In Wang Shouzhe's side-study.
He stared at the mysterious woman with a complicated expression, his gaze holding both a hint of alarm and the subtle stirrings of long-buried memories.
Teal twin ponytails curled into waves, black-and-white thigh-high stockings, black uniform boots, and a short skirt... every last bit of it was beyond words.
After a long while.
Wang Shouzhe frowned slightly and asked, "What, exactly, were you thinking?"
The mysterious woman smiled faintly. "Reporting to Clan Head, this is what I think. Since someone in Monan Prefecture is secretly investigating what happened back then, it is most likely connected to Cao Youqing..."
"I'm asking what you were thinking, dressing like that?" Wang Shouzhe's mouth twitched, and he had the urge to kick her out.
"This? Isn't this Clan Head's preferred type...?" The mysterious woman spun in a circle, her short skirt and wavy twin ponytails flying up. "It is this subordinate's duty to discern her master's preferences and cater to them."
Why, thank you so very much for doing your duty.
Wang Shouzhe had a headache and rubbed his forehead. Back when he had created the appearance of the Artifact Spirit Xiao Xue, it had merely been to reminisce about his lost youth.
Yet because of that, the household had seen no shortage of chaos. He had originally wanted to alter the Artifact Spirit's appearance, only to meet with the unanimous opposition of Liu Ruolan and Artifact Spirit Xiao Xue...
The former thought that Wang was acting like a guilty thief, while the latter believed he was disrespecting an Artifact Spirit's inherent right to its established appearance. She had made a fuss, declaring that unless he wiped her back into a blank Artifact Spirit, he was absolutely not allowed to change that "super-pretty" appearance.
Thus, that terrible image had continued