Chapter 400: The Town Treasure

Actually, using "beautiful" to describe this wedding dress is not accurate; it can no longer be summarized by a simple "beautiful"!

The craftsmanship of the entire wedding dress is extremely complex and intricate.

Moreover, the magical thing is that there are no visible stitching marks; it is so seamless that it is as if it came from a single piece of fabric.

It can completely be interpreted as "breathtakingly beautiful."

Shi Ran was also attracted over: "Wow—"

"Mom, this wedding dress is so pretty, try it on, hurry and try it on."

Originally, she had no patience left, but now she was attracted again upon seeing such a beautiful wedding dress.

"Alright, I'll try it." Shi Youxuan agreed with a smile.

But before trying on the wedding dress, the manager brought a soft measuring tape and asked the shop's tailor to measure her three sizes.

"Why do you need to measure?" Shi Youxuan was very puzzled.

She had just tried on several wedding dresses and hadn't been measured; besides, with the person standing right there, couldn't they tell if she could fit into it?

The manager gave an explanation: "It is like this, Madam. Our wedding dress is different from other garments; it has extremely strict requirements for one's figure, and even a slight difference won't do."

"Oh, I see, then go ahead and measure."

Shi Youxuan felt it was novel and didn't think much of it.

The tailor unfolded the soft tape and began to measure her dimensions.

Measuring the dimensions also opened Shi Youxuan's eyes!

She had lived for twenty-seven years and this was the first time she had seen dimensions measured like this—it was almost down to the millimeter.

Two people measured, while another person specifically recorded the data, writing every dimension into a notebook; at first, the few of them looked quite relaxed, but the further they went, the more solemn they became, and Shi Youxuan didn't know why.

Front, back, left, and right, the measuring took a full ten-plus minutes.

Later, even Sheng Hanyu became impatient and scolded the photo studio for being a hollow name, unable to even produce a suitable wedding dress, yet using some flashy things to fool people!

He prepared to change places, but after the manager looked at the data recorded in the notebook, she invited Sheng Hanyu out with a solemn expression.

She asked him to go outside and wait a moment, saying that in a while she would definitely return to him a peerlessly beautiful bride!

Saying "wait a moment," yet another ten-plus minutes passed.

Shi Youxuan finally appeared in front of Sheng Hanyu, and the water cup in his hand dropped to the floor without him even realizing it!

He stood up, his mouth wide open, forgetting to close it.

"Too beautiful, Xuanxuan, you are too beautiful." Sheng Hanyu exclaimed.

Their daughter was by his side, with the same expression as him: "Too beautiful, Dad must buy this wedding dress; Mom wears it now, and I'll wear it in the future."

Shi Youxuan:...

The little one hadn't even started school yet, and she already knew how to be vain.

Shi Youxuan hadn't looked in the mirror yet, but she knew from everyone's expressions that this time it was a success; she walked to the front of the mirror and was very satisfied with the wedding dress.

That's right, this was what she wanted.

Shi Youxuan said to the manager: "I want this wedding dress, wrap it up, I'll pay by card."

The manager put away her smile, her face showing difficulty: "I'm sorry, Madam, this wedding dress is not for sale."

Shi Youxuan:...

She thought to herself, if it's not for sale, why did you take it out for me to try?

Teasing me?

But upon second thought, she understood; this must just be a marketing tactic by the merchant, nothing more than wanting to make more money.

Being expensive is no problem, as long as it has a price.

But the problem is there is no price!

The manager's attitude was beyond their expectations, clearly stating that this wedding dress was not for sale, only for rent.

Of course, the rent was also ridiculously high—one million per day.

The manager explained that the original designer of the wedding dress clearly stated that they wanted to use the dress to meet people of destiny, so it is only rented and not sold; if it were sold, there would be no way to meet more people of destiny.

Because Shi Youxuan's figure was the first to fit this wedding dress, the rent would be a bit more expensive; if she thought it was too expensive, she could get a discount, but no matter how much money was offered, it could not be sold!

The more the shop clearly stated it was not for sale, the more the two of them wanted to buy it.

