When they arrived at the agreed-upon location, Lily Tang was already there.
Xiao Qian glanced at her wool coat, leather boots, and waist-length hair, shaking her head.
"Are you going to dress like that?"
It was obvious that she often took car rides; her clothing was too thin.
"Is there a problem?"
"Let's go, I'll take you to buy some clothes."
Dressed like that, she'd surely freeze to death, and being dressed that way would make it hard to find a job – who would dare hire her?
Xiao Qian took her to a shopping mall beloved by the poor, where bargains could be found.
Lily Tang hadn't been to such a place since she came of age. The messy stalls were overwhelming to her, while the two bodyguards from her family followed from a distance, highly alert. The crowded atmosphere in such a place had poor air quality, and with the New Year approaching, people were packed together, making it difficult to know who might bear ill will towards the young lady.
