Xin Di and Ah Ken walked up the runway hand in hand, passing among the models lined up, followed by Suomei's design team. When the spotlight hit Xin Di, she applauded softly like her colleagues, and suddenly remembered the scene of standing on the podium of a national competition for the first time in her life.

That year, Xin Di was just 21 years old, and he received a notice from the organizing committee to take the train to Nanjing, and the whole journey was so excited that he was restless. Hearing that a well-known domestic designer she admired at that time was the guest of honor and read out her name, the audience applauded like thunder, and her blood boiled rapidly.

Looking back at the outfit still hanging in her room's closet, she admits that the work is immature in her current gaze, and she has since developed more sophisticated designs. But it was from then on that she became a little famous, and she also had the eternal theme of her future design: the dream of unrestrained youth.

Xin Di's growth process is very standard, her father Xin Kaiming and mother Li Xin became civil servants after graduating from university, worked hard, married late and gave birth late, and only began to have a baby after supplementing folic acid vaccination in advance of physical examination, according to the guidance of the parenting manual to cope with every link, in the process of educating her, carefully refer to expert opinions, explore her interests and potential, strict requirements, and do not indulge her because of her superior family background.

Her parents noticed this and arranged for her to receive formal and professional training early on, hoping that she would apply for an art academy when she grew up and develop in the direction of a painter.

However, she has been fascinated by fashion design since junior high school, and when she took the college entrance examination, she resolutely applied for her favorite major despite her parents' opposition. After a heated argument, her parents could only accept her choice in a puzzled way.

Only Xin Di herself knows that the origin of her hobbies and dreams comes from her cousin Xin Chen, and she transforms her hobby into the beginning of career orientation, which cannot be said to be unaffected by Xin Chen, as for her design ideas, Xin Chen's imprint is even more obvious.

Her cousin Xin Chen, from birth to growth, has no plans to speak of, and is very different from her.

Xin Chen was not born out of wedlock, and in the household registration book, her mother's column was blank. When she was born, her father Xin Kaiyu was only 19 years old and her mother was 18 years old. The two and a half children who had just entered a key university fell in love at first sight, and after secretly eating the forbidden fruit, the ignorant girl didn't know that she was pregnant until the fourth month, and she was at a loss for more than two months, and she couldn't hide her bulging abdomen in loose clothes.

It was the 80s of the 20th century, and the social climate was conservative, and they were both expelled from college, which became a disgrace to the family. The girl's parents arrived from out of town, and the parents sat together to discuss the aftermath, but the two families who had hopes and plans for their children could not reach an agreement.

Disputes came and went, the fetus was no longer possible to induce labor, and they were not of marriage age, Xin Chen was born without anyone expecting it, and then handed it over to his grandparents. The little mother was sent by her family to a third-rate school thousands of miles away to continue her studies, and after graduation, she settled in the local area and never came back to see her daughter; Xin Kaiyu stayed locally and later went to work in a state-owned enterprise. In the Xin family, Xin Chen's mother is a taboo topic, and no one will talk about it openly.

Grandpa Xin's eldest son, Xin Kaiming, did not add any trouble to them from going to school, working, getting married until giving birth to children. They have always pampered the smart second son who was born only after middle age, but they had to clean up the mess for him at an advanced age and help take care of this little baby.

Xin Chen has been a beautiful child since she was a child, and her grandparents still took good care of her after the initial disappointment and anger. And her little father, in addition to not being responsible enough and having too many rotten peach blossoms, is actually a cheerful father who dotes on his daughter, as long as he is not occupied by endless love, he is also willing to accompany his daughter.

Since he was a child, Xin Chen has been dressed like a doll by his grandmother and father, and his clothes are often renovated, with white lace princess dresses, pink sweaters, embroidered jeans, pink lace-up patent leather shoes, and Peugeot's face.

Da Xinchen's 3-year-old Xin Di has an inconspicuous round face, a small upturned nose always has a little childishness, she doesn't hate her looks, she only hates the neat and conservative clothes arranged for her by her mother. Looking at his cousin, and then looking at the cotton sportswear he was wearing, Xin Di couldn't help but feel resentful. She went back to complain to her mother, who raised her eyebrows and was surprised, "Have you started to dress when you were in elementary school?" Students should always dress appropriately for who they are. ”

So Xin Di wore the clothes her mother chose all the way as a student, loose cotton pants, a small flower skirt that was never below the knee, the shirt was all cotton without a waist, the jacket could not tell the gender, and the shoes were black leather shoes with straps in addition to sneakers and sandals.

