Bai Shaofeng took the bus for five stops and arrived at a large shopping mall, walking up to the second floor and entering the women's clothing department. There were almost no men among the customers here, and the shelves around him were filled with colorful underwear and bras. He had never been to such a place before, and his legs felt weak as he walked up to the counter. What was even more embarrassing was that there were life-size plastic models standing next to each counter, wearing only these items. Having no choice, he gritted his teeth and steeled himself to walk over, coming to a relatively empty counter.

  "Excuse me, sir, would you like to buy something?" Regardless of whether the customer was male or female, the salesgirl's greeting was always standard and professional, but Bai Shaofeng couldn't help feeling that her smile was a bit strange.

  "Ah, two sets of women's underwear."

  Salesperson: "What size?"

  What's the size? Bai Shaofeng didn't quite understand women's stuff, and his entire concept of it was limited to A, B, C, D cups as introduced in some videos. He looked around and found a plastic model, whose figure seemed to match Qingchen's. He pointed at the model and said, "It's this size."

  "Excuse me, what style do you like? I can recommend this new style that just came out this year. And all the styles on that counter are 30% off. Do you need to take a look?"

  Bai Shaofeng lowered his head and was about to sweat, he quickly pointed to a set of black underwear and said: "Just this one, two sets, trouble you to pack it for me."

  "Okay, sir, is this the one you're looking at?"

  When the waiter took the clothes off the shelf and handed them in front of him, Bai Shaofeng finally saw clearly that he had pointed to a black lace lingerie set with a hollow design earlier. He was a little flustered and looked up to meet the salesgirl's gaze. The salesgirl was not very old, only in her early twenties, staring at him with wide eyes, looking very curious. As soon as their eyes met, the salesgirl suddenly blushed and turned her face slightly to one side, lowering her head.

  No wonder, a big girl holding such a set of clothes and handing it to a young man in front of her, people with not too thick skin would feel a bit embarrassed. Bai Shaofeng was originally a little afraid to raise his head, but now seeing the salesgirl's red face, he felt at ease, since I've come, then I'll just be myself.

  "It's this one, two sets, pack them up for me and I'll take the bill." Bai Shaofeng had decided to buy this style after all. He even had a mischievous thought - would Qingchen blush when he saw these clothes? What would he look like wearing them? Although it was unlikely that he would see him, imagining it was still possible, right?

  "I can give you a 20% discount, so it's a total of 370 yuan. The cashier is to your right."

  Wow! A few pieces of cloth that are just a little bigger than the palm of your hand are actually so expensive? But Bai Shaofeng was too embarrassed to say he wanted to choose a cheaper one, so he took the bill and went to pay at the checkout counter. Luckily, last week he received 2,000 yuan in red envelopes, otherwise this year would have been really embarrassing. After buying underwear, Bai Shaofeng steeled himself and turned around to spend another 80 yuan on a set of pure cotton home clothes for Qingchen, which was one of the cheaper ones. He couldn't let her wear his own large sweatshirts at home all the time, could he?

  After buying clothes, he went to the supermarket in the underground shopping mall and bought a full cart of food. Finally, he bought one thing on Qingchen's list - angel wings with protective wings sanitary napkins. No wonder Qingchen was too embarrassed to say it out loud and wrote it down instead. Women's thoughts are really strange, isn't writing it down the same? Anyway, they're all just these things! Qingchen is a master of kung fu, having read many books about high-level cultivators who can slay the red dragon after reaching a certain level. How could she still get her period? It seems what she learned wasn't that kind of kung fu.

  Bai Shaofeng was lost in thought as he pushed his shopping cart to the checkout counter. The cashier, a plump middle-aged woman, immediately spotted the sanitary napkins in the cart. As she scanned the items, she chatted with Bai Shaofeng: "Buying for your girlfriend, huh? Men these days are so considerate... unlike my old man at home, who's been married to me for over 20 years and still..." Can't you keep your voice down, auntie?! Bai Shaofeng was mortified, hastily paid the bill, and made a quick escape from the mall.

  Walking quickly makes it easy to lose sight of the road, the busier you are, the more mistakes you make. Bai Shaofeng collided with someone at the stairs and smelled a faint scent of women's body fragrance and jasmine tea perfume. He hurriedly bowed his head and said sorry, but the person opened their mouth and said: "Isn't this Little White? Came to the supermarket to buy things? ... Hmm, is this for your girlfriend?"

  Xiao Bai suddenly looked up, wishing he could find a seam to drill into. It turned out that he had just bumped his head against the chest of his colleague, Zhuang Ru. She happened to be shopping at this supermarket too, what a coincidence! And this woman was sharp-eyed, catching sight of the corner of a sanitary napkin package sticking out of his shopping bag.

