grab Shen Xuewei's arm.
Shen Xuewei held up her chopsticks, glared at him, and pretended to hit him, which frightened him so much that he hid next to Grandpa Chu.
After shooing Chu Dexi away, Shen Xuewei finally spoke.
"Come back. Her flight is for tomorrow. I'll pick her up from the airport tomorrow."
Chen Fanglan said "Oh", "I'll drive you there tomorrow, it's been a while since I've seen her."
She sighed, "You two used to study at Luli No. 1 Middle School, and you would come to my place whenever you had free time on weekends. Back then, I never imagined that you two would become like this."
"One is making a fortune, and the other is now a superstar in the public eye. I ran into her at the airport last time, and she was surrounded by fans. I didn't even dare to go up and acknowledge her."
Not to mention her, even if Xu Yue wasn't so well-covered up that fans wouldn't recognize her, Shen Xuewei wouldn't really want to go out shopping with her.
There's no other reason than the fear of being photographed by paparazzi while shopping or eating out, which then goes viral online.
Shen Xuewei dislikes seeing her information on trending topics, as this makes it easy for people to dig up her entire family history.
She can make her fortune quietly without needing to rely on media exposure for a living.
Recalling her time with Xu Yue in high school, Shen Xuewei smiled.
"Auntie, this is what it means to have countless possibilities waiting for you as long as you dare to think and act."
"Don't even mention me and Xu Yue. You, who were just an ordinary beautician at a beauty salon when you were 25, probably never imagined that you would own dozens of chain beauty salons at the age of 42."
Chen Fanglan really didn't expect this.
She raised her glass and clinked it with Shen Xuewei's, "Come on, let's wish each other well for the future."
The next day at noon, Chen Fanglan and Shen Xuewei drove to the Italian airport.
Shen Xuewei entered the airport hall and soon saw Xu Yue, who was wearing sunglasses and wrapped up tightly from head to toe.
Xu Yue waved to her from afar, dragged her suitcase and quickly walked to Shen Xuewei's side, freeing one hand to link arms with Shen Xuewei's arm, and grinned at her.
"Weiwei, hehehe, thank you for coming to pick me up."
"Let's go, my aunt's car is waiting outside."
The two walked outside, put their suitcases in the trunk, got into the car, and Chen Fanglan drove towards Chen Xuewei's residential area.
Xu Yue returned to the side of her loved ones and became lively again.
She chattered away to Chen Fanglan.
"Aunt Lan, how have you been lately? I heard you and Weiwei went abroad for vacation last time. Did you have a good time?"
"Okay, I'm fine. Of course I'm happy to travel abroad, and Weiwei is happy too. She even took photos for people."
"Oh, that's great. I brought you all New Year's gifts, I'll give them to you later."
"I received a gift too. I'll have to take a good look at what you gave me later."
"Aunt Lan, I know you have good taste. I'm sure you'll like what I bought!"
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