When the shopkeeper heard that Bai Ye had no intention of trying on her clothes, she looked as if she’d been struck by lightning.

Actually, compared with the soft and adorable Yilisi, the shopkeeper was more interested in Bai Ye, whose features were just a little cold.

Her looks and figure aside, just imagining how Bai Ye’s silver hair and aloof air would go with different outfits gave the shopkeeper a dozen ideas.

The moment she first saw Bai Ye, she’d decided Bai Ye was the perfect model—the beautiful girl most suited to wearing her clothes.

That was exactly why the shopkeeper couldn’t accept a beautiful girl like this standing right in front of her without trying on her clothes!

What a joke. How could she possibly let a beauty of this caliber slip away?

Even if she had to resort to underhanded tactics, she’d make sure Miss Bai Ye tried on the clothes she’d made with her own hands!

“Ugh—cough, cough!”

The shopkeeper began coughing violently, then pulled out a handkerchief and covered her mouth with it.

“Huh! Are you okay?”

Bai Ye jumped, and, not knowing what was going on, hurried to help the shopkeeper in front of her.

“I’m fine, I’m fine. It’s just an old ailment acting up. Cough, cough!”

“Is that so? You don’t look fine at all.”

The shopkeeper waved a hand, accidentally letting Bai Ye catch sight of a trace of blood on the handkerchief.

“It’s all right, customer. Don’t worry about me... Cough, cough, cough!”

“B-but there’s blood on your handkerchief!”

How could Bai Ye not be concerned? She wasn’t the sort of person who could just ignore someone else’s troubles. It was both her strength and her weakness.

“Do you want me to take you to a doctor? If you need help, just tell me.”

Even the shopkeeper hadn’t expected Bai Ye to react like this. She’d planned to play the victim and win a little sympathy, thinking that might persuade Bai Ye to try on one of her outfits.

She’d even bitten the inside of her lip and secretly squeezed a little blood onto the handkerchief.

But Bai Ye seemed far more concerned than the shopkeeper had imagined—far more, in fact, than she’d expected.

“Could she actually be that easy to persuade?”

With that thought, the shopkeeper decided to take a chance.

“There’s no need for a doctor. If you really want to help me, Miss Bai Ye, could you try on a new dress I made?”

“A dress or anything like that... I really...”

Bai Ye hesitated. She was pretty resistant to dresses.

You wouldn’t know it from the pleated miniskirt she’d worn when she first escaped the palace, but she’d long since changed into pants.

Her current pair of slim, form-fitting trousers still looked a little enticing against her long legs, but they were much easier for Bai Ye to accept than a dress.

“Please! This is the most important request of my entire life!”

The shopkeeper had thrown all her dignity aside just to see a beautiful girl wear her clothes. She was practically on the verge of dropping to her knees in front of Bai Ye.

“‘The most important request of your life’...? Is this really that important?”

Bai Ye’s tone had clearly softened. She was the sort of person who was easily led along.

Maybe she’d spent too long following An Jieli and had gotten used to being ordered around. She hadn’t even realized how easily she could be persuaded.

“It is!”

The shopkeeper grabbed Bai Ye’s hand.

“If you’d wear something I made, Miss Bai Ye, I’d be willing to die the very next second!”

“I’m not going to let you die... Fine, I’ll try it on. But I’m not buying a dress, just so we’re clear.”

“That’s fine, that’s fine! I just want to see how it looks on you. Whether you buy it or not doesn’t matter!”

The shopkeeper was surprised. Bai Ye had agreed to her request so easily.

Could Miss Bai Ye really be bad at turning people down? If so, maybe she could ask for something even more outrageous...

Before long, Bai Ye had changed into the black dress the shopkeeper brought her.

“Perfect! Absolutely perfect!”

The shopkeeper covered her mouth, trembling with excitement. The outfit she’d designed looked as if it had been made just for Bai Ye... No, Bai Ye was the long-awaited owner this dress had been waiting for!

The shopkeeper had put Bai Ye in a Gothic dress covered in intricate, delicate patterns.

The dress had a large cutout across the chest, exposing plenty of skin. Its skirt was short too, barely reaching to a point about twenty centimeters above the knees.

The long legs beneath the skirt were wrapped in soft black stockings with equally delicate patterns, giving them a gorgeous, wicked look. Her feet were planted in black knee-high boots trimmed with metal, adding a cold, severe edge to that beauty and wickedness.

“A-amazing! I-I want you to step on me...”

The shopkeeper felt her composure slipping. As expected, Miss Bai Ye really did belong in an outfit like this.

“I-is that enough now?”

Bai Ye’s face was bright red. She covered the cutout on her chest with one hand and held down the hem of her skirt with the other.

What kind of genius designed this outfit? It was way too embarrassing!

Did girls really go out dressed like this?

“Can I change back into my own clothes now?”

Seeing Bai Ye’s flushed face and helpless expression, the shopkeeper swallowed unconsciously.

Good grief, what kind of little vixen was this? She was way too tempting! And this was only one outfit. If Bai Ye tried on a few more, the shopkeeper might just drop dead on the spot... Whatever. If she died, she died!

The shopkeeper secretly hid Bai Ye’s original clothes, then casually brought over another outfit she’d designed.

“Miss Bai Ye, how about trying this one too?”