strictlysupreme Chapter 75 Gu Jinxing: Don't leave yet, it was my mistake.
Chapter 75 Gu Jinxing: Don't leave yet, it was my mistake.
Gu Jinxing nodded in agreement.
"After Ms. Lan found out, she immediately published a notice in the newspaper to sever her master-disciple relationship with that person. However, the Lan family's tailoring techniques and Suzhou embroidery were eventually passed on to outsiders. Ms. Lan felt ashamed of her ancestors' heritage and decided to stop making cheongsams except for a very few old customers who made custom-made cheongsams every year."
Shen Yao didn't know what a kimono was, so she wasn't angry, but seeing that even the usually calm Shen Wancheng was suppressing her anger, she knew that the matter was serious.
She simply commented, "This Ms. Lan is an extremely trustworthy person."
Even though he was no longer willing to make cheongsams due to special reasons, he still followed the old practice of taking measurements for his old customers.
It seems that for Ms. Lan, every second of the process of getting clothes made must be torture.
Shen Wancheng realized this as well, and understood how difficult it was for her to collaborate with Ms. Lan on a large-scale custom-made cheongsam project.
Shen Wancheng couldn't think of a good solution for the time being; she couldn't very well find out and get rid of that apprentice.
In fact, Shen Wancheng also hated these traitors.
If you have the chance, you must teach this person a lesson they will never forget.
Gu Jinxing was unaware of Shen Wancheng's true purpose in asking Ms. Lan; he assumed that Shen Wancheng simply liked Ms. Lan's cheongsam.
Gu Jinxing then said, "My mother and Ms. Lan have a long-standing friendship. If you want a cheongsam made by Ms. Lan herself, I can give it to you."
Shen Wancheng shook her head. She didn't hide anything from Gu Jinxing and spoke directly.
“I don’t want one or two cheongsams, I want to collaborate with her.”
Gu Jinxing frowned and thought for a moment.
"You're looking for high-end custom-made cheongsams?"
Shen Wancheng nodded.
Shen Yao said, "It's obvious that getting Ms. Lan to agree to this is impossible. Ms. Lan probably has more than one apprentice, right? Could we try asking one of her other apprentices instead?"
Shen Wancheng lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, but finally shook her head.
"No, since Ms. Lan accepted that traitor as her last disciple, it means that he is extremely talented in this area. Ms. Lan has allowed him to graduate, which means that his skills and techniques have satisfied her."
"So it's very likely that these apprentices who have completed their training are not as skilled as that person."
Gu Jinxing continued Shen Wancheng's words, "In the end, you made a name for yourself, and when that person came out to challenge you, all your efforts were just to benefit him."
Shen Yao slammed her hand on the table.
"How could that be? Just kill him!"
Shen Wancheng pulled Shen Yao's arm and made her sit down.
"We now live in a society governed by the rule of law."
Gu Jinxing hadn't expected Shen Yao to be so spirited, and glanced at her in surprise.
Then he said coldly, "It's not impossible to get rid of him, but if he makes a cheongsam with better technique than the ones you sell before he dies, you can still suffer heavy losses."
Shen Wancheng nodded, "That's right."
Shen Yao was at a loss. "Then what should we do?"
Gu Jinxing looked at Shen Wancheng, wanting to see what she would choose.
Shen Wancheng was silent for a while before saying, "No matter what the result is, we should at least try our best."
Shen Wancheng looked at Gu Jinxing, "You should tell me Ms. Lan's address."
"it is good."
After agreeing, Gu Jinxing thought that since Shen Wancheng was going to get involved in the dispute between this Ms. Lan and her apprentice, and this apprentice was not a good person, it would be better to know about this person's behavior in advance.
"I'll have someone check on the current situation of Ms. Lan's apprentice."
There was a telephone in their room. Shen Yao quickly went over and, seeing that the telephone cord was long enough, took it directly to the table.
Gu Jinxing made a phone call and gave a few brief instructions.
Seeing that he had finished his call, Shen Yao asked curiously.
"Are you checking up on that person's recent situation to eliminate the potential threat to my sister first?"
Shen Yao thought to herself, if it really was as she thought, she would truly respect Gu Jinxing as a man and immediately call him brother-in-law.
Gu Jinxing chuckled and looked at Shen Wancheng, saying, "Ask your sister if she needs it?"
Gu Jinxing meant that if Shen Wancheng needed it, getting rid of that person was also an option.
Shen Wancheng patted Shen Yao's head again, "Stop fooling around."
"If that person dies without knowing why, Ms. Lan's heart will never be at peace."
Shen Yao responded listlessly, "Oh."
At that moment, there was a knock on the door of the private room. Gu Jinxing pressed a button on the table, and a waiter opened the door.
Two food carts were then brought in, and within two or three minutes, nine desserts were placed on the table before being taken out.
Of the nine desserts, six are traditional Chinese desserts and three are Western desserts.
The names of each dessert are inscribed on the edge of the dessert plates.
The Chinese desserts are: Sweet Taro Sprouts, Almond Tofu, Coriander Cake, Honey Rose Taro, Osmanthus Cake, and Lotus Pastry.
Shen Wancheng recognized all the Western desserts, including three very common ones in later generations: tiramisu, strawberry soufflé, and mango mousse.
Shen Wancheng had never heard of most of these Chinese desserts.
Seeing Shen Wancheng staring at the Chinese desserts, Gu Jinxing said, "These desserts are traditional specialties from all over the inland areas. The inland areas are vast and rich in resources, and you probably haven't seen many of them before. Try them."
Shen Wancheng picked up a pastry called coriander cake. The green color of the pastry made her particularly hungry, and she guessed that it must have a herbal flavor such as mint or bamboo leaves.
Gu Jinxing explained, "This is a snack from the Zhongshan area of Guangdong, mainly made of fragrant..."
"Ugh~"
Gu Jinxing was interrupted by Shen Wancheng's gagging before he could finish introducing the main ingredients as coriander and glutinous rice flour.
Shen Yao quickly placed the trash can next to Shen Wancheng.
Shen Wancheng gagged a few times in front of the trash can, spitting out the coriander cake in her mouth, but she didn't actually vomit up anything from her stomach.
But dry heaving is also uncomfortable.
After gagging, Shen Wancheng looked up and glared at Gu Jinxing.
Because of the force of gagging, a thin mist filled Shen Wancheng's eyes. When she glared at people, she didn't look fierce at all, but rather like she was making a wronged accusation.
When Gu Jinxing's gaze met Shen Wancheng's eyes, his heart skipped a beat.
Shen Yao had no idea that Gu Jinxing would stare blankly at Shen Wancheng. She only saw Gu Jinxing looking at her sister vomiting with a normal expression, and she felt that Gu Jinxing was doing it on purpose.
Shen Yao angrily questioned, "Gu Jinxing, are you deliberately teasing my sister? Cilantro pancakes are cilantro pancakes, why call them coriander pancakes?"
Gu Jinxing stared at Shen Wancheng and said, "I'm innocent. I didn't know you don't eat cilantro."
Gu Jinxing said he was wronged, but his tone was too flat, and you couldn't feel any emotion of being wronged at all.
Shen Wancheng's face also turned cold.
"We've had dessert, so we're leaving now."
Shen Wancheng stood up.
Gu Jinxing immediately stood up and grabbed Shen Wancheng's hand.
"Don't leave yet. I admit it was my mistake."