Chapter 19 (1/2)

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New York!

In a Department store!

Xia Feng was looking to buy a lipstick for Yu Dong and was browsing at the cosmetics corner. The clerk recommended many colors, but Xia Feng didn’t know which ones to buy so he stopped thinking so hard and called Yu Dong.

Yu Dong was currently on the bus to work. When she saw the caller ID she was surprised: “Xia Feng?”

“I’m buying lipstick for you but there’s too many colors. What colors do you usually use?” Xia Feng asked.

Lipstick? “What lipstick?”

“Item 55 on your list.” Xia Feng said.

“Oh!” Only then did Yu Dong remember. But then she released what was happening and couldn’t believe it, asking: “You aren’t actually….Are you buying me one of each everyday?”

“No, I’m buying your masks all in one go. If I buy those once a day, I’m afraid the clerk will scold me.” Xia Feng said.

“Hah!” Yu Dong couldn’t help but smile, “You bought everything on the list?”

“I’ve bought most of it.”

“You’re quite obedient.” Yu Dong raised an eyebrow.

“Didn’t you ask me to buy it?” Xia Feng heard Yu Dong’s disbelieving tone and asked, “You didn’t just write this list casually to amuse me, did you?”

Thinking about it, while there were many things on the list, they had no specific brand, price or color. Most of the items only had one requirement: That they’re good-looking.

“Of course not.” Yu Dong tried to change the subject with a guilty heart. “Which counter are you in now?”

Xia Feng looked at the sign and said, “CHANEL.”

“What color are they?”

Xia Feng picked up several colors recommended by the clerk and said, “The clerk said that colors 1, 2 and 11 are more popular this year…”

Yu Dong blinked and asked, “What’s the date today? ”

“Ha?” Xia Feng was stupefied, “November 6th.”

“Then 11 and 6.” Yu Dong didn’t bother to be picky.

“Alright.” Xia Feng picked the 2 colors and gave them to the clerk to be wrapped.

“You’re not asking me why I chose those 2 colors?” Yu Dong asked.

Xia Feng was busy taking bills out of his wallet and carelessly answered: “Why?”

“Because today’s the 6th of November.”

“What does today’s date have to do with anything?” Xia Feng was puzzled.

“Idiot!” Yu Dong couldn’t help but scold him.

Xia Feng ended up being scolded, but he continued to ask, which resulted in Yu Dong hanging up on him.

At this time, the clerk handed the bag to Xia Feng, and he was about to leave.

“Xia Feng!” An An didn’t expect to see Xia Feng in this shopping mall. Her expression showed genuine surprise.

Xia Feng saw An An coming towards him with another Asian girl.

Xia Feng stopped and waited for the girls to approach. After nodding at them he said, “What a coincidence!”

So they came to buy Chanel’s lipstick too.

An An accepted the shopping bad from Xia Feng’s hands with some joy and a little shyness. She opened it and with some surprise said, “No. 11 and No. 6?”

“No. 11 is good, but No. 6 doesn’t match your style that well.” CC commented, then suddenly realized, “I know, today’s November 6, your boyfriend must be hoping that you’ll think of this day every time you wear lipstick.”

An An shyly nudged CC, then affectionately looked at Xia Feng, saying: “You remembered that I like this brand of lipstick.”

Xia Feng’s eyes flashed. That must be why once he entered the mall, he felt that the counter was familiar – he bought it several times before.

“Gee, it’s so bright!” CC exaggerated, “Why do I feel so bright today? It’s probably because I accidentally turned into a light bulb.”

(T/N: a thing I’ve never understood, where calling yourself a light-bulb or having wattage is you lamenting that you’re a third-wheeling.)

“CC!” An An’s sweet voice was full of anger.

Since the lipstick was taken by An An, Xia Feng could only make an excuse to leave: “You go on ahead, I have to go back to the hospital.”

“Alright!”

Xia Feng left the shopping mall, stood at the crossroads for a while, then finally crossed to the department store opposite. He approached a counter and asked the clerk: “I’m buying for a girl, Asian with very white skin, around 22 years old, what color would suit her?”

Xia Feng walked out of the department store with the newly purchased lipstick and sent a message the Yu Dong.

Then he wrote a short message and sent it to An An.

An An who was going through some clothes, heard her phone’s notification and took it out only to find that Xia Feng had sent her a message. Her mouth started to curve, but soon froze when she read the message.

[ I didn’t buy the lipstick for you, but go ahead a keep it! ]

“What’s wrong?” CC saw that An An suddenly looked wrong and asked her.

“Nothing!” An An pocketed her phone as if nothing happened.