Bright Throne

Chapter 40

There is a gorgeous crystal lamp hanging in the room, the light is bright but not dazzling, the floor is covered with a dark red patterned wool carpet, and the thick curtains are also dark red, covering the floor-to-ceiling windows tightly, as if they have never been drawn up all year round Pass.

What surprised Qin Yi was naturally not these things, but the figures standing on the carpet!

Their looks are also very familiar, beautiful female stars, hot supermodels, and a few handsome boys.Under the bright light, everyone's eyes were open, or they were smiling, or frowning, or arrogant and indifferent, no matter what their expressions were, they just stared at Qin Yi quietly and directly, Staring at him made his scalp tingle.

For a moment, Qin Yi almost thought that he had arrived at a fashionable party venue, but the silence around him immediately made him deny this weird possibility.

"These are...wax figures?" Qin Yi squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the foreign female model closest to him. She had long golden wavy hair and a charming figure. Like a hidden hook, seven points of beauty and three points of charm, looking forward to flying, vivid like a real person.

Qin also recognized her, she was the winner of the World's Supermodel Contest the year before last, and she was once a smash hit in Paris, but now it seems that she has switched to the entertainment industry, and she has gradually disappeared.

The clothes she was wearing were also tailor-made for her. The fiery red satin outlined her curves perfectly. The tube top and the golden scales on the edge of the skirt were charming under the light. The halo of her blond hair complements each other.

"Yes, this is my private wax museum." Pei Hanrui followed his gaze to the blonde and sighed softly, "Her name is Lisa. I made this evening dress for her when she was the most popular and most beautiful." dress, then ordered this wax figure, and after that... I broke up with her."

"...Why?" Qin Yi couldn't tell what was going on in his heart, he looked at Pei Hanrui with complicated eyes, and quietly waited for the other party's explanation.

"Because she crossed the line." Pei Hanrui took out a bottle of Bordeaux red wine from the last century from the wine cabinet next to the wall, poured two glasses and brought it over, with a hint of regret in his tone, "She is a naive woman. It's really rare, but it's a pity that she changed later, violated the original agreement, was not satisfied with the short-lived love affair, and even hinted to the lace reporter that she was pregnant with my child."

"So you broke up with her?" Qin Yi's tone rose slightly, mocking the other party's absurd love history.

Oh no, maybe it’s not even called love, it’s just—a love history that’s played out on the spot...

"Then the other wax figures are also your former lovers?"

He looked around for a week, and under the light of the crystal lamp, each wax figure's face was covered with a layer of hazy light. Time seemed to have stopped flowing here, and the most beautiful side was permanently fixed at this moment.

Pei Hanrui shook his head slightly, and he gently turned the goblet with his fingers, and the dark red wine immediately swirled several layers.

"Not all of them, most of them are just selected by me as my main show, or I think they have enough beauty worthy of my collection, so they can appear in my wax museum."

"I'm finally sure that you must be your grandpa's grandson, collecting this kind of thing... the abnormal gene is inherited." Qin Yi couldn't help but twitched his mouth, walked back and forth between the wax figures, looking at them one by one, roughly Counting, there are at least [-] to [-], each of which is extremely exquisite in craftsmanship, from facial expressions to modeling movements, everything is lifelike and lifelike, and the clothes on the body are all designed by Pei Hanrui himself, as a private collection , It can be described as a real masterpiece.

"Who is this guy?"

Walking to the center of the deep part of the museum, a wax figure with a distinctive shape caught Qin Yi's attention.This is also a woman, she looks like a mature woman with a melon-seeded face and willow eyebrows, her expression is as gentle as a spring breeze blowing on her face, and she is as elegant and decent as a famous flower. The fashion elements appear simple and dignified, just like a typical oriental lady, not at all like the flamboyant women in the entertainment industry.

"That's my mother." Pei Hanrui's voice came faintly from behind him.

Qin Yi was not surprised. Just looking at this statue gave people a feeling of "no wonder a son like Pei Hanrui was born".

