In the afternoon, when Xiong Jiandong saw Hou Yiying and Chen Hongjuan in the picturesque green corridor of the Ecole Internationale de Haute Couture, they held hands intimately and talked endlessly. His thoughts were boiling like an ocean.
The Chen Hongjuan in front of her was wearing a plain Chinese-style satin cheongsam, a goose-yellow silk scarf, and her long hair shawl, full of the tranquility and elegance unique to oriental women.
She smiled at Hou Yiying and said, this cheongsam, silk scarf, including the socks on the feet, from top to bottom, are all in Chinese style, and are her own fashion design masterpieces.
However, both Xiong Jiandong and Hou Yiying noticed that behind Chen Hongjuan's smile, there was a lingering feeling of haggard and exhaustion.
When Chen Hongjuan saw Xiong Jiandong for the first time, she didn't immediately recognize who he was.
Later, when Hou Yiying repeatedly reminded her, don't you remember that there was a deputy director of the Public Security Bureau named Xiong Jiandong in Huaishang City, Chen Hongjuan finally remembered.
But she still stared at Xiong Jiandong with suspicion for a long time, as if she saw an invisible and deeply hidden torment in his melancholy eyes.
Chen Hongjuan felt that this melancholy and profound look was so similar to another man who made her unforgettable.
However, she knew very well that this other man would never come back to this world.
More than a month ago, Chen Hongjuan was in Tokyo and received an admission notice from the Ecole Internationale de Haute Couture de la Haute Couture in Paris to apply for a graduate degree in fashion design.
A few days before departure, the second sister Chen Hongli, who was finishing the spring semester of the Central School in China, knew that Chen Hongjuan was about to embark on another country. Finally, under repeated questioning from her sister, she felt that there was no need to hide it anymore.
I had no choice but to reveal the truth to her.
Hua Nianping, the man who was embraced by his sister and who generously sacrificed his life for her that night in the Hilton Hotel in Beijing, had died in love by banging his head on the tombstone during the funeral of his first love, Lin Sirer.
After receiving the news, Chen Hongjuan refused to eat or drink and locked herself in the dormitory for several days.
Chen Hongjuan does not regret everything she has given to Hua Nianping.
She thought of the few words she left on the note when she parted with Hua Nianping: He left the mark of a man on her body; he made her taste what it means to be a woman, and the happiness and joy after being fulfilled.
whole.
Even though she had never heard Hua Nianping say the words "Hongjuan, I love you". And she even thought sadly that not going would become an emotional burden on Hua Nianping and make herself feel
A silly relief.
But in the end, Hua Nianping, whom she loved deeply, would never appear in front of her again.
In this way, Chen Hongjuan came to Paris with her heart full of sadness and entered the International School of Haute Couture.
Now, when Hou Yiying discovered Chen Hongjuan, her eyes couldn't help but stare blankly at Xiong Jiandong, feeling that this was completely expected.
She smiled at Chen Hongjuan and said, "You may be surprised to see why Director Xiong's appearance is so different from before, turning into a handsome young man in his twenties. In fact, I have been confused about this issue.
among.”
Then, she jokingly said to Xiong Jiandong, "But to be honest, I'm used to the way you are now, A Dong. You must never suddenly change back someday. Otherwise, I don't want to
It makes people mistakenly think that she is looking for a much older man to be her boyfriend."
I called Xiong Jiandong A Dong because when I came to Paris this time, I wanted to show their close relationship in front of outsiders. I had agreed in advance that they would call each other A Dong, meaning Ying.
"You came to Paris this time for fun, right?" Chen Hongjuan asked, "Which hotel are you staying in? I will arrange a place to treat you two in the evening to express my congratulations to you two on this beautiful relationship."
Hou Yiying replied: "We live not far from here, in a hotel called Alfred Wine."
"I have been to this hotel." Chen Hongjuan said without any concealment, "There is a man named Lu Zhichao who lives there. He is a Chinese with American nationality."
"Hongjuan," Xiong Jiandong asked immediately, "do you meet this Mr. Lu often?"
Chen Hongjuan trembled suddenly when she heard the sound.
This was the first time she heard Xiong Jiandong speak. What shocked her was that the word "Hongjuan" called by Xiong Jiandong, and the concerned tone made her feel extremely familiar.
"Yes, Sister Hongjuan!" Hou Yiying also asked, "How long have you known this person named Lu Zhichao? Do you know his identity and background?"
Chen Hongjuan looked at the two people in a daze, and realized in her heart that the reason why she suddenly had hallucinations about Xiong Jiandong's call just now was probably because she hadn't heard anyone call her name in the Chinese language for a long time.
"I don't know Mr. Lu very well, we just had a few meals together." Chen Hongjuan explained, "I have a classmate here named Cheney, and her sister has a working relationship with Mr. Lu in the United States. It's Cheney.
Ni introduced us to each other."
She asked strangely, how could Hou Yiying and Xiong Jiandong meet Lu Zhichao as soon as they checked into the Alfred Hotel? Could it be that they had been in contact with him before?
Hou Yiying and Xiong Jiandong looked at each other and felt that they should not hide everything from Chen Hongjuan, otherwise how could they stop her from being deceived by Lu Zhichao.
Xiong Jiandong thought briefly and said to Chen Hongjuan, "To be honest with you, as soon as Yiying and I checked into the Alfred Hotel this morning, we were in the coffee shop downstairs, as we had agreed in advance.
Lu Zhichao had a meeting. Being able to see you here is the information he provided us."
"As for meeting with Lu Zhichao, what did we discuss? I'm sorry, because there are work discipline requirements, some things are not convenient at the moment. I will tell you clearly."
Xiong Jiandong said bluntly, "However, what worries Yiying and I is that it can be seen that Lu Zhichao has evil intentions towards you and is deliberately using various excuses and means to find ways to get close to you and win your favor."
Chen Hongjuan blushed and did not answer.
Because she was pursuing Lu Zhichao's feelings towards her, including Cheney who was fueling the flames, and she had always clearly seen it.
It's just that the steps Lu Zhichao took were not the sudden rush to express his love, but the drizzle of silence and the gradual narrowing of the encirclement. This made it difficult for Chen Hongjuan to find a reason to flatly refuse to the other party.
On the contrary, Xiong Jiandong actually used the word "malicious" to describe Lu Zhichao's desire for her, which made Chen Hongjuan seem to think that it was not serious enough.