Sheng Hanyu stated that the wedding dress his wife wears could not be rented out, and even less could it be allowed for others to wear, with the exception of Shi Ran, of course.

Isn't the wedding dress not for sale?

No problem.

Sheng Hanyu said to the manager: "Get your boss here."

The manager: "I am the boss."

"Very good." Sheng Hanyu felt this actually saved trouble, and he said to the manager: "Tell me, how much to sell this photo studio of yours?"

The manager:...

Sheng Hanyu: "I won't make things difficult for you; as the saying goes, a gentleman does not take what others love. Since this wedding dress of yours is not for sale, I can't force a sale, right? Just sell the photo studio to me, and you remain the manager of this studio; everything stays the same, whatever it was like before, it will be like that in the future. Name your price."

The manager:...

This isn't called forcing a sale?

The photo studio was her life's work, and of course she didn't want to sell it, but the property rights for this entire street belonged to Sheng Hanyu; if she didn't sell, she would have to move!

Compared to the wedding dress and the photo studio, she could still distinguish which was heavier and which was lighter.

The manager had no choice but to agree to sell the wedding dress.

Shi Youxuan, on the contrary, hesitated; she advised Sheng Hanyu to just let it go, as this wedding dress was the shop's Town Treasure, and doing this made them look like they were bullying others with their power.

She was different from Sheng Hanyu; Sheng Hanyu had been raised by his grandfather as an Heir since he was a child, and his word was law.

Shi Youxuan had been bullied by her foster mother and sister since she was a child, and she hated bullying the weak most of all!

The two had a disagreement, but in the end, they decided to go with Shi Youxuan's opinion.

They would still rent the wedding dress, and the studio would not buy it either.

However, Shi Youxuan had one requirement: no one else could wear it before she did.

The manager was overjoyed and agreed immediately; to show her sincerity, she even had someone put the wedding dress into a box and seal it right in front of Shi Youxuan, to be taken out only when she was ready to use it!

Everyone was happy.

After finalizing the time for the indoor wedding photoshoot, the family of three left the studio.

The manager personally walked them to their car and waved goodbye.

It was already afternoon by the time they left the studio, past lunchtime, and Shi Ran's stomach was growling with hunger.

Today was New Year's Day, the solar New Year, so they should celebrate.

Sheng Hanyu planned to take the mother and daughter out for a big meal, but Shi Ran wanted to go home to eat the food her father cooked, saying that her father's cooking was even better than what the top chefs in restaurants made.

This flattery was very pleasant, but Sheng Hanyu said there were other activities after the meal, so they would eat out this time.

"What else are we going to do?"

Shi Youxuan felt very tired and she also wanted to go home.

Sheng Hanyu hadn't had anything to do earlier and had just been sitting on the sofa waiting, but she had been treated like a puppet, changing into so many wedding dresses that she was exhausted.

Wedding dresses were not like other clothes; other clothes could just be slipped on, but a wedding dress set had many pieces.

Tube top, inner tulle, hoop skirt, veil, gloves, sash...

Any set was very troublesome.

Especially the last "Town Treasure," which was even more troublesome, as one wedding dress set had dozens of pieces.

But strangely, wearing so many pieces on her body wasn't uncomfortable at all; it felt as light as a thin dress.

It looked incredibly gorgeous and complicated, but in reality, it wasn't cumbersome at all; it just took too much time to put on and take off.

Sheng Hanyu smiled at her: "You'll know when we get there."

Shi Youxuan:...

Sheng Hanyu drove across half the city and then stopped in front of a hot pot restaurant with antique decor.

It was exceptionally cold outside today, so eating hot pot was perfect.

It wasn't even mealtime yet, but there were already quite a few people eating in the hot pot restaurant; if they had come during peak hours, there definitely wouldn't have been any seats.

A server led the family of three to a window seat on the second floor and handed them the menu.

From this spot, they could see pedestrians outside wearing thick clothes, walking through the biting cold wind.

In such cold weather, having a hot, steaming meal of hot pot was truly wonderful.