Chapter 2 Another Compromise
Sitting in the corner with his friend, David looked in amazement at the two men who walked into the restaurant, both of whom he coincidentally knew. The slender and calm man was Lu Fei, who had met him at the airport half a month ago, and had met him again last week, and the girl next to him was Xin Di's cousin Xin Chen. Xin Chen is a freelancer who does computer graphic design and picture post-processing, and is a little well-known in the local area, she takes jobs at home and cooperates with Davifan's advertising agency from time to time.
At the airport that day, someone came to pick up Lu Fei and sent him to a meeting, he said apologetically to Xin Di: "I can't send you today, Xiaodi, I'll go to your house to find you at night." β
Xin Di smiled and nodded, "You are busy with yours, contact in the evening." β
Lu Fei nodded to Dai Weifan, and the person who picked him up left the airport first, and Dai Weifan asked idly: "It seems that you haven't seen each other for a long time." β
"It's not too long, I haven't seen each other for more than two years, I didn't expect to meet here, it's good."
"Have you known each other for a long time?"
"I've known each other since I was in kindergarten, don't you think it's been a long time?"
Dai Weifan didn't expect it to be a childhood sweetheart, but Xin Di smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he seemed to be in a much better mood than just now, he was unwilling to let go of this opportunity, "Xin Di, I want to explain what happened that day." β
Xin Di smiled, "No need, I think I can understand." β
Dai Weifan knew that Xin Di had always been arrogant and arrogant, and he, a junior sister, really had the capital to be proud. At the age of 28, she has become the youngest design director of Suomei, the largest clothing company in the inland riverside city, and her alma mater is proud of her, and she has been invited back to tell her younger students for several years.
After he absurdly escaped that day, he came out to his chagrin, and when he thought about it, she snuggled so closely into his arms, her lips were sweet and soft when she kissed passionately, and her petite body trembled slightly, it was a wonderful feeling, and he even had a feeling of dizziness that he hadn't experienced for a long time.
He thought, this girl who has always been arrogant in front of him is willing to let go of her arrogance, she must have a good impression of him for a day or two, the previous coldness is probably just a kind of self-protection, and his approach is too hurtful to self-esteem. He was determined to make amends, and on second thought, it would probably not be bad to have a good relationship with such a talented girl. At this time, Xin Di was so empathetic, he couldn't believe his ears.
"It's great that you understand, we can try to take our time......"
Xin Di looked up at him, with a joke in his eyes, and didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and interrupted him seriously: "Although I don't have much experience, I've heard that men seem to have times when they can't." You are still young, don't be discouraged, face the reality, now that medicine is prosperous, it should be curable. β
David Weifan's handsome face was stunned, surprised, embarrassed, and annoyed, and all kinds of expressions were unpredictable, which was really wonderful. Xin Di tried to hold back a smile and lowered his voice a little: "Don't worry, this is your privacy and hidden disease, I won't tell anyone, goodbye." β
She grabbed her bag and pushed her suitcase away.
Dai Weifan looked at her back, stood in place and couldn't cry or laugh, for a long time, he grinned and laughed.
Xin Di behaved like this, and he admitted that his good sense of self was really devastating. In the past, Xin Di never pretended to be to him, he didn't care, there were too many girls around him, and he had always been worried about how to prevaricate. He has long been accustomed to the attention of everyone, and occasionally a girl pretends to be cool in front of him, and he is also very tolerant that it is not a loss in his life.
But now, Xin Di actually gave such an explanation for his deserted escape, he realized that this girl's coolness was probably not pretended, and it was probably difficult for him to get another chance to prove to her his majesty and the dignity of a man.
