The Year of Lihua: She Was Reborn

"Master, do you think this one is okay?"

Hua Ye pulled out a white jade gown stained with ink and color, and motioned Xu Zhi to take a look.

He signaled with his eyes: It’s okay!

She also pulled out a long green gown, with a blue-gray thin shirt lining, and paired it with a soft dark green outer shirt, she looked ethereal in it.

"Not bad!"

She also picked out a long robe made of brocade with a dark black pattern of auspicious clouds, and a dark blue robe with a pattern of soaring clouds and auspicious clouds. She also took two cloaks, one made of fox sable and the other of thin plain brocade.

She didn't ask Master Xuzhi's opinion anymore, but just grabbed the clothes and put them on the counter.

"I'll give him one of each of these styles according to my master's measurements. You need to help my master measure his body."

Hua Ye spoke seriously to the female shopkeeper whose eyes were glued to her master.

"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper, he's very handsome, isn't he?"

She stretched out her hand to block the female shopkeeper's burning gaze and asked with a hint of teasing in her tone.

"It's really pretty."

The female shopkeeper pulled down her hand, held it in her palm and said with a smile: "Miss, you want to measure your master's body shape, right? Ask your master to come over here."

"Master, come here."

Xuzhi took out the orange-yellow Confucian skirt that she liked from the corner, put it on his left arm and walked towards her slowly. He had already noticed the light in her eyes.

"I want this one too!"

He threw them all into the pile of clothes on the counter.

"Master, your height requires custom-made clothes. We need the female shopkeeper to measure your body. Please raise your hand and stretch it out!"

The female shopkeeper stood aside, eager to try on the clothes, holding a measuring tape, with the corners of her mouth raised wildly in a blatant and infatuated smile that she couldn't suppress.

“You measure it!”

Those cold and ruthless eyes said: I don't like people touching me! Don't force me to demolish this broken place.

"Boss, please teach me how to measure. I'll help my master. He doesn't like strangers to touch him. Last time, someone accidentally touched him and he immediately cut off the person's arm."

Hua Ye whispered in the female shopkeeper's ear, then took out a heavy gold ingot from his pocket and stuffed it into her hand.

The female shopkeeper shuddered and was frightened when she heard her words, but when she saw Jin Zi, she smiled again and happily handed the measuring tape to her.

"First, measure the length of your arms, then your torso, back, and shoulders..."

"Sister Shopkeeper, please go slowly. Let me measure a few times first."

Hua Ye bravely walked up to Xu Zhi and called out softly, "Master, please open your hand and let me measure it for you!"

Xuzhi didn't answer, but just spread out his hands and raised them up. His impressive arm length made people stop and watch.

Hua Ye stood on tiptoe and placed the measuring tape close to her wrist, extending it all the way to his shoulder. She could clearly hear his subtle breathing in her little ears.

She measured and drew a line on the pattern of the garment. Her heart couldn't help but skip a beat at this sudden and intimate act.

He had a cold and chilling aura, as well as a unique fragrance, like the scent of a blooming Tianshan snow lotus.

It was a bit difficult to measure while standing on tiptoe, and coupled with the inexplicable tension, when measuring the right shoulder, Hua Ye lost his balance and fell into his arms, with his face pressed below his neck.

The top of her head hit Master Xuzhi's stiff chin, and the pain made tears well up in her eyes.

"Master, you have a really hard chin!"

Hua Ye rubbed his head awkwardly, put down his heels, and took a step back holding his arm.

"You're not a reckless person, so how come you can't even stand steadily?"

Xuzhi didn't even raise his hand to touch his chin, he just stood there straight, as if the person who was hit was not him but someone else.

"It's not that the master is so majestic, it's that I'm afraid for no reason!"

"Finally, I've finished measuring him. Why do I have to make clothes for him? I'm the one who has to suffer. I'm really looking for trouble!"

Hua Ye explained awkwardly, then handed the measured dimensions to the female shopkeeper: "Can I pick it up in a few days?"

"Seven days will do!"

The female shopkeeper poked her head out from behind the counter, pulled her closer, and whispered something in her ear as someone who had experienced it.

"Your master is not easy to get along with. It's hard for a beautiful girl like you. You must not fall in love with such a man. It's you who will suffer. And you should not always wear men's robes. This Confucian skirt is more suitable for a girl like you!"

"Sister Shopkeeper, please relax. I dare not blaspheme my master. He is as pure as a god in heaven, and despises all mortals. We are ordinary people and cannot be seen by his master!"

Hua Ye jokingly muttered, his eyes full of smiles, as if all the troubles of fighting were left behind...