The happiest time for her was when her uncle took Xinchen to buy clothes and brought her with him at the same time. She refused her uncle's offer to let her choose the clothes she liked, knowing that her mother would not let her wear them when she bought them. She watched with pleasure as Xin Chen tried on clothes one by one and made suggestions, watching Xin Chen spin in front of her in the dress she had picked, and the process seemed to be happier than putting on a new dress herself.

Completely different from the strict discipline that Xin Di has always received, Xin Chen was doted on by his grandparents and indulged by his father, and grew up almost completely unrestrained. In the first few years of her elementary school, Xin Kaiyu worked relatively leisurely, and would come to pick up her daughter from school when she had nothing to do, and send Xin Di home by the way. Xin Di saw with envy more than once that the little uncle put his hand on Xin Chen's shoulder, chatting with her while walking, and both of them were dancing with their eyebrows.

They chatted about a wide range of topics, and they talked about topics that Xin Di's parents wouldn't talk about with them.

Xin Chen complained that the little boy sitting next to her was pulling her braids, and her father smiled: "Don't pay attention to him, he likes you and doesn't dare to say it, so he has to use this method to get your attention." The next time he pulls your hair, you kick him and make sure he's honest. ”

This is of course different from the standard answer given by her mother to Xin Di.

No matter how many points Xin Chen scored, Xin Kaiyu would rub her hair, "Not bad." Xin Chen said that the teacher criticized her for not being able to figure out the difference between "n" and "l" in pinyin, and he only shrugged his shoulders, "Most people in the local area can't tell the difference, what does it matter." ”

Of course, this is different from the high requirements of parents for Xin Di.

Xin Chen said that the weather was so good, Xin Kaiyu would say: "Tomorrow I will take turns off, take you to the suburbs to play, and I will write a leave note to the teacher." ”

Xin Di didn't even dare to think that he could use this reason to skip school.

Xin Chen, who grew up like this, is bright and cheerful, and it seems that he is not affected by the lack of such an important role as his mother in his life.

The boy accosted her, and she was calm; She is generous to anyone, and she doesn't feel uncomfortable at all; No matter how delicate the color is, it will only make her more and more cute; She laughed freely, and the looming pear vortex on her left cheek overflowed with happiness.

Xin Di is not jealous of her at all, she likes the appearance of this beautiful cousin swaying freely, in her opinion, if she can choose, she is willing to grow up like her cousin and enjoy her girl's time.

After being admitted to the fashion design major of the Academy of Fine Arts, from the first design, Xin Di's imaginary model was Xin Chen, to be precise, Xin Chen between the ages of 14 and 18. Each of her designs carries the youthful atmosphere of her imagination.

However, after six years in this profession and sitting in the position of design director, the main consumer of the clothing she designs is urban white-collar women. The pop style is unpredictable, sometimes dignified, sometimes playful, sometimes a little feminine, sometimes neutral, Xin Di's task is to lead the design team to try to grasp the trend, but it belongs to personal preferences, but has to repeatedly make compromises and give up, the initial excitement and sense of accomplishment become distant.

The customers and agents and shopping mall managers in the audience have a standing ovation, each Suomei press conference will create a warm and demagogic atmosphere, the entire design team curtain call is the best place, perfect display of Suomei's strong design power and style, so that the customer's sense of belonging, sense of honor to further strengthen, to achieve the boss Zeng Cheng needs the effect.

Xin Di clapped almost mechanically with everyone.

DAI WEIFAN COULDN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT XIN DI ON THE STAGE, SHE WAS WEARING A SHORT CHEONGSAM, WHICH MADE HER BABY FACE A LITTLE EMOTIONAL, AND SHE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE EXCITEMENT OF THE LITTLE DESIGNER BEHIND HER, AND THE SMILE ON HER FACE WAS ALMOST AS RESERVED AS THE ARROGANT HONG KONGER KEN NEXT TO HER. He didn't like the expression.

