Chapter 252 The Most Important Person
As Xia Lili approached, she heard a sharp rebuke.
To her surprise, Pei Qinyue, the usually arrogant young master of the Pei family, was now standing aside with his head lowered like a student who had done something wrong, allowing the lady in the dark green cheongsam in front of him to scold him.
"Is this how you, the Pei family, treat guests?"
Ms. Lu tapped her champagne glass with her fingertips, her red lips curled up in a sarcastic arc. "The air conditioner is set so low, are you deliberately trying to make me sneeze on stage?"
She elegantly gathered her hair at the temples and said, "And this champagne, the bubbles are as thin as boiled water. Has your Pei family become so poor?"
Fine beads of sweat oozed from Pei Qinyue's forehead, his slender fingers unconsciously rubbing the cufflinks of his suit. He forced a polite smile, "Ms. Lu, regarding the temperature..."
"Don't rush to explain."
Ms. Lu interrupted with a sneer, tapping the ground impatiently with the tips of her high heels. "The pattern on this carpet makes me dizzy. Are you deliberately trying to prevent me from walking properly?"
Xia Lili noticed that the two assistants behind Pei Qinyue had turned pale, and the tablet in one of their hands was shaking slightly.
To them, Ms. Lu is a bit like a female devil.
Pei Qinyue took a deep breath, the fatigue between his brows flashed away, and soon replaced it with a business smile: "Ms. Lu, I need your help to promote my new accessories series 'Wushuang' next month at the event later..."
"You have the nerve to ask me to promote those little junks you designed?" Ms. Lu raised her eyebrows.
"The Pei family will do its best to meet any request you make." Pei Qinyue's voice was filled with a hint of forbearance and pleading.
"Let's talk for a while, I'm going to the bathroom."
Ms. Lu stood up gracefully, the hem of her cheongsam drawing a sharp arc, and she walked away gracefully in her high heels.
Pei Qinyue and his assistants felt as if they had been pardoned, and their tense shoulders relaxed instantly.
He took out his handkerchief, gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, and took a few deep breaths before calming down.
Xia Lili approached curiously, her eyes gleaming with gossip. "Hey, Master Pei, who was that Ms. Lu just now?"
She blinked mischievously, "Looking at your respectful look, someone who didn't know you would think you were my real mother."
"What nonsense!"
Pei Qinyue almost jumped up, then lowered his voice, "That's Ms. Lu Ziqiu, the godmother of the Dragon Country fashion world."
He looked around and confirmed that Ms. Lu had gone far away before continuing, "She's fifty years old this year, but she can make the entire fashion industry follow her aesthetic. Did you see that?"
He gestured to the bejeweled ladies in the room, "Nine out of ten, these ladies bought their clothes from Ms. Lu."
Xia Lili suddenly realized: "Oh~ So she's the top live streamer for your high-end dinner?"
"Tsk, could you please put it more elegantly?" Pei Qinyue frowned in disdain, but then changed his mind and smiled helplessly, "But...it seems to be the case."
He looked at Ms. Lu's receding figure, his tone filled with awe, "One word from her can determine the life or death of a brand next year."
“So amazing!”
Xia Lili rubbed her chin thoughtfully. As she approached, her keen eyes had already caught the unnatural redness and swelling behind Ms. Lu's left ear—a detail that most people might overlook, but it was particularly striking to her.
"Pei Qinyue," she suddenly said, "when you were talking to Ms. Lu just now, did you notice that her left ear was red and swollen?"
Pei Qinyue was startled. Before he could react, the female assistant beside him nodded repeatedly: "Director Xia, you have good eyesight! I did see it. I thought it was Ms. Lu who was angry and blushing."
"No," Pei Qinyue shook his head and smiled bitterly, his fingers unconsciously turning his watch. "If she was really dissatisfied, she wouldn't bother to find these small faults. The fact that she is so serious about it actually shows that she approves of the dinner as a whole."
Xia Lili's mind flashed back to the guest information she had read when boarding the ship - the diamond earrings worn by Ms. Lu were marked "classic nickel and gold mixed inlay (nickel content 15%)".
Xia Lili's pupils suddenly contracted, and the details of a special case she attended at the police academy last month came flooding back.
It was a rainy afternoon, and she still remembers vividly the "nickel allergy death case" presented by the forensic professor in the police academy classroom. In a five-star hotel, a young female executive collapsed outside the conference room, her neck covered with horrific red rashes.
The autopsy report showed that the interfaces of the cheap alloy earrings that the deceased had worn for a long time were severely worn. When she was nervous and sweating during an important meeting, excessive nickel ions seeped into her blood along with the sweat.
When the ambulance arrived, her trachea had swollen to the point of being only a pinhole's size, and she eventually stopped breathing on the way to the hospital.
The autopsy showed that the joints of his earrings were obviously worn and the nickel content in his blood exceeded the standard by 300 times.
This classic case, classified as "atypical accidental death", is still fresh in Xia Lili's memory.
If the earring interface is worn, sweat can indeed cause contact dermatitis...
She needed to get closer to confirm this hypothesis.
But before that, you need to prepare a set of spare earrings.
Xia Lili's eyes suddenly lit up.
She recalled the hot stamping product manual she had accidentally glanced at in Pei Qinyue's office the day before. The introduction to the platinum anti-allergic technology of the "Unparalleled Series" was particularly eye-catching.
She nudged Pei Qinyue gently with her elbow and lowered her voice to a whisper, "I remember your new 'Unparalleled' series featured 100% platinum anti-allergy technology, right?"
"Is that the patented technology that can be worn safely even by newborns?"
Pei Qinyue was busy wiping his sweat, and didn't react for a moment. He nodded stupidly: "Yeah, what's wrong? Do you want it?"
His eyes suddenly lit up, and his voice unconsciously rose. "You've helped me so much these past two days. I'll send you a set later..."
Halfway through her words, she suddenly realized the situation wasn't right and quickly lowered her voice, "No, ten sets will do! From necklaces to bracelets, I'll give you a complete set!"
Xia Lili held her forehead helplessly: "My family doesn't run a hardware store, what do we need so much for?"
She suddenly looked serious and leaned close to Pei Qinyue's ear. "Now is not the time to talk about this. Go to the safe and pick out a pair of platinum earrings that best suit Ms. Lu's outfit today... and hurry."
She paused, her eyes glancing towards the distant bathroom entrance, her voice barely audible. "I suspect she's allergic to the earrings she's wearing now. Look at the redness and swelling behind her left ear; it could be a precursor to a nickel allergy."
Pei Qinyue was stunned at first, then he suddenly realized.
His eyes widened, and he couldn't help but whisper in admiration: "My God, Master Xia, your observation skills are amazing! You can even notice such details!"
He immediately turned around and snapped his fingers at his assistant, quickly ordering, "Hurry and bring the 'Phoenix Perched in the Wutong' earrings from the 'Unparalleled Series' to Director Xia!"
"I want the limited edition pair in the safe, the ones inlaid with Colombian emeralds. They're perfect for Ms. Lu's dark green cheongsam today! Remember to pack them in a shockproof jewelry box!"
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