Jin Yuanyuan's Top-Tier Life

Chapter 69 A Moment of Brilliance

Ye Huanxi, who didn't mind making things worse, urged Jin Yuanyuan to quickly take a taxi over and see who Zhang Dali was with.

Jin Yuanyuan was a little annoyed. "There's nothing between him and me yet. Why are you all so gossipy?"

"Just out of curiosity." Ye Huanxi was no longer cold at this point. She asked Cao Xiaoyu for the address and dragged Jin Yuanyuan there.

Shanghai's Korean Street was bustling and noisy, and even at this hour, there were still many Korean BBQ restaurants with long queues. Luckily, when Jin Yuanyuan and Ye Huanxi arrived, Cao Xiaoyu and Jin Feiyan had just reached the front of the line and sat down.

The Goryeo House restaurant features a typical and distinctive wooden structure and is decorated in a very unique way. It has thoroughly learned from the Korean barbecue restaurants in Korean dramas where people sit around the grill on the floor. There is even underfloor heating under the wooden floor, which greatly warmed the legs of the women in red, blue, and green who were frozen due to the cold spring night and were not wearing thermal underwear. Everyone's expression was obviously very relaxed and at ease. There were even a few tables where people were lying on the floor laughing loudly because they were drunk.

After complimenting Ye Huanxi's new hairstyle, they began describing Zhang Dali and the girl. Jin Yuanyuan sighed, took out her newly bought bag to show everyone, and said, "I'm rich, I really don't care about men."

"Quickly put it away, the smell of smoke is strong, be careful not to make the bag stink." Cao Xiaoyu's thoughtfulness, typical of men from the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai region, came through again, making everyone burst into laughter.

Amidst the cheerful sizzling sounds of grilling meat, they finally forgot about Zhang Dali and that woman, focusing intently on wrapping thick slices of grilled beef in perilla leaves, dipping them in the secret sauce, and taking bite after bite, even competing to see who could eat the most and the fastest.

"How childish." Although Jin Yuanyuan also participated in the competition, she still disliked their antics.

The person at the next table stood up, probably to go to the restroom. They lost their balance and kicked Jin Yuanyuan's newly bought bag. The sound made her heart ache. After all, it was a limited edition luxury bag worth 30,000 yuan. Even though she was a rich young lady, it still hurt her heart.

However, the girl's socks caught Jin Yuanyuan's eye. She was wearing a Hanfu dress, which is why she stumbled as she stood up. She was wearing ordinary polyester socks with a bear pattern, which clashed terribly with her Hanfu, making the originally elegant Hanfu look rather cheap.

The girl must have realized that Jin Yuanyuan's bag was expensive; even the paper bag itself would have caught the eye of anyone with a discerning eye. She immediately knelt down, repeatedly apologizing. She even took out a silk embroidered handkerchief from her bosom and gently wiped the paper bag…

Ye Huanxi, who was also sitting on this side, reached out to stop the girl's actions. She took the paper bag, picked up the bag and looked at it. "It's okay, it's wrapped in soft paper, and it's not damaged."

Upon hearing this, the girl immediately smiled, but still repeatedly apologized.

The staff were polite and courteous. Jin Yuanyuan decided not to make a fuss. After all, minor squabbles were common in Korean restaurants like this. She casually pulled her bag closer to her. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the girl at the grill table. Besides those in Hanfu (traditional Han Chinese clothing), there were several men in Korean ethnic clothing, all wearing simple white socks, some with sports brand logos on them.

Jin Yuanyuan glanced at them a couple more times, prompting Ye Huanxi to ask, "What? Are there too many handsome young men?"

"Hey, what are you saying?" Jin Yuanyuan nudged her and whispered, "I think that handsome guy at your five o'clock position is pretty good-looking."

"Oh, you can actually see handsome guys? I thought you only had eyes for Zhang Dali." Ye Huanxi really didn't hold back her words and kept talking non-stop.

"You're the only one in my eyes." Jin Yuanyuan shoved a perilla leaf into her mouth. "Eat it!"

However, at that moment, Jin Yuanyuan suddenly felt like she had grasped something, but she didn't think about it in detail. She looked at the people at that table and their socks.

On his third day in Shanghai, Jin Yuanbao called her to ask if she had time. He was going to a coffee shop on Longhua Road for an interview, but because there were foreign journalists present, he was worried that they wouldn't understand the technical terms, so he wanted Jin Yuanyuan to come and help translate.

Jin Yuanyuan was quite good at foreign languages. Back then, she wanted to work as a simultaneous interpreter, but she disliked the fact that she had to sit there without moving, which did not suit her personality. In the end, she chose the bustling public relations industry.

Now, for the sake of her elderly father, who is a semi-celebrity expert in ancient architecture, she cannot accept a single penny and must provide excellent service.

The café is surprisingly a trendy temple-themed café. Orders are placed on the first floor, and seating is on the second. It features openwork windows on all four sides, offering views of bustling traffic outside, while turning around reveals a serene and compassionate Buddhist atmosphere. The café has a strong traditional Chinese style and a Zen-like ambiance, with an antique charm and a sense of tranquility. It's clear that considerable thought went into the decor. The second floor even has writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, so you can practice calligraphy or copy scriptures if you're interested…

Sure enough, this was another of Jin Yuanbao's works. That's why the interview was held here; at least the coffee was free. Jin Yuanyuan arrived ten minutes earlier than Jin Yuanbao, and she stood on the first floor looking at the menu and the waiters.

The coffee menu is very unique, with names like "Cleansing Away Worries," "Stopping Snow," "Joy," "Zen's Beginning," "Ink White," and "Listening to Mountain Whispers," each representing a different type of coffee. The servers who make the coffee also wear uniform Hanfu-style dresses with horse-face skirts, distinguished only by red and black for men and women; the rest of the style and material are the same.

Jin Yuanyuan couldn't help but look down at their feet again. Sure enough, there were still white socks with sports labels and big sneakers. Even though the long skirt of the horse-face skirt covered them, it still looked so out of place.

Jin Yuanbao was still dressed in his usual elegant and clean long gown. Today, he had even changed into a pair of tortoiseshell-style glasses, giving him an air of scholarly refinement reminiscent of the 1920s. Jin Yuanyuan couldn't help but mentally grumble, just like Zhu Hongying had said: "Your father just likes to put on airs. He's just a construction worker, but he insists on acting like a scholar. He was like this when he was young, and he's even more so now that he's older. Tsk tsk tsk, what a charming old man."

As Jin Yuanyuan watched him walk in, she thought it was actually quite nice; at least he had a certain dignified bearing. Looking down at Jin Yuanbao's feet, she noticed he was wearing black cloth shoes to match his long gown, with linen socks that looked like cloth sacks underneath. It all looked much more harmonious that way.

"Yuanyuan, is that your new bag?" Jin Yuanbao's eyes were really sharp.

"Oh, it's a limited edition."

"Although it matches your clothes quite well, why don't you try wearing some of our traditional Chinese clothing in the future? You're old enough to pull off these kinds of clothes; they really make you look even better." Jin Yuanbao genuinely loves to guide Jin Yuanyuan's every move; he's been like this since she was little, and it hasn't changed at all.

(End of this chapter)