Wen Liang has a characteristic when shopping. She often has a very clear purpose. She seems to have already made a plan in her mind about what color to match and what style of clothes, and the matching effect is very satisfactory.
This was something He Tianran hadn't noticed the last time he went shopping with her. Last time, he simply felt that shopping with a woman was tiring.
Of course, this time she was also very tired. Although Wen Liang was not picky, she was surprisingly paranoid about what she had planned in her mind.
For example, for a blue printed T-shirt, she must match it with a pair of beige casual trousers, and then wear canvas shoes until she finds the right one.
In this way, you have to go to three places, and this is just a match.
Wen Liang would never tire of doing this. She would stand outside the fitting room, lift the curtain, lean forward, and serve as a styling consultant to He Tianran who was trying on clothes. She would say wear this first, then that, don't do anything. Mixed up.
And when the boy came out after changing, she would walk around in a circle and look at him again and again, and then nod with a satisfied look on his face.
He Tianran always wanted to ask, do you think of me as someone playing dress-up games like "Miracle Nuannuan"?
But when he saw Wen Liang walking briskly and happily saying something to him, "Do you want to try the functional style?" or "I knew you would look good in this dress," the boy The fatigue and complaints when shopping are gone.
Because every time He Tianran appeared in front of Wen Liang wearing new clothes, her eyes revealed joy.
This was something He Tianran couldn't read in her eyes before.
Maybe she has wanted to take herself shopping for a long time.
Otherwise, how would she know which store to buy and what style suits her?
No single female celebrity would sit idle and browse men's clothing stores.
And for He Tianran, Wen Liang was not just an ambiguous friend of the opposite sex. She gave the boy something he had been missing since he was a child, which was an emotion that had nothing to do with love.
She is a special existence. Apart from He Tianran's parents and elders, she is the first person to enter the boy's life and be sincerely good to him.
Therefore, even though He Tianran sincerely likes Cao Aiqing, he cannot refuse when faced with this warmth.
He Tianran carefully wrote down the matching of each outfit, and even took photos with Wen Liang's phone yesterday.
"I don't see that you are working very hard. Are you afraid that you will wear the wrong clothes in the future?" Wen Liang asked closer.
"Yeah, I won't be too lazy to use my brain when getting dressed from now on." He Tianran agreed, Wen Liang smiled happily.
In fact, there is no difference between these clothes in He Tianran's eyes.
He sees the world in black and white, so the so-called color combinations and styles of those clothes are weakened and become the same. However, he still carefully writes down these combinations and tries not to wear the wrong ones in the future.
At least, don't wear the wrong clothes in front of Wen Liang.
After shopping, the two took the elevator to the parking lot. He Tianran stuffed the large and small bags in his hands into the trunk of the car. Since they were here to buy things, Wen Liang didn't ride her motorcycle this time.
Her car is a Land Rover Range Rover. The models of this era are quite avant-garde and very attractive to some car lovers.
The woman opened the car door: "Want to give it a try?"
"I can't drive, and I have no interest in cars. In comparison, I prefer the motorcycle you bought yesterday." He Tianran consciously sat in the passenger seat.
Wen Liang also got into the car and said, "You are completely opposite to He Tianran in this world. He doesn't like motorcycles at all, but he is really good at driving."
He Tianran put on his seat belt: "Did he ever say that driving a motorcycle is too dangerous, and the wind and sun are uncomfortable? He is just looking for trouble, and safety must come first in everything?"
Wen Liang snapped his fingers: "That's right, you perfectly repeated the original words. How did you do it?"
"Because I think I am the kind of person who cherishes life more as he gets older. To put it nicely, it is called stability, and to put it worse, it means that I lack passion for life. After all, I can be very happy staying at home, and I am very receptive to new things. It's fast, but once you think about the trouble that will follow, you will retreat." He Tianran didn't complain.
"Also...not entirely like that."
Wen Liang started the car, and the boy could clearly feel the slight dejection in her tone, so he swallowed back what he wanted to say.
Maybe she heard herself saying bad things about her other self and became a little angry?
"Fortunately, I'm not like this anymore..."
He Tianran made a silent remediation, but he didn't know if it had any effect.
On the road, the car stayed away from the endless gray coastline and plunged into the urban forest made of reinforced concrete.
