Bright Throne

Chapter 39

After Qin Yi carefully read the detailed terms and remuneration, he finally understood what Ji Hangfeng meant by "the best treatment".

As long as he passes the audition, he will be the endorser of all the new styles of KLA's men's underwear in the second half of the year. In addition to the print, there will also be TV commercials and press conference catwalks. times.

You must know that although Qin Yi is a little famous now, his model card still has a C grade, so basically the prices offered by the merchants are also based on this grade. I didn’t expect that this KLA is so rich and powerful, and it’s unscientific to spend so much money. .

Furthermore, the second half of the year is autumn and winter. For men's underwear, autumn and winter are not just underwear, but also autumn clothes, long johns and thermal underwear.In this way, it is equivalent to three sets of endorsements at once, no wonder Ji Hangfeng smiled from ear to ear.

"When they contacted you, did you ask how they chose me?" Qin Yi held the invitation, both happy and surprised, puzzled.

"I didn't say that, I just vaguely hinted that after reading this issue of "Glamour", a senior executive in their company thinks you are very suitable, and if the effect is good this time, they would like to find you for a long-term cooperation."

"That's it, let's go and have a look tomorrow." The left and right couldn't think of a reason, so Qin Yi stopped entangled.

It was dusk, and it was just the beginning of autumn not long ago. A hasty autumn rain washed the impetuous city from the inside to the outside. From the blue and white clouds in the sky to the high-rise buildings on the ground, everything became clean and refreshing.

Changing into clothes that Pei Hanrui would never complain about, Qin Yi followed him to Pei's house to continue a new round of one-on-one guidance.

Tonight is the first time since returning to China, but the relationship between the two is much closer than before.

After getting off the car, Pei Hanrui ordered the housekeeper the dishes for dinner, and then went to take a bath.Leaving Qin Yi alone in the living room bored, the maids were used to this regular customer, warmed him a glass of milk, and then went about their business.

Qin Yi held the porcelain cup and sniffed it. There were sporadic strawberry flesh floating in the light pink and white milk, which was sweet and delicious. He licked off the milk stains on the corner of his mouth, and walked into the courtyard with the cup.

Although I have been here many times, but every time I am in the restaurant and the study room, I haven't visited it properly until now.If you don't see it, you don't know it. After you actually visit it, you realize that this house is simply too big, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a manor.

Qin Yi walked through the hall, bypassed the corridor, went up the stairs for a while, went down the stairs for a while, and finally walked into a larger garden from a certain courtyard, and then tragically found that he could not find his way back.

"It's unscientific. This guy lives in such a big house, but there are too few people." Qin Yi walked in the garden for a long time, but couldn't find a servant to ask for directions. The milk in it is cold.

Turning around a low fence wall, Qin Yi finally saw a separate room with lights on not far away. It looked like a glass greenhouse. The street lamp at the door was very interestingly designed. The pumpkin is vividly carved with a smiling face, and the inside exudes a warm yellow light. The branches of the tree point to the greenhouse beside it, with a few words engraved on it - no shoes are allowed.A cobblestone path under the street lamp leads to the greenhouse.

Strange lights, strange words, a magical feeling of traveling to European fairy tales.

Curiously glanced at the greenhouse, Qin Yi decided to go in to see if anyone could ask for directions. He hesitated for a moment, followed the instructions on the branch to take off his shoes, and walked into the glass room barefoot.

"Is anyone there?" Knocking on the door, the glass door opened easily, and Qin Yi stepped in lightly with his shoes in his hands. The space inside is not big, and there is an artificial rattan frame on the outside, covered with green There are plump vine leaves, and there are still flowers in the leaves that have not completely withered. Qin Yi can't name them.

On both sides of the cobblestone path, there are all kinds of potted flowers. There are not many flowers in this season, but the leaves are neatly cut and full of vitality. It can be seen that the people who take care of them are very careful.

In the middle of the greenhouse, he was surprised to see a big thick tree breaking out of the roof. The whole greenhouse seemed to be built around this old tree. Each flower arrangement is unique in design and changeable in style.

The layout of the entire greenhouse is like an independent viewing garden. From the lighting to the scenery, it is patchwork and unique. If it is placed in the bright sunshine of the day, it must be even more beautiful.

"Who's here?"

Just as Qin Yi was still immersed in the pleasing art of flower arrangement, a gentle and vicissitudes of life sounded from behind the big tree.

Qin Yi was overjoyed, took two quick steps, walked around the tree trunk, and saw an antique-like old-fashioned reclining chair on the other side, with extremely exquisite workmanship. An ancient rare old man was lying in it, his eyes half-closed, looking at the strange man in front of him. A young visitor, the small round table at his hand was covered with a light red checkered tablecloth, and fresh strawberries were placed in a delicate ceramic disc, and there was a nostalgic record player next to it, and the discs in it were probably out of print.

"I'm Pei Hanrui's friend. I just wandered around in the garden and lost my way. Seeing that the lights are on here, I came in and asked... who are you?" Qin Yi put down his shoes, and although he was asking him, his eyes were dull Glancing at the table, it is really difficult to eat strawberries this season. Thinking of this, my stomach growled specially for the occasion.