As soon as he came back to work, Dai Weifan received a call from Manager Li of the Suomei Planning Department: "Mr. Dai, please send the samples of this season's promotional materials, the boss has made a stipulation, and after our approval in the future, we have to hand it over to the design director for inspection before we can place an order to make it and put it in the market." β
David Weifan was surprised, in addition to the main brand, Suomei's sub-brand also has a number of sub-brands, and the current design department is in charge of two design directors, one of which is Xin Di, who he is a little afraid of seeing now, "Manager Li, isn't this a matter of the planning department?" How did you get the design department involved? β
Not to mention, Xin Di went to the store and saw that there was a difference between the poster of the previous season and the pre-set tone, and only her eyes could see that she was furious at the company meeting when she came back. Mr. Zeng has always emphasized that the devil is in the details, and I can eat this batch, alas, in short, we will finalize the draft in the future, and the design director will review and sign before it counts. β
Suomei's promotional materials are the main part of the company's clothing advertising business, and Dai Weifan is easy to follow, he complained to his partner and friend Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin is busy, where to pay attention to him, he didn't dare to be sloppy, and at the appointed time, he brought samples to Suomei. The other design director is from Hong Kong and does not live here for a long time, in fact, Xin Di signed it alone, but she didn't come out for a long time.
Manager Li said helplessly: "Wait, Mr. Dai, she is like this, we have to accommodate her time." β
Dai Weifan was secretly ruthless, and silently recited "Only women and villains are difficult to raise" many times, thinking that this time it fell into her hands, so she had to send it down. When it was almost time to get off work, Xin Di hurriedly ran in with a handbag that was still disproportionate to his figure, and was stunned when he saw him, "Why are you here?" β
Dai Weifan thought that this knowingly asked was not bad, and Manager Li hurriedly said: "Xin Di, Mr. Dai will bring a sample to you to see." β
Xin Di sighed, not polite, sat down and looked at it carefully, and took out one of the POP samples, "This color is wrong, you can compare it with the album." β
David nodded and made a note, ready to accept her harsher pickiness. I saw her pointing to the bag sample and frowning, "Who came up with the idea, choose this material, it looks very cheap." β
Manager Li said aggrievedly: "The matte paper I chose last season, Ah Ken said that it was too deep and depressing. β
A Ken is the Hong Kong design director of Suomei, and he is also a picky man, Xin Di has a good relationship with him, and only pouted and said: "I suggest changing the material with a lower brightness, and the rest is no big problem." β
She dragged the document to sign and approve, wrote this line of comments alone, and then nodded to Manager Li, "I'll leave first." β
Dai Weifan didn't expect that even if he passed the test in this way, he couldn't help but blame himself for the villain just now. It was raining heavily outside, and he thought that he would send Xin Diquan to apologize, so he hurriedly packed up the samples that were spread out on the table and said goodbye to Manager Li, and hurriedly went downstairs. Sure enough, Xin Di and the others were standing under the porch of the office building, seemingly waiting for a taxi. He was about to walk over, but only to see a black Audi Q7 with a Beijing license plate parked at the door, a man got out of the car, strode over with a black umbrella, went up the steps, the umbrella leaned back, the long body was jade, and the heavy rain behind him was like a note, which made him calm, it was Lu Fei who had only seen a few days ago, and he greeted Xin Di: "Little flute, get in the car." β
Xin Di walked down, he covered her with an umbrella, and then moved her slippery handbag back on her shoulder, grabbed her with one hand and walked to the side of the car, opened the door for her, and waited for her to sit on, then closed the door and went around to the driver's seat to collect the umbrella and get into the car, and the car quickly started and drove away. There were already other female employees and Suomei employees next to them who began to gossip: "Hey, isn't this your company's design director Xin Di?" "This manhood is so good, isn't it Xin Di's boyfriend?" "Yes, yes, it looks so intimate."
Dai Weifan thought, okay, maybe he did a good thing in Hong Kong's disgrace and fulfilled the reunion of his childhood sweetheart. But no matter how much self-deprecation you make, it's a little bit of an indescribable taste.
Next, their company also took over the work of setting up the stage for Suomei's autumn clothing conference, and it was inevitable to meet with Xin Di. He pushed it to his partner Zhang Xin, although Zhang Xin was very strange, "Obviously, you are more familiar with this aspect." β
He only waved his hand, "Lao Zhang, isn't it good for me to give you a chance to see the beauty of the backstage?" Your girlfriend won't be jealous. β
At this moment, in this restaurant, I saw Lu Fei actually with Xin Di's cousin, although there was no intimate action, but Xin Chen took the menu and looked at it carefully, while Lu Fei leaned on the back of the chair and looked at Xin Chen, his eyes were clearly focused and gentle, with indescribable emotions. Xin Chen turned his head, as if asking for his opinion, his eyes narrowed, he returned to his calm appearance, and nodded slightly.