In his impression, Xin Di has never concealed his emotions, and when he laughs, happiness seems to overflow, which can infect everyone; When she was angry, she pouted her mouth and blurted out mean words, but no one could seriously get angry with her. At this time, Xin Di, who bowed slightly and greeted politely on the stage, looked very unfamiliar.

After the press conference, as usual, there was a reception dinner, and Dai Weifan noticed that Xin Di at the other table was lazily drinking red wine, and he had no appetite for anything. Halfway through eating, she went out and didn't come in for a long time.

Dai Weifan knew that there was a small restaurant with an open-air café on the opposite side of the banquet hall here, he walked over, and sure enough, Xin Di was sitting on a seat against the balcony railing, and under the soft light, she looked back at him and smiled, "Davifan, believe it or not, I just thought of you at this moment." ”

Davifan's heart was pounding, but Xin Di then said, "I suddenly found that you are very similar to my little uncle." ”

Xin Di didn't mean to deliberately hit Dai Weifan this time, she did think of her little uncle Xin Kaiyu, when almost everyone was changed by life, it seemed that only this man had been doing his own thing.

Xin Kaiyu is 44 years old this year, and he is still a middle-aged beautiful man with a 25-year-old daughter, which seems to be just a small wave in his life.

Xin Di will always remember the sensation her handsome little uncle caused when he first went to the school for a parent-teacher conference.

Xin Chen was arranged by his uncle to enter the same key primary school as Xin Di and the children of many government cadres, and the parents of all the children and Xin Di's parents are the same model: they are middle-aged, with a dignified expression, neat and conservative clothing.

And Xin Kaiyu calmed everyone as soon as he appeared, he was only 25 years old at the time, wearing a jacket and white jeans, he was really young and handsome. He was holding his daughter's little hand with high spirits, no matter how he looked at it, he was still a big boy, not like a father.

Xin Kaiyu has never fully adapted to the role of his father. For his daughter, he almost responds to his needs. He was working in a state-owned enterprise at the time, and his income was only ordinary, but when he had money in his hand and had a whim, he would take Xin Chen to buy very expensive clothes and shoes, regardless of the price. He keeps making girlfriends, always does not shy away from saying that he has a daughter, and sometimes takes his daughter to eat and watch movies with beautiful aunts.

Xin Kaiyu called his niece Dizi and his daughter Chenzi, and later this title was used by the sisters. He would go to the roadside shop to buy them self-adhesive stickers and trinkets that girls liked, and sometimes take them to eat barbecue, which Li Xin strictly forbidden: barbecue is not hygienic enough, and those gadgets are boring and unnutritious.

But the happiness of the little girl always comes simply and directly, and these cheap and really meaningless little things are enough to make the two girls shine.

Xin Di's father was the local deputy mayor and Lu Fei's father Lu Jingzhong's secretary at that time, and his mother Li Xin worked in the Health Bureau.

The beautiful Xin Chen began to develop, and soon grew taller than Xin Di. She received a small note from the boy and showed it to her father, who laughed and shook his head and said, "It's naïve, but you are so cute, it's normal for boys to like you." If you don't want to ignore it, throw it away, don't show it to the teacher, and don't make fun of others. ”

Xin Chen said that a boy asked her to go to the zoo to play or watch a movie, Xin Kaiyu muttered, "It's okay, but don't accept gifts from others, don't be too close to others, and don't satisfy his vanity to admit that you are his girlfriend." ”

Xin Di had to pity her life as dull and boring, she had never received such a gesture or invitation, of course, even if she did, she didn't dare to tell her parents. She can imagine how they deal with it: first talk to her solemnly, from the current main task is to concentrate on studying until talking about the ideals and choices of life, and then call the class teacher to communicate the situation.

Xin Kaiming looked at his younger brother, who became an unmarried father early, but refused to get married and settle down until now, and always had a bit of hatred for iron and steel; Li Xin looked at her, a little uncle who was always in trouble, but didn't have an apologetic expression, so naturally she wouldn't be happy.

Only Xin Di really likes this happy little uncle, she directly told Xin Chen about her envy, Xin Chen mostly just laughed, but once he was silent for a while, and asked her seriously: "Dizi, are you willing to stay at home alone all night, and you can only use a quilt to plug your ears when you hear thunder?" When you are willing to sign your homework, you can't find your parents, so you have to imitate his handwriting? Do you want your dad to change girlfriends more often than to change clothes? ”

Xin Di was dumbfounded, no, she didn't expect that there would be this side of things at that time. When she was in high school, her mother still came into her room at least once a night to cover her. My father has never had any distractions except for work and family.

