Episode 257: Designer
On the 28th of the lunar month, the smell of the New Year on the street is getting stronger and stronger, the temperature is getting colder and colder, and people can be seen everywhere buying all kinds of New Year's goods, making final preparations for Chinese New Year's Eve. In this southern city where it doesn't snow, the cold and cold wind soaked in the smell of sea water is more unguardable than the dry white-haired wind in the northeast, like a magical attack that ignores defense, and directly penetrates into people's bones through thick winter clothes.
Fortunately, no matter how cold the wind raged, it couldn't penetrate the sturdy armor of the vehicle, not to mention that the heating was still on, and the champagne-colored Cadillac shuttled agile through the traffic, dragging a crooked red taillight behind it. The hippie smiled and "rented" someone else's baby daughter from Gu Shuxian, of course Fang Xiyuan didn't dare to slack off, and led her straight to the place where she had said a few days earlier.
finally arranged for the last rotation before the holiday, Ling Qi planned to go to the supermarket with his mother to buy more ingredients and stew a Sichuan-style hot pot at home, but was disturbed by this kid. She couldn't help but feel angry in her heart, she didn't say much along the way, and only thought about what kind of fairy she would meet when she reached the destination that the kid had said.
"That person is a professional within a profession and can definitely design the most suitable and beautiful look for you. ”
Thinking of this, Ling Qi's boring eyes slid up a little more, she was not an original girl, and she naturally didn't pay so much attention to image modeling, or she didn't know much about how women should dress up on that kind of formal occasion. Therefore, she naturally didn't understand Fang Xiyuan's good intentions of taking her to prepare for styling more than half a month in advance.
The disdain on his face was overflowing, but the dress on his body was completely different. With Ling Qi's usual dressing habits, after dinner after work, he went shopping with his mother, and Bacheng is a casual routine such as sweatshirts, jeans, pantyhose, and down jackets, but today's style is very different. Fang Xiyuan occasionally took advantage of the simple road conditions to peek at the person around him, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice: a kind of femininity has appeared unprecedentedly, could it be that this beautiful policewoman has finally changed her character? Well, this must be the power of love, and a hundred steels can also be turned into finger wrapping!
Ran Goose ...... He could see Ling Qi's appearance, but he couldn't see through Ling Qi's heart, because it was a heart that was seriously different from that of ordinary women.
"But before that, you still need to design your look, and you are dressed pretty well today, but you need to be more professional for that occasion. ”
These are the original words of Fang Xiyuan in the café a few days ago, which can be regarded as stepping on the little tail in Ling Qi's soul: I just can't stand my mother's nagging, and it's rare to dress up as a lady and go out for coffee with you, do you know how aggrieved it is to dress like this? You still have a disgusted face? What does it mean to "need to be more professional"? I'm a policeman! Not a model! I can give you face like this!
What kind of expression is that today? Won't I just wear casual clothes and go to the supermarket to buy hot pot ingredients, what kind of ladylike trench coat and long skirt are you going to wear, and where can you hold so many bean skin balls! Okay, if you don't let me eat a mandarin duck pot with my mother, and you still dislike my clothes, then I'll seriously prepare it for you! I want to know, what kind of golden jade clothes or neon clothes and feathers can be conjured up by your godlike image designer, and let me become an immortal and go to the sky!
No one can verify whether Ling Qi's mentality is due to men's self-esteem or women's attachment to appearance, in short, she left Fang Xiyuan alone in the living room to watch the windmill for half an hour, and then dragged her mother into the bedroom. With the dressing experience immediately searched on the Internet, supplemented by Gu Shuxian's advice, he gave himself a lady's winter dress according to a few glamorous-looking Korean models, and the current situation has emerged.
As long as I dress up well enough, that image design grandmaster will definitely not be able to make any moths, and when the time comes, I would like to see how your inexplicable young master Fang's self-confidence will end.
Thinking of this, the corners of Ling Qi's mouth rose slightly, and even his chin was upturned, and the delicate and arrogant Fanghua made Fang Xiyuan couldn't help but look a little crazy.
"It's a red light! Don't brake, don't you think it's too much?"
The Cadillac twitched, and most of the body was pressed against the zebra crossing......
About 20 minutes later, the car drove into a quiet townhouse area. In X City, where every inch of land is valuable, there are only a handful of townhouse residential areas with a plot ratio of less than 0.6, but there is an independent villa among them, which has to make people feel a little interesting. Obviously, Fang Xiyuan's target was the maverick building, and the Cadillac slowly drove into the parking space next to the building, signaling Ling Qi to get out of the car. In the other location, a black Lavida has been parked, which does not look like other residents.
