Chapter 26: Growth

At five o'clock in the morning, "Star Clothes" began to play, and the special picture processing made everyone inside look like cartoon characters, coupled with funny subtitles, which immediately attracted William's attention.

His grandfather was in his old age, and he moved to this quiet town just to give him a happy old age. And between three and six o'clock in the morning is when the old man is most afflicted by illness, and he hopes that with his company, his grandfather can be more relaxed.

The TV can help him pass the time and also chase away his sleepiness.

"Grandpa, this little girl is very special." William poured the old man a glass of water and fed it slowly.

The old man suppressed the itching pain in his throat and said hoarsely: "The girl is very aura, and her clothes already have a lot of things that designers have been looking for all their lives. ”

"What do you think of those controversies?" William tried to distract the old man by talking as much as he could.

"A bunch of philistines who are blinded by money." The old man scolded unceremoniously.

William didn't feel that his grandfather's words were arrogant, and his grandfather's achievements in this life were beyond the reach of these judges.

"If you take a closer look at this girl's eyes when making clothes, you can't be wrong, this girl's achievements in the future are great."

The old man scolded, and before William could react, the old man had already slept again in the rocking chair with a deep snoring.

William was overjoyed that his grandfather had once again survived the pain.

He dragged the old man with both hands, carefully put the old man on the bed, and closed the curtains tightly, hoping that the morning sun would not disturb the old man.

When William took care of the old man and came back, the "Star Clothes" were already nearing the end, and the top-ranked contestants were being interviewed by the program team in a white closed room.

Arvin walked into the small white room at the signal of the staff. The whole small white room is airtight, not only has no windows, but there is no one in the east, only a video camera is driven due east, and a speaker and two microphones are placed on the table.

Arvin didn't like the arrangement of the program team in his heart, and a good education made him not come out.

The bearded man touched his nose embarrassedly on the other side of the camera, and he was always ashamed of himself in front of this gentleman. The program team set up this cabin, and it is indeed a bad motive.

"Well, even if the contestants evaluate each other, this link." The bearded man explained implicitly, in fact, his original intention was to provoke trouble.

Arvin never talks about the length of people behind his back, and this link of the program team touched his reverse scales. He frowned at the camera and was silent.

Maybe he shouldn't have been asked to come to this contest, he thought.

The bearded man saw the faint anger hidden in Arvin's eyes, and he was anxious, and explained incoherently: "At least you have to say something, you can also evaluate yourself, talk about whether you are satisfied with your work this time, or talk about your own design concept, after all, the audience who watches the show doesn't understand so much." ”

Arvin twisted his clasp and stood up and left the little white room. The concept of each designer is to let the audience taste it through their work, rather than the noise on their lips.

The bearded man was depressed. Arvin is the most popular designer on the official forums, and if he is provoked to quit the competition, he will cry!

Arvin, who went out, has no intention of retiring, he does things from beginning to end, and will not give up halfway because of personal feelings.

With his hands behind his back, like an old man walking, Yimi walked slowly to Arvin's side, took out the yogurt from the small bag, inserted the straw, and sucked it in small sips.

"Isn't this interesting?" Yimi pointed to the milky white yogurt flowing slowly in the transparent tube and said with a smile.

Arvin was stunned, looked at the transparent tube that had been braided into a Chinese knot, and laughed slowly.

This clumsy and pure way of comforting always fills people's hearts with joy.

"My third sister said that every day when I smile, all my troubles will dissipate. Perhaps, the more you smile, the less sorrowful you will have. Yimi sat on the stone steps of the flower bed, dangling her little feet, with a sweet little smile on her face.

Arvin was nearly half a meter taller than her, with a standard figure like a hanger, and he wore an iron-gray suit with a wordless charm. When he laughs, the sun will back down for him.

Yimi poked at her little laughing nest, thinking, Arvin looked so good when she smiled.

"You have three older sisters?" Arvin could hear her attachment to the third sister from Yimi's tone.

"Uh-huh!" Yimi nodded vigorously.

"My three older sisters are special, special." Yimi showed off.

Arvin forgot about his usual demeanor for a moment, and sat on the steps and listened quietly, following the example of Yimi. For as long as he can remember, he had only a strict grandmother and an old butler by his side. I was envious of the happiness that came out of Yimi's eyes.

"My eldest sister is very capable, and she is the most virtuous girl in our Yijiazhuang. The eldest sister's cooking is particularly delicious, and everyone who has eaten it is full of praise...... "If there is time, Yimi can talk until her throat is dry and hoarse."

