Upon hearing Shu Rou's words, "I'll help you kill him, okay?", Qin Xiao's facial muscles, which had just begun to relax, stiffened once again.
Looking at the girl in front of him, blinking her innocent big eyes and with a "praise me" expression, he felt his temples throbbing.
This yandere behavior has been cured, but it feels like it jumped from one extreme to another. Before, it was "Qin Baobao, if you don't belong to me, I'll destroy you and turn you into a specimen," but now it's "Brother Qin Xiao, if anyone bullies you, I'll help you kill their whole family?"
Is this the side effect of the "highly compatible overwrite package of the naive and innocent personality" that Yun Yiyi mentioned? Or is it the "unconditional devotion-type emotional circuit implantation program" at work?
"Ahem," Qin Xiao cleared his throat, trying to make his tone sound calm and persuasive, "Shu Rou, Ye Chen has a complicated background and is involved in many things. Killing him directly now is not the best policy, but may instead bring even greater trouble."
Upon hearing this, Shu Rou's initial excitement vanished instantly, replaced by a sense of understanding, like "Oh, I see." She nodded obediently, her voice pecking like a chick pecking at rice: "Oh! Brother Qin Xiao is right! I'll listen to Brother Qin Xiao!"
That unwavering trust and reliance left Qin Xiao with mixed feelings.
Just as Qin Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he had temporarily calmed down this naive and innocent girl with a "condemnation-type personality," Shu Rou suddenly came over again, her little face carrying a mysterious and smug smile.
“Brother Qin Xiao,” she lowered her voice, as if sharing some incredible secret, “I was just bored, so I used Yun Rou’s ability to work with the Tang family’s intelligence department to make a little gadget called ‘Real-time Tracking and Deep Analysis of Personalized Browsing History Across the Internet’!”
Qin Xiao's eyelids twitched suddenly, and an ominous premonition surged into his heart: "...What did you do?"
"It's a tool that lets you see what other people are secretly looking at online!" Shu Rou explained innocently, then proudly raised her chin. "And then I casually checked out your recent search history, Brother Qin Xiao... Hehe, Brother Qin Xiao, you have such good taste! I bought a few clothes according to your preferences! Do you think they look good? Later... I'll change into them for you tonight, and I'll take good care of you~"
"boom--!"
Qin Xiao felt as if a bolt of lightning struck him from the top of his head to his heels, leaving him completely numb.
Browser history?!
She checked his browser history?!
Are the Tang family's intelligence agencies so idle that they'd bother with this kind of thing?!
His illustrious reputation! His little personal hobby, hidden beneath countless financial data and villainous schemes, which was not meant to be known by outsiders... has been exposed so blatantly?!
Qin Xiao's face turned pale and then red. He opened his mouth, but found he couldn't utter a complete sentence. His usual searches... did indeed include some related to... well, specific styles of clothing and art.
"Damn it..." Qin Xiao wailed inwardly, "Why are you looking at my browser history?!"
At that moment, he really wanted to grab Yun Yiyi by the collar and shake her violently: This is the "temporary lucky star pendant" you were talking about?! Is this a lucky star or a death knell?!
Seeing Qin Xiao's expression, as if he'd been struck by lightning, Shu Rou tilted her head in confusion, her big eyes filled with pure bewilderment: "Brother Qin Xiao, what's wrong? Don't you like them? But... 'Yun Rou' analyzed that those are the styles with the highest ratings in your potential aesthetic preferences..."
Qin Xiao took a deep breath, then another, forcing out a smile that looked more like a grimace: "N-nothing...you...you can change it however you like..."
He has given up resisting.
"Great!" Shu Rou immediately perked up, like a little rabbit that had just received candy, and skipped and hopped towards the bedroom. "Brother Qin Xiao, wait for me! It'll be ready soon!"
Qin Xiao rubbed his forehead helplessly, feeling utterly exhausted. He was starting to miss the old Shu Rou, who, though possessive and yandere, could at least outwit and outmaneuver him. This one... seemed far more lethal, a precise strike on the mental level.
Not long after, the bedroom door clicked open.
Qin Xiao subconsciously raised his head, and then, his breath stopped a second later.
Shu Rou walked out gracefully, wearing a robe that dazzled him.
It was a modernized Chinese-style long gown, the main body of which was an elegant moon white, embroidered with subtle cloud patterns in silver thread. The collar, cuffs, and hem, however, were boldly patched with a crimson color reminiscent of the skirts of flying apsaras in Tang Dynasty murals, with intricate and beautiful phoenix and peony patterns outlined in gold thread.
The most ingenious part is the cut.
The dress appeared conservative, with a slightly high neckline, long sleeves reaching the wrists, and a floor-length hem. However, its close-fitting cut perfectly accentuated Shu Rou's exquisite and almost flawless curves. Especially at the chest, the moon-white fabric was stretched taut by her full figure, undulating slightly with her movements, as if about to burst forth. Her waist, however, was extremely slender, so delicate it could be encircled with one hand, creating a striking visual contrast with her breathtaking fullness.
Her wide sleeves swayed gently with her movements, revealing a small section of her snow-white wrist, adorned with an antique jade bracelet. Her long hair was loosely tied up and secured with a simple phoenix hairpin, with a few playful strands falling beside her cheeks, adding to her charming allure.
At this moment, Shu Rou had shed her previous morbidity and madness, as well as her earlier naivety and innocence. Instead, she possessed a kind of... classical and elegant nobility, and a deep-seated allure.
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