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Chapter 88 Embroidery

With the morning light, Yi Huan woke up from her sleep, touched the mechanical clock on the head of the bed, and took a look. At 6 o'clock, the bell had not ringed yet. Should I lie down for another fifteen minutes? Yi Huan thought about it for a moment, then got up. She gave me noodles last night and soaked millet, so she couldn't waste it.

Yi Huan took the noodles, came out of the room, went to the kitchen, poured the millet into the pot to make porridge, made the noodles into steamed buns, put them in the steamer, and put them in the steamer to steam. Two eggs were also placed in the steamer water pot; while Yi Huan went to wash up, and Lin Ruan came out of the room with her sleepy eyes. Seeing this, she said, "Vivian, why did you get up so early?"

"I have the bad habit of selecting seats. When I went to a strange place, I always slept soundly a few days ago." Yi Huan explained with a smile.

Lin Ruan entered the kitchen and saw the white steam full of steam and asked, "Vivian, what are you steaming?"

"Mantou." Yi Huan replied.

"Next time, let's do it together." Lin Ruan said with a smile.

"Okay." Yi Huan walked into the kitchen, opened the lid of the pot and mixed it with chopsticks, "Go and wash, you'll be ready to eat in a while."

"Okay." Lin Ruan responded with a smile.

The two of them drank millet porridge and ate white flour steamed buns and eggs. Until they finished eating, they did not see Wang Jiayu and Su Yuting coming out of the room. Lin Ruan hesitated for a while and still knocked on the door, "McKenna, McKenna, it's getting late, get up quickly."

Yi Huan came out of the room with the book in her arms, "Ali, I'll leave first."

"Vivian, wait for me, I'll go with you." Lin Ruan said hurriedly.

Su Yuting came out of the room and pouted, "Eli, aren't you waiting for me?"

"I don't want to be late." Lin Ruan ran into the room and ran out with a bag of books. "Vivian, let's go."

Su Yuting chased to the door and shouted: "Ali, Ali."

"Stop calling, she has been won over by the surname Yi." Wang Jiayu said, holding her shoulders.

Yi Huan and Lin Ruan walked downstairs and saw Yi Huan pushing out the bike. Lin Ruan said with a bitter face: "I can't ride it."

"I have time to teach you another day. Now I will take you to the classroom. Come up." Yi Huan is taller than Lin Ruan. She looks longer and longer in her trousers. She raises her legs and gets into the car.

Lin Ruan sat in the back seat of the car, looking very excited, "I ran to the classroom yesterday, but I didn't even enjoy the campus." The morning breeze was gentle and the sun was shining, and Lin Ruan felt more and more stupid yesterday.

Wang Jiayu and Su Yuting were late again. Fortunately, the first class today was not Mrs. O'Rolly, otherwise they would have to have a reputation of not changing their teachings. After the morning class, Su Yuting found Lin Ruan and complained to her, "Eli, why did you call me up so late? I was late again."

Lin Ruan was angry at her words and said, "I have no obligation to wake you up. It is your own reason for being late, not mine. If you don't want to be late, go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning."

"Eli, why are you so angry? I didn't blame you." Su Yuting said poutingly.

"I have to thank you for being generous, right?" Lin Ruan said angrily.

"Eli, what's wrong with you? Did Vivian say something in front of you? You are not good to me anymore." Su Yuting said aggrievedly.

Lin Ruan sneered: "Vivian is not familiar with you, so there is nothing to say. I have known you for twelve years." She would know what kind of person she is without anyone saying.

Yi Huan still took Lin Ruan back to the dormitory on a bicycle. Sister Cui had cooked lunch and made three dishes and one soup. Shaoxia cleaned the public area and the room where Yi Huan lived, and took the food box to the door to give it to Yi Haoran.

Yi Huan invited Lin Ruan to sit down and have dinner together. Lin Ruan was not pretentiously polite, and sat down after thanking her, ate a bite of the dish, and said with emotion: "I'm alive again." After eating two meals in the cafeteria, Lin Ruan doubted her life.

Yi Huan laughed and said, "We all have a Chinese stomach."

After the two finished their meal, Wang Jiayu and Su Yuting had not returned from the cafeteria, Sister Cui cleaned up the dishes and went to the kitchen to clean it. There were still two hours before class in the afternoon. Yi Huan and Lin Ruan went back to their room to take a nap. Just as they were sleeping in a daze, Wang Jiayu asked in a sharp voice: "Who are you? Who is you allowed to come in?"

Sister Cui replied, "I am a servant of the Yi family, I am here to cook for my lady."

"I am also a servant of the Yi family. I am here to clean up the house by my lady." Shaoxia replied.