After looking closely for a moment, Qin Yi said doubtfully, "This dress doesn't look like your design."

"Ah, yes, because I can't design clothes for her." Pei Hanrui stepped forward slowly, and stood side by side with Qin Yi, quietly staring at his mother's face.

Understanding the meaning of his words, Qin Yi stopped the urge to continue asking, and stood there silent.

Because my mother has passed away, I can no longer accurately measure her young size with my own hands. Even this wax figure is probably made based on old photos and vague memories. In terms of Pei Hanrui's personality, there may be errors , he would rather not do it.

Or maybe it is really impossible to design a style that satisfies my mother, ah, who knows.

Who made Pei Hanrui an artist who can't tolerate "imperfection"...

Qin Yi could only vaguely guess based on what he knew about him.

"Why... do you want to collect wax figures?" Qin Yi looked around, those heavy sculptures silently released their unique charm under the dreamy crystal lamp, they were pulled out by the light to form overlapping shadows, and they were reflected chaotically on the red carpet .

"Because people are the most fickle animals, whether it's life, beauty, health, or feelings, after all, there is a shelf life." Pei Hanrui's face was calm and no emotion could be seen, and his voice was cold and authentic, "It's better to let their beauty be in time. It is better to use this method to obtain eternity than to pass away and wear away."

Listening to his words, Qin Yi remained silent for a long time, Pei Hanrui turned around and stared at him, his deep eyes seemed to be full of endless affection, he reached out to caress the other's cheek, and approached his ear, his deep voice was like a cup in a cup. Intoxicating like wine: "In this world, except for dead things, nothing is eternal, especially feelings. No matter friendship, love, or even family affection, they will eventually fade away. The only difference is the length of time."

"Friendship is a thing that is maintained by interests. Whether there is or is not, it is neither salty nor weak. Family ties can also be maintained by family. Unfortunately, in many cases, the deep blood relationship is not as good as ordinary passers-by."

"As for love, it's the most ridiculous thing. At first, it was just a combination of hormones and desires, and then after it calmed down, they were still barely together, just because they got used to each other's existence."

Hearing this, Qin Yi couldn't help but sneered, reached out and inserted his hand into his hair, pulled his head away forcefully, pulled his hair down lightly, and let him raise his head to meet his eyes.

"Don't you think that the reason why you have such extreme ideas is because you are pursuing perfection too much? And it's still that kind of illusory perfection. How can there be something eternal in this world? It's you and me, a hundred years It will be turned into ashes later, maybe it will be mixed with Xiang as flower fertilizer."

"It is undeniable that these sculptures have taken back the best side of their youth from the cruel time, but the fake ones are fake after all, without flesh and blood, lifeless, empty skin, hidden in the In the darkened collection hall, waiting for the owner to come in and take a look when he is occasionally interested. This so-called 'eternity' is not given to me."

"Haven't you heard a sentence? You don't care about eternity, you only care about once having, you don't even dare to 'own' a real relationship, so you can only hide in the ideal country you imagined to deceive yourself, as long as one party moves If you have a heart, you will end it immediately, you are not disdainful of love, but you are afraid."

Qin Yi stared at him with lowered eyes, watching the gentleness and calmness on Pei Hanrui's face withdraw a little bit, and finally disappeared, becoming more and more indifferent. Qin Yi clasped the back of his head and pulled a little closer to himself, with the corner of his mouth curled up. With a sarcastic smile, he said slowly: "You are afraid...of losing it. You are afraid that once you give your affection, you will become like your parents one day..."

"Enough!" Pei Hanrui broke free from his hand suddenly, with an unprecedentedly oppressive and indifferent tone.

Qin Yi's gaze was as sharp as a sharp arrow, and Pei Hanrui felt that a hole was pierced in his heart in an instant, and he couldn't stop it.The crystal lamp hung high above his head, but he was a bit dark under the lamp.

"The feeling of being betrayed by a lover, haven't you tasted it more deeply than me?"

