All the dried fish in the empire belong to Princess Elvis

Tian Wenshan walked quickly back to the aisle.

Xia Mu hurriedly lowered her head, watching her walk into Duan Zitong's cubicle lightly from the corner of her eyes, put the teacup and bento on the table, chatted in a low voice, then turned around and walked out, returning to her seat .

Xia Mu withdrew his gaze, his mind stuck.

The whole morning's work efficiency was low, and Team Liu seemed to come here to praise her a few words, but he couldn't remember what he said after thinking about it.

After spending the whole morning in a daze, after getting off work at noon, Xia Mu packed up his desk, picked up his bag, turned around, and happened to see Tian Wenshan walking out of the cubicle.

The eyes of the two met.

Tian Wenshan pursed her lips and smiled as usual, Xia Mu also twitched the corners of her mouth, but her expression was a little stiff.

She originally thought that she was the only one who knew His Highness well in the whole office, but today she witnessed the scene where Tian Wenshan was familiar with His Highness, and felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

Tian Wenshan was still standing there, as if waiting for her to go out together, Xia Mu reluctantly went up to her.

"Do you want to eat rice noodles at noon?" Tian Wenshan shook her phone and smiled at Xia Mu, "I have an electronic roll."

Xia Mu felt that he couldn't even drink water now, and was just about to find an excuse to shirk, when suddenly the voice of a black-bellied cub came from behind——

"Cat."

Xia Mu turned her head, with an unknown fire clogging her chest, and asked angrily, "What are you doing?"

Duan Zitong looked down at her: "Are you free at noon?"

Xia Mu raised his chin: "No!"

Duan Zitong paused for two seconds, "Did you take explosives?"

Xia Mu grabbed Tian Wenshan's arm with one hand and replied, "I want to accompany her to eat rice noodles."

When Tian Wenshan saw Duan Zitong, her eyes lit up. She took a step forward and was about to send out an invitation when Xia Mu suddenly pulled her wrist and dragged her out of the office.

"Xia Mu? Xia Mu? What are you doing!" Tian Wenshan was astonished.

After walking out of the police station, Xia Mu stopped, turned around and explained apologetically, "I'm hungry, let's eat rice noodles earlier."

Fortunately, Tian Wenshan has always been gentle, and she didn't care about her rude and unreasonable behavior.

The rice noodle restaurant is nearby, and the two talked while walking——

Tian Wenshan turned to look at Xia Mu: "I saw a few pieces of mille-feuille cakes in the refrigerator in the tea room this morning. Did you bring them? I seem to have seen you use the bento box for cakes."

"Yes." The bento box was recognized, Xia Mu could only admit: "That's the snack I brought for afternoon tea, you have one piece for me, and one piece for Chen Rong."

Tian Wenshan breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought you prepared it specially for Juanjuan."

Xia Mu smiled awkwardly: "Why do you think so?"

"Because you said before that Jujuan loves dairy products, I wrote it down. Now, I bring her a cheesecake every morning." Tian Wenshan smiled sweetly at Xia Mu: "I made it myself."

Xia Mu narrowed her eyes, teasingly said, "Oh~ why are you so nice to Juanjuan? Hmm? Is there any ulterior motive?"

She was joking, but she didn't expect Tian Wenshan's face to turn red all of a sudden, she pushed her with a smile on her lips, and explained in a low voice: "I just learned to bake recently, and it's all by the way. If you want to eat, I can bring it to you." you."

Her expression made Xia Mu's heart tighten suddenly, and he didn't dare to joke anymore, so he changed the subject abruptly.

After returning home from get off work, Xia Mu took out all the puddings prepared for His Highness from the refrigerator, and went upstairs to deliver them to his sister.

Xia Duoduo is doing body sculpting recently, and she only eats boiled cabbage in plain water every day. When she sees food with sugar at this moment, her saliva almost sprays Xia Mu's face.

Dodo seemed reluctant, but actually accepted the pudding without hesitation. While opening the lid, she still murmured: "I'm trying to lose weight. You are acting like a devil."

