Want to be human, but cube-like

Returning to the topic of why Ai Yin had come today, she tilted her head, propped her cheek up with one hand, and hesitated.

"We still have to wait for Xiaolena to see if she's satisfied. We couldn't get in touch with her yesterday... Honestly, where did she go?"

After making a slight complaint, Aine raised another index finger.

"But, Xiao Xiang, I've already designed your and Ellie's burger shop uniforms~"

She chuckled, but her words sent a bad feeling through Xiangzi.

"Eh?"

Ignoring Xiangzi's reaction, Aiyin leaned over, took the bag, and buried her head inside to start rummaging through it.

"I remember... wasn't it said that Alex should decide?"

After a moment's hesitation, Xiangzi asked in a slightly calmer tone.

She had assumed that Alex would simply buy a couple of outfits that looked practical and use them as uniforms, which was why she felt comfortable letting Alex decide for herself.

After spending so many days together, Xiangzi knew that Alex was quite casual about her aesthetic sense and cared more about practicality than beauty, so there was no need to worry that Alex would buy some strange clothes.

But she never expected that Alex would choose to ask Aine for help!

"Ellie said she didn't know which one to choose, so she asked me for help~ Anyway, I needed to design a performance costume, so designing a burger shop uniform was just a side thing."

That's what Ai Yin said, but in reality, the quality of this uniform is much higher than the three of their performance outfits.

The main reason was that she couldn't sleep at all last night, so she simply stayed up all night making the burger shop uniform for Alex.

They also took into account the size of Xiangzi that Alex gave her and made two slightly different uniforms for him.

Hmm, I didn't expect Xiangzi to be so well-endowed despite being a little shorter than her.

“Clang clang~!”

He excitedly took the folded clothes out of the bag, gently shook them to unfold them, and then held them high to show Xiangzi, whose eyes were wide open.

"How is it? Isn't it beautiful~?"

Smiling confidently, unaware that her little tiger teeth were showing, Ai Yin moved the uniform in her hand a little closer to Xiangzi and asked.

"No, no, no, it's not pure!"

With his face flushed, Xiangzi looked at the blue and white mini-skirt maid outfit in front of him, imagined what Alex would look like in this uniform, and suddenly stammered.

"But it's really pretty, isn't it?"

Seeing Xiangzi's reaction, Ai Yin tilted her head and asked.

"Oh, right, and this too, this is the essence of this maid outfit!"

As she spoke, she pulled out a pair of white over-the-knee stockings from the bag.

“Alex would never wear this! ...And are you sure this isn’t the uniform from the cafe across the street?”

Turning her head away from the clothes in Aine's hands, Xiangzi said with certainty.

"But this maid outfit was designed for you, Xiao Xiang~"

Gently shaking the maid outfit in her hand, Aine blinked and added.

This inspiration came from her classmates at school.

After all, the name "Maid Xiaoxiang" sounds interesting, doesn't it?

Moreover, it can also slightly satisfy one's little wish to be served by a maid.

"Eh?"

Xiangzi froze for a moment, then imagined what he would look like wearing the maid outfit, and his face instantly turned even redder.

Actually, the maid outfit that Aine is wearing is quite pretty. You can tell that Aine does have experience in needlework; the workmanship is exquisite, her taste is excellent, and her fingers are very dexterous.

The dress was probably made from a Western-style skirt, with layers of skirt that were slightly puffy and decorated with lace. Two long ribbons hung down the back. The neckline of the upper body was very tight, with a large bow tie covering the front as decoration. The sides had short sleeves with pleats. Apart from the skirt being too short, there wasn't much of a problem overall.

"Absolutely not!"

Taking a step back, Xiangzi shook his head violently, his attitude resolute.

"Well……"

With her lips pursed, Ai-yin drew out her nasal tone as she began to think about how to persuade Xiang-zi to change into the maid outfit.

"Is this the dress you made last night, Aine?"

At this moment, Alex finished tidying up the kitchen. She walked over, glanced at the maid outfit that Aine was holding, and asked curiously.

"It's so pretty!"

The praise came from the AI-powered robot.

"Right, right~"

Upon seeing Alex, Aine smiled and accepted the compliment, a slight blush rising to her cheeks.

"This is Xiao Xiang's uniform, and there's yours, Ellie. I finished making it last night too!"

She quickly put down the maid outfit and stockings in her hands, then turned around and rummaged through the bag again.

"Look! A handsome butler's uniform!"

Ai-yin lifted the clothes up and showed them off.

To Xiangzi's surprise, the clothes that Ai Yin made for Alex were actually a rather conservative style.

The upper body is a white shirt with ruffled appliqués from the chest to the hem, without much other decoration. The lower body is a dark blue skirt suit with light gray tassels on the side, and an outer dark blue, almost black belted coat with a swallowtail hem that is slightly longer than the skirt suit, probably reaching below the knee.

She also wore a pair of over-the-knee stockings, but they were black.

Overall, it looks simple yet distinctive. Compared to Xiangzi's cute maid outfit, this butler outfit shows off feminine grace while retaining a touch of coolness.

Of course, to wear this outfit and carry it off with style, not only do you need a perfect figure, but height is also very important.

At the very least, Xiangzi wouldn't look good in it.

