Chapter 32: Tang Dynasty Elegance (Please Collect and Recommend)

Girls' Dormitory

Jing Tian lay on the bed, playing with her flip phone.

Just then, a text message popped up: 【Junior Sister, are you free tonight?】

"Ah... oh my!"

Jing Tian froze, lost her grip on the phone, and it smashed into her face.

Fortunately, she was using an ultra-thin flip phone, not a Nokia brick, so she wasn't hurt.

She hurriedly sat up, checked the message several times, confirmed she hadn't misread it, and realized the sender was Beside Qi Hui Hui.

Then... she felt a bit conflicted; how should she reply?

【I... I'm free. Does Senior Brother need something?】

【Treating you to dinner, is that okay?】 Not long after, Beside Qi Hui Hui's reply arrived.

Now Jing Tian was even more conflicted; they had only known each other for a short while, wasn't this too fast?

Before the thought could fade, Beside Qi Hui Hui's second text arrived.

【Are other junior sisters or junior brothers free? You can invite them along too.】

The more people, the safer Beside Qi Hui Hui would be!

Reading this message, Jing Tian's slight wariness and conflict vanished instantly; it seemed Senior Brother wasn't that kind of person.

I told you so; Beside Qi Hui Hui looks so handsome and so good... Jing Tian smiled lightly, her fingers flying across the nine-key keyboard:

【I asked, they're not free; tonight's big meal is just me going alone.】

Beside Qi Hui Hui replied quickly: 【Good, I'll wait for you at the school gate at seven.】

"Seven..." Jing Tian muttered, isn't that too early?

Immediately, she rolled off the bed and started changing clothes.

Soon, she was wearing a white sleeveless dress; pure and elegant, sweet and lively, yet not lacking maturity.

"Yo? Girl, dressing up so nicely to meet a boyfriend?" Kan Qingzi teased.

Jing Tian ignored her.

"Are you coming back tonight?" Zhang Qianru grinned and asked.

Jing Tian didn't even look up: "Depends; if it's too late, I won't return."

"Oh~ so eager?" Shuangzi said meaningfully.

Jing Tian looked at her, puzzled: "Don't you know I have a place off-campus?"

Shuangzi was shocked: "Really? Which district?"

Jing Tian: "Which one are you asking about?"

Shuangzi: "..."

Jing Tian: "?"

Hotel.

Beside Qi Hui Hui put on a gray-white Zhongshan suit, fastening the four buttons on the front one by one, then finally buttoning the closed collar.

"No wonder Chu Yunfei likes the American-style small lapel..." Beside Qi Hui Hui twisted his neck and muttered.

The Zhongshan suit's collar was indeed a bit tight.

After dressing, he slicked his hair back.

He set his face sternly, studied himself in the mirror for a moment, frowned; he looked majestic and steady, radiating zero charm.

No one seeing this would have any impure thoughts; it should be enough to intimidate Yang Mi.

But the only downside was it was too imposing, making people feel uncomfortable and uneasy all over.

Jing Tian might not feel very comfortable on the side.

Thinking it over, he took out a pair of non-prescription glasses and put them on his face.

"Hmm... this time it's good." Beside Qi Hui Hui nodded, looking like a progressive student.

Seven PM

Beside Qi Hui Hui drove a black Hongqi Mingshi to the entrance of Beijing Film Academy.

This was a 2001 vintage Hongqi, angular and somewhat similar to a Santana.

Of course, the car was rented.

He couldn't possibly take a taxi again, could he?

"Uh... hello, Senior Brother." Jing Tian got into the car and said somewhat awkwardly.

Beside Qi Hui Hui's outfit made her feel a bit pressured.

Solemn and majestic, while her attire was very lively and not serious.

Standing together, she felt like Beside Qi Hui Hui's daughter, or even his granddaughter.

Too strange!

At this very moment, Jing Tian was one hundred percent certain that Beside Qi Hui Hui inviting her to dinner was absolutely not to pursue her.

Which man pursuing a girl would wear clothes like that?

"Haha... ahem, forgive me, Junior Sister." Seeing her reaction, Beside Qi Hui Hui couldn't help but smile, then hurriedly began to explain.

He told her the whole story from beginning to end.

"Oh... I see." Hearing this, Jing Tian understood; it was because of Yang Mi.

No wonder he asked me to bring others along... Jing Tian's thoughts were complex; she felt a bit happy, yet also a bit unhappy.

