Next day, at the Yun family's house
In the dining room, at a rectangular ten-seater table sat a middle-aged couple. The man sat on the main seat while the woman was on the right-hand side of the man. They both had worried looks on their faces.
They were Yun Qingcheng's parents, Yun Qiang and Tang Meirong, who were discussing Yun Qingcheng's reclusive behavior.
Tang Meirong said in a distressed voice, "What should we do with this girl, she stays at home all the time, I am very worried for her."
"You should take her with you to the parties you attend." Yun Qiang replied.
"As if I told her to join me and she would readily agree to it. Taking her out is equivalent to forcefully pulling a bear out of hibernation."
At this time Yun Qingxin entered the dining room, listening to their discussion, he suggested:
"Mom, why don't you take her shopping with you to buy some trendy clothes? I will take her with me to meet some of my friends. We have all known each other since we were young, she should feel less awkward with them."
Yun Qiang thought this was a good idea and agreed to it.
"I will tell her to go with you, she rarely says no to me."
Tang Rongmei also felt this was a feasible plan as Yun Qingcheng only had issues with socializing with other people, she was not that averse to going shopping.
"Then let's do this."
When Yun Qingcheng woke up and went downstairs to have breakfast, she saw her family sitting around the table looking at her with smiles on their faces, as soon as she saw those meaningful smiles she knew they were up to no good again. She quickly turned to run back to her room, but her father had already called out to her.
"Where are you going? Don't you want to have breakfast?"
"Dad, I forgot something in my room I am going to get it."
She was once again going to turn when her mother said, "Don't make excuses, come here."
Yun Qingcheng had no choice but to turn back and sit with them.
"Can you all not look at me like that? It's scary."
"Don't talk nonsense, what are we looking at you like?"
"Like you're going to tie me up and take me outside with you."
All three of them turned their eyes away from her guiltily.
Yun Qiang cleared his throat and said, "Aren't we just thinking good for you, just accompany your mother shopping today, it will be refreshing for you."
"Yes, come with me today, I will buy some new clothes for you, which you can wear when you go out with your brother."
Yun Qingcheng looked at her brother glaringly,
'It has to be his idea, yesterday night I told him I won't go, so now he is asking Mom and Dad to intervene.'
Her mother saw her glaring at Yun Qingxin and chided her, "Why are you glaring at your brother, he is doing this because he cares for you."
Now that they had put it this way, Yun Qingcheng had to bite the bullet and agree to it.
"Alright. I will go." She uttered reluctantly.
Her mother was extremely happy, she started piling food on her plate as she asked:
"What kind of clothes would you like to wear, don't say jeans and a T-shirt, that's too casual, girls should not always wear the same type of clothes, let's get you some gowns."
"But isn't it just a casual gathering between friends?"
"Then we will buy some casual gowns, I haven't seen you wear those in ages. It's final then."
'Why did you even ask when my opinions did not even matter.'
After finishing breakfast, all family went on doing their own jobs.
Tang Meirong once again reminded Yun Qingcheng to be ready on time and not give any excuses for not going out.
In the afternoon, the mother and daughter pair went shopping in a high-end shopping mall.
They both went inside a shop filled with gowns, where an attendant quickly came to help them.
Yun Qingcheng saw her mother pointing out six to seven dresses for the attendant to take out and had the urge to run away again.
"Try all of these out."
"Mom, do I have to try out so many?"
"What do you mean so many? Normally girls try much more dresses than what I have chosen for you."
"I am not a normal girl, I thought we already had a consensus on this."
Seeing her mother was about to start lecturing her again, she quickly took all the dresses from the attendant and started walking towards changing rooms.
As she went to change clothes in changing room, she saw a commotion going on.
"Don't you know who this is?" A woman's shrill voice sounded.
'A leader and two lackeys, what a perfect clique.' This is what came to Yun Qingcheng's mind when she saw three girls standing together, one of them standing silently while the other two echoed each other.
There was another woman standing in front of them with her head bowed down.
'Hmm, another bunch of bullies.' Yun Qingcheng didn't care about their feud and just went inside the changing room but she could still hear what was going on outside.
"Hmph don't you know who sister Shen is, not only is she a famous actress but also an heiress of a wealthy family."
"Yeah how could you even compare yourself to her, this is the dress she liked, why don't you just give it to her."
"You guys should just leave it be, I can look for other dresses. Let her have this one." Shen Yue told them in a gentle voice.
"See, she is so good."
"Yeah, Yueyue you are too kind."
'So kind to give her the dress that the girl had herself chosen first.' Yun Qingcheng rolled her eyes upon hearing this weird conversation.
'And then people ask her why she does not like to go out. She is better off staying home than witnessing the world filled with hypocrisy.'
"Let's go we will choose from the other dresses." With that Shen Yue took the other two women and left.
"Yes, let's not bother with her." Both echoed as they walked behind Shen Yue.
After they left, the bespectacled woman who had her head bowed down turned to look in their direction and murmured,
"This all shouldn't have been yours."
Yun Qingcheng finished trying on all the dresses and chose the one that looked best on her.
"I have tried all dresses and I only liked this one, let's buy it."
She quickly wanted to be done with and go home.
"Only this?! How can you only buy one dress, at least buy a few more?"
'She is finally out of the house after so long, I should buy her all things needed. Who knows when she will be willing to come out next time.'
With that thought, her mother started picking more dresses for her, and then they went around buying accessories, makeup, and all other necessities needed in life.
This was one of the rare days, when Yun Qingcheng spend all her day, outside the house.