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  "Rascal! How could he buy this kind of...?" Qingchen muttered to herself, her face flushing as she opened the packaging box for the underwear in the bathroom. Immediately, she felt that she had scolded wrongly, that young man who was a stranger should be a good person, if he were really a rascal, she would have probably... So it seemed he wasn't doing it on purpose, what to do? She could only wear them! Then she saw the set of pure cotton home clothes in the bag, and suddenly felt a long-forgotten warmth in her heart. This was something that wasn't on the shopping list she had written, this person was really thoughtful!

  Qingchen changed into good clothes and went out. Bai Shaoliu had already prepared dinner. He fried four eggs, stir-fried a plate of green pepper meat shreds, cooked a pot of rice, and sat at the small dining table eating deliciously. As he ate, he found Qingchen changing into good clothes and coming out, standing by the door as if looking at him through a veil. Bai Shaoliu casually called out: "Do you want to eat some more?"

  "Is there one for me?"

  Xiaobai said, "Qingchen has already eaten so much today, but judging from her tone, she still wants to eat more." Xiaobai was surprised but nodded and said, "You bring that chair over yourself, I alone can't finish all this... But are you sure you're still hungry?"

  Qing Chen: "You don't quite understand, although I'm sitting still, my consumption is huge and I'm a bit hungry." As she spoke, she went to move the chair beside the book table, her hands somewhat weak. Bai Shaoliu walked over to help her lift the chair and put it next to the dinner table, letting Qing Chen sit down and add another bowl of chopsticks to eat together.

  Qingchen's movements while eating were very elegant, one hand lightly lifted the veil to reveal a small corner of her lips and teeth, while the other hand held chopsticks to pick up food. She slightly lowered her head, her movements not fast, but continuous. Her delicate chewing and gentle swallowing made as little noise as possible. Bai Shaofeng only watched her eat, not eating much himself, but all the dishes were finished, more than half of which Qingchen had eaten.

  This girl can eat a lot, if it were in the past in Xiaobai Village, she would definitely be scolded by her mother-in-law. A poor family can't afford to raise her! When eating, Xiaobai finally saw a corner of the veil, which was Qingchen's mouth. Qingchen didn't use lip balm, but her lips were naturally pink and faintly shiny. Her teeth were very white and neat, her chin slightly pointed, but she looked beautiful with smooth lines and skin tone, enough to make a man have improper thoughts.

  Qing Chen found Xiao Bai staring at her, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes. She put down her chopsticks and said, "Don't look at me like that, I'm not always like this."

  Bai Shaoliu: "Isn't it always like this? You're also not always wearing a veil, are you?"

  Qing Chen: "I mean, I don't always eat this much... Veil, I've been wearing it all along."

  "Why?"

  "The voice of Qing Chen suddenly dropped to a whisper: 'Seeing my true face will bring you no good.'"

  When he said this, Bai Shaofeng felt her emotions were extremely low and complex, even with a deep sense of despair. How to describe it? It was like shattering an exceptionally beautiful and beloved vase. This emotion Xiao Bai sensed, so she stopped talking. This silence lasted for a whole day, until the next day when Bai Shaofeng went to work, Qingchen was still sitting on the bed without saying a word.

  At night, when Xiao Bai came home from work, Qing Chen was not sitting on the bed, but was in the kitchen cooking. Hearing Xiao Bai open the door, he didn't even raise his head and only said: "You're back? Dinner is almost ready, you can take a bath first."

  Qingchen's cooking isn't particularly good, but it's passable. At least the amount of oil and salt used is normal. Bai Shaoliu wanted to compliment her cooking skills while eating, but after thinking for a long time, he didn't know how to praise her. He couldn't just say: "It's great, you didn't overcook the vegetables."

  The meal was eaten in silence, Qingchen being a person who didn't like to talk, and as long as Xiaobai didn't speak up, she almost never initiated conversation. Xiaobai also couldn't think of what topic to discuss with her, after all the two people were extremely unfamiliar, he hadn't even seen her face before. After finishing the meal, Xiaobai finally asked: "Can I discuss something with you?"

  "Go on," said Qingchen.

  Bai Shaofeng: "I bought a cushion back, the largest one, enough for you to sit on. Since you don't sleep, how about sitting on the cushion at night? My shoulders have been sore from sleeping on the floor these past few days."

  Qing Chen: "I've been adjusting my breath to heal at night, I can just sit on the cushion, you sleep in bed. If I want to sleep, I can sleep during the day."

  "Also, I bought a black chicken today and was planning to stew it for dinner, but you've already cooked. You can stew it yourself tomorrow. When my grandma was ill when I was young, grandpa used to stew black chicken soup, which is said to be nourishing for women."

  Qingchen opened her mouth to say thank you, but the words didn't come out. That night, Bai Shaofeng finally slept on the bed, and the feeling of getting back on his feet was great. He also slept particularly well that night. Time passed day by day like this, and soon more than a month had gone by. Qingchen's body recovered to what extent, even Bai Shaofeng wasn't clear. Every day when he opened the door after work, Qingchen would only say one sentence: "You're back?" But when she said these words, Bai Shaofeng could clearly sense that she was very happy in her heart, as if she were also looking forward to him coming home.