Dai Weifan only felt a little ignorant in his heart, and he didn't know whether to despise this man for being left and right between the sisters, or to feel sorry for the proud Xin Di. As soon as this thought came to him, he was taken aback.
What's your business? He said to himself.
However, no matter what Xin Di says, she is also your senior sister, and it doesn't seem very kind to see her being hacked. After a pause, he said to himself again.
Dai Weifan said goodbye to his friends, left the restaurant early, and drove straight to a local five-star hotel, where Suomei's autumn dress show will be held tomorrow, and this should be the time for the model to rehearse for the last time. He went up to the second floor into the multi-purpose hall, the catwalk had been set up, and at the end of the three large spray-painted backplates were staggered, which he supervised the completion, and models came out of there to the rhythm of the music.
Xin Di stood under the stage with her arms crossed and looked up, she was wearing a long shirt with an odd ivory white asymmetrical cut, sleeves rolled up to her elbows, pencil pants and a pair of fish-toe shoes, she looked more and more petite. Under the changing lights, she looked tired and a little helpless, obviously not satisfied.
The choreographer of the modeling agency is shouting: "Stop, stop!" The music stopped, and he angrily shouted at a girl, "Say what about you, talk about you, focus on your eyes, don't throw your eyes, tomorrow there will be customers sitting below, and they will look at the clothes not you." β
The girl was incredibly tall, despite the exaggerated heavy makeup, she could still see that her face was immature, she looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, but she was not afraid at all, she stood innocently in place, "I was focused just now, you said I was rigid, what do you want me to do, boss?" β
Dai Weifan has been doing this for a long time, knowing that the local area is not a fashion center, there are not many professional models, usually auto shows, press conferences come and go are these faces, generally several colleges and universities art department model students part-time on the runway, the conditions are slightly better will choose to go around the competition to seek a fight to become famous, or simply go straight to Beijing, Shanghai and other places where there are many brokerage companies to try their luck. Every year, catch up with the clothing company to do the autumn press conference, order fair, the last class of graduates who are familiar with just leave, the brokerage company will pull some new students to the stage, the effect is naturally unsatisfactory.
The choreographer saw Dai Weifan at a glance and said with a smile: "Old rules, Xiao Dai, go up and show her." β
Dai Weifan used to be the top male model of the Academy of Fine Arts, not only in good physical condition, but also rich experience in walking the stage, at that time many people urged him to take the path of a professional model, but he was not here, and gradually quit this industry after graduation. When he does a catwalk on the stage, the well-known choreographer will always invite him to participate in the guidance. He was really in no mood today, but after looking at Xin Di, he still stepped onto the catwalk in one step, took a few steps back, and the choreographer signaled that the music would play, he turned around, walked to the front of the stage with a relaxed gait and stood still, his head turned slowly, his eyes swept over the stage, as if he had seen everything, but nothing was in his eyes, and any posture was terrifying.
The choreographer shouted, "See, Miss." Several girls on the stage looked at Dai Weifan, their eyes full of admiration.
Xin Di is a design major, clearly know that models are trained in eye expression, it sounds very mysterious, in fact, there is a formula to follow, nothing more than the line of sight on the catwalk is controlled within a certain range, no more than 15 meters when looking ahead, the head turning action can not be abrupt, can not be larger than 90 degrees angle; When the chin is slightly upturned, you can see about 20 meters under the stage, but you can't focus on one point, keep your eyes empty, and look to the sides with your spare eyes; When positioning the gaze, with the subtle movements of the head, the eye blinks and changes the direction of the gaze at the moment.
Of course, these are simple to say, but not easy to do, she knows that there are children with good physical conditions, but their eyes are never in place, and they lack the so-called aura.
Just now her eyes and Dai Weifan briefly met, and she actually felt a little embarrassed, I have to admit that this playboy usually always looks like a relaxed game in the world, but he is probably naturally good at discharging, standing on the stage and sweeping his eyes, he looks mysterious and subtle, and he is completely like two people off the stage. At the same time, she couldn't help but think of the scene in the Hong Kong hotel that day, and her face couldn't help but heat slightly.