"Hmm~ Xiao Xiang, if you're not satisfied with this maid outfit, why don't you switch with Ellie?"

With a flicker of her pale gray eyes, Ai Yin chuckled and made a suggestion.

"I'm fine."

Alex has always been indifferent.

"Well!"

Looking hesitant, Xiangzi glanced at the maid's outfit on the table, then at the butler's uniform.

They still haven't made a decision.

"Perhaps, you can throw this outfit away and I'll redesign it for you?"

Seeing that Xiangzi remained silent for a long time, Ai Yin offered another option.

However, it seems more like adding fuel to the fire.

"...I, I'll wear it!"

She bit her lower lip and said with a dissatisfied look in her eyes.

…………

PS: It was all Shrimp Head Aine's scheme.

Episode 8 made me laugh. Turns out, when people are speechless to a certain extent, they really do laugh out loud.

Little Cucumber wasn't human after all, she was Nyarlathotep! The Queen Mother was behind this; this time it really is awful. Her character design is completely ruined.

But I have to say, Xiangzi seems to have actually managed to salvage his character in this episode, by reverting to his old ways to calm Xiaohuanggua down.

If episode four were connected directly to episode eight, it would feel much smoother; those three episodes in between were completely unnecessary.

Volume 1: Chapter 130 It was like a wife tidying up her husband's clothes.

"Quickly! Ellie and Xiao Xiang, go and try these two outfits on right now! I want to see how they look!"

Seeing that Xiangzi finally nodded in agreement, Ai Yin couldn't wait to stuff all the clothes into their arms, smiling and waving in acknowledgment.

"To be honest, the hem of this skirt is way too short!"

After carefully comparing it to her own body, Xiangzi realized that the hem of the maid outfit was indeed very short, and she protested, puffing out her cheeks.

"Hehe~ It wasn't originally this short, but because I had a lot of different ideas along the way, I revised it several times, and it accidentally got shorter and shorter..."

Scratching her cheek, Aine said somewhat shyly.

What she didn't tell Xiangzi was that the original design for Alex was also the same maid outfit, only with slightly different color schemes. But after Xiangzi's uniform was altered, Aine imagined what Alex would look like in the maid outfit, and she blushed and dismissed her previous idea.

"……call."

With a sigh of resignation, Xiangzi hesitated for a long time before turning around and walking upstairs.

An ugly woman must eventually meet her father-in-law. She wasn't the kind of person who was timid and hesitant. Anyway, she usually stood behind the counter to communicate with customers. As long as she didn't go out, her lower body was rarely seen. Thinking about it this way, Xiangzi felt a little comforted.

"By the way, Ellie, your outfit would be best paired with a pair of dark-colored long boots."

Seeing the two head upstairs, Aine gave them a gentle reminder.

"Well, I see."

Alex, after pondering whether she had any dark-colored boots, turned around and responded.

"what……"

In the blink of an eye, only Ai-yin remained sitting in the hamburger shop. She slowly stretched and yawned again.

This was Ai Yin's first time trying this, staying up all night. She had always been a good girl, and when she ate breakfast in the morning, facing her parents who knew nothing about it, she felt a little guilty.

Before coming to the burger shop, I had a lot of thoughts on my mind, and I even wondered if Alex would say something strange to me right away, which made me nervous.

However, after seeing Alex's attitude, which seemed to be no different from usual, Aine's mood calmed down a little.

As my chaotic thoughts were suppressed, drowsiness naturally began to creep in.

Just as Aine relaxed and softly lay down on the table, resting her cheeks on her hands and preparing to take a nap, she twitched her nostrils and realized that a faint fragrance was wafting toward her nose.

She looked up, following the scent.

It was the plate that Xiangzi had placed on the counter when he came out of the kitchen.

Ai Yin remembered that they had just mentioned trying out the newly delivered ingredients? So, are these the new dishes?

Aine, too lazy to get up, wiggled her body and scooted closer to the chair. She propped her chin up with one hand, raised her little head, and looked at the plate with great curiosity.

There were two double hamburgers on top, next to several round green dumplings, two cans of soda that looked like cola, and a small dish of salad with tomatoes, cabbage and... this red... is it beetroot?

Ai Yin tilted her head and guessed.

The aroma was coming from those two hamburgers.

Unlike the golden-yellow hamburger buns we usually see, the tops and bottoms of these two hamburgers are white, somewhat like the color of rice, suggesting that the main ingredient is probably not wheat flour.

Ai Yin moved closer and sniffed, and a rich aroma of food wafted over.

Is this a hamburger bun made from rice?

It looks a little strange, but it seems to smell pretty good?

Because she hadn't slept all night, Ai-yin didn't have much of an appetite at noon today and ate very little. She subconsciously swallowed.

I'd like to try a bite, but would it be inappropriate to eat it without their permission?

"Aine, I'm all changed. How does it look?"

Just as her reason was struggling with her appetite, she heard Alex's voice in her ear.

Ai Yin turned her head in the direction of the sound, and was immediately stunned, straightening up her body that had been lying on the table.

"So... so handsome!"

He murmured something unconsciously.

Just as Aine had envisioned, Alex's cool demeanor was immediately highlighted after she put on the outfit.

Her cheeks flushed slightly as she blinked her bright eyes, watching Alex walk over, reluctant to look away.