Seeing Wen Liang driving farther and farther away from home, He Tianran asked, "Didn't we just come out with stuff today? Now?"
Wen Liang smiled mysteriously: "It's rare to see you again at the age of eighteen, so I want to give you a gift."
"Gift?"
"Well, you'll know when we get there."
Perhaps because they knew how to maintain a sense of mystery, neither of the two people in the car spoke. Wen Liang turned on the car audio, and a song "Creep" came from all directions through the surround speakers in the car——
When you were here before, when you appeared in front of me
Couldn't look you in the eye, but I dare not look directly into your eyes
You're just like an angel, you're as pure as an angel
Your skin makes me cry, everything about you makes me moved
…
I wish I was special, I wish I could be worthy of you
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here? What am I still doing here?
I don't belong here, I don't belong here at all
…
"How about...I teach you how to drive?"
He Tianran, who was immersed in the song, suddenly heard Wen Liang suddenly ask.
He was silent for a moment and finally shook his head, "I'd better go to a driving school to learn. You're so busy."
The young man found an excuse to excuse himself.
The fatigue this morning gave He Tianran a feeling that he thought he would eventually leave this world, just like the warmth after rebirth.
This feeling was so strong that he had already begun to prepare to say goodbye in his heart, because he didn't know which one would come first, disappearing or tomorrow.
"Learning to drive is very fast. It only takes half a day for you to know how to drive."
Wen Liang was still persuading, and she said vividly:
"And you see, now all driver's licenses are online, and your driver's license is backed up online. When you learn to drive, even if you get points deducted for violating the rules, it is another He Tianran who is helping you pay the fine, even if you go When you buy something in the mall, whether you pay with your fingerprint or face, you can use it without any hassle, how great!”
He Tianran finally understood that this was not a question of whether to learn to drive or not. Wen Liang was helping him think about how to live in this world for a long time.
But, can he really stay for so long?
"Why don't you teach me how to drive a motorcycle?"
He Tianran smiled.
"You agreed?"
Wen Liang was a little surprised. She was already prepared for a protracted war.
"I agreed~ What you said makes sense. Your motorcycle is very cool. You should hurry up and teach me so that I can become a trend-chasing boy."
"Can!"
The two returned to talking and laughing again. After driving for about half an hour, they finally arrived at a... no, to be precise, it was another shopping mall, but it was obviously not as high-end as Joy City. The name is - Gangcheng Light Textile Fabric Market.
Wen Liang finally found an open-air parking space and parked her Land Rover. The two got out of the car. He Tianran looked at the building in front of him that was no different from thirteen years ago and asked:
"Are we still buying clothes?"
Wen Liang raised his eyebrows, "You'll know when you get in."
The decoration in the textile market may not change even in 23 years, let alone 13 years. As a wholesale market for raw materials, of course it is impossible for any brands to settle in this place. Most of the shops are hung out. They all make some coats, skirts, shirts, suits and other ready-made clothes in-house.
Needless to say, although this place is small, it is well-equipped. Except for a few local customers in the market, at a glance, the majority of them are foreigners.
Along the way, He Tianran heard English the most, and almost every shop owner could speak a few sentences.
Who would have thought that in this kind of wholesale mall full of Chinese characteristics, transnational business is still being done.
Wen Liang took He Tianran into a store called "V&K". The young girl at the reception was stunned for two seconds when she saw Wen Liang wearing a mask, and asked tentatively: "Sister Liang?"
Wen Liang nodded and took off his mask: "Is your boss here?"
The receptionist nodded quickly, "He's in the back room, should I call him?"
"No, we've made an appointment. He knows it. Let's go in directly."
After the receptionist girl opened the back door of the store, He Tianran looked around. The store was filled with samples of suits, as well as some small items such as ties, straps, buttons, etc.
"You... want to buy me a suit?"
"yes."
"No, doesn't it look like a salesperson?"
As a boy who couldn't even tie a tie, He Tianran asked a question that 90% of people would ask.
"Don't worry, even though this store looks very rustic on the outside, the owner of this store has actually designed suits for many male celebrities. He has a high-end custom-made suit store on Nanjing Road, but it's generally difficult to find people there, and the business is all over the place. He left it to his apprentice, but actually this is his base camp!"
"Fine……"
He Tianran bravely walked into the back room, but he didn't expect that the small shop outside actually contained a studio of more than 100 square meters.
