Mr. Butler on the catwalk

August [-]th, Shanghai.

The day after tomorrow is Luo Lin's first official catwalk.Early this morning, He Shiwei drove Luo Lin to the airport.Seeing Luo Lin flicking through the brand information in the folder nervously along the way, and still chanting English words, he couldn't help but comfort him: "You don't have to be so serious. After you pass, you should familiarize yourself with the backstage. It’s good to do it in the right way, clothes of this brand are not difficult to look good in.”

Luo Lin didn't seem to listen, but instead asked worriedly: "I know this brand is Johnson's special, but this time the theme is Thai...how should I pronounce it?"

He Shiwei glanced at the complicated ?????, smiled, turned the steering wheel to the left, and parked the car in the garage between the terminals.

"Don't worry about this theme. This is a word that Gongsun randomly found in the dictionary at that time. I can't read it. It seems to mean 'watermelon'... It is quite summery. When you meet the designer, you will I understand, Gongsun is a casual person who is almost casual..."

Luo Lin took off his seat belt and was about to get out of the car, but He Shiwei stopped him: "Wait a minute, I have something for you."

He Shiwei took out a box from the back seat and opened it in front of Luo Lin.Inside is a silver-gray full-keyboard mobile phone, which is practical at first glance.

"You can use this. When you arrive in Thailand, call me if you have anything to do. The phone bill is already stored in it, and it also has my number."

Luo Lin refused to accept it anyway, so He Shiwei could only take out his suitcase, unzip the zipper and forcefully stuff the phone and charger in.

"It's really not necessary..."

Luo Lin still wanted to struggle, but He Shiwei patted him on the head, and said in the tone of talking to a child: "You can just treat it as if I lent it to you? When you get to the place, call me by the seaside." Call, let me listen to the waves too... okay?"

Luo Lin thought about it seriously, and finally accepted it reluctantly.

...He Shiwei accompanied Luo Lin to change the boarding pass, and sent him all the way to the security checkpoint.Luo Lin pulled the box and waved to him, and He Shiwei responded with a smile.

The plane took off on time.He Shiwei watched the planes taking off and landing in the distance for a while on the ground floor of the terminal building, then turned around and walked back slowly.He remembered his number saved in the cell phone, and showed a slightly melancholy smile.

With Luo Lin's obtuse personality, he probably wouldn't have discovered that the name "He Shiwei" existed under the category called "FutureLover".

……

Thailand, Koh Samui.

Luo Lin changed planes from Bangkok, and as soon as he stepped out of the cabin, he felt the air was humid and sunny. Sumai's airport is a tiny but beautiful wooden building that looks like a clever play toy for children.Most of the models used in this catwalk were to fly over from all over Asia, so there were special staff at the exit of the airport with a sign to pick them up.Luo Lin let out a breath of relief, and went up to say hello to the staff member.Koh Samui is not big, and most of the accommodations are independent cottages that look like resorts.The organizer also leased an official Resort this time, and the show was set on Half Moon Beach outside the resort.

Luo Lin went through the check-in procedures according to the unified arrangement, and lived in a small cabin with three other male models.Among the four, Luo Lin is the tallest. Among the other three, one is from Brunei, and the other two are from Malaysia, neither of which is the mainstream country in Luo Lin's impression of producing models.The Bruneian was leaning against the wall to do soft training, and the two Malays took out poker and started playing cards, each doing their own thing.Luo Lin looked at them, gave up the plan to communicate, changed his shoes and walked quietly to the beach.

It was already evening, and the sun was shining gently, falling on the sea through the soft clouds.The beach in Koh Samui is white sand, the gravel is very fine, and the sound of stepping on it is not very loud.There are coconut trees protruding obliquely beside the beach. Some children with European and American appearance lie on the trees and want to pick coconuts, but they get stuck in the middle and cannot get up.Luo Lin's childlike innocence suddenly rose, and he carried the children down, climbed up to the high place very nimbly, picked the coconuts and held them in his hands.He raised the things in his hands at the children on the ground, and there were excited screams below.Luo Lin also laughed, and gestured for the children to spread out so that he could drop the spoils.

The coconuts fell on the ground, and the children yelled "Merci Monsieur" a few times, and ran away happily carrying the big coconuts. In a hurry, one child even fell down on the road.

Luo Lin happily slid down from the tree, landed on the ground and clapped his hands.After standing still, he realized that there was a middle-aged white man with red hair standing in front of him, and he showed a bright smile on his face.

Although it was strange, Luo Lin responded with a smile.Seeing the man giving him a thumbs up, Luo Lin slightly bent over and nodded embarrassedly.

The sky gradually darkened, and the clouds in the sky turned from warm yellow to purple pink, and then gradually became the backdrop of the dark blue background of the sky.Someone lit a bonfire on the edge of the beach, and people started laughing and singing around the light.Luo Lin remembered He Shiwei's instructions to him before leaving, took out his phone, and walked towards the edge of the sea.

After a few beeps, the phone was connected.

"...I've been waiting for you for a long time."

As soon as He Shiwei came up, Luo Lin didn't react, and he was stunned for a moment before saying "En" softly.