Qin Yi said indifferently: "So what, why do you have to eat when you are always hungry? Anyway, why do you have to get up when you have to sleep? Everyone will die anyway, why are you still alive?"

"..."

Pei Hanrui seemed to feel that it was a bit stupid to argue with him, so he stopped talking. The little gaffe just now disappeared like an illusion in the blink of an eye. He squeezed the center of his brows, and soon regained his usual calmness, "Don't talk about this, Haven't you always wondered why I picked you? Come see this."

Pretend, let you pretend, see how long you can pretend...

Looking at Pei Hanrui's back, Qin Yi felt better for no reason. Although the man's shell was still hard and invulnerable, he always felt that at a certain moment just now, he was poked into an invisible hole.

He can't say what kind of attitude he has towards Pei Hanrui. In short, he doesn't really want to see him showing a negative and lonely look.

Following Pei Hanrui to the end of the collection hall, Qin Yi thought that he could see something related to himself, but in the end - there was only a bare glass table, which was empty and nothing.

The other wax figures are separated by golden and red ropes. Only this glass table, perhaps because there are no wax figures, does not even have a rope.

"You show me this when you take off your pants?" Qin Yi couldn't help but lower his eyebrows and stare at him with vacant eyes.

Pei Hanrui smiled and said: "I have collected so many wax figures, but I have never been able to create the most perfect one, so this glass booth has been suspended up to now, which is the biggest regret in my heart for many years. I have also looked for many wax figures before. Goal, it’s not that there are people with better body and appearance than you, but after I got in touch with them, I always feel that they lack some characteristics, at most I can make a collection of ordinary wax figures, and none of them can be placed here.”

Seeing Qin Yi's noncommittal face, he continued: "You may not remember it anymore. Two years ago, I saw the video of your first catwalk by chance. I can't remember the details at that time. I only vaguely remember that video. The feeling at that time was both young and wild, full of vigor and vigor, and the temperament was very in line with my design ideas at that time. Then I asked my assistant to send you an invitation email for NL's new clothes fitting, but I didn't expect that the email would go away as soon as it arrived. I didn’t hear back from you at all. Later, my assistant came back and told me that you are an “exclusive model” for a new domestic designer, and you don’t accept any other commercials or shows.”

"I told you, I was really surprised at that time, and even thought you were ridiculous... I still think it's ridiculous now." Pei Hanrui spread his hands and raised his eyebrows at him.

How narrow-minded this guy is... If he gets the chance, he will come back with irony.

Qin Yi couldn't help despising him in his heart, you've seen me before, and you still pretend to be a stranger to strike up a conversation with me?

As if he had seen through his inner thoughts, Pei Hanrui added: "Because this matter is nothing, I will no longer pay attention to you, and soon put this little matter behind me, until later, I was ordered to return to China, I didn't expect to meet you again on the street. I didn't recognize you at the time, but I thought you looked familiar, and I remembered it later."

"So, you want to tell me now, you want to make me into a wax figure?" Qin Yi didn't show any emotion on his face, but the ending sound rose slightly.

Pei Hanrui shook his head lightly, rubbed the rim of the wine glass with his fingertips, put one hand in his trouser pocket, stared at him, and said with a smile: "I have been investigating you, although you have some foundation, but you are far from my ideal state It's still far from enough, but you are also one of the few models I have ever seen, who has the highest understanding and the fastest learning, ah, and the thickest skin."

"...It doesn't matter if you don't need to add the last sentence."

"Hehe." Pei Hanrui laughed lowly, and put his arms around his waist, "It's also the cutest. I always feel that I am more and more attracted to you."

Qin Yi looked down at him, and the blinking eyelashes were clearly reflected in his eyes.

Burying his head into the other's shoulder, Pei Hanrui turned his face and gently pecked his neck, and said softly: "For me, this doesn't seem to be a good thing..."

"You are very confident. It seems that you haven't asked me if I agree to let you make a wax figure." Qin Yi dragged him out, and squinted at him with an expression of begging me soon.

