When Chen Ji was about to leave work from Conley, he received a call from Miko Shoda, the proprietor of the company, asking him to go to Brown's tailor to measure and make a dress immediately, because a British businessman in China was going to hold a ball, and Chen Ji had to attend as her male companion.

When he rushed over, Masada's Miko was chatting in Italian with a foreign lady who had come here to choose fabrics, and the lady was praising her dress today in an exclamatory tone, she was wearing a very strange dress, just like a man's suit, but the waistline was designed with a lady's dress, which clearly emphasized the waist line, with a men's top hat on her head, elegant and delicate curls pressed under the hat, and a civilized stick in her right hand, just like a gentleman in the Western world, but the waist swing blouse showed the feminine delicate curves just right, making her whole person look very capable, both charming and pretty of a woman, and the shrewdness and decisiveness of a man.

The lady was interested in her clothes, because at this time, suits were still the preserve of men, and no woman had ever made a suit to wear them, and Miko Shoda told her that the dress was made in the United States, and the lady looked very disappointed.

Chen Ji had been waiting for them to end their conversation, and when Miko Shoda saw him, she waved to him happily and introduced to the lady: "This is Mr. Chen Ji, the general manager of our company in China, Mr. Chen is a very good Chinese. ”

The lady looked surprised again, and said to him in awkward Chinese: "You must be a great Chinese to be valued by Miss Shoda." ”

Chen Ji smiled slightly and replied to her in Italian: "Thank you for your praise, but there are many great Chinese, and I am still far behind them." ”

The lady was taken aback again, and changed her Italian language: "Oh, Zhengtian, you are so lucky that you can find such an excellent young man." ”

After Miko Shoda smiled and greeted the lady politely, and invited her to visit Conley, the two said goodbye to each other, and as they went indoors, she whispered to Mrs. Chenji: "That's Mrs. Baker, and his husband is an Italian arms dealer." ”

Chen Ji kept this name in his heart and said with a smile: "Now even the arms dealer has become your target customer?"

Miko Shoda also laughed and said in Japanese: "Look, it's so hard for women to do business, and they have to please countless people before they can sell things. ”

Tailor Brown, an old man of nearly half a hundred years old, with a pair of round glasses and a golden chain on the temples, was at the counter checking the newly arrived cloth, and when he heard footsteps, he greeted without raising his head: "Wee."

Shoda Miko also thanked him in English, and explained the intention, and the old tailor raised his head, looked at Shoda Miko's face, and exclaimed, "What a beautiful oriental face." ”

This kind of praise has been heard many times, most of them are fake compliments, because her facial features are really not beautiful, just an extremely ordinary Japanese woman's face, when she lowers her eyebrows and lowers her eyes, she still has a big and obedient temperament, but when she raises her eyes, the light flowing in them is almost about to conquer the world.

Chen Ji joked with her more than once: "If you were born in the right era, you must be the second Emperor of Japan." ”

Shoda Miko thanked the old tailor again with some embarrassment, and picked a piece of off-white velvet material for the dress, and the brown tailor couldn't help but say "oh" when she saw the material she picked: "An angelic Chinese lady just chose it in the morning." ”

Miko Shoda knew the habits of European gentlemen and would never let go of any occasion where she could praise a lady, so she didn't take it seriously, and just asked casually, "Which lady is so discerning?"

Brown smiled and said, "It's Baron Spencer's female companion, what an angel, probably only God can make such a beautiful face." ”

When Chen Ji heard the surname "Spencer", the corners of his eyebrows jumped, and he blurted out: "That sir, whose father and brother are both in the British House of Lords?"

Brown looked at him in surprise: "What, you know him too?"

Chen Ji asked again, "What is the name of his female companion?"

Miko Shoda was attracted by his strange appearance, and also asked, "Do you know Viscount Spencer?" or do you know his female companion?"

Chen Ji smiled at her: "If his female companion is called Lan, then I think I should know him." ”

Brown was surprised, "Yes, I heard him call his female companion Lan, and you know each other." ”

Miko Shoda was aroused and asked curiously: "Then, that Miss Lan is really talented?"

"No, Brown Tailor is overrated," Chen Ji smiled, "Moreover, she is my fiancée." ”

Masada Miko and Brown Tailor were both taken aback, and couldn't help but look at each other, and Shoda asked again, "Why have I never heard you talk about this fiancée?" ”

"Because I planned to get married after returning to China," Chen Ji looked at her with a smile: "The later story is similar to that of you and Sakurai." ”

Shoda Miko's fiancé Sakurai Shun is an officer in the Japanese military department, and the engagement between the two is a matter decided by the family, but unexpectedly it was fiercely opposed by Shoda Miko, Sakurai Shun had no choice but to pretend to be a stranger and "coincide" with Shoda Miko in Germany, so he barely kept this maverick fiancée.

