Mister Zero, Her Story: Chapter 10 – Familiarity
“Oh dear, I’m so sorry, Lady Luo Yan, I got too excited…”
Anna, realizing she might have offended Luo Yan, waved her hands frantically, her voice trembling slightly.
“It’s alright, Miss Anna. I enjoyed our conversation,” Luo Yan smiled faintly. “And there’s no need to call me ‘Lady.’ I’m not anyone important.”
“No, no, calling guests ‘Lady’ is just a habit of mine.”
Anna patted her chest, relieved that Lady Luo Yan wasn’t angry.
However…
Anna cautiously glanced at Luo Yan’s covered eyes, hesitated, and then asked haltingly,
“Um, Lady Luo Yan, your eyes…”
Luo Yan, wearing a white cloth blindfold, sat quietly and gracefully on the sofa, looking like a blind person.
Combined with her pale complexion, it gave her a fragile beauty.
“My eyes?” Luo Yan touched her blindfold, thought for a moment, and then said, “Well, there’s… a problem.”
Hua Qiling, who had thought Luo Yan was about to reveal the truth, almost rushed over to cover her mouth.
Hearing Luo Yan’s vague answer, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly interjected,
“Yes, yes, you see, she needs my ‘Eagle Eye’ to see…”
Hua Qiling raised their joined hands as if to demonstrate.
Anna looked at their intertwined fingers, a look of envy in her eyes.
“So nice…”
“Nice?” Hua Qiling looked at Anna strangely. “Anna, are you sick? Why would you think being blind is a good thing?”
Was it fashionable now to pretend to be blind?
Anna’s face flushed red, and she quickly denied it.
“Ah! No, no, of course I wasn’t talking about Lady Luo Yan’s eyes! That’s truly unfortunate…”
Anna’s gaze returned to Luo Yan’s face, and she sighed softly.
“Although you’re still beautiful like this, if you had beautiful eyes, Lady Luo Yan, it would be… even more perfect.”
Hua Qiling felt a bead of sweat roll down her forehead. Yes, Miss Luo Yan did have incredibly beautiful eyes…
But those eyes weren’t something ordinary people could handle!
Anna should consider herself lucky that Miss Luo Yan’s eyes were covered; otherwise, she wouldn’t even be able to look at her face directly.
“Let’s not talk about that. I brought Luo Yan here to pick out some maid outfits. She can’t keep wearing that same dress.”
Hua Qiling quickly changed the subject.
“Oh, oh, oh! I almost forgot! Leave it to me!” Anna puffed out her chest proudly.
“I’m an expert in maid outfits! Even Big Sister Hua loves my work! Lady Luo Yan, do you have any preferences for the fabric? Color combinations? What kind of style do you like? Are you open to modern trends? Or do you prefer a more classic style?”
“Uh…” Luo Yan was overwhelmed by the barrage of questions and mumbled, “Anything… is fine…?”
“So, you don’t have any specific requests, Lady Luo Yan?”
A delighted smile appeared on Anna’s face, and Luo Yan had a bad feeling.
“Nothing too flashy! Just something normal!”
Hua Qiling quickly added, afraid that Anna would create some avant-garde maid outfit.
“I understand,” Anna snapped her fingers, a wide, excited (or perhaps manic) grin on her face. “I’ll definitely make the most perfect and beautiful maid outfit for Lady Luo Yan! This is the pride of Flower Street’s second-best fashion designer!”
With that, she turned and ran into the back of the shop, the whirring of machinery echoing.
She hadn’t even taken Luo Yan’s measurements…
“…Who’s the best?”
Luo Yan turned and asked curiously.
“My sister… the Big Sister Hua she mentioned,” Hua Qiling sighed. “But she’s been away on a long trip. I haven’t seen her in a while.”
“I see.”
Luo Yan nodded.
After hearing about “Sister Hua Qingling” so many times, Luo Yan had gradually formed an image of her in her mind.
She would be tall, gentle, always smiling softly, speaking in a soothing voice, caring for her juniors…
And a skilled tailor.
“She sounds quite different from you,” Luo Yan remarked.
“Huh?”
Hua Qiling didn’t understand.
“You said earlier that this shop originally belonged to your sister, and then she passed it on to Miss Anna?” Luo Yan recalled their unfinished conversation from earlier.
“Yes, that’s right,” Hua Qiling nodded. “Flower Street was established in the early days of Yan City. To attract businesses, my sister opened a clothing store and personally designed and sewed clothes for a while.
“She wanted to continue, but other matters prevented her, so she had to give it up, only opening occasionally when she had time, until Anna took over.”
Hua Qiling looked towards Anna inside and sighed softly. “Anna is also a pitiful child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was wandering the streets until my sister took her in.
“After working in the shop for a while, she saved enough money to buy the entire place. So now, ‘Flower Shop’ completely belongs to her.”
Seeing Luo Yan lost in thought, Hua Qiling chuckled.
“But Anna is incredibly talented at tailoring. Even my sister praises her. Don’t let the quiet appearance of this shop fool you. The prices are too high for ordinary civilians, and she usually only accepts high-end custom orders.”
“Mm, she sounds like a good person,” Luo Yan nodded. “After hearing so much, I’d like to meet your sister. She sounds very gentle.”
“My sister? She… ahem, there will be a chance, I’ll definitely introduce you…”
Hua Qiling choked, her face flushing with embarrassment as she looked away.
She realized that she had always portrayed her sister, Hua Qingling, in a rather one-sided way.
She had only mentioned her sister as a tailor, but not her other identity…
It was hard to imagine her sister as “gentle”…
But she rarely saw her sister anyway. Hua Qingling was currently on a mission far away and wouldn’t be back anytime soon.
She would let Miss Luo Yan keep her positive impression of her sister for now.
Just as Hua Qiling was thinking this, a faint knock came from the door, a sound she found strangely familiar.
“Anna, are you there?”
A voice, even more familiar, followed.
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