"Thank you for your trouble." Beside Qi Hui Hui said somewhat embarrassedly: "In the future, if you need anything from your Senior Brother, just say it; I guarantee the mission will be completed."

"Really?" Jing Tian's face lit up with joy: "Then it's settled."

Oh no, I forgot about that girl's terrible movies... Beside Qi Hui Hui quickly added: "Of course it's real, but I'm sometimes quite busy, please understand."

"Don't worry, I won't put you in an awkward position." Jing Tian smiled happily, her eyes curving into little crescent moons, utterly adorable.

As they spoke, Beside Qi Hui Hui drove the car to their destination.

A very luxurious Western restaurant.

Looking through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, there were pairs of young men and women dressed exquisitely.

This was clearly a lovers' restaurant, it just hadn't been written down.

"Choosing a place like this for a class reunion?" Jing Tian muttered.

As expected, the senior sister has ill intentions!

The two walked side by side; Jing Tian let out a light laugh, gently leaning against Beside Qi Hui Hui's arm, neither too close nor too far.

But just as they reached the entrance, they were stopped by a waiter.

"Sorry sir, please enter in formal attire!" The moment the other party spoke, it was a London accent, the most authentic kind.

Beside Qi Hui Hui raised an eyebrow, but before he could speak, Jing Tian spoke first.

"Speak Chinese!" Jing Tian snorted: "What bird language are you speaking, you fool? Do you think I won't beat you to death?"

She directly used the Shaanxi dialect.

Beside Qi Hui Hui almost couldn't hold back; truly the elegant sound of the Great Tang, so satisfying to hear!

The waiter was embarrassed; she was a very pretty girl, but with that mouthful of dialect, he felt nothing anymore.

Wasn't she just a Northwest girl in a floral jacket, waving a waist drum?

Where was she pretty?

"Ahem... sorry, Mr., please wear formal attire to enter." The waiter ignored Jing Tian and said to Beside Qi Hui Hui.

Beside Qi Hui Hui wasn't angry either; he said with a smile: "Comrade, don't you recognize the clothes on my body?"

Saying this, he took off his glasses and slowly surveyed him with his gaze.

The waiter immediately broke out in a sweat on his forehead; a majestic and solemn aura swept over him, giving him an impulse to bow.

"Let me educate you." Beside Qi Hui Hui continued: "This is called a Zhongshan suit; the four pockets on the front of the jacket each represent propriety, righteousness, integrity, and conscience."

"The five buttons on the placket represent legislation, judiciary, administration, examination, and prosecution; this is called the separation of five powers."

"And the three buttons on the cuffs represent equality, freedom, and fraternity respectively."

"You tell me, is this formal attire?"

"Y-yes... sorry!" The waiter hurriedly apologized: "It was my fawning over foreigners, it was my fault, I apologize to you!"

He suddenly felt extremely guilty; the thought of envying others wearing high-end suits and wishing to replace them vanished into thin air at this moment.

"It's not your fault." Beside Qi Hui Hui accepted the other party's apology with a smile and said: "Foreign countries develop well, it's normal to long for them; this is human nature."

"But I still firmly believe that the purpose of receiving education is to help one's hometown escape poverty, not to escape one's impoverished hometown."

"Let us encourage each other."

Having finished speaking, he patted his shoulder and walked inside.

Unlike more than ten years later, the Heavenly Dynasty now had no ten-thousand-ton destroyers, no aircraft carriers, and certainly no fifth-generation or sixth-generation fighter jets.

Military fans more than ten years later were all discussing two types of sixth-generation fighters, debating which one would be better at crushing fifth-generation fighters.

But military fans now could only discuss what tactics second-generation fighters could use to defeat fifth-generation fighters.

People all admire strength; it's normal to worship foreign countries in certain aspects, as long as it's not mindless sycophancy.

The fact that he could apologize meant he could still be won over.

The waiter watched Beside Qi Hui Hui leave, a light flickering in his eyes, his heart surging with emotion.

"Senior brother, you are truly amazing." Jing Tian smiled brightly; if it were her, she would have already angrily scolded and cursed, spraying the other party with blood.

"Senior sister is too modest." Beside Qi Hui Hui let out a light laugh.

The two were chatting and laughing over here, while Yang Mi, sitting before an exquisite table, was somewhat dumbfounded.

Why is Beside Qi Hui Hui dressed like this?

And... why did he bring a girl with him?

Damn it!