"Hey, gorgeous, your hanfu is so pretty! Where did you buy it?"
Inside the clothing store, Qiu Wuji had yet to start shopping when the sales assistants crowded around her with questions, envy practically spilling from their eyes.
Qiu Wuji looked helplessly at Chu Ge. Why did people here greet strangers by calling them "gorgeous"? It felt so frivolous.
Chu Ge kept his hands tucked away and stared at the ceiling.
I told you this would happen... And what are you all asking for? You should know better than I do how different clothes look on models versus customers. Do you really think wearing this would make you beautiful?
A beautiful woman looks good in anything. On you, it might just look like some ill-fitting costume on an extra playing a Taoist nun.
"Sir, your girlfriend is gorgeous."
Qiu Wuji: "?"
Chu Ge looked skyward. "Am I not handsome?"
The sales assistant: "...Yes, you make a lovely couple."
Qiu Wuji: "??"
Flatter us all you want. I still can't afford the expensive stuff. Ignoring the assistant's expectant gaze, Chu Ge pointed at the cheapest rack. "Want to try this?"
The assistant pursed her lips. How could such a stingy man land such a beautiful woman? Heaven was unfair.
Qiu Wuji glanced at the clothes Chu Ge had pointed out.
A white women's short-sleeved blouse and a black short skirt.
She had seen people dressed like this on the street. In fact, the assistants' outfits were somewhat similar. Overall, it looked fairly respectable-at least much more respectable than those skimpy camisoles.
This was pretty much how Chu Ge pictured a female office worker. Of course, office wear could also include trousers. As for why he had chosen a short skirt... well, he couldn't tell her that.
She didn't understand anyway. She probably even thought this was more respectable than the alternatives.
Sure enough, after a moment's hesitation, Qiu Wuji gritted her teeth, accepted the outfit, and took it into the changing room.
It looks like my arms and legs will be exposed... But everyone in the whole world seems to dress like this. Maybe... maybe it's not such a big deal...
I have to fit into this world...
"Sir, why does your girlfriend blush just holding the clothes? She's so cute."
The assistant's voice drifted over, along with Chu Ge's barely restrained chuckle. Her face burning, Qiu Wuji shut the changing-room door and leaned against the wall, lost in thought.
Honestly.
What's wrong with blushing when I'm holding such indecent clothes?
And how did I become his girlfriend? What does "girlfriend" even mean? A female friend? But that doesn't feel right... Why would anyone describe female friends as a "lovely couple"? Chu Ge's expression looked wrong, too!
Like a little fox that had successfully stolen a treat...
Some Creator God he is. Why is our world's Creator God such a creep?
Qiu Wuji pouted, and a rosy mist slowly rose around her body.
Her light warrior's robes gradually vanished, revealing a flawless body amid the haze, pure as freshly fallen snow.
Her clothes were conjured. Strictly speaking, she had been wearing nothing at all... Of course, her conjurations were even better than real clothes. Ordinary clothing might be seen through, but ordinary cultivators could forget about seeing through hers. Conjured clothing was therefore nothing to be embarrassed about. These things that exposed her arms and legs were.
Embarrassing or not, I have to put them on. This is the first step toward fitting into this world, isn't it?
Qiu Wuji drew a deep breath and slowly put on the new clothes.
There was a mirror in the changing room. In its reflection, her fair face was flushed red, her pearly teeth lightly caught her lower lip, and embarrassed irritation lingered in her eyes. She didn't even know what to do with her hands and feet.
She forcefully turned her head away, gritted her teeth, and pushed open the door.
Then she saw Chu Ge's eyes light up, as though they were actually shining.
Chu Ge was genuinely stunned. He had never imagined his female sect leader from a cultivation novel could look this beautiful in office wear. A beautiful woman really did look good in anything.
Cheap though the outfit was, it looked tasteful and sophisticated, quietly bringing out her elegance. The embarrassed anger in her eyes, with its hint of warning, made her even more captivating. No matter how he looked at her, she seemed like a stunning ice-queen CEO straight out of a novel.
And then...
Chu Ge.
This thin summer blouse is very breathable...
You're still wearing a breast-binding cloth underneath?
What about down below? I never wrote about that. Come to think of it, what did women in ancient times wear underneath? I heard they didn't wear anything?
