A pleasant vacation was always short-lived. For Lu PingAn, shopping with one woman might have been painful but enjoyable, but shopping with a whole group of women... At first, he rather enjoyed the envious looks from others. By dusk, or even nighttime, though, he was probably completely numb.
His hands were numb, his feet were numb, his heart was exhausted, and his whole body was numb.
"Does this look good?"
"It does."
"...It looks good again? Are you just brushing me off?"
A man's opinion might be quite important to a girlfriend, but to girls who were merely female companions...
"It really does look good. I'm not brushing you off. Really."
"Oh, Xia-jie, help me take a look. Does this necklace suit me?"
Was Lu PingAn's opinion important? They were just asking casually.
He sighed, already missing the bed at the inn.
Not only was he responsible for carrying bags, buying water, and leading the way, he also had to entertain the little ones and look after the children. In the end, he had to sometimes act as one of the "girlfriends' group," and sometimes offer a "male perspective," giving advice that none of them cared about in the slightest.
"...This time, I'm definitely running away early."
Though he said that, as long as they had not chatted together in a long time, Lu PingAn could still make do.
But when they arranged to head out together again at seven the next morning...
"I'm sick."
"Sick? What kind of sickness? A Quasi Rule-level Pactbearer?"
"Lazy Disease."
With that, Lu PingAn shut the door and turned on his handheld console.
Your shopping is a vacation, but following you around is overtime for me. Why don't we all just take a vacation? You play yours, and I'll play mine.
Thus, after throwing