At her question I was a little stumped. Of course I didn't know it! I had asked her multiple times before and she never told me! It was a rigged question which she knew I had almost no way to answer correctly.
"It's okay Sister Xue, I won't let him oppress you. You heard her didn't you? She said she's already told me how she feels about me, how she loves me. We've been together for a little more than a month now!"
As soon as I said that they went silent, but still continued to stare at me.
'Hah? Have I finally got them? Even Big Sister is looking at me, she must be one of those emotionless silent types! Maybe she's even moved and wants me to save her too!'
Only now did I get a chance to see the beautiful white dress she was wearing. It was like I was looking at a descended immortal fairy. She had a sense of aloofness akin to those immortal fairies described in texts.
'These two Sisters really are difficult to look away from! I wish I could just snatch them up here and disappear far away.'
(Jing Xiuying POV)
"I'll be right back! I'm going to go buy this dress!" Jinzi declared before taking her time to slowly walk back to the store front. We watched her go before I strolled into the changing cubby.
"So you didn't fall for her temptation? And here I thought my little minx was doing so well! As soon as she chose that dress I knew what she was going for! She's quite bold isn't she?"
He responded and stuck his head through the changing curtain.
"Yeah, I didn't expect her to try and do that so soon. In fact I'm a little surprised she knew about being able to do that. Now, you wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?" He glanced at me with a knowing smile. Seeing the gaze in his eyes I knew I might have been found out, so I avoided his eye contact.
"Heh…heh. Uh, what do you think about this dress? Do you think this would look good on me?"
I immediately tried to change the subject to the dress I had picked out. I held the dress over my body so he could catch a small glimpse of what it could look like.
"Of course! Everything would look good on you!" He spoke with a smile.
Seeing his charming smile I returned one too as I went to try on the dress. Even when I began to slip off my robes to try on the dress he still kept his head stuck in.
'Hehe~ I wonder how Jinzi would react if she were the one standing here. After all, she's still a young girl. I bet she would feel embarrassed wouldn't she? Of course I am completely unaffected by his gaze!'
"Hehe~" A small giggle slipped by as I was thinking about Jinzi's reaction.
Taking off my robes I hung them on a small hook nearby and took the other dress. But before I put it on, I had to tease my perverted peeping partner. I turned my head to him and my lips curled up into a sly smile.
I "accidentally" dropped the dress behind me. I turned around so that my back would face him and bent down 90 degrees to "pick" it up. Of course I was there motionless for a few seconds before I decided to entice him a little further by shaking my butt a little.
Curious about his reaction I bent down even further to get a little look at him from between my legs.
*Smack*
"Ah!"
Out of nowhere I felt a slightly painful sensation before I could look. Surprised by his actions I jumped and almost hit my head against the wall. I stood straight up facing him once more, this time with my hands covering my bottom and a pout on my face.
"That's what a naughty wife gets! To think she would dare to tease her husband like that. She deserved a little punishment."
'Ugh! It backfired!'
"G-get out of here!" With a slight blush of embarrassment I pushed his face out of the little room.
I put the dress I picked out before sliding the curtain open.
With a smile like nothing had just occurred I acted out a few different poses with the dress on. The dress itself was a very modest one which covered almost every part of my body.
The skirt length was quite long and the portion at the back was longer, slightly dragging across the ground. The sleeves were of the large bell style and flowed loosely, trailing behind the arm. My chest on the torso portion still stuck out, but overall hid my figure.
In a fairly glamorous white the traditional Hanfu dress I wore was a modest and conservative outfit that I believed would be perfect for the banquet. After all, those people are of "high rank" and should be mostly of that nature. It also fits my outward personality towards most others.
"It's a perfect dress for the event Ying'er! Come, let's go buy it."
Wearing the very dress we would buy would be odd, but as long as we paid it would be no matter. Quickly, I stowed away my previous robes and walking side by side with my Darling we walked back to the store front. But as we walked at the end we noticed a figure at the end holding their forehead. As we gradually approached, we realized a small situation might have occurred.
I rounded the corner first since I had a wider turn around the corner and noticed two people. One was an unfamiliar little girl and the other a repulsive man who was wholly unwelcome near us.Upon seeing the man my light smile turned into a frown and my eyebrows furrowed.
The girl looked at us before pausing at my Darling. She had a reaction similar to most young girls who came close to him, before she ran away towards a random curtain. When she left the immediate vicinity my gaze turned towards the man who had been nothing, but an irritation and problem.
