Chen Chu felt that his clothes were acceptable, but in Shao Xiaohua's eyes they were inappropriate. After all, women are more sensitive to clothing and know how to dress up, while Chen Chu was just a country boy.
A few months ago, he was still quite unfashionable, but now he's become a bit more cool. However, he still doesn't care much about clothes and hats. He feels that as long as he has clothes to wear, he doesn't care what they look like!
...
He had been to Hancheng several times, but he hadn't really gone shopping or anything like that. Most of the time when he came here it was dark, and he would fight in the dark.
Shao Xiaohua took a taxi and went directly to Century Square in Hancheng.
This is also the pedestrian street of Hancheng. The whole city of Hancheng is this prosperous. Hancheng is a prefecture-level city, so it is naturally much better than any county or surrounding small city. Of course, it can't compare with the provincial capital, Chuncheng, or Shencheng, and it can't compare with DL City, which Jin Xing mentioned.
The two arrived at Century Square, which was also bustling with people. There were boutiques on both sides and a large shopping mall inside.
Shao Xiaohua led Chen Chu around the boutique, then shook her head and sighed that Hancheng was such a small place, its clothes were several years behind those of big cities, the styles were all too old-fashioned, and there weren't many styles of women's clothing, and they were all tacky.
As for men's clothing, it goes without saying that most of them wear the same old three items. However, men in big cities do have their own style, mostly Korean fashion. Don't underestimate South Korea and Japan just because they are small places; their ideas and fashion sense are far superior to those of the Chinese.
First-tier cities in China always imitate Korean fashion, and then second- and third-tier cities imitate first-tier cities. They don't put their minds to innovation; they just keep imitating others.
However, Chinese people are also clever; they feel that innovation is too mentally taxing, so they prefer imitation.
How convenient! You release a brand, and I can copy it the very next day...
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Shao Xiaohua strolled around for a while, then sighed and said that all the Adidas and Nike products in these stores were fake, none of them were real. They were all made in Chinese factories and then sold, not imported at all. She also said that she would take Chen Chu to DL sometime, which was considered the eye of the North and a major trendsetting area, although it was far from being as good as Guangzhou...
Shopping with women is exhausting. Shao Xiaohua hadn't eaten breakfast, and kept buying things like pineapple, small cakes, popcorn, ice cream cones, and sausages.
Chen Chu couldn't help but grin and whisper, "Hehe, um... Sister Xiaohua, I've noticed something."
"What's the problem?" Shao Xiaohua smoothed her hair and then hooked her arm around Chen Chu's.
They clearly treated him like a younger brother.
"Um... it's wrong for girls to always say they have a small appetite, because they don't eat on time and have a lot of snacks. So, in fact, they eat more than men, because they walk more, because..." Chen Chu inadvertently saw Shao Xiaohua's face turn ashen.
The sky was so gloomy, as if a downpour or hailstorm was imminent, that I immediately shut up and stopped talking.
Just then, Shao Xiaohua's phone rang. She answered it while eating ice cream and walking forward.
"Hey, what's up, Shao Xiaodong? Um... I'm doing fine, um... I've been too busy to come home lately, tsk! You call that a career?... Pshaw! I'm not going to go down that path with you! Pshaw... Is it any of your business? I'm 23, so what? You think you can tell me what to do? You should worry about yourself. Anything else? I'm hanging up. What are you doing? I'm shopping with a guy, what's wrong with that? Get lost..."
Shao Xiaohua spoke rapidly, seemingly without any clear explanation of what Shao Xiaodong was saying, making sarcastic remarks about his younger brother before hanging up.
At this moment, he pointed to a Korean fashion store and said, "Hmm... the clothes there are alright, let's go in and take a look..."
...
The clothes designed by Koreans are really fashionable. Although the clothes in this store are a bit outdated, Chen Chu looked like a completely different person after wearing a full outfit from head to toe, including leather shoes.
Korean-style clothing, mainly black, is slimming. Chen Chu is currently 1.73 meters tall, which is considered an average height. Wearing Korean-style clothing and 3-centimeter heels on cotton shoes, his 1.76-meter height makes him appear tall and slender.
He wore a black blouse, a black sweater, a black fitted coat, and a black slim-fit trench coat. He also wore black shoes and pants. Chen Chu's brows exuded a heroic air honed through his combat skills.
His somewhat childlike face also possessed a heroic air; this fusion of innocence and maturity was truly striking.
Shao Xiaohua was also somewhat dazed, then paid the bill, which came to over two thousand yuan. Chen Chu grinned, thinking to himself, "This woman is great in every way, except she's so willing to spend money. She's so extravagant! Two thousand yuan for clothes! Damn! How will we be able to live together after this?! This is pure spendthrift...spendthrift, huh! Anyway, it's not his money anymore..."
Shao Xiaohua then took Chen Chu to get a haircut. Chen Chu's hair was a bit long. Normally, he would just go to a small hair salon that costs two yuan to get it trimmed, like a buzz cut.
However, Chen Chu doesn't like to keep his hair too short in winter. It's cold, and keeping it longer helps to keep him warmer.
Shao Xiaohua likes pretty boys, but she dislikes her brother's spiky haircut, which makes him look like a bad guy.
She then went to a Korean-style hair salon; this woman is a typical K-drama fan.
Chen Chu let out a sigh of relief, thinking that she could do whatever she wanted anyway. If it weren't for her meddling, she probably would never have come to a place like this to buy clothes or get her hair cut.
Shao Xiaohua chatted with the hairdresser inside, and then she wanted to get her hair done too.
Chen Chu was dumbfounded. Shao Xiaohua was a woman, so it was fine for her to do hair, but he, a grown man, was getting his hair permed?