Ignoring the cold breath rushing to his face, his professional instinct made Ling Qi look around the entire two-story small western-style building as quickly as possible. In terms of luxury and luxury, it is far inferior to Wang Ning's mansion, and its height is not necessarily superior to that of the nearby townhouses, but this small courtyard seems to be specially separated, and even the distance between the buildings is significantly different from other houses. The exquisitely shaped wrought iron gate, the delicate lawn courtyard and the gravel road exude a kind of leisure and elegance that is different from the local tyrants.
By the way, it's a peculiar artistic touch! The whole layout seems to have been created by the developer in the first place, so that the owner of the house will only be cheerful? Or is it another guest's car?
Lacking professional training in aesthetics, it was not easy for Ling Qi to see this, and while she was looking around at the stall she was observing, Fang Xiyuan had already contacted the owner through the video doorbell. After the iron door opened automatically, he led Ling Qi through the delicate small courtyard and into the living room.
"Ah Yuan, I haven't seen you for two years, I'm mature and capable!" A middle-aged beautiful woman who was no more than forty years old came out of the living room, and there was an inexplicable elegance in her gestures, but it was not like the Chinese tradition. Judging from the title, she seems to be quite familiar with Fang Xiyuan.
"Aunt Yun has won the award, and you are also more and more radiant!" Fang Xiyuan smiled and nodded, stepped forward to give a face-to-face salute to the other party, and Ling Qi was stunned for a moment: Greeting the elders is still like this? This is a foreign etiquette, right? Could it be that this "artist" is still a returnee?
When she was stunned, the beautiful woman known as "Aunt Yun" smiled at him and said, "This should be Miss Ling Qi, right?" Ah Yuan, you described it very closely, I think the set given to her back then should be very suitable. ”
"Yes, I should thank Aunt Yun again!" Fang Xiyuan stepped forward slowly, gently put Ling Qixiang on the shoulder, and led her to Aunt Yun, "Qi'er, this is Ms. Li Yunmei, a famous international fashion designer, and an old friend of my mother. Do you remember the birthday gift I gave you back then, which was designed by her? ”
It turned out to be her! Ling Qi flashed her big eyes a few times, shook her hands gently, and gave a standard lady's salute: "Hello Mr. Li, I am very honored to get the work designed by you personally!"
After being a woman for so many years, and being born in an official family, Ling Qi has learned a lot of basic etiquette between women on formal occasions, and the name of this international clothing master has been known as early as college. It's just that she can't observe each other wholeheartedly now, because her mind is full of sweet and bitter memories.
That light pink shirt with a denim skirt should be the first lady's outfit she wore since she was reborn, and behind this is not only the intrigue between the two at that time to use each other, but also the bloody and cruel fight that night, now I think about it like a world away.
Wait a minute, I deliberately dressed up today, isn't it just to reflect my "feminine aesthetics", I can't be stunned anymore and be looked down on by regrets, I have to be confident!
The sudden increase in self-esteem made Ling Qi's pupils retract, and his attention refocused, and he met Li Yunmei's gaze with gentle, friendly, and neither humble nor arrogant eyes. In fact, when Ling Qi came in, Li Yunmei had already made an impression of the woman's dress as quickly as possible, but at this time, Ling Qi's suddenly stronger confident light made the big designer's eyes light up, and he seemed to see something terrible.
Perhaps only delicate women can have such a strange feeling, and Fang Xiyuan, who is close at hand, does not see anything unusual. He just invited the two ladies to sit down step by step, and made a pot of fragrant tea by the way, and then said unhurriedly: "Aunt Yun, although you didn't meet Qi'er back then, the works you designed are still full of praise. It was not easy to come back once, and I shouldn't bother at will, but there is an important event after the festival that I want to take her to attend.
Li Yunmei smiled and said, "No matter how you kid grows up, it's just that this mouth is full of honey, Miss Ling wasn't deceived by you, right?"
"No, no, no, I don't have that ability. Fang Xiyuan smiled and shook his head, glanced at Ling Qi affectionately and said, "She is smarter than me, there is no way I can deceive her." ”
Ling Qi was noncommittal about this, just smiled and said nothing, and Li Yunmei's smile was even more meaningful when she saw her.
"Then I won't make this joke, you want me to design a set of evening clothes for Miss Ling to participate in the international trade fair, there is still more than half a month to calculate the time, you are very good at picking the time." Li Yunmei gently stirred the fragrant tea in her hand and said with a light smile, "But there is another person who thinks about it like you!"
"Second aunt, what do you think of her style?"
As if to prove that what Li Yunmei said was true, a loud voice came from the second floor. Everyone looked up at the voice, and Ling Qi slowly stood up, with an incredible look on his face.