novelraw Chapter 327 - 294: Custom Wedding Dress
Chapter 327 - 294: Custom Wedding Dress
In the afternoon of the next day, Zhu Qinghan arrived at Cen Jin’s studio ’Story’ as scheduled. Ye Lingran was quite surprised to see her, but still smiled and greeted her. Hearing the sounds from inside, Cen Jin immediately came out to welcome her: "Senior, you’re here. I was just about to call you to ask when you’d arrive! Please come in and have a seat. Zhi Yan, go fetch a latte." With that, she invited Zhu Qinghan to sit in the guest area."Ling Quan, could you bring over the sample materials?" Once seated, Cen Jin turned her head to Ling Quan who was not far away and said with a smile.
"Sure." Ling Quan responded warmly with a smile, turned around, and brought over three thick samples, gently placing them on the table. He nodded slightly at Zhu Qinghan with a smile, then quietly picked up a notebook and sat on a nearby single sofa.
"Senior, do you have any specific definitions or thoughts about the wedding dress? Requirements are also welcome. Feel free to share any ideas you have." Cen Jin spread out the sample books Ling Quan brought over in front of Zhu Qinghan and said with a smile: "The one with the red tag in the middle is more vintage and ancient in style. The blue-tagged one is Korean and Japanese style, while the white-tagged one is more Western. In our studio, vintage and Korean styles are currently more popular. There are samples here for you to look at, and the design can be modified as needed."
Just as she finished the introduction, Liu Zhiyan came over with a cup of coffee. Zhu Qinghan took it and smiled, saying "Thank you," softly blew on the coffee, and took a sip, raising her eyebrows in contentment: "Mmm, the flavor and strength are quite nice."
"As long as you like it, senior."
"Your studio is packed with beautiful women; everyone is so pretty." Zhu Qinghan laughed as she put down her coffee cup, glancing at Ling Quan and Liu Zhiyan, and teased while covering her mouth.
"Oh, don’t flatter us like that, senior, or we’ll all get conceited!" Cen Jin smiled bashfully and waved her hand.
"I’m speaking the truth."
"But you’re way prettier, senior! Alright, let’s get back on topic. Do you have any thoughts about the wedding or the dress?"
"I actually wanted to hold a traditional Chinese wedding, but since the wedding is in Ireland, it’s a bit unrealistic. Yet, I don’t want to hold the wedding back home. You probably don’t know my situation well... Eh, never mind. I’ll just look at the Korean and Western styles!" Zhu Qinghan’s expression turned slightly bitter as she spoke, and finally, she forced a light-hearted smile, picked up the Korean-style sample book, and started flipping through it.
Seeing that Zhu Qinghan didn’t want to talk about it, Cen Jin didn’t press further, as she wasn’t very familiar with Zhu Qinghan, and didn’t know much about her private affairs.
Later, Zhu Qinghan found a design she liked in the sample book and shared a few elements she wanted. Ling Quan jotted everything down in his notebook. Time flew by, and soon it was 5 PM. Zhu Qinghan’s phone chimed with a pleasant ringtone. After saying "Sorry," she stepped aside to take a call but soon returned, smiling at Cen Jin: "Sorry, Cen Jin, I have to leave now. How about this? Draw up the initial sketch for me and we’ll discuss the rest on WeChat. As for the money, I’ll transfer it to you later tonight."
"Alright, I’ll work on the initial sketches over the next few days and show them to you."
"Okay." Zhu Qinghan nodded, picked up her coat and bag from the sofa, gave a small smile to Ling Quan and the others, and then left the studio.
"Ling Quan, would you organize the materials and give them to me at work tomorrow?" After seeing Zhu Qinghan off, Cen Jin returned and spoke to Ling Quan.
"Sure, Sister Cen Jin."
"Zhi Yan, could you tidy up this table?"
"Mhm, got it."
Cen Jin walked towards her office area, and Ye Lingran happened to come over as well. The two exchanged smiles, and Cen Jin asked with a grin: "Done with your work over there?"
"Yeah, pretty much, almost time to finish for the day." Ye Lingran nodded and curiously asked: "And you? How’s it going? So... Jiang Baizhou’s senior is having a custom wedding dress made, is she getting married?"
"Yes, can you guess who she’s marrying? I guarantee it’s someone you wouldn’t expect."
Hearing this, Ye Lingran became even more curious, thinking for a moment, but couldn’t come up with a good guess, because she wasn’t very acquainted with Zhu Qinghan, nor did she know who was in her circle. Just as she was about to ask Cen Jin, she suddenly had a flash of insight, opened her eyes wide in disbelief, and exclaimed while covering her mouth: "Could it be...?"
Seeing her expression, Cen Jin knew Ye Lingran had guessed it, so she nodded with a smile: "Yes, it’s Senior Zhu Chen. I just found out yesterday when we had dinner together. When I heard about it, my expression was exactly like yours now. I heard Senior Zhu Chen proposed in a church in Ireland, and the wedding will be held there, too."
"That’s wonderful! Lovers ending up together! Plus, they’ve known each other for so many years, it’s natural they’d end up together. However, I’m left wondering, can there really be pure friendship between a man and a woman?" Saying this, Ye Lingran sat on a chair in front of the desk, rested her chin on her hand, and asked, expressing her inner doubts.
"In that case, I think if it’s a pure friendship, surely one side is silently harboring feelings under the guise of friendship." Read complete versıon only at N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
"Yeah, for instance, you and Jiang Baizhou, and his senior and senior, classic examples."
Cen Jin was speechless, unable to refute, and suddenly thought of something, grinning widely: "Let’s not discuss pure friendship between men and women now, let’s discuss the idea of falling in love over time!"
"What?" Ye Lingran was taken aback, suddenly having a bad feeling.
"You and Yun Qi... what’s happening there? Very mysterious! Just tell me straight, are you two dating? Even if not, how far has it gone? You can’t fool me! I want the truth." Cen Jin had been curious about this for quite some time, as she couldn’t decipher the nature of their relationship.
"I, I, I..." Ye Lingran stuttered the moment she heard this, her heart suddenly skipping a beat. Indeed, she knew it was about this question, and she was flustered, not knowing what to say.
"This time, don’t try to brush it off! Seriously, answer my question." Seeing Ye Lingran’s response, Cen Jin knew she was trying to deflect the topic like before, so she had to prevent that from happening first.