Bai Hetaro looked down, and sure enough, there were still traces of pencils on the neckline of the skirt.

“……”

Qiao An said outside, "Miss Bai, the director is here." ”

Bai Hetaro raised his head and quickly stood up.

Zhuang Yancong's figure appeared outside the door, but she didn't come in immediately, she was talking to the foreign girl just now.

Bai Hetaro didn't know what they were talking about, and after a while, the girl smiled, and Zhuang Yan smiled too.

At that moment, Zhuang Yan's state couldn't tell what kind of feeling she had.

If you want to say tenderness, it seems to be too gentle.

That kind of smile, she has never given the white crane taro.

The white crane taro sat on the seat, its mouth wide open, like a goldfish.

Zhuang Yan opened the door, walked in, and saw this kind of white crane taro.

"What are you doing?" "Like a fool," she asked. ”

Bai Hetaro said sullenly: "I am indeed a fool. ”

Why did Zhuang Yan come here, didn't she say that she had made an appointment with herself in the office?

Zhuang Yan raised her eyebrows, "You admit it yourself, that's the best." ”

Her gaze fell on the white crane taro table: "How long have you been here?" ”

Bai Heyu said: "It didn't take long. ”

Zhuang Yan could ignore her sorrow, turned around and made herself a cup of coffee on the table next to her.

"Did you see her?"

"Who?"

“livian。”

"Who?"

Zhuang Yan turned her head at this time, her coffee was brewed, and the heat rushed up, and it was a thick air.

"Livianwindsor," she paused, at the end, "you're a fool. ”

"Who's that...... Who! Oh, her! ”

Bai Hetaro cried out almost immediately, "Is that her?" ”

The girl who just walked out?

"Or else?" Zhuang Yan sat in front of Bai Heyan, who had been where Livian had sat before.

"I don't know......" Hakuru muttered.

No wonder she felt that the other party was a little familiar.

Livianwindsor is one of the daughters and heirs of the Windsor Group in the United States.

"She's mainly in charge of the entertainment business, so to speak, my immediate boss." Zhuang Yan looked at Bai Hetaro and took a sip of coffee.

"Ha......" Bai Hetaro's face stiffened.

She had no idea that she would be so young.

"Why here?" Bai Hetaro took a breath and asked.

"Because Windsor Group wants to open up the Asian sector, China is undoubtedly a big market - it has been said for a long time that Windsor Group is going to develop a film business in China."

Zhuang Yan's expression was very flat, and she couldn't see any expression at all.

As a result, in the next second, she used that expressionless face to say a message that was tantamount to the explosion of a nuclear weapon for Bai Hetaro.

"Her Chinese name is Shen Huailing, you can call her that, after all, you will still have contact in the future."

Bai Hetaro immediately froze in place.

"Contact? What do you mean? ”

She and the daughter of the Windsor Group?

In addition to crashing someone's car, what intersection can they have?

Bai Hetaro took a deep breath, she knew that the gap between them was too far, like the rich and powerful and the poor people.

Zhuang Yan seemed reluctant to continue the topic, she took another sip of coffee, and her eyes fell on her drawings.

"The drawings have been revised?"

Bai Hetaro shook his head: "No, but I have a clue." ”

She handed the drawing to Zhuang Yan, who took it, glanced at it, and put it aside.

Bai Crane taro swallowed.

"You...... Call me, is there something wrong? ”

"Things? Yes," Zhuang Yan stood up, "I came to show you the workshop." ”

Workshop.

Just now, I was talking to Wang Xiangting about this issue.

Now Zhuang Yan will take her to see the workshop.

The workshop is divided into two parts: the board room and the sample clothing room, the scale of iris is so far, there are special pattern makers for clothing boarding, and there are special sample workers for sample clothing making zuò, Bai Hetaro as a designer, only need to hand over his creative design to the pattern maker and sample clothing maker.

Iris's workshop is inside the company, Joan leads Zhuang Yan and Bai Hetaro in front, she pushes open the door, the room is spacious and bright, the wall is full of good fabrics, all kinds of fabrics, standing at the door and looking, row after row of shelves, like a colorful □□ plate.

Bai Hetaro was simply stunned, she froze in place, as if she couldn't believe her eyes.

The indoor equipment is even more complete, from sewing machines, sewing machines to printing machines, embroidery machines...... Even some white crane taro that has not been touched before, there is everything.

It's your ideal studio.

Zhuang Yan chuckled lightly and whispered in her ear, "Is this stunned?" ”

Bai Crane taro swallowed.

