Chapter 101: Playing Dirty

Chapter 101 -100: Playing Dirty

Liu Huichun continued, “The reception materials for the headquarters need to be customized in advance, and currently, they are all tailored based on your information. However, the style of clothes you’ll wear that day hasn’t been finalized yet. The Base Commander asked me to take you over to try on clothes now.”

Chen Momo thought it was just a routine fitting, so she didn’t hesitate. After all, she couldn’t delay the base’s work arrangements. She nodded. “Alright. Accountant Liu, I’ll go with you.”

Unexpectedly, when she and Liu Huichun arrived at the shopping area in the Life Center, they found Gu Rongjin already waiting. Dressed in a dark blue uniform, he sat on the sofa with his legs elegantly crossed. A magazine obscured his exquisite, icy face.

“Base Commander, Boss Chen is here,” Liu Huichun said respectfully.

Gu Rongjin lowered the magazine, fully revealing his breathtakingly handsome face. He stood up, walked over to Chen Momo, and said expressionlessly, “Boss Chen, currently your Sauerkraut Fish window’s performance is… acceptable. Therefore, we temporarily need to have a custom outfit made for you to wear on the day of the headquarters’ inspection.”

Hearing this, Liu Huichun silently shook his head from the sidelines. It was truly difficult to get the Base Commander to praise someone. Even though Chen Momo’s window was second to none in the entire cafeteria, the highest praise she could ever get from the Base Commander was just a single word—acceptable.

Chen Momo nodded. “Alright.”

Gu Rongjin glanced at the bulky white sweater she was wearing and frowned. Such clothes were fine for everyday wear at the base, but for the day of the headquarters’ inspection, they were far too informal.

Liu Huichun smiled and said, “Boss Chen, we’ve prepared a total of twelve styles for now. Please go to the fitting room and try them on.” As he spoke, he pointed to a fitting room not far away.

The fitting room looked like a standard one in a shopping mall. However, this area seemed to have been cleared out by Gu Rongjin today, because during the half-hour they had been talking, not a single customer had come in to buy clothes. Normally, there would be an endless stream of customers browsing and shopping.

Chen Momo walked into the fitting room and, sure enough, found a thick, neatly folded stack of various outfits already waiting inside. The garments were all covered in plastic film, indicating they were brand-new custom pieces that had just been rushed out and had never been tried on. The colors were all dark blue or black, and the styles were highly formal.

However, when Chen Momo picked up one of the outfits and unrolled it, her brows furrowed tightly. She walked out holding the uniform skirt and asked Gu Rongjin, “This skirt only reaches the knee. Are you sure I won’t freeze to death wearing this that day?” At the current temperature, even inside the base, one had to wear a sweater. Wearing a skirt meant sacrificing warmth for style—literally freezing for fashion.

Gu Rongjin, however, said expressionlessly, “The temperature in the private room where we’ll host the headquarters staff will be very high. Wearing a skirt won’t be a problem at all. I definitely don’t want my base staff showing up to a reception event bundled up like bears.”

Chen Momo was speechless. Fine. In that case, she would just try it on first. In her memory, she hadn’t worn a skirt in ages. Setting aside the apocalypse, ever since she married Yang Shunsheng, he had constantly belittled and gaslit her.

“You don’t look good in skirts.

“Your calves are too thick; skirts don’t suit you.

“What kind of mother dresses so revealingly? You should dress more conservatively and properly.”

Under Yang Shunsheng’s constant brainwashing, Chen Momo strictly wore long sleeves and long pants afterward. Even in the summer, any skirt she wore had to reach her ankles; otherwise, Yang Shunsheng would get angry when he saw it and scold her for not looking like a proper mother. But now that she was divorced and back to being single, it was time to let loose and be herself!

So, Chen Momo changed into the first skirt outfit.

When she stepped out of the fitting room, Gu Rongjin’s eyes lit up. Wearing the skirt, Chen Momo’s figure was slender, and her skin was as delicate and fair as a young girl’s. Paired with her playful bun, she looked no different from a teenager. In particular, her narrow waist and smooth, shapely calves were completely hidden when she usually bundled up in thick sweaters. Now that she had changed into this outfit, her entire aura was elevated by who knew how many levels.

From the side, Liu Huichun couldn’t help but shower her with praise. “Beautiful. Truly beautiful. Base Commander, don’t you think this outfit suits Boss Chen perfectly?”

Gu Rongjin’s icy face showed no change in expression as he coldly ordered, “Try the next one.”

Although he remained expressionless from beginning to end, Gu Rongjin was internally stunned by Chen Momo. Initially, he hadn’t held much hope, but looking at her now, she looked like a completely different person. That was the phrase Gu Rongjin temporarily thought of to describe Chen Momo in her new clothes. He never expected that an outfit of a different style could change a person so drastically.

So, Chen Momo went back to change into the next one.

Gu Rongjin quietly scrutinized her. This piece had its own unique flair too. It looked quite nice.

Liu Huichun was full of praise beside them. “This one looks great too! Mainly because Boss Chen is gorgeous and has a great figure. She looks beautiful in whatever she wears!”

Gu Rongjin remained expressionless as he ordered, “Next.”

The fourth outfit, the fifth… Chen Momo was growing impatient from all the fitting, yet Gu Rongjin still had the patience to make her try the next piece. After she finally finished trying on all twelve outfits, Gu Rongjin stated flatly, “We’ll go with the first one.”

Chen Momo was left speechless. She thought, “If the first one was fine, why did you make me try on so many?! Is there something seriously wrong with your head?!”

Even Liu Huichun was at a loss for words.

Chen Momo had no choice but to return to the fitting room and change back into the first outfit.

Gu Rongjin walked up to her, inspecting the clothes on her body as if examining a piece of art. He then reached out and tugged at the pleated waistline, discovering that there was still a fist-sized gap around her waist. His gaze involuntarily darkened. He hadn’t expected this woman’s waist to be so incredibly slender.

“Have the tailor take in the waistline later. That day is extremely important to our base, and every minor detail must be perfect, including the staff’s attire,” Gu Rongjin said expressionlessly to Liu Huichun.

Liu Huichun nodded immediately.

A faint, pleasant scent of orchids drifted intermittently into Gu Rongjin’s nose. He subconsciously followed the fragrance, his eyes landing on Chen Momo’s slender nape, the beautiful curve of her neck, and her fair skin. His throat grew inexplicably hot. Gu Rongjin’s Adam’s apple bobbed uncontrollably. Snapping back to his senses, he quickly released the fingers that were pulling at the waistline of Chen Momo’s skirt.

“Just do as I said.” Gu Rongjin glanced at Liu Huichun and hastily left the scene.