173: Chapter 173 Oh? You want to take me shopping for clothes?

Lu Li smacked his lips.

"Good grief, not letting people off work in the middle of the night? What a truly evil capitalist!!!"

"The entertainment industry never had the concept of getting off work in the first place."

Shen Qingxue put down her water cup, her tone calm.

"The more popular you are, the more people stare at you, including the boss of your own company, who will also keep an eye on your data."

After hearing this, Lu Li nodded in deep agreement.

Just like back when he was at Moonlight Entertainment, Sister Wang stared at the original body's pitiful play count every day, wishing she could squeeze him dry like a mummy.

As for now...

Eating well and drinking well every day, accompanied by a beauty, and still having to take out his phone to "review" today's content.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what a vibrant life."

Even if an emperor came, he wouldn't have this kind of treatment.

At this moment, Shen Qingxue suddenly spoke up.

"Right, there's something I forgot to tell you. Tianlai Music said they want to meet us offline tomorrow and talk about the licensing."

Hearing this, Lu Li raised his head and glanced at her, looking somewhat surprised.

"Tomorrow? What time?"

"Two in the afternoon, at a cafe near their company."

Shen Qingxue paused and added,

"Their Director Chen personally made the appointment, saying he wanted to chat face-to-face to appear more sincere, but it's probably because he couldn't sit still anymore."

Lu Li nodded, pillowing his hands behind his head as he thought about it.

"Fine, then let's go. We have to talk sooner or later anyway. Leaving the three of them hanging for the past few days is about enough."

He paused and turned his head to look at Shen Qingxue.

"Are you busy tomorrow? If you're free, let's go together?"

"Yeah, I was going to go anyway. It would be best if you can accompany me."

Shen Qingxue picked up her water cup and took a sip, her gaze sweeping over his body.

"However... do you have a suit?"

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, looked down at the T-shirt and loose oversized shorts on his body, and then raised his head to look at her.

"A suit? Nope, what do I need that thing for?"

"Meeting business partners, you should at least be a bit formal, right?"

Shen Qingxue's tone was calm, but her eyes held a trace of helplessness.

"You surely can't go wearing slippers again, right?"

Lu Li blinked, then spoke with a straight face.

"Tomorrow I'll just go looking like this."

Shen Qingxue stared at him for two seconds.

"You're going to wear flip-flops again?"

"Yep."

Lu Li said this with complete confidence, without using his brain at all.

"Look, we make music, we're not going to some business cocktail party. Why dress so formally? Casual is fine."

Afterwards, he reached out and pointed at his flip-flops.

"Besides, these are my battle boots, they've fought battles with me and rendered great service."

Shen Qingxue's mouth twitched slightly.

"What battles?"

"The battle of the dating variety show, the battle of recording songs, the battle of buying groceries, the midnight convenience store buying..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence, realizing that saying the last word might not be very appropriate.

Shen Qingxue stared at him for two seconds, clearly having guessed what the second half of his unfinished sentence was, and the tips of her ears turned slightly red.

"Shut your mouth."

"Then about the shoes..."

"Suit yourself."

Shen Qingxue turned her head away, her tone calm.

"Anyway, the one people will be laughing at won't be me."

Lu Li grinned widely, not caring in the least.

"It's fine, I'm not afraid of people laughing, as long as you don't mind me."

Shen Qingxue was stunned for a moment, and the blush on her earlobes spread to her neck.

She didn't reply, but the slightly upturned arc of her lips couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

...

At twelve noon the next day.

Lu Li was slouching on the sofa with his legs crossed, scrolling through his phone, when he suddenly felt the light beside him dim.

He raised his head; Shen Qingxue had already changed into her going-out clothes at some point.

Wearing a light blue dress, hair draped down, a large sun hat, big sunglasses on her face, and carrying a small bag in her hand.

"Let's go out."

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, not even having time to lock his phone screen.

"Huh? Where are we going? Aren't we meeting at two in the afternoon? There are still two hours left."

"Never mind that, just come with me."

Shen Qingxue's tone was calm, but those eyes clearly spelled out the three words "no room for discussion".

"Oh? Do you want to take me to buy clothes?"

Lu Li blinked, looked down at the T-shirt and large shorts on his body, and then looked back up at her.

"Oh, actually there's no need. Don't I have clothes to wear?"

Seeing that her idea was exposed, Shen Qingxue laid her cards on the table.

"But it's too inappropriate."

Afterwards, her gaze lingered for two seconds on Lu Li's T-shirt printed with the two large characters "Lie Flat", and the corners of her mouth twitched.

Lu Li followed her gaze to look down, then spoke righteously.

"What's wrong with this? Isn't this pretty good? The text even expresses my life motto."

Shen Qingxue took a deep breath, then walked over, reached out to grab the collar of his T-shirt and pulled upward, lifting his whole body up from the sofa.

"Get up, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and change your shoes and go out, there's no time to dawdle with you."

Lu Li was yanked by her and staggered a bit. After steadying himself, he looked at her with an innocent expression.

"Fine fine fine, let's go, go, go. Elder, please stop pulling, the clothes are almost going to be stretched out of shape by you, it costs 9.9 yuan each."

Hearing this, Shen Qingxue almost lost her composure.

A person of such status, at least buying a T-shirt worth dozens of yuan would be fine...

Lu Li sighed resignedly.

He walked into the bedroom, changed into a slightly more formal pair of jeans and a polo shirt, and then changed into a pair of sneakers.

There was no help for it, he really didn't have many shoes.

Shen Qingxue looked down and didn't say anything, because at least it was much more formal than flip-flops.

"Let's go."

...

The mall wasn't far; it took a dozen minutes by taxi to get there.

Shen Qingxue walked in front, her pace neither fast nor slow, her gaze sweeping over the store signs on both sides.

Lu Li followed two steps behind her, hands in his pockets, listlessly watching the coming and going crowd.

Both of them used sunglasses and baseball caps to disguise themselves.

Otherwise, given their current popularity, once they entered the mall, they definitely wouldn't be able to get out.

"Over here."

Shen Qingxue stopped at the entrance of a suit shop, turned to look at Lu Li, and then stepped inside.

Lu Li looked up at the sign. It was a brand store he couldn't name, but the decoration at the entrance and the displays in the window looked expensive at a glance.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he hesitated for a moment, but still followed her inside.

The store clerk was a girl in her twenties. Seeing Shen Qingxue walk in, her eyes instantly lit up and she hurried forward to welcome them.

"Welcome, what kind of style are you two looking for?"

Shen Qingxue didn't answer immediately. Her gaze swept around the store, and then she pointed to a row of clothes hangers on the right side.

"That light gray suit, take down the whole set and let him try it on."

The clerk looked over in the direction she pointed, deftly took down a suit, and handed it to Lu Li with both hands.

Lu Li took it and flipped it through in his hands.

The fabric felt very comfortable to the touch, and the workmanship was exquisite; he knew it wasn't cheap without even looking at the price tag.

"What are you standing there stunned for? Go try it on."

Shen Qingxue's voice came from the side.

Lu Li raised his head to look at her, opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed the words back down.

Then he honestly turned and walked into the fitting room.