Chapter 33: Looming
Before changing out of her cheongsam, Lin Youning wanted to take a photo and send it to Gu Huaichen to ask him what he thought of it.
But after taking out his cell phone, Lin Youning felt that it was not necessary.
She had sent him several photos before, but he had never responded well. This time was probably the same, the most he would say was: "As long as you like it."
Thinking of this, Lin Youning gave up the idea of showing it to Gu Huaichen in advance.
After changing the cheongsam, Wen Ci helped to adjust it.
Lin Youning had nothing to do, so she sat quietly by the side, drinking tea and chatting with her.
“Is the store closed today?”
Wen Ci's studio has a young assistant who is responsible for doing miscellaneous statistical tasks.
Wen Ci: "She had something to do these few days, so she asked for leave."
Lin Youning suddenly realized and was about to say something else when a customer came into the store.
"You go and serve the guests first." Lin Youning was very considerate. "I'm not in a hurry."
Wenci responded, "Wait for me."
Lin Youning hummed, thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to buy a cup of coffee. What flavor do you want?"
"It will be all right."
After leaving the cheongsam shop, Lin Youning walked towards the coffee shop on the other side. She had been here many times and was already very familiar with the surroundings.
After buying two cups of coffee, Lin Youning returned.
When they returned to the cheongsam studio, Wen Ci was measuring the size of the customer. Lin Youning was not in a hurry, she went to the back to rest and wait.
Suddenly, her cell phone vibrated. It was a message from Gu Huaichen's mother.
The last time she went to Gu's house, Lin Youning added many of the elders in the Gu family on WeChat. She thought that after adding them, they would frequently send her messages, similar to the topics she had heard before about how difficult it was to be a daughter-in-law of a wealthy family, reminding her from time to time on WeChat to be a good wife to Gu Huaichen and so on.
But no.
Whether it was Gu Huaichen's mother, aunt, or sister-in-law, they were all quietly on Lin Youning's WeChat list.
Lin Youning thought about it carefully and felt that she was too narrow-minded. In fact, she could feel it at Gu's house that day that the elders in Gu's family were very different from those in Lin's family.
They were sincere to her, and there was not much good intention behind it.
When she saw the message from Gu Huaichen's mother, she was still a little dazed.
Gu Huaichen's mother has a very nice name, Ji Manqing.
Miss Ji sent a message to Lin Youning today, not to talk about the parents' private matters, but to ask Lin Youning whether she wanted to go to the charity auction with Gu Huaichen in the evening.
Lin Youning was surprised: [Yes, Mom, did Gu Huaichen tell you? ]
Lady Ji: [That’s not the case. I called him and he said he would take you there in the evening.]
Originally, Ji Nvtu had her eyes on an item at the auction and wanted to go with Gu Huaichen to buy it. She knew that Gu Huaichen always brought an assistant with him when he attended such events.
She thought he would bring an assistant this time, and wanted to be his female companion.
She didn't expect that her son would tell her that he wanted to bring her daughter-in-law with him.
Ji Nutu was happy to hear it, but just in case, she still wanted to ask Lin Youning.
After all, Gu Huaichen had lied to her before.
After confirming that Lin Youning would really go, Miss Ji felt relieved.
Lin Youning: [Mom, do you want to go? If you want to go, I can choose not to go.]
She was not a slow person and she immediately noticed something was wrong.
Ji Nutu: [What are you talking about? I'm not going. I'm just asking. By the way, there's something I really like at the auction tonight. Remember to remind Gu Huaichen to take a picture of it for me.]
Lin Youning: [Okay.]
The girl gave a few words of advice, then remembered something and asked, "Have you prepared the dress you are going to wear tonight?"
Lin Youning: [Preparing. ]
Lady Ji: [Okay, if you don’t want to wear a dress, it’s okay to wear casual clothes. We don’t care about those things.]
Lin Youning: [Don’t worry. ]
The two chatted for a few sentences, and then Miss Ji said that she would invite her for afternoon tea when she was free, and then the conversation ended.
Lin Youning also realized later that when she chatted with Gu Huaichen's mother, there was no sense of distance and she was not too nervous.
"What are you thinking about?" Wen Ci walked in and saw her in a daze.
