Chapter 27.1 - Let's just buy them slowly over the year...

In the end, Li Xinwen ate a bowl of porridge and 2 servings of caramel puddings. Though Sun Xiao felt guilty at first, when he saw Li Xinwen enjoying the puddings, he felt relieved. After they finished eating, Li Xinwen once again handed his wallet over to Sun Xiao with a grin. "Ah'Xiao, today... how about I let you do all the payment, hmm? Once you get used to interacting with people, you'll naturally feel less shy."

Sun Xiao stared at the wallet in his hand, then looked up at Li Xinwen. The nervousness can be seen from his expression and to ease it up, Li Xinwen reached up and pats Sun Xiao's head. "You can do it. Your big bro here believes in you," Li Xinwen said in a gentle tone. While saying this, he also sends a few strands of spiritual energy to help calm Sun Xiao up.

After a while, Sun Xiao finally gathered enough courage and nods his head. "Xin-gege, let's go and pay now," Sun Xiao said as he stood up and picked up his backpack.

They went to the cashier and paid for their meal. Much to Li Xinwen's delight, Sun Xiao was able to do so without looking nervous. It wasn't until they got outside that Sun Xiao let out a loud sigh, placing a hand on his fast-beating chest. "Xin-gege... where to next? Martial arts book?" Sun Xiao asked Li Xinwen.

"Not yet. Hua-jie said that we should buy some underwear and clothes to prepare ourselves," Li Xinwen told the younger boy and he could see the disappointment in his eyes. "After that, I'll let you buy whatever martial arts book you want! Alright?"

"En. Okay!" Sun Xiao cheered up once more after being promised.

They first went to one of the clothing shops in the shopping mall. Li Xinwen doesn't care much about brands so he just randomly picked a shop. Their first destination was the men's underwear section. It was then that Li Xinwen learned that there were two kinds of underwear for men. Li Xinwen stared at the triangle-shaped underwear and felt that it lacked privacy. 'This just looks like the way those people in the pleasure house did their underwear back in Long Xing...' Li Xinwen couldn't help his thought before he turned to Sun Xiao. "Ah'Xiao, Hua-jie said to buy at least 500 underwear. One box has 12 pairs so we'll need to buy 42 boxes," Li Xinwen told him.

"42...?" Sun Xiao who heard it was shocked. He stared at Li Xinwen with disbelief. "Did Hua-jie really said that? But Xin-gege, she said the apocalypse won't happen until five years later... we don't have to buy 500 now. Let's just buy them slowly over the years..." Sun Xiao suggested. If they really buy it now, it would be embarrassing to come out holding bags filled with boxes of boxers.

"You think so?" Li Xinwen asked and Sun Xiao quickly nods his head. "Well, alright then. Ge will listen to Ah'Xiao," Li Xinwen said.

"Then, let's just take two boxes and then we go grab some clothes... after that, martial art books?" Sun Xiao said as he looked up at Li Xinwen, giving his older brother a puppy look.

"..." Li Xinwen was speechless when faced with this look. 'First, Xue Rui... now even Ah'Xiao is using this deadly look on me, ah!' he thought before he raised his hand and gently rubbed Sun Xiao's head. "Alright. Let's buy some clothes."

While the two were choosing clothes, a paparazzi who got intel about Li Xinwen finally found them. He sneaked a photo. Because he was quite far, the picture he took was not as clear, and because of the two brother's position, it turned out to be ambiguous.

Regardless, the paparazzi was satisfied with the picture and sent it over to his colleague before he continued to tail Li Xinwen and Sun Xiao. For people like them, they don't care much about the truth. What they liked the most is digging up scandals from these kinds of celebrities.

He wanted to get closer, but he did not want to risk getting found out so he only stays at what he deemed a safe distance. When the two brothers exit the clothing store, he too left. Then, the two entered a book store and the paparazzi was confused. 'It's normal to buy clothes for your pet but... books? That is unheard of...'

He was just about to follow them inside when he was suddenly pulled by his collar. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" the paparazzi was angry that he was stopped. But when he turned around to face the person who stopped him, he suddenly felt cold all over his body.

The other person was wearing a black suit and was also wearing sunglasses. His whole appearance screamed the word 'bodyguard' and the paparazzi thought that he's the bodyguard that Li Xinwen hired. After all, it is not rare for a celebrity to hire a personal bodyguard.

"Sir, I caught him. Waiting for further instruction," the bodyguard said and only then did the paparazzi noticed the earpiece on the bodyguard's ear. The paparazzi wanted to run but was quickly caught by the bodyguard. After a while, the bodyguard leaned closer and whispered to his ear. "My boss wants to meet you. Be obedient and you won't get hurt," the bodyguard said before he dragged the paparazzi away from the book store.

"Wait, your boss is not inside the book store?"

"No."

"Then mister, did you catch the wrong person? I don't think I ever..."

"No. I've been watching you. You've been following Young Master Li. My boss doesn't like it and ordered me to bring you to him," the bodyguard said, crushing the paparazzi's hope of getting away.

Inside the bookstore, Li Xinwen glanced outside with a frown. 'The two-person who followed us around left? Is it just me overthinking about it?' Li Xinwen thought before he shrugged his shoulder. 'Even if they wanted to do something, I doubt they could.'

"Xin-gege, what's wrong?" Sun Xiao asked when he noticed that Li Xinwen was staring out of the store window.

"Nothing. Did you find the book you wanted?" Li Xinwen asked and Sun Xiao just lifts up the book he's holding. "This?" Li Xinwen flipped through the book and saw that it was about the martial arts from the K country. He didn't mind it much since these also looks very useful. Li Xinwen also felt that the moves explained in the book were unique, something that was not found in Long Xing.

Suddenly, he felt that he should also learn these martial arts. Once he returns to Long Xing, it might help him throw his opponent into a confusion, or even create his own cultivation technique based on these martial arts. "Are these all? Let's buy different kinds, and then you can easily choose which one you want to learn at home!"