Chapter 250 – Suddenly Regretful
The style of robe with gold cloud embroidery and red thread borders on the cuffs and collar made the man in front of her even more outstanding in bearing, his nobility completely natural.
In her two lifetimes, Yan Xiaosi had seen quite a few men with outstanding bearings and uncommon looks, but the man in front of her was absolutely the most exceptional she had ever seen.
Thump, thump, thump!
Facing such an exceptional man, she couldn’t help but feel her heart speed up its rhythm.
At this moment, everyone in the Xu Family Fur Store had their eyes transfixed.
Liu Ke covered her mouth with her sleeve and chuckled, saying, “Young Master Yan truly has discerning eyes. This set of clothing is very suitable for Master Long!”
After changing into this outfit, Long Yu handed his original clothes to Xu Hailin and had Xu Hailin fold and wrap up his original clothes.
Yan Xiaosi held the new clothes of the same style, standing a bit dazed at the fitting room door.
She rubbed her chest, inside which her heart was still thumping a bit fast.
Why did she suddenly feel flustered?
In her previous life, after graduating from the military medical university, she directly entered the army. Because work was quite busy, she had no chance at all to fall in love. At this moment, suddenly feeling her heart moved, she felt a bit at a loss.
Long Yu glanced at her and said, “What are you standing there dazed for? Hurry and go try on the clothes.”
“…Oh!”
Yan Xiaosi responded woodenly and entered the fitting room holding the clothes, quickly changing and coming out.
Her facial features weren’t bad to begin with, and as she had been eating better recently and not doing much work, her skin had become a bit fairer and more lustrous compared to when she first transmigrated. Changing into these new clothes, a lively and cute little gentleman was born.
Especially that bright red tear mole at the corner of her eye, set off by these splendid clothes, it looked even more vividly alluring, enchantingly beautiful.
Liu Ke looked and sincerely praised, “Young Master Yan looks so handsome like this! If you had a woman’s body and grew up to look like this, who knows how many men you would charm.”
Long Yu stared at her for a long time, his brows furrowing.
He suddenly regretted a bit letting Yan Xiaosi change into this outfit.
He had never imagined that this scrawny monkey would transform like this after putting on splendid clothes. It really exemplified the saying that clothes make the man.
If she really went out dressed like this, who knows how much romantic attention she would attract?
Seeing him furrow his brows, Yan Xiaosi asked, “Why are you frowning? Do these clothes not look good?”
“Barely passable.”
Yan Xiaosi shook out her sleeves. Clothes made of top-quality fabric were indeed comfortable to wear – light, soft, and warm – unlike her own coarse cloth garments that chafed against the neck.
“Since it’s barely passable, then I’ll have to trouble Brother Long to pay.”
This was what Long Yu himself said, not her extorting him.
Long Yu watched as she messily rolled up her coarse old clothes into a ball and handed them to Xu Hailin to wrap up, frowning. “You don’t plan to change back?”
“It’s almost dark. Going back in to change clothes again would waste time. I’ll just wear this back and change after getting home.”
“I didn’t expect you to be so eager to wear new clothes.”
Long Yu snorted coldly in discontent and turned to ask Xu Hailin how much the two sets of robes cost.
Xu Hailin glanced at Yan Xiaosi and said with a smile, “Since Master Long is a friend of Young Master Yan, let’s make it a hundred taels for these two sets of robes.”
“A hundred taels!”
Yan Xiaosi had long known that prices were quite high in the western regions of the Great Chu Dynasty, but a hundred taels for two sets of robes still somewhat exceeded her estimates.
It seemed that being a tailor or embroiderer had good financial prospects.
Hearing her exclaim, Liu Ke thought she found it expensive and hurriedly explained, “Young Master Yan, the golden cloud patterns on these two robes are all embroidered with real gold thread, and the fabric is also top-quality silk, so the price is not cheap.”
These two robes, if sold to an unfamiliar person, would cost at least a hundred and ten taels.
The robes were on Yan Xiaosi’s body, so she was very clear about their quality.
Not to mention the gold thread embroidery, just the embroidery craftsmanship alone was worth a hefty price.
“Madam Boss misunderstood. I don’t think these two robes aren’t worth a hundred taels, but…”
She looked at Long Yu, hands clasped together, eyes full of longing. “Brother Long, can I not take these robes? If you sincerely want to give me something, could you give me fifty taels of silver instead?”
The couple Liu Ke and Xu Hailin’s mouths twitched fiercely.
Long Yu said expressionlessly, “Crude and tasteless people like you are indeed not very suitable for these robes.”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Yan Xiaosi nodded and smiled.
“Then I’ll go to the fitting room and take these robes off right now.”
Seeing Yan Xiaosi about to turn and head to the fitting room, Long Yu called out to stop her. “Wait.”
After stopping Yan Xiaosi, he casually pointed at an ordinary quality blue robe without embroidery and said to Xu Hailin, “Manager, please take that robe down and have her try it on.”
Xu Hailin did as he was told and took down the blue robe to give to Yan Xiaosi.
Yan Xiaosi’s current two sets of clothes were indeed old and tattered, and it wasn’t good to take clothes out from her Portable Space to wear. Seeing that the clothes Xu Hailin handed over this time were very low-key and suitable for her status, she took the clothes without a word and went into the fitting room.
The blue robe set off her skin to look even fairer, and that bright red tear mole at the corner of her eye also looked even more vivid, and although it wasn’t as splendid and noble as the earlier set, it added a few touches of fresh elegance.
Long Yu stared at her looking so elegantly fresh, and deep in his heart, it also sped up a few beats with a thump, thump, thump.
“Manager, how much for these two sets of robes?”
Xu Hailin said, “Fifty-five taels will do.”
Long Yu took out the silver from his bosom and handed it to Xu Hailin, then called Yan Xiaosi and Yan Shuyun to leave the Xu Family Fur Store.
Outside the Xu Family Fur Store, Yan Xiaosi was again lifted onto the horse’s back by Long Yu like picking up a chick, then he leaped up and sat behind Yan Xiaosi, his hands passing around Yan Xiaosi’s waist to grab the reins, nicely encircling Yan Xiaosi in his arms.
This scene made Yan Shuyun’s face turn a bit red.
Xiaosi is a girl. Being encircled in the arms of His Highness the War King like this, if word gets out…
She was lost in thought when Long Yi suddenly stood by her side and gently asked, “Miss Yan, do you know how to ride a horse?”
Yan Shuyun couldn’t even ride an ox, let alone a horse.
“…No.”
Long Yi froze for a moment, his face red as he said, “Since Miss Yan doesn’t know how to ride a horse, let’s ride together then.”
Seeing Yan Shuyun’s extremely conflicted expression, Yan Xiaosi felt a bit sorry for her third sister.
This was the reason she would rather sit in Tian Dazhuang’s ox cart than ride on the War King’s tall horse. It was just that the War King was too overbearing and didn’t give her any chance to refuse at all.
“Third Sister, it’s getting dark. Just ride together with Guard Long Yi. Anyway, it’s so dark and there aren’t many people on the street. Even if there are people on the street, they don’t know your relationship with Guard Long Yi and wouldn’t dare to casually gossip. When we’re almost at the entrance of Shaoyao Village, you can get off the horse. No one will spread rumors.”