Chu Ge nearly bent down to take a look, but he knew she would beat him to death as a pervert. Holding himself back almost made him burst. "You look absolutely gorgeous!" the assistant exclaimed. "Even prettier than a celebrity!"
Another assistant said, "You're really committed to your cosplay, gorgeous. Even your underwear is historically accurate... Why not buy a set of underwear, too?"
Underwear... The worldview-shattering advertisement Chu Ge had shown her instantly surfaced in Qiu Wuji's mind. She wanted to declare that she had no use for such things, but couldn't get the words out.
Judging by the assistants' tone, this was perfectly normal. She was the one acting strangely, wasn't she?
She could only keep quiet and let Chu Ge speak.
Chu Ge was saying, "She's stubborn. She insists that if she's cosplaying an ancient character, everything has to be ancient... Yes, of course we'll buy underwear. Good-quality ones, too."
The assistant gave him a sidelong glance. Now you want quality? Because underwear protects intimate areas? The cloth is too rough, is it?
Chu Ge nodded in tacit understanding.
The assistant pursed her lips and sized up the beauty who made her too jealous to speak. Damn it, why does she have such a great figure, too? At a glance, she looks...? Hard to tell with that binding cloth.
"What cup size?" she asked.
Qiu Wuji: "?"
Wait, don't you sell clothes? Why are you asking about cups? I already have a cup...
She looked to Chu Ge for help. He said expressionlessly, "I don't know."
The truth was that he had never specified it, so he didn't know. When writing, he had copied from the "Rhapsody on the Goddess of the Luo River": "Neither plump nor slender, neither tall nor short, each proportion just right. Her shoulders seemed sculpted, her waist like a bound length of white silk."
What cup size would that be? Chu Ge looked up and thought for a moment. A D, probably?
"Shall we try a D?"
The assistant asked, "What about panties?"
"Openwork lace, regular size." Chu Ge was as calm as if he were deciding whether to add an egg to his beef noodles.
Qiu Wuji couldn't understand anyway.
The assistant gave Qiu Wuji an odd look. She stood quietly without a word. The assistant turned an awed gaze on Chu Ge. What a humblebrag. You're already getting her sexy lingerie, and you're still saying that?
Seeing the assistant go to fetch the items, Qiu Wuji finally tugged hesitantly at Chu Ge. "Um... having my legs exposed... I'm not used to it. I saw other people covering theirs with stockings. Wouldn't that be better...? Neither you nor the shopkeeper mentioned them..."
Chu Ge blinked.
"We'll mention them! Absolutely! How about black?"
"Black seems fine. It looks more serious..."
"Yes, yes, absolutely! You're quite right."
"And boots..."
"Stiletto heels! How about ten centimeters?"
Chu Ge's wallet was empty, and he had even dipped into his Huabei credit. It looked like he would be living on instant noodles for the rest of the month.
But! It was worth it!
His stomach might go hungry, but his eyes had feasted, and his heart was delighted!
Who said beauty couldn't put food on the table?
If anyone in the group chat ever told Chu Ge that again, he would slap them through the internet connection. "Even if I starve to death, I want to see a female Immortal Dao cultivator standing in front of me in an office skirt and black stockings!"
"I don't think you're looking at me quite right..." Back at home, Qiu Wuji eyed him distrustfully. "You weren't like this before. It feels strange..."
"What's strange about it? Didn't you see plenty of people dressed like this on the street? They just weren't as beautiful as you. Did you see how they looked at you? Every last one was so jealous she wanted to swallow you whole."
I think you're the one who wants to swallow me whole.
Qiu Wuji didn't say it aloud. Thinking it over, there really had been plenty of people dressed this way outside. If she had to say Chu Ge had some ulterior motive, perhaps he simply preferred this kind of outfit?
She pressed her legs together. The openwork thing underneath still made her feel ashamed. People in this world were so strange. Was there really much difference between wearing this and wearing nothing? What if someone saw?
Still, she had to admit that although it looked strange, it was very comfortable.
It couldn't compare with cloud-woven brocades of the Immortal Dao, but compared with mortal goods, even wealthy households probably didn't have fabrics this comfortable.
A prosperous age... those words were true indeed.
Did this count as her first taste of mortal life in this world?
"So what does 'girlfriend' mean?" Qiu Wuji asked expressionlessly.
It was as though a bucket of cold water had been dumped over the excited Chu Ge's head. Suddenly, he wondered whether he would die once she understood everything.
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