Chapter 105: Dating (Part I) (5k)
[White Rose: When will you come back? γ
[Delphinch: A little later, maybe until the evening.] γ
[Bai Mei: So late? Then we'll order takeout for lunch. γ
[Delphinium: Well, it's hard work, is it going well over there?] γ
[Bai Mei: Don't worry, leave it to me! γ
Looking at the screen of the mobile phone, the delphinium slowly took a sip of tea, felt a little relieved, and put the mobile phone back on the table.
After lunch, sitting in the elegant tea restaurant, Delphinium and Xia Liang were resting on their seats. On the nearby wall, the wall clock regularly sounds crisp and softly music, making people feel comfortable and cozy.
The lunch place chosen by the two was a tea restaurant named Qinhe, which was proposed by Xia Liang after seeing a recommendation on the Internet, and was not the itinerary originally planned by Delphinium. Business at the restaurant was booming, and it took two people an hour just to wait in line, and when they entered the restaurant, the surrounding booths were full of customers, and there were almost no empty tables.
Delphinium has no special interest in this kind of restaurant with the nature of Internet celebrity, and has no inclination for what dishes to eat, so the task of ordering is completely handed over to Xia Liang. The final result is that the table full of food is full of appearance, and Xia Liang is holding his mobile phone and taking pictures of every dish that is served.
Let's not talk about whether this meal is delicious or not, at least Xia Liang should be satisfied.
And as Delphinium put the phone back on the table, Xia Liang, who was still studying how to make the little cake look better, raised his head, held the phone and asked:
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, Bai Mei asked where we are now." Delphinium replied with a blank face and a truthful voice.
"Why do you still want to call Bai Mei now?"
Xia Liang smiled a little teasingly: "Anyway, now they are not here, call Xiaolu in front of me...... Ah, junior, do you usually call Lulu? β
Delphinium stared at Xia Liang with drooping eyelids and said, "I said, this is the consciousness of being a magical girl." β
"Hmm-"
Snorted a little noncommittally, Xia Liang raised his voice slightly, then put down the mobile phone in his hand and picked up the spoon next to the cake: "Obviously, I have already started to call me 'Xia Liang' directly, and I am still obsessed with calling Xiaolu 'Bai Mei', but I am actually just shy, right?" β
ββ¦β¦ As I said, I didn't think about how to explain it to her. β
Delphinium looked away a little helplessly: "Anyway, if you have a good rest, we can set off now, and there is another trip in the afternoon." β
"Wait."
When Xia Liang heard this, he suddenly raised his hand and said with a smile on his face: "I suddenly have a place I want to go." β
Seeing her obviously meaningful smile, Delphinium only felt her brows jump slightly, but she still held respect for the other party and asked, "Where do you want to go?" β
"How can I say it, after all, we have already arrived at Electric Street, and the weather has finally turned from rain to sunny......
Xia Liang pointed out the floor-to-ceiling window of the restaurant and said with interest: "Let's go and see the clothes, shall we?" β
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Moments later, in a clothing store not far from the tea restaurant.
"Awesome! This dress really suits you! β
In the store, Xia Liang walked out of the dressing room, looked at the new clothes he had just changed into in the mirror with wide eyes, and the salesperson on the side did not hesitate to praise him: "Little sister, you are simply a natural model, and it is difficult to convey such an effect as you even in promotional photos!" β
Xia Liang and Delcinium came to a casual women's clothing store called "Remedy", which specializes in young women, especially those between the ages of fifteen and thirties.
"Haha, thank you."
Smiling and thanking the salesperson, Xia Liang sorted out the short pink sweatshirt on his body, smoothed out the slight creases at the corners of the skirt, kicked up the white short Martin boots on his feet, and turned his body to try to see the effect of his whole body: "But, hmm...... It's a little childish. β
After looking at the clothes on his body for a long time and not making up his mind, Xia Liang turned around and looked at Delphia again: "What do you think, junior senior?" Is this outfit suitable? β
"It's beautiful, it's cute, it's harmonious, it's tasteful."
Delphinium was expressionless, and spat out a few words as flat as a robot: "I think it's appropriate." β
This is a habit she developed when she went shopping with her wife in the past and accompanied Anya to choose clothes.
Whenever Anya chooses clothes and wants to ask Lin Yun's opinion, she often doesn't really ask for advice, she just wants to hear him praise her good looks; As for what clothes he will choose in the end, it often has nothing to do with Lin Yun's feelings.
Of course, it's not just with Anya, in fact, it's the norm for Delphinium, or Cornflower, to go shopping with her teammates from the Old Fangting City Squad.
As the only magical girl in the team who is a male, Lin Yun is also regarded as a reference object for the aesthetics of the opposite sex, so she is often asked questions such as "how is this dress".