Xin Di never struggled with herself, and she couldn't take care of anything else when she focused on the design, she didn't expect Dai Weifan at all these days, her heart was slightly confused at this time, and she couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and motioned to the choreographer to hurry up, "It's not early, hurry up, I haven't walked through it once yet." β
The music sounded again, and the choreographer stared at the stage while saying to Dai Weifan: "Xiao Dai, it's really tyrannical if you don't do this business, it's a waste of your good conditions, there is a big-name suit to do the press conference next month, you must come to make a cameo." β
"Pull it down, how can I have that idle time, and I am just annoyed to stand on the stage and be yelled at by you."
This rehearsal went relatively smoothly, Xin Di only pointed out two parts of the choreography that she thought were not smooth enough, and the choreographer did not dare to slack off on her opinions and immediately revised them.
Seeing that it was almost over, Xin Di wanted to be quiet for a while, went out and asked the waiter to bring a cup of coffee, sat on the sofa by the window and drank it slowly, and after a while, Dai Weifan also came out, and went straight over and sat on the sofa next to her.
"Don't worry, customers can't see the professionalism of the model, they are serious about looking at the clothes, and they don't have any other ideas if they don't seriously see the beauties on the stage."
Xin Di shook his head absentmindedly, "It's just an order-based autumn and winter clothing release, and I don't expect supermodels to come to the catwalk." β
"Honestly, this season's outfits don't quite look like yours."
Xin Di was surprised, Dai Weifan just said part of her heart, although she has many reasons not to like this guy, but she knows that he is also a design-related major, plus he has been a part-time model for a long time, and has been in the clothing business for a long time, and has seen a lot of various exhibitions and conferences, and he still has knowledge.
Of course, her troubles are not limited to the absence of models, she will not make meaningless comparisons between local models and big names of well-known domestic agencies, even if she is not satisfied, she can endure it. However, standing under the catwalk just now, watching the sample clothes on the models, she felt that there were too many compromises in this season's autumn and winter outfits, compromising with the market, compromising with the boss's overall development ideas, and compromising with another Hong Kong design director, Ah Ken, and the effect was no longer the same as her original design intention.
She has been working as a designer for more than six years under Zeng Cheng, a well-known strong boss in the local industry, and she clearly knows that the designers of the company are like dancing in shackles, and her personal play space is always restricted, but it is the first time that she feels so helpless and powerless.
She was a little disheartened and said, "Maybe I'll end up being styleless." β
David didn't expect his comment to hit Xin Di, who has always been confident, "Hey, I'm not criticizing you, I'm just saying that your style has changed." β
Xin Di thought about his heart and didn't say anything, so Dai Weifan had no choice but to continue as if chatting: "I was eating out just now, and I met your childhood sweetheart." Xin Di had to think about it to know who he was referring to, so he only sighed and didn't answer.
"He's with your cousin Xin Chen."
Xin Di sighed again, still stunned.
"Hey, don't worry too much, it's just a meal, speaking of which, he and Xin Chen should also be childhood sweethearts." In Dai Weifan's view, Lu Fei and Xin Di seem to have a much closer relationship, whether it is holding her hand at the airport and smiling gently at her, or holding her an umbrella with one hand; As for Xin Chen, he obviously kept his distance and did not have any physical contact. However, the content of Lu Fei's eyes looking at Xin Chen was too rich and subtle, giving him an indescribable feeling.
Xin Di was at a loss, and then understood what Dai Weifan's brainless words meant, and couldn't help but play a little, she put down her coffee, looked at the distance and said faintly: "That's different, Xin Chen didn't know him until he was 14 years old." β
"There's no such thing as a first-come, first-served thing."
"When I was a child, I thought that I would definitely marry him when I grew up."
