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Zhou Kao called Wen Le before he started eating the takeout.
When Wen Le picked up the phone, she sneakily glanced at Cheng Hui first.
How could this escape Cheng Hui, known as the human microscope, who always seemed to know everything?
Just by looking at Wen Le’s demeanour, she knew it was Wen Le’s little lover calling, so she humphed twice, turned over, and continued to play with her phone, ignoring Wen Le.
Wen Le smiled, put on her shoes, and ran to the sofa pretending to get some water, actually feeling embarrassed about talking on the phone in front of Cheng Hui. Mainly, she was worried Zhou Kao might say something flirty, which would be too embarrassing if Cheng Hui heard it.
In fact, Zhou Kao didn’t have anything important to say; he just wanted to coo over the phone with Wen Le. But this was probably just what couples do daily.
Wen Le mentioned that she had to perform on stage, and Zhou Kao wasn’t too pleased.
“What’s wrong with them, gathering to watch someone else’s girlfriend?”
Wen Le laughed out loud, shamelessly saying, “Well, you found such a good-looking girlfriend, try to understand them a bit.”
Zhou Kao rolled his eyes, “Why should I be understanding just because I found a girlfriend through my own efforts? Always staring at someone else’s girlfriend, no wonder they’re single.”
TN: HAHAHAH ded I love savage Zhou Kao!
Wen Le coughed lightly, “Alright, enough with that mouth of yours.”
“Do you have a long lunch break?”
Zhou Kao said, “It’s okay, an hour.”
“Then you should eat quickly and take a nap after eating.”
Zhou Kao said, “But I still want to talk to you for a bit.”
“I don’t have time to be affectionate with you; my roommate came over to my house.”
Zhou Kao sighed, “I really miss you.”
Wen Le: “You’re allowed to miss me, think about me all you want.”
Zhou Kao fell silent, seemingly offended.
Wen Le felt bad again, “Alright, alright, I’ll video call you tonight, and you can help me pick out clothes, okay?”
Zhou Kao finally cheered up. “Fine, I’ll begrudgingly help you choose an outfit.”
Wen Le laughed, “You’re impossible.”
After hanging up the phone, Wen Le brought two cups of water to the bedside table. Cheng Hui sat up and took a sip while still staring at her phone screen, not knowing what she was looking at, clicking her tongue. After drinking, Cheng Hui put the cup back and said to Wen Le, “You rich people really know how to play.”
Wen Le lay back on the bed, “What did you see this time?”
Cheng Hui was looking at her phone, “I was scrolling through Weibo, didn’t you see the trending topics? The fifth one on the hot search, poverty limits my imagination.”
Wen Le shook her head and said, “What happened? I didn’t see it.”
Cheng Hui explained, “It’s about a fashion blogger on PenPoint who specialises in outfit posts that went viral.”
“At first, it was just a fashion blogger sharing her outfits. But the clothes were so attractive, and the lady had a great figure. Her matching skills also looked good, so she attracted quite a few fans and became somewhat famous…”
Everyone thought this fashion blogger was a store owner who posted to promote her own brand. Hence, many comments below her posts were like:
– “Sis, you must be opening an online store, hurry up.”
– “Sister, I want the link.”
– “Sister, please share your store.”
Besides these, there were also comments complimenting the blogger’s figure.
Initially, this post wasn’t very popular until a comment sparked a debate, and the post became completely viral.
Tan Xiang* Very Fragrant: “It’s funny, if I’m not mistaken, these clothes should be custom-made by Le Yin, and you guys are actually asking her for links, hilarious.”
*Tan Xiang = Sandalwood
This person’s reply, due to its somewhat sarcastic tone, triggered a backlash in the comments.
– “So what if it’s custom-made? No need to act so superior. As if we can’t afford custom-made clothes.”
This comment seemed to have provoked “Tan Xiang Very Fragrant”, who then responded with a long paragraph.
Tan Xiang Very Fragrant: “You say that, but you really can’t afford it. Do you even know the brand Le Yin? You probably haven’t even heard of it, have you?
Le Yin is the pinnacle clothing brand under the Tianyin Group.
Speaking of the several luxury and high-end brands under Tianyin, everyone should know them, especially since they acquired an internationally renowned blue-blood luxury brand a few years ago, their market share in the luxury and high-end sector has become quite significant.
And the most high-end brand under Tianyin is called Le Yin, which can’t even be considered just a brand because it operates in the form of a club.
