Furina's memory wasn't bad; she just usually didn't want to remember so many things, so she rarely used it. With Liu Yuan's appearance, Furina remembered even less — after all, she had Liu Yuan!
However, at this moment, Furina was incredibly serious, her heterochromatic eyes fixed on Miss Eloffe's every move, memorizing the positions where the soft ruler measured her body.
Under the influence of her serious state, Furina only needed Miss Eloffe to demonstrate twice before she remembered everything clearly. This learning efficiency secretly astonished Miss Eloffe.
Is this the power of love? Hmm... I'm really shipping it!
Miss Eloffe's eyes lit up slightly, and she added more personal touches to the measurement methods.
However, even with Miss Eloffe's biased guidance, Furina didn't spend much time. In less than half an hour, she had memorized all the body parts that needed to be measured and their corresponding methods.
"Have you memorized everything?"
Miss Eloffe placed the soft ruler aside and looked at Furina.
"Yes, yes, thank you, Miss Eloffe, I've got it all!"
Furina nodded earnestly. During that time, she had been incredibly focused, afraid of missing any step.
"Oh, right, Miss Eloffe, how much Mora does this custom order cost?"
"Hm... no rush for that. We can calculate it next time when you bring the body measurements."
"Is that so... Thank you, Miss Eloffe!"
Furina didn't know the specific details of custom clothing, nor that in the past, Chiori had been invited to Palais Mermonia to take her body measurements in Furina's room.
Furina didn't need to get involved in matters like payment or when the clothes would be ready; she just had to wait to receive them.
She remembered the measurement methods clearly and planned to measure Liu Yuan's body data tonight.
"No, you're welcome. Your memory is excellent, teaching you didn't take much effort."
Miss Eloffe smiled. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, her eyes brightening slightly as she looked at Furina.
"Our boutique rarely has visitors. Since you've come, I can't let you leave empty-handed. I'll give you a gift!"
Miss Eloffe said. Upon hearing gift, Furina instinctively wanted to refuse. In her opinion, Miss Eloffe had already helped her a lot, so she naturally shouldn't ask for more.
However, Miss Eloffe wouldn't let Furina refuse. She casually picked out a few small accessories from a drawer on a nearby table and placed them on the counter.
"Come on, pick one."
Furina looked at Miss Eloffe's serious expression, knowing it would be difficult to decline. Her gaze could only return to the small accessories.
However, upon seeing them, Furina was inexplicably drawn to the two red bracelets.
"What... is this? It's so beautiful..."
Furina picked one up and unconsciously held it in her palm, examining it.
"These are red strings from Liyue," Miss Eloffe explained. "They were props custom-ordered by two directors from Liyue at the boss's place. I found their symbolism quite interesting, so I made a few myself to see if they'd give me inspiration."
"But since you like them, I'll give them to you as a gift."
Miss Eloffe took Furina's hand, and before Furina could refuse, she placed the other red bracelet on her hand, then quickly withdrew her own.
"Those two directors said there are many stories about red strings in Liyue."
Before Furina could speak again, Miss Eloffe began to tell a story:
"Legend has it that in ancient Liyue, there was an Adeptus who enjoyed traveling in the mortal realm. Once, at a harbor, the Adeptus saw a young man and a young woman saddened by their parting."
"The young man was going to venture out to sea, but the young woman could not follow. They both wept in sorrow. The Adeptus, feeling the genuine affection between them, used his power to take a wisp of heart's blood from each, fusing them together, which eventually transformed into a red string."
"One was wrapped around the man's left hand, and the other around the woman's right. This allowed them to understand each other's thoughts, able to communicate even across thousands of miles."
"Because of this, they were no longer sad, and in the end, the young man returned and married the young woman."
"Of course, legends are just legends and shouldn't be taken as truth. After all, I've heard there's also a saying about 'red strings locking emotions,' which can make people indifferent to everything. This is just one of them."
Miss Eloffe spoke eloquently, she seemed to have a lot to say to the girl in front of her.
Furina, meanwhile, stared blankly at the two red strings in her hand. Although there was no change in her expression, that was only because she was wearing a mask!
Under the mask, Furina's face had already unconsciously flushed.
Although she had chosen them casually, and Miss Eloffe seemed to have done so unintentionally, could it really be such a coincidence?
Furina subtly glanced at Liu Yuan beside her, only to find that she had already fixed her gaze on her at some point!
Panicked, Furina quickly averted her gaze, trying to calm herself down, but the pounding of her heart could not be concealed.
Furina wanted to put down the red string to avoid Miss Eloffe misunderstanding, and also to avoid being misunderstood by Liu Yuan beside her.
However, thinking was one thing, and doing was another. Furina, as if possessed, grasped the red string and then subconsciously said:
"Thank you, I really like this gift!"
"Yes, yes, no need to thank me. I'm glad you like it."
When Furina came to her senses, she was already standing outside Chioriya Boutique, holding two red strings in her hand, somewhat dazed, standing on the street.
"Furina?"
Liu Yuan spoke at the opportune moment.
"Ah... Ah! What is it?"
"It's already mealtime. Should we go back?"
Liu Yuan said softly.
"What? Is it that late already?!"
Furina instantly reacted.
"Yes, the time was up right after we left Chioriya Boutique."
Furina: !!!!!
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Inside Chioriya Boutique, Eloffe watched Furina hurriedly leave down the street and sighed softly:
"What an interesting person..."
However, the next moment, Eloffe took a piece of paper, wrote a series of numbers on it, and then turned and walked into the studio.
Upon entering, she went directly to a table and took down the design drawing pasted on the wall.
"Yes! This is it!"
Eloffe looked at the drawing of a blue dress in her hand, then flipped it over. A series of numbers was recorded there.
Eloffe opened the paper in her hand, placing the two sets of numbers together — and the result... was identical.
Her expression turned strange as she stood there, looking at the identical numbers. After a long time, Eloffe finally said in disbelief:
"If my hand isn't malfunctioning, then it can only be..."
Was that Lady Furina just now?!!!
No, no, no, how could that be? Their appearances were completely different, and Lady Furina was a god — how could she be in love? Maybe it was just a coincidence? Maybe she'd made a mistake when "adding her personal touches"?
Eloffe thought to herself, deciding that she should stop reading those light novels from Inazuma for a while, they made people fantasize too easily.
"Eloffe?"
"Hmm?! Boss!"
Eloffe instantly turned around, only to see a red-eyed young woman looking at her.
"What are you doing here?"
"I... I'm looking at this design drawing!"
"Hm?"
Chiori frowned slightly. Her intuition told her that Eloffe was lying, but she didn't sense any malice...
"Oh, I see."
Eloffe nodded, instinctively clutching the slip of paper in her hand tighter.
It's probably better not to tell the boss about this...
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