Baguettes and Macarons

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Yu Chen said calmly, "Oops, we forgot Miss Brown. Please stay in the nail salon and I will pick you up."

He hung up the phone and said sternly, "Let's go back, Miss Brown has to wait impatiently."

Louis glanced at the huge sports bag at his feet: "Are you sure we don't put things in the trunk first?"

"I thought you could handle it." Yu Chen said disappointedly.

"Even if I can lift it, I don't want to pick Chloe with it!" Louis said angrily.

Reluctantly, Yu Chen took him to the parking tower, opened his trunk, put away his sports bag and the clothes he bought, and then went back the same way to pick up Chloe.After walking around like this, it was already dark, and many shops on the side of the road were closed.When they walked back to the nail salon, they saw a lonely figure leaning against the wall, stretching out a pair of long white legs against the trash can.

The legs belonged to a tall, fair-skinned young woman with blond curly hair, wearing a black camisole, cropped leather jacket, skinny leather pants, and a pair of lace-up boots of the same color. Wearing huge sunglasses.The only part of her body that wasn't black was the berry-colored nails on her hands, which folded her arms.

Those nails are so shiny that it's hard not to notice them.This light does not come from the rhinestone patches commonly used in manicure, but the nail polish itself: on each dark purple nail arc, with the change of light source, there is an arc-shaped light floating on the nail surface.Her nails are trimmed into rectangles, sharp and gorgeous, with this luster, they look like ten gems.

She herself was looking down at the nails, and raised her head when she heard the noise, looking in their direction.

Louis said, "Can you put your legs back? Excuse me."

The woman stood up straight and held her head high: "Excuse me? Where are you going?"

Yu Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Legrand, this is Miss Brown."

Louis lowered his head and looked her up and down. Except for the hair color, he couldn't see anything similar to the previous Chloe, so he said viciously: "It's dark, wearing sunglasses, are you going to pretend to be blind? "

"You still have the face to call me blind, I think you are blind, I can't recognize you if I change clothes?" Chloe cursed with her hands on her hips, "And Asdale is here to accompany me shopping, you To mix with what?"

Louie was blunt: "I'm here to prevent you from taking him to the hotel for bed."

Chloe said coquettishly, "Silly, I don't sleep with gays."

Yu Chen quickly turned sideways and stood between the two of them: "Although it's very impolite to disturb your conversation, can you stop discussing this issue on the street?"

"Understood, since the nail shop you're looking for is really cool, I won't tease your boyfriend anymore." Chloe raised her hand, stretched her fingers at the streetlight, and whistled, " No rhinestones, just one color, so cool."

Yu Chen said with a smile: "The owner of this nail shop is very good at creating different light effects for nails through grinding and polishing. This one is an opal effect that imitates Chrysoberyl opal..."

"What?" Chloe interrupted him.

Louie interjected, "Anyway, it's a very advanced Latin vocabulary that you don't understand, you just need to know it's cool. I said, don't we have another place to go?"

"Yes, take me to make up!" Chloe screamed, "The owner said he would give me a beauty treatment by the way, and removed all my makeup. Now I'm too ugly to take off my sunglasses!"

"It's great to buy sunglasses this afternoon." Yu Chen said helplessly, "Then, this way please, my studio headquarters is in a shop nearby, and my employees should not be off work yet."

On the pedestrian street opposite Shenyu Department Store, there is indeed a row of bright and unique shops.The facade of one of them is dominated by black and white, and dark blue velvet curtains are hung in the glass window, which looks very familiar.The name of the store is Maison des é toiles.

At this moment, the crystal chandeliers in the store and in the window are all lit up, and the reflected light seems to be really starlight.

"House of Stars?" Chloe read, "House of Stars, it's like a sci-fi movie."

Yu Chen said with a smile: "So it can be said to be the home of the stars. Please come in, both of you."

Chloe pursed her mouth and said, "What, isn't it the House of Stars?"

"You can also say that." Seeing that she was not moving, Yu Chen stepped forward to open the store door and made a gesture to welcome in, "Stop standing outside. Yuya, good evening."

"Good evening, Mr. Yu."

Answering his greeting was a skinny man in his twenties with the same Asian face.He is taller than Yu Chen, but thinner, so thin that his cheeks are slightly sunken, making his originally handsome face look a little sick.His hair was more neatly combed than Yu Chen's, and he was wearing a black suit. He was standing in front of the dressing table in the corner of the shop lobby, wiping a pair of scissors with a sponge.

Chloe stammered, "Love, Edward Scissorhands?"

