Beneath her dark, dense lashes, a pair of bright and clear eyes shone. With a delicate and graceful nose and vermilion lips... Though she bore some resemblance to her mother, her icy elegance and nobility easily set her apart from the crowd. She was extraordinarily beautiful, surpassing ordinary standards.
So, this was his sister, Li Qing Yan?
She was beautiful and seemingly well-behaved.
But why was she participating as an assistant?
Was there a reason behind it?
Li Yihan couldn't figure it out.
The stage was a large semicircular shape, and once the 120 designers and their assistants went on stage, facing the audience, a folding screen separated them in the middle.
A large screen behind them magnified their every move.
The host held a microphone, full of enthusiasm, and announced, "The content of the first round of competition is mainly based on the fabric and accessories provided by our organizer. With on-the-spot improvisation, each designer and their assistant will collaborate to design a skirt they believe to be the most beautiful and capable of showcasing their unique style within forty minutes."
The hostess lined up the materials and accessories, presenting them with both hands.
"Now, I declare that the competition has officially begun! Let the countdown begin!"
After the host exited the stage, all the designers began their designs.
Each designer received the same white fabric, even the accessories were identical, including pearls, diamonds, sequins, and other items...
"This white fabric is of good quality..." Yin Panpan touched the fabric on the tray. "Qing Yan, what do you want to design?"
"What are you thinking?" Qing Yan asked.
"When I see this white fabric, I think of wedding dresses..." Yin Panpan had a sudden inspiration. "Why don't we make a wedding gown? But the accessories..."
Yin Panpan noticed the abundance of materials on the tray. "Many designers will probably use pearls, sequins, diamonds, and other accessories to highlight the elegance of the dress. If we use the same, it won't be innovative."
Qing Yan noticed the colorful embroidery threads on the tray and had an idea. "Then let's make an embroidered rose wedding gown. You handle the cutting of the white fabric for the skirt, and I'll use the red thread to embroider roses on it. The green thread can serve as the leaves of the roses."
"Great idea!" Yin Panpan was instantly overjoyed. She took a ruler and scissors and started cutting the materials.
Li Yihan noticed their discussion and collaboration. It seemed that his sister had come up with an idea, giving the designers the motivation and direction for their design...
When the camera panned to Qing Yan, she held a needle and embroidered the red thread on the bodice of the white skirt. Li Yihan noticed that her hand seemed to be injured?
He lowered his voice and spoke into the walkie-talkie pinned to his suit collar, "Zoom in on Assistant Number 16."
The backstage staff immediately zoomed in the camera on the screen.
Not only Li Yihan, but many people also noticed a red and swollen bruise on Qing Yan's right wrist.
Is her hand injured?
It looks quite severe.
What's more surprising is that despite being injured like this, she can embroider so quickly and skillfully.
"Who is this girl? She looks like she's only in her teens..."
"I doubt she even graduated from high school, yet she can embroider so well... It's truly impressive."
Qing Yan sewed two colors of embroidery thread onto the blank space in front of the bodice, and a lifelike rose came into view for everyone to see. In less than ten minutes, she had sewn them all, astonishing everyone with her speed...
"Oh... no!"
Just then, when Yin Panpan was cutting, she accidentally made a small hole...
Looking at the damaged white chiffon dress, she was on the verge of tears. "What should we do, Qing Yan? I was too nervous and didn't cut it properly..."
The damaged area was on the hem of the white chiffon dress.
Qing Yan took the dress and directly embroidered large, lifelike roses on it. With the roses covering the previous hole, it disappeared, replaced by vivid three-dimensional roses...
"Qing Yan, you're amazing..."
After embroidering dozens of roses on the bodice and hem, the entire dress looked ethereal and dignified.
Not only the judges on the judging panel but also the experienced audience below noticed their work.
Different from a pile of sequined and rhinestone dresses, their dress undoubtedly became the highlight on the stage, immediately drawing attention to its existence.
Thanks to their excellent collaboration, they quickly finished. Everyone's gaze fell on their work, giving their comments.
At that moment, Qing Yan whispered something to Yin Panpan, who immediately used more white chiffon to create a beautiful train...
Qing Yan also sewed roses on the train. Now, the whole dress looked even more dignified, ethereal, and enchanting.
"The 16th dress is done so quickly? Which company is she from? The design is really good..."
"I think that assistant has great ideas, and her embroidery skills are clearly above everyone else's."
At this point, Qing Yan noticed that one of the rose petals didn't look quite pleasing, so she made a simple adjustment.
Everyone was stunned, thinking they must have seen it wrong.
"She used her left hand?"
"She clearly used her right hand earlier, but I didn't expect her left hand to sew so well..."
"How did she do it?"
It's amazing!
Both hands can embroider such beautiful roses!
Li Yihan suddenly realized that his sister was like a mysterious treasure, constantly surprising and delighting him.
"Forty minutes is up! All participants, please stop!" the host announced on stage. "Now, the organizers have added a small requirement. Designers or assistants, please put on the dresses you have designed and walk out in numerical order for the judges and audience to score!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.
"What? Wear our own designed dresses?"
Many designers were afraid because, in pursuit of the perfect effect, some had made the waist extremely small, sizes that normal people couldn't fit into. Others had sewn numerous pearls and sequins in a hurry, with loose stitches. Once worn, the dresses were bound to tear open...
"Qing Yan, please help..." Yin Panpan clasped her hands together and softly pleaded, "This dress is dignified and grand. It looks good only on you... Your presence is clearly stronger than mine."
"You wear it."
"No, no, that won't do. No one will look as good as you in it! Please, just try it on for a little while. Pretty please!" Yin Panpan kept begging and acting cute.
In the end, Qing Yan reluctantly agreed.
In order, everyone took the stage one by one. After Qing Yan changed into the dress in the dressing room and simply tied up her hair, the other designers and assistants who were waiting to go on stage saw her appearance and were stunned.
Even Yin Panpan was dumbfounded...
What kind of divine beauty was this?
"Qing Yan, you're too beautiful..."
Indeed, only she could pull off such a dress, and it showcased her temperament even more.
It was a perfect match.
On the stage, the designer numbered 10 walked out wearing her own designed gown.