Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
“There were a few things I didn’t understand,” After their final night class was dismissed, Tao Manni who came back to the bedroom moaned feebly.
“You can ask the teacher,” Peng Xiaolu was okay. She felt that she understood almost everything. “Or you can look it up in the library yourself.”
“Where should I go to ask the teacher at this hour? I would also need time to go to the library. Tomorrow’s morning is full of classes. I feel like I’m even more tired than in high school,” Tao Manni grumbled miserably. It was totally different from what she thought.
“What did you not understand? Let me take a look,” Yun Xiangxiang couldn’t help but ask when she saw her like this.
“Xiangxiang, my savior,” Tao Manni collected her textbook and the notes she took at once before plopping down beside Yun Xiangxiang.
Yun Xiangxiang took a glimpse. She understood all of these, so she explained it to Tao Manni patiently.
At any rate, she was someone who managed to get into Qingdao University. A hint was already enough for her to understand everything. Tao Manni who wrapped everything around her head smooched Yun Xiangxiang in her embrace, “I love you, Xiangxiang. What should I do after you stop coming to classes after this!”
“Ask the teacher; drown yourself in the library. Pick one,” She still needed to make progress herself. She absolutely didn’t have time to explain anything to the others.
“I choose to drown in the library,” Tao Manni chose the latter without skipping a beat.
“Oh yeah, the counselor said that Thursday would be the selection of the class cadre. Are you girls joining?” Ma Linlin recalled the message in the group.
“I want to go for the spot of secretary,” Peng Xiaolu raised her hand. “I have already started writing the draft of my campaign speech.”
“So I’ll go for the spot of class president?” Ma Linlin grinned. “By then we can control our whole class.”
“The competition is fierce. Do your best, both of you. I’m content with being just a normal student,” Tao Manni didn’t want to take part.
“I want to contest the spot of class president too,” Chu Ting and Zhu Yuan who came over from next door challenged Ma Linlin when they overheard her announcement.
“It didn’t matter if you’re competition. We’ll compete healthily. We’ll cry with our heads together if both of us don’t get it,” Ma Linlin didn’t mind it in the least.
Chu Ting nodded smilingly.
Yun Xiangxiang thought that her coursemates were unpretentious and matured, “Then I’ll just vote for Xiaolu’s spot. I will not involve myself in your fight.”
“Seems like you have to cast a vote for every position,” Ma Linlin shrugged.
“Well, you said the both of you aren’t in direct competition. I’ll just vote for other people then,” Yun Xiangxiang smirked.
“You win,” Ma Linlin huffed softly.
“Alright, I’ll go practice some martial arts for a while. Go for the bath, the three of you. I’ll head in last.”
Yun Xiangxiang didn’t slack off even though she wasn’t at home. Fortunately, the living quarters that connected the two dorm rooms were spacious. It gave just the space she needed. She took a yoga mat before stepping out.
A whole day packed with lectures followed closely. The level of tension was comparable to that of their high school days’.
The election for the class cadre fell on Thursday night. Ma Linlin and Chu Ting both lost. On the other hand, Peng Xiaolu became the secretary like what she wanted.
“Xiangxiang, you must be a lucky star. You voted for Xiaolu, so she got elected. But Tingting and I lost. I would have asked you to vote for either one of us if I knew earlier,” Ma Linlin sighed dishearteningly. “The one who became class president must be the one you voted for.”
Yun Xiangxiang only smiled. She didn’t take what Ma Linlin said to heart.
The establishment of the class cadre brought order to their studying life. The students started to get along together too.
Song Meng called her on Saturday to ask her about her plans during the National Day festival. Yun Xiangxiang told her everything honestly.
Song Meng clamored to go with her. She asked Li Xiangling, but she already had other plans.
Yun Xiangxiang bought a ticket for a Sunday flight at eleven to ease the jetlag. It would be night time in New York once she reached it.
They felt refreshed after a good night’s sleep.
He Wei let them have a day off for rest out of consideration.
Song Qian took Yun Lin and Song Meng out for a spin the next day. He Wei took Yun Xiangxiang to meet MonRoe’s current leader, Austin. He was a middle aged man that was about forty years old. He was rotund, but was humorous and approachable.
“God, you’re prettier than the photos make you out to be,” Austin had already seen Yun Xiangxiang’s photos and investigated everything about her. Even so, he still couldn’t help but exclaim in wonder when he saw her.
Actually, it wasn’t because of that. It was because Yun Xiangxiang was growing every day. She was at that age where her style and quality would see the most change.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Austin,” Yun Xiangxiang communicated with him in fluent English.
Yun Xiangxiang’s accent might not be comparable to the exchange students’, but she had a rich vocabulary. A confident smile was constantly radiating from her face. Austin was liking Yun Xiangxiang more and more from their exchange.
“Let my jewelry tell if you’re the angel we need.” Austin brought Yun Xiangxiang to the company and had a photographer and stylist on standby.
Turned out that MonRoe designed a whole new series of jewelry called ‘Angel’. They were looking for a suitable spokesperson, but all of the candidates didn’t have that X factor that he was looking for.
It was fortuitous that He Wei sought Austin out while bringing the photos of Yun Xiangxiang during her shoot in China at this moment. The ‘Angel’ series were also unfinished as of yet. They were all waiting for Yun Xiangxiang.
Yun Xiangxiang couldn’t help but feel astonished when she laid eyes on the jewelry of the ‘Angel’ series.
The inspiration for all the jewelries came from angels. In the Bible, nine archangels stood to the left of the Lord; while nine fallen angels stood to His right. Each of them had different positions, stories, and personalities.
MonRoe fully took advantage of this and used platinum, pure gold, mosaic gold, different-colored diamonds and gems to make them. They used a single material or fused a few together to design more than ten sets of luxurious jewelry. Any one set would cost more than anyone’s wildest dreams.
However, there were currently only six sets of finished products.
Yun Xiangxiang wore the first set of jewelry. It was made of pure platinum and colorless diamond. An angel wing adorned each side of the earrings. Each of them had a three carat diamond and twelve 0.05 carat diamonds embedded in them. The necklace had a pair of clasped wings where their tips crossed each other that looked like they were protecting something. It wrapped itself around the wearer’s neck just right. More than a hundred diamonds were embedded in it. The diamond bracelet was shaped like a pair of elongated, crisscrossing wings that were a centimeter wide. More than sixty diamonds were embedded in it.
This set of jewelry cost more than fifty million yuan.
Pure ivory that gleamed brilliantly.
Austin let Yun Xiangxiang choose her own gown. She picked a creamy white bandeau dress with its hem made of golden lace.
He Wei frowned at her choice of attire. Austin was flabbergasted himself. Even the stylist shook his head.
This set of diamonds that boasted pure ivory was best paired with a deep colored, pure black, or pure crimson gown to complement it.
“Mr. Austin, please believe me just this once.” Yun Xiangxiang, however, had confidence.
Austin shrugged. He had the stylist style Yun Xiangxiang up. Yun Xiangxiang chipped in with her own opinion. Her hair was curled and half tied up in a bun. He Wei and Austin were completely stunned when Yun Xiangxiang’s makeover was completed.
Yun Xiangxiang’s figure of snowy ivory was as pure as the angels depicted in the Bible when it was paired with the set of jewelry. Her makeup leaned towards the gold spectrum that was complemented by the gown’s golden hem to add a hint of noble quality to her.
The human’s holiness and the jewelry’s resplendence came together as one.