Xia Mu squinted at the fat sister, and stretched out her hand to ask her to return it: "Then I will eat it myself."

Xia Duoduo hurriedly blocked her hand: "No, no, no! Let me do it."

Xia Mu went to the desk, put his hand on his chin and murmured, "What date is it today?"

Xia Duoduo sipped the pudding and replied: "NO.11!"

Xia Mu frowned, she was going to have a banquet with His Highness in nine days, and she hadn't prepared her dress yet.

This banquet is a good opportunity to make up for her and His Highness's childhood shortcomings, and Xia Mu attaches great importance to it.

It is related to the dignity of the crown prince. She does not want to wear her mother's old dress from seven or eight years ago, and plans to "spend huge sums of money" to buy a decent new dress that is completely her own.

Xia Mu turned to look at her sister: "Duoduo, how much money have you saved?"

Xia Duoduo opened the second box of pudding, and proudly replied: "It's more than 5000. I worked part-time during the summer vacation. In two months, I earned more than 4000."

Xia Mu: "Give it all to me."

"Pfft!!!" Xia Duoduo spat out all the pudding in one mouthful, and looked at her sister with wide eyes: "Is your pudding inlaid with gold! Two boxes of 5000 yuan! What kind of capitalist evil trap! You just kill the pudding!" me!"

Xia Mu: "I mean, you can lend me the money you saved first. This quarter, my internship salary plus bonus should be more than [-] after tax. I will return the money to you when it arrives in the account. I'll buy you a few new books as interest."

"Oh?!" Xia Duoduo's small mouth opened into a circle: "A season, more than [-]! CGA's police make so much money!"

Xia Mu shrugged: "No, it's just luck. When I encountered a big case, I made the first contribution, so I got the corresponding bonus."

Xia Duoduo immediately became interested and asked her: "What case is it! Then you won't be a hero anymore?"

"I'll tell you after the case is over. There are still some mysteries that haven't been completely solved."

Xia Duoduo continued to eat pudding: "Then what do you want so much money for? Don't you earn more than me in your summer job, and spend it all? You always laugh at me for not being able to save any money!"

Xia Mu replied calmly: "I still have a deposit of 3000 yuan on hand."

Xia Duoduo: "..."

"Then you still borrow money from me! Why do you need so much money? To travel?"

Xia Mu replied calmly: "I want to buy a set of clothes and a pair of shoes."

Xia Duoduo: "..."

Her sister has been diligent and thrifty for so many years, but she really has a nervous breakdown!

-

The next day, Xia Mu got off work early and brought Xia Duoduo to Dongyuan Avenue, a famous luxury street.

It is inconvenient to reveal to friends about the purchase of dresses, Xia Mu can only bring her sister to choose together, mainly for the purpose of emboldening her courage.

In the past, I often saw some jokes on the Internet, saying that the salesperson of a luxury store was snobbish, and the two sisters were scared to walk on eggshells after entering the store.

Visiting a clothing store is like looking at antiques in a museum, and you dare not touch them with your hands.

There are very few customers on this street, and those who pass by occasionally are all elegant ladies or ladies.

The two sisters, dressed in simple college student attire, wandered among them, somewhat out of place.

As soon as he entered the store, two shop assistants greeted him politely.

The clerk could see the class of sister Xia Mu's clothes, but she didn't put on the disgusting face in the film and television novels, and her service attitude was no different from that of a lady.

Probably thinking that the two students were foreigners and went to the wrong place, the clerk politely recommended a few evening dresses for the two, and then deliberately waved the price in front of their eyes, which was quite a tactful dismissal.

Before Xia Mu came, he was ready to perform a face-slapping scene, waiting for the clerk to sneer, and then throw out the "huge money" bank card to pay the bill. Just thinking about it makes his blood boil!

However, when things came to an end, she found that the clerk was not what she imagined at all, and there was no need to slap her in the face.

What's even more frightening is that the price of any evening dress in this store is more than [-]!

Xia Mu had a bank card with a balance of [-], which he thought was more than enough...

