It took an hour and a half for the makeup, and when Lin Xiao Tian saw Xia Qing Ling again, he was speechless.
What was the difference between her now and the usual Xia Qing Ling?
"Sorry, I was just doing my eyelashes. Shall we go?" Xia Qing Ling said with a hint of pride.
Lin Xiao Tian looked at Xia Qing Ling's eyelashes, wondering if it was these eyelashes that had taken an hour and a half.
Women!
They were truly troublesome.
She was already so beautiful, why couldn't she be naturally beautiful? Why did she have to wear makeup?
With a face full of cosmetics, wasn't it bad for her skin?
But as he walked into the car, he suddenly smelled a familiar fragrance.
"Is this... beauty cream?" Lin Xiao Tian looked at Xia Qing Ling in surprise.
"What beauty cream? What are you talking about?" Xia Qing Ling looked confused.
"I'm asking what makeup you used today?"
"Oh... this?" Xia Qing Ling's lips curved upward slightly. "This is the hottest product of the season! What do you think? Smells good, doesn't it?"
Lin Xiao Tian nodded.
"This is called Manny. I had to go to a lot of trouble to barely get it. I usually hate to use it," Xia Qing Ling said proudly.
The market name for beauty cream was indeed Manny, which confirmed Lin Xiao Tian's suspicion.
"If you like it, I'll have someone reserve a few bottles for you next time," Lin Xiao Tian said.
"This stuff is so rare, are you sure you can get it?" Xia Qing Ling was skeptical.
She had gone through great lengths to barely obtain this one jar of face cream. Lin Xiao Tian was just an ordinary doctor; could he possibly have more connections than her?
After all, her family had close ties with Song Ying Deng, and even she could only get one bottle. How could Lin Xiao Tian?
"Of course!"
"A true man never goes back on his word, right?"
"I definitely won't lie to you."
Seeing Lin Xiao Tian's confident reply, Xia Qing Ling became excited.
"Then what if you can't get it?"
"What do you want me to do?"
"Then you have to compensate me by unconditionally agreeing to one of my conditions!" Xia Qing Ling said without hesitation.
"No!" Lin Xiao Tian flatly refused.
He was trying to do her a favor, and now she was threatening him?
"A small request is also acceptable. If you get it, then I'll agree to one of your small requests."
Lin Xiao Tian's interest was piqued.
He was sure to win this bet!
He would lose nothing by agreeing!
"Okay!" Lin Xiao Tian responded confidently.
A short while later, the two drove to a shopping mall.
Lin Xiao Tian recognized it immediately as the mall that Butler Xu had taken him to before.
"Let's go!"
"I'll show you my taste!"
Xia Qing Ling looked excited.
Lin Xiao Tian calmly shrugged and followed behind.
After entering the mall, Xia Qing Ling skillfully led Lin Xiao Tian straight to the third floor.
The third floor was mainly for clothing, with many flagship stores of well-known brands opening here.
The two entered a men's clothing store and began trying on clothes.
"Hmm... this one is too old-fashioned, no!"
"The color of this one is bad, no."
"This one doesn't match, no!"
...
After changing seven or eight outfits in a row, Lin Xiao Tian admitted that he was starting to panic.
This wasn't buying clothes at all!
It was purely trying on clothes!
Lin Xiao Tian thought almost every outfit was great, but Xia Qing Ling could always find a plethora of flaws.
"Miss, I think this one looks great. Your boyfriend is so handsome, he'll look good in anything!"
The female sales assistant offered a friendly suggestion.
When the word "boyfriend" reached Xia Qing Ling's ears, her face flushed slightly.
She wanted to explain, but thinking about how she was about to introduce Lin Xiao Tian to her parents, what was the point of explaining?
So, she could only generously accept the change in identity and then said very seriously:
"No! Next one!"
Lin Xiao Tian, with tears almost welling up, walked over and whispered to Xia Qing Ling:
"Sister! Can we stop now?"
"This is the third store."
"I've taken off so many clothes my hands are numb. Can we just settle for this?"
"It's just one set of clothes to get by. If you keep being so picky, will we even make it before dark?"
Lin Xiao Tian tried to appeal to Xia Qing Ling's sense of time to make her yield a little.
But he found that he had underestimated Xia Qing Ling.
"It's only a little past four o'clock. The family dinner is at seven in the evening, and it certainly won't start precisely on time. We have plenty of time."
Thus, another hour passed.
Seeing Xia Qing Ling getting more and more engrossed in shopping, Lin Xiao Tian had no idea when it would end.
Finally, half an hour before the appointed time, Xia Qing Ling finally chose an outfit.
"Sigh, after looking at so many, the first one I saw at the beginning was still the prettiest," Xia Qing Ling mused, looking satisfied.
Lin Xiao Tian almost spat out blood.
Wasn't that the very first store they entered?
So, what had he been doing all afternoon?
Seeming to notice the conflicted expression on Lin Xiao Tian's face, Xia Qing Ling gently patted his shoulder.
"Lin Xiao Tian, I'm sorry to have troubled you this time. Don't worry, I definitely won't mistreat you in the future."
"Alright, let's not make empty promises between us, okay?"
Xia Qing Ling stuck out her tongue and ignored Lin Xiao Tian.
After choosing the clothes, Xia Qing Ling went to her own apartment.
When Lin Xiao Tian heard that Xia Qing Ling was planning to change her clothes for the family dinner, his scalp tingled.
This reminded Lin Xiao Tian of the horror of being dominated by makeup not long ago.
"Sister, time is running short!" Lin Xiao Tian deliberately reminded her.
"Don't worry, if nothing unexpected happens, I'll be down in ten minutes."
Looking at Xia Qing Ling's confident expression, Lin Xiao Tian believed her at the time.
But "if nothing unexpected happens" always implied that something unexpected would occur.
Half an hour later.
When Lin Xiao Tian saw Xia Qing Ling rushing down, looking flustered, he was numb.
"Damn it, we're late!"
"Lin Xiao Tian, why didn't you call to remind me? Look, it's already seven o'clock!"
Xia Qing Ling frowned.
Lin Xiao Tian spread his hands helplessly, "Listen to yourself, are you speaking like a human?"
Upon arriving at Jinyuan Grand Hotel, the family dinner was just beginning to start, not yet officially underway.
Xia Qing Ling breathed a sigh of relief and then nudged Lin Xiao Tian beside her.
"Lin Xiao Tian, cooperate with me a little."
Lin Xiao Tian was stunned. "How else do you want me to cooperate?"
The next moment, Lin Xiao Tian felt his arm being linked. Looking down, he saw that Xia Qing Ling's face was already flushed.
Xia Qing Ling usually acted so domineering, but her occasional shyness was quite captivating.
The two thus walked in, arm in arm, towards the entrance of the banquet hall.
A handsome man and a beautiful woman, especially with the female protagonist being the only daughter of the Xia family, their appearance immediately drew countless gazes. Everyone couldn't help but become intensely curious about Lin Xiao Tian.