At noon on Thanksgiving, Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun invited their friends to have dinner in their rented house and spend the festival together.

On the table with red and white tablecloths, the delicacies of various countries are swept away, and friends from all over the world are chatting and having fun.

Zhou Qi and Zhou Qi's friends, lobbyist Rogers and housekeeper Penelope of a city bank in China, driver Jose Rodriguez and his wife Maria and their young daughter, Yu Xiaochun and Nina, and Yang Yiming and Meritis sitting in the upper seats.

"What person or thing would you most like to thank this Thanksgiving?" Meritis threw out the question for all the guests to talk freely.

A simple and warm after-dinner topic, used to pass time, but I didn't expect to send the male host of the banquet, Yang Yiming, into a period of contemplation.

At that moment, there was a knock on the door.

All the invited guests have already attended, but who will come?

1/

"Hi everyone, my name is Stella. Stella Qin, I am the owner of this house. Happy Thanksgiving! ”

The owner of the house?

"Qin?!" Seeing the people coming in the door, Penelope stood up suddenly, and she was actually a little excited with a dull expression, "Why are you back?" ”

"It's a holiday. Wouldn't I be welcome back? Stella walked over to Penelope. The two kissed each other on the cheek and then hugged each other.

Looking at Penelope's rare and enthusiastic appearance, this lady named Stella Qin is undoubtedly the mistress of this entire mansion who has never appeared.

"I'm sorry, I just flew back from Bangalore today. I just walked around the building over there, and I didn't see anyone, so I came here. Stella spoke very quickly, even after a long trip, she still maintained a spring breeze and no tiredness, "I'm sorry to disturb your dinner." ”

The words are conclusive, but these words are over, and I don't actually hear a bit of apology.

"Miss Stella, you are the master, come and sit in my place." It was still Yang Yiming who was good at observing words and expressions, and he was still in deep thought just now, but at this time he was the first to stand up, ready to give up his seat to her.

"It's okay, you're still sitting there. After all, you're half the owner of this room. Stella waved her hand and excused herself, but it was impossible to tell whether she really refused, only when she said the words "half master", she slowed down, as if she wanted to deliberately emphasize it.

"Hello, my name is Yang Yiming, and you can also call me Ulys. I'm a Houston Rockets player, thank you for renting this room to us..."

"I know who you are." Seeing that Stella didn't accept the invitation, Yang Yiming wanted to ease up by introducing himself, but he didn't expect to be quickly interrupted by her.

"Hi Stella, I'm Meritis, the Rockets' team assistant. Why don't you sit with me?" Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Meritis got up and prepared to give up her seat.

Stella looked Meritis up and down, smiled and said, "Thank you so much, dear. You wouldn't mind switching seats with Penelope, I wanted her to sit next to me. I'll add another chair and sit here. ”

Stella points to the front of the table!

According to the etiquette of Western cuisine, if the guests are formally entertained, the two short sides of the table, one end and the other end, should be reserved for the host and the host of the banquet. But because the initiators of this banquet were Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun, in order to avoid suspicion and jokes, they vacated their heads and tails, and only sat down one-on-one along the long side. But at this time, Stella, the mistress of the mansion who had just entered the house, was unceremoniously named to sit in the vacant master seat!

Within minutes, the guests who were caught off guard by this change looked at each other in amazement, not knowing what to do.

"Peggy, come here." Stella beckons to Penelope. Peggy? This is the name she mentions during Nina's hypnosis. Only the mysterious "she" will be called.

"Maria!" Nina shouted at José's wife, breaking the silence.

"Huh?"

"Is there any dessert you brought in the kitchen, I'll serve it with you." Nina winked at Maria.

"Ahh Okay, we're in this together. Maria finally understood, and with the child in her arms, she walked to the kitchen.

"We've been bothering for a long time, so let's leave early. There's also a Thanksgiving dinner with the family in the evening, so it's best to go back early to help. The scheming Rogers followed up to understand the situation, and also made an excuse, pretending to be involuntary, "Women, you also know, it's always troublesome not to show up at this time. ”

"The doctor told him to rest early." Seeing this, Zhou Qi's friend also hurriedly used the injured Zhou Qi as a shield and prepared to slip away.

