"Puh..." Su Xiaoyu felt like she was on the verge of coughing blood.
What unlucky lass ended up with such an irresponsible dad? In this day and age, kids start caring about their looks when they're eleven or twelve. To still be wearing Doraemon underwear at sixteen, wouldn't she get laughed at...?
"Sir, these kid-sized underwear... we don't have any larger sizes..." Clutching her chest, Su Xiaoyu struggled to explain to Chen Yiran.
"You have larger sizes of anything similar?"
"...The Garfield ones come in larger sizes..." After a long silence, Su Xiaoyu finally told Chen Yiran, "but they only fit people who are between 1.4 and 1.6 meters tall."
"1.6 meters?? That's enough." Chen Yiran nodded in satisfaction, "I'll take those. Hurry up, I'm in a rush."
"Alright..." Su Xiaoyu felt utterly defeated inside.
Chen Yiran paid for his purchase, picked up the bag containing the Garfield underwear Su Xiaoyu had packed for him, and hurriedly left.
Su Xiaoyu watched his retreating figure until it disappeared from the shop entrance. It took her a while to react, and she shouted towards his back, "Sir... don't you need a bra??"
Unfortunately, Chen Yiran had disappeared too quickly to hear her.
When he got home, Chen Yiran hesitated for a second, but finally threw the Garfield underwear into the washing machine.
Tianxin, who was bored in the bathroom and started doodling on the floor, quickly stood up when she heard the front door open and called out to Chen Yiran, "Brother Yiran, are you back?"
"Mhm." Chen Yiran hummed an acknowledgment, walked into his bedroom and found a set of pyjamas suitable for Tianxin. Then he went to the bathroom door and knocked gently.
Tianxin cautiously cracked open the bathroom door.
Chen Yiran handed Tianxin the pyjamas and left without saying anything.
Tianxin looked down at the pyjamas in her hand. The material was pure cotton, with black, white and grey stripes -- clearly a male design. She searched further, uh... why couldn't she find the bra?
"Brother Yiran..." Tianxin peeked her little head out from the crack in the bathroom door, her big black-and-white eyes blinking at Chen Yiran. She bashfully said, "Um... did you forget to give me a bra?"
"No." Chen Yiran was sitting on the living room sofa reading a newspaper and replied without looking up.
No...
Does 'no' mean he didn't forget... or that he didn't buy a bra at all...??
Tianxin was immediately filled with confusion.
"The underwear I just bought is being washed. You can put it on after it's dry. You should change into the pajamas first." Chen Yiran looked up and saw Tianxin's confused little face. He thought for a moment and then decided to explain to her.