Zhuang Yan said: "This is not yours yet. ”

Bai Crane Taro nodded dumbfounded.

Zhuang Yan said again: "Whether you can stay or not depends on yourself." ”

Zhuang Yan's meaning was very clear, and Bai Hetaro nodded again and again.

At this time, two men walked over, and Qiao An introduced: "These two are designers, Mr. Wen Zhan and Mr. Cai Yi. ”

She introduced to the two designers: "This is Miss White Crane Taro. ”

Wen Zhan is a very good person with a gentle personality, he smiled and shook hands with Bai Heyu: "Miss Bai, hello." ”

Bai Hetaro nodded hurriedly.

Cai Yi asked, "Are you a new intern?" ”

Intern?

What is this development?

Bai Hetaro didn't know how to deal with it, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhuang Yan, but he didn't expect Zhuang Yan to suddenly say, "Intern? No, I can only say that I am here to help. ”

Come and help......

Bai Crane taro swallowed.

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Yan continued: "If it is useful, it will stay, and if it is useless, it will leave." ”

Wen Zhan laughed: "Director Zhuang is really interesting. ”

He asked Bai Heyu again: "What school did you graduate from?" ”

Bai Hetaro was a little embarrassed, and whispered: "I didn't graduate." ”

She enrolled her school.

Wen Zhan said again: "Oh, it's a very good school, it's a pity that I didn't finish it." ”

He looked a little regretful.

The white crane taro is even more embarrassed.

Not finishing college was the saddest thing she felt in her life.

Cai Yi heard this and snorted: "What's the matter, the academy background is even more limited." ”

Wen Zhan laughed again: "Yes, this guy just dropped out of school halfway." ”

When Bai Hetaro heard this, his heart was a lot more relaxed, and he smiled at Wen Zhan and Cai Yi.

She was still holding the design drawings in her hand, Cai Yi saw it, didn't say a word, picked it up and looked at it.

"It's okay," he quickly commented, "it's much better than the previous pile of garbage." ”

The pile of garbage before was the one that Zhuang Yan fired in the office that day......

Wen Zhan also came over to take a look, nodded and said, "It's really good, it's aura, polish it well, it will definitely be promising." ”

Bai Hetaro nodded hurriedly: "Thank you." ”

"What's polite, we'll be colleagues in the future."

Zhuang Yan spoke at this time: "You can take her to familiarize yourself with the environment." ”

Wen Zhan asked, "Director Zhuang is leaving?" ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, turned around and left with Joan.

Wen Zhan looked at Zhuang Yan's back and sighed: "Which man is worthy of a woman like Director Zhuang, but Director Zhuang likes women anyway." ”

Bai Hetaro was originally studying his own drawings, and when he heard this, his hands trembled, Cai Yi glanced at it, turned his head and whispered to Wen Zhan: "You talk a lot." ”

Bai Hetaro actually rarely has contact with the opposite sex, and she doesn't know how to get along, so after thinking about it, she decided to speak first: "That, are you the designer of IRIS?" ”

Wen Zhan smiled: "Isn't there still you?" ”

Bai Hetaro was stunned, and subconsciously denied: "Me? I'm not......"

"Don't be presumptuous." Cai Yidao.

"There were a lot of them, but after Director Zhuang took office, he fired them all - you should know." Wen Zhan explained.

Cai Yi snorted coldly: "Those wastes! ”

Bai Hetaro nodded stunned.

"Okay, no matter what, let's take a look at our design, the new summer clothes will be released soon."

Wen Zhanren is really nice and caring, he found two large bound drawings, gave them to Bai Hetaro, and explained: "This is the work of Cai Yi and me. ”

Bai Hetaro looked at it, some of the clothes were simple, but they were not very outstanding, and they belonged to the kind of "no mistakes".

On the contrary, the accessories are eye-catching, whether they are scarves, ties, shoes or bags, they can be sold separately and can be compared to big brands, they are very good-looking, and if these accessories can be paired with better clothes, it will work even better.

Wen Zhan said: "The accessories are all designed by Cai Yi, and the clothes are mine - the clothes are very mediocre, right?" ”

He smiled self-deprecatingly.

Bai Hetaro hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, it's very simple." ”

"If you say simple, it means mediocrity," Wen Zhan smiled bitterly, "No way, my thinking is relatively narrow, I can't always break through myself, and I'm going to go to zero after the new summer clothes are done." ”

Lingyi is a domestic third-tier men's wear brand, with a stable price and sales that are not good or bad.