"Then I'll drive them first, and I'll come back to pick you up later." Before smearing oil on the soles of Jose's feet, Maria said goodbye to Maria in the kitchen.

"Eh, why are they all gone. Then I won't send it, welcome to come back next time. ”

Stella says so, but will there really be a next time?

In the living room that was still bustling just now, there were suddenly only five people left: Yang Yiming, Yu Xiaochun, Meritis, Penelope, and Stella, the mistress of the house.

"That's right, there's no need for another chair. Sit it all down. Yu Xiaochun put the vacated chair that originally belonged to Jose to Zhuo Shou, and Stella was not polite, and sat down with a butt.

"Tell me where you just talked?"

2/

If you meet on the street, you'll have to introduce Stella to tens of millions of dollars (maybe more!). The owner of the mansion, probably no one will believe it.

She was not tall, around 168, with a slender figure and even a little thin. A look of an oriental, with a delicate face, willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a small nose and mouth, with the most popular nude makeup and lipstick, the facial features appear more and more small and exquisite. Her black hair was tied in a ponytail and tucked into a baseball cap with a logo that read "Giants." All in all, in terms of appearance, Stella is also beautiful, but compared to the star-like Penelope, and even the blonde beauty Meritis, she can only be regarded as an ordinary girl next door.

But aside from her appearance, if you look closely at Stella's outfit, you can actually see some clues. Her top is a long-sleeved white shirt from Gucci in collaboration with Spanish artist Coco Capitan, printed with Gucci's Double G logo and classic red and green stripes, and hand-painted with the words "Common sense is not always so common". The brand of high-waisted jeans with hips is unknown, and the designer Rick Owens pure white high-top leather sneakers on the feet have a simple version of Converse canvas shoes, but the domestic price exceeds 10,000 yuan. And the most powerful thing is the Hermes platinum bag in her hand, made of python skin, which can be purchased for at least hundreds of thousands of yuan, and now she is thrown on the floor casually, as if it is just a shopping bag for groceries.

"I heard that Yiming, you have received a few invitations for advertising endorsements?" Seeing that no one answered herself, Stella asked as she took the newly empty wine glass.

"Well, there are several." Yang Yiming helped her pour a glass of cider in a pot.

"We're still discussing." Yu Xiaochun answered together.

"Shall I hear it?" Stella took a sip of the wine.

Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun glanced at each other, the former nodded in approval, and Yu Xiaochun opened his mouth to say: "In fact, there are four advertising endorsement invitations." One is a city bank in China, and Rogers is their representative, and he hopes to invite Zhou Qi and Yang Yiming to be ambassadors at the same time. ”

"Zhou Qi looks like he's agreed, right?" After only a few minutes of face-to-face shooting, this rich woman is really amazingly observant.

"Well, it's almost convincing us."

"Which city bank?"

Yu Xiaochun reported the name of a second-tier city on China's southeast coast.

"No, this place..." Stella's Chinese pronunciation is much worse than English, but it seems that she is still familiar with the situation in China, "Nine times out of ten, there is a problem with the bank's money." If you put too many high-risk loans, there is a good chance that you will have bad debts..."

"But they also have the highest endorsement fees." Meritis interjected.

"That's exactly the problem. Spending a lot of money on endorsements is not a common practice for banks – they are speculative in doing so. ”

Yu Xiaochun and Yang Yiming tacitly exchanged a look, and seconded: "Actually, we have the same worries, so we haven't agreed to Rogers." In addition, their endorsements have been exclusive for a few years, and we feel that local banks may not be able to match Yang Yiming's development in the NBA in the future. ”

"Well, that's interesting," Stella said as she thought about it, drawing an arc between her fingers and the rim of the glass, "I've worked with some domestic financial institutions, so I can introduce them to you." ”

"The advertisement that Yao Ming did with Chinese Shou before was very successful." Or Meritis is still a treasure trove of the Rockets' history.

"Yes, if you want to do it, you have to do it!"

Can it really be?!

All the rest of the table were shocked.

Perhaps, regardless of what he looks like, this is the time when he can really see the identity of the Stella Qin huge rich in front of him.

"Well, then tell me about the other three advertisements."