Chapter 474: Cinderella's Black Fairy Tale
Mr. Lancelot was quite surprised, he was an old customer of the Moonflower Ready-to-Wear Custom Shop, and the tailor who usually came to make clothes for their family had always been a slightly bald middle-aged man, but he didn't expect to be replaced today, and he was replaced by a Sven girl who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old.
Though confused, out of politeness, Mr. Lancelot stood up and greeted him with a smile.
"Nice to meet you, are you the tailor of Moonflower's new tricks? How come I haven't seen you before? ”
In the face of Lancelot's inquiry, Ruan Mianmian replied lightly: "I only became the tailor of Moonflower two months ago, and Mr. Hook said that your family needs a tailor to provide door-to-door service, and it just so happens that I am the only one in the store who has free time, so he sent me to serve you." Please rest assured, although I look young, I have been studying dressmaking with my father since I was a tailor in my family, and my craftsmanship is very exquisite, even Mr. Hook praises it. ”
Mr. Hook is the boss of Moonflower, and Mr. Lancelot has a personal relationship with him, knowing that he will not send a tailor with bad craftsmanship to him, after all, he is a regular customer, and this trust is still there.
So Mr. Lancelot suppressed the suspicion in his heart and pointed to Cinderella next to him.
"This is my eldest daughter, Cinderella, I hope you will make two sets of dresses for her to wear in winter, the fabric should be good, and the style depends on her own liking."
He paused, then added.
"Let's make two sets of spring clothes and two sets of summer clothes."
Ruan Mianmian smiled and responded: "Okay, you are really a generous and caring father, Cinderella is really lucky to have a father like you." ”
Lancelot beckoned to Cinderella and told him to come and say hello to the guests.
Cinderella looked at the girl's familiar face, and her heart beat involuntarily.
He silently took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm.
After a few seconds, he lifted the hem of his skirt, stood up, and slowly walked in front of Ruan Mianmian.
"Good morning."
Ruan Mianmian bowed slightly: "Good morning, beautiful Sister Cinderella." ”
Cinderella's face stiffened, and her expression grew colder.
Lancelot frowned slightly, thinking that the child was a bit rude, but because of the presence of outsiders, he could not accuse Cinderella to his face, and then introduced his wife and another daughter to the other party.
Lady Holly and Mary had met Ruan Mianmian.
This slender and pale but mysterious and powerful witch left an indelible impression on their hearts.
So much so that they recognized each other the first time they saw Ruan Mianmian, and they almost exclaimed on the spot.
But when they touched the witch's smiling gaze, the fear in their hearts instantly reached its peak, and all the voices were stuck in their throats, and they couldn't get out.
And Mr. Lancelot, as the only male head of the house, still did not notice anything.
He even took the initiative to draw the witch's attention to his wife and daughter.
Mrs. Holly was so frightened that her whole body tensed up, her face turned pale, and she barely squeezed out a stiff smile: "Sister Mianmian, hello." ”
Mary was on the verge of crying.
She shuddered, "You, hello. ”
Mr. Lancelot was not very pleased with the reaction of his wife and daughter, especially Mary, who did not seem at all to be as decent and generous as usual, and looked nervous not so much as greeting a guest as if she were facing a terrible devil.
Mr. Lancelot frowned slightly: "Mary, what's wrong with you?" ”
"No, nothing. I'm fine. ”
"And what are you shaking?"
Mary replied with difficulty: "Maybe it's a little uncomfortable, I want to go back to my room to rest, is that okay?" ”
If she saw Cinderella making new clothes, she would definitely ask for new clothes, but now, when she saw the girl who claimed to be a tailor but was actually a witch, she felt her knees go limp, and if it weren't for the last bit of will to barely support her, she would almost have fallen to her knees on the spot.
She didn't want new clothes, she just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible, as far away from that terrible witch as possible.
Lancelot, though dissatisfied, did not say anything and agreed to Mary's request.
Mary immediately stood up, and without even bothering to pick out the present, she hurried upstairs with the hem of her skirt.
Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Holly also stood up and said with a little uneasiness, "I want to go upstairs to see Dorothy, she should take her medicine." ”
Lancelot didn't stop her, and watched her leave.
Soon, only Mr. Lancelot, Cinderella, and Nguyen Mianmian were left in the living room.
When they were seated, the maid brought the tea.
Ruan Mianmian opened the suitcase, took out a thick picture album from it, and spread it out in front of Cinderella.
"These are the more popular dress styles nowadays, you can take a look, if you like the style, just tell me, I will try my best to meet your needs."
Cinderella was not used to the politeness of a girl.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the pattern in the album, but his mind was thinking about why the girl was here.
Didn't she say last night that she wouldn't come again?
Mr. Lancelot picked up the morning paper, which had just been delivered this morning, and began to read it.
Ruan Mianmian smiled and talked to the other party.
"I heard that Mr. Lancelot has just returned from the South?"
Mr. Lancelot looked up: "Yes, I just got home yesterday. ”
"How's the city over there? I grew up in the North and was curious about the South. ”
The other party was a girl about the same age as his daughter, and Lancelot couldn't help but feel like an elder, and when he saw the other party's curiosity, he temporarily stopped reading the newspaper and smiled to describe the customs of the southern city.
Ruan Mianmian listened very carefully, occasionally interjecting to ask a few questions, dutifully playing the role of a listener.
Lancelot spoke for a long time before stopping.
He picked up his teacup, took a sip of black tea, moistened his throat, and then looked at Cinderella next to him.
"Did you find a style of clothing that you like?"
Cinderella had just focused all her attention on the girl, her slightly pale complexion, obsidian-like black pupils hidden under the lenses, and her thin, slender body......
He was so engrossed that he didn't care about the styles of clothes in the album at all.
Hearing her father's inquiry, Cinderella casually pointed to a page in the album: "This set is not bad." ”
Ruan Mianmian took the opportunity to look at the outfit and showed a rather surprised look: "It turns out that you like this style." ”
Noticing the girl's strange look, Cinderella immediately lowered her head, only to realize that the style of clothes she had just picked out was actually the kind of sexy girl style with a straight neckline and a large area of shoulders and chest skin.
Cinderella closed the album and said without changing her face, "No, you misunderstood, I think this outfit is more suitable for my two sisters." ”!