Splendid in bag

When Du Xiangxuan walked into the brightly lit lobby, he was slightly sullen.

But when she saw a few girls coming towards her, she lost her anger and despondency within a second, and immediately puffed up her chest and kept smiling at the corners of her mouth—almost like a conditioned reflex.

These girls are the girls she met in the equestrian club, they can be regarded as classmates.

But in this social circle, there is a serious comparison between girls.

Du Xiangxuan put the 30cm Hermès satchel in front of her almost reflexively, just like a soldier seeing an enemy subconsciously raise a shield.

This "shield" is quite effective.

The girls walking towards them lost all energy and all smiled: "Ah, Xiangxuan, this platinum bag is so beautiful! Is it crocodile skin? Is it a diamond clasp?"

Another girl smiled and said, "Well, the color of this Birkin bag is quite cute. Last time I went to the Hermès store, the clerk showed me this. But I like other colors. So, last week, I I posted my request on SNS, and a Hermès shopping guide in Paris found it for me. I immediately flew over to get it, and played for a few days by the way... Haha, what a pleasure!"

That's the way their social circle says it - it's annoying.

Du Xiangxuan resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and smiled lightly: "Really? Are you sure this is the one you saw in the store?"

"Of course." The girl looked at her bag haughtily, as if this was not Hermes, but an imitation of H&M, "Orange Borneo gator..."

"But, I'm also in Paris." Du Xiangxuan smiled, "But it's true that I didn't buy it in a store. I bought it at Aide's Auction House... Hey, speaking of it, you are also in Paris, why did you buy it at the auction? Didn't see you?"

The girl's face froze all of a sudden, and the other girls who were silently watching the show showed mocking smiles.

"Okay, I still have an appointment, so I'm sorry." Du Xiangxuan turned around and stepped on the red-soled black high-heeled shoes and walked into the elevator room. Looking at the girl's deflated expression, Du Xiangxuan actually had no pleasure in her heart.

She just felt that this social circle was suffocating.

Therefore, she came to this blind date with a feeling of resistance.

She didn't want to marry any "upper society" son or brother at all.Because it means that if she wants to be a "canary", she will have to bow her head and see the group of girls just now for the rest of her life.

In fact, when she heard the other person's name, she didn't like it very much.

The other party's name is: Lewis.

"Is it a Chinese name?" She asked seriously.

"Yes, of course—but, his English name is also Lewis, the same as Lewis."

"What kind of fake foreign devil is this..." Du Xiangxuan couldn't help but commented harshly.

Her mother smiled and said, "You can't say that, he is of mixed race, so the English and Chinese names are the same."

"Okay." Du Xiangxuan didn't want to ask more about this person, anyway, she thought it was impossible for her to fall in love with a son who grew up in a honeypot.

She has seen many sons and brothers.

Du Xiangxuan came to the agreed box, and there was already a man waiting for her—obviously, that man was Lewis.

Lewis was wearing a black double-breasted suit with pointed lapels and straight-leg trousers, looking very elegant.Naturally, this person's face is also very good-looking.

Although Du Xiangxuan came here with hostility, he couldn't praise him. Lewis looks good.

Lewis smiled and pulled out the chair for her.

The two sat down to order food and started chatting.Du Xiangxuan still remembers her mission - to make the other party dislike her.So, Du Xiangxuan said with a smile: "I heard that you have graduated for many years? Are you helping the family company with business?"

Lewis replied: "I am not working in my own company, I am currently starting a business."

"Oh, really?" Du Xiangxuan knew that Lewis had founded a fashion brand. "I remember—I heard it was a clothes seller?"

Du Xiangxuan has been in this circle for a long time, and knows how to make people unhappy. The phrase "clothes seller" is believed to be enough to offend a rich man who is starting a business.

Lewis also seemed a little surprised that Du Xiangxuan would say this, and was slightly startled before saying, "Well, yes, there are other things besides clothes. They even sell chairs and chopsticks."

"That's selling groceries?" Du Xiangxuan laughed.

"Well," Lewis kept smiling, "if someone is willing to spend tens of thousands on groceries, that's fine."

"Thousands and tens of thousands?" Du Xiangxuan was startled, "What is worth tens of thousands?"

"There are a lot of things, such as this." Lewis spoke slowly, with a deep voice, full of patience, and gently pointed to the cuff buttons on the clothes, "This is it."

"Are these enamel cufflinks?" Du Xiangxuan said, "What's so special?"

Although Du Xiangxuan's "what's special" said very frivolously, Lewis was not annoyed, and still smiled and knocked on the cufflinks: "Listen, isn't it a little different?"