It’s said that the initial intention of Le Yin was not for profit, but rather a clothing club set up by the old lady of Tianyin for herself and her old girlfriends.
This club does not accept application-based memberships; it’s only through introductions or by invitation.
Every member of the club has their own independent designer, tailor, and selection of materials, even owning a production line dedicated solely to themselves, from fabric to design to production, a complete one-stop service.
You should know that since Tian Yin owns brands in both the luxury and high-end sectors, they are not short of excellent designers.
The annual membership fee for each member of Le Yin is nearly 1 million because you have to support everyone in your production line, which also means that everyone in this production line is serving you alone.
You might think, what the heck? What is Le Yin? Never even heard of it.
Here, let me give you an example.
I always see people online talking about how low-key the Grand Slam Film Empress Xi Ya-an is, how she never wears big brands, but still looks incredibly stylish, even in no-name brands.
I’m really f*cking amused. What no-name brands? Xi Ya-an is the only person in the entertainment industry who is a member of Le Yin. Those supposedly random, good-looking ‘no-name brand’ clothes you mentioned are actually from a production line that costs her millions annually, dedicated solely to creating clothes for her.
You really thought those were just any no-name brands, and she just happened to look super high-end?
Don’t believe it? Try to dig up those ordinary-looking but exceptionally attractive clothes Xi Ya-an wears and see if there isn’t a Japanese rose pattern hidden in the most inconspicuous corner. That rose pattern is the hallmark of her production line.
Why do I know this? Because my grandmother is a member of their club, and her symbol is the Chinese crabapple flower, which is her production line. As far as I know, my grandmother spends millions each year at Le Yin.”
…
After “Tan Xiang Very Fragrant” became popular from this incident, she posted a photo of the Japanese rose print on the corner of Film Empress Xi Ya-an’s clothes online.
These rose patterns are sometimes printed in visible spots but can be easily overlooked in the overall design, sometimes they’re on the zipper pull, and sometimes they’re a rose pendant on the neckline.
Additionally, “Tan Xiang Very Fragrant” also shared the Chinese crabapple flower pattern from her grandmother’s clothes and the orchid pattern from Wen Le’s fashion post.
Netizens hurried to uncover the hidden rose patterns on Xi Ya-an’s clothes, and indeed, many of her garments bore this rose mark.
Comparing the rose patterns on Xi Ya-an’s clothes with the Chinese crabapple flower marks shared by the netizen from her grandmother’s clothes, and the orchid marks on the fashion blogger’s garments, it seemed that what “Tan Xiang Very Fragrant” said about Le Yin was indeed true.
Netizens were shocked. The clothes of the people-friendly Grand Slam Film Empress, which they thought were worth tens of dollars, were actually supported by seven or eight-figure sums?
Thinking about those celebrities who boast about wearing gowns worth hundreds of thousands and then looking at this actress who has spent seven or eight figures without anyone knowing, it’s clear that true magnates win quietly.
It’s poverty that limits imagination. Who would have thought that one person could have their own production line? The extravagant moves of the wealthy are truly beyond most people’s expectations.
After gaining popularity, “Tan Xiang Very Fragrant” released another statement.
Tan Xiang Very Fragrant: “To be honest, I was more shocked to see the orchid pattern than anyone else here.
Because my grandmother is a member of Le Yin, I’ve had some contact with them and have always wanted to join Le Yin myself. But even with my grandmother’s introduction, I’ve never been able to get in all these years.
Le Yin has to set up a new production line for every new member, so the slots have become increasingly scarce over the years, and the screening process more stringent. As far as I know, none of my acquaintances have successfully joined.
What shocked me the most wasn’t that Miss Shanyin could join Le Yin, but that Miss Shanyin was actually part of the top-tier Orchid series.
My grandmother once said the Orchid series is Le Yin’s highest-level collection, and the screening criteria are extremely strict. Looking at the age of the blogger, who seems quite young but already owns a production line of the Orchid series in Le Yin, I can only say, are you perhaps Le Yin’s own daughter?”
Chenghui couldn’t help but sigh, “Wow! This is ridiculously extravagant! To be able to create a production line for every individual just for clothes, the yearly expenditure on clothes alone could buy a house. Ah, the evils of the wealthy.”
As Chenghui sighed, she enlarged the orchid pattern in the picture. However, she couldn’t shake off the feeling that this pattern seemed familiar. Chenghui looked at Wen Le suspiciously, as if she had realised something and asked tentatively, “Wen Le… this couldn’t be yours…could it?”
“What?”
