Shi Xi had a feeling that she had seen this woman before as soon as she first met her.

"Are you Liu Qing?"

She still remembered Liu Qing, the one who used the loop when filming the music video with Han Yingdi. She was a little face-blind, and she had only met Liu Qing once. She didn't recognize her at first, but now she remembered her.

Liu Qing bowed to Shi Xi and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Shi. I was ignorant before and had no idea that you were the daughter of the Shi family. Please forgive me for my offense."

"It's nothing, it's been so long, I've already forgotten about it." Shi Xi waved her hand casually.

A ruthless glint flashed in Liu Qing's eyes as she lowered her head. Shi Xi had forgotten, but she hadn't.

"Miss Shi is very generous, thank you for not taking it to heart."

Qin Feng: "So you know Xiao Xi."

Liu Qing said meekly, "I had the honor of dancing with Miss Shi before."

When Shi's mother came out of the dressing room, Shi Xi walked up to her and said, "Mom is still radiant and looks good in anything."

"You have such a sweet tongue! Do you have any clothes you like? Let's buy them together."

“I still have a lot of clothes I haven’t worn yet. Xiaoxiao prepared a lot of clothes for me, and you guys at home also prepared a lot for me. I can wear them until next year and still not finish them all, so there’s no need to buy any more.”

Shi Xi wasn't exaggerating at all. She estimated that if she only wore the clothes that Di Chenxiao had prepared for her, one different outfit every day, she could wear them until next year, not to mention that she had many other clothes at home.

Seeing that Shi Xi was truly uninterested in clothes, Shi's mother stopped pressuring her to buy any. Looking in the mirror, Shi's mother saw Qin Feng and asked, "Xiao Feng, are you here to buy clothes too?"

Qin Feng: "Auntie, I was just accompanying someone to buy clothes."

"You and Xiaoxi are quite alike; neither of you likes buying clothes."

"Auntie is joking."

Liu Qing bought a dress, and after Qin Feng paid for it, he took Liu Qing away.

As Shi's mother watched Qin Feng's retreating figure, she sighed, "Little Feng, he was so cute when he was little, and we were close. But as we grew up, our relationship faded a lot. He no longer likes you clinging to me, and he rarely calls me 'Auntie' anymore."

Shi Xi had never seen Qin Feng as a child, but judging from her mother's words, he must have been very close to her. "Mom, boys rarely stick to their elders when they grow up. Look at my older brothers, they rarely stick to you. But I'm different, I'm a girl, so I always stick to Mom."

“It’s good that you cling to me. Mom is willing to let you cling to me all the time. If your older brother and second brother clung to me, I’d probably slap them both.”

"Mom is so cruel."

"Haha—" Mother Shi's gloomy mood just vanished.

After paying, Shi's mother went shopping with Shi Xi at other stores. "There are only twenty-odd days left until the New Year. Your uncle and I are planning to bring your maternal grandmother back to celebrate the New Year together."

Shi Xi: "During the New Year, the whole family should be together. Mom, why does Grandma want to live in the countryside alone instead of living with you?"

Shi's mother leaned against the railing of the mall, watching the pedestrians below. "Your maternal grandmother never liked the hustle and bustle of the city. After your maternal grandfather passed away, she went to the countryside to enjoy her old age alone."

Having seen the hustle and bustle, and still being able to adapt to tranquility, is a state of mind that few people possess.

“It’s easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After enjoying the world’s prosperity, Grandma was still able to adapt to a simple life. She truly deserves to be called Grandma.” Shi Xi rested her chin on her hand, watching the elegantly dressed pedestrians.