Mr. Butler on the catwalk

When Luo Lin got up again, it was almost noon the next day.

He lifted the quilt and sat up, trying the temperature on his forehead.Maybe it's really because of his good health, even after suffering from heatstroke and fever without eating or drinking, he can still recover after a night of sleep.It's as if the body is also conscious, knowing that no one will take care of itself, so it needs to get better quickly.

Luo Lin sighed, changed his clothes and washed himself.

He has plans today and wants to meet someone.And that person is related to the case that was banned from participating, Cui Sinian.

Wu Guang said that the designer's "reputation is too bad"-involved in the crime of plagiarizing other people's works, and has already been fully resisted by people in the industry.But Luo Lin thought of the photo of Cui Shinian next to the plagiarized report.

——The man's eyes facing the camera are as innocent and pitiful as a rabbit in front of a hunter's gun.

All other interviews in the past two days have been completed.Luo Lin looked at the few messages left by Cui Shinian on the list, and felt that it took courage for this exiled designer to make a comeback.Regardless of whether the plagiarism is true or not, Luo Lin admires him for this alone.In any case, it shouldn't be a big mistake to just meet once.

He tidied up his clothes and materials by himself, and walked outside the door.Today's Duan house is a bit too quiet, it seems that Duan Fei has already gone out.

Luo Lin shook his head and walked outside into the sunlight.He thought, it's better not to remember about the young master anymore.What else do you expect.

……

Luo Lin met Cui Zenian in an old apartment.The apartment is surrounded by her husband's houses, and there is no elevator.Occasionally, at the corner of the street, two low faucets poking out of the ground were seen, and the shirtless children turned on the water to shower themselves.

The atmosphere of the market is so strong, it really doesn't seem like a place where designers will be.But Cui Sinian's studio is there.

As a man, Cui Shinian is not tall, his face is not very good, and his figure is too thin.He has shoulder-length straight hair, looking from the back, he might look like a girl.

Luo Lin was a little surprised when he saw him.Because of the clear and innocent eyes in the photo, now one of them is cloudy.

Cui Zenian smiled at Luo Lin: "A car accident, broken glass flew in, I can't see much now. Sit down."

He poured Luo Lin a cup of tea, and the two sat opposite each other on the cloth sofa in the studio, silent for a while.

Cui Shinian finally coughed, "What's your name?"

"My name is Luo Lin."

"You know those rumors about my plagiarism?"

"……Know."

"You still come here to look for me after you know? I'm so bad now, as long as I know about my messy reputation in the past, none of the models would dare to come here."

Luo Lin looked at him calmly: "...Then did you really plagiarize Yuan Shuai's manuscript?"

Cui Shinian seemed to find it funny, and breathed out: "You are the first to ask that." Then he shook his head, and continued: "I didn't copy his copy. But I didn't explain the situation at that time. Yes. My design collided with Yuan Shuai's manuscript, it was exactly the same, and two pieces collided. I didn't believe it myself, how could others stand on my side?"

Luo Lin frowned slightly.two...?

Cui Shinian looked at Luo Lin with both eyes, seeing that Luo Lin's expression was a little more thoughtful, he still smiled: "I don't believe it is your business, I have nothing else to explain."

Luo Lin saw that the smile on Cui Shinian's face was not fake, but the only bright eye was full of vicissitudes.It is obvious that Cui Shinian looks rather young. A few years ago he looked like a student who had just graduated from college, but now, judging by his movements and expressions, he clearly looks like an old man.

Luo Lin lowered his eyes, thought for a while and asked again: "Then do you blame Yuan Shuai? You don't seem to be living well now."

Cui Zenian looked away and stared at a wormhole in the wooden floor: "...what are you blaming him for? If it were me, if someone designed a garment with exactly the same design as my manuscript, I would suspect him of plagiarism, right? Everyone thinks the same." He still smiled when he said this: "If you want to blame me, blame me for my bad luck. Yuan Shuai is a good man, and he has been his brother for five or six years, so they parted ways. It's quite uncomfortable."

"brother?"

Cui Shinian finally smiled, and his eyes recovered a little: "Yuan Shuai is my younger brother. He was a year younger than me in college, but he has always been better than me," Luo Lin looked at Cui Shi. Nian's eyes slowly darkened again—"The design back then was originally intended to compete with him, but I didn't expect that kind of thing to happen... But it's all over, and I've fallen to the point where I am now. Thinking about the past makes me uncomfortable."

"Mr. Cui..."

"Let's stop this topic here." Cui Shinian shook his head and continued: "...I've been waiting for a suitable model for nearly half a year, but I've actually given up...Without a good model, this dress can't be finished in the end One step. My money won't last long here, and my luggage is all ready. I was supposed to go back to my hometown in a few days to take care of my parents, and forget about the rotten clothes in my mind. I don't know if you're here at this point Whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing.”

Luo Lin felt a little sad.He knew that Cui Shinian could see his hesitation and didn't expect anything from him.He thought to himself that he was sorry for Wu Guang, and he really wanted to take this case.

He made up his mind, and finally asked a question: "Mr. Cui, do you want to rely on this clothes to let yourself return to the fashion industry?"

"...What can I do now when I come back? My reputation has become so bad that I have no strength to repair it anymore. It's just because that dress is my last work, and I want it to be truly beautiful." Cui Shinian seemed to be Tired, looked a little miserable when he smiled.

Luo Lin said seriously: "I am willing to be your model."

Cui Shinian's eyes finally had some warmth:

"...I'll take you to measure it now."