Lin Youning came back to his senses and looked up at her. "Nothing, are you done?"
Wen Ci nodded, "Choose the fabric, measure the size, and come pick it up in a month."
Handmade custom items will take a little longer.
Lin Youning curled her lips: "Then I still got the upper hand."
Wen Ci chuckled, "I'll continue to alter your cheongsam."
"good."
The two chatted and laughed, and by the time Wen Ci had finished altering Lin Youning's cheongsam, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Is there enough time?" Wen Ci asked uncertainly.
Lin Youning nodded: "That's enough. I'll go home for half an hour and put on makeup for an hour."
Wen Ci's eyebrows curved, as gentle as water, "That's fine, I'll get you a hairpin."
"Okay." Lin Youning took the lotus hairpin she handed over, which was bright green. "I think this hairpin goes better with this cheongsam."
Lin Youning: "What a beautiful hairpin."
She took it and said softly, "I will return it intact."
Wen Ci knew that her jewelry was more modern and she had very few hairpins in her collection. "It's okay, you can wear it first."
"Then I'm leaving. Come back when you have time."
After leaving the cheongsam shop, Lin Youning got on the car that had arrived at the entrance of the alley earlier and went home.
When she got home, she hurried upstairs to wash, put on makeup and change clothes.
Lin Yu-ning is good at putting on makeup herself, so she doesn’t need to hire a makeup artist to come to her home to design makeup for her unless it’s a special occasion. Most of the time, she is used to putting on makeup herself.
After putting on her makeup, she changed into a cheongsam.
As soon as she changed into her cheongsam and came out, Lin Youning saw a message from Gu Huaichen, saying that he had something to do at the company and didn't have time to go home to pick her up, so he asked Uncle Li to take her directly to the charity auction.
The two of them met there.
Lin Youning raised her eyebrows, looked at herself in the mirror, and couldn't help but mutter, "I'm not so lucky."
She closed her eyes and replied to Gu Huaichen: [I know.]
She checked the time: [So I should go out now?]
It is a certain distance from Yungu Mansion.
Gu Huaichen: [Ten minutes later is fine. ]
Lin Youning: [okok.]
After replying to Gu Huaichen, Lin Youning tidied her hair before going downstairs gracefully.
The collection to be donated and auctioned had already been prepared, just waiting for Lin Youning to come downstairs.
Hearing the noise, Uncle Li and Aunt Yang looked up at her. After seeing how Lin Youning was dressed, Aunt Yang's eyes flashed with surprise, "Ningning, you are so beautiful today."
Lin Youning curled her lips and deliberately said, "Auntie Yang means that I didn't dress nicely yesterday?"
"It's different and beautiful." Li Shu praised, "Young Madam, you are very suitable for the cheongsam."
It is really suitable.
Lin Youning has a slender figure, fair skin, and fair bones. When she walks, the high slit of her cheongsam reveals her long, white legs, which are vaguely visible and make people imagine.
It is obviously a dark black and gold cheongsam, but when she wears it, it doesn’t look old-fashioned at all.
The lifelike butterflies on the cheongsam give people the illusion of dancing.
Very beautiful and special.
Aunt Yang said with emotion, "Young Master will regret this."
Lin Youning blinked: "What do you regret?"
Uncle Li: "I regret not coming back to pick you up."
"How could that be?" Lin Youning couldn't help laughing, "He wouldn't do that."
Uncle Li: "Of course."
He said, "If you don't believe me, take a closer look at his expression later."
Lin Youning smiled and agreed: "Okay."
After talking to the two of them, Lin Youning set off for the auction.
When Lin Youning arrived at the auction, Gu Huaichen also arrived. He was waiting for her at the entrance.
After getting off the car, Lin Youning walked straight towards Gu Huaichen.
When Lin Youning appeared, Gu Huaichen was stopped by someone and the two were chatting casually.
Suddenly, someone nearby exclaimed.
Having noticed something, Gu Huaichen raised his eyes and looked at the person not far away.
When he saw that very familiar face with eyes that flickered and every frown and smile, he paused for a moment——
Lin Youning looked up at him.
The two looked at each other from a distance.
The moment they met, Lin Youning saw a flash of surprise in Gu Huaichen's eyes.
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