Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 97
The sky is clear in autumn, and the afternoon sun shines warmly on the lawn, one layer of golden yellow and one layer of dark green, spreading across the entire back garden.The lotus in the pond has withered, only some dark blue and haggard lotus leaves are still standing in the pond. The water seems to be clearer, reflecting the high blue sky and white clouds. When the wind blows, the dead lotus in the pond is swaying, There are layers of ripples.

Different from the pond full of depression, there is a flower wall full of roses, the flower branches are trimmed extremely neatly, and each flower blooms in a suitable position.Looking from a distance, the piles of green and red are quite romantic like a European garden.The flower wall surrounds the small white western-style building for half a circle. On the corridor from the western-style building to the garden, there are large and small bonsai, mostly peonies, deep red and light purple, which is full of spring.

There are two European-style carved white wood chairs and a small round table under the grape arbor. On the round table, there is a red rose in a thin-necked amphora.A slender hand put down the magazine, and her voice was as soft as water, "Oh, don't smirk, just say you are stupid, women should take the initiative to give men a hint of marriage, and wait like you foolishly, won't you become an old girl. If it really happens, you have to give me a big red envelope."

He Manling tapped her lips on the rim of the cup, pursed her lips and smiled, put down the coffee and said, "Okay, I can't do without you." A trace of uneasiness suddenly flashed in her eyes, "Do you think he will be angry? Will I do this? Have you lost your composure and made others laugh at you?"

Wenying glanced at He Manling unhappily, and said, "There's nothing to worry about. When you ask, just say that those tabloid reporters are catching wind and shadows. You just went to try on a piece of clothing. Fortunately, you have received a Western education. You Look at those foreign women in the "Linglong" magazine, and they show their arms and legs on the beach, why are you so shy."

He Manling also flipped through a few pages of "Linglong" magazine, saw the pictures depicting foreign women, and sighed: "They are just different from us, dare to think and wear, women can also have their own careers, I am very special Admire that Chanel lady."

Turning to the next page while talking, He Manling saw a familiar face on the picture, and said casually: "Feng Qixia seems to be in the limelight recently, and she is making movies and releasing records. It seems that Feng Li is I am determined to support her."

Wenying glanced at the still photo lightly, her red lips slightly parted, "She, no matter what scene she is filming, she always has the same expression, either playing the role of a miserable maid or an infatuated resentful woman, crying and showing to those men, it is really boring. "

He Manling smiled faintly, "But don't most men prefer to eat this way? They always like women who are gentle and charming. Feng Qixia is very good at using this way. Listen to the people I arrange on the big stage of neon clothes." It is said that she has a close relationship with several Japanese businessmen, it seems that Feng Li is not the only backer of her."

Wenying's smile froze at the corner of her lips, thoughtful.Seeing that she didn't speak, He Manling thought she was upset that Feng Qixia was overpowering her, so she comforted her, "Don't worry, she won't end well if she befriends the Japanese, none of them Alright, she will have to suffer when the time comes."

A trace of complicated emotions flashed in Wenying's eyes, she nodded, and forced a smile: "I don't know as much as that woman. I'm going to release a new record recently, so I don't have time to worry about what movies she makes."

Seeing her friend's eyebrows stretched, He Manling felt relieved and said, "Okay, you have to leave me a signed record then."

Wenying picked up the coffee and took a sip, then casually stirred the coffee with a small spoon, and said, "Of course, yes, I see that you like making cheongsams, do you have any good cheongsam shops to recommend? I recently I need to rush to make some cheongsams for the new cigarette pictorial."

He Manling put her chest on her chest, thinking of Shen Ji's cheongsams hanging in the closet, her expression calmed down, and she said, "You can go to Jinhong Tower, where the cheongsam masters are very skilled."

Wenying said: "It's not bad there, but there are many high-class women who make cheongsams there, and they will inevitably wear the same style and pattern. I don't want to wear clothes that other people have..." Wenying noticed that He Manling's expression was wrong , suddenly remembered Ye Zijin who I met at the birthday banquet, suddenly realized, and hurriedly said, "Forget it, I'd better go to Jinhong Tower to have a look, and let them order new ingredients for me to make."

At this time, a maid wearing black Xiangyun gauze trousers and a white shirt with red flowers walked up to He Manling and respectfully said, "Miss, Boss Meng is here."

He Manling hurriedly got up after hearing this, and for a moment forgot that Wenying was still there.

Wen Ying covered her mouth and smiled, with mockery in her eyes, and said: "Oh, I see some people blushing anxiously, they look like a little girl. Then I will leave first, and I won't disturb you and Boss Meng On a date."

He Manling sent someone to send Wenying back, and said to the maid: "Xiu'er, go and get out my favorite dress first, and then tell the kitchen to cook some of Haoxiang's favorite dishes."

"Yes, miss." The servant girl took the order and ran quickly towards the small western building.

In the living room, Meng Haoxiang was standing in front of a pot of snowball peonies, and suddenly felt something rubbing against his feet.He looked down and saw that it was a gray cat.Meng Haoxiang leaned over and touched the gray cat's head, and said with a smile, "Why are you so fat, the older you get, the more lazy you are to move."

This cat was a stray cat that he picked up from the side of the road when he and He Manling went out several years ago. Unexpectedly, it had been a long time since he hadn't seen this cat.

"Dudu is old now, and he only likes lying on the balcony basking in the sun, and it's hard for him to roll around like a baby." A gentle voice came from behind.

Meng Haoxiang turned around and saw He Manling wearing a clear autumn lace dress, a white belt, white satin shoes, and a string of sapphire necklaces hanging around his neck. He was as slim as this white peony.He was a little distracted, remembering that when he first arrived at Jin'antang, He Manling was still a ten-year-old girl, and the first task Master Hua gave him was to protect He Manling. At that time, he always carefully guarded her. By his side, protecting her like his own sister.Fast forward more than ten years now, and He Manling is no longer the little girl she was back then. Although she is sometimes self-willed, Meng Haoxiang never gets angry with her.But this time, he didn't know why he cared so much about the newspaper.