A middle-aged man with a soft ruler hanging around his neck and a thin body, about forty or fifty years old, walked over.
"Rare visitor, Xiaoliang, long time no see."
"I haven't seen you for a long time, Master Chen. I brought my friend here today to ask you to make a suit."
The middle-aged tailor surnamed Chen scanned He Tianran up and down, nodded and said, "Okay, come here and let me measure the size first."
Craftsmen like him, who come into contact with customers like Wen Liang, understand that they only need to do their own job well. If they shouldn't ask, they will never ask more questions, even if the customer has a good relationship with him.
He Tianran followed the tailor to a mirror in the room, opened his arms and let the soft ruler measure his body.
"Young man, you usually work out, right? The proportions are very good. How long have you maintained such a figure?" Tailor Chen asked.
Even if He Tianran didn't understand, he still knew that this question was about considering the effect of wearing a suit on the body. He said:
"I usually exercise, uh... maybe because of this, I seem to have grown a little taller in the past six months, will it affect me?"
Tailor Chen was stunned, "This...I'll do it according to your current body shape first. If your height changes in the future, you can come to my shop at any time and I can change it for you. It won't be a big problem within one or two centimeters. By the way , do you have any requirements for clothing?"
He Tianran really couldn't answer this question. He said, "Just listen to Wen Liang, just... don't... be too old-fashioned."
Tailor Chen laughed at this, "Is this your first time wearing a suit, young man?"
He Tianran nodded.
"I understand, come on, let's choose the ingredients."
In the next process, I listened to Wen Liang and the tailor discussing about Italian and British styles, flat and cropped, hunting and military uniforms. He Tianran didn't know anything about it, and the only color he could give an opinion on was now two. His eyes went dark.
Seeing that he was confused, Wen Liang covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Teacher Chen, do you have any ready-made clothes that suit his size? You should take it out and let him try it, otherwise he will doubt your craftsmanship."
"It's the first time for a young man to wear a suit. I'm a little biased, that's right."
After speaking, he asked an apprentice to take a set of ready-made clothes from the model in the shop outside.
This is a British-style suit with a retro style and a very powerful cut. The matching vest is either a little small or deliberately designed like this. Wearing it makes He Tianran's back straighten up and his shoulders hang up. After putting on the leather straps, the clear muscle lines in the shirt highlighted the results of his long-term exercise.
Putting on the suit, he was very satisfied with the effect of this outfit, but the buttons on his clothes were not buttoned, the collar was not tightened, and he was a little embarrassed with the tie in his hand...
"Let me do it."
Wen Liang walked up to him, straightened his collar first, and then took the striped tie from his hand.
"Yesterday you told me that since there are two He Tianrans in this world, don't get confused when I chat with you. But you know, in fact, in my eyes, you are both the same person, but your status is different. , this can be seen at a glance.”
He Tianran felt her tightening her tie little by little and asked:
"What state?"
Wen Liang whispered softly:
"You He Tianran, you are cheerful and sunny, with confidence and gentleness in your eyes. You believe that you can match beauty, and your every move is a sign of true love. I think Ai Qing, who came to your world, was really good to you... …”
The young man had mixed feelings in his heart, and he remained silent, waiting for another comment from Wen Liang.
"As for He Tianran in this world, he is as stubborn as a weed. He is used to pretending to be living a good life in front of outsiders, but as soon as he is loved, his true colors are revealed immediately. Although he is just a weed, This does not prevent him from wanting to give you a little more from his already barren life."
"Then...the love he took out...is it for you?"
He Tianran asked in a low voice.
"alright."
Wen Liang did not answer the question. She patted the boy's collar, took two steps back with a smile, and said slowly:
"Putting on a suit makes me feel like an adult..."
In that book, He Tianran and Cao Aiqing had a perfect ending.
However, there is only no warmth.
The answer seems self-evident.
"Why don't you buy this ready-made dress too? I like it very much, what do you think?" Wen Liang said with joy as if he didn't hear the question just now.
"I... can do it."
"Master Chen, we want this dress. The custom-made one will wait until you finish it..."
"I mean, I can meet him."
A warm smile suddenly solidified on his face.
"Take me... to meet him, to meet... the other He Tianran."
I want to post the next few chapters as they are finished. What do you think?
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