Chen Chu was sweating profusely and tried to stand up, but Shao Xiaohua pressed him down with both hands and shouted, "Don't move! I'd like to see if you dare to move! You want me to dress up a bit, is that so bad? So what if you get a perm? All the young people in big cities get perms, don't you know that? I'm going to dress you up nicely, do you want to stay looking so dowdy all the time? Behave yourself!"
With Shao Xiaohua's stern face, Chen Chu felt the aroma wafting towards him and stopped moving.
Actually, he wasn't dark-skinned. It was just that in the summer, he would run around the village in a vest and shorts, going everywhere, from the chicken coop to the duck coop. All boys are mischievous, so he got tanned. But in the winter, Chen Chu calmed down, and his skin gradually became fairer.
Chen Chu didn't dare to look anymore. He felt like he was being tortured, enduring a very effeminate man styling his hair, applying this oil and that lotion, and then perming it.
After an hour and a half of fussing, Shao Xiaohua's hair was now a light yellow wavy curl.
She wore black leather pants, a black business suit top, and long, light yellow wavy hair, which looked great on her and made her even more sexy.
Chen Chu exhaled, opened his eyes, and noticed that his hair didn't seem as messy as before.
However, the fluffy hair gives him a look reminiscent of a male lead in a Korean drama.
Shao Xiaohua stared at Chen Chu in the mirror for a few moments and thought the kid was pretty good, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He just didn't usually dress up, but now that he did, he had a good foundation.
"Oppa!" Shao Xiaohua called out with a laugh, pinching Chen Chu's shoulder.
"Oppa???" Chen Chu asked again, "Sister Xiaohua, are you calling me Dad?"
"Pah! Pah! You have no culture!" Shao Xiaohua had completely lost her sense of humor.
They helped Chen Chu up, paid the bill, and left with him.
Sure enough, as he walked down the street, many girls turned to look at Chen Chu.
Shao Xiaohua chuckled and said, "How about it, Chen Chu? You're getting more attention, aren't you! A man should dress up. You're still so young, and you'll have to find a girlfriend someday. You can't just... cough cough..." Shao Xiaohua whispered, "You can't just keep hanging out with Wang Xia, right? She has a family and her own man. You two are just temporary. You'll have to find your own girlfriend someday. I don't think that beautiful woman is a good match for you. She's older than you. You saw it just now, right? Lots of girls were looking at you... you get the picture!"
Chen Chuxin said, "Liu Bingbing is pregnant with my child, pshaw! What do you mean by 'impossible'!"
However, he felt pretty good that many girls were staring at him.
She couldn't help but ask, somewhat puzzled, "Um, Sister Xiaohua, more girls are staring at me than before."
Shao Xiaohua chuckled and said, "Hmm... Chen Chu, I think you're a pretty good guy. We're on the same side, so... I'll teach you how to pick up girls..."
Chen Chu was taken aback, then smiled. She thought to herself that her younger brother, Shao Xiaodong, had a talent for picking up girls, and this older sister... well, they were family, so they must all have this talent. So she asked, "Sister Xiaohua, how do you make a woman like you?"
Shao Xiaohua then spotted a coffee shop and said to Chen Chu, "I asked you for the morning off, so let's go to the coffee shop together. I'll tell you something..."
The coffee shop wasn't crowded, and Shao Xiaohua found a quiet spot by the window and ordered two coffees. Chen Chu took a big gulp and couldn't help but grimac and say it was bitter.
Shao Xiaohua shook her head and smiled.
"Little brother, you're not used to it yet. Once you get used to it, you'll know the aroma of this coffee, which is irreplaceable."
Chen Chu couldn't help but wonder, how could something so bitter smell good?
Let's not talk about that anymore, let's just ask Shao Xiaohua how to pick up girls.
Shao Xiaohua took a sip of coffee and then said, "It's very simple. It's all about the first impression you make on girls. A person has a face, and a tree has bark. If you make a good first impression on girls, you'll naturally be able to win them over. For example, what kind of woman can attract you?"
Chen Chu thought for a moment, then smiled sheepishly and said, "Beautiful..."
Shao Xiaohua laughed: "Hmm...you're quite honest. Since you know that pretty girls attract you, you should also know that handsome guys attract women, it's the same principle! Do you find that woman attractive?"
As Shao Xiaohua spoke, she pointed to a tall woman sitting not far away. She had long hair, wore a white trench coat, and her breasts were bulging inside a yellow sweater, as if they were about to fall off. She wore black high-heeled boots and flesh-colored tight stockings.
Although the stockings were for winter and there were fleece pants underneath, the flesh-colored ones made it look like they weren't wearing any, like a pair of bare, white legs.
Chen Chu couldn't help but nod. Shao Xiaohua saw him swallow, smiled, and then asked, "Does it attract you?"
Chen Chu scratched his head: "That...attracted me."
Shao Xiaohua laughed again and asked, "If you asked her to sleep with you, would you be willing? Let me tell you, you're not allowed to lie."
"I'm willing!" Chen Chu said.
Shao Xiaohua chuckled: "That's right! That's my good little brother. If I ask you again, you have to tell me the truth. If you lie, I won't talk to you anymore!"
Shao Xiaohua stroked her long, light yellow hair, her fair face looking so charming.
He then asked Chen Chu, "Am I attractive to you?"
Chen Chu chuckled.
"Speak quickly! Don't laugh!" Shao Xiaohua stared at Chen Chu and asked.
"Attractive," Chen Chu said.
"Then..." Shao Xiaohua asked, blushing, "If we sleep together, would you be willing..." Shao Xiaohua stared at Chen Chu with her clear eyes as she asked.
It doesn't seem like he's joking.