NOVPUBWhile Xu Qingfan headed to the bathroom to shower, Xia Xiaoxiao took the opportunity to run back to her house.
Because she didn’t know when that stinky dog would return, she only wore a simple thermal down jacket at home, with thermal underwear and long johns underneath.
If she was going to go out shopping with that stinky dog later, this outfit was clearly inappropriate, especially since tonight was Valentine’s Day!
Upon opening her closet, Xia Xiaoxiao began to feel conflicted as she looked at the array of clothing inside.
[Wear a skirt?]
[No way, it’s too cold outside, and wearing a skirt would just make it seem like I give it a lot of importance!]
[But it seems that only a skirt is fitting... I’m wearing it because I think skirts are pretty, not because I’m going out with him specifically!]
Xia Xiaoxiao quickly chose her outfit, pulling on a pair of flesh-colored thermal tights for her legs, and wearing a black long dress on top. The dress had a narrow bow collar, which, once buttoned up, highlighted the girl’s elegant charm.
Letting her tied-up hair drape behind her head, Xia Xiaoxiao looked at herself in the mirror with a satisfied smile, eagerly anticipating the look in Xu Qingfan’s eyes when he saw her dressed up like this.
A fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl is most beautiful without makeup, and Xia Xiaoxiao simply applied some lip balm on her lips as a substitute for lipstick.
For shoes, she chose her mother’s black high-heeled leather boots, the five centimeter heels making the already tall girl look even more like a mature lady.
With everything in place, Xia Xiaoxiao locked up her own home as if nothing had happened and calmly took a seat back in the living room of Xu Qingfan’s house.
Xu Qingfan finished his shower and came out of the bathroom not long after, but because he was busy drying his hair with a towel, he didn’t notice Xia Xiaoxiao, who had been sitting there the whole time. He assumed the girl had been there since before he took his shower.
Meanwhile, since Xia Xiaoxiao didn’t know when Xu Qingfan would come out of the bathroom, in order for him to see her looking her best the moment he emerged, she kept her head up, chest out, and back straight the entire time.
But the guy didn’t even glance up!
[Hmph~ It’s your loss if you don’t look!]
The girl flopped down onto the couch like a deflated ball, adopting the "Ge You slouch."
The next second, Xu Qingfan suddenly stopped at the door of his room, and Xia Xiaoxiao thought he was turning around. She quickly straightened up again.
"I’m going to blow-dry my hair, can you take the clothes from the bathroom and put them in the washing machine on the balcony," he said without lifting his head, then he went back into his room.
"Okay!" Xia Xiaoxiao gave him a white-eyed glance and didn’t get up to wash his dirty clothes until after he started blow-drying his hair.
With his hair not being long, it didn’t take long for Xu Qingfan to come out from his room. When he saw Xia Xiaoxiao, all dressed up in the living room, his eyes initially brightened, then he frowned and said, "Why are you wearing a skirt? It’s really cold outside, and you’re not even wearing pants!"
Xia Xiaoxiao: ???
"I’m not cold!" Despite almost shivering from the cold, the girl stubbornly retorted.
"I don’t care what you think, I care what I think, go back and put on that down jacket," Xu Qingfan said, taking her hand and finding it unsurprisingly cold.
"You’re also only wearing a sweater!" With her hand in the stinky dog’s grip, Xia Xiaoxiao was no longer stubborn.
"I’ll put on something in a moment, and how about you? Is that keeping you warm?" Xu Qingfan pinched the thermal marvel on her leg, which was indeed quite thick.
"Super warm, do you want to try? I have another pair in my room," Xia Xiaoxiao said with a turn of her eyes.
"Why don’t you put on your little dress and try dressing up like a girl while you’re at it," Xu Qingfan retorted.
"Sure thing!" Xia Xiaoxiao vigorously nodded, with the stinky dog’s legs being even whiter than hers. If he shaved off the leg hair and wore a skirt, he would definitely look good!
"Get lost with that nonsense, quickly go back home and put on another down jacket overcoat," Xu Qingfan smacked the girl on her head.
Dressing up as a girl was out of the question; it would never happen in this lifetime!
"Tch~ go hit Lin Wanning’s head, why hit me!" Xia Xiaoxiao glared at him and got up to hit back at his head.
"Come on, Xia Xiaoxiao, what are you doing wearing high heels," he exclaimed as the girl’s height, already on par with his, increased by five centimeters with the heels, instantly making Xu Qingfan feel like a little brother.
"Shorty!" Xia Xiaoxiao gave him a disdainful glance before turning around to her own home to fetch a down jacket. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
[Even though I look this good, he doesn’t even compliment me!]
Shortly afterward, the two of them changed clothes and set off together. It was 9:30 in the evening, and the nightlife in Li City was just beginning.
Under the dim streetlights, Xia Xiaoxiao rubbed her hands together for warmth as she exhaled breaths of air.
The next second, Xu Qingfan took both her hands into his, warming them with evident disdain in his voice: "I told you it was cold and you wouldn’t listen; let’s see how you deal with the ’little radishes’ tomorrow!
’Little radishes’ was a local term for frostbite, named so because the swollen patches caused by frostbite looked like little radishes.
Xia Xiaoxiao didn’t argue, letting him warm her hands, and after a while, Xu Qingfan withdrew his hands and zipped up her coat for her.
"Let’s just wander around," said Xu Qingfan, his hands in his pockets, as he looked towards McDonald’s iconic tall ’M’ sign in the distance.
"Okay."
There were many young couples out on dates along the way, most holding hands or with the guys wrapping their arms around their girlfriends.
Xia Xiaoxiao and Xu Qingfan walked shoulder to shoulder across the square, but both kept their hands in their pockets, appearing somewhat unfamiliar with each other.
Xia Xiaoxiao really wanted to hold hands with the stinky dog like the couples on the street, but they had both grown up and could no longer walk hand in hand like they did when they were younger.