Chenghui said, “Have you been playing with PenPoint recently?”
Wen Le replied, “I played with it half a month ago, but haven’t touched it recently.”
Chenghui carefully examined Wen Le’s clothes, pulled up her hem, and glanced at it, “Let me see…”
Then Chenghui found a faint circle of orchid imprints on Wen Le’s hem.
Chenghui let go of Wen Le and looked at her with a speechless expression.
Wen Le felt a chill run down her spine as she was stared at. “What’s wrong?”
Chenghui handed her the phone. “Take a look.”
Wen Le took the phone and saw the photo she posted of her outfit.
Wen Le was shocked. “I went viral?”
Chenghui said, “How would you not know if you’ve gone viral?”
Wen Le took her phone back. “You know, other than WeChat, I’ve turned off notifications for all other apps. After I posted the thread, I closed the PenPoint app. Later, I checked it once and saw over a thousand likes and around a hundred followers. I saw someone messaging me asking for a link, but I didn’t reply, and then I forgot about it. I haven’t checked it since.”
As she spoke, Wen Le opened her own phone, opened the Pen Point app, and found that she had gained over a hundred thousand followers and countless messages.
Wen Le was shocked.
Chenghui also leaned in to take a look. “Wow, you’re now an internet celebrity with over a hundred thousand followers.”
But Wen Le found it troublesome. “I didn’t actually want to go viral. I thought I’d maybe attract a couple hundred followers at most when I posted that. If it weren’t for this trending topic, I definitely wouldn’t have so many followers. I didn’t even know there was such a membership system.”
Chenghui was speechless. “Isn’t going viral a good thing? Sun Youmei wants to go viral every day.”
Wen Le said, “It’s not that it’s not good, but mainly because I’m in my junior year and I want to intern at Zhou Kao’s company. I’m worried that if I become too famous, it might not be good for me to intern there.”
Chenghui didn’t quite understand. “What do you mean?”
Wen Le suddenly remembered that she hadn’t told Chenghui that the Pen Point app was developed by Zhou Kao’s company. “I mean, the PenPoint app is developed by Zhou Kao’s company.”
“So, if I become a PenPoint influencer and then go to intern at their company, would there be criticism saying it’s not appropriate?”
Chenghui, listening with confusion, said, “I’ve never felt that the big shots were right around me. This world is too magical.”
Wen Le called Zhou Kao and brought up the trending topic, hesitating, “Did your company buy this trending topic?”
Zhou Kao didn’t understand at first. “Trending topic? You mean publicity? Isn’t that handled by Vice-President Lu? What happened?”
“Not exactly, it’s about the fifth trending topic. Just take a look.”
Zhou Kao found the Weibo trending topics and quickly understood what was going on. He couldn’t help but pull out the necklace Wen Le had given him and looked at the orchid pattern on the back.
He had noticed the pattern before, but never imagined it was related to Le Yin. Le Yin, clearly a product of the Tianyin Group, was undoubtedly connected to Wen Le.
After looking at it, Zhou Kao called Vice-President Lu. Indeed, the trending topic was purchased by the publicity department.
Vice-President Lu said, “It was unexpected. A colleague mentioned last night that this topic had appeared on Weibo and was quite popular. The idea from the publicity department was to take advantage of the popularity to do some further promotion, so they bought the trending topic. Is there a problem?”
Zhou Kao simply said, “Brother Lu, please take down the trending topic.”
Vice-President Lu was taken aback, but he didn’t want to contradict the young master’s wishes, so he just nodded. “Alright.”
Although this young master was young, he was quite sensible. Advertising and such were easy to handle, with the backing of the Zhou and Li families and ample funds, there was no need to upset the young master over such trivial matters.
After hanging up, Vice-President Lu went to check the trending topic and saw the words “Le Yin” and “Tianyin Group.” He paused. Le Yin? Tianyin Group? Recently, Madam seemed to have mentioned that the girlfriend the young master was dating seemed to be from the Wen family…
Vice-President Lu closed Weibo, thinking that taking down the trending topic was worth it. Wen Tianqi is not someone to be messed with…
Zhou Kao called Wen Le back. “Yes, the trending topic was indeed bought by us, but I’ve asked them to take it down.”
Wenle sighed. “Did we waste this opportunity?”
Zhou Kao shook his head. “No, as long as we redirect the traffic. Fortunately, Xi Anya has already joined this platform.”
“That’s good then.”
With that matter resolved, Wen Le breathed a sigh of relief.
