Chapter 82
Xu Ling was pushed back step by step until she fell onto the sofa. The leather sofa was soft, and she felt as if she were sinking into it.
And Xu Ling was even softer than the sofa. The only thing she was holding tightly in her palm was a paintbrush, as if it were her weapon.
She looked so easy to bully.
“So a big designer is so easily pushed down,” Qin Cong’an said, straddling her, her palm on her lower abdomen. “I suddenly feel like what I’m doing is really bad.”
Xu Ling had a look of wanting to cry but having no tears. “I’ve never seen a customer as unreasonable as you, who even sits on me. It’s too much…”
“But I want to be even more excessive.”
Qin Cong’an suddenly switched to French and leaned over, smiling at Xu Ling.
Xu Ling froze for a moment, and then her body became even softer.
Xu Ling had never found French to be a beautiful language. Before, when she had heard Qin Cong’an learn it with her, she hadn’t felt anything. But at this moment, something was instantly ignited within her.
So beautiful, and so erotic.
“May I?” Qin Cong’an continued to ask in French.
Xu Ling shamefully nodded… even though she had wanted to act for a little longer!
The big designer quickly became a pile of mud, as if in a cloud of fog, only knowing to offer her mouth for a kiss.
Qin Cong’an held her face. “So beautiful, Xu Ling. Your expression is so artistic, so beautiful.”
Such a precious compliment, yet all Xu Ling could respond with was an out-of-tune moan.
After resting for a moment and regaining some of her strength, Xu Ling remembered the previous persona.
“Customer, you’re too much, to do such a thing in my precious studio!”
Qin Cong’an, after she was done, didn’t buy it. She looked around the room. “Where’s the studio? This is our home.”
“…Anyway!” Xu Ling pulled Qin Cong’an over and pressed her hard on the sofa. “You have to pay the price.”
Xu Ling picked up the paintbrush that had been brought over just now. It was clean, the bristles not very fine, a little rough.
But when the brush went down, Qin Cong’an, who had always been ticklish, arched her body, and her brow also furrowed tightly.
Xu Ling seriously brushed around for a long time before finally gathering in the middle. “Why is the color so beautiful? How can I mix this color? It seems I have to add a little more white to the red to make it so tender.”
Qin Cong’an felt that Xu Ling was like a leopard playing with its prey. She couldn’t take it anymore. She grabbed the end of the paintbrush and said through gritted teeth, “If you’re not going to eat, don’t play.”
“But it’s fun. And Muse, you’re giving me so much inspiration. Can you give me a little more?”
Qin Cong’an didn’t answer. Xu Ling took it as a default. The strength in her hand did indeed loosen. Xu Ling continued to carefully trace the drawing in her hand.
After finishing one side, she went to draw the other…
Xu Ling was really studying Qin Cong’an’s body, trying to find some reason why she was so attractive to her. But maybe she was too stupid. She couldn’t find a reason. All she knew was that she loved her uncontrollably.
*
Xu Ling got the first ready-to-wear piece she had designed for Qin Cong’an. It was the black that Qin Cong’an loved to wear, but it wasn’t dull at all. It was a rather light black.
When Qin Cong’an saw it, she was indeed very surprised, and instantly understood where the slight sense of incongruity from the last time she had measured her had come from. It turned out it was for this.
“Did you design it all yourself?”
“Of course. I also chose the fabric, and I supervised all the details. The only thing I didn’t do was make it myself.”
“Then it seems I can’t wear it myself. You have to put it on for me to maintain the continuity.”
Xu Ling felt that Qin Cong’an had become even more skilled after coming to Europe. “What kind of masterclass did you take, acting or smooth-talking?”
“You’re not going to put it on for me? Such a bad service attitude.”
She was acting again.
Xu Ling dressed the most special customer in her life in this custom-made dress.
Just looking at the dress, you couldn’t tell how exquisitely it was designed. But when she put it on, everything was highlighted.
