Is this a date this time?

"Oh, I'll start then."

Looking at the alluring Mei before him, Dong Moxuan swallowed hard.

"Mmm..."

Mei nodded gently, her voice as faint as a mosquito's hum.

Seeing this, Dong Moxuan took a breath, forcing himself to calm down.

"Whoa~"

Due to some nervousness, Dong Moxuan accidentally touched Mei's fair back, causing her to gasp.

"Miss Mei..."

Mei's strong reaction left Dong Moxuan speechless. He said with a helpless tone, "Can you not make that strange sound? Honestly... it's a bit lewd..."

"Mmm~"

Hearing the word "lewd," Mei was so shy she almost fainted. She could only urge him on.

"M-Mr. Xuan, hurry, hurry..."

"Just a little longer, it'll be done soon."

"Eek~"

"What is it now?"

Mei's sudden gasp made Dong Moxuan's hands tremble, nearly tearing the dress right off.

"The zipper, the zipper got caught on my skin..."

Mei's voice was incredibly weak, and she looked utterly pathetic.

Seeing her like this, Dong Moxuan didn't know what else to say.

He cleared his throat twice and said, "I'll be careful on my end. Just bear with it a little longer, it'll only hurt for a moment, then it'll be done, really."

"Mmm..."

Mei nodded gently.

Dong Moxuan wasn't lying. It only took a minute to pull the zipper, and he had finished his task.

"All done!"

Wiping the non-existent sweat from his forehead with his hand, Dong Moxuan felt a slight sense of relief.

On the other side, Mei felt Dong Moxuan's hands move away, and her rapidly beating heart began to calm down.

"Thank you so much... Whoa!"

Mei, her face flushed, turned around, intending to thank Dong Moxuan.

However, perhaps due to being too nervous, she accidentally stepped on the hem of her white dress and stumbled directly towards Dong Moxuan.

Seeing this, Dong Moxuan instinctively reached out and caught Mei before she could fall, and then...

Bang!

With a dull thud, Dong Moxuan crashed into the wall of the fitting room.

Mei, on the other hand, fell directly into Dong Moxuan's arms, her soft and curvaceous body pressed firmly against him.

"M-Mr. Xuan,"

Hearing the muffled sound, Mei ignored their current intimate position and quickly asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine,"

Holding Mei with one arm and using the other to steady himself against the wall, he straightened up. It was just a bump; for a death warrior like Dong Moxuan, it was nothing.

"By the way, Mei, are you alright?"

"I'm fine..."

Hearing Dong Moxuan's question, Mei intended to look up and answer.

However, Dong Moxuan happened to be looking down at Mei at that exact moment, and then...

No cliché accidental kiss happened, but the distance between their cheeks was less than a centimeter.

Mei had never been this close to a boy before in her life.

Feeling the warm breath from Dong Moxuan's mouth, Mei's body stiffened, and her mind went completely blank.

Meanwhile, suddenly so close to Mei, Dong Moxuan was also stunned by the girl's beauty up close.

However, he was much calmer than Mei, who was like a fledgling bird. After only a few seconds of staring, he gently let go of Mei and cleared his throat.

"Ahem, it seems you're alright, Mei. I'll be going out now."

With that, Dong Moxuan opened the fitting room door and left.

"..."

Mei stood there blankly for a long time after Dong Moxuan left.

After about a minute, Mei finally snapped back to reality.

Then...

"Waaah~"

She covered her face with her hands and crouched down on the floor.

"I can't face anyone..."

Feeling the astonishing heat on her cheeks, Mei moaned in extreme shame and indignation.

Outside the fitting room, Dong Moxuan waited for a long time. The sales associate, who had disappeared earlier, finally arrived, but Mei still showed no intention of coming out.

However, he didn't intend to rush Mei either. After all, after such an embarrassing incident, it was perfectly normal for Mei, who had never been intimate with anyone, to need time to adjust.

After a few minutes, the fitting room door slowly opened.

Mei had been very nervous at first, but seeing Dong Moxuan's calm expression eased her initial tension and shyness.

"Mr. Xuan, what do you think of this dress?"

As the saying goes, a beautiful dress loses half its charm if no one appreciates it. This was the first time since middle school that Mei had gone shopping with someone accompanying her.

Moreover, the person in front of her was her only friend, her trusted elder, and a man she had a slight crush on, so she felt a mix of nervousness and anticipation.

"Hmm, it's indeed very cute, but..."

Although Mei looked incredibly beautiful and pure in the white sheer dress, even impressing the cute sales associate, Dong Moxuan wasn't one to lose his composure over it.

He looked at Mei, stroked his chin, and appeared thoughtful.

"It feels like something is still missing..."

As he muttered this softly, a pure white sun hat caught Dong Moxuan's attention, and his eyes lit up.

"That's right, this is the feeling!"

He placed the sun hat on Mei's head and nodded gently.

"Mr. Xuan?"

Feeling Dong Moxuan's actions, Mei's cheeks turned red, and she looked at him questioningly.

"Yeah, super cute!"

Dong Moxuan took a step back, gave a thumbs-up with a poker face.

Mei: "..."

"Mr. Xuan is really..."

Mei rubbed her temples, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

Then, while paying, Dong Moxuan was once again scorned by the sales associate.

So what if I'm living off my girlfriend?

Isn't being able to live off a girl as cute as Mei proof of my excellence?

After buying the clothes and leaving the boutique, Dong Moxuan asked Mei, who was beside him, "Are we heading back now?"

"Yeah, I've bought all the clothes..."

"By the way, what are you going back for?"

"To review... my homework?"

Mei's expression was a little uncertain.

Dong Moxuan: "..."

Reviewing homework, seriously, Miss Mei?

Are you really a high school student in Waguo?

Shouldn't the main activities of Waguo high school students be being idols, writing novels, drawing manga, making games, joining superpower gangs, fighting yokai, fighting witches, or saving the world?

Who studies seriously in high school?

"By the way, Mei, do you spend all your free time studying?" Dong Moxuan asked casually.

"Mr. Xuan, don't treat Mei like a bookworm!"

Mei, understanding the implication of Dong Moxuan's words and feeling looked down upon, became a little indignant.

"I watch TV sometimes too!"

Dong Moxuan: "..."