After Xin Di grew up, she knew more or less about Xin Chen's life experience, and she understood that her little uncle may be a likable man, but he is probably not a standard good father, even if he has always been popular with women, he is probably not a good lover.

And he really has some similarities with the handsome man in front of him, thinking of this, Xin Di couldn't help laughing.

Dai Weifan found that since that unlucky night in Hong Kong, he was a little stunned, and the mischievous smile on the corner of Xin Di's mouth made him dazed.

But for the first time in his life, he was said by a woman of a similar age to look like an elder, which didn't sound like a compliment, so he could only smile bitterly, "Do I look like your uncle?" ”

Xin Di looked at him seriously, with a research and contrast gaze, Dai Weifan was a little uncomfortable to accept her scrutiny, feeling that it was similar to the first time he appeared on the catwalk that year. Liangjiu Xindi concluded: "You are taller than him, and your appearance is not similar, my uncle is a senior handsome guy, you can see Xin Chen, their outlines and eyebrows are very similar, and they are more handsome." ”

Daring to love his own appearance is not in the eyes of the other party, Dai Weifan smiled: "Then let me inquire, what is the reason why I have this honor that reminds you of your uncle?" ”

"Your personalities and expressions look similar, the kind of people who are all in the game. My uncle is 44 years old this year, and he doesn't have much money, so he still has a lot of little girls who are obsessed with him. Xin Di laughed, "When will I suggest that he write a 'love holy book', which is dedicated to teaching men how to pick up girls, or teaching women how to prevent being soaked." ”

Dai Weifan listened quite uselessly, "Hey, you can't pass it on to me because you have an opinion about your uncle, and hate me for so many years, right?" ”

Xin Di spread his hands, "I like my uncle very much, I have no opinion on him, and I really think that as long as he wants, he might as well live like this forever." He has always been very frank, and he didn't lie to anyone, the woman who fell in love with him should be mentally prepared, and she can't want to enjoy the happiness of getting along with him, and she needs to be long. When he is willing to find a woman to marry and settle down, that's another matter. ”

Dai Weifan couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect Xin Di to have such a high opinion about men, "Maybe men are willing to settle down after they have had enough." ”

"A lot of tasteless men use this to hang up women's luck psychology, and the biggest misunderstanding of women is that they think that this man will change for themselves."

"It seems that you have experienced a lot of experience, and you have experienced all the vicissitudes of life."

Xin Di naturally heard the mockery in Dai Weifan's tone, thinking that she had confessed that she was a virgin in front of him, she couldn't help but get angry, but she didn't have a seizure, she just said coldly: "I have never eaten pork, I have always seen pigs go, especially the model of sand pigs, there are too many." ”

Unexpectedly, Dai Weifan didn't laugh angrily, "It's rare that your opinion of me has been the same for ten years." Seeing Xin Di's surprise, he reminded, "When we first met, that's what you said about me, Sand Pig. Pity me for being too inferior at that time, and even stupidly asking others what sand pig means. ”

Xin Di couldn't hold it anymore and laughed out loud.

After being reminded by David Fan, Xin Di remembered his first encounter with him, and sure enough, ten years had passed.

That year, she was 18 years old and was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts with excellent professional results. Although her parents insisted that she stay in the local school against her wishes, and she also chose to major in fashion design against her parents' wishes, in the end, everyone decided to compromise with each other, and they were very happy.

For the first time in her life, she broke away from her mother's meticulous care, lived in the school and began to live a collective life, and since she entered the university, she has completely dressed according to her own aesthetics, although her mother is not used to it, she can't do anything about her. She enjoyed her sudden freedom, and she was a little dizzy.

And the arrangement of the university is of course dazzlingly rich in the eyes of the freshmen. Club recruitment, alumni associations, fellow associations, various art exhibitions and performances followed, and it was at the welcome performance in the school auditorium that she first met Dai Weifan, who was very eye-catching in the school.