Angrily came over and put his coat on Yimi's body, and said indignantly: "I haven't seen you such slimy sisters, you will meet in three or four hours, and you are desperately calling me to urge me to put on your coat, and now the wind has not yet blown!" ”

Yimi put on her coat and turned a deaf ear to the teacher's complaints. During the time spent with each other, she was able to deal with the teacher's mental disorders from time to time. She guessed that the second sister must have made the phone call while the teacher was drawing.

Julie, dressed in a short red tight dress, walked over with a cigarette in her hand and twisted the cigarette under Arvin's reproachful eyes.

"Cigarettes are a thing that makes people feel good." Juli is presumptuous and bold in praising her favorites.

"It's also a devil who eats away at your youth and health." Pat Yimi and tell her to stay away from Juli. The smell of cigarette smoke on Juli's body irritated his taste buds, and his throat was uncomfortable. If he can bear it, the child should stay away.

Juli put her orchid finger in front of her mouth, shook it, and said seductively: "A gentleman would not say such a vicious thing. ”

Shrugging his shoulders, raising his eyebrows, he took two steps back, and said, "Compared to a gentleman, I am more like a disciple who avoids women like snakes and scorpions. ”

Yimi watched the confrontation between the two parties, thinking about whether to cover her ears, if her second sister saw Juliy's private appearance, she would definitely breathe fire, and then cover her eyes and ears, avoiding it from a distance.

Actually, the third sister has already popularized it for her, and she knows everything. For example, now, Juli has a crush on her teacher and wants to have a wonderful night.

She thought she would be disappointed if the teacher agreed.

"The teacher already has a girlfriend." Yimi's words are amazing.

Looking at Yimi, he felt inexplicable, he didn't know when he already had a girlfriend, although he wanted to.

Juli waved her hand, and in a second she went from a boneless snake spirit to a strong woman, "If you don't say it sooner, I'll just say that that man can resist my charm." ”

Juli shook his head, walked into the small white room, looked at the camera, and said neatly: "There's nothing to say, I want to bark at people like a dog." ”

One sentence gave a resounding slap in the face to the people who ridiculed her later.

The teacher, who was squatting in front of Yimi, said seriously and sternly: "It's not good for children to lie. ”

Yimi winked innocently and returned a sweet grin.

Covering his eyes weakly, Yimi smiled, he was soft-hearted, too foul, this is not good, not good.

"Your second sister will definitely breathe fire when she knows that you lied." Regardless of the expensive white suit on his body, he sat directly cross-legged and sat on the ground.

"If you don't say it, my sister won't know. Besides, my sister won't get angry at me. Yimi gave a sympathetic look.

"I knew it was going to happen...... This matter is a secret between the two of us. Said childishly.

"Kaka." Yimi rubbed her short blonde hair.

Arvin looked at the theatrical scene in front of him, and suddenly, he couldn't suppress his laughter. Over the years, he had filled the deepest emptiness in his heart with greed, and now he understood where those unsatisfied emptiness came from.

"He's crazy." Definitely.

Yimi also nodded, and said strictly: "Yes." ”

The twin sisters who passed by looked at the nervous three people in amazement.

It wasn't until three days after Imy returned to Victoria University that she learned what others were saying about her on the TV. In one sentence, it is: boring, clothes that outsiders will make.

"They're *naked jealousy!" Elle angrily threw the pillow against the TV.

"What they say is the truth." The merciless words poked Ellie's explosion point.

"What a fact! The facts in your mouth are a fart! I'm wearing this dress now, it's so comfortable and beautiful, it's much better than those clothes that look uncomfortable when they're crumpled! After Elle received this dress from Yimi, she became Yimi's number one fan. The kind of die-hard fans who are unreasonable and unreasonable also account for three points.

"That's what a layman can do."

Ellie glared angrily, "Golden Retriever! Bite him! ”

The Golden Retriever is a golden retriever dog with a habit of cleanliness, and when he heard Ellie's order, he walked around with his teeth bared, and after thinking that he had achieved a threatening purpose, he ran to Yimi's feet and enjoyed the loving touch.

In the eyes of the golden retriever, a qiΔ“ is meaningless, only bones and touching hair is the greatest enjoyment of the dog.

Ellie pouted, snorted, stepped on the armrest of the sofa with her shoes, and jumped next to Yimi.

The Golden Retriever likes to stick to Yimi, and his owner, Ellie, also likes to stick to Yimi.

