Exalting Sanctum, the entrance to the lantern festival grounds.
"Ooh!!! It smells so good here, Fu Xuan!"
Selene tilted her head back, her little nose twitching incessantly.
"You'll probably get fat again tonight!" Fu Xuan teased.
"Hmph! This Meow won't get fat! This Meow can't get fat at all!" Selene made a face at Fu Xuan and said.
"Oh? There was a time when a certain Little one, in her cat form, had already gained 14 jin, and after turning into her human form, she stubbornly refused to get on the scale? Can't get fat?" Fu Xuan leaned close to Selene's ear and teased.
Selene: ..."Aiya! You're so annoying! I don't care, I'm going to eat my fill tonight!"
After Selene finished speaking, she ran into the lantern festival.
"Hmph! When did Ben Zuo say you couldn't eat?!" Fu Xuan snorted unhappily, then quickly went to chase after a certain person...
"Fu Xuan, do you want some skewers?" Selene came to a barbecue stall and turned to ask Fu Xuan.
"Buy them if you want to eat them. You wouldn't be expecting Ben Zuo to pay, would you? You said you'd pay for all the expenses tonight!" Fu Xuan said with a smile.
"Hmm? I did say something like that! But these are what I want to eat! I said I'd pay for your expenses, Fu Xuan! But my expenses..." Selene said, smiling at Fu Xuan, looking as if she wanted her to pay quickly.
Fu Xuan: ...A stellar jade appeared in Fu Xuan's hand and she placed it in Selene's hand.
"Take it and buy them."
"Hehe! Thank you, my dear wife!" Selene said, taking the stellar jade and turning to buy the skewers she had been craving.
A few minutes later, Selene returned to Fu Xuan with a large bunch of skewers.
"Here! This Meow is treating! Eat as much as you want!" Selene handed the skewers to Fu Xuan and said.
"Wasn't that Ben Zuo's money? How is it you treating?" Fu Xuan asked after taking some of the skewers.
"Because... the cat treats and Fu pays!" Selene said, then took off running!
Fu Xuan: ...Half an hour later, Selene and Fu Xuan were sitting on a bench somewhere, resting.
"Since you're full now, how about we go to a jewelry store?" Fu Xuan said, looking at the round-bellied Selene beside her.
"Okay, is Fu Xuan going to buy jewelry?" Selene asked.
"To be precise, I'm going to buy some for you. Look, you're not wearing anything." Fu Xuan said.
"I don't like wearing them either. Look at that hairpin on your head, it looks so heavy! It must be uncomfortable to wear!" Selene pointed at Fu Xuan's head and said.
Fu Xuan: ...Well, she admitted that the hairpin was indeed quite heavy, but for people like them who have the Path's protection, this little bit of weight was nothing... The two women came to a clothing store. Fu Xuan led Selene as they looked at various accessories in the store.
However, Selene seemed to be resistant to these accessories. No matter what Fu Xuan picked, she shook her head in refusal.
Finally, out of helplessness, Fu Xuan could only think of another way: let this Little one choose something she liked herself!
"Since you don't like wearing them, then you pick one for Ben Zuo. Hairpins, earrings, bracelets, anything is fine!" Fu Xuan leaned close to Selene's ear and said.
"Hmm? Anything is fine?!" For some reason, Selene's tone suddenly became excited.
Fu Xuan: ???
"Yes, anything is fine! As long as you think it looks good!" Fu Xuan said.
However, what Fu Xuan was calculating in her heart was, 'You choose something you think looks good, and then I'll force you to wear it. Can you still refuse Ben Zuo then?!'
And Selene, hearing Fu Xuan say that anything was fine, her eyes instantly lit up!
"Then wait for me here!" Selene said, then disappeared in a flash...
When Selene reappeared in front of Fu Xuan, it was more than ten minutes later.
Selene was carrying a bag, which contained many small accessories.
"What is this? What did you buy? Didn't you dislike everything just now?" Fu Xuan asked, looking at the large bag of accessories Selene was carrying, puzzled.
"This... Look, bracelets, anklets, leg rings, lace bracelets, and a golden hairpin, etcetera..." Selene introduced each item she had taken to Fu Xuan, her manner as if enumerating family treasures!
"Hmph! So what kind of rings did you buy? Aren't one or two enough? Why did you buy seven? And they're all different styles?!" Fu Xuan said, holding a leg ring in one hand.
"They're for you to wear! A different one each day of the week! How great!"
"And these bracelets and anklets, hehehe... Naughty... I like them..." Selene said, suddenly starting to act crazy.
Fu Xuan: Don't act crazy here! Go home and act crazy!
"Alright, as long as you like them. Let's go, Ben Zuo will take you to check out." Fu Xuan said, taking Selene's small hand and preparing to go to the counter to check out.
"You don't need to take me to check out! This Meow has money! I said before we left that I would pay for your expenses! These are all things This Meow bought for you!" Selene said, pulling her hand free from Fu Xuan's and walking towards the counter on her own.
Fu Xuan: When did she get so rich? Never mind, Ben Zuo should follow her and see...
...At the counter, Selene placed the bag of accessories at the checkout.
The young lady at the counter saw Selene's full bag of accessories, and her mouth formed an 'O' shape!
"Little sister? Are you sure you want to buy all of these?" The young lady at the counter asked, a little uncertain.
"Yes, check them out!" Selene said, a faint smile still on her face.
Seeing Selene confirm, the young lady at the counter took out the accessories from the bag one by one and began to scan the prices with a scanner gun.
[Ding ~ Golden hairpin, thirty thousand yuan.]
Selene: ???
[Ding ~ Pure gold anklet, five thousand two hundred yuan.]
Selene: ???
"Little sister, the total is one hundred and thirty thousand stellar jade. Will you be paying by card or...?" The young lady at the counter said, pushing a payment machine in front of Selene.
Selene: ...She really didn't expect that the things she took were so expensive! The main thing was she didn't expect that the small items on these accessories were actually made of pure gold!
But, they had already been scanned, and the price had been calculated, so it seemed a bit... Thinking of this, Selene began to pull out stellar jade one by one from her body and place them on the counter.
Of course, these stellar jade seemed to be taken from her body, but in reality, they were taken out from the system space.
As for Fu Xuan, she stood behind Selene, watching the show.
She finally understood now why this Little one was so confident in saying she wanted to check out just now!
It turned out that she had no idea that the accessories she took were basically all made of gold?!
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