Xu Ling held her breath. The smooth lines wrapped around this body, as if her lover had turned into fabric, clinging tightly to her.
So fitting, so beautiful. Xu Ling even felt a trace of jealousy, wanting to tear the dress off fiercely.
Qin Cong’an stood in front of the mirror, her eyebrows raised in surprise. She knew that Xu Ling had good taste, was a professional, and also loved design. But this was the first time she had seen her work, and it was on her own body.
It was also completely beyond her expectations. This was probably the most suitable one among all the big and small brand dresses she had ever worn.
But it was predictable that with Xu Ling, this would not be the last one.
“I like it very much, Xu Ling,” Qin Cong’an said, turning her head to look at the designer herself.
“I like it very much too,” Xu Ling said, leaning over and hugging her from behind, murmuring, “It’s not a life until it’s worn on you.”
“Can I wear this to the ball?”
“What ball?”
“A ball hosted by the masterclass teacher. I was just thinking of inviting you to go with me.”
“Wow! Of course, that’s great!” Xu Ling was a little excited, and then flustered. “But I don’t have a matching dress! My god! When is it?”
“This Friday.”
Xu Ling was in a frenzy again. That was only two or three days away!
Qin Cong’an had to accompany Xu Ling to choose a dress. She saw a very passionate Xu Ling, who wanted to try this and that, and who chose the matching accessories as if she would never get tired. She really loved beautiful clothes.
Xu Ling finally found a satisfactory dress to match, a royal blue one. The skirt would be particularly brilliant when she twirled. She was going to dance with Qin Cong’an all night!
This was how Qin Cong’an introduced Xu Ling to everyone: “This is my girlfriend, Ling.”
Everyone smiled sweetly. “Of course. We knew as soon as you came in.”
Xu Ling also smiled brightly and greeted everyone. To be introduced with her identity so openly was so thrilling! Yes, she, Xu Ling, was Qin Cong’an’s girlfriend.
But even as her girlfriend, Xu Ling couldn’t refuse the people who came to invite Qin Cong’an to dance.
They were classmates, and it was normal to interact. They also needed to have more contact in their future studies, and they needed an emotional flow to portray good characters.
Someone also came to invite Xu Ling to dance. She placed her hand on the other person’s and stepped onto the dance floor.
The two of them had their respective dance partners in front of them, but their gazes would always be entangled, across the many heads.
With a change of music, she didn’t know if they were leading themselves or if their two dance partners were leading, but they met.
As natural as the change of a musical note, the two of them wrapped their arms around each other’s waists in the middle of the dancing crowd.
“You know how to dance this kind of dance. It’s very beautiful.”
“I stepped on my own feet a lot when I was learning, but I got used to it. The school has a lot of these kinds of balls,” Xu Ling said, looking at her face, wondering if she should be jealous again.
“Do you think I’m going to be jealous again?”
“Aren’t you?”
“A little. But I seem to have figured it out. The people you’ve met, the things you’ve experienced, are all a part of you. Without your junior high muse, without Li Yan, maybe we would have never met, never had any interaction.”
Without her senior, she might not have studied design. Without studying design, she wouldn’t have become roommates with Li Yan, and wouldn’t have been introduced to modeling by Li Yan. Then she wouldn’t have switched careers to become an actress, and she wouldn’t have met her.
“Impossible,” Xu Ling said, decisively denying this possibility.
“What do you mean?”
“You’re a dazzling superstar. As long as I saw you on the screen, I would definitely have walked towards you.”
Although Xu Ling had truly fallen for Qin Cong’an after seeing her in person, Xu Ling felt that she was destined to fall for her sooner or later.
“If I were a designer, I would make clothes for you. If I were a swimmer, I would try my best to get the same endorsement as you. If I were nothing, I could also be an extra in Hengdian and wait for a chance to meet you.”
Qin Cong’an looked at her, for a moment at a loss for words.
Xu Ling was saying it so seriously, and then she suddenly started to get smug. “Honestly, with my looks, I would probably stand out as an extra, right?”