"Could it be that this Miss Lan also painstakingly created a coincidence?"

Chen Ji remembered Wanlan, who was still in the dark, and his smile was a little warm: "No, this time is a real coincidence, and this coincidence is not over yet." ”

For the first time, Miko Shoda saw Chen Ji with such a soft and warm expression on his face, and couldn't help but be a little more curious about that Miss Lan. And Wanlan did not disappoint her, under the skillful design of Brown tailor and Wanlan's own skillful design, the gray-white velvet seemed to be given a new meaning, perfectly combining the aesthetic characteristics of ancient China with the popular Western elements. Originally, the Brown tailor designed a flat collar that only reached the shoulder, but at Wanlan's insistence, the space above was filled with milky white gauze, and a delicate stand collar and buckle were made, and a flying crane was embroidered on the right shoulder, which together with the blue tile gray wall on the skirt formed a rather meaningful ink painting.

George walked into the hall with Wanlan's hand in the crook of his arm, and whispered to her, "Raise your head, my dear, and let everyone look at my beautiful female companion." ”

Wanlan thought it was funny, but she still listened to his words, and moved her slightly lowered gaze, so there were more real or false admirations around her, and she leaned in with George, and also lowered her voice: "Why, sir, in your West, do men spend a lot of effort to dress up their female companions, just to compete on such occasions?"

George laughed and said, "Don't ask so much, ma'am, you must know that for a long time, women in the West were just tools used by their husbands to show off their wealth, and wives would compare the number and preciousness of jewelry with each other, in fact, gentlemen were also comparing, but not as blatantly as women." ”

Wanlan snorted, with a gentle and humble smile on her face, but said, "In China, wives are at least respected. ”

"Don't put gold on your face," George looked at her with a smile: "Whether a Chinese wife can be respected or not depends entirely on what kind of person her father is, and what kind of person her husband is, maybe her own character can also play a part, but that is only at the request of others, there is only one kind of virtuous Chinese wife, but nowadays, there are many beautiful Western ladies, and each is different." ”

Wanlan looked at him suspiciously: "Since there are so many beautiful girls in the West, then why do you still spend time in China." ”

George laughed: "Because China has you, my dear, you are the Oriental Rose that I can't put down." ”

"Okay, sir, put away your flamboyant set," Wanlan rolled her eyes: "If I am a really dignified lady, I shouldn't go out of the house alone with a man like you, and do such intimate actions." ”

Before George could answer, a smiling male voice came from behind him: "Since you understand it so well, why don't you act according to the standard of a lady?"

Wanlan and George turned around together, and saw Chen Ji standing there with Shoda Miko in his arms, this was the first meeting between Wanlan and Chen Ji in a few months since the farewell in front of Xie's Mansion, before the embarrassment of being exposed hit, she actually had a subtle hostility towards the strange woman Chen Ji holding in her hand, but the good cultivation of everyone's ladies made her not make a rude move, but greeted each other with her.

Chen Ji made an introduction to the three parties, and Wanlan learned that the Japanese woman had a marriage contract, and the hostility immediately subsided, and she began to be interested in her identity: "It's amazing that Miss Zhengtian can run Conley & Co. independently as a woman. ”

"You're also very good," she said in Chinese, with an obvious Japanese accent that couldn't be dragged on, just like the previous Japanese journalist Mu Qinfang, and listened a little uncomfortable to hear: "You are so beautiful, when I went to Brown's tailor to make clothes, I heard him praise you as a masterpiece of God." ”

Wanlan tilted her head, and her tone was a little regretful: "When a woman is praised, she only has a little beauty to say, but this is really sad." ”

Shoda Miko was amused by her tone and expression, she even laughed like a man, hearty and loud, without the subtle shyness of her daughter's family, and not as arrogant and domineering as the spoiled aristocratic lady, Wanlan felt novel, so she said: "If my request does not offend you, tell me about you, does your father allow you to do business like this?"

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Emperor Tuiko: Japan's first female emperor, the history of the battle is similar to that of my country's Emperor Zetian, originally the emperor's cousin, later the emperor's empress, and then ascended the throne as the emperor, and did similar things to the emperor, anyway, the Japanese national happiness index during her reign was quite high.