Chenghui pulled Wen Le, saying she wanted to visit the rumoured clothes that were made by an individual production line again.
So the two of them went back to the dressing room.
Chenghui looked at those clothes and exclaimed, “These are all produced by your own production line, that’s awesome!”
Chenghui suddenly smiled as she thought of something, though Wen Le couldn’t tell what it was.
“What are you laughing at?”
Chenghui said, “That Tan Xiang was right, you’re indeed Le Yin’s own daughter. Le Yin, Wen Le, oh my goodness~”
Wen Le took out her phone and said, “I didn’t know about this before, thanks for the enlightenment.”
“Hahaha, hilarious, someone else enlightening you about how awesome your own family is.”
Chenghui took out her phone to check the PenPoint app, “Let me see how many followers you have now. Wow, 150,000. I also follow Sun Youmei, let me check her followers, hm, only 50,000 less than you.”
Speaking of Sun Youmei, Chenghui sighed and said, “You went out on a date last night, you didn’t know. Sun Youmei came back and cried again. She said someone on the platform during her livestream said her nose looked like a pig’s nose, and she said that doctor really messed up her nose.”
Wen Le sighed at the news, “What is she going to do?”
Chenghui sighed along, “I don’t know, she said she’s going to that hospital today to negotiate compensation with the doctor.”
They exchanged a few more words about it and then changed the subject.
In the afternoon, the driver took Chenghui back to school, and before leaving, Mrs. Jiang packed a lot of dishes and cakes for Chenghui to take back.
Facing Mrs. Jiang’s enthusiasm, Chenghui couldn’t resist and accepted the dishes to take back to the dormitory.
At night, Zhou Kao video-called Wen Le.
Zhou Kao seemed particularly interested in helping Wen Le pick out clothes.
Wen Le felt a bit helpless. She turned on the rear camera and walked into her dressing room. She found a stand to fix her phone on and aimed the camera at herself.
Wen Le smiled and said, “The live streams on a certain e-commerce platform look just like this.”
Zhou Kao also laughed, “Then you better be more professional as a host.”
At this point, Wen Le was wearing her French-style long nightgown, covered from head to toe, with only a segment of her fair and slender neck exposed.
Zhou Kao didn’t see anything else and unwillingly said, “You’re wrapped up pretty tightly at home.”
Wen Le leaned forward and tapped the phone screen as if tapping on Zhou Kao’s head, “What are you always thinking about?”
Zhou Kao said, “Thinking about you.”
“Smooth talker.”
Zhou Kao said, “If you leave your phone here, how am I supposed to pick out clothes for you?”
Wen Le said, “I’ll bring them over for you to see.”
Zhou Kao urged, “Then hurry up.”
Wen Le rummaged through her wardrobe and picked out a few items she thought were suitable, then brought them in front of the camera to show Zhou Kao.
Zhou Kao shook his head after watching, “Not these, take me to see something else.”
Wen Le glared at him, “Are these not good enough?”
Zhou Kao obediently said, “You’re absolutely stunning in them, but precisely because you’re too beautiful, you can’t wear them for others to see.”
Wen Le snorted, “You’re crazy.”
Zhou Kao urged, “Hurry up.”
Wen Le picked up her phone, switched to the rear camera, walked in front of the clothes, and took a video to show Zhou Kao, “Is this okay?”
Zhou Kao keenly picked one item from the pile of clothes, “That white little dress.”
Wen Le reached for the little white dress.
Zhou Kao corrected, “No, it’s the third one from the back.”
Wen Le took out the third item from the back.
It was a white bodycon strapless dress, showing cleavage at the top and short at the bottom, Wen Le didn’t even know she had such a dress.
Wen Le was stunned, “Do you really want me to wear this?”
Zhou Kao: “Wear it.”
Wen Le gritted her teeth, “Fine, I’ll wear it that day for the event.”
After saying that, Wen Le put her phone on the stand, turned around, and went to the bedroom to change into that dress.
This white bodycon dress had a bit of a tight effect, making it a bit cumbersome to put on.
After changing into the dress, Wen Le found a crystal hairpin to tie her hair into a bun, and as she pinned it, she said to Zhou Kao, “You have good taste, so let’s go with this one.”
Although Wen Le was thin, she had curves in all the right places.
With the tightness of the bodycon dress, her C-cup breasts were slightly squeezed, revealing a tantalising cleavage that ignited desires.
With her long and elegant swan-like neck, slender angular shoulders, slim waist, perky buttocks, and long legs, Wen Le was simply a heavenly beauty walking on earth.
