"I assumed you couldn't swim, so I thought I'd teach you. If you only had one water-repellent bead, I would have just broken it, letting you choke." Who would have thought that You Su's advanced equipment wouldn't offer any unexpected benefits? Luo Jiujiang shook his head with deep emotion and gestured for You Su to come over so he could carry him back to the boat.
Luo Jiujiang could take You Su to the snack street to eat some snacks from the stalls, and he also dared to plan to smash You Su's water-repellent beads with one finger to let him suddenly experience the feeling of entering the water. However, You Su's outer clothes were sewn with so many functional embellishments, and he couldn't reach out and rip the young man's clothes.
You Su smiled slightly, and using Luo Jiujiang's palm to help him climb onto the boat, he confessed, "In fact, there is also an inner garment."
"..." Luo Jiujiang: "A Su, tell me honestly, don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"The inner garment isn't sewn with anything like that, only the fabric is special. It's made from water-repellent beads ground into a colorful powder finer than white flour. Then, using a special technique, the powder is woven into four silk threads, one strand for each of the four, each no thicker than the finest hair. The pearl powder is completely invisible. The brocade used for tailoring is woven from this very silk strand; it's soft and smooth, never abrasive. As you move, the fabric flattens and pleats, and you can even see a hint of color beneath the white silk. However, the water-repellent beads aren't as effective when ground into a powder as when granulated, so they require dozens of times more raw material."
He blurted out these words almost without thinking, and Luo Jiujiang suddenly thought he had seen an old weaver with decades of experience.
You Su is not a chatterbox. He may say a few more words occasionally, but that is basically just to make others feel more comfortable, rather than out of his own desire to express himself.
You Su narrated this long paragraph without thinking or stumbling, just like a fixed step in a common process.
In Luo Jiujiang's impression, this kind of thing was not the first time it happened in the past few days.
“…”
Luo Jiujiang said nothing, just staring at You Su. Unlike the helplessness and confusion he had felt when he first discovered the endless stream of things on You Su's body, at this moment, his expression was actually a bit stern.
You Su slowly put away the smile on his face, and his expression became a little uneasy.
"Brother Luo?" he whispered, "Did I offend you?"
"No." Realizing that he had shown his feelings too openly, Luo Jiujiang smoothed his brows and slowed down his tone. "I never knew you were interested in cloth materials. You know them so well by heart."
Seeing Luo Jiujiang's expression relax, You Su thought the previous scene was just an interlude. He breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Brother Luo, did you see that I was memorizing it by heart? Girls love to hear this. They usually like to come and chat with me, and I can't let the atmosphere become dull. Talking about their strengths makes everyone happy."
"Well, you carried it for the girls." Luo Jiujiang nodded thoughtfully. All the details that he had found incongruous during their time together in the past few days flashed before his eyes. "You are also good at arranging flowers and knowing how to appreciate beauty. You know the most popular new dresses for girls. If the rumors are true, you can even apply makeup..."
"I really didn't mix that rouge." You Su laughed. "I only know the recipe, and I can tell others about it. Originally, the 'You' on the powder box was the You family's seal. Later, they thought it was elegant, so they called the rouge 'Gongzihong'. Somehow, as the name was passed down, it became known as my creation."
As You Su spoke of this, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, as if he found it a bit funny that such rumors were spread out like this, and he felt a little embarrassed for taking up the reputation of the rouge-mixing woman, so his smile was a little shy.
Luo Jiujiang couldn't laugh at all.
"Do you really enjoy studying fabrics, flower arrangements, and rouge making?"
"Brother Luo?" You Su realized that the atmosphere was wrong and blinked nervously.
Luo Jiujiang took a deep breath, looked You Su in the eye, and said, "Ah Su, if you really enjoy tinkering with fabrics, let alone reviewing dresses, even if you just like wearing women's clothing, there's no reason for me not to accompany you as a friend. With my looks, I can't do anything else, but playing a white-nosed Caidan isn't easy, right? But Ah Su, you don't like these things at all."
His eyes, which were always warm and smiling in the past, became serious. Even though they were not aggressive, the contrast made people feel as if they were frozen.
"Ah Su, we've been playing together in the academy these days, and you're happy, and I'm happy too. But there's one thing I can't quite figure out—I'll ask you a question, and you answer it. If you don't want to talk, I'll ask the next question. What do you think?"
Even if Luo Jiujiang asked, even if a random girl from the academy came and pleaded with him to answer a few questions, You Su would never say no. How could he say no? He would only say, "Brother Luo, please ask... Actually, although I can't say I like those topics, I don't hate them either. It's just that the sisters in the academy like to chat and I keep them company."
At that moment, You Su saw the corners of Luo Jiujiang's mouth twitch slightly, and the expression flashed so quickly that he couldn't confirm whether it was an unformed sneer or a disdainful glance.
"The sword is a gentleman's weapon. Many academy disciples like to carry swords. Xuanzhu disciples often use Tianqing swords, often with cloud patterns. Baoyu disciples like to decorate Yuxie swords with Xiangzhu patterns. Ah Su, can you tell me what these two swords are made of? How are they made? Could you please describe them in detail, preferably as meticulously as you described the material of your inner garment?"
"..." You Su opened his mouth in confusion and said ashamedly, "Brother Luo, I don't know what you asked me." Although he knew the sword patterns of the Tianqing Sword and the Yuxie Sword, Luo Jiujiang had already told him.
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