Yu Chen said helplessly: "Miss Brown, I found that you really like watching movies."

"Good evening, I'm the second designer of Star House, Shiraishi Yuya." The man stretched out his hand calmly without even blinking.

"Oh, good evening." Chloe shook his hand twice, "Are you going to put on makeup for me?"

Bai Shiyou also said with a blank expression: "No, I'm doing a routine fire inspection before closing. By the way, I'm waiting for Mr. Yu to come over. I have two words to say to him."

Yu Chen said happily: "I also have something to ask you. Is the wool blanket I asked you to make last time ready?"

"No." Shiraishi Yu also stared straight at him, "Recently, the headquarters has too much work, and all your old clients have been transferred to my name. I don't have time to deal with your additional commissions."

Yu Chen shrugged: "I'm sorry, but you can also consider assigning the specific procurement and tailoring to the new apprentices, so you don't have to do everything yourself. For example, it's okay to let the apprentices do the fire inspection now."

"I'm not at ease, and since you're gone, I'm the person with the highest position in this store, and I'm responsible for the safety of employees and property."

Yu Chen said without apology: "Then thank you for your hard work."

Shiraishi also said coldly: "I think, rather than a verbal apology, it's better for you to come back and work hard to relieve my work pressure." He looked up at Louis with a contemptuous smile, "This is the reason why you are so fascinated. The baker who put aside five years of hard work and went to the suburbs to open a branch?"

Louis said without humility: "Yes, it's me. Is there any problem?"

Bai Shiyou also sneered: "Forgive me, I don't see the slightest quality that can charm Mr. Yu. Now I have reason to suspect that Mr. Yu was bewitched or threatened to make such an unreasonable decision."

"Yuya! Your words are too extreme." Yu Chen's face darkened, "I will prove the correctness of this decision in the future. I have been thinking about moving to the suburbs for a long time, and Mr. Legrand just stimulated me to act It’s just an opportunity for me, whether or not this branch is successful or profitable, it’s my own decision, do you understand?”

"I don't understand, I and all the designers don't understand! The fashion industry, and these suburban youths..." Shiraishi Yu also glanced at Louis again, "What kind of connection can we have with them? Who among them can pay for our shop? Designer salary?"

Chloe was playing with the bullet lipstick on the dressing table. When she heard this, she whistled: "It seems that you don't know the fashion of suburban youth."

Louis pressed her shoulder: "Don't pay attention to him, this is between him and Yu Chen."

Chloe sat back on the high stool angrily and continued to play with the lipstick.Yu Chen smiled at them, turned his head away, and said word by word: "Image design is not equal to fashion, and fashion is not equal to luxury. Yuya, you should not forget the design principles of our store, and you should also remember that no one can influence me decision."

Bai Shiyou also pursed his lips: "I'm sorry."

"It's okay. It's my problem that made you so tired this month." Yu Chen waved his hand, "Well, if my customers come again in the future, you can post the address of the branch. If they are willing to drive there, they can Let them make an appointment with me. If they don’t want to, you and another designer assign the person in charge. You don’t have to take it all on yourself.”

"I see."

Yu Chen took out the key clip from his briefcase: "I brought the store key. You can go home and rest. By the way, spring break will start next week. Go on a trip and relax."

Shiraishi also let out a sigh: "It's okay, I can finish the sheepskin blanket during the holiday, and you can come to pick it up after the holiday is over. I wish you a happy holiday."

"Happy holidays."

After sending Shiraishi Youya off, Yu Chen was obviously relieved.He washed his hands in the small sink next to the dressing table, wiped them clean with a towel, and turned to Chloe: "Can you take off your sunglasses?"

Chloe took off her sunglasses, showing a clean face: "Your clerk is really difficult to deal with."

Yu Chen smiled and said: "Yuye just has a serious attitude towards work and cares about this store very much. As for what he said out loud, please don't take it to heart."

Chloe fiddled with the makeup brush with her long nails: "I pretended not to hear, but your partner is very angry."

"I'm not angry." Louis retorted immediately, "I'm more concerned now, your face is so pale."

Chloe was furious: "It's not because my makeup was removed! I also want to be as dark as my foundation, but I don't have time to go to the beach and lie in the sun! Instead, I stay in the sun all day. In the workshop, of course it was pale!"

"You are already poor, how can you imitate a rich lady basking in the sun?"

"Actually, your original skin color is more suitable for you." Yu Chen interrupted them, "You can consider using a light-colored liquid foundation in the future, and you don't need to buy a very dark color."

Chloe said dissatisfied: "But dark skin is more fashionable."