Xin Di, who showed a good sense of color as soon as she entered the school, was called by the seniors of the same department to act as a subordinate to sort out the costumes for the performance, before she had only quietly drawn a whimsical design draft at home with her own imagination, and the first time she came into contact with the designed costumes, she couldn't help but be excited, and the backstage models were mixed, and they only wore underwear and waited for makeup and change, which was a strong impact on her.

Her friend Lu Fei is famous for both internal and external cultivation, her cousin Xin Chen has been a beauty since she was a child, and the color of the model in front of her has no effect on her at all, but she has always been taught by the most conservative family, and she has never even been to a public bathhouse before, and suddenly saw so many peers calmly exposing a large body in front of her, her face suddenly burned red uncontrollably, and she didn't know where to look at her eyes.

When the most handsome and tall boy stood in front of her in a white tight tank top and showed a perfect inverted triangle figure, and asked her about the order of her clothes, she hesitated and did not say a reason for a long time.

A tall girl next to her caught up with the boy and argued quietly and then loudly before he rescued her.

That boy was naturally Dai Weifan, and that girl was one of his girlfriends. His girlfriend said that he didn't pay enough attention to her, he ridiculed her and said that she was too controlling, and then the girl gave trivial examples, he didn't bother to pay attention to it at first, and after a while he said impatiently: "Since there are so many opinions, let's break up." ”

Xin Di was very happy to watch, she had only seen Lu Fei quietly refuse the female classmate's gesture before, Xin Chen looked impatient and angry to send away the little boy who pursued her, she didn't expect that the two college students in front of her would be so boring and naïve to stage a drama in public to entertain her.

The girl began to sob, the makeup on her face was suddenly spent, and the other classmates persuaded her, and the leader of the model team was so anxious that she jumped to her feet, "Ancestor, you are about to make such a scene, you will really smash the stage, the school and department leaders are now all sitting under the stage, Dai Weifan, can't you coax her?" ”

Dai Weifan had already changed into his clothes, and a white uniform with epaulettes outlined his toned and handsome figure, and the whole person was lined with extremely handsome. He was 20 years old at the time, and his personality was even worse than now, and he didn't buy the leader's account, "It's just that I coaxed a lot of things that came out of my habits, so I love whoever I love." ”

The surrounding classmates were at a loss, and Xin Di, who was waiting to help this girl change her clothes, had already been impatient, so she came out of the crowd and said honestly and politely: "Hey, sister, I see that you are also a good beauty, why make yourself uncomfortable for this sand pig." Break up, break up, and the boy who will talk about the breakup is not worth your crying for him at all. ”

Everyone didn't expect this new student standing in the model bush to be as petite as a middle school student has this courage, and they all laughed, and someone echoed: "Yes, yes, the little junior sister is reasonable." "Hurry up and wash your face and touch up your makeup, it's going to be our show soon."

David Fan was not annoyed, but his purpose has always been that good men do not fight with women, so naturally he will not reason with a little girl, and he really didn't understand what Sand Pig meant at that time. After meeting his friend Zhang Xin, he consulted carefully, Zhang Xin laughed and told him that the English word is a male chauvinist pig, which literally translates to macho chauvinist pig, referred to as sand pig, which is usually used by women to scold people with an inexplicable sense of superiority and disgusting machismo.

Later, Xin Di didn't have a good face when he saw him, but he was also interested, and he didn't want to provoke this small but powerful girl.

Xin Di soon made a name for herself in the Academy of Fine Arts, she had a solid foundation in art, and she was quite professional in painting flowers and birds, and even the professors of the Department of Chinese Painting praised her and sighed why such a good student entered the fashion design major that they thought had little technical content. Xin Di's costume design drafts were completed at a burst speed, which made the teachers of the department's professional courses fall in love with her, confirming that she is the most talented and potential freshman they have ever taught.

The design department and models inevitably deal with each other, Dai Weifan has no choice but to be cynical and sneering, but fortunately, Xin Di is not deliberately mean, most of the time he says it casually, and then ignores him directly.

Dai Weifan, who has always enjoyed everyone's attention, feels that this little bit of petty nature is still within the tolerable range, and he has always been tolerant of smart girls, since Xin Di's talent has been recognized, he is more willing to admit that talented girls should have a bit of quirks and privileges.

Speaking of this past, Xin Di smiled depressedly, "Yesterday I was still discussing with Lu Fei, whether people will change with the passage of time, and I finally found a person who has not changed at all for ten years." ”

"It's nice to be entertained, but no one can stay the same for ten years, especially after that time, I never casually broke up with anyone."