Bai Hetaro wanted to say something comforting, but she didn't say anything - she really had no way to say it, because Wen Zhan's design really didn't have any breakthrough, and his clothes and Cai Yi's accessories were completely stolen by the accessories.

Cai Yi's personal style is too obvious.

Just like Bai Crane taro likes to use lace and pearls, Cai Yi likes sports leather and tassels, with a touch of romance in the wild.

But looking at his costume design, because his personal characteristics are too obvious, there is no way to use it at all.

Low-cut, exposed navel, high slit, and bright colors are not iris's style at all, and they don't match the elegant, brilliant iris at all, no wonder he's in charge of accessory design, because Wen Zhan is mediocre, but at least he can't make mistakes.

Among the three, it turned out to be the design of the white crane taro that fits the most.

The other two were apparently aware of the problem as well.

"Where did Director Zhuang find you so suitable?" Wen Zhan said with a smile.

The white crane taro was silent.

You can't say that you were discovered because you were raised, right?

After continuing to discuss his drawings with the two for a while, Bai Hetaro and the two exchanged contact information and decided to go home.

As soon as she walked out of the studio, she was startled by a shadow in the doorway.

It turned out to be Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan also held a lady's cigarette in her hand, lit it, she looked back at Bai Hetaro, and there was an indescribable love in her eyes.

Bai Hetaro rubbed his heart and asked carefully, "Zhuang Yan?" You've been here? ”

Zhuang Yan didn't answer immediately, she took a puff of cigarette, spit it out again, and said slowly: "No, I was passing by, I wanted to come and see you." ”

I want to come and see you.

These five words were said very lightly, Zhuang Yan's voice was a little hoarse, and when she said this, Bai Hetaro's heart jumped inexplicably.

Bai Hetaro immediately took a deep breath.

Zhuang Yan looked at her like this and thought it was funny.

"Are you going to eat?" She asked.

"What to eat? Japanese food? Almost subconsciously, Bai Crane asked him.

"Japanese food?" Zhuang Yan muttered, she thought quietly for a while, and Bai Hetaro stood there waiting for her.

"No," Zhuang Yan said, "I don't like to eat." ”

Bai Crane Taro thought to himself, I don't like to eat, why did I order so much last time.

But she didn't say it, she always remembered the insurmountable line between her and Zhuang Yan.

"What did you eat for lunch?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"Self-service barbecue." Bai Hetaro quickly replied.

Zhuang Yan frowned - she didn't like the smell, it would stain her whole body.

"Let's eat hot pot." She said.

Bai Hetaro was stunned.

She didn't expect Zhuang Yan to say eat this at all.

In her mind, Zhuang Yan's living habits are tantamount to being similar to foreigners, her food and clothing have been completely Westernized, sometimes others call her Zhuang Yan, she can't react immediately, and needs to call her cris.

She said to eat hot pot?

Seeing that she was stunned, Zhuang Yan raised her eyebrows and smiled: "What, surprised?" ”

Bai Hetaro nodded hesitantly.

"You're exaggerating." Zhuang Yan said with a smile and walked forward, and Bai Heyu hurriedly followed her behind like a little follower.

***

It turns out that Zhuang Yan not only eats hot pot, but also spicy pot.

Bai Hetaro looked at the red oil tumbling in front of him, and the breath of * came straight to the surface.

Zhuang Yan poured all the dishes into it, and when she saw Bai Hetaro staring at her, she couldn't help asking, "Why, you don't eat spicy, why didn't you say it just now?" ”

Because you look happy......

Bai Hetaro didn't say it, she was afraid that Zhuang Yan would turn her face if she said it, she shook her head: "It's not that I don't eat it, I just didn't expect you to ......"

She really thought Zhuang Yan was ......

Forget it, it seems that her understanding of Zhuang Yan is still too poor.

"Me? Am I the Virgin Mary or Obama? Zhuang Yan scooped up a piece of rice cake, "Why can't I eat hot pot?" ”

Under the heat, Zhuang Yan's delicate face was a little blurred, and Bai Hetaro looked at each other and suddenly smiled.

Zhuang Yan seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then said slowly: "...... Foolish. ”

"I'm pretty stupid," Bai Hetaro readily admitted, and then pointed to the mutton floating on Zhuang Yan's side and said, "I want to eat that mutton." ”

"Clip it yourself." Zhuang Yan handed over the clip.

There is no doubt that Zhuang Yan's mood at the moment is happy, because she has never appeared in the Japanese restaurant that day, she obviously doesn't like to eat Japanese food, she prefers to eat down-to-earth hot pot than high-end Japanese food.

