Chapter 1225: Chapter 630: Competing for the Dress (Part 3)
On the main street of Songjiang City, the largest shop was indeed still open, named "Jijin Pavilion." It occupied six of the busiest storefronts alone, four of which sold ready-made clothing, and two sold cosmetics and rouge. In fact, the most famous cosmetics in all of Songjiang City carried the prestigious "Jijin Pavilion" brand, selling across most of the central and southern regions of the Southern Continent.
She walked hurriedly, not realizing that a pair of eyes from afar was quietly watching her. Changtian sensed something, turned his head, and glanced over.
"What’s the matter?"
He effortlessly pulled her into his embrace: "Nothing."
She casually walked into Jijin Pavilion, sure enough, smelling the thick scent of cosmetics. The Changtian beside her immediately frowned slightly.
True to its renowned reputation, the store had a notable forty-seven types of rouge on the shelves, and the assortment of cosmetics was even more diverse, almost dazzling, attracting quite a few customers. Even at this hour, there were over thirty female guests carefully selecting items, with a lively chatter all around.
Changtian patiently accompanied her in, and all of a sudden, a strange silence fell across the place, only after a long while did someone start speaking again, but the volume was very low.
Ning Xiaoxian acted as if she noticed nothing and approached the front, saying: "Shopkeeper, show me the peach blossom powder and pearl white."
There was no need to look to know, the whole place was mesmerized by the sudden appearance of the male figure. From yesterday’s smugness to today’s composure, her mindset was getting better and better. By the way, today she suggested wearing a gauze hat when going out, but Changtian stubbornly refused, saying he didn’t want to hide himself.
Ah, the title of ’disaster’ should really be given to him.
The shopkeeper happened to be a young lady just over eighteen, her face refined, happily chatting with the female guests. When Changtian first stepped in, she was momentarily stunned but quickly regained her composure, upon hearing, she took samples from the shelf and placed them in front of Ning Xiaoxian. Upon hearing Ning Xiaoxian’s words, she knew the visitor was an insider. What was called "peach blossom powder," formally named "Jade Girl Peach Blossom Powder," was not finely ground peach blossoms, but a mixture of gypsum, talcum, pearl powder, wax base, musk shell, and motherwort, applied on the face to give a peach blossom-like complexion, hence the name.
As for "pearl white," this was the western hinterland of the Southern Continent, far from the sea. Do you expect merchants to actually mix pearl powder into cosmetics? How much Silver would that sell for? The cosmetics business has always been about quantity, not price. If real pearls were used, which average family could afford it? So this "pearl white," is actually extracted from white jasmine flowers, with a light fragrance.
Although these two didn’t cost much, their fragrance was quite good. She planned to buy them back for study, possibly adding two more fragrances to Ning’s Ningxiang Dew.
Changtian, who had been silent all along, suddenly leaned close to her ear, his voice so low only the two of them could hear: "What are you buying this for? You smell better than this." The subtle sweet fragrance that she emitted when emotionally moved truly triggered male desire, why buy such ordinary cosmetics back to frustrate him? Besides, he didn’t want to steal a kiss only to end up with a mouthful of red rouge. Just thinking about it made him uncomfortable.
Ning Xiaoxian’s hand trembled, almost unable to hold the porcelain box steadily. Did this rock-hard guy suddenly become enlightened? A sudden sweet and ambiguous compliment in public made her brain freeze for a moment.
Changtian, initially cold and indifferent in appearance, was watched for a while by everyone and spring hearts weren’t wavering as much. Now he suddenly leaned down, and from the other female guests’ angle, it seemed as if he was whispering affectionately in her ear, Ning Xiaoxian immediately felt hostility all around.
Fortunately, she was at Late-stage Integration cultivation, regarding such hostility as nothing, calmly grabbed his hand, applied a tiny bit of rouge on the thickest part of his palm, gently rubbed it in, stared for a while, and then satisfactorily said: "This color is quite nice."
His palm, fair as jade, sported a hint of pink. He didn’t like this color on himself, Changtian said displeased: "What’s this for?" but didn’t pull his hand back.
Before Ning Xiaoxian could respond, the young female shopkeeper covered her mouth and laughed: "Nice idea. A man’s hand has a lower temperature, so testing this kind of winter rouge works well."
Ning Xiaoxian chuckled, casually cast a Cleaning Technique, erasing the red rouge from Changtian’s palm. Immediately, the gazes fixed on her vanished.
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