……

Cui is very serious about his thoughts.Strangely, Luo Lin's right hand was looked at by him over and over again, the length of each knuckle was counted, and he didn't know what to do.At the end, Cui Shinian said to Luo Lin: "Leave a contact information. I'll call you when the clothes are ready."

Luo Lin was a little embarrassed: "I don't have a mobile phone..."

"Then, the landline?"

Luo Lin thought for a while, and left the number of Duan Zhai.Housekeeper Li always answered the phone at home, but when it happened, it was passed to him by the way, so Duan Fei probably wouldn't know about it.On the contrary, if he called to the company, Wu Guang didn't know how to stop him.

Cui Shinian glanced at Luo Lin for the last time, his expression still very calm: "When did you go back on your word, you can come and tell me directly, it's not a big deal anyway... I'm also a half useless person, I don't want to drag you down again Go into the water."

Luo Lin also looked at Cui Zenian's face, and suddenly felt that this person...was very similar to himself.

It's just that what Cui Shinian has experienced is more difficult to bear and more frustrating.He could rely on the kindness of others to stand up again and again, but Cui Shinian could only use his half-blind eyes to sink down little by little.

Also accustomed to being patient and accepting fate, Luo Lin could really feel that Cui Shinian's well-disguised appearance contained a very strong sadness.

...Luo Lin bent down and bowed deeply to Cui Xiannian.Cui Shinian also lowered his head and said "thank you" in a low voice.

Luo Lin left the apartment.

The corridor of the apartment was narrow and cramped, full of unpleasant smells, and bags of household garbage could be seen at the feet.As for the tall and tall Luo Lin, he was only wearing an ordinary white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and his hair was hanging down obediently, clean but not out of place.

Not many people would have imagined that this young man would become such a dazzling star in just a few years.And this disgusting apartment turned out to be the birthplace of the industry sensation, Raven's Widow.

Luo Lin, who still doesn't know anything about his future, walks through the inconspicuous streets and alleys of this city alone.That was the first day, and he truly realized that his life was full of other choices—it turned out that standing out prominently by himself could also be a help to others.

……

Eight o'clock this evening.

Duan Fei was sitting in Esum's lounge, spinning CigarMatch in his hand.

"...Xiaohao, I want to ask you something."

Xiaohao on the side ran over obediently: "Brother Duan."

Duan Fei put down the matchbox, then uncorked the red wine on the table and threw it aside, and gave Xiao Hao half a glass: "...do you have someone you like?"

Xiaohao blushed a little: "The one I brought to you last time is my girlfriend... just the one with the mushroom head and glasses..."

Duan Fei said "Oh", "How did she treat you?"

Xiaohao thought for a while: "It's pretty good, isn't it? She has a fierce mouth, but she's actually a nice person. She cooks well and won't let me smoke."

"Tsk," Duan Fei thought it was funny, "Do you feel comfortable when she takes care of you like a housekeeper?"

"It's not like that. My mother said that a woman who cares about your health is a good woman, and she can marry back and be a wife..."

"... How old are you talking about getting married? It's disgusting to hear." Duan Fei interrupted him with a frown, and poured himself another full glass; Kind of like blood.

... This thing is poured down like white water every day, but I don't think it tastes very good.

Duan Fei felt chest tightness, raised his head and drank the red wine in one gulp.He wiped his mouth with his sleeve without grace, and continued to say to Xiaohao: "Xiaohao, I seem to be a little strange recently."

Xiaohao nodded: "It's a bit... Brother Duan, you've been hanging out in the store these days, but when you come here you put on a boring face. It seems that there is something wrong."

Duan Fei was a little choked by these words: "You don't fucking want to live, do you want to be beaten?"

Xiaohao ducked back: "I feel like you won't hit me now... Oops, but maybe I feel wrong, brother Duan, I was wrong..."

Duan Fei stared at his hand: "Xiaohao...I want to go home. But when I go home, I will face the face of my former housekeeper, and I am afraid that I will hurt him, so I can only run outside in the end."

Xiaohao tilted his head: "You mean Mr. Luo?"

Duan Fei's face sank: "You remember his name clearly."

Xiaohao's expression became tense: "Then what, didn't he come to pick you up by car before... You're pretty, so I just remembered..."

"Does it look good..." Duan Fei thought for a while, then suddenly twitched the corners of his lips and smiled: "It's a little bit. I don't know what the fuck is going on recently, and I want to avoid him, and I'm afraid that he won't be at home when I go back." What do you think is going on here?"

Seeing his unusual expression, Xiaohao felt scared instead: "Brother Duan, I don't know..."

Duan Fei has a lot of things on his mind, and many vague memories from the past seem to be waking up.He was about to muster up the courage to tell Xiaohao about Luo Lin's love for him, but Xiaohao sneaked up and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Duan, is that Mr. Luo standing over there?  … ...did you call him?"

Duan Fei squinted his eyes and looked at the private elevator. The moment he saw it clearly, he exerted force on his hand and almost broke the neck of the goblet.

The so-called boss was putting his arms around the shoulders of his former housekeeper, walked to a quiet place and sat down.Luo Lin, who didn't say a word when facing him, now had a smile on his face, as if he was still responding to the words of that bastard man.

The atmosphere in this small lounge became inexplicably sinister.Xiao Hao, who was standing aside, looked at Duan Fei's expression and fell silent.

Duan Fei's eyes were burning hot, but he only clenched his teeth and rolled his Adam's apple.