Chapter 18: Chance Encounters
The afternoon sun is warm, the streets outside the window are bustling with people, and there are still quite a lot of trams passing by from time to time.
Su Qingwan picked up the cup and took a sip of the coffee highly recommended by the boss, which was a little bitter, but she thought it was not bad.
"Sister Qingwan, how about this?"
She turned around and saw Gu Yunxi holding a set of dresses in one hand and comparing them with each other.
She looked at it carefully before nodding. "Well, that's good."
"What about this one?"
Su Qingwan thought for a while, "...... Not bad either. ”
Gu Yunxi put down his clothes in frustration and walked over and sat down beside her. "Sister Qingwan, you have only these two sentences in the afternoon."
Su Qingwan smiled, "Because they are really good-looking." ”
Gu Yunxi then laughed, she held up her chin and stared at Su Qingwan for a while, "It's been almost five days since the second brother left, hasn't he come back yet?" ”
Su Qingwan lowered her eyes and shook her head gently, she felt that she was a little absent-minded recently, and when she was free, she would always inexplicably think of Gu Shaoting's back when she went upstairs alone that night, and what she said to Zhang's mother.
Su Qingwan raised her eyes to look at Gu Yunxi and asked softly.
"Yun Xi, do you know your second brother?"
Gu Yunxi frowned and thought for a while, "I don't understand." I only remember that when I was a child, my second brother rarely looked back at the house, he always lived with his aunt in Gu Yuan, and sometimes even when he came back, because my aunt was always arguing with my father, the second brother I saw almost never smiled. ”
Su Qingwan's face was calm, as if she was thinking about something, and her fingers gently rubbed the cup in her hand from time to time.
Gu Yunxi looked at her and hesitated for a long time before speaking carefully. "Sister Qingwan, in fact, my second brother is a good man."
Su Qingwan came back to her senses, looked at her with a slightly surprised expression, saw her expectant look, and smiled helplessly, "Little age, what nonsense." ”
Gu Yunxi pouted and retorted weakly, "I'm not small...... " As she said this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she leaned over towards Su Qingwan and lowered her voice. "Sister Qingwan, in fact, I have a surprise for you today."
Su Qingwan was stunned, "Surprise? ”
Gu Yunxi nodded excitedly, and couldn't wait to pull her out the door. After walking two streets, Gu Yunxi stopped at the door of a store.
"Yongtai Ready-to-Wear."
Su Qingwan looked up at the door plaque, "Is this the case?" ”
"It's this one, Shanghai's oldest ready-to-wear store, and its craftsmanship is good." Gu Yunxi explained to Su Qingwan, and after explaining, he hurriedly pulled her inside.
"Third Miss."
The guy in the shop saw them come in and immediately greeted them.
"What about the dress I looked at the other day?" Gu Yunxi looked at the young man and asked. The young man put his hand behind him and looked at Gu Yunxi with a smile. "Please, in the room."
Gu Yunxi turned his head and smiled at Su Qingwan, and went to the back room. As soon as I entered, I saw a set of white bare-shouldered tulle dresses hanging in the middle of the back room, with the skirt reaching to the ground and delicate pearl embellishments on the waist, simple and elegant, very good-looking.
"Sister Qingwan, do you think this dress is very beautiful?" Gu Yunxi's eyes lit up slightly and looked at Su Qingwan, "When I first saw this dress, I thought you must look good in it." ”
Su Qingwan smiled shallowly, "The clothes are really good-looking." ”
Gu Yunxi smiled even more happily, "Then you go and try it!" ”
“…… Three Misses. At this moment, the young man next to him suddenly spoke, his face embarrassed, "This dress was bought yesterday......"
Gu Yunxi was stunned, and his smile gradually stiffened. "Bought it? But I didn't already order this a few days ago. ”
“…… The lady who came yesterday paid the full amount in one go. The guy looked at her apologetically, "You haven't come again, so ......" Gu Yunxi's face became worse when he heard this.
Su Qingwan pulled Gu Yunxi over to the chair next to her, and patted her shoulder comfortingly, "That's it, Yunxi." ”
Gu Yunxi frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.
"How can this be?" As she spoke, she pointed to the young man, "Then you sue me, who bought this dress?" ”
The young man looked embarrassed, as if it was inconvenient to explain. Su Qingwan was about to continue to comfort her, when a voice suddenly came in from the door.
"I bought it."
Su Qingwan's heart sank, and when she turned around, two people were walking in from the outhouse, and the one in front was wearing a blue cheongsam and a lace shawl.
Sure enough, it was Li Fengqing.
Gu Yunxi couldn't help but stand up. "Miss Li?"
Li Fengqing secretly glanced at Su Qingwan, and walked in front of Gu Yunxi with a smile. "The third sister is too outside, although you and I haven't met a few times, but the Gu Li family has a lot of friendship, and besides, I and your second brother have been childhood sweethearts since childhood...... You just call me Sister Fengqing, you don't have to be like me. ”
Gu Yunxi's face showed a little embarrassment, Li Fengqing took her hand and patted it gently. "When I have time, I invite my third sister to come to my house for tea."
Gu Yunxi nodded reluctantly, and said helplessly, "Since it is this dress that Miss Li bought it, Yun Xi will not force it." After that, he turned to look at Su Qingwan. Sister Qingwan, let's go. ”
Su Qingwan nodded slightly, and was about to go out, when Li Fengqing happened to stop her sideways.
"Thank you, third sister, for not caring about it. By the way, it's my twentieth birthday in two days, can the third sister have time to come? ”
Gu Yunxi turned his head and asked Su Qingxuan.
"Sister Qingwan, what do you say?"
Li Fengqing curled the corners of his mouth coldly, "It's good that the third sister decides this matter by herself, why do you need to ask an outsider's opinion." ”
Gu Yunxi raised her eyes and looked at Li Fengqing quietly, word by word, "My second brother and I have never treated her as an outsider." ”
Su Qingwan's eyes trembled when she heard this, and she looked sideways at Gu Yunxi.
Li Fengqing was cold on his face and laughed.
"The third sister is still young, and she doesn't understand the powerful relationship...... "As she spoke, she glanced at Su Qingwan coldly. …… That's it, you'll understand it later. With that, he turned and walked back.
She was followed by a girl, who had been standing beside her just now, and when she passed by, she nodded lightly at Gu Yunxi before following.
Gu Yunxi was stunned for a moment, walked out of the back room, and slowly slowed down, muttering softly alone. "That person just now, how does it look a little familiar......" Su Qingwan turned around and straightened her slightly messy forehead, "Seeing that she is the same age as you, maybe she is studying in the same girls' school as you." ”
Gu Yunxi thought about it carefully, but she was even more confused. “…… I seem to have seen it at school, but ......"
But there was always an indescribable feeling haunting her, what was it?
"Don't think about it anymore, it's been a while since we came out, it's time to go back, Zhang's mother specially instructed me to go home for dinner." Su Qingwan said that she was about to pull her away.
At this time, Li Fengqing's slightly excited voice came out clearly from the back room, "Jinqiu, you look so good wearing this!" ”
Su Qingwan was about to go out for a moment, Gu Yunxi's eyes widened instantly, and he turned his head to look back. "Sister Qingwan, I remembered, it's her."
Gu Yunxi looked at Su Qingwan with an extremely sure look in her eyes. "She is Su Jinqiu!"
Su Qingwan stared at the inner room and frowned slowly.
It's just that Gu Yunxi suddenly tilted his head again, a little puzzled.
"But she ...... Didn't you go to study abroad? ”