Chapter 70

"... But I've already made an appointment with the customer." Su Ruoyun explained.

Having already promised to return the guqin silk strings and the bracelet to Huo Jingcheng, she naturally didn't want to delay any longer. It was hard enough for Huo Jingcheng to loosen up.

Ms. Ming heard this, so she gave up and dismissed the idea: "Since you've already made an appointment with the customer, it's indeed not easy to change it, so we'll just have to wait until tomorrow."

It was a cheongsam, which was the most demanding on the figure, so Ms. Ming thought about taking Su Ruoyun to try it on in advance. If she found anything unsuitable, she could still modify it before the birthday banquet.

Su Ruoyun chatted with Ms. Ming for a few more sentences. Before hanging up the phone, Ms. Ming repeatedly instructed: You must make time tomorrow afternoon to try on the clothes.

After hanging up the phone, Su Ruoyun looked down and saw that the millet porridge in the bowl had become thin and watery rice soup after a long time of stirring.

She simply pushed the white porcelain bowl away and didn't eat it.

Thinking that Huo Jingcheng was coming to the Tea House today, before going out, Su Ruoyun returned to the bedroom and sat in front of the dressing table. She raised her hand and pulled open the drawer, and an exquisite jewelry box lay quietly inside.

She raised her hand to take it out, and with a light "clatter", the box was opened. Inside, on the black velvet cloth, lay that exquisite bracelet, and the diamonds refracted fine light.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Su Ruoyun drove to the 'One River Tobacco' Tea House.

She drove the car directly into the courtyard, so she didn't stop for a moment, walked toward the backyard with neat steps, and naturally put her small square bag on the sofa in the lounge.

In the blink of an eye, the time had reached the afternoon.

Taking advantage of the fact that Huo Jingcheng hadn't come to the Tea House yet, Su Ruoyun first went to the lounge in the backyard to take the apology gift Huo Jingcheng left last time — the guqin silk strings, and the auction bracelet she brought this morning.

She carefully packed the guqin silk strings and the bracelet and put them properly into a handbag.

After taking the two things, according to the appointment time, after letting the staff prepare tea, snacks, and tools, Su Ruoyun stepped into the Guanlan Private Room.

The afternoon sunlight was like golden silk threads rubbed to pieces, sprinkling one by one on the antique wooden carved window lattices. The patterns of the window lattices fell on the tea table on the couch, forming an exquisite painting.

Inside the private room, a faint tea fragrance overflowed, lingering and not dispersing.

Huo Jingcheng walked toward the East Wing Room with his hands in his pockets, swaying, his steps casual and lazy, as if pushed forward by the wind.

He was dressed in a black windbreaker, the stiff cut outlining his slender figure, broad shoulders and narrow waist. When the wind blew, the hem of his clothes lifted gently.

Huo Jingcheng had rushed to finish the work on hand to make time to come to the Tea House.

As soon as he pushed the door open, he stepped over the threshold unhurriedly, bypassed the lake and mountain screen that blocked the view, and appeared in the misty tea fragrance.

What came into view was Su Ruoyun sitting quietly on the couch. She lowered her head slightly, her exquisite eyebrows and eyes half-covered by the drooping hair, her face delicate and beautiful, like an ancient hazy ink painting of a beauty.

On the tea table in front of her, there was an exquisite tea grinder. Her hands were slender and as white as jade, and she was grinding the tea leaves with gentle movements and a focused expression. The tea powder fell rustling under the rotation of the grinding wheel.

Huo Jingcheng walked slowly to the edge of the platform, leaned his body back slightly, with a kind of casual relaxation, and then sat down on the tatami, sitting opposite Su Ruoyun.

After quietly watching her tea-making movements like flowing clouds and water for a few minutes, he suddenly asked: "Why didn't you accept the money?"

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