The gaze still clinging to that Fish-tail Wedding Dress was instantly pulled back, and the roots of her ears were so red they were about to drip blood. Jiang Lai was made a little embarrassed by Xu Ruobing’s blunt words, and she had originally unconsciously leaned closer to Xu Ruobing.
“There’s no need to go to so much trouble. I can just pick something suitable when the time comes.”
“It’s fine. You don’t have to choose today either. We’re just looking anyway.”
Xu Ruobing let out a low laugh, and the vibration from her chest passed through their joined Fingertip, making Jiang Lai’s heart tremble lightly along with it. She reached out and wrapped an arm around Jiang Lai’s waist, pulling her a little into her embrace, with her chin against Jiang Lai’s Crown of the Head, and the tip of her nose surrounded by the faint fragrance in her hair.
Her tone was full of matter-of-fact doting: “Besides, whatever you want to do isn’t trouble. If you think it’s trouble, I can do it for you too.”
Jiang Lai buried herself in her Neck Hollow and gave a muffled hum, but did not argue again. It was just that with the two of them sharing such Affection, and the shop assistant still nearby, Jiang Lai felt a little embarrassed.
But the shop assistants also knew how to read the room. Seeing the two share such Affection, they only stood far away and did not come over to disturb them, only sending over a gentle smile when their gazes met.
Xu Ruobing could also sense that Jiang Lai was rather embarrassed, so she let go of the hand wrapped around Jiang Lai, took her wrist instead, and lightly rubbed the delicate skin on her wrist with her Fingertip, saying softly: “Let’s go, we’ll go to the fitting room. Then we can look at the Tablet. There are more styles inside, so we can take our time choosing.”
Jiang Lai was led by her, following lightly at her side, and said: “Okay…”
When they reached a separate private Room, Xu Ruobing asked the shop assistant to first bring over several thick Wedding Dress catalogs, as well as a Tablet specially for model Photos.
Jiang Lai sat down on the Sofa nearby. Xu Ruobing spread the catalogs open on the tea table between them, and her arm naturally rested behind Jiang Lai, forming a posture of half embracing her.
“Look, these are all the designer’s new styles.”
Xu Ruobing pointed at the Photo in the catalog, her Fingertip sliding across a page showing a trailing Wedding Dress of light gauze, “The skirt of this one is made of Starry Sky Gauze. Under the light it gives off fine, broken light, as if the whole galaxy has been draped over the body.”
Jiang Lai’s gaze was drawn over. She reached out and lightly touched the Photo in the catalog, unable to resist sighing inwardly. Wedding Dresses now had so many more styles compared with twenty years ago.
She murmured, her voice carrying a trace of longing.
Back when she married Xiaoxue, there were no such conditions. Many things could only be done halfway, or rather leaned toward ordinary types. Thinking about it now, the Wedding arrangements back then had been a little careless.
‘If Xiaoxue saw the Wedding between herself and Ying Yu, would she feel Jealousy?’
Even if she did not feel Jealousy, Jiang Lai would still feel heartache. After all, between sisters, she had not held the bowl of water level on this matter.
The things she had once experienced with Xiaoxue, Ying Yu definitely had to have as well, and what Xiaoxue did not have now, she had to give her properly. These two people, Jiang Lai had already decided, both had to be kept properly in her heart.
“If you like it, you can try it later.”
Xu Ruobing turned her head to look at her, the smile under the eyes so full of Gentleness it could drown someone, “Not just this one. Whatever you like, we can try. There’s plenty of time today, so choose slowly.”
Jiang Lai raised her eyes and looked into her eyes. What was held inside was entirely her own Figure, so full of Gentleness that it made her heart tremble, and she could not help sinking into it.
She nodded: “But these clothes, do they really suit me?”
Although what she was about to say might be a bit of a mood killer, when Jiang Lai first came to this Wedding Dress shop, she had actually wanted to choose a beautiful Wedding Dress for Chi Yingyu. Otherwise, when she saw it just now, she would not have thought in the first second of Chi Yingyu wearing it.
As for what clothes she herself should wear when the time came, if possible, Jiang Lai actually preferred to wear a Suit… a Wedding Dress and such was still too formal.
But Jiang Lai still had no way to say this kind of thing directly to Xu Ruobing, so she could only express it tactfully like this. Yet just as she asked the question, Xu Ruobing clearly felt a flash of Grievance.
After all, the main reason she had brought Jiang Lai to the Wedding Dress shop was to see Jiang Lai in a beautiful Wedding Dress. How could it not suit her? Even if it did not suit her, she would make it suit her.
Hearing this, Xu Ruobing’s arm resting behind Jiang Lai tightened slightly, and even the smile under the eyes faded a little, tinged with a barely noticeable Grievance.
She lowered her eyes to look at Jiang Lai. Those eyes that always held Gentleness now seemed covered by a thin layer of mist, and even her voice softened, carrying a somewhat coquettish tone: “How could it not suit you? Our Jiang Lai looks good in anything.”
As she spoke, she reached out and lightly pinched Jiang Lai’s cheek. The warmth of her Fingertip soothed the delicate skin, and her tone was full of certainty: “Look, your shoulder and neck line is so beautiful, and your Collarbone is lovely too. Since you came today, if you don’t try on a Wedding Dress, it would be a huge loss. I would feel it was such a pity, such a pity.”
Jiang Lai’s ear roots burned from her blunt praise. She unconsciously turned her head away and retorted softly: “It’s not that exaggerated. You’re just coaxing me.”
“I’m not coaxing you at all.”
Xu Ruobing immediately denied it. She leaned close to Jiang Lai, her nose tip almost touching her forehead, and her warm breath brushed across Jiang Lai’s cheek: “Everything I said is true. If you don’t believe me, we can go try one on right now, okay?”
Jiang Lai’s Heartbeat skipped a beat. She could clearly feel the warmth coming from Xu Ruobing, and those eyes fixed tightly on her, the expectation inside almost overflowing.
She wanted to say that she actually preferred to wear a Suit, but when the words reached her lips, looking at Xu Ruobing’s Grievance and expectation, she somehow could not say them.
She opened her mouth, wanting to say that she actually wanted to pick out a Wedding Dress for Chi Yingyu, but those words likewise could not come out.
Seeing her hesitate, the bit of Grievance in Xu Ruobing’s heart grew a little stronger. She simply let go of her hand and pouted slightly. In that appearance, there was not the slightest bit left of the calm and elegant popular Star she usually was; she looked exactly like a child begging for candy. But when in front of her, it really was the latter most of the time.
“Are you unwilling to wear it for me to see?”
She took Jiang Lai’s hand and placed it in her own palm, gently rubbing it, her Fingertip sliding across Jiang Lai’s slightly cool finger pad, her voice soft beyond measure: “I’ve wanted to see you in a Wedding Dress for a long time.”
Jiang Lai’s heart was softened beyond measure by these words. She looked at the seriousness under the eyes of Xu Ruobing, and that tiny, barely noticeable disappointment, and the hesitation in her heart gradually fell apart.
She lightly bit her lip and said softly: “It’s not that I don’t want to wear it… I just feel that a Wedding Dress is too formal. And, I actually prefer to wear a Suit, a Suit.”
But as soon as these words came out, Xu Ruobing’s eyes were instantly filled with disappointment.
After all, when she married Xiaoxue before, she had still been male, wearing…
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