If you don't answer, you will be asked repeatedly, and if you answer too perfunctory, you will be blamed, and over time, Delphinium will practice a fairly mature set of perfunctory words.
Being able to hear the perfunctory words of the delphinch, Xia Liang squinted his eyes slightly dissatisfied at first, but soon as if he had thought of something, the smile on his face became a little unclear.
"Sister."
She suddenly opened her mouth and said to the shopping guide on the side, "Is there any clothes in the store that fit this child's size?" β
"This kid?"
Turning his face sideways to look at the delphinch, the shopping guide looked at it, and then nodded: "If we have the smallest size of clothes here, it's about the same, right?" β
"Since it's about the same......"
Xia Liang smiled, took two steps in the direction of the delphinium, and said in a soft voice: "Hey, hey, little senior, why don't you try it?" β
"What ...... to try?"
The originally absent-minded Delphinium came back to her senses slightly, and after gradually understanding the meaning of Xia Liang's words, she looked at the various clothes in the store with an expressionless face. After staring at those clothes for a while, she turned around again and said solemnly to Xia Liang, "I don't wear them." β
"Why?"
Xia Liang said with some pity: "Little senior, you don't have a few regular clothes, right?" And most of them are like what you wear, basically children's clothes, try to dress up a little maturely? β
"I'm different from you."
Frowning slightly, Delphinium folded her hands a little helplessly, and said earnestly: "My words, as long as the clothes can meet the daily change of clothes, it is enough, and the appearance should not be too cold." I don't need and I don't like to dress up so fancy things. β
"Have you worn that before?" Xia Liang suddenly asked.
This question made Delfinch's expression stiffen, and after raising his eyes and looking at Xia Liang for a moment, he nodded helplessly: "Pass." β
What she didn't say explicitly was that it wasn't just through, it should be said that it was basically through.
Not to mention the styles that have been popular in the past ten years, at least twenty years ago, the clothing styles that were popular among young girls, each of which she wore at Anya's beheament.
If there's one reason for that, it's a long time ago.
Regarding Lin Yun's transformation into a magical girl, Anya's attitude from the beginning was very positive.
At the beginning, when she first met Lin Yun, who had become a magical girl, she thought it was a girl from out of town, but when Lin Yun confessed her identity, she was overjoyed at first, and then happily accepted this fact.
Ideas such as "it's disgusting for a boy to become a magical girl" has never had anya, but it is better to say that she seems to like Lin Yun in the state of a magical girl a little more.
To express it in Anya's favorite meaty love words, it is:
"My favorite boy is Lin Yun, and my favorite girl is Cornflower, and the two favorites together, they are the invincible first favorite in the world."
Because of this, Anya is actually very keen on dressing up Lin Yun, who has become a magical girl.
At first, it was just a mix of her old clothes, but after a long time, it became a shopping option, and finally it evolved into a strange tradition called "Cornflower Image Renewal Day".
Every once in a while, the old Fangting City team will take Lin Yun, who has become a magical girl, to make a special trip to choose clothes and customize some new regular clothes for her.
Most of the magical girls are not bad in appearance after transformation, although the image style focuses on different aspects, but most of them are also cute, beautiful and delicate with their own characteristics. However, the appearance and temperament of Cornflower can be called rare, and in the words described by the teammates of the old team, it is "aristocratic feeling", "like a noble daughter from nowhere".
Several teammates, especially Anya, almost treated Lin Yun, who had become a magical girl, as a dress-up doll, and tried on various outfits on her.
So, although Delphinium herself is not interested, she can't deny that she wears all kinds of women's fashions. Even because of too many times, I have become completely accustomed to wearing various dresses with this appearance.
"Sure enough!"
Hearing Delfinch's answer, Xia Liang clenched his fists with some excitement: "That's not the first time anyway, I also want to see how the junior looks in other clothes, wear it and see it!" β
"yes, I want to see it too!" The clerk next to him also responded.
Delphinus looked at the two people in front of her, remembering Xia Liang's inexplicable smile and proposal in the restaurant before, and immediately knew that this was what she had planned a long time ago.
However, anyway, the purpose of her accompanying Xia Liang today is to make the other party happy, and the various experiences in the morning are indeed not very pleasant, and there is nothing wrong with complying with Xia Liang's wishes at this time.
"Say yes beforehand."
She raised her eyes to stare at Xia Liang, and said in a solemn tone: "I don't wear clothes that show too much skin. β
- "Great! β
As her words fell, Xia Liang and the clerk directly high-fived and celebrated, cheering one after another, as if they had overcome some problem, and the atmosphere was very hot.
Then, led by Xia Liang, the clerk suggested, and the two began to discuss what kind of clothes are more suitable for the temperament and body shape of the delphinium.
Off-the-shoulder jackets, strap skirts, cartoon sweatshirts, knitwear...... All kinds of clothes were handed to Delphinium through Xia Liang's hand, and then Delphinium put them on with an indifferent face and walked out of the dressing room with a cold expression.
