Chapter 44: Bought a Bouquet of Tulips Representing Intense Love. p1
Chu Wantang was right. The weather in Nancheng was even better than in Jingcheng.
The sky here was clear and cloudless, and the leaves were plated with a warm golden edge, making a light sound in the gentle breeze.
As a coastal city with a more developed tourism industry, the pace of everything in Nancheng was much slower, and the air was filled with a lazy and comfortable atmosphere. On the roadside, you could see many people leisurely lying on long chairs, squinting their eyes to enjoy the comfort.
As soon as Huai Xing and the other passengers from Jingcheng got off the plane, they could feel the obvious moisture in the air, and a faint salty sea smell would also enter their nostrils.
“Seraphina is waiting at the arrival gate. Let’s go to the hotel to put our luggage first,” Chu Wantang said, holding Huai Xing’s hand, with no sign of letting go. “After lunch, I’ll go to a conference. You can go to work with her.”
The sun slanted their shadows. Huai Xing nodded. “Okay.”
After picking up their luggage, they came to the arrival gate.
As the owner of an independent studio, Seraphina had come to pick them up alone this time, without her assistant.
From a distance, she saw Chu Wantang, but her gaze uncontrollably fell on Huai Xing. When the distance shortened and she could see Huai Xing more clearly, her heart pounded—
Don’t misunderstand. She was just surprised by the sense of suitability that the real Huai Xing brought.
Huai Xing was even more in line with her requirements than in the photos and videos. Her mind had even already thought of how to shoot, with backgrounds like the seaside, forest, desert, etc., all of which had to be shot.
“Violetta!” Seraphina waved.
Huai Xing knew Chu Wantang’s English name. Hearing this, she looked over.
Seraphina had tan skin and looked to be over 1.75 meters tall. It was hot, and she was wearing a loose tank top and shorts, and you could clearly see the traces of her fitness. When she waved, it was as if she were creating a breeze.
Chu Wantang’s lips curled up, and she walked over with her suitcase. “Your skin is getting healthier and healthier.”
Seraphina nodded. “It’s like this even with sunscreen every day.” She then extended her hand to Huai Xing and said very solemnly, “Hello, Xiao Huai. My name is Seraphina. If you find it hard to pronounce, you can call me Sister Lin.”
“Hello, Sister Lin,” Huai Xing replied, shaking her hand.
Chu Wantang asked with a smile at the side, “Why don’t you let her call you Sister Youmeng?”
Lin Youmeng: “…”
She had always felt that her Chinese name did not match her temperament and had specially chosen a sacred English name. Now that she was exposed by Chu Wantang like this, she glared at her friend. “You can take a taxi to the hotel by yourself. I’ll take Xiao Huai and Assistant Xiao Zhang in my Audi.”
“Let’s see who they choose to go with,” Chu Wantang said calmly.
Lin Youmeng: “Hmph.”
Seeing this, Huai Xing’s eyes curved.
The group of four did not stay in place for long and slowly walked towards the parking lot.
More than half an hour later, they were checking in at the front desk of the Junling Hotel.
Huai Xing and Chu Wantang’s business trip contents were different. Their positions were very different, and the hotel allowance given by the company was also different. But Chu Wantang would add money to it, and Lin Youmeng was not inviting people over for nothing, so she was very generous.
Even though they would eventually sleep together, the face-saving project still had to be done well, and they checked into their own rooms separately.
Lin Youmeng followed Chu Wantang into her room. There was no one else now. She sat down on the sofa and asked directly, “How long have you and Xiao Huai been together?”
Chu Wantang was a little puzzled. “Why do you ask?”
“I feel like it hasn’t been long, right?” Lin Youmeng rubbed her chin. “You’ve never mentioned it to me before, and now you have to bring her on a business trip. Two months? Three months? The honeymoon phase is like this. I understand you, Violetta.”
Chu Wantang took out the Jingcheng gift she had brought for Lin Youmeng and handed it over, saying a little coldly, “We’re not in that kind of relationship.”
“…Tsk.” Lin Youmeng looked at her expression and didn’t ask any more questions, adding an adjective, “Slag woman.”
Chu Wantang’s eyelids twitched. Was there such a good slag woman as her? Giving money, sleeping with her, picking her up and dropping her off from work, and even taking care of Huai Xing’s emotions and bringing her to Nancheng to shorten the time they were apart, and even carefully preparing a birthday gift for Huai Xing…
Apart from not having a nominal title, what had she not given Huai Xing?
Besides, wasn’t the identity of “little sister” enough? How many people wanted to be her little sister but didn’t have the chance?