David Fan scoffed, "When I was a child, at least half of the girls in the class said that they would marry me when they grew up, and if they all took it seriously, I could only die." β
This typical Davivanian arrogance annoyed Xin Di, and she glared at him in annoyance, too lazy to play, and stood up, "Sure enough, young and ignorant are very harmful. β
David Weifan looked at her embarrassedly and walked into the multi-purpose hall without looking back, he had never had the experience of comforting people, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
Xin Di was about to enter the elevator and go downstairs, but Dai Weifan caught up, "This is yours, right?" β
The large storage box he was carrying was her personal belongings. Xin Di secretly screamed that it was dangerous, she had always lost everything, this box was full of all kinds of spare accessories that she had accumulated for many years, and it was not necessarily valuable, but it was not easy to accumulate, and it could often come in handy when doing press conferences, it would be a pity to lose it, and she hurriedly reached out to pick it up.
"It's not early, I'll send you." Dai Weifan carried the box parallel to her, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry just now, I just said it in passing." β
Xin Di is not at a loss, she is easy to get angry, but it is also easy to turn her head and forget. After the rehearsal, the conductor's assistant put the clothes off the model one by one, hung them according to the number, and then sent them to the booked room.
After getting out of the hotel and getting into the car, Dai Weifan said carefully: "Actually, no one can say anything about feelings, in short, you can't force it." β
Xin Di realized that Davifan wanted to comfort her, and suddenly had the idea of prank, "Have you ever had a crush on someone else before?" β
David nodded, "Yes." β
Xin Di thought that he would say something like "only others have a crush on me" as usual, and he was ready to sarcastically mock him, but he didn't expect him to answer like this, and he couldn't help but be curious, "Did you confess?" Did it succeed? β
"She got married before she had time to confess, but it is said that if I confessed, it was in vain, and I still couldn't succeed."
He confessed so frankly, Xin Di was amused, "Okay, I'm balanced, there will always be times in life when my head is caught by the door, that's it." β
She was relaxed, and David Weifan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the performance of a girl who was really free and easy was different.
Xin Di's place of residence is located in a small courtyard in the old concession area, and there are two tall acacia trees growing in the courtyard, which have passed the flowering period at this time, and the umbrella-shaped canopy stretches out at night, and the leaves are closed like mimosas, and the posture is very beautiful.
Facing a row of three-story old houses, Western-style buildings, high and low roofs, and chimneys erected on them, the street side is full of long, narrow and arched windows, not the same plastic steel windows nowadays, but old-style wooden window frames and red window lattices. Although the outdoor units of the air conditioners hanging everywhere do not seem to be in harmony with the red brick faΓ§ade, and they look a bit dilapidated from the outside, they are still quite exotic.
Dai Weifan parked the car and opened the back seat door to get the storage box, when a man standing in the shadows under the acacia tree came over, and the street light shone on his face, it was Lu Fei, "Xiaodi, why did you go back and didn't answer your phone?" β
"The music was too loud to hear." Xin Di reached out and took the box and said to Dai Weifan, "Thank you, goodbye." β
Dai Weifan saw that she was very familiar and handed the box to Lu Fei, and couldn't help but start a fire again, but he didn't know that his friendship was deep, so he didn't say anything more, just thinking, could it be that Xin Di was really carried away by the so-called crush, and would rather acquiesce to this man between her and her cousin? In this case, my head will be caught too hard by the door.
What's your business? That night, he said this to himself again.
Butβ
No, he interrupted himself a little roughly, said "goodbye" in a muffled voice, got into the car and made a U-turn, quickly brushed the two of them by, and drove out of the yard.
Lu Fei, who has always been calm, was also a little surprised by this abrupt speed, and shook his head funny, "Is your boyfriend?" Little flute, let him not get me wrong. β
"What is there to misunderstand, ordinary friend." Xin Di covered her mouth and yawned, "It's so late, what's the matter, Lu Fei?" β
"Xiao Chen asked me to give you the tapestry she brought back from Tibet." He opened the trunk of his car and took out the tapestry, "I'll send it up, it's a little heavy." β
Xin Di was not polite, leading the way in front, going up a few steps, into the dimly lit porch, and what appeared in front of him was an old-fashioned wooden handrail staircase, obviously a little old and unmaintained. However, the staircase steps are actually dark green marble, and there is a bit of the luxury atmosphere of the old days.
Going up to the second floor, Xin Di took the key to open the door. The two-bedroom apartment was the old dormitory for Xin Di's mother's unit, where the family had lived for a long time, and then her father was assigned a bright, well-structured house in a civil service community, where her parents moved in, but Xin Di insisted on staying here alone. Fortunately, the two places are not far apart, and there are many government offices around, and the law and order is good, so my parents agreed.
