I Don’t Want to Be Turned into a Girl by Magic

Chapter 321 : Shopping Mall

Taking the elevator, the young woman arrived at the ground floor shopping mall.

This was a massive shopping center that appeared even more bustling and prosperous than the Wanda they had visited a few days ago. Yet for some reason, customers were scattered and sparse.

Lin Nan roughly scanned the entire mall, then raised her head and joined Liu Xuefei in casting pitiful, pleading looks at Wu Guodong.

Wu Guodong looked down at the two of them and immediately got goosebumps. Helplessly nodding, he said, "I'll cover today's expenses, just don't spend too much."

"Little Uncle's the best!" Lin Nan immediately perked up, her eyes sparkling as she observed the stores inside the mall.

Although the two of them had been together for several months, and this was even their first meeting after the epidemic, Liu Xuefei still enthusiastically grabbed Wu Guodong's arm and praised with a smile, "Boyfriend's so great!"

Wu Guodong's body stiffened. With a dazed, foolish grin on his face, he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.

"Xuefei, there's an ice cream shop over there. Interested?"

"Let's go, let's go!" Liu Xuefei immediately released Wu Guodong and dragged Lin Nan toward the shop at a light jog.

Wu Guodong cast a grateful look toward Lin Nan, only to discover his niece seemed completely absorbed in thoughts of food, running off without looking back.

As a shut-in, he really didn't know how to interact with girls. When his arm had been grabbed just moments ago, he'd even felt an illusion of Death approaching, making his scalp tingle with numbness.

Although Liu Xuefei was quite pretty, especially today with makeup on, wearing a white dress that made her look pure, lovely, and full of vitality, in the end he still preferred 2D waifus.

Plus, Liu Xuefei's chest was way too flat!

He slowly followed the two girls' steps while pulling out his phone to check his bank balance.

Fortunately, he'd been back at work for over a month now, and the gaming company hadn't been too badly impacted by this crisis. Wages were being paid as usual, and there was even a decent bonus.

"Uncle, pay up."

By the time he reached the shop entrance, the two girls were already each holding an ice cream. Wu Guodong hurriedly scanned the QR code to pay, then looked at them both with utter helplessness.

He'd spent quite a long time with Lin Nan during the holiday period, but it had only been a month since they'd last met. Wu Guodong discovered that his niece seemed to have become even prettier.

She didn't seem as frail and delicate as before, and her figure also appeared more alluring.

Although he already had a girlfriend, Wu Guodong still didn't understand what qualities or abilities that Chen Yao possessed to hook up with his niece.

Watching Lin Nan extend her little tongue to lick at her ice cream, then looking at Liu Xuefei's bold, unrestrained way of eating a third of hers in one bite, Wu Guodong suddenly felt his own girlfriend didn't seem quite as appealing anymore.

"Don't eat too much, you still need to have lunch later," he instructed, ordering himself a durian-flavored ice cream as well.

"Speaking of which, Little Uncle told me back then he wasn't that interested in you." Lin Nan suddenly raised her head and nudged Liu Xuefei twice with her elbow.

Liu Xuefei belatedly looked up. "...Huh?"

"He said you spend money too freely, and also..."

Wu Guodong genuinely panicked, winking desperately at Lin Nan in warning. This niece of his wasn't very considerate. How could she tell Liu Xuefei things the family had said privately?

"Also what?" Liu Xuefei asked in confusion.

Lin Nan suddenly shut her mouth. "I also want a game console..." She abruptly changed the subject. "Xuefei, besides Honor of Kings, do you play any other games?"

"PUBG! I'm super good at PUBG!" Liu Xuefei was immediately led off topic.

Lin Nan glanced at Wu Guodong from the corner of her eye, and seeing him nodding continuously, she contentedly began chatting with Liu Xuefei about mobile games.

Little Uncle really treats me the best after all.

She smugly calculated that after beating up Chen Yao a few days ago, giving him a game console as compensation would let her feel more at ease.

Since there are three major gaming consoles, that means she could hit him two more times...

Walking and eating along the way, neither of them went too overboard. But when they spotted a cosmetics store, Liu Xuefei dragged Lin Nan inside.

Although she was studying design, she aspired to become an excellent makeup artist. Walking into the shop, she picked up testers to try on the back of her hand. Lin Nan also had some interest in learning makeup and followed at her side like a little follower, occasionally asking a question or two about makeup-related topics.

Wu Guodong stood behind them. Earlier, when they were chatting about Honor of Kings and PUBG he could still chime in, but now he couldn't understand what they were talking about.

"What is this stuff? The powder caking is so bad."

"Nan Nan, this lipstick shade is nice. Wanna try it?"

Lin Nan immediately leaned over, taking the lipstick Liu Xuefei handed her to examine. After looking at it for quite a while, she finally furrowed her brow and asked, "Isn't this just red? How's it different from those others?"

"This is rose red!"

"Isn't that still red?" Lin Nan looked troubled as she tried to distinguish the colors of several lipsticks. Although her color weakness had been cured by magic, she still couldn't tell these lipsticks apart.

At most, some were more richly red, others lighter, but fundamentally they all seemed identical, right?

She looked up at Liu Xuefei's annoyed expression and obediently opened her mouth slightly, then randomly applied some lipstick to her lips and pressed them together.

When she looked in the mirror, she realized she'd applied it a bit too heavily.

"You don't even know how to apply lipstick?"

"That's how they do it in TV dramas!" Lin Nan said confidently.

Liu Xuefei sighed. "I give up. You've hung around with guys for too long. You can't even recognize lipstick colors." She gently wiped Lin Nan's lips with a makeup remover pad, frowning as she said, "If you don't learn how to do makeup now, what will you do later when you really need it?"

"It's fine, I'm naturally beautiful."

"What about weddings? Attending other people's weddings? Annual company parties? You always need to wear at least a little makeup for formal occasions."

Lin Nan thought about it, then said matter-of-factly, "You're my bestie. What's wrong with you doing my makeup?"

"I charge fees for doing people's makeup." She quickly wiped off the lipstick from Lin Nan's mouth, sighing with a furrowed brow. "This lipstick quality isn't very good. How about I buy you one online later?"

"Is that necessary?"

Wu Guodong stood behind them, watching his former nephew discuss makeup topics with his girlfriend. He felt an inexplicably strong sense of incongruity.

Although he knew Lin Nan was thoroughly and completely a girl, the image of Lin Nan from previous years would still unconsciously appear in his mind.

"That's about enough. Time to eat lunch," he said with arms crossed, glancing awkwardly at the sales clerk nearby. He felt like Liu Xuefei was just leading Lin Nan around to test products without buying.

Liu Xuefei looked up and asked him, "What will we do after?"

"Watch a movie?"

Lin Nan quickly shook her head. There weren't any good movies showing these past few days. Instead, she suggested, "How about we go to an internet cafe to play together?"

A finger flicked Lin Nan's forehead. She covered her forehead in pain and glared at Liu Xuefei angrily. "If you don't want to go, just don't go! Why hit me!"

"Who goes to an internet cafe on a date..." Liu Xuefei complained.

"Chen Yao and I always used to go to internet cafes!"