"I'm afraid you allowed this guy to be lazy, otherwise he wouldn't grow so fat, he would almost catch up with Qianjiang." Meng Haoxiang walked towards He Manling while talking.

He Manling smiled and pulled him to the dining room to sit down, where his favorite side dishes had already been set on the table.He Manling thought that he would not come to her place for dinner, but she didn't expect that he would readily agree when he called today, which surprised her a bit.

"Haoxiang, this is your favorite fried pomfret, eat more." He Manling put a piece of fish in Meng Haoxiang's bowl.

Meng Haoxiang didn't move his chopsticks, he was silent for a while, and finally said: "Manling, did you go to Baihe Photo Studio to look at the wedding dress?"

He Manling's hand holding the chopsticks froze, her smile remained unchanged and she said, "That's the case, I went to see it with Wen Ying, and I was hanging out with her that day, and she dragged me to that studio to try out Western ones on a whim. The wedding dress, I think it's pretty pretty." As he spoke, he glanced at Meng Haoxiang quietly, blushing.

Meng Haoxiang said in a deep voice: "Be more careful when you go out in the future. Some reporters always like to make a fuss about nothing. I'm also thinking about your future."

"For the sake of my future?" He Manling raised the corners of her lips. Now she knew the reason why Meng Haoxiang agreed to eat with her. It was because of Ye Zijin. Was he worried that the woman would be sad after reading the newspaper?Hehe, it was really well-intentioned.

"You still want to get married in the future. These newspaper scribbles are not good for your reputation. I will send someone to that newspaper office tomorrow to make arrangements. This kind of thing will not happen again." Seeing He Manling's displeased expression, Meng Haoxiang said, Knowing that she was angry, she was afraid that she would have another attack later, so she said again: "I have to have dinner with Boss Yu tonight, so I'll leave first, you take good care of yourself."

Meng Haoxiang got up, but He Manling reached out to hold his hand, suppressing the tears in his eyes, and said, "Haoxiang, don't you understand my intentions? I have done so much for you all this time, do you really care?" do not know anything?"

Meng Haoxiang didn't turn his head to look at her, but gently brushed her hand away, and said calmly: "Manling, I told you a long time ago that without hope, there will be no disappointment. I don't want to hurt you, but I don't want to hurt you either. Going against myself, so all I can say is sorry."

He Manling laughed uncontrollably, the crystal tears fell down, leaving a trace of powder on her face, there was hatred and sadness in her eyes, and she said slowly: "I know that Master Shen is kind to you, so in the past three years I go to his shop to make cheongsam every day, I know every dish you like to eat, I know you don’t like women wearing strong perfume... Although I don’t like to wear Chinese clothes, although I don’t like to eat fish, although I I really like to try all kinds of perfumes, but for you, I can do all of them! What did I do wrong, why do you still treat me like this? Why..." He Manling tightly grabbed the handkerchief, and couldn't bear it any longer. Can't help, tears fall like rain.

Seeing He Manling's pear blossoms in rain, Meng Haoxiang felt uncomfortable. He and He Manling grew up together, and she can be regarded as half of his relatives. Got into a stalemate with Master Hua.Meng Haoxiang had no choice but to let He Manling calm down.

"Manling, I'm sorry." Meng Haoxiang went out the door with some hesitation, and then heard the "crackling" sound of dishes falling to the ground and crying in the room.Meng Haoxiang stopped his hand on the doorknob, and suddenly became cruel again, and quickly got into the car and left.

Seeing He Manling lying on the dining table crying sadly, the maid Xiu'er walked over cautiously, and timidly persuaded: "Miss...don't cry... Boss Meng has already left..."

Tears welled up in He Manling's eyes, and she lifted the white tablecloth with a clatter, threw it on the ground and stepped on it. The snow-white tablecloth was stained with various sauces and wine, and it had become a mess.

He Manling suddenly raised her head to look at Xiu'er, and shouted loudly, "Get me the scissors!"

When Xiu'er heard that she wanted scissors, her face turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly persuaded: "Miss, don't be too hard on yourself..."

Seeing Xiu'er standing still, He Manling became more and more angry, and rushed into the bedroom to open the drawer to find the scissors.Xiu'er hurriedly followed, and saw that He Manling picked up the scissors, opened the closet, threw the dozens of cheongsams hanging on the bed, and then tore and cut the exquisite cheongsams one by one. into pieces.In particular, she found out the silk and satin cheongsam with peonies, flowers, dragons and phoenixes, and buttons. She remembered that Ye Zijin had chosen the material for this cheongsam.The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she tore the cheongsam under her hand vigorously.The phoenix wears the peony, the dragon and the phoenix are auspicious, radiant, and all wishes come true... Haha, how ironic!He Manling sneered, and couldn't help but clenched the scissors tightly in her hands. In that case, it's better to cut them off and cut off the love!
When Meng Haoxiang came to Rongshun Restaurant, he wanted to book the best private room to treat Yu Guanshan to dinner, but he didn't want to be told by the store that the private room named "Millennium Pavilion" had been reserved by a lady surnamed Ye.

Miss Ye?The corners of Meng Haoxiang's lips raised slightly, it shouldn't be such a coincidence.He couldn't help wondering what Ye Zijin was up to lately. Not only did she make friends with celebrities in the business world, but she also frequently appeared at receptions and dinners, which was quite different from her previous style. Meng Haoxiang suspected that Shen Ji had encountered some difficulties...

(End of this chapter)