In short, while Xiao Nanchu found it a bit difficult to understand Luo Taozhi’s actions, the final result was good.
Luo Taozhi finally finished washing off the marks Xiao Nanchu had left on her face.
The culprit, Xiao Nanchu, also let out a long sigh of relief.
Even though he was the one who had played a prank on her face, Luo Taozhi’s skin had grown as thick as a city wall from her time in Another World. It made it seem like he was the one whose face had been painted into a mess.
At this moment, Luo Taozhi had a grilled sausage in her left hand and another in her right, while sipping milk tea that Xiao Nanchu held up for her.
Releasing the straw, she gave him a look to move it away. While continuing to happily munch on her sausages, she started looking for what to eat for dinner.
This was the life!
Although the sausages and milk tea tasted average, she enjoyed the feeling of being served by Xiao Nanchu!
Imperial treatment!
“Hey, what are we eating? Isn’t the food court on the fourth floor?”
As they walked, Luo Taozhi became confused. What kind of route was Xiao Nanchu taking?
“Buying clothes. Did you forget?”
Xiao Nanchu took a sip of the milk tea in his hand and looked at Luo Taozhi helplessly, seemingly doubting her intelligence.
“How long has it been? Use that super brain of yours and think, Great Fairy Luo.”
After saying that, Xiao Nanchu looked at the milk tea in his hand with surprise.
“To be honest, this milk tea is actually pretty good. Should we get another one later?”
“Good? It’s just okay. Not much flavor.”
Luo Taozhi glanced at the cup in Xiao Nanchu’s hand.
Indeed, it was the same cup she had been drinking from. The taste was a bit too light and not sweet enough. Luo Taozhi clearly felt that her current tastes were different from before.
Back when she was still a man, she wouldn’t have been picky about things like milk tea. That light flavor would have been just right for her.
But now was different. She seemed to prefer sweet things; the sweeter they were, the more she liked them. Take this milk tea, for example—Xiao Nanchu thought it was pretty good, but she didn’t really like it.
“How is there no flavor? I think it’s just right.”
Xiao Nanchu took another sip and smacked his lips.
“It’s great. It isn’t too sweet, the tea fragrance is strong, and there’s a hint of peach blossom scent.”
‘Peach blossom scent? Didn’t I order jasmine…?’
Damn! The milk tea in Xiao Nanchu’s hand was the one she had just been drinking!
Luo Taozhi suddenly realized. Xiao Nanchu had subconsciously started drinking from the cup in his hand, completely forgetting that she had already used it.
‘Doesn’t this guy usually have a bit of a germaphobia thing?’
Back in the university dorms, he used to be pretty disgusted if anyone touched his stuff.
‘Won’t this guy jump out of his skin once he realizes?’
Luo Taozhi stole a glance at Xiao Nanchu’s expression. He didn’t seem to have noticed yet…
‘I’d better not mention it.’
“What’s the point of buying clothes? I still have plenty in my Storage Space…”
“Do you have modern clothes too?”
“Something similar…”
“Then why don’t you wear them? Why wear this outfit? Isn’t it too eye-catching out here?”
“It doesn’t matter. The better you dress, the less likely people are to come up and harass you, right?”
“…” Xiao Nanchu fell silent.
He felt that Luo Taozhi’s words actually made a lot of sense. After all, once Luo Taozhi revealed that stunning face, although there were many people staring, no one had actually come up to hit on her or ask for a photo.
However, he didn’t think it was for the reason Luo Taozhi stated. Rather, it was a matter of the social environment. Perhaps in Another World, Luo Taozhi’s logic held true, but nowadays, random people rarely approached others to flirt.
Still, Xiao Nanchu found it hard to accept Luo Taozhi constantly wearing ancient-style long dresses; the sense of disconnect was too strong. He felt that if Luo Taozhi changed into modern everyday clothes, that disconnect would lessen, and it would be easier for him to see her as the old Luo Taozhi. Otherwise, he felt like she was constantly overwriting the impression he had of her in his mind.
“Aren’t modern clothes more comfortable to wear?”
“Huh?” Luo Taozhi gave Xiao Nanchu a weird look. “The outfit I’m wearing is a Magical Artifact.”
“Are you sure your polyester is more comfortable than my all-natural Magical Artifact imbued with Spiritual Power?”
…
Xiao Nanchu fell silent once again. Seemingly trying to regain some dignity, he muttered a protest.
“What polyester? This is pure wool!”
“Pure wool?” Luo Taozhi looked him up and down before letting out a disdainful chuckle. “Heh, if you say so.”
What was that supposed to mean?
Xiao Nanchu’s face flushed. Was she implying that what he was wearing wasn’t pure wool? This was a high-end purchase that cost him 29.90 on PDD, okay?!
“You… you don’t understand Modern Industry!”
“Mhm~ you’re right.”
Luo Taozhi lightly patted Xiao Nanchu’s shoulder.
“So pitiful~ Want to feel what my Magical Artifact feels like?”
“Get lost! You’re paying for dinner yourself later!”
Xiao Nanchu unleashed his ultimate move, specifically designed to counter Luo Taozhi, and the effect was extraordinary!
“Hey, wait, no! We’ll buy them. Don’t you just want to see me wear them? I get it~”
“Go away. Who wants to see you…”
Xiao Nanchu suddenly spotted a piece of women’s clothing in a nearby shop and shifted his attitude.
“Fine. You want to buy them? Let’s go.”
With that, he grabbed Luo Taozhi’s hand and headed toward the store where he had already picked out an outfit.
“Alright, let’s go.”
Luo Taozhi followed Xiao Nanchu obediently. ‘It’s just women’s clothing. She’d worn it for hundreds of years; there was no way she’d be unaccustomed to — wait, what???’
The moment she saw the palm-sized clothes Xiao Nanchu handed her, she was stunned.
‘Is this some kind of joke, you bastard?!’
‘You’re telling me these palm-sized scraps of fabric are clothes?! Has this world developed some kind of size-shifting ability too? There’s no way someone is supposed to just wear these two tiny pieces of cloth!’
‘Can you actually wear this…?’
Luo Taozhi looked at Xiao Nanchu expectantly, seemingly waiting for him to explain the “true” way to wear the outfit.
“Oh my~ Are you two a couple? This hunk has a great eye. This outfit is one of our seasonal bestsellers!”
A saleswoman immediately hurried over.
“This slim-fit crop top and denim hot pants would look perfect on this beauty! I can tell even through the Hanfu that you have a slender figure. You’ll definitely look great in this!”
Under the saleswoman’s enthusiasm and Xiao Nanchu’s push, Luo Taozhi found herself standing inside a changing room before she knew it, holding the two tiny pieces of clothing.
The saleswoman’s enthusiastic voice drifted in from outside.
“Beauty, that dress you’re wearing looks a bit hard to take off. If you need any help, just call me. Your boyfriend isn’t allowed to come in~”
“Oh… okay, I know…”
‘Wait! Why would I let him in — and he’s not my boyfriend!’