He Shiwei is sitting alone in his office now, without turning on the light, watching the twilight outside the window gradually getting darker.His nasal voice was a bit heavy, and he asked Luo Lin, "Is Thailand fun?"

Luo Lin took off his shoes, walked in the warm sea water, and happily replied: "It's beautiful...the air is pretty good, although it's a bit wet, but it's bearable. It's hot...but there's sea water It's really nice. The house I live in has an open-air bathroom, and even the bathtub is made of stone. Can you hear someone singing? Someone lit a bonfire in the back..."

He Shiwei's hand lightly slid around the rim of the teacup in front of him, and smiled: "It's so good, it makes me want to go too."

Luo Lin walked a few steps in the sea, bent slightly and said, "Don't you want to hear the waves? I don't know if you can hear clearly at this distance... Let me try..."

He Shiwei heard the indistinct sound of the waves in the background gradually become clear, it was a very gentle sound, undulating back and forth, it was the sound he always liked.

Luo Lin didn't speak on the other end of the phone, only holding the phone facing the slightly undulating sea.He dipped his other hand in the water, watching the sea water slowly coming and going at his fingertips.

It took Luo Lin a long time to straighten up and move the phone to his ear again.

"Did you hear that?"

There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a sentence:

"...Luo Lin, I miss you."

Luo Lin's ear facing the microphone was a little hot, and he replied awkwardly, "Is that so?"

He Shiwei smiled softly: "It's fine if you answer like this? I will be sad."

Luo Lin unconsciously pressed his hands that had been soaked in seawater to the side of his face, and said the same thing: "I miss you too."

He Shiwei felt inexplicably soft and comfortable.

"Come back early... I will pick you up at the airport."

……

the next day.

Luo Lin knew that foreign designers seldom rehearse, so it was not surprising that the models were only assembled in the afternoon.There is now a long white canvas shed between the resort and the show site, and the male models who were booked to participate in the Johnson's special collectionshow walked into the inner room of the shed one by one, picked up the clothes with their name tags and started trying them on.Luo Lin watched them go topless in front of other people without any care—or completely naked. Although he was not very used to it, he was still ready to work hard to adapt to this scene.However, after searching for a long time, he didn't see any piece of clothing with his name on it.

Could it be that someone took it wrong?Luo Lin looked carefully again, but still couldn't find the sign.When he was starting to worry, he heard a staff member shouting in English: "Who is LoLynn? The person named LoLynn comes with me!"

Luo Lin squeezed out from the crowd, pointed at the man and pointed at himself.The staff confirmed the basic information again, and then took Luo Lin to a wooden house outside the shed.

Inside sat a red-haired man—the same one he had seen on the beach yesterday.

"Luo Lin?"

It was the first time that a foreigner pronounced his name in such a correct manner, Luo Lin felt a little surprised.The man smiled with satisfaction, pointed to himself and said, "I'm Gongsun Rui, the designer of Johnson's special. Of course, I don't object to you calling me Raye, but I'm more used to being called Gongsun... I have something very serious to tell you, and guess what it is?"

Luo Lin looked at him blankly and shook his head.Gongsun snorted, and said in a standard Beijing movie: "It's boring. Let's guess."

Luo Lin thought for a while before saying, "Could it be that you guys made a mistake, and I can't actually participate in this show?"

Gongsun glared at him: "Why did you guess so pessimistically..." With that said, Gongsun took out a piece of clothing wrapped in a dust bag from a hanger beside him, and handed it to Luo Lin: "I'll give you this piece of clothing tomorrow. You are the main show of this release."

"...Ah?" Luo Lin didn't react, and looked at Gongsun in a daze: "But... I don't know..."

Gongsun smiled at him: "The original lead show was a Japanese, but he broke his leg three days ago. There is no way we have to find someone to replace it. I think you are very good."

"But I have no formal stage experience before..."

"It's not a big deal, the key is the quality of your body. When I saw you on the beach, your smile was really impressive. Although the theme of our catwalk...is not very serious, but whether it is clothes or models , I hope to convey the impression of happiness and vitality," Gongsun took off the dust bag of the clothes, and spread the suit in front of Luo Lin: "I modified this suit according to your size last night. Clothes, if you say no now, I can't handle it."

Luo Lin looked at the ochre-colored national-style jacket in front of him, and stretched out his hand to gently stroke the rust pattern on the jacket.

Gongsun smiled happily:

"This dress is yours."

The author has something to say: The few days I was preparing to join V were the busiest days I have been in a year... It's been three days, and I've been asleep... 10 hours, is there any?The original long change day is based on: spending seven hours writing something, and deleting and correcting 80% of the writing.Now it's too late and I only updated 1 words, just because... I deleted and edited... 50%... That means I wrote [-] and used [-]... Although there must be bugs, I really try my best. I have tried my best to maintain (and try to improve) the quality of this article.This chapter is about Thailand, and there is no difference between the top and bottom, because the next chapter in Thailand will be directly connected with the travel preparation chapter in the United States, and it will be the last chapter of the first part.And the second part... I have grinded out the outline N times...it will definitely be written much faster than the first part...thanks to you good people who bought this V, I just want to be refreshing and honest when I write, If you have any opinions, thoughts and suggestions, you can put them forward, it’s still the same, you all understand~