"Don't worry about them, let's go and sleep for a while, there will be classes in the afternoon." Su Yuting was a little depressed. Lin Ruan, a friend who had been with Lin Ruan for many years, suddenly ignored her, which made her a little unacceptable.

There was only one class in the afternoon, and it was only four o'clock after class. Yi Huan didn't want to go back to the dormitory so soon, "Ali, I'm going to the library, are you going?"

"Go." Lin Ruan nodded.

Barnard College's library has a lot of books. If it weren't for going back to the dormitory for dinner in the evening, Yi Huan would really be willing to stay in the library to read books.

It was still social activities at night. Life in school was very simple. At three points, Yi Huan was basically in the classroom or in the dormitory, or went to the library. There were almost no overlapping courses in art history and biology. Yi Huan had a hard time class. On Saturday, Yi Xin would send a car to take her aunt and nephew home. Moore and Rorika would come to tell her about investment. Moore is a good trader, and the money in Yi Huan's account is increasing steadily.

On September 28, in order to welcome bankers from all over the world who came to the city of Never Sleep to hold a multinational banking conference, the Ministry of Finance held a party and invited some well-known Manhattan people and people from the economic circle to attend. Si Nan and Yi Xin were invited.

"Haoran, this is a good opportunity to expand your connections." Yi Xin said to Yi Haoran that Yi Ou would send Yi Haoran abroad, and he had ambitious intentions. He wanted to expand the Yi family's business to abroad.

In order to accompany Yi Haoran, Yi Huan had to do something different; Si Nan was a black tuxedo, while Yi Xin was wearing a purple cheongsam embroidered with hydrangeas; Yi Haoran was a dark blue suit with a white shirt inside, while Yi Huan was a light blue cheongsam embroidered with white peach blossoms. The night was a bit cool, paired with a tassel shawl to keep the cold.

Si Nan brought his wife, sister-in-law and nephew into the scene, which attracted the attention of many people. Sarah Mac, who had a prominent family background, married a yellow-skinned wife back to China from an ancient country in the East. It was a very surprising thing. Even though they had seen Yi Xin on many occasions, they were still curious about her. Today, there was another younger and more beautiful girl, and the eyes of the four people fell on them.

There are not many oriental people at the party. In addition to the three Yi family members, there are Zeng Baitao from Jizhou Zhengxin Bank, Li Xinzhi from Jizhou Wanxing Bank, Li Jingkui from Shanghai Puyang Bank and Zhou Shengchang from Jinyang Xisheng Bank. Except for Zhou Shengchang who had never seen them, they all saw them and were very familiar with Zeng Baitao.

"Brother Zeng." Yi Xin and Yi Huan greeted Zeng Baitao.

Zeng Baitao was also very happy to see his acquaintance, "It's you sisters, Xiao Si, are you adapting abroad?"

"It's okay, I'm now studying at Barnard College at Columbia University." Yi Huan said with a smile.

"Okay, Xiao Si is very good." Zeng Baitao praised with a smile.

At this time, a very handsome, tall, blonde and blue-eyed gentleman came over, "Hi, Mike, can you introduce this beautiful lady to me?"

"Oh, of course." Si Nan smiled, "Little sister, this is William Herren; William, this is my wife's sister Vivian."

"Hello Vivian," William Herren reached out and grabbed Yi Huan's hand and kissed her on the back of her hand.

Yi Huan didn't expect him to kiss, so he was stunned for a moment and said, "Hello."

"I wonder if I have the chance to invite Vivian to dance with me tonight?" William Herren asked with a smile.

"I have a dance partner. If he allows, then let's dance together." Yi Huan refused politely, leaving room for words. Even if Yi Haoran had to agree to her and William Herron dance, there would be only one song.

William did not hear what Yi Huan meant, and looked at Yi Haoran and said, "A gentleman with grace will respect the lady's opinion."

"Of course, if Vivian is willing, I won't object." Yi Haoran chuckled.

Yi Huan could probably guess what his identity was when he heard William's surname. He still had to give him some face on his territory. Besides, William was very graceful and polite, and his eyes were purely appreciated when he looked at her. Yi Huan thought for a moment and accepted his invitation.

The shiny headlights were turned off in the banquet hall, the songs were soothing, and men and women were dancing on the dance floor. Under the dim light, Yi Huan's cheongsam was shining brightly. William asked with a smile: "Vivian, your clothes are so beautiful. Are the flowers weaving?"

Yi Huan laughed and said, "No, this flower is embroidery. This is an embroidery that has been passed down from China for thousands of years. The clothes I wear are called cheongsam, and it is made of a modified piece of clothing with a history of hundreds of years."

