Fang Xun didn't stop to rest. He turned around and took the little girl to a clothing store to buy her some new clothes.
However,
buying clothes this time didn't go as smoothly as buying shoes had.
Fang Xun took Little Ningguang to several clothing stores, but they left empty-handed every time.
It wasn't because of the prices. The clothes in those stores were all too ordinary.
Since Fang Xun had already decided to take care of poor little Ningguang,
he naturally wanted to give her the best.
How could he settle for just anything?
If they couldn't find clothes they liked,
then he'd have a set custom-made for Ningguang!
No sooner said than done.
The first step in having clothes made was to draw a rough sketch.
Fang Xun felt that the outfit that suited Ningguang best was undoubtedly Misty Orchid.
He still clearly remembered the first time he did Ningguang's hangout quest.
When Ningguang, wearing Misty Orchid, made her first appearance, Fang Xun had been utterly dazzled.
That was because Misty Orchid's design was so perfect,
bringing out every bit of Ningguang's elegant, refined, and cool demeanor!
That was also why, despite Ningguang being only a four-star character, she had so many players who liked her.
Hardly anyone could resist a wealthy big sister like her!
Before long,
Fang Xun had drawn a sketch of Misty Orchid from memory.
He also made a few subtle adjustments to the original design.
It was less mature and sexy, and a little more playful and cute.
Just right for Little Ningguang at her current age.
As Fang Xun worked on the drawing,
the wide-eyed Little Ningguang stood nearby.
She rested her chin in her hands and watched quietly as Fang Xun drew.
Though Ningguang couldn't understand the complex, shifting gray lines on the sketch,
she thought Fang Xun was amazing.
He could design such beautiful clothes!
Of course,
more than admiration,
Ningguang felt touched.
Fang Xun could easily have bought her any old outfit and called it a day. After all, she was only a secretary.
But he hadn't done that. Instead, he'd chosen to design clothes for her himself.
It made Ningguang feel that Fang Xun truly cared about her.
Aside from her mother, no one had ever put this much thought into her before.
Brother Fang Xun was such a good person!
Little Ningguang felt a little glad.
Glad that she had chosen to become Fang Xun's secretary.
Just then, Fang Xun looked at Ningguang and asked gently, "Little Ningguang, do you know who the most famous tailor around Liyue is?"
Now that he had a sketch,
the next step was to find a tailor to make the clothes.
He couldn't be careless about finding one.
After all, the tailor's skill would affect the quality of the finished outfit.
In the game, Ningguang's Misty Orchid had taken a long time to make.
That showed just how much skill it took to create Misty Orchid.
Little Ningguang thought for a moment, then nodded. "Brother Fang Xun, I know a really skilled tailor nearby. Follow me!"
Ningguang led the way with practiced ease, while Fang Xun followed at an unhurried pace.
As they walked, Fang Xun began to feel that everything around him looked familiar.
It was as if he'd been here before.
Then he remembered.
The inn where he'd stayed last night was nearby.
Just then,
Ningguang stopped and turned to Fang Xun. "Brother Fang Xun, we're at the tailor's shop. It's right here!"
Fang Xun looked up. There really was a tailor's shop not far away.
Though it wasn't very big,
the clothes on display were more refined than those at the clothing stores they'd visited earlier.
That was a sign that the shop's owner was very skilled.
Fang Xun walked inside and said politely, "Hello, shopkeeper. I'd like to have an outfit made."
After saying that, Fang Xun looked up at the shopkeeper and was taken aback.
The tailor was someone he'd met the previous night—
Ying'er's mother!
Who would've thought?
Ying'er's mother owned so many businesses.
She ran both an inn and a tailor's shop.
She must be a wealthy woman who kept a low profile.
At that moment, Ying'er's mother looked at Fang Xun with mock reproach, like a lovelorn woman shut away in her chambers.
"What, last night you called me 'big sister,' and today it's 'shopkeeper'? Could you be any more distant?"
"Turns out what we had was nothing but a business arrangement."
"Once we parted, we were strangers again, huh? Have you forgotten what you did to me last night?"
"In the end, I was the one left to bear it all."
Fang Xun: "???"
Wait.
Why did that make him sound like some heartless womanizer?
Nothing had happened between him and Ying'er's mother. They were completely innocent, weren't they?
At most, they were a landlady and her guest.
Fang Xun became even more convinced
that Ying'er had inherited her reputation as Liyue's king of the road from her mother.
The innocent Little Ningguang had no idea what those words meant.
She just blinked her big eyes, then looked up at Ying'er's mother and asked curiously, "Auntie Yujin, did Brother Fang Xun bully you?"
"Could there be some kind of misunderstanding? Brother Fang Xun is a good person!"
Little Ningguang looked very worried.
Seeing Fang Xun's reputation suffer, she was more eager than anyone to prove his innocence.
At that moment,
Yujin crouched down and gently patted Ningguang's head.
A faint smile played on her lips. "No, Auntie knows your Brother Fang Xun. I was just teasing him."
It seemed Yujin didn't flirt all the time.
At the very least, she toned it down when there were children around.
Her beautiful eyes turned to Fang Xun, and her alluring voice rang out. "What brings you two here?"
Fang Xun handed Yujin the sketch of Misty Orchid and said, "I'd like to have a dress made for Ningguang. Could you do that?"
Though Yujin liked to flirt, she took her work very seriously.
As soon as she heard that Fang Xun wanted an outfit made, she immediately got down to business.
"Let me take a look at the design first. Then I can give you an answer."
The moment Yujin saw the sketch of Misty Orchid, she was stunned.
Beautiful.
The dress was so beautiful.
As a tailor, Yujin had handled hundreds, if not thousands, of outfits.
But Fang Xun's sketch was the only one that had truly caught her eye.
It was no exaggeration to say that the dress called Misty Orchid was a work of art!
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