"Hey, don't go, we can talk..."
"See? What's the hurry?
But if I have to say something, we really don't know how to say it, mainly we don't know if we *should* ask."
Seeing Ding Yun about to escort them out, the two women immediately showed they had something to ask Ding Yun, but they were still hesitant. Their hesitation made Ding Yun anxious, and she rolled her eyes:
"If you want to say it, say it. If you don't, forget it.
You two watch too many sappy romance dramas, always so hesitant. Do you want to act out a few more episodes?"
"Alright, fine, we'll ask then.
We're mainly just curious about what you've been tinkering with at home lately. Yesterday afternoon, when we passed by your place, we saw you with the curtains drawn and the door locked in broad daylight. And there was light inside, all mysterious and looking quite unusual.
Then this morning, when we passed by, it was the same.
I remember you never used to draw your curtains.
You used to say that sunlight should come into the house during the day, so you couldn't draw the curtains. At night, you weren't worried about peeping Toms, and plus, waking up to sunlight would help you wake up earlier, so no need for curtains either."
"Now, you suddenly draw the curtains in the afternoon and in the morning, and you have the lights on inside. This doesn't fit your thrifty persona at all, so how could we not be a little curious about what you're doing in there?"
"But when we peeked inside, besides your place looking much cleaner than usual.
There didn't seem to be any other difference.
You're not telling us you drew the curtains to do a deep clean, that doesn't make sense either. So what have you really been doing lately? You're really making us antsy.
We just feel like you're hiding something from us."
Since Ding Yun had asked, Zhu Chunhong and Xia Furong exchanged glances and immediately decided not to conceal anything. In the next second, they very directly stated their recent doubts and why they had come.
Good heavens, it was all about Ding Yun.
It was related to her drawing the curtains.
Ding Yun could never have imagined that her simply drawing the curtains would attract her two best friends.
Was it that serious?
Were their friendships this close?
As they finished speaking, it was Ding Yun's turn to be stunned. She had always thought they came to see her for some other reason, but who would have thought they came to see her.
Purely because of what she had done after arriving.
"Well... I can tell you.
It's just a bit difficult to say, I feel a little shy. Never mind, you wait here, I'll go back inside and talk."
Although Ding Yun knew that if she insisted on not telling, they couldn't do anything to her, based on her understanding of her two friends from the original owner's memories, they would always be thinking about this matter. While they wouldn't spread rumors, they would definitely observe her secretly.
Instead of having to be even more careful and cautious later, it was better to find an excuse to fob them off for now.
With that in mind, Ding Yun immediately feigned a hesitant difficulty, spoke these words, then quickly turned back into her bedroom, closed the bedroom door, and then of course, chose to transform. Not a magical girl transformation.
But a fairy transformation.
Magical girl outfits were too embarrassing, she couldn't wear them even in front of her friends. Fairy costumes were more acceptable, at least they could be vaguely passed off as Hanfu.
After transforming, Ding Yun waited another three to five minutes.
Only then did she open the bedroom door and walk out again.
From Zhu Chunhong and Xia Furong's perspective, Ding Yun had gone in to change clothes and then walked out wearing a flowing, very beautiful, and definitely not cheap ancient costume dress that looked incredibly ethereal. Without looking at her face, she was quite pretty.
Looking at her face, it was a bit awkward.
"You're drawing the curtains and acting all secretive, all for the sake of wearing this ancient costume?"
"There's nothing to be secretive about, is there?"
Seeing Ding Yun's current appearance, Zhu Chunhong and Xia Furong were both surprised and a little disappointed. The surprise was naturally at Ding Yun's current appearance and the clothes she was wearing, and the disappointment was that it wasn't a big deal after all.
They had originally thought Ding Yun was secretly dating some old man at home, but it was just this?
"You two look a bit disappointed. So what did you think I was doing at home?"
Ding Yun rolled her eyes at them and continued:
"As you can see, at my age, wearing such beautiful clothes looks a bit awkward no matter how you look at it. It's fine to wear it by myself at home, but if someone were to see it, they might say I'm an old demon.
An old woman still trying to look young and beautiful.
That's why I specifically drew the curtains.
Can't I just admire it by myself?"
"Yes, of course, you can. Never mind you wearing it at home.
Even if you wore it out, it wouldn't matter. What's the big deal? Those red outfits we wore for square dancing, didn't a lot of people say back then that they weren't suitable for older people like us, too red and gaudy?
But look at us, all wearing them together.
Doesn't it look spirited!
And those old men practicing Tai Chi and Tai Chi sword next door, they not only have special Tai Chi outfits, but also Taoist robes and fake swords, and the like.
Compared to them, yours is nothing.
It's just that square dancing might be a bit inconvenient. I guess you'd have to do those dances that look a bit ethereal."
Although slightly disappointed, Zhu Chunhong still comforted Ding Yun, and after a brief exchange about the clothing, Zhu Chunhong and Xia Furong left contentedly to go home and make lunch.
Now that their doubts were resolved, there was no need to stay for lunch, and besides, if they didn't go back to make lunch.
Who would their families eat?
They were all hard workers. If they didn't do it themselves, none of the old or young ones in the family would cook lunch. They'd rather order takeout than open the fridge and cook.
As the two of them left, Ding Yun stared at the window, lost in thought, muttering to herself:
"It seems that keeping the curtains drawn all day isn't really practical. It'll always look a bit strange.
So, I'll have to change the glass. I remember there's glass that you can see through from the inside but not from the outside, oh, wait, it's inside you can see outside,
but outside you can't see inside.
This should also be effective in blocking things out!"
With that thought, Ding Yun immediately took out her daughter's old, laggy phone, spent three minutes opening a shopping app, and then another half an hour to find glass that she was reasonably satisfied with.
Then she counted the number of glass panes in her house.
Measured the size of the glass panes in her house, and so on.
She also selected some materials for DIY window installation and added them to her shopping cart before proceeding to checkout.
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