"Xiao Xiao, do you want Older Sister to help you pick some out?"
Jing Hanshuang scooted over to Gu Xiao's side, a grin on her face.
"Absolutely not necessary."
She had been a girl for over ten years; it wasn't like she had suddenly transformed. Picking out clothes was a simple matter.
Besides, if her Older Sister were to get involved, who knew what kind of clothes she would pick?
Gu Xiao quickly chose her clothes, most of which were gender-neutral.
It wasn't that she couldn't accept dresses, but she felt that wearing a skirt would be a hindrance during a fight.
"Oh, you don't have any pretty little dresses here. As a girl, how can you not have pretty dresses?"
Jing Hanshuang looked at the clothes Gu Xiao bought and was very dissatisfied with her choices.
Her taste was good, but there wasn't a single dress.
"Come on, I don't want my skirt flying around when I'm fighting."
Especially since Gu Xiao's element in combat was wind; just thinking about it, wearing a skirt was impossible.
After paying, the three of them, Gu Xiao included, arrived outside the changing room.
At this moment, Lu Li had just finished changing and came out. She wore an off-the-shoulder crop top with a white lapel design at the collar, paired with a black bow tie, and red and white splicing sleeves.
Although it was an off-the-shoulder design, the neckline was above her chest, not revealing too much skin. Between the collar and the sleeves was a black gauze top, adding a touch of elegance.
Below, she wore a black pleated skirt, complementing her round and slender beautiful legs, further enhancing her elegance and beauty.
"So beautiful, Xiao Li is truly a natural clothes hanger."
Gu Xiao and the other two, standing behind, also offered their timely praises, following Pei Lingyi.
"Xiao Xiao, are you done buying clothes?"
Hearing Gu Xiao's voice behind her, Pei Lingyi turned her head and asked.
Gu Xiao shook the storage ring on her hand, signaling that she had finished picking.
"Take them out and let me see."
Pei Lingyi expressed doubt about Gu Xiao's taste in clothes and needed to inspect them herself.
"Ah, just as I thought, among all the clothes you picked, there isn't a single dress."
After looking through the clothes Gu Xiao bought, Pei Lingyi's face showed an 'I knew it' expression.
"Dresses would be inconvenient for fighting."
Gu Xiao used the same reasoning, but Pei Lingyi wasn't as easily fooled as Jing Hanshuang.
"You're not fighting all the time. When you're at home, you should dress more like a lady."
"Did you hear that, Little Yuanyuan? You need to be more like a lady."
Jing Hanshuang said teasingly from behind Gu Xiao, deliberately calling her Little Yuanyuan in her mischievousness.
"These clothes of yours won't do. I'll pick them for you."
Pei Lingyi waved her fair hand, making the decision without question, intending to personally choose clothes for Gu Xiao.
On the other side, Lu Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Pei Lingyi's attention shift to Gu Xiao.
This was already the twelfth outfit she had tried on, and each one was incredibly expensive for her. She was extremely careful while wearing them, afraid of accidentally damaging them.
"By the way, pack up all the clothes Xiao Li just tried on for me."
Just as Lu Li let out a sigh of relief, Pei Lingyi directly called over the sales assistant.
"All of them? Aunt Pei, that's too many."
Lu Li quickly spoke up to stop her. These clothes combined were almost tens of millions; even if she sold herself, she wouldn't be worth that much.
"Too many? I think it's too few. Hanshuang, take Xiao Li and continue picking. I'll handle this one here."
Pei Lingyi handed her card to the sales assistant, indicating that all future purchases should be swiped with this card.
Then she instructed Jing Hanshuang and pulled the reluctant Gu Xiao away to continue picking clothes.
"Sister Hanshuang, it's really not necessary anymore."
Lu Li held Jing Hanshuang's hands, stopping her from continuing to pick clothes for her.
But being only Scholar Rank, how could she hold back General Rank Jing Hanshuang? She was pulled by Jing Hanshuang with one hand towards the racks.
"It's no use. In our family, Her Majesty the Mother makes all the decisions. Didn't you see Xiao Xiao being pulled away too?"
At this moment, Lu Li felt an even deeper understanding of Gu Xiao's words, "You can't refuse."
On the other side, Pei Lingyi scrutinized Gu Xiao, pondering how to best dress her.
"Mom, I think this is fine. Skirts are really unnecessary. I have a few sets myself, and I barely wear them."
In private, Gu Xiao would still call Jing Dongfeng and Pei Lingyi 'Mom' and 'Dad'.
Similarly, Jing Yuan would also call Gu Zhixing and Ruan Qinghuan that in private.
"If you don't wear them often, start wearing them today. From now until you report to Star Sea Academy, unless absolutely necessary, you will wear skirts properly."
"Also, your lady's etiquette lessons should be scheduled. For the next month or so, besides cultivation, you must diligently study lady's etiquette."
"If you dare to slack off, you know the consequences."
Although Pei Lingyi smiled with great warmth, Gu Xiao could still feel the overwhelming pressure.
Of course, she knew the consequences; after all, Jing Hanshuang had already set an example for her back then.
Although extremely unwilling, Gu Xiao still nodded in agreement.
"Alright, take this dress and go change into it."
As she spoke, Pei Lingyi had already picked out a short skirt, its length just above the knee.
The dresses Pei Lingyi had chosen for Lu Li earlier were also of similar length, not exceeding five centimeters more or less.
In Pei Lingyi's aesthetic, mini-skirts, ultra-short shorts with hemlines up to the hips, and similar items were absolutely forbidden.
In Pei Lingyi's words, wearing such clothes would make one look like a woman of the night; how could that be proper?
After visiting several stores in the clothing section, when they finally emerged, both Gu Xiao and Lu Li each had over thirty new outfits.
If it weren't for the fact that the resources distributed by Star Sea Academy during enrollment included a storage ring, Pei Lingyi would probably have dragged Lu Li to the Spirit Tool specialty area to buy another storage ring.
After buying clothes, it was shoes, and finally, underwear.
When they entered the area selling underwear, Jing Yuan naturally waited outside.
But how to put it, given his situation, whether he went in or not didn't seem to make much difference to him.
"Oh, isn't this Xiao Yuan?"
Jing Yuan turned his head at the sound and saw Yan Lin, dressed ostentatiously.
Beside him was a beautiful woman with long pink hair, a slender waist, and long legs.
"Let me introduce you, this is my sworn brother, the Third Young Master of the Jing Family, Jing Yuan," Yan Lin said, turning to his female companion.
"Young Master Yuan, hello."
The Girl said somewhat fawningly. The Third Young Master of the Jing Family, wasn't that the City Lord's Third Young Master?
"Mhm."
Jing Yuan nodded, confirming that she was not the same one as last week.
"Alright, baby, I need to chat with my brother for a bit. You go back first. I'll accompany you out again when I have time next."
Although The Girl was a bit reluctant to leave just like that, she still nodded under Yan Lin's smiling gaze and turned to leave.