Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âUgh, Sangsang, youâre really considerate.â Thinking about what Ji Chuan had said last night, Nian Xi was getting a little disappointed again. Luosang didnât know Ji Chuan better than he knew her, but she had been putting herself in his position while he didnât do the same. Nian Xi didnât like that about Ji Chuan and felt strange about it. In her eyes, Ji Chuan should do what Luosang did.
âAlright, letâs go. Didnât you make an appointment with the wedding dress store? Donât be late.â Luosang got into the car and said, âJi Chuan will be there too, wonât he?â
âHe needs to visit the director of the Xia City Military Region, so heâll come later,â said Nian Xi.
âIs it for his transfer?â asked Luosang.
Nian Xi nodded. âWe hope that he can get a transfer back here early this year. Tonight, some people from the military region will go to my home for dinner. Ji Chuan and I both need to be there.â
Luosang nodded and said, âYour father likes Ji Chuan.â
âYeah, he was hoping that my brother could take over his duties, but my brother had an accident and returned from the army. So now he has no other choice but to pin his hopes on Ji Chuan,â said Nian Xi. âMy dad wanted Ji Chuan to make some solid contributions out there, so he can get promoted in the future. Thankfully, Ji Chuan did pretty well over the past few years.â
Time flew as they chatted in the car. Soon after, they arrived at the wedding dress store. It was the most luxurious wedding dress store in Xia City. They didnât provide rental service, so the customers could only purchase ready-to-wear pieces or custom wedding dresses. Every single suit or wedding dress in that store was a high-end foreign brand.
Luosang walked in and saw the delicate wedding dresses placed in the display window on both sides of the store. Some of them were cute, and some were sexy... Every woman wanted to be like a star at her own wedding, and so did she. Sometimes, she couldnât help imagining her own wedding.
Nian Xi smiled and said, âSangsang, would do like to try one on? Youâve accepted my brotherâs proposal, anyway. Iâll take a photo and send it to him.â
âNo, Iâm not the one whoâs getting married. Iâm a few years younger than you, so I have lots of patience,â Luosang said jokingly.
âAre you laughing at me because Iâm older than you?â Nian Xi crossed her arms and snorted.
âSo you know?â said Luosang.
Nian Xi clenched her teeth.
Luosang chuckled, glanced at all the wedding dresses in the display windows, and said, âAh, I think this one is beautiful. The embroidery is exquisite. Are those diamonds or pearls?â
âThose are diamonds. Miss, you really have good eyes.â The store manager smiled fawningly, saying, âThis is the most expensive wedding dress in our store. It is worth 68,000,000 yuan.â
Luosang gasped in shock. As she prepared to say the words âso expensive,â Nian Xi exclaimed, âSo cheap!â
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Is 68,000,000 cheap? Youâre really his little sister, Luosang thought. Luosang felt as if she had been brainwashed lately, because she no longer had a clear sense of money.
The smile on the shop managerâs face froze for a second, then grew even larger. âItâs indeed cheap for someone like Miss Nian,â she said. âMiss Nian, would you like to try it on? I believe youâll look stunning in it, as you have the perfect body shape.â
Nian Xi shook her head and said, âIâll just look for some other ones.â
âDonât you like it?â asked Luosang. âDidnât you say that itâs cheap?â
âIt is cheap. Itâs not even as expensive as one of my motherâs rings. However, itâs not cheap for the Feng family. They are military people, not as wealthy as business people like us. Take my dad as an example. His salary and my momâs income are like hell and heaven. Also, we have to keep things low-key, as weâre going to have a military wedding. Many army officers will come to our wedding, so if we dress luxuriously, people might say bad things about the Feng family.â
Luosang now understood. She had even forgotten that they were going to have a military wedding.