Pei Hanrui laughed and said: "If I choose someone to make a wax figure, I will definitely tailor clothes for him and design a suit specially. There will be no third set except for himself and the wax figure. Do you know how many top models want me to make them for them?" Can't ask for design."

"Who cares?" Qin Yi dug his earwax, showing disdain.

Knowing that he was pretending, Pei Hanrui didn't expose it, but silently added: "There is another 200 million portrait fee, it seems that you are not rare."

"... Ruanmei coin?" Qin Yi's ears twitched, and he turned his head.

Pei Hanrui smiled and said, "U.S. dollars."

Qin Yi stopped talking immediately, and was silent for a moment, then grabbed the other person's hands suddenly, with green light in his eyes, and said solemnly: "Say it, I will promise you whatever you want! Please put me in this glass cabinet! "

"Hey, you, who can be collected here by me, apart from my mother, the worst is a world-class supermodel. When you have that status, how can you be short of this mere 200 million." Pei Hanrui sighed helplessly and funny tone.

Qin Yi's eyes were bright and he said: "Anyway, it's just a matter of time, why don't you put me in first, anyway, I still owe you 100 million, so you can take advantage of this deduction."

"...Why do I think your logic is wrong?"

Qin Yi spent a long time trying to be soft and hard, and used all the beauty tricks. Pei Hanrui enjoyed being with him with peace of mind, but he just didn't let go. In the end, he really had no choice but to promise: "The wax figure, it must not be qualified now. , but I have some inspiration for the clothes. If you can come back with a champion in next year's Asia's Supermodel Contest, I will make an exception and design for you. Otherwise, it's out of the question."

In fact, Qin Yi certainly understood how strict this guy was, and it was beyond his expectations to be able to retreat the bottom line to this point.

I accidentally took advantage of it again.

When he walked out of the library, Qin Yi was still thinking about it. Pei Hanrui walked beside him, and he didn't notice the deep thoughts on his face from time to time.

The two walked back to the study room. Pei Hanrui did not let him walk to the stage tonight, but took him to his desk.

The reddish-brown solid wood European-style desk looks like it has been around for some years. The desk is very large, and there are neatly stacked design lines according to the date, as well as some books and paper documents.Next to the wall is a large row of bookcases that go straight to the ceiling. Enter through the small door in the middle and there is a more spacious library. The content of the lecture tonight is mainly about clothing design. The finished design drafts that really need to be kept secret are placed in a special In the safe, Qin Yi naturally couldn't see the ones on Pei Hanrui's desk, and he was allowed to look through them at will.

"What are these writings?" Qin Yi held a large-scale human body line draft in his hand, depicting the proportions of various parts of the human body. The annotations and explanations were all in foreign languages, and Qin Yi couldn't understand after reading it for a long time.

"It's in French. It contains descriptions of various parts of the body and an introduction to the golden section. So besides English, you'd better learn French as well." Standing beside him, Pei Hanrui took the line draft and placed it on the On one side, he lightly buttoned it with his fingers, and said, "You said you're going to an audition at an underwear company tomorrow?"

"Yes."

Pei Hanrui took a deep look at him and said with a chuckle: "In this case, I will teach you about the design of men's underwear. Now, take off your clothes and pants."

Qin Yi gave him a contemptuous look of pretending to be self-serving, and stripped himself naked, leaving only a pair of underpants.

And the other party's hands have been dexterously wrapped around him, Pei Hanrui put his hands around his shoulders from behind, his fingertips along the shoulders, gently slid to the sides, approached his ear and said in a low voice: "I mentioned it to you before , I hardly use a ruler to measure the model..."

"Because the touch of my hand is more accurate than any measuring stick."

Qin Yi pressed his hand, licked his lips, and his eyes deepened: "Did none of those models sue you for sexual harassment?"

Pei Hanrui leaned over and kissed his lips, and said meaningfully: "Most of the time, I'm the one who wants to sue..."

"Oh, what about now?"

"Now... I'm a bit thinking of doing business for my own sake."