The Year of Lihua: She Was Reborn

In Risu City, Hua Ye followed Master Xuzhi with a red face and embarrassment. She lowered her head, not daring to meet the gazes of those around her, as if she had done something wrong.

Master Xuzhi, who was walking in front, was calm and composed, with steady steps, and was completely unaware of the embarrassment of the person behind him.

As Hua Ye walked, he secretly regretted: "I should have known that I shouldn't have slept with this monster on impulse!" His heart was in turmoil, and he could only endure the torment silently.

Finally, they arrived in front of a shop. Master Xuzhi stopped, looked back at Hua Ye, and then said to her with a smile.

"Are the clothes I ordered last time ready to be picked up?"

Looking at the calm expression on his face, as if no intimate relationship had ever happened between the two of them, Hua Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“I haven’t taken it yet!”

Hua Ye's face flushed slightly as he stepped over the threshold of Caiyun Pavilion with a tall figure that was nine heads taller than Master Xu Zhi.

She was wearing a black robe with auspicious clouds, but her unique pangolin-scale belt was gone. Instead, she had a dark jade-colored knitted belt with a water wave pattern.

When she moved a little more, she felt sore all over, especially in her lower body, and her legs became weaker.

"This...the girl is finally here!"

The female shopkeeper was wearing a bright red strapless Confucian dress with clear layers and gradually brighter colors from top to bottom. She also had light red shawls wrapped around her arms.

When she saw a man who was more than a head taller than her standing behind Hua Ye, she walked up to Hua Ye with a graceful figure and reached out to hold Hua Ye's right hand which was supporting his waist.

"Girl, the clothes you ordered for your master have probably been there for more than half a year. Why are you only coming to pick them up now?"

Hua Ye narrowed his eyes, curved his lips and smiled, saying, "Some things delayed me for quite some time, so I'm a little late. The shopkeeper sister really has a good memory and still remembers me. Can I still get the receipt if I lost it?"

The female shopkeeper chuckled and said, "Yes, yes!"

Her charming big eyes under her willow-shaped eyebrows kept moving around, and her black pupils would occasionally raise their heads to glance at Master Xuzhi behind her.

"The clothes your master made for your body shape are probably too big for ordinary people to wear, so I've saved them for you!"

"Then I'd like to trouble the shopkeeper to send someone to get it for my daughter. Thank you!" Hua Ye said awkwardly as he pulled out his right hand which was being gently stroked by her.

"Yu Xiaoer, go and take out all the clothes from the red lacquered wooden box at the innermost part of the warehouse!" The female shopkeeper clapped her hands and called out.

"Okay, boss."

Yu Xiaoer put down the words in his hand and responded, then ran to the inner courtyard.

She leaned sideways, twisted her graceful figure, took small steps, and gently took Xuzhi's arm, looking at him without hesitation.

There were some red spots of varying shades on his neck, where his Adam's apple was prominent, exposed to the air without any concealment.

The female shopkeeper couldn't help but narrow her eyes, thinking: This seemingly aloof man who doesn't know the world, actually...

Hua Ye's legs were shaking as he stood, so he leaned back and sat down on a wooden chair prepared for guests, poured himself a cup of hot tea and drank it all in one gulp.

"Boss, please give me a few more women's riding clothes and Confucian skirts according to her size."

Master Xuzhi could hardly hide his disgust, and calmly waved his sleeves to remove the female shopkeeper's hands from his arms.

"Come here, pick out a few more clothes in the size of this female guest and pack them up!" The female shopkeeper pointed at Hua Ye who was sitting next to her.

The female shopkeeper then looked at Hua Ye carefully. Her skin seemed to be more tender and smooth, and her figure was more graceful and more feminine.

Hua Ye's collar moved, revealing a red dot that was exactly the same as the one on Master Xu Zhi's. The female shopkeeper couldn't help but smile knowingly, and her heart trembled with the smile.

Hua Ye glanced at the female shopkeeper awkwardly, moved his sore arms and twisted his neck, picked up the pastry and started to eat it. The broken skin at the corner of his mouth felt slightly painful.

"You little girl, you're really not particular about eating."

"Of course I have to eat with big mouthfuls. Chewing slowly and swallowing carefully is not my style..." Hua Ye took a few more bites while speaking.

"Then eat slowly and don't choke!"

The female shopkeeper poured a cup of tea and handed it to her, looking at her with a smile and whispering, "You really don't listen to advice. Your master is obviously a cold-hearted person. He is really not a good match for you."

"Sister Shopkeeper, why do you sound sour? It doesn't matter if we're not a good match. I live my life as long as I want to. Why should I care about those illusory things?"

Hua Ye drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, took out two gold ingots from his pocket and stuffed them into the fair hands of the female shopkeeper whose face had changed.

At this time, Ding Xiaoer wrapped the clothes and handed them to the female shopkeeper with a respectful bow.

"Shopkeeper, everything has been sorted out!"

The female shopkeeper squeezed the gold ingot in her hand, covered her face with her hands and took a light bite, then took the package that Ding Xiaoer was handing to Hua Ye's chest.