The living room is small, the kitchen and bathroom are very dim, but the indoor high space, the wooden floor with a little mottled traces of vicissitudes, with the old wooden furniture specially picked by Xin Di, and the dark red velvet sofa that has been used for nearly 20 years, has a sense of time everywhere, with a somber taste.
Xin Di unfolded the tapestry, she is a person who knows the goods, as soon as she touches the texture, she knows that it is handmade of pure wool, the color is complex and exquisite, it is the abstract pattern she likes, not the specific palace figures, birds and beasts, etc., "Tatsuko's eye is still good, and every time she finds something back, she has a very good appetite for me." The shawl I bought last time I went to Xinjiang was so beautiful that I wanted to go there. By the way, how did you talk today? β
Lu Fei smiled bitterly, "She didn't say anything at all, I don't know how she became so silent, what happened after I left?" β
"After you're gone?" Xin Di frowned and recalled that she was not confident in her memory in a certain part other than clothing design, but the year Lu Fei walked was meaningful to her. In the spring of that year, she was in her third year of college, at the age of 21, and won one of the most important awards in her student days: the first prize of the National New Fashion Design Competition. That summer, Lu Fei was 22 years old and went to study in the United States after graduating from college; In the early autumn of that year, Xin Chen was almost 18 years old and went to college.
"There are a lot of things before you leave, but you all know it, after that, the country and the people are safe, and the wind and rain are smooth, but ......"
Xin Di hesitated, of course something must have happened. It was from the time she was in college that Xin Chen quietly changed, from a somewhat troublesome girl with a problem to a quiet girl. Although she did not become a down-to-earth office worker according to Xin Di's father's arrangement after graduation, she completely became a freelancer after changing several careers, but she worked hard without doubt, and her life was as quiet as water, and she never caused anything wrong.
Xin Chen has been pursuing many people from junior high school to college, and has changed many boyfriends, aunt Li Xin is very unpleasant to this point, and the uncle who loves her is also quite disapproving, and often teaches her, she always promises to speak, but there is not much correction performance.
After graduating from college, she suddenly cultivated herself, properly and sensibly handled the relationship with each suitor, and easily did not go out with anyone, what surprised Xin Di the most was that she accepted the blind date arranged by her uncle, and met with Feng Yi'an, the son of his old colleague, and later dated, which really puzzled Xin Di, "You are just over 23 years old, Chenzi, are you willing to accept a blind date?" β
Xin Chen only shrugged, "I always have to have a boyfriend, this person was introduced by the uncle, and it can save the uncle from worrying about me." β
This answer made Xin Di have nothing to say, she could only look her cousin up and down, but she clearly didn't mean to be perfunctory.
Later, they met by chance on the road, and Xin Chen introduced them to each other. Feng Yi'an looks pretty good, his appearance is handsome, his every move is well-educated and decent, he is innocent, he co-founded a company with friends, he always dresses up as a standard low-key yuppie, loves photography, has no bad habits, and takes good care of Xin Chen.
The two maintained a relationship for more than a year, and when Xin Kaiming met Feng Yi'an's father, he even jokingly talked about the possibility of the two children getting married, but they broke up suddenly two months ago, although it was somewhat unexpected, but it was calm and not unpleasant.
She usually lives a well-behaved and secluded life, and the only thing that might be different from the others is that she has a slightly unusual hobby, often participating in hiking and traveling to remote and inhospitable places once a year.
However, all the changes happened unconsciously, no one could tell exactly when it started, Xin Di sighed, "You know, I have an intimate relationship with Xiaochen, but I can't talk about everything, and we have our own life circles, she and my dad are closer, but they won't say anything to him." β
Lu Fei was silent, of course he knew that even if Xin Chen was lively and willful in her girlhood, she was still not a child who liked to tell calmly, and there was a part of her who always hid it deeply.