Ellie whispered to Yimi about the recent fun things that had happened at school, and Yimi listened curiously while holding the golden retriever.

The sound of muttering came to my ears, and I was amused. The two little girls, who are five years apart, have become little girlfriends who talk about everything in a month, and the two have endless words every day.

"Haven't you been sleeping well lately?" Imy placed Ellie's head on her lap and gently massaged her eyes.

"I can't sleep. I'll sleep with you, okay? Ellie rubbed my Yimi's hand.

"Okay." Yimi touched Ellie's eyes, and she saw sadness in Ellie's eyes.

Night.

Elle pillowed on Yimi's pillow, looking at Yimi's delicate and fair cheeks, she wanted to tell SΓΉ Yimi about the fear in her heart, wanted to tell SΓΉ Yimi about her worries, wanted to tell SΓΉ Yimi about her reluctance, she had a lot of words to talk to Yimi.

However, she couldn't.

"Yimi, the golden retriever is very smart, he can swim, he can also do arithmetic, he has a very good temper, and he also likes to be coquettish to people, as long as he touches him, he will hum comfortably."

"Hmm." Yimi took Ellie's hand and gently slid it, putting the Buddhist bead on her wrist onto Ellie's wrist.

Ai Li touched the Buddha beads in her hand, endured the soreness in her heart, and smiled: "You are my best and best friend." "And the only friend.

"Hmm." Yimi patted Ellie on the back, as if this was the only way to comfort this sentimental girl.

"I have the temper of the eldest lady, and the princess's disease, willful, rude, and unreasonable." Ellie counted her shortcomings.

"Sleep." Yimi rubbed Ellie's hair, Elle is so wrong now, maybe after a little sleep, the gloomy mood will become clearer.

Elle turned around, touched the beads on her wrist and closed her eyes.

The sun shone on the black wooden bed, and Yimi looked at the Buddhist beads at the head of the bed, and the empty bed, at a loss.

Until evening, Imi was still sitting on a stone bench, with her hands on her knees, staring unblinkingly at the golden gates of Victor University.

Yijia, who rushed over after hearing the news, saw this scene, and her heart was astringent, and she hugged Yimi into her arms, "She is gone, and she will not come back." ”

Yimi felt her eyes heat up, "I can't get through to her." ”

Her tears fell unconsciously.

Yijia felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife piece by piece, and the pain made people tremble, this was the first time that Xiaoya had shed tears since she was sensible.

She began to hate Ellie.

"Sister, I sensed she was leaving, but I didn't care. She had a lot more to say to me, but I didn't listen. When I woke up in the morning, I saw that her pillow was full of tears, and she had cried all night. She was sad when she left. ”

Yimi wiped her tears in a panic, "I'm sad now and I regret it. ”

Yijia stabilized her mind and said calmly: "You wipe your tears first, follow me back to the apartment, if she doesn't say anything, I'll sue you." ”

Her father and sister were assassinated while conducting media interviews, and the rest of her brother went to the empress of a neighboring country to get help. As the only heir to the throne, Elle must return to China to inherit the throne. ”

Yimi said nothing in a daze, Elle didn't leave any contact information, she was saying that the former willful and ruthless she had disappeared, and only the ruthless queen who was responsible for the whole country was left?

"There is no more Elle in this world, and she chooses to leave all her previous qiΔ“ here, including the Golden Retriever. Now, there is only the Empress Ai, who is unapproachable and represents the interests of the country in her every move. ”

"Sister......" Yimi burst into tears and smiled, "I understand, don't worry, I'm just a little sad, after a while, it'll be fine." ”

For the next few days, the air pressure in the apartment was very low, and the golden retriever seemed to know that he had been abandoned by his original owner, and he was in a circle, nestled in the corner, hanging his head and whining.

Every time at this time, Yimi would sit next to the golden retriever, touch his head, and be in a daze together.

Yipan tossed the damn schoolwork aside and single-mindedly figured out something fun to tease Yimi.

Yimi would smile a lot, but unfortunately, the smile never entered her eyes.

"It hurts to see it." Yipan sighed, looked at Yimi's room, and said to Yijia.

Yijia was speechless, what did she taste herself.

Once again, silence became the dominant tone throughout the apartment.

After listening to what happened, Yi Min lowered her head, rubbed her swollen temples, and said to Yi Pan: "Hand the phone to Xiaoya, and I'll talk to her." ”

Yimi, who was lying in the quilt and looking at the photo in a daze, took the mobile phone handed by the third sister.