And no matter how cold her reaction was, the enthusiasm of the other two did not diminish in the slightest.
According to the clothes on the delphinium, the salesperson also took it upon himself to simply change several hairstyles for the delphinium, including but not limited to double ponytails, ball heads, and three-strand braids...... Xia Liang was holding his mobile phone on the side, finding various angles and taking pictures one after another.
Looking at the girl in an unfamiliar costume in the mirror, listening to the praise of the clerk on the side, the delphinium opened her eyes slightly, and suddenly felt a sense of time dislocation.
It was as if I had gone back to the time when I went out with the members of the old team, and it was Anya, Margaret, and Su Shengzi who were talking and laughing outside the locker room......
However, this feeling only lasted for a short moment, and she came back to her senses, and her mind returned from the past to the present.
"How? Little seniors. β
After taking the photo, Xia Liang walked out from the side, held the shoulder of the delphinch, and looked at the mirror: "I think this one is the most satisfying." β
Delphinium looked at the mirror and saw that she was wearing a short-hem loose long-sleeved cardigan jacket at this time, as well as a skirt with a high waistline, white socks and canvas shoes on her feet, which made her temperament have a lot of student atmosphere.
Her appearance as a magical girl was a little young, but under the backdrop of such a dress, she had a bit of a little adult, and she looked a lot more mature, at least like a middle school student.
It was precisely this that made the delphinium subconsciously nod after a short silence and admitted: "I think it's good." β
It's not just perfunctory, but it's really satisfying.
In this way, after nearly an hour of trying, it finally stopped because the clerk had a bad impact on other customers hanging aside, and Delphinium and Xia Liang walked out of the store with a few bags.
By this time, it was already afternoon.
"Ah, satisfied, satisfied!"
Holding his mobile phone, Xia Liang walked forward while flipping through the photos he had taken before: "Usually, it is impossible to see the juniors wearing these clothes, but now they can all be saved." β
ββ¦β¦ I'd like you to delete it. β
Carrying the paper bag, Delphinium strode down the street: "If you really don't want to delete it, then be a little careful and don't leak these photos to the other members." β
"Huh? Isn't it good to show Xiaolu? β
Xia Liang raised her phone and shook it: "I think she should be very happy to see it, after all, the little seniors are very cute." β
"You know what I'm trying to say."
Delphinium glanced at her: "Not allowed is not allowed." β
"So that's the secret between us?"
Xia Liang smiled and put the phone on his chin: "In this way, there are more secrets between us." β
To her deliberately provocative words, Delphinium was silent.
If you answer too much, it will undoubtedly encourage Xia Liang's playfulness; The answer is too indifferent, and it will make Xia Liang feel cold. Not responding, dealing with lukewarm,
The two walked down the pedestrian street for a while, crossing the same driveway and returning to another block. Delphinium didn't speak, so Xia Liang didn't ask, but just threw out some questions from time to time, chatting with each other.
After a while, as she walked around a corner, the delphinium whispered, "It's time to get there." β
"Where?" Xia Liang asked with some confusion.
"Our next stop, a privately run hand-poured cafΓ©."
Delphinch said while reminiscing: "It's also the place where the Fangting City team used to meet after school, although I don't know if it's still in business now, but let's go and have a look." β
"It's like we had to meet on the roof of an office building before?" Xia Liang asked thoughtfully.
"Pretty much." The delphinium replied lightly.
"Huh...... Seniors, you used to meet in such a place. Xia Liang said a little unusually, "Is there any special consideration?" β
"Isn't it weird? It shouldn't be unusual to go to a cafΓ©. β
"It's not that it's unusual to go to a cafΓ©, but the kind of cafΓ© you come to seems to be a bit ......."
Xia Liang said as he stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the other side of the street: "Look, it should be that one, right?" β
"What kind of cafΓ©? It's supposed to be just an ordinary ......."
Delphinium looked in the direction of Xia Liang's finger, and saw that there was indeed a cafΓ© in the place in his memory. It's just that when she saw the sign and decoration of the cafΓ© clearly, she swallowed back the second half of the sentence as if she had forgotten what she was going to say.
In her memory, the location across the street was supposed to be a small but exquisite Western-style cafΓ©, and the business was a little deserted, but the atmosphere and equipment inside were very exquisite.
But now, what catches her eyes is not the store in her memory.
A young girl in a black and white skirt uniform is standing in the doorway, enthusiastically promoting the flow of passers-by; The overall decoration style of the faΓ§ade is light and pink, which looks quite girly; The name of the cafΓ© is written on the signboard in floral letters, but the logo next to it has a miniature black and white dress.
And this kind of skirt has a specific name in the public perception: maid dress.
- It was a maid cafΓ©.
(End of chapter)