Xia Duoduo tugged on La Xiamu's cuff, and signaled her to retreat in spite of the difficulties with her eyes.

Xia Mu hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked to the relatively cheap casual clothing area, looking for a dress similar to a dress——

After wandering back and forth three times, I finally saw an ankle-length black slim dress.

The lace cuffs of the skirt have a court-style lotus leaf hem design, which looks a bit like an evening dress.

She secretly glanced at the sign, the price was [-].

Xia Mu breathed a sigh of relief, raised her hand and took out the dress, turned around and asked the clerk for the size.

The clerk immediately enthusiastically chose the right size for her, lifted the skirt, led her into the fitting closet, and gave her a number plate with the number "1", which represented the number of clothes to try on.

Xia Mu put on her skirt and walked out, facing a mirror——

The clothes fit well, and you can feel the solid drape of the material, but the style seems to be wrong, and you will feel old-fashioned after wearing it.

As soon as Xia Mu turned her head, she saw Xia Duoduo shaking her head like a rattle.

It's really not suitable for her.

Xia Mu went back to the fitting room to change the dress, went out and asked the clerk: "Is there a long dress suitable for my age? I wore it at the dinner party."

The clerk replied gently: "I'm sorry, miss, the difference between evening dresses and casual clothes is quite obvious. If you want to attend an important occasion, I suggest you choose in the dress section."

Xia Mu couldn't just say that he didn't have enough money, so he had to drag Xia Duoduo back to the dress area for another walk, and then walked out of the store silently.

The clerk watched the two poor students walk out the door, and turned his head to his colleague.

The other clerk shrugged, and finally showed a sarcastic look—the two girls looked innocent, and it was vain and pathetic to come to experience luxury goods without money.

As soon as Xia Duoduo went out, she breathed a long sigh of relief, and looked at Xia Mu resentfully: "Why didn't you come out earlier? That store is too expensive, we can go to another place to look for it! Why do you stay at their place? "

Xia Mu felt lost: "I checked carefully, and the dress design of this brand is the most outstanding, and I came to this street just for it."

"I can see it." Xia Duoduo curled her lips: "The style is outstanding, and the price is even more outstanding!"

Xia Mu didn't argue, and took Xia Duoduo to visit three or five clothing stores.

I don't know if it's preconceived or not, so I can't choose the style I like.

After wandering around until dusk, the sisters still found nothing, so they could only return disappointed.

-

The street lamp in front of Xia Mu's house hasn't been replaced for some years, and the dim light flickers from time to time, as if it will die at any time.

Fortunately, there is a spotlight in the lawn, obliquely illuminating the path leading to the house.

The surrounding night was made even darker by the ray of light.

So much so that when Xia Mu passed by a sports car, he didn't notice at all that there was a slender figure leaning against the door.

"came back?"

The pleasant magnetic voice penetrates the silent night.

Xia Duoduo exclaimed, jumped back, grabbed Xia Mu's shoulders, and tried to hide her huge body behind her sister.

Xia Mu was familiar with that voice, and she wasn't frightened, but she was caught off guard and shy.

She hastily straightened her hair, turned to look at the voice in the darkness, and responded with a nervous expression: "Curly? Such a coincidence? How could you..."

Duan Zitong: "Unfortunately, I came here to block you."

Xia Mu: "..."

The two were separated by the deep twilight, and there was a thin mist in the air, conveying a familiar atmosphere between them.

Xia Duoduo thought that person's voice was very familiar, like the purple-eyed beauty she had been waiting for all day and night in the attic!

Xia Mu stood where he was, and asked softly, "Do you have anything to do with me?"

Duan Zitong's expression was hidden in the night, and his voice could not hear any emotion, "There are still eight days, you have to accompany me to the banquet."

Xia Mu: "I know."

Duan Zitong: "Then when do you plan to measure the size?"

Xia Mu: "What size?"

Duan Zitong: "Evening dress."

Xia Mu was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly remembered the first time His Highness called her on the day he followed Batman.

Could it be because of the dress?