My Stepbrother Is a Little Pitiful (ChatGPT Translated)

☆ Chapter 14. Emotional, emotional.

Chapter 14: Stirred Emotions

"By the way, Qingzhi, why didn't you wear that white new outfit yesterday? It looked so good!" Uncle Xu asked.

"I took it to wash and hung it in the backyard."

"Oh," Uncle Xu sounded a bit regretful. "So that's why. I thought you looked extremely good in that outfit, even better than my daughter Yuxiu."

Cheng Qingzhi lowered his head and smiled bitterly. It was the outfit that looked good, not him.

No matter how good he looked in it, he couldn't catch Cheng Songer's attention. In her eyes, mortal beings like him were probably ugly.

Demons possess magical powers, they say they can see through people's appearances.

Perhaps in her eyes, he was nothing more than a walking skeleton, not even worthy of a second glance.

Uncle Xu sighed, "Ah, I was hoping to take a good look at the fabric and embroidery on your outfit, and then have one made for my daughter to wear during the New Year."

Cheng Qingzhi understood the meaning behind his words from the bitterness in his heart. He said, "Uncle Xu, the clothes are still hanging in the backyard. If you want to see them, I can bring them to you."

"Alright, alright," Uncle Xu nodded eagerly.

Cheng Qingzhi retrieved the outfit from the backyard, still with water droplets on it. "The clothes were just hung up not long ago, Uncle Xu, please be careful not to wet your clothes."

"It's alright, it's alright," Uncle Xu carefully took it, his fingers constantly caressing it.

From the fabric to the embroidery stitches and even the angle at which the magnolia petals were embroidered, he examined it thoroughly, committing every detail to memory before returning it to Cheng Qingzhi.

From the moment Uncle Xu saw Cheng Qingzhi wearing that outfit, he was captivated. Such a beautiful outfit must have been expensive, and their family didn't have much money. They needed to save money to build houses for their two daughters and find husbands for them. While their son was spoiled, they couldn't afford to spend too much.

But when Uncle Xu saw Cheng Qingzhi wearing that outfit, he was simply amazed. The usually timid Cheng Qingzhi, in that moment, looked like a noble young master.

Indeed, clothes make the man, Uncle Xu thought.

Cheng Qingzhi was beautiful, but his own son was not bad either, and their family background was more respectable than Cheng Qingzhi's. The reason why his son couldn't find a good match was simply because he lacked such fine clothes.

So he thought about making a dress for Lin Yuxiu to wear during the blind date, so that he could tell his son about a good marriage, which is also the reason why Uncle Xu ignored Lin Yuxiu's objections and insisted on coming to Cheng Qingzhi for help.

Although Uncle Xu sympathizes with Cheng Qingzhi, his sympathy is ultimately outweighed by his own son, and sympathy also hides manipulation.

"This dress is made of excellent satin, it must be expensive, right? How much did you spend on this satin?" Uncle Xu asked tentatively.

"I don't know, Songer bought it for me, and I didn't ask."

"You only bought this one? Didn't buy anything else?" Cheng Qingzhi shook his head, "Just buying this one is already expensive enough. I don't want Songer to spend more on me. She said she will take me to the county tomorrow. I think it's better to buy some fabric and cotton, I can make it myself at home, and it will be cheaper."