There was no question about it—when Shen Shuibi emerged, she immediately drew the entire shop's attention.
Li Qi had never imagined that merely changing clothes, taming her loose hair into a proper hairstyle, and adding an ordinary wooden hairpin could transform her so completely.
So Li Qi hurriedly paid. He had originally planned to haggle the price down a little, but after this happened, he did not dare bargain anymore. He grabbed Shen Shuibi and headed outside.
"Coming through, coming through..." he said with an embarrassed smile to the passersby around them, pulling out Shen Shuibi, who was happily enjoying her new clothes.
Based on the month they had spent together and what he knew of Shen Shuibi, Li Qi would bet that she had no awareness whatsoever of the stares around her. The smile on her face was probably pure happiness.
Like a child who had just received a new toy.
She was simply happy, but as Li Qi led her onto the street, the gazes around them nearly nailed him to the spot.
Yet Li Qi did not want to rob Shen Shuibi of the joy of wearing new clothes. If he made her change back just to avoid drawing attention...
Wouldn't that make him far too useless?
Even if it attracted a few looks, he should still be able to protect her.
Somewhere, a sense of pride he did not know he possessed kept Li Qi from being as overly cautious as before. Instead, he openly took Shen Shuibi by the hand and headed toward the outskirts of the city.
Fortunately, the Great Deer Kingdom could generally be considered a country with strict laws, even if that strictness only existed on the surface.
But even surface-level strictness was enough to stop others from making a move in