The old man looked down at his bare feet and smiled. The wrinkles on his face were crowded together. Although he was old, he was not bad. Seeing the young man's embarrassing expression, the old man raised his withered arms and pointed to the table. Pointing, smiled kindly: "Haven't you had dinner yet? Eat some fruit to fill your stomach first."

"Aren't you going to eat?" With permission, Qin Yi resolutely abandoned his integrity and stuffed one in his mouth. It was delicious, juicy, sour and sweet, and he couldn't stop after eating one.

"Hehe, I'm old and can't eat too much." The old man shook his head and asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?"

"Well, it's pretty good." Qin Yi finally didn't have the cheekiness to swallow the whole plate, and licked his mouth unsatisfied.

The old ditty played by the record player was hoarse and intermittent, and the melody was very weird, and there was nothing attractive about it.

The old man suddenly opened his eyes wide, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more weird. His thin hands clasped Qin Yi's wrist tightly, lowered his voice, stared at him quietly and said, "That's good, with a young and strong man like you , my strawberries can grow bigger, sweeter and more delicious..."

"!!" Qin Yi's face was terrified, and the sudden appearance of the greenhouse, the weird pumpkin lantern in front of the door, the inexplicable old man and strawberries flashed across his mind like lightning...

Suddenly turned into a suspenseful thriller? Is this it? !

He froze all over, and retracted his hand reflexively, but he didn't expect the other party to let go of his hand easily, instead causing Qin Yi, who had overcharged, to stagger back.

"Hahahahaha!" The old man couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed out loud while clutching his stomach. The folds on his face were trembling with laughter, and the wrinkles were all crowded together, but his laughter was loud and wanton like a child's, "It's been a long time Nobody ever made me laugh like this, my boy..."

"..." Qin Yi's expression gradually became stiff, and he stared at him speechlessly, his contemptuous eyes were like looking at a snake maniac, slandering him in his stomach - endlessly for the old and disrespectful!

After a while, the old man finally had enough of laughing, wiped away the tears from laughing, picked up a strawberry and put it in his mouth, and said cheerfully: "I've been here for a long time, old man, I'm a little bored, I'm just joking with you, don't mind , These strawberries are grown by myself in my spare time. Eat it with confidence, it is not poisonous."

Qin Yi turned his face away to express his disdain, and believed that he was a pig again!

"Hehehe..." The old man was not angry when he saw him humming, changed a record, and lay back in the chair leisurely.

In exchange for a light music, soothing and melodious, intoxicating.

"Little guy, what's your name?"

"Qin Yi." For the sake of delicious strawberries, Qin Yi decided not to bother with this funny old man who spared mushrooms, "Are you... a flower farmer here?"

"Well, that's right." The old man nodded with a smile, and waved his hand triumphantly, "I made all the flowers and plants here, how about it, it's pretty good."

Qin Yi silently nodded, and regretfully said: "Yes, it's really unexpected that the person who arranged such a greenhouse has such a personality..." Out of tune!

The last few words he said were very vague, the old man pretended not to hear, and continued: "Everyone who came to my place in the past came in a hurry and left in a hurry. A bad old man who is willing to talk so much with me, and few of them can make me laugh once, alas, and those little bastards, who don't even take off their shoes, dirty my flowers and plants, what can I do!"

Qin Yi couldn't help but said in his heart, who would like to come here specially to be punished by you.

After talking nonsense, the strawberries were almost gone, and Qin Yi remembered that he was here to ask for directions!It's broken, Pei Hanrui said that their chef made pasta tonight, it won't taste good if it's cold.

"Well, old man," Qin Yi coughed lightly, interrupting the other party's eloquence, "Do you know how to get back to the hall? I've been walking around the garden for a long time but I can't find the exit. I have something to do later. If I don't go there, Pei Hanrui probably thinks I'm missing."

"Oh, alas, you are leaving..." the old man patted his hand reluctantly, and sighed, "Okay, you go in the opposite direction indicated by the pumpkin lantern outside, and you will come across a fork in the road Go straight to the left and you can go out, in fact, all roads can go out, this is the shortest road."

Qin Yi asked suspiciously: "You didn't make fun of me this time, did you?"

"Haha, no, go ahead. Come here often when you have time, and I'll prepare strawberries for you." The flower farmer smiled gently and waved at him.

After leaving the greenhouse, Qin Yi ran wildly in the direction the old man said, and finally returned to the courtyard behind the hall.

"Ah, Mr. Qin has been found!" The hurried maid was shocked when she found him, and then turned her head and shouted at the others.

"Great, where did you go? We searched everywhere but couldn't find you, the young master is in a hurry." The butler led Qin Yi to the restaurant quickly, he caught a glimpse of the other's bare feet from the corner of his eye, and said in surprise Ask, "Mr. Qin, where did your shoes go?"

Crap!I walked too fast and forgot to put my shoes back on...

Just when he was about to find a maid to ask for a pair of slippers, the door of the dining room had already been opened, and the dinner had already been served, and it was being placed on the table and covered.Pei Hanrui sat at the dining table, raised his eyes when he heard the sound, and saw his bare feet with dust and dirty soil from the garden at a glance.