Only Zhou Kao’s hoarse voice came through the microphone, “Strike a pose.”
Wen Le rolled her eyes, “Trying to take a screenshot of my beauty, aren’t you.”
As she spoke, Wen Le turned the camera to face the normal open door of the dressing room, with the bedroom outside.
However, Wen Le found it strange that Zhou Kao didn’t protest when she turned the camera around. Could it be that it hanged?
Just as she was thinking, she heard Zhou Kao cough lightly twice and say, “Did you drop something on the floor…”
Wen Le looked over and saw her recently removed bra lying on the ground.
Since it was impossible to wear a bra with this bodycon dress, Wen Le only wore nipple covers. She remembered placing the bra on the bed but didn’t know when it fell to the floor.
Wen Le’s face turned red, and she quickly turned the camera back. Zhou Kao’s gaze lowered slightly as he said, “You… aren’t wearing anything inside?”
Wen Le blushed and snapped, “Shut up, I am wearing something.”
Zhou Kao replied, “Oh.”
Wen Le was furious at his sarcastic tone. “I really am wearing something!”
Zhou Kao responded casually, “Oh, I believe you.”
Wen Le: sent an angry sticker
Wen Le was enraged. How dare he questioned her! Didn’t he know what nipple covers were?!
Wen Le angrily said, “Just wait and see.”
Then, with one hand covering herself defensively, she reached inside and pulled something out.
Zhou Kao choked on his own breath, coughing heavily, his eyes widening.
Wen Le kept one hand covering her chest and showed Zhou Kao what she had taken out from her clothes. “I told you I’m wearing something.”
Zhou Kao, still recovering from coughing, weakly said, “I can’t see clearly. Can you come a bit closer?”
Wen Le moved closer.
Zhou Kao added, “Don’t sway, hold it with both hands.”
Wen Le glanced down – her other arm was covering her chest, once she let go everything would spill out. Rolling her eyes, she stepped out of the frame, put the nipple cover back, and muttered, “Are you really bored or something?”
Zhou Kao sighed in compromise. “Alright, I won’t look. Come here.”
Wen Le snorted lightly and reappeared in front of the camera.
Zhou Kao lightly lifted the hem of his shirt in the frame, revealing his almost visible abs, his voice deep and magnetic, “Do you want to see?”
Wen Le coughed lightly and turned her head, reluctantly saying, “Okay, fine.”
Zhou Kao smiled, “Looks like you don’t want to see.”
Wen Le blinked and said, “I spoil you so much, if you’re willing to show me, I’ll definitely be willing to see.”
Tsk tsk, look at these noble words. If you didn’t know better, you’d think she was from Law School.
Zhou Kao chuckled, “Come over and strike a pose, and I’ll show you. High-definition images, with an added hands-on experience.”
When Wen Le heard this, her first reaction was surprisingly a bit excited, but she immediately scorned herself. Don’t be fooled by Zhou Kao’s charm.
Wen Le held firm to her principles, “Then I won’t look.”
Zhou Kao said, “Who behaves like you? Let’s negotiate slowly. How can you reject it all at once?”
Wen Le was speechless. “You talk about business, and still want to talk about it slowly.”
“I won’t talk about it! A true master doesn’t need to pay a price to get what they want.”
Zhou Kao chuckled lightly. “You’re just freeloading.”
Wen Le blushed, but her tone was firm. “What’s wrong with freeloading off your own boyfriend?”
Zhou Kao laughed heartily. “Sure, sure, you’re always welcome to freeload off your boyfriend.”
Wen Le was truly embarrassed to continue listening. She couldn’t help but ponder deeply, wondering how the conversation had taken such a weird turn.
It must be because Zhou Kao was too cheeky.
She quickly changed the subject. “Alright, alright, I’ve picked out the clothes. Let’s end the call.”
Zhou Kao hurriedly stopped her. “Wait!”
“What is it?”
“This outfit is too ugly and unsuitable. You should wear the one I gave you.”
Wen Le gritted her teeth. This jerk was deliberately deceiving her into showing him the clothes. Wen Le said fiercely, “I won’t! I’ll wear this one on stage, and I’ll strike a pose. Just you wait.”
With that, she hung up the phone.
Zhou Kao: …
She actually wants to strike a pose on stage!
Well, looks like I won’t be able to sleep tonight.
TN: Lollll hahaha this was a long chapter, but a very eye-opening chapter too!! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did 🙂
