novelraw Chapter 594 - 593: Fond of Being a Mentor
Chapter 594 - 593: Fond of Being a Mentor
Chapter 594: Chapter 593: Fond of Being a Mentor
He Baihe’s words seemed to open a brand new door for Zhen Yu, who suddenly wanted to delve into the art of embroidery!
Because the ancient people were experts in this craft, which in modern times is nearly lost, if she could utilize it well...
But creating large-scale embroidery was hardly realistic, as it was too time-consuming.
For smaller items, handkerchiefs and bellybands were the natural choices.
And then there was Hanfu! The ancient people certainly knew their styles best! She could opt for designs with a bit of embroidery on the chest, sleeves, or hemline!
Thinking this over, Zhen Yu had basically figured out how to lay the groundwork for her new business before the launch on Taobao.
So, she decisively connected with Su Xuan from Plane 2!
Su Xuan: "Sister Zhen?"
"That’s the thing... I’d like you to help me order a batch of embroidered handkerchiefs! I will provide the designs."
Given the refined nature of the ancients across from her, Zhen Yu made her request as ’tactful’ as possible.
Su Xuan: "Sister Zhen, if you’ll pardon my frankness, if you want to give someone a gift, it’s much more sincere to embroider it yourself."
"...But I don’t know how!" Zhen Yu found herself the perfect excuse.
Su Xuan: "I can teach you!"
Great! It seems Su Xuan’s eagerness to teach others is something she just can’t change!
"But I have so many ’recipients’, and they are all the kind without any personal sentiment! It’s just, you know, ’social courtesy’!"
Su Xuan: "I see... Well, in that case, you could have someone else do it for you! But you still must learn embroidery yourself! Otherwise, how will you explain yourself?"
"Why do I need to explain myself?"
Zhen Yu felt this was somewhat nonsensical!
Su Xuan: "Even if it’s just for show, you need to add some polish! If you can’t do it and someone calls you out, it’ll be embarrassing!"
"...So you all send gifts with your own name attached?!"
Su Xuan: "Of course!"
"I’ll, I’ll think about it!"
Actually, learning embroidery might indeed be beneficial for her future business development!
After all, she planned to open a Taobao shop that combined ancient clothing and embroidery and start a high-end custom boutique!
For Taobao, just outsource the work for mass production! For the high-end boutique...
Within a minute, Zhen Yu rapidly analyzed the pros and cons.
"I’ll learn!"
Su Xuan: "Sister Zhen, it’s wonderful that you’re willing to learn! But before we start, there’s something I’ve been wanting to ask you! ...I was too shy to mention it before."
"What is it? Just ask!"
Su Xuan: "Embroidery needs pattern drawing! And calligraphy is closely related to painting skills; given your talent in calligraphy, your painting skills must be quite superb too, right?"
"Uh... I’ve never learned painting. I can’t."
Su Xuan: "Ah??? Well, then let me teach you to paint! I’ll teach you!"
"..."
So, she’s walked into the firing line again, right? Right? Right...
——
Just as expected, knowing that Zhen Yu now had spare time, Su Xuan didn’t hesitate to ’conscript’ her!
First, a transaction was made to give Zhen Yu a bunch of embroidery materials, and then Su Xuan began pouring basic embroidery knowledge into her.
Zhen Yu, feeling utterly confused, had to ask for a break and requested that Su Xuan record these basics as a video to trade with her.
"I can keep it and watch and learn slowly."
Thinking she would now have some respite, Zhen Yu expected to get a break, but Su Xuan said, "But I can’t make videos right now! How about we learn to draw first then!"
"Ah... that, wait! I’m about to have lunch! Let’s talk about it in the afternoon! In the afternoon!"
Su Xuan: "...Alright then! It’s settled! This afternoon, you must study drawing with me!"
After hearing this, Zhen Yu let out a sigh of relief.
Since Su Xuan didn’t know about Zhen Yu’s head injury, he still treated her like a normal person. This made Zhen Yu feel ’mentally stressed, suffering beyond words!’
Luckily! She had found this excuse...
Coming to deliver lunch for Zhen Yu at noon wasn’t just Han Mingyue, but also Bai Xue.
She waited in the music room all day yesterday for Zhen Yu to come and shoot the video, but no one showed up!
So she went to look for her in Class 2 first thing in the morning.
To her surprise, she found out that Zhen Yu hadn’t come to class! She quickly called Han Mingyue out! And that’s how she learned the whole story from him.
So she came along to visit Zhen Yu...
As soon as she entered, she started cursing at Ju Ming with shared animosity and scolded Zhen Yu as if she were disappointed in her!
"What were you thinking! It’s early in the morning and there are hardly any people on the road, why leave the school gate? Would you die if you didn’t handle your urgent matter? Couldn’t you wait until there were more people? You could have asked me to go with you! Just hearing it from Han Mingyue, I’m scared to death! And here you are, acting as if nothing’s happened..."
Having already been exhausted from Su Xuan’s lesson, Zhen Yu finally managed to send away ’little housekeeper’ Bai Xue after she was done scolding.
Of course! There wasn’t much time left for the lunch break, so Han Mingyue left with her.
Finally, when the house quieted down, Zhen Yu felt like she had a bit of overexertion! So she complied with her heart’s desire and lay down, wanting to sleep soundly through the nap time.
However, just as she was halfway between sleep and wakefulness, Zhen Yu faintly heard a knocking sound!
Who could it be? Coming to her place at this time period?!
With such doubts, Zhen Yu sluggishly got up from her bed and walked to the door.
Looking out through the peephole!
Strange! It was actually Old Cao and Old Jiang!
As she quickly opened the security door, doubts continued to plague Zhen Yu’s mind.
"Hello, Teacher Cao! Hello, Teacher Jiang!"
How did they know she lived here?!
And... did they come because they heard about her injury?
The speed at which this news spread was terrifying!
It’s only been a morning!
Actually, Zhen Yu was overthinking...
She was counting the school hours, but in fact, it had been a day and a half since the incident occurred!
As the saying goes, there’s no such thing as an impenetrable wall!
Although the kidnapping incident from start to finish was only a brief one or two hours long, the scene of the police car rushing to the location was watched by the people nearby the entire time!
The commute students from First High School almost all live in the neighborhood! Once the information was inadvertently leaked by those in the know, it was only natural for the students to connect this incident with Zhen Yu’s sudden leave of absence from class!
Especially since Zhen Yu’s roommates could attest that she did not return to the dormitory last night, which was Sunday...