Quietly, only the sound of each other's heavy breathing.

"Xiaoya, my eldest sister's head has been a little uncomfortable recently, and she has just taken her temperature and has a fever. The rest of the family is busy, you come and take care of me. ”

Yimi exclaimed, "Your head hurts again?" Why are you so incapable of taking care of yourself! If you are sick, you should tell your family as soon as possible, how uncomfortable it is to delay the fever now! You drink some fever medicine first, and I'll go over right away. ”

Imi packed her bags overnight and took the golden retriever to Kyoto.

"Are you feeling better now?" Yimi opened Yimin's bedroom lightly and asked Yimin's personal assistant in a low voice.

"The fever has subsided, but I can't eat." The assistant dutifully reported the boss's physical condition.

"You have also kept watch all night, go home and rest. I'm here to take care of my sister. ”

The assistant is a little worried, this little girl looks like a little flower fairy who doesn't eat fireworks in the world, can she really take care of the boss? Cook and boil water what, will she?

Yimi was worried about the eldest sister's situation, so she threw her luggage into the living room casually, entered the kitchen, and skillfully washed rice and made porridge.

This hand, the clouds flow.

The assistant finally relented. After pulling Yimi's luggage to the guest room, he dragged his tired body away.

Yimi finished boiling millet porridge, put brown sugar, soaked in cold water for a while, and after the temperature dropped almost below, he came to the bedroom with the whole pot.

"Sister." Yimi put the pot on the bedside table, took off her shoes and lay on the bed, gently rubbing the acupuncture points on Yimin's face.

Yimin felt Yimi's little hand and opened her eyes with a smile.

"Do you feel hot on your face?" Yimi asked with a smile.

"It's very comfortable." Yi Min held Yi Mi's hand and rubbed it. Xiaoya's little hands can always bring her warmth inadvertently.

"Does your head still hurt?" Yimi tapped her sister's temples.

"It's much better." Yi Min propped up her upper body and leaned on the pillow.

"The money is enough. Sister don't fight like this. Yimi saw that the eldest sister's body was thinner than the last time they met, and she was distressed.

"When my sister has saved up enough of your dowry, I will hand over the company to someone else." Yi Min smiled, as if he was joking.

And this is indeed the motivation for her to work hard. As the boss, she wants to support the whole family and not let Yimi and them suffer a little grievance when they get married. In Kyoto, she saw too many of those who were weak because of her mother's strength, even if she loved each other deeply, and finally ended miserably. She thought that if Yimi and the others fell in love with a powerful man, she would use the money to smash the obstacles in front of her.

Yimi pursed her lips, sullen.

"Angry?" Yi Min poked Yi Mi's back.

Yimi turned around, with a small face, and said sternly: "Sister, I'm great." ”

"Yes, you're great." Yi Min couldn't help but smile, looking at Yi Mi's eyes were full of undisguised pampering.

As soon as Yimi saw her sister's eyes, she couldn't hold back her strict energy, turned around, threw herself into her sister's arms, and said delicately: "I can earn a lot of money for you to spend." ”

"That's amazing." Yi Min has no company's cold tyrant and is ruthless, coaxing Yi Mi unprincipledly.

Yimi's heart was full of joy. Although she knew that her sister was just coaxing her, this kind of compliment would still make her happy for a long time.

"Eat." Yimi hugged the pot to her lap and ate happily with a spoon.

"Didn't you make it for me?" Yi Min looked at Yi Mi, who had already started eating, and asked pretending to be angry.

Iminunu said with a smile, "No." ”

"Little girl!" Yimin was amused by Yimi's little mischievous appearance, picked up another spoon in the pot, and ate it with her.

In the past few days in Kyoto, Yimin is still busy making various decisions for the company, and Yimi is concentrating on researching food.

At the urging of her teacher over the phone, Imi had to go back to Vidor University.

"I put an electronic scale in front of my house, and you report my weight every three days. I put a lot of food in your study and bedroom, usually eat more, I can't lose weight anymore. It took her ten days to finally feed her eldest sister six pounds, and if she fell back again, she would be angry.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Yi Min pushed Yi Mi, who had been particularly nagging recently, into the car. In just ten days, she gained weight at a rate visible to the naked eye, and her previous clothes were a little ill-fitting.

"Remember to eat two pieces of chocolate a day, and two pieces of sugar will do." Even when she got in the car, Yimi still opened the window and chattered.

