Chapter 16. I want to fall in love with you
The two dimensions that men care about most in their lives are height and length.
To Ruan Tang, "special" is, to some extent, synonymous with danger.
Over the years, she rarely even opened up to herself.
Xu Wei came to her to drink coffee and try the new product. After listening to her tell everything that happened the night before, she took a sip of the double espresso and asked with a frown: I thought there would be some exciting plot, what's so wrong with you with such plain water?
Seeing Ruan Tang glaring, she immediately added that Yi Shu wrote in her novel: A common problem for men is that they turn their backs on others, so those who are loyal are particularly lovable. However, Feng Xue is a lovely man.
Ruan Tang looked at the seat where she and Feng Xue had sat the night before and sighed, as if she was talking to Xu Wei, or as if she was giving herself an order: He and I are not the same kind of people, we still have to keep our distance.
"Try this." Ruan Tang pushed an orange ceramic coffee cup in front of Xu Wei. "This is a new product I developed myself. It's tentatively called Orange Heart Sincerity. It comes in a standard Hermès orange coffee cup. How do you like it? Doesn't it have a taste that's both dignified and elegant, yet vibrant?"
Xu Wei nodded as she drank: The coffee is very fragrant, and the orange flavor neutralizes the heavy taste of the coffee. This cup... where did you get it?
Ruan Tang brushed the hair away from her ear, cleared her throat, and winked at her, her hand resting on her chin. "Isn't it stylish?" The other day, while watching videos, I saw a Jingdezhen ceramics blogger and immediately sent him a private message. He custom-made this for me. Oh, and there's also BV green, which I plan to pair with the mint blend, and Tiffany blue...
Xu Wei looked around at the bags and jewelry in the display cabinets. At first, she felt like she was walking into a second-hand store in a shopping mall, with no aesthetic appeal. But now, after a series of renovations by Ruan Tang, there was actually a kind of rough harmony.
"Holding a coffee cup with the same color as a famous brand, looking up at your collection, it feels like sitting in a cloakroom drinking coffee."
Ruan Tang snapped her fingers excitedly and said, "Is that right?" Feng Xue said this is called contextualizing consumption. There are so many coffee shops these days, creating a unique atmosphere gives customers a fresh shopping experience. I think the idea you just mentioned for a cloakroom is really great. We can further refine it later. I love you so much!
Ruan Tang stood up and rushed to Xu Wei, hugged her and kissed her twice on the cheek.
Xu Wei pushed her away as if she was a lunatic, and hurriedly took out her powder puff and looked in the mirror to check if her foundation was smudged. She pretended to be cool and said: Don't think you can avoid paying me the consulting fee by selling your body. I won't buy it.
Ruan Tang wrapped herself around Xu Wei's neck like an octopus and refused to let go, and started to act coquettishly with her: Don't do this to your material library. Go back and count your articles on the public account, both realistic and fictional. How many of them were inspired by me?
"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you. I can't outsmart you." Xu Wei smiled and tried to pry her arms open to beg for mercy.
The two were pulling each other when Feng Xue came in from outside. For some reason, the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
Feng Xue nodded to Xu Wei as a greeting, and said to Ruan Tang: I happened to receive the order from the store. The phone number was wrong, but I saw that the recipient was named after you, so I sent it back.
It turned out to be a set of real Hermès tableware.
From coffee cups and saucers to dinner plates and cutlery, everything is available, and a rough estimate would be tens of thousands of dollars.
In addition to being shocked, Ruan Tang had already checked everything in her mind one by one. Logically speaking, the only man she had dated, who had such a generous heart and knew about this store was Wang Hao. But Wang Hao now acted as if he had seen a ghost when he saw her. He wanted to stay away from her so that he could show his masculinity to his rich wife and show that he had sincerely repented.
Xu Wei suggested: "Why don't we try calling the number on the order? Is it a scam?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Ruan Tang agreed with Xu Wei's idea, picked up the phone to make a call, and couldn't help feeling sad.
Since when did I start to suspect that receiving an expensive gift was a scam?
The waiting tone in the phone receiver was still ringing, and the store door was pushed open again.
Zhang Haoyu walked in holding a cell phone. He tapped the screen and a busy tone came from Ruan Tang's receiver.
"Now we all have each other's phone numbers." He smiled with his eyes curved.
Ruan Tang looked at the table full of Hermès, then looked at Zhang Haoyu who walked up to her. She kept saying "you" for a long time but couldn't say a word.
Zhang Haoyu pointed to his eyes and said: I removed the thread embedding. Do I look like Nam Joo Hyuk again?
Ruan Tang couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Wow, he really spent a lot of money.
Even though Feng Xue was a straight man and no longer at the age of romance, he knew what was happening. He picked up his helmet without saying a word, turned around and left.
Xu Wei had a smile on her face, as if she was watching the filming of an idol drama. When she saw Feng Xue leaving, she hurriedly said: I'll go see him off, you guys chat first.
"Wait!" Ruan Tang reached out to stop Xu Wei, trying to persuade her with a bitter face, "I'm about to be scammed, are you still good friends?"
Zhang Haoyu looked at Xu Wei with his eyes lighting up and said: I found out that you opened a coffee shop because I saw Sister Xu Wei’s Weibo post, so I wanted to give you this opening gift. If I wanted to cheat you, why would I go to so many stores to buy these things?
Ruan Tang ran her fingers over the exquisite tableware one by one and exclaimed: The workmanship is really good.
"It's true! I have the invoice here!" He opened the canvas bag he was wearing across his shoulder and poured it onto the table, pouring out a small pile.
Xu Wei took a deep breath and said: I did write on Weibo that gifts for girls should be paid in cash and an invoice should be attached.
Ruan Tang leaned back and sat on the chair with her arms folded, pretending to keep away from strangers. She narrowed her eyes and asked: Can I retreat at will?
"It's better not to. I saw the photos in the store and knew you would definitely need these." Zhang Haoyu looked around the entire store. Ruan Tang coughed lightly and pushed the Hermès orange coffee cup she had customized aside.
Zhang Haoyu suddenly turned to look at her and added: If you are worried that I will go back on my word, why don’t we add each other on WeChat and I will send you text and voice messages to confirm the gift.
Ruan Tang stood up and pulled Zhang Haoyu to sit on the chair opposite her, frowning and saying: I feel dizzy with such a big guy swaying around.
She didn't notice that when she pulled Zhang Haoyu's wrist, his whole body stiffened and his eyes stared at Ruan Tang's hand.
"I'm only wearing canvas shoes today, so I should be only 184cm tall, not too tall, right?" Zhang Haoyu said seriously.
Xu Wei couldn't help but burst out laughing, and only restrained herself a little when she saw Ruan Tang glaring at her.
She suddenly remembered that she had read something written by a competitor blogger before, that the two dimensions that men care about most in their lives are height and length. Men who are over 180cm tall would like to tattoo these numbers on their faces, and they must mention them every three sentences in a conversation.
Xu Wei asked: Your name is...
Zhang Haoyu answered obediently: Just call me Xiaoyu.
Xu Wei nodded: Xiaoyu is still a very introverted boy.
Zhang Haoyu didn't understand Xu Wei's implied meaning at all. He scratched his head embarrassedly and said: Sister Xu Wei, you are too kind.
Ruan Tang went straight to the point and asked: What exactly do you want to do?
Zhang Haoyu sat up straight and answered like a model student answering questions in class: I want to date you.
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