Qin Yi suddenly wanted to kill himself by beating eggs!

"Bring him a pair of shoes." Pei Hanrui ordered lightly to the housekeeper, his eyes fell on Qin Yi again, he pursed his lips, and said calmly, "Come and eat first."

Qin Yi almost moved to the table, sat opposite the man, and said sadly: "Can you pretend you didn't see it?"

"Unfortunately, I can't." Pei Hanrui gracefully hung the napkin on his neckline, cut off a small piece of beef without raising his eyes, put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and then said slowly, "I said last time Let's go, next time you do this again, I will give you a bath with my own hands, it seems that you can't wait?"

"Absolutely not." Qin Yi was extremely helpless, picking up noodles on the plate with a fork, "I got lost in your garden just now, why build such a big garden if there is nothing to do? Not many people live there, it's evil local tyrant!"

"Who told you to run around? I used to get lost at home when I was a child, so every time my mother took me for a walk in the garden, she would bring a group of servants with her to find me who was lost at any time."

Pei Hanrui said with a light smile, cut off another small bite of meat, and stuffed it into Qin Yi's mouth, which kept muttering, "Hurry up, it's getting cold."

"Well, thanks to the old flower farmer in the glass greenhouse, otherwise I would still be in there now, alas, my shoes just fell into the greenhouse." Qin Yi murmured while sucking noodles.

"...the flower farmer in the glass greenhouse?" Pei Hanrui paused and said in surprise, "You actually saw him."

"Who?" Qin Yi stared at him blankly, "That flower farmer, could it be you..."

"Yes, he is my grandfather." Pei Hanrui nodded and said bluntly.

"..."

Qin Yi can't remember how many times he was speechless tonight, and the teaser who played tricks on him turned out to be Pei Hanrui's grandfather!What a crap!

What's even more strange is that that old and disrespectful guy didn't raise his only grandson. Is this kid really his own grandson?

Shouldn't it be a phone charge?

Qin Yi stared at him suspiciously, thinking maliciously.

"I've lived here with my mother and grandfather since I was a child." Pei Hanrui took a sip from his wine glass, with a look of nostalgia on his face, and gently opened his lips, "After my mother passed away, my grandfather and I were two companions. Later, I went to France to study, and in this big house, apart from the servants, only my grandfather was left..."

"...I remember, didn't you say that your parents are in France all the year round?" Qin Yi showed a little surprise.

"Well, that's my father's wife." Pei Hanrui chuckled jokingly, "You know, she's younger than me."

Qin Yi didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only quietly listen to Pei Hanrui's cold recounting of the past events that he had never mentioned to anyone.

"As far as I can remember, I saw my father very rarely. He seldom returned to China. Even when he returned to China, most of the time he met his little lover outside. At that time, I didn't understand. I thought it was because I was not good enough, so My father was so indifferent to me. Later, when I became sensible, I realized that it was not that I was not good, but that he..."

Pei Hanrui paused for a moment, his face was calm, his tone was neither disgusting nor mocking, just calm, "The two of them are a marriage arranged by grandpa, my father doesn't love my mother, so I don't even like her. I.

He raised a lot of women outside, and he didn't even hide it. At that time, my mother often shed tears and gradually didn't want to see me who resembled my father.

In the last few years, her father almost never came back, and she became more and more depressed until she died of depression in bed.Since then, Grandpa regretted his decision back then, and didn't want to see his unworthy son again, so he guarded the greenhouse all day long. "

Qin Yi looked at his expression, and his mood was complicated. The man's tone was so indifferent, as if he was not talking about his parents, but an ordinary social news.

He finally understood at this moment that when he was in Chixiao that night, what this man said was that he was so pessimistic and distrustful of love.

I finally understand why this person is only 28, but behaves as calmly and calmly as 38.

Because from childhood, there was no one to rely on except himself.

Qin Yi felt that he should say something, but apart from being silent, he couldn't utter a single word.

"Are you wondering why I only talk about warmth and not love when I'm with you?" Pei Hanrui suddenly changed the subject. He put down the tableware, wiped the corners of his mouth lightly, got up and looked at him, "I'll take you Go somewhere...that's my private collection."

"The collection hall?" Qin Yi followed him, scratching him with curiosity like a cat scratching, but at the same time vaguely felt that there might not be any interesting things stored there.

After the autumn rain, the flowers faded, and the flowers and plants in the garden began to wither. Those petals that were hit by the raindrops trembled slightly in the night wind, as if they would be blown off the branches at any time and fell to the ground. Like going in the dirt.

The jack-o-lantern in front of the glass greenhouse door was still on, and the old man was sleeping inside with his eyes closed, while the old-fashioned record player played an unknown tune hoarsely.

Pei Hanrui led Qin Yi to a locked door, which was on the same corridor as the study, but at the other end.

He opened the door, slowly pushed his hands in, and flipped the light switch at the door.

The moment he saw the many shadows standing inside, Qin Yi suddenly widened his eyes, his mind was so shocked that he almost jumped up in fright!

"This is... this is..."