"Does her change have anything to do with your departure? Or what did you promise her? Xin Di had this association for the first time, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
Lu Fei felt pain again tonight, his slender fingers resting on the coffee table held the corner of the tapestry, his knuckles were so strong that they were a little white, and he said in a dumb voice after a while: "I hope I can make a promise to her, Xiaodi, but Xiaochen is not a child who is willing to make an illusory promise." β
"Also, you've always been too steady, probably won't say irresponsible things when you're leaving, and Xiao Chen's character is not so weak." Xin Di thought about it sideways and gave up, "I don't have a clue, maybe everyone will change, sooner or later." β
Lu Fei looked at the tapestry, his expression focused, as if he wanted to find a pattern in the complicated pattern, and after a long time, he shook his head, "But you haven't changed at all." β
"Don't blame me for this," Xin Di smiled, "Actually, I have changed too, just now I rehearsed the catwalk, I just found out, I have learned to compromise now, life is really a good school." β
Of course, design used to be her hobby, but now design is her job, and with the design director sign, she can't afford not to compromise.
The Xin Chen, who once lived arbitrarily and willfully, only existed in the past, like the eclectic Xin Di with an eclectic imagination. Despite having a completely different youth, she also compromised in another way, Xin Di thought wistfully.
At a certain party, Xin Diliu drank some wine and said drunkly: "Xin Chen is my muse and inspiration. β
Everyone in the audience laughed, including Xin Chen, who had always looked at her cousin, who was three years older than her, with a tolerant eye for her innocuous childishness and artistic temperament.
Everyone admits that Xin Chen is of course a beauty, tall, with a delicate figure, a small and delicate face, jet-black hair, fair skin, bright eyes, and a small pear vortex looming on the left cheek when she smiles, but such beauty is not uncommon in this riverside city, and it is not particularly outstanding. In particular, she wears jeans or outdoor sportswear most of the time, and she is careless about dressing up, except for the clothes that Xin Di gave her, she hardly buys fashion, and she doesn't look like a person with such an important mission.
Only Xin Di knew that she was not exaggerating at all.
Xin Di always insisted that before the age of 18, Xin Chen's beauty could not be copied or recovered.
is still the same face, but at that age, she has a bright and radiant face, translucent skin, coupled with a lively and agile demeanor, and flowing and charming eyes...... In addition to using her cousin as a model to practice sketching, Xin Di also persuaded her to wear her own design for photos. She is very sure that her memory is not biased, and she has always had an amazing sensitivity and memory for beauty, which is more reliable than the appearance of Xinchen girl in the freeze frame of the photo.
"Do you remember the time when Tatsuko wore my design and took a photo album?" Xin Di narrowed his eyes and recalled, "You seem to have something to do after watching it for a while." β
When she was in her junior year, Xin Di made a set of clothing designs called Lolita, she asked Xin Chen to be a model, and asked Yan Xuhui, a student majoring in photography, to help take a set of photos and make a simple picture book.
Xin Di won the first prize of the National Cutting-edge Fashion Design Competition with this group of designs, and the evaluation opinions given by experts were: "The image is rich and unrestrained, the shape is bold and chic, the youth and fashion atmosphere is strong, and the fabric elements are used properly, which is both unrestrained and enthusiastic and subtle, forming a naΓ―ve and charming dispute and organic fusion, reflecting the unique design concept." β
It was her first major award, and she became famous at school.
Of course, Lu Fei clearly remembered the scene of that day.
That year, Xin Chen was not yet 17 years old, and he usually only liked to wear T-shirts and jeans. When she changed into the costume designed by Xin Di and walked out, Lu Fei's heart seemed to be pinched hard. Xin Di gave her a pale makeup, heavy eyeshadow against a pair of big eyes brighter, almost transparent skin, light lip gloss with a little pearl luster, her hair was draped over her shoulders with a slightly messy wave effect made by a curling iron, and she wore a black over-the-shoulder top with a chiffon layered tower skirt, which almost made people suspect that she was from another time and space.
The most terrible thing is that the clothes and makeup greatly highlight her innocent but laissez-faire temperament, and Yan Xuhui's admiring eyes holding the camera are unabashedly fixed on her, but she is unaware.
Lu Fei only stood for a moment before leaving in a hurry, but the scene had already penetrated deep into his heart.
However, after being separated for more than seven years, Xin Chen, who reappeared in front of him, was just quiet and serene, and he was no longer so uninhibited.