Du Xiangxuan carefully identified it: "This should be made of metal. But ordinary enamel is more like ceramic."

"Yes, you are very careful." Lewis said with a smile.

Du Xiangxuan who was praised also smiled.

"Ordinary enamel is more like glazed porcelain, but this is cloisonné enamel, which is a unique craftsmanship in China," Lewis explained the brand he is making with a small cufflink, "it is the same as the brand I make. It is a comparison. Design brands that focus on displaying Chinese elements."

"Oh. So this cloisonné enamel is..."

"You may not have heard of 'cloisonné enamel,' but perhaps you have heard of 'cloisonne'?"

"Well, there are."

"'Cloisonne' is often used to refer to 'cloisonné enamel' because it's a good representation of..."

"Yeah." Du Xiangxuan pretended to be impatient.

When Lewis talks about these topics of design and craftsmanship, he is always prone to eloquence, because he really likes all of them.But no matter how happy the topic is for him, as long as the other party doesn't want to listen, he will immediately stop and switch to a topic that can interest the other party.

He smiled and asked, "Then what is Miss Du doing?"

"It's nothing, I'm investing..." Du Xiangxuan didn't want to share her own information at all, so she asked Lewis again, "Your company is called 'Shangyuanchun', right? I heard it hasn't made a profit yet!"

Lewis kept smiling: "This is a cultural investment, long-term. From a commercial point of view, the sales volume is actually good. And I am very happy to help many folk craftsmen find jobs. For example, cloisonné enamel, such as bamboo thread buckle porcelain... these It is not easy for craftsmen, and it is also good to have our help in commercialization and promotion.”

Du Xiangxuan said with a sneer: "That's true. In fact, it doesn't matter if you lose money every year. Your father will always support you, right?"

"No, it has nothing to do with him. My company has always been invested by a fashion group. You are also an investor. You should know that it is common for start-up companies to lose money. The important thing is to look at the market prospect... and comprehensive consideration of all aspects .”

Du Xiangxuan was really speechless.

She found that Lewis had a really good temper.

She was even a little annoyed that she had said so many rude things to him.

During the dinner, her attitude became more relaxed, and Lewis still looked at her so tenderly.When she speaks, Lewis is always quiet, listens to her every word very carefully, gives appropriate feedback, but never steals the words, every response can make her feel supported, respected, and her attitude is stable and gentle.

Such tenderness really made her feel like she had drunk eight catties of Nurhong.

After dinner, Lewis drove Du Xiangxuan home, smiling gently: "Nice to meet you, goodbye."

Under the night, Lewis' face was as white as the autumn moon, and his mixed-race appearance gave him a strange and exotic beauty.

Du Xiangxuan's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

After returning home, Du Xiangxuan couldn't help asking her mother, "Did Lewis really grow up in that well-clothed Liu family?"

"Of course." Mother replied.

"Then... has he been unfavored all this time?"

"Why? He is so favored. He suddenly said that he would sell clothes instead of engaging in the family business, which made his father mad, but in the end his father agreed." The mother said, "His father is very good to him, he My brother is also very kind to him. The family loves him very much."

Du Xiangxuan was very surprised: "My God? He is the favored youngest son of the big family? He has such a good temper?"

"Of course, I introduced you because I heard that he is highly educated and educated." My mother said, "I heard that at a business party, his competitor directly said to him, 'Shangyuanchun has been losing money for five years. ’, he can also answer with a smile, ‘Amazon has been losing money for 5 years’. In short, he is a very gentle and friendly person.”

Du Xiangxuan was really moved.

It's a pity that Lewis has no heart.

He very gently declined the next meeting.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, Du Xiangxuan's performance dissatisfied Lewis?However, he still maintained his demeanor.

This "blind date", in Lewis' view, was really embarrassing.When he went there, he was told that he was meeting with investors, but he found something wrong when he arrived on the spot.He had a keen sense of touch and immediately realized that this was a "blind date".He was "tricked" by his father to go to the meeting.

His father knew his character, he would not throw face and leave, nor would he do things to embarrass girls.As long as Lewis was there, the whole date would be done in a gentle and courteous manner.

His father was so sure.

So did Lewis.

Du Xiangxuan couldn't help thinking of Lewis's moving eyes under the crystal lamp.

Didn't you have affection for me in the first place?

Lewis is of mixed race, fair complexion, chiseled, with brown eyes and hair.When he smiled, he was gentle and not frivolous.

Much like his dead mother.

His father is a purebred Chinese, surnamed Liu, he is called Lao Liu by acquaintances, and Mr. Liu by those who are not familiar with him.