“Mhm, of course. Of course you could,” Qin Cong’an said in a low voice. “It’s just that you’re so tired.”
“Tired? Where am I tired? You’re Qin Cong’an. Look at your beautiful face and figure, and your wonderful qualities, your cute personality. This is my blessing.”
Her serious tone was also a little anxious. But hearing it made Qin Cong’an want to cry.
The music flowed slowly, a very slow-paced piece. Qin Cong’an rested her head on Xu Ling’s shoulder, her feet moving with the rhythm. “If there’s a next time, I’ll walk towards you first.”
“You’re saying we’ll be together in our next life?” Xu Ling happily hummed a cheerful song by Jiang Jiang, her steps suddenly becoming light and happy, regardless of the music’s rhythm.
Qin Cong’an wanted to bring her back, but she was led astray by her.
The two of them, in the middle of a slow piece, danced light and happy steps, oblivious to everyone else, their rhythm different from everyone else’s, but they were incredibly happy.
The masterclass Qin Cong’an was attending was about to end. They were to perform a play together. The performance was not open to the public. The audience in the theater were all people invited by the actors.
Xu Ling sat in the front row, full of anticipation. Because she couldn’t record it, she could only use her eyes to record all of this and store it in her brain. She watched seriously, getting into it, afraid of missing any details.
Xu Ling wasn’t a professional, but she had acted before and had received guidance. Even without these, as an audience member, as a fan of Qin Cong’an, she could see that Qin Cong’an had evolved at a terrifying speed.
She had digested this challenge very well.
When the actors were taking a group photo, Xu Ling could finally take pictures. After taking a photo of the whole group, she took a solo photo of Qin Cong’an. She smiled at her camera, her expression radiant.
Xu Ling looked at her through the screen, her heart pounding.
Many directors were also paying attention to this masterclass. Soon, a director chose Qin Cong’an. After reading the script, Qin Cong’an also accepted. It was an art film with no lack of dramatic conflict, which looked very interesting. The director’s previous works were also not bad. She had seen a few of them.
She could continue to stay in France, but only a small part of the filming would be in Paris. She would have to go to other regions to film.
But Xu Ling was very happy that she could stay. And more than that, Xu Ling was even more surprised. “Our An An is going to be a world-class movie star!”
“I’ll take that as a good omen,” Qin Cong’an said. “Then you also have to become a world-class designer.”
Just this one sentence made Xu Ling so serious in class that she even scared herself.
Xu Ling’s graduation project won the best collection award in the department. Many top brands started to want to recruit her, but she refused them all and instead set up studios in both Paris and North City, preparing to develop her own personal brand.
The fashion school’s graduate fashion show was to be held during Paris Fashion Week. Xu Ling’s work was naturally chosen.
This year, a brand she endorsed had invited Qin Cong’an to the show.
The public had thought that she would only attend on the day of the brand’s show. But the AnLing CP fans had already seen it coming. Qin Cong’an would definitely attend for two days—how could she miss her wife’s big day!?
As expected. The CP fans had picked it up again.
Qin Cong’an, who had never been photographed looking at her phone at an event before, was holding her phone and taking pictures non-stop. And someone in the venue was also constantly taking pictures of her, not missing a single one of her expressions.
When Xu Ling came out as the designer, Qin Cong’an quickly took a few pictures and then stopped. Rather than through a lens, she wanted to record it with her own eyes.
The CP fans were following the live stream, savoring the moment when the actress Qin Cong’an had specially—oh no, maybe the two of them had just left the house together in the morning—come to see her girlfriend, the designer Xu Ling’s graduation fashion show.
[Look at the proud corner of An An’s mouth, tsk tsk.]
[This is meeting at the peak, right? But I believe AnLing will get better and better in the future.]
[Aww, I don’t know why I’m crying. Our little couple is so happy. I wish them 99.]
Hah—another day of being well-fed.
【End of Main Story】