Time quickly reached 6 PM.
Wuming and Serena were having a blast playing games at home, taking turns; when someone got tired, Wuming would step in, and they kept going like that until now.
Crosti had to stream tonight; if not for the streaming duty, she really wanted to stay and play until late night.
“Then see you tomorrow, Serena! Had a great time today! If you miss me, remember to come watch my stream~”
After mooching dinner, Crosti bid farewell and left to prepare for her stream. Wuming and Serena lazily sprawled on the sofa.
Oh right… almost forgot, still need to buy clothes for Serena.
Originally planned to go after things wrapped up, but with that incident, buying clothes got delayed. Now it’s dark… maybe…
Wuming’s gaze turned to Serena beside him.
“Serena, do you… want to go out and buy clothes now?”
Wuming asked tentatively; after all, after this morning’s unpleasantness, he wasn’t sure if Serena was still in the mood to go out shopping.
“Buy clothes…”
Serena pondered, her face showing clear hesitation.
“If you’re still worried… we don’t have to go tonight.”
Seeing her like that, Wuming thought she still had concerns about going out and quickly added.
“No,” but Serena denied it, her tone lightening up, “I want to go out with Wuming!”
She wasn’t hesitating about safety, but secretly calculating in her mind what kind of clothes to buy? The kind that could attract Wuming’s gaze…
“Wuming, what clothes do you want to see me wear?”
Serena suddenly turned her head, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.
“…”
Wuming’s heart instantly boiled over!
It has to be gothic lolita—!
And the girl-next-door type! The kind that stirs strong protective instincts!!!
Of course… the semi-revealing, borderline styles… seem not bad either?
Countless styles for Serena to try surged into Wuming’s mind, but almost all were the types that, if said out loud, could easily make people misunderstand his intentions—not easy to say directly…
“Ahem,” Wuming cleared his throat, trying to pull his thoughts back on track, “Well, no need to decide what to buy right now.”
“We can go browse first, try them on, and decide if we like them, right?”
“…Yeah.”
Wuming made sense; Serena nodded in agreement, then eagerly jumped up from the sofa.
She took the initiative to grab Wuming’s hand, gently shaking it with a coquettish air.
“Then let’s go, Wuming! Let’s go shopping together!”
—awsl~!
This is too cute!
He had to satisfy her thoroughly!
So, buying clothes for Serena was settled just like that.
The city center at night was brightly lit and especially lively.
People strolled after dinner in crowds; the nearby commercial street was a perfect spot for leisure.
Wuming planned to take Serena to a nearby large comprehensive mall.
It had everything; plenty for getting Serena new clothes.
Moreover, he had a selfish motive—there was a large-scale model shop there.
After all, last time he sacrificed a figurine to save Serena; had to restock, and check for new kits or figurines.
But the priority was to get Serena’s clothes sorted first.
“Hum hum~~~”
Wuming was pondering the models when his arm suddenly tightened; Serena intimately linked arms, pressing her meager chest tightly against his arm.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
Though far from any bountiful “enveloping feel,” even feeling a bit bony, being actively linked by such a loli still made Wuming’s heart uncontrollably excited!
He remembered, besides Mom doing it as a prank, no one had linked his arm like this.
“I saw couples on the street doing this!”
Serena shook his arm, her voice full of matter-of-fact happiness.
“Actively linking the other’s arm, declaring ownership! I want to do that too!”
What is this guy talking about?!
This morning’s perfunctory words to Uncle Park—seems Serena took them seriously, set on being his “girlfriend.”
But Wuming himself hadn’t thought that far…
But now, seeing her satisfied look while linking his arm, Wuming really couldn’t bear to say something killjoy like “We’re not a couple.”
He lowered his head to look at Serena’s blooming smile and silently swallowed his words.
“I give up, really…”
Wuming sighed helplessly, but his tone hid a bit of imperceptible indulgence.
They arrived at a clothing store; the dazzling array of clothes instantly filled Serena’s view.
“Wow—!”
“So many, all so pretty!!!”
She was like a villager just entering the city, throwing herself at the colorful racks, fingers brushing the soft fabrics.
“These… can all be bought!?”
Serena whipped her head back, eyes twinkling like stars, full of expectation toward Wuming.
“Don’t… don’t go too overboard…”
A drop of cold sweat slid down Wuming’s temple; he quickly emphasized budget limits.