Dai Weifan's face was rare serious, but Xin Di shrugged, "I don't have the confidence, a casual word will have such a big impact on a playboy." ”

"It's not all your words, no one can go all the way down young and frivolous, not even your uncle."

Xin Di can only admit that his words make sense, even if he is the little uncle Xin Kaiyu who has always been happy, it is actually different from before, "That's right, Xin Chen told her father that men either work hard to make some money, like Xu Jinheng, who is still called Xu Gongzi when he is over 50 years old, and he can still soak Li Jiaxin; Either you still have to serve the old self-cultivation, and it is the right way to restrain yourself and play with a deep heart. ”

Dai Weifan shook his head and said with a smile: "Not every man wants to soak Li Jiaxin. Also, please don't call me a playboy, if nothing else, if I were a playboy, I wouldn't be so ashamed that night in Hong Kong. ”

At this time, he mentioned that on that unfortunate night, the two of them looked at each other, and neither of them looked away comfortably. Xin Di didn't have the heart to get angry, after all, the person in front of him was tolerant and easy-going, and he could afford to joke, so there was still merit. As for that night, she shrugged her shoulders again and decided not to think about it, "Come on, let's forget about that." I'll go in first, or they'll come looking for me. When will designers be granted permission by the emperor to stop participating in this kind of entertainment. ”

She covered her mouth and yawned, got up and left. Only then did Dai Weifan realize that the short cheongsam she was wearing seemed simple, but there was a bold lace hollow design on the back and waist, vaguely revealing snow-white skin.

David found out for the first time that he was not sure at all.

A few days later, Dai Weifan returned to the company and met Xin Chen, who came to hand in the design draft.

Xin Chen often comes over, and the company's employees are familiar with each other, she is telling a few copywriters and planners the joke she just encountered when she went to a wedding photography studio, "The photo completed by the child is simply flawless, but it is a little awkward no matter how you look at it, and I called a group of people around to see where the problem is, and I didn't see why, but the eldest sister of the company's sanitation probe glanced at it, and said coldly: 'This girl looks like a fairy, but why doesn't she have a belly button?' It turned out that he handled it smoothly and photoshopped that part of the house as a scar. ”

Several people were all amused to laugh out loud, and Dai Weifan said with a smile: "Xin Chen, are you still taking the portrait processing of those wedding photography?" ”

"Forced by life, it doesn't take a lot of effort to do that anyway, it should be regarded as an adjustment." Xin Chen smiled and handed him the design draft, "Mr. Dai, please look at the instructions." ”

The advertising agency opened by David Weifan and Zhang Xinkai is not large-scale, and after receiving the business, it sometimes subcontracts some of the work with a high degree of specialization or difficulty according to the requirements of the client, and Xin Chen has long-term cooperation with them. This time it was for a newly opened company to make a LOGO, Xin Chen submitted two proposals, her design has always been neat and concise, never procrastinating, won praise.

Dai Weifan nodded in approval, "Xin Chen, there is still a picture in the album to be repaired, it is more urgent, do you have time to pick it up?" ”

He called up the original picture to show her, Xin Chen frowned, "It's this model again, I really can't stand her, she looks pretty good, but she's really a little too picky, every time she has to be photoshopped into a Barbie doll, the proportions are completely distorted, and she is happy." ”

"This time she has no right to speak, the album is directly finalized by the manufacturer, and their aesthetics are normal."

Xin Chen nodded, "That's okay." ”

Dai Weifan explained the detailed requirements, she wrote them down one by one, used the mobile hard drive to copy the original pictures, and packed her backpack, "If there is anything to be modified in this LOGO, you notify me, I'll go first." ”

"Wait, Xinchen."

Xin Chen looked at him inquiringly, but he was a little embarrassed to speak, he and Xin Chen have known each other for a short time, but they have never been just working together, this girl looks easy-going, and laughs as if she has no heart when she jokes, but she is hot on the outside and cold on the inside, and the smile only stays on the face, and there is always a sense of distance from people, which is really different from her cousin Xin Di's cold on the outside and hot on the inside. He could only wave his hand, "Forget it, it's okay, you should hurry up with this album." ”