But there was no need to say all this to Lin Youmeng. The two of them didn’t have much private interaction, and their relationship was not as good as with Su Cheng and Wan Yi.
Swallowing all her rebuttals, Chu Wantang picked up the sunscreen. “Wait for me for a while.” She glanced at her watch. “Twenty minutes.”
The UV rays in Nancheng were stronger. They had specially applied more sunscreen before going out in the morning, and now it was time to reapply.
Huai Xing was not surprised by Chu Wantang’s meticulousness. She pushed her hair back on the sofa in the room and sat up straight.
Chu Wantang’s hand passed over her neck, collarbone, arms, fingers…
Last night, this hand had also treated her like this, even more gently, and had touched a larger area.
“Okay.” After she was done, Chu Wantang sat down, and it was Huai Xing’s turn to apply sunscreen for her.
Huai Xing stood to the side and did as she was told, in the same order and posture. She bent down slightly and placed her hand on Chu Wantang’s shoulder and neck. After thinking for a moment, she lowered her head and pecked the woman’s lips.
Before Chu Wantang could react, she quickly pulled back, a faint smile on her lips.
Chu Wantang lifted her eyelids and said with amusement, “You can’t.”
“What can’t I?”
“You can’t just kiss me once and leave.”
“I can,” Huai Xing said, lifting her chin. “I’m leaving.”
Hearing the words “I’m leaving,” Chu Wantang’s heart skipped a beat.
But when she looked up and saw Huai Xing applying sunscreen for her, her smiling appearance was very cute. Noticing her gaze, she looked back and winked playfully.
Chu Wantang suppressed the inexplicable and unfounded panic in her heart. When it was over, she pulled the person into her arms without hesitation and had her sit on her lap.
They were already used to this posture in the past.
The sunscreen that had been applied was casually left to the side, but the two people in the room had no time to speak for it.
What followed was the ambiguous sound of kissing.
…
The fashion design studio that Lin Youmeng had opened was a little different from Su Cheng’s. Su Cheng only took the high-end route of private customization, emphasizing uniqueness. But Lin Youmeng’s studio not only did private customization, but also took on outsourcing, designing for some clothing companies, and also promoted itself.
The clothes to be shot this time were for a promotional brochure to be used for external promotion. At that time, they would see which clothing company would buy it.
Lin Youmeng was very confident in this set she had designed and predicted that it would become a hit.
Naturally, she also put more effort into the shooting. Before Huai Xing came, she had already organized people to set up the scene and had specially invited her favorite photographer, He Lindi, to shoot.
Huai Xing was not afraid of the camera, and with the training from the “LANLING LIFE” show before, she could be more at ease with all this.
Like a fish swimming in water, a cloud floating in the sky.
On the outdoor lawn, she followed the photographer’s instructions.
This set of clothes was 100% compatible with her. It brought out her advantages, and she brought out its advantages.
After the first round of shooting, they were all in the simple tent looking at the photos.
The photos on the computer were scrolled through one by one, and in Lin Youmeng’s WeChat, there were also messages from “not a lesbian.”
This was the new note she had given Chu Wantang today. It used to be “Violetta.”
After looking at the photos with satisfaction, Lin Youmeng took her phone and went to the side.
“Not a lesbian” had been asking how Huai Xing was doing and if she had given her water.
Lin Youmeng: […?]
Lin Youmeng: [She’s doing great. I gave her water. Hehe, you’re asking as if I’m abusing her.]
Lin Youmeng: [Aren’t you at a conference?] How can you send so many messages?
Not a lesbian: [I’m on a break.]
Lin Youmeng thought for a moment and replied: [Beg me, and I’ll send you a photo.]
Not a lesbian: [I’ll ask her for it myself.]
Lin Youmeng: [Her phone is in the locker so as not to affect her state.]
Chu Wantang looked at the line of words on her end of the phone, her brows furrowed. No wonder no one had replied to the messages she had sent to Huai Xing.
After struggling for a few seconds, Chu Wantang cleared her throat and typed: [ball you.]
Soon, the message from the other end came back: [Crazy!]
[Don’t even think about seeing a single one.]
Chu Wantang’s lips twitched. It wasn’t that she had to see it. She hadn’t been separated from Huai Xing for long, so she didn’t miss her that much, nor was she worried that Huai Xing would be bullied here.
She was just… a little unaccustomed?
After a while, the break was over, and the conference continued.
This conference was to promote innovation and development in the field of fashion design through the collision of ideas, sharing of experience, and integration of resources. Many people came to the scene.
The content was not much different from the previous one she had attended. She looked serious on the surface, but in fact, she had nonchalantly looked at her watch several times.