That's nice.

Bai Crane Taro thought to himself.

For the first time, she felt that the distance between Zhuang Yan and her had narrowed, but in fact, Zhuang Yan was not so high.

Zhuang Yan suddenly said, "Do you know, I used to work in a hot pot restaurant. ”

Bai Hetaro couldn't imagine it at all, she blinked her eyes and looked at Zhuang Yan blankly, with mutton stuffed in her mouth.

Zhuang Yan felt that she looked angry and funny, she said: "When I was in high school, I desperately wanted to go abroad, I was tired, my mother was tired, and my father often came to harass, I really had no money, sometimes I went to self-study at night, I didn't eat dinner, and came back to tell my mother that I had eaten outside, and then I really couldn't help it, so I went to work in a hot pot restaurant with my classmates, pinched at noon and night, and didn't stop for a moment on weekends, and my biggest wish at that time was to eat hot pot in the store once." ”

Bai Hetaro listened, and even the mutton in her mouth didn't feel like it was a taste, from that day on, she knew that Zhuang Yan was not happy when she was a child, but she definitely didn't expect Zhuang Yan to be so hard.

What was she doing in high school?

Because of her family's wealth, she is carefree, she has used Hermes and Gucci in high school, and when she dislikes Burberry's bag and is not satisfied, Zhuang Yan works in a hot pot restaurant.

Bai Tsuru put down his chopsticks.

Seeing her like this, Zhuang Yan laughed: "No need to do this, I have never been a person who dwells on the past, but people have these pasts, they will want to go up more and more, although it is very old-fashioned - but I am very grateful for this experience, without this, I would not have come to this day." ”

Bai Crane Taro smiled.

She herself is not.

If it weren't for the death of her parents, she wouldn't even know that the world is sinister and has thousands of faces.

There is a public TV in the hot pot restaurant, and a popular TV series is being played at the moment, seeing that Zhuang Yan's eyes seem to be paying attention there, Bai Hetaro also glanced at it.

At this look, Bai Hetaro himself was startled.

"The Legend of Qing Ge" is playing on TV, and it happens to be the scene of his own trick.

White Crane Taro: "......"

She saw herself on TV reading her lines expressionlessly, and dressing the male partner expressionlessly......

"Your acting skills are really bad." Zhuang Yan commented objectively.

"Oh, thank you." The white crane taro was expressionless and stuffed a piece of mutton into his mouth.

When they walked out of the hot pot restaurant, it was already late, they came on foot, this hot pot restaurant is not very far from Iris, there was still sun when they came, and now only the street lamps illuminate the ground.

Zhuang Yan took off her coat, there was a smell on it, which made her very uncomfortable, she took the coat in her hand, Bai Hetaro fulfilled the obligation of being a supporter very intimately at this time, and she took the initiative to ask Ying to help Zhuang Yan hold the clothes.

Maybe because of wearing high heels, Zhuang Yanlu didn't walk fast, she walked slowly, this neighborhood is the riverside, surrounded by railings, and the night breeze blows on her face, which is a little cool.

Zhuang Yan slowly paced to the railing, grasping the railing with both hands and looking into the distance.

In the distance, the lights are bright, this is the most prosperous and lively time of the city, and there are boats on the river, and the boats are dotted with stars, flashing lights, one by one.

Zhuang Yan watched, and the starlight was reflected in her eyes.

Bai Hetaro stood silently beside her.

Zhuang Yan didn't look at her, but she looked at Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan said: "Do you know what I want most? ”

Bai Crane Taro shook his head.

Zhuang Yan stared forward with heavy eyes, her voice was hoarse, but her tone was very calm, she said: "I want to go back to the age of sixteen, when I had long hair, a ponytail, and wore a school uniform every day - I sometimes dream of that ridiculous school uniform, back then...... My mom isn't dead yet...... Father...... Didn't die ...... either."

Bai Hetaro looked at her in a daze.

At that moment, she felt that Zhuang Yan's eyes were flashing, but for a moment she realized that it was just the reflection of the light.

She couldn't help but reach out and hug Zhuang Yan, even though she was less than half a head of Zhuang Yan.

She knew she was finished.

From tonight onwards, she will not be able to extricate herself, and she finally understands what her special feelings for Zhuang Yan are.

She likes Zhuang Yan, but what about Zhuang Yan?

She thought helplessly: what should I do? Who will sue me for what should I do?

She could only hug Zhuang Yan, feeling a warmth that did not belong to her.