The Liu Family's Shock

"Buying clothes."

Inside the Worldweaver's Clothing Store, Cao Fengqi nodded to the clerk. "Sorry to trouble you, but please pick out two sets of level 3 quality clothes for each of the three of them, my parents included."

"Huh?"

The saleswoman looked over and immediately nodded. "Of course, Young Master Cao. Two sets of clothes and pants for each person, right?"

"Yes."

Cao Fengqi pointed at Dabao and Xiaobao nearby. "Do you have clothes for these two little ones? Give them two sets each too."

"Yes, we do, Young Master Cao."

The saleswoman nodded. "Please have a seat. I'll go get them."

"All right!" Cao Fengqi nodded.

"Wait, hold on."

At that moment, Cao Jiancheng abruptly came to his senses.

He had trouble understanding what his son and the clerk were saying. He hurriedly stopped them and stared wide-eyed at Cao Fengqi. "Fengqi, why are you buying two sets of this clothing armor? One is enough. And why do Dabao and Xiaobao need level 3 quality clothes?"

"If we don't buy two sets, what will you wear while the others are being washed?"

Cao Fengqi looked at him and said as if it were obvious, "Besides, you can't wear the same clothes every single day, can you?"

Something to wear while the others were washed?

Once again, no one could make sense of what he had said.

A level 3 quality set, and they needed a change of clothes?

This was level 3 quality soft armor clothing. A top alone was worth at least one soul.

A whole set was two souls, and two sets were four.

What did that mean?

It was enough to buy meat to feed a whole family for two or three months.

"Besides, Dabao and Xiaobao massage my shoulders and pound my back every day. Even if they haven't earned any credit, they've still put in the effort."

Cao Fengqi looked at the two little ones and asked with a smile, "Isn't that right?"

"Uncle, are we getting new clothes too?"

Xiaobao looked up at him, her face full of happiness and anticipation.

"Of course." Cao Fengqi smiled and nodded.

"Young Master Cao is an honored guest of our store. When he buys two sets of clothes, they cost the same as one."

Seeing this, the clerk spoke up with a smile.

She sized Cao Fengqi up, filled with curiosity.

She had been astonished when the owner told her yesterday.

He was the first person ever allowed to buy clothes at half price in their store.

Even the other extraordinary beings in the county didn't receive such treatment.

"Half price?"

Liu Qiang, standing nearby, cried out in disbelief.

"Heh."

Cao Fengqi glanced at him and chuckled, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Son, this... this is still too extravagant." Liu Xiuxiu couldn't help tugging at his clothes.

"Enough. Try the clothes on in a bit."

Cao Fengqi brushed her off. Old people were always like this, saying everything was too expensive and refusing this and that.

"Young Master Cao, let your family take a look at these clothes."

At that moment, the clerk quickly brought over several sets of clothes. "They should all fit very well."

Cao Fengqi nodded and gestured to his parents and the others.

Seeing how insistent he was, they took the clothes and held them up against themselves.

"Mom, Uncle, do I look nice?"

Xiaobao held up her clothes and looked up at them, her face full of happiness.

"You do. Xiaobao looks the prettiest."

Liu Chunying looked at her daughter, her eyes reddening at some point.

She thought of the grievances she had suffered at her parents' home over the past two years. Holding back her tears, she crouched down and stroked her daughter's head, not wanting anyone to see her make a spectacle of herself.

"It does look nice."

Cao Fengqi looked at Xiaobao, then turned his gaze to a garment hanging in the center of the store.

[Heavenly Spider Garment: Level 4]

[Effect: A garment made primarily from Ghost-Faced Spider silk. When the wearer encounters danger, Spiderweb Protection can be activated to form a substantial defense.]

"This Heavenly Spider Garment has a pretty good effect."

Looking at it, Cao Fengqi said directly to the clerk, "Please bring this one over too."

"Dad, try this on." He looked at his father.

"Huh? Me? Forget it, I..."

"What do you mean, forget it? Cut the nonsense. I'm buying it for you, so wear it."

Hearing his father say that made him a little impatient, but this time, his father scowled and snapped, "Forget it or not, look at it. Is that something I can wear?"

"...Huh?"

Cao Fengqi looked at the garment, with its cinched waist, obvious bust design, and somewhat fairy-like style, and awkwardly rubbed his nose.

He looked at his mother, then grinned and said to the clerk, who was trying not to laugh, "Wrap it up."

Seeing that he was still going to buy it, Cao Jiancheng paused, glanced at his daughter-in-law and her brother, and said mildly, "Sure, buy it. It'll be just right for Chunying."

"Fengqi, Dad, I can't accept it."

Liu Chunying trembled at his words and hurriedly stood up to refuse.

"There's no need for that between family."

Cao Jiancheng looked at her and said, "If Fengqi wants to buy it, let him. You know how stubborn that boy is."

He glanced at Liu Qiang and his wife, whose faces were full of disbelief, and couldn't help the slight rise of his lips.

Now he understood why his son liked showing off so much.

It really felt great!

"..."

Cao Fengqi looked at his father, speechless. I'm stubborn?

Fine, fine, fine. He glanced at his parents and the others and asserted his authority. "Anyway, just listen to me from now on."

"All right, all right, we'll listen to you." Liu Xiuxiu happily humored him.

Whatever her son said went.

"Use these to pay. They're worth at least enough. Let's go, let's go."

Cao Fengqi didn't linger.

He handed all the Mystic Devouring Beast flesh and bones he had brought this time to the clerk, then called for his family to leave.

Under the utterly shocked gazes of Liu Qiang and Wei Chunchun, the family of six headed outside.

"Honey, Chunying... the Cao family... they..."

Wei Chunchun watched them leave, tongue-tied and completely at a loss for words.

Not long ago, her sister-in-law had come to their home saying that her husband's younger brother had given the family's Moon Spirit Stones to a girl, and asking to borrow two from them.

They had refused at the time, saying they didn't have many Moon Spirit Stones at home.

And now?

They were buying level 3 quality clothes by the set, and buying level 4 clothes without batting an eye.

And that "Cao family wastrel" could even buy clothes at half price at the Worldweaver's Clothing Store?

Everything had changed too much, too quickly!!

Liu Qiang's expression was shifting constantly too. Was the Cao family about to rise again?

He looked at the piece of level 3 soft armor he had saved up for a long time before he could bear to buy it, then thought of how his nephew and niece had each gotten two sets of level 3 clothes at once.

Even his weak little sister could have a level 4 quality extraordinary garment. He felt utterly miserable.

If I had level 4 quality clothes...

No, if I had that much money, I'd go to Spirit Forger Wang's shop and buy a level 4 weapon and armor.

With a level 4 weapon and armor, he couldn't imagine how strong he would be!

"Let's go home."

Liu Qiang headed home, his expression dark and unsettled.

The Liu family lived in migration group sixty-six of Liangmin County, some distance from the Cao family.

The Liu family had not split up either; all six members lived together.

Their 45-square-meter level 3 shelter was fairly large compared to the surrounding ones.

A few years ago, the Liu family's circumstances had been ordinary, but all the neighbors knew that their daughter had married a good husband and the Liu family had gained a good son-in-law.

Their son-in-law was strong and had given the Liu family considerable help.

He had given his younger brother-in-law a level 3 weapon.

A level 3 weapon had been extremely valuable a few years ago.

With those resources, the Liu family couldn't be called wealthy, but they lived much better than ordinary families.