If she fancied those tens of thousands yuan ones, he might really have to pawn her to work off the debt in the store.
“Got— it—!”
Serena drawled her response, then excitedly grabbed Wuming’s wrist, dragging him inside. “Wuming, come look at this!”
Her gaze clearly locked on dresses, purposefully starting to pick.
For quite a while after, Serena was like a human dress-up doll, trying almost every color of dress on the racks, each time excitedly bouncing out of the fitting room, twirling in front of Wuming.
“Wuming, look~”
“How’s this one?”
Finally, she carried one black and one white dress to Wuming, her face rarely showing choice paralysis.
“What do you think, Wuming? Black better, or white?”
Had to admit, Serena was a perfect clothes hanger.
The black one added a mysterious, playful little devil vibe, while the white made her pure like a little angel strayed into the mortal world.
“If you like, buy both.”
Wuming glanced at the tags; together just over 400, quality decent too, within his acceptable range.
“R-Really!?”
Serena’s voice rose a bit, with incredulous joy.
That lively, sweet voice instantly drew attention from other customers and staff in the store.
Everyone seeing such an elf-like little one jumping happily over buying two pretty dresses, their lips unconsciously curved up.
Simply a walking healing energy pack.
“Yeah, of course, both suit you well, Serena.”
Wuming affirmed with a smile.
“Awesome! Then I’ll try more!”
Before her words fell, Serena like a happy bird grabbed a few more eyed pieces and flew into the fitting room.
When Wuming sat back on the waiting area sofa, he clearly caught the smiling whispers from nearby customers.
“Such a considerate good brother…”
“The siblings have such a good relationship; warms the heart just watching…”
Wuming smiled silently.
Brother, huh… interesting.
Too bad, that little angel-devil combo wasn’t a sister at all.
Serena soon popped out of the fitting room again, this time in a fluffy hooded tailed green dinosaur pajamas, the hood with two cute big eyes.
“Wuming, look!” She bounced happily twice, the long tail swinging too, like a just-hatched little dinosaur.
Then, she held up another same-style dinosaur pajamas, looking at Wuming expectantly.
“Wuming, wear this for me to see, okay!”
“You buy yours; I don’t need it.”
“No—!” Serena pouted, shaking her head hard drawling, stuffing the large pajamas into his arms.
“I want Wuming to wear with me too! That way we look like a pair!”
Ah… this sister even thought of matching pajamas; so clingy…
Such a max brother-con caring sister…
Wuming heard comments from bystanders again.
“That way others know we’re a couple!”
Suddenly, without warning, Serena announced this shocking statement, her voice clear and bright, as if everyone could hear.
“…”
“…”
“…”
Wuming felt the air instantly freeze.
A deathly silence enveloped the originally relaxed space, as if even the AC hum was cut off.
—C-C-Couple?!
—With such a small, so cute, obviously underage girl?!!!
Done for…
Wuming’s scalp tingled fiercely.
He even felt the surrounding temperature drop; the gazes from all sides no longer curious or kind, but wrapped in blatant “disgust” and “vigilance,” piercing him like needles.
A few mothers with kids furrowed brows, subtly pulling their children behind, staff’s originally enthusiastic smiles froze, eyes subtly shifting between him and Serena.
And a few young girls covered mouths, eye exchanges obviously already brainstorming an ethics drama!
“Call the police! Arrest this pervert lolicon now!”
He could almost read that shout from those silent condemnations.
“Darling~ Wear together~”
Serena oblivious that she’d pushed Wuming to social death’s edge, still persistently shaking his arm coquettishly.
That intimate term was undoubtedly adding fuel to fire!
My gosh aaaah! Mercy! Spare me and shut up please!!!
“Okay! Okay okay! Ancestor! Buy! I’ll wear! I’ll wear now!”
Wuming snatched the large dinosaur pajamas, fleeing into the fitting room.
He just wanted to put on this deadly outfit fastest to shut this little ancestor’s mouth.
Moments later, the fitting room door whooshed open.
A tall, expressionless man stood lifelessly at the door.
“Pfft…”
Serena eyed Wuming up and down, eyes curving into crescents.
“Suits you well, Wuming!”
At least in Serena’s eyes, now they were two cute “couple dinosaurs.”
After, Serena enthusiastically dragged Wuming to try several so-called “couple outfits.”