93 Sending an SOS Signal (1/2)
The first boutique was one that Su Yan had chosen himself. He had never come here before and had only decided on it because it was close to the one Zhi Bao Yu had recommended him. Since she had said that he should only go to two or at most three different shops with Nie Chang he had thought that it would be a good idea. After all, they only had time to go now after work. If they had to drive from one place to another, they'd need even longer. How would that be romantic?
Nie Chang opened the door for Su Yan and stepped in behind him. Both of them stopped at once though. This was … unbelievable! And not in a good way.
Nie Chang closed his eyes for a moment before cautiously blinking a few times. This was the shop he had seen Su Yan look at before and it seemed like the website was true to the appearance of the shop. It really sparkled everywhere! The clothes that were shown, the chandelier on the ceiling, the counter. Damn, even the carpet had some silvery strands woven into it that glimmered in the light.
Su Yan silently grabbed Nie Chang's sleeve and lowered his voice. ”Ah Chang, would you mind … if we went somewhere else?”
Nie Chang shook his head and the two of them backed out of the shop as quiet as possible. Fortunately, nobody had seen them. As far as Su Yan remembered this was the shop of a young local designer and besides him, only one salesperson worked there. The two of them were probably somewhere in the back, sparing them from the embarrassment of leaving the shop after being noticed.
Su Yan scratched his head when the door fell shut behind them. ”Sorry. I had no idea it would be looking like this. I honestly thought it would be something good.”
Nie Chang's lips twitched. He had already felt that the website had looked quite a bit … daring with all that sparkling going on. He just hadn't expected that it would be even more exaggerated than that. ”Never mind. Didn't you decide on three? Let's just go to the second one then.” He looped an arm around Su Yan's shoulder and followed him in the direction of their next destination.
Su Yan felt incredibly nervous. Zhi Bao Yu had assured him that Nie Chang would definitely like the boutique she had recommended. But what if the other one he had chosen himself was just as bad as the first one? Would Nie Chang even want to go to the last one? Maybe he should go to the one Zhi Bao Yu had recommended right now? But then it would be even worse if the other wasn't a good idea since their day would end with something bad. And not going there at all seemed wrong, too. After all, it would cut their time together short.
Nie Chang felt Su Yan tense up in his embrace and couldn't help but take a worried look at him. Even if Su Yan had said this was in preparation for their dates it was still just like going out together. It couldn't be that he had gotten nervous now that they did that after becoming a couple, could it?
”Heh.” He stopped walking and turned Su Yan around. ”What are you worrying about, hm?”
”No… Nothing!” Su Yan pursed his lips, unwilling to say anything. He couldn't let Nie Chang feel like anything was out of the ordinary. Wouldn't he look like an idiot if he confessed that this hadn't been his idea but Zhi Bao Yu's?