"Remembered. Let's go, good. ”

Watching the car leave, Yi Min breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking about Xiaoya's uneasy little look just now, my heart is funny and ironing.

"Go back to the company." Yi Min looked at the sky, with a cold face, and commanded the assistant.

Assistant Wangtian, in fact, the boss has schizophrenia, right?!

Standing at the gate of Vidor University, waiting for Yimi to come back, Yijia frequently watched the time, leaning against the wall, facing the sun. Such a lazy appearance attracted the attention of many passers-by.

Blonde hair and blue eyes, tall legs, long legs, and average appearance, because of the exquisite dress, the overall image has been improved a lot. Standing in front of Yijia melon seed face and phoenix eyes, as long as she dresses up a little, she can amaze the Quartet, but her fierce aura, coupled with the prestige she has established in Victoria University in just over a month, so that many people are afraid of her, how dare she look at it with the eyes of a beauty. It's a little difficult to even look at each other.

"Second sister!" Yimi saw Yijia from a distance, happily opened the canopy, stood up and waved.

The wind blew through her waist-length hair, like a group of dancing lights.

The beauty is striking.

……

"Go to the apartment and get some luggage, and follow me to the program team." Time was pressed and briefly explained.

Yijia saw the smile in Yimi's eyes, and the heart she was carrying fell to its original place steadily. went to the eldest sister's place, Yimi grew two catties of meat, and her body was more energetic. She is very satisfied with this result.

The second phase of the "Star Clothes" eighteen into fifteen competition began, because of the first phase, the audience responded well, and the bearded man also brought a wave of sponsorship. The winner of this contest will receive a $50,000 shopping card at the mall.

The female contestants were murderous and sharpened their knives.

"Women are crazy." Pearl looked at the female players who had fallen into a state of madness, and his heart palpitated. It is common to design clothes in the same style, and he actually saw the female contestant who ranked ninth in the first phase broke the opponent's sewing machine, deliberately!

"Now that I feel emotional, it's better to seize the time and think about how to express the theme." The bearded man knocked Pearl on the head.

"Uncle! If you knock again, you will be knocked stupidly. ”

Yimi, who accidentally heard this title, looked at the beard, then looked at Pearl, and said firmly: "We have a saying in Chinese called Uncle Xiao, you really don't look alike." ”

Pearl ruffled his hair, touched his face narcissistically in the mirror, glanced at the bearded man with disgust, and said, "So, I've been suspecting that my uncle picked it up." ”

Bearded:......

Yimi looked at the bearded man and felt sympathy for him having such a nephew.

With a tape measure wrapped around his hand, Arvin turned to Yimi and asked, "Do you need help with this design?" "He's done with his work. This time, he returned to the basics, abandoning the complicated graphic design and moving towards the overall design of the style. It doesn't matter to him if it's successful or not, it's just a stepping stone for him.

Yimi was silent for a moment, then shook her head.

Due to the unhealthy competition between the female contestants, the studio of the program team was divided into a private space, and they did not know each other's works.

Yimi stood backstage, watching the model on the runway in the cloak she had painstakingly made, in a trance.

It is a cape of the utmost magnificence, with lustrous satin and exquisite embroidery that fills every corner, making it a precious work of art.

The long skirt gradually changed from pink to deep red, and the pattern also had small flowers that moved into a large peony symbolizing dignity and wealth.

It's like a girl's metamorphosis into an empress.

"There's a kind of poignancy of withering." Arvin felt a restrained intensity of emotion in the dress, like a bottle of wine gagged by an oak stopper, which, once opened, was full of aroma.

Yimi smiled faintly and shook her head. He only saw the small flowers slowly crumbling on the hem of his skirt, but he did not notice the peony that stretched over his shoulders and the branches that surrounded him.

What she wants to say is the strength and resilience of growing up, not the pain of growing up.

In this dress, there are her most sincere blessings.

Three days later, the other side.

"There's your best friend in there, and maybe you'll have the perfect smile when you look at it." The Minister was satisfied with Empress Ai's rapid growth in the past few days, but the most natural smile was missing from her face, and he was worried about it. In a few days, it will be a very important banquet, and if there is no friendly and natural smile, it will affect the country's external image.

Empress Ai looked at the TV with an expression on her face, and her stiff body explained the feelings she had suppressed in her heart.

When she looked back, she was in tears.

Like a peony blooming, she smiled......

Laughed out of stubbornness, laughed out of strength.

It was their wordless agreement.