The system forced me to blow up the female lead's fishpond.

This was the busiest time in the Great Chu Kingdom, with noise and shouts filling the streets; even the most prosperous times could not compare.

Shen Zhizhi followed closely behind Chu Tu, completely oblivious to the bustling city street, her mind preoccupied with how to reduce Chu Tu's corruption level.

"This is the most popular shop among women in Nanliyue Star City. It has a wide selection of ready-made clothes. Go in and see if you can find any clothes you like."

Before I could even process what I was thinking, the person in front of me had already stopped.

Shen Zhizhi stopped and looked up at the shop's signboard—"Clothing Shop".

Seeing Chu Tu stride forward, she quickly followed.

Shen Zhizhi looked around. The ready-made clothes in the shop were all supported by cross-shaped wooden frames. The embroidery was exquisite and the craftsmanship was superb. It was indeed the most famous ready-made clothing shop in Nanliyue Star City.

As soon as Chu Tu stepped into the shop, the shopkeeper greeted him with a bow and said, "Young Master Chu, you've come again? What would you like to buy today?"

Although the shopkeeper did not recognize the man's identity, he could tell that he must be a distinguished guest and an extremely devoted man who would carefully select several clothes for the girl he admired every time he came here.

"Let her choose."

Chu Tu raised an eyebrow expressionlessly and pulled the girl who was looking around behind him forward.

Shen Zhizhi was caught off guard by the sudden force and spun around. When she regained her balance, she met the shopkeeper's astonished expression.

However, the shopkeeper quickly came to his senses, and his gaze towards Shen Zhizhi became unfathomable.

This woman must be the one that Young Master Chu loves.

"Oh! Then Young Master Chu has come to the right place today."

Thinking that he was about to make another big sale, the shopkeeper was overjoyed and quickly pushed out the clothes that were placed at the very back.

He then introduced it in a serious tone: "Miss, look, this is a newly made garment called the Cold Moon Cloud Dress. There is only one of its kind in the entire Nanli Moon Star City. Would you like to try it on?"

Shen Zhizhi glanced at the clothes, her eyes immediately lighting up.

It was a pale yellow tattered skirt, the skirt body regularly covered with auspicious patterns, with a plain white shirt underneath, the collar embroidered with cloud brocade in silver thread, and the snow-white shawl was made of the finest cicada wing gauze, extremely light and soft in texture.

Chu Tu stared at the dress, and suddenly Ah Shou's face appeared in his mind. If Ah Shou wore this dress, she would be incomparably beautiful.

He was about to ask the shopkeeper to wrap up the dress when he saw a petite figure flash past him.

Everyone loves beauty, and Shen Zhizhi was no exception to the allure of this dress.

She took two steps forward, stroked the skirt, and exclaimed in admiration, "Cold Moon Cloud Dress, this dress truly deserves such a beautiful name."

Chu Tu glanced at her with disdain, about to make a sarcastic remark.

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper next to him immediately smiled and waved to the maid beside him, "Chun'er, quickly take this young lady to the inner room to change into this dress."

"Yes!" Chun'er bowed and smiled as she leaned forward. "This way, please, Miss."

"..."

Shen Zhizhi, holding the dress, slipped away very quickly. Before Chu Tu could speak, the two of them entered the inner room.

Chu Tu's lips twitched suddenly.

Fine, after she changed her clothes and came out, he said that the dress made her look bulky and her skin dark, which was extremely unsuitable, and told her to change into another dress.

"Young Master Chu, this is the finest Biluochun tea. Please wait here for a moment." The shopkeeper respectfully handed over the tea that he had just asked his servant to brew.

"Hmm." Chu Tu nodded, took the tea, sipped it, and leaned back in the armchair, looking rather bored.

After an unknown amount of time, he heard the wooden door to the inner room being pushed open. Thinking it must be Shen Zhizhi coming out after changing her clothes, he waved without looking up and said:

"This dress doesn't suit you."

Shen Zhizhi paused, her hand holding the hem of her skirt froze, and her lips, which had been stretched into a wide grin by Chun'er's praise, instantly tightened and froze on her face.

She glared at him fiercely, only to find that the boy was resting with his eyes closed, not even giving her a proper look, and was just making things up.

"Is that so? Then tell me, Young Master Chu, what's wrong with me?" Shen Zhizhi almost gritted her teeth as she forced out these words.

Of all the women in the world, probably none other than Shen Qinshou could catch his eye.

Chu Tu found a comfortable position, propped her chin up, and lazily lifted her eyelids. "Naturally, this dress looks best on you—"

His eyes widened in shock when his gaze fell upon the girl standing not far away.

Just then, a gentle breeze stirred, and the beaded curtains by the window frame jingled as they clattered against each other.

Overweight?

Her waist was supple and slender, like a willow swaying in the wind, as if the breeze might blow her away.

Dark skin?

The apricot-yellow dress made her already fair skin appear even whiter, as if it would melt away in the sunlight.

Extremely mismatched?

This dress seems to have been woven by the Weaver Girl, tailor-made for her, accentuating her graceful figure and vibrant red lips.

Chun'er skillfully tied her disheveled black hair into a butterfly-shaped bun with an apricot-yellow hairpin, which swayed with her puffed-up steps, making her look as lively and cute as a little deer.

All of Chu Tu's previous thoughts were overturned, and he was at a loss for how to react. The teacup he was holding trembled slightly, and was almost dropped and shattered by that stunning glance.

Shen Zhizhi snorted coldly, puffing out her chest proudly, "How does it look?"

Chu Tu pursed his lips and remained silent, his gaze slowly shifting away from her. After a long silence, he finally spoke softly:

"Not very good, just barely acceptable."

To hell with that barely acceptable stuff!

I'm the most beautiful!

Shen Zhizhi was furious inside, but on the surface she put on a fake smile, "I am truly flattered by such praise from Young Master Chu."

Chu Tu slowly stood up, his tone lazy and irritating, "It's just stating the facts, there's no need to feel happy."

The shopkeeper stared at Chu Tu's awkward expression and sighed inwardly at his youthful arrogance.

It seems that when he was pursuing his wife, he was just as awkward and hypocritical, almost pushing her away to someone else.

Shen Zhizhi smiled slightly, but before she could finish writing down Chu Tu's name in her mental notebook, she saw him lift his robes and walk towards the clothing store.

A long, bony index finger lazily pointed at the room full of ready-made clothes, "This one, that one, and that one..."

"Does Young Master Chu want all three dresses?" Chun'er asked with surprise as she gracefully approached.

Chu Tu scoffed coldly, then said, "Apart from these three items, I want everything else."

The shopkeeper was taken aback at first, then beamed with joy and hurriedly told Chun'er to pack all the clothes into a wooden box so that the distinguished guest could take them away.

Shen Zhizhi was so shocked that her jaw almost dropped to the ground.

No way, is this how rich people shop? It's so extravagant it's enviable!

What's wrong with having one more rich person in the world?!

Seeing Chu Tu walk out, she gracefully took two steps forward to follow him, tugged at his sleeve, and whispered, "Uh, Your Highness, you don't really need to buy so many. Three or four pieces would be enough for me to wear in rotation for a long time."

"Heh." Chu Tu raised his eyes and gave her a look of utter contempt. "Aren't clothes supposed to be thrown away after one wear? Don't you get tired of wearing the same clothes all the time?"