Lewis didn't know whether he knew his father well or not, so he just called him father lightly.

"You don't like Miss Du?" Old Liu looked at him coldly, "Why?"

"I thought you probably knew why."

Old Liu said angrily: "Because you are gay?"

Lewis nodded: "Yes."

"Hmph!" Old Liu was very angry, "If you don't try, how do you know you are?"

"It's unfair to Miss Du." Lewis said slowly, "Besides, I really understand my orientation. Just like you understand yours. This is something that you don't need to try to understand."

Old Liu was even more angry, wishing he could smash the study.

Lewis left the ruined study and walked slowly to the hall.

A man who looks like Lewis is reading a newspaper.

The silhouette of this man was somewhat darker than Lewis's, and the eyeballs were grayer, more like a half-breed.

"Did you make your father angry?" Liu Xiusi said.

Liu Xiusi is Lewis' elder brother.

"I'm afraid so," Lewis replied.

Hughes nodded: "That's a really hard servant, and I have to clean it."

"That's right." Lewis replied lightly.

The two brothers seem to have always been like this, calm and polite.

But Lewis is still grateful to Hughes. If Hughes hadn't inherited the family business as the eldest son, he wouldn't have been able to pursue his ideal so smoothly, to run a loss-making art brand.

He still remembers that his dad was very angry when he first said that he wanted to do culture and art.

Old Liu is always easily irritable, and when he is irritable, he smashes things.

Lewis was used to it, so he just walked away silently and was alone on the balcony.

He saw Hughes smoking a cigarette on the balcony.

Lewis' appearance looks very gentle, always giving people the illusion of tenderness to affection.However, Hughes, who was similar in appearance to Lewis, showed a kind of sharpness that was completely different from gentleness because of the deeper outline.

If Lewis's whiteness is like water under the moonlight, Hughes's whiteness is like a blade under the moonlight.

Hughes was holding a cigarette in his hand and just lit it when Lewis came out.

He remembered that his younger brother didn't smoke, so he was about to put out the cigarette.

Lewis stopped him: "Can't smoking help you decompress?"

"No, you can't," Hughes said. "I can't prove that smoking can relieve stress, but I have direct evidence that smoking can affect your health. I advise you not to try it."

Based on Lewis' words alone, Hughes judged that Lewis wanted to try smoking to relieve stress.

always like this.

Hughes could see through Lewis' thoughts at a glance.

Since childhood, Lewis has been very good at hiding his true emotions, but this kind of hiding always fails in front of his brother.

This made Lewis uncomfortable.

Lewis was in a bad mood today and just said, "Let me try."

"Okay." Hughes handed the burning cigarette to Lewis's mouth

always like this.

Hughes would counsel Lewis.

But just a word of advice.

Whatever Lewis wants to do, Hughes will say no problem.

It's as if Hughes didn't care whether Lewis would make a mistake. The previous persuasion was just "morality" as an elder brother.

When the burning smoke was brought to his mouth, Lewis already had some regrets.

Because of a few quarrels with his father, he came here to smoke cigarettes that he knew were harmful—this was something that a rebellious boy with no brains would do.

Lewis is in his 20s and ready to be CEO.

How can you be so irrational?

Hughes quickly saw Lewis' regret - as usual, Hughes smiled and took the cigarette back.

"It's an unnecessary attempt."

Hughes held the cigarette in his mouth, his lips were thin, and when he held the cigarette, he gently exhaled wisps of light blue smoke, like a model in a magazine.

Lewis looked at Hughes and thought he was the most suitable model to represent his brand.

So beautiful, so unattainable.

However, it is impossible for Hughes to be a model.

Lewis couldn't afford him either.

"There's no billion-dollar business," Hughes said. "Don't wake me up early."

However, on the day Lewis' brand "Shangyuanchun" was released, Hughes got up early.

Lewis saw Hughes in the crowd.

Among the crowd, Hughes was easily recognized. He stood like a crane, squinting at Lewis on the stage with an almost frivolous look.

Lewis felt uncomfortable.

For some reason, sometimes the way Hughes looked at Lewis made Lewis feel very dangerous.

But not dangerously "bad".

It's the "danger" of riding a roller coaster, the "uncomfortable" of riding a roller coaster.

Lewis would find it both uncomfortable and amusing at the same time.

When Hughes looked at Lewis on the stage, what he thought was also very simple: why do men's suits have to be so waist-cut?Men's clothes that are too slim can make people look unmanly.It's too ugly for a man to wear such waist-cutting clothes - except for my brother.