"Oh, it's so beautiful, so beautiful. I think my grandma will definitely like it very much when she sees it." William smiled.

"I hope there is a chance to let her see." Yi Huan said with a smile.

William smiled and said, "If you have a chance, she will come later."

Yi Huan smiled.

"Is Vivian attending Barnard College?" William asked.

"Yes." Yi Huan replied.

"I'm also studying at Columbia University, in law school, and graduated in June next year," William smiled.

"So we are alumni." Yi Huan smiled.

As he was talking, a commotion came from the door. A tall man in military uniform came in with an old lady with white hair. The tall man looked a bit like William. William told Yi Huan, "Vivian, that's my grandmother, Mrs. Tatu, and my brother Andre was with her."

Mrs. Tatu greeted the senior officials and bankers, chatted for a few words, and then went to the lounge. William wanted to take Yi Huan to see Mrs. Tatu, but Yi Huan refused: "It's too presumptuous to go through this way."

"No, no, not at all, Vivian, believe me, my grandma, she is very willing to see you." William tried his best to invite.

Yi Xin smiled and said, "Little sister, the Louise dinner dress you liked last week was designed by Mrs. Tatu."

Obedient and listen to the voice. Yi Huan knew that Yi Xin wanted her to meet this Mrs. Tatu and smiled and said, "It's great that it was designed by Mrs. Tatu."

Entering the lounge, William said happily: "Dear grandma, I have brought you a beautiful and charming guest."

"Hello, madam." Yi Huan bent his knees slightly.

Mrs. Tatu saw Yi Huan showing a kind smile, "William, you are right, you are indeed a beautiful and charming guest."

"Thank you, my wife, for your praise." Yi Huan smiled.

"Beautiful lady, I don't know your name yet." Mrs. Tatu signaled Yi Huan to sit next to her.

Yi Huan sat down and said with a smile: "My name is Vivian Yi."

"Vivian, this dress on you is really beautiful. Is this embroidery?" asked Mrs. Tatu.

"Yes, madam, this is an ancient skill that has been passed down from China for thousands of years. This cheongsam was embroidered for half a month." Yi Huan also learned it, but of course his skills are not as good as a special embroiderer.

"Oh, China is a country with a long history. Such beautiful embroidery should be passed down. Can I touch it?" asked Mrs. Tatu.

"Of course." Yi Huan said generously.

Mrs. Tatu touched the embroidery and piping on the cuffs and necklines, and said in surprise: "It's so incredible, so exquisite, oh, the Chinese embroiderer has a pair of God's hands."

"In my country, every woman once had to master some embroidery skills." Yi Huan laughed.

"Oh, so you can embroider it, too?" asked Mrs. Tatu.

"You know a little, but you don't embroider well." Yi Huan said modestly.

"I know that Chinese people are very subtle. You don't say it's very good, but it's actually very good. If possible, can you embroider something for me?" asked Mrs. Tatu.

Yi Huan thought for a while and said, "I'll embroider a handkerchief for you, can I give it to you?" She didn't have that much time, so she could only embroider small pieces.

"Oh, thank you." Mrs. Tatu hugged her happily.

Mrs. Tatu stayed in the city that never sleeps for a week. Yi Huan returned home and began to embroider the handkerchief. The flower she chose for Mrs. Tatu was peony, which was elegant and luxurious, just like the feeling that Mrs. Tatu gave people.

"Vivian, why did you suddenly remember to do embroidery?" Lin Ruan asked.

"I promised to embroider it to a wife." Yi Huan said simply.

When Wang Jiayu and Su Yuting saw it, they curled their lips and said nothing. Su Yuting didn't dare to cause trouble because of Lin Ruan's attitude. Although she made some small moves with Wang Jiayu from time to time, it was not a big hindrance to Yi Huan, so she didn't bother to pay attention to it. The four of them were divided into two groups in and out. Wang Jiayu and Liu Zhenxing were a couple, and she was able to go abroad because of the Liu family. However, one weekend, after attending a dance, she had a fierce fight with Rupert, the son of an earl from England.

Yi Huan and Lin Ruan will not comment on this.

It took three days for Yi Huan to embroider the handkerchief, "Haoran, send the handkerchief to the Law School and hand it over to William, and ask him to hand it over to Mrs. Tatu."

"Auntie, do you know where Mrs. Tatu lives, so why don't you send it to me in person?" Yi Haoran asked.

"I don't have time." Yi Huan hasn't been to the library for three days to make embroidery.

Yi Haoran took the veil to find William Herron, and expressed regret that it was not Yi Huan who sent the veil to him. "The girl in China is too reserved."

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