I took a peek at Jinzi to see that she had a look of disgust. I turned my head once again to see Darling's expression, it was a simple one he always had with strangers and the like. He smiled with a friendly and kind expression, all the while that "young man" had a calm facade. I could see through his acting and deception easily, as I had done far worse and considerably more difficult acts in the past.
A moment later he mentioned me, calling me Big Sister and I felt a little sick to my stomach just by hearing his affectionate way of calling me. Then he started spouting some clear nonsense about being Jinzi's lover, unfortunately for him that was actually around the time that Darling had found Jinzi.
Of course it wasn't impossible that they hadn't done it before, but if that was the case why would he reveal this plan of theirs? She had become Darling's wife, but it wasn't cemented yet. His love for her wouldn't bloom eternal in a mere week of marriage, especially compared to mine! My marriage with him is of course superior, I'll always be the first and best wife for him!
Of course his little trick to sow discord amongst us is a trivial weed and easily pulled out with its lack of roots. With a simple look at Jinzi I could tell her disgust was genuine. After all she seems to have quite the struggle to have any kind of facade, that is if what i've seen is her true self. If not then she is hiding far too deeply, even deeper than myself.
The creature in front of us, after telling us about when his love with Jinzi started, stared at each of us as everyone became silent.
'Darling by now should be convinced that man is perhaps insane and clearly telling lies.'
Darling usually smiles, and even when he's mad he would only make a face of indifference, but currently there was a slight frown on the corner of his lips. There has only been a handful of times I could recall the past 10 years he had frowned in anger. One of those times was when I had told him that his sixth disciple, Li Daji, had betrayed him and the sect.
Oddly, when I looked at that grotesque creature he had a small victorious small as if he had won the argument. I'm sure that Darling would probably want to kill the man in front of us as much as Jinzi and I, but he is probably thinking of the trouble he would cause his friend if he did.
In the end he probably won't think it's worth it and since he won't care about it anymore I won't either. The frown had disappeared from his face as he calmed down.
Suddenly he started looking at me with his horrid and explicit eyes. Purely from that look in his eyes I slightly grimaced.
'He's looking at me! This, this creature, this insect! With such eyes filled with lust, he's leering at me! Those eyes, there is something about those revolting eyes of his which makes me want to gouge them out!
But I can't, I can never let Darling see that side of me! Darling is the most important thing in the world! I'd rather let the world burn before he thinks ill of me!
This insect is not worth any amount of time I would have to take away from spending with darling. Every moment with him is a precious memory which should be treasured! Only if necessary shall I leave his side.'
"Heh, well now that this is all settled. Sister Xue, let's go, I'll make sure to take care of you! And you too Big Sister, I'm sure you would rather be saved by me then stay with that man for even a moment longer, isn't that-"
Before he could finish his sentence Jinzi had smashed her fist into his face. There was visible recoil as her fist sent small shockwaves across his cheeks. As he was flung back he knocked over a rack of clothing and I released the balled up fist I was clenching. If she hadn't done that I believed I would have done much worse.
I looked at the slumped over man in the pile of clothing, he was knocked out in that single hit.
Pathetic.
'I'm beginning to rethink being nice to people and letting them off lightly. Perhaps Darling has just influenced me a bit too much. He was spouting so much shit and was getting close to the point of bad mouthing my beloved Darling. A little bit of torture and maiming for those who deserve it, is just, is it not? Some time away from him can't truly hurt, after all we still have the rest of our lives together.'
Of course that caused a small commotion within the store as a loud crash had accompanied him. I was becoming increasingly close to being the one who attacked first. With a glance at Jinzi I saw she looked a little tired from that hit, she had used most of her strength in that one punch alone. Even though she was a lower cultivation she managed it.
Darling had a surprised reaction to Jinzi's punch, but did nothing about it, not even a small verbal reprimand.
I secretly gave her a thumbs up as a store manager ran up to us.
"Can someone explain what happened here?!"
The manager had his palms open and Darling dug a moment in his robes before producing a gold coin, plenty for both our dresses and damage to the store, in fact the remnants would still be worth at least our dresses and damages combined and a half.
"For the dresses and damages." Darling once again had a smile as he placed the coin in the manager's open palm.
Then before the manager could ask us anything Darling grabbed both Jinzi's and my hand before taking us out of the store.