Chapter 154 - 154 At La Rosa

"Hey, Berry. What did you tell Fu Yung before we left?" Ma Rong asked as he pulled a dress from a rack on a corner. It was a one strap white chiffon dress. As he held it up close, it ended to just below his knees. His eyes stared hard at the dress, with a face full of scrutiny. 

"Nothing important." October replied nonchalantly as she walked passed Ma Rong. She went on another rack of dresses of various colors and designs. Her eyes still carried its usual calmness and blankness. 

"Oh my. That looks nice, Rong'er. Why don't you try that one?" Mother Song smilingly said with eyes glowing in amus.e.m.e.nt. She also was looking at a red strapless dress with a black belt and a large diamond at the center that was being worn by a mannequin.

"Geh. Please don't make fun of me, mother." Ma Rong quickly returned the dress back. He sounded quite displeased yet the look he has in his eyes were of reluctance. 

With discerning eyes like Mother Song's, she knew what Ma Rong was thinking. However, she did not expose Ma Rong and just smiled warmly at him with slight concern. 

"Hmm..." October scanned around the room of the dress shop called La Rosa. And yes, as the name implies, the shop was decorated with fresh roses of various sizes and colors blush and white placed in vases at every tables in the room. With that, the room had a natural rose fragrance.

She looked around like small child with eyes full of innocence and curiosity. For someone like October, she seldom go out to buy clothes and in that sense, this was the first time that she was able to step in into a dress shop. 

"Anything caught your eyes, miss?" A fashion consultant of the shop asked respectfully with a professional smile plastered on her doll-like face. She stood not far from October. With a tag name pinned on her right c.h.e.s.t area, October noted it with a slight shake of her head.

"Not yet. For now, I'll continue looking around." October coldly said while giving a quick glance on the fashion consultant named "Lisa." Her eyes were ripplesless. "I think my mother-in-law need more of your assistance. Hm. No, I don't think she needs any. Never mind the suggestion."

"Yes." Lisa stood with a broad smile on her face. Her eyes looked closely at October. She followed October walking around the shop, remaining a good distance with October while also being patient. 

October stopped for a moment as she looked at the gown on the mannequin. It was a simple-looking old rose gown with pearls on the upper part of the gown. It was V-neck and the skirt was of soft tulle with pearls littered artistically.

"Would you like to try it?" Lisa asked with bright and expectant eyes. Even if the woman before her was wearing plain clothes, it did not diminish her beauty at all. 

It was said that clothes makes a man, but this does not apply to October. In Lisa's opinion, anything October wore will turn into something quite fashionable. This may sound too exaggerated but that was what she honestly thinks. 

October looked hard on the gown but then turned and continued to walk around. "I'd pass."

Lisa got too excited but then her excitement was instantly cut short. She sighed before following October. She then added, "We also have another color of that same gown."

"Oh? Is that so..." October nonchalantly said yet Lisa was able to notice that she had somehow caught October's attention.

"Yes, madam. It's of mist blue gown." Lisa's eyes sparkled as she waited eagerly for October's answer. Also, she changed her address of October from "miss" to "madam." 

"I'm not sure..." 

"I'll go get it for you. Please wait for a moment, madam." Lisa eagerly said this as she almost run to the back room to get the said gown.

October looked at the small back of Lisa and let out a sigh of defeat. She turned her heels and continued to walk around until she saw Mother Song who was examining a dress and went to her.

"Dear, look at this. Don't you think this would look good on you? The design is also the new trend today and the color would look good on your milk-like skin." Mother Song said with glittering eyes as she beckoned for October to get to her. 

'Will this really suit me?' October asked herself with a look full of doubt. She does not think that such a color of deep red will suit here. Thinking this, she turned to her mother-in-law and wanted to say that this gown was probably more fitting on her than October.

"Rong'er dear, find anything?" 

"No, unfortunately." Ma Rong scratched his head with a troubled look on his face. "What about you, Berry?"

"More than that, shouldn't it be time for you to stop calling me "Berry"? We're not kids anymore." October frowned as she looked at her best friend looking so sluggish as he flopped down on the couch for the customers to sit in leisure while waiting for their gown.

"Oh? Berry is Berry. I'm used to it." Ma Rong shurgged his shoulders. "Why? Is your husband getting jealous because of it?"

Seeing the teasing eyes of Ma Rong while wiggling his brows at her, October's lips twitched in annoyance.

"Yes, that's right. My husband will get jealous." 

"Oho. Well, if that is so, then I really can't stop myself from calling you that."

October's face darkened at this. She was really starting to get annoyed for real because of the sloppy grin on Ma Rong's face. She had the ursge of getting to him and wipe that grin off his face in any way possible.

"What's with that dark look? Well, not like I'm afraid of that." Ma Rong ignored October's dark look. He continued to sit on the couch. He then picked up a fashion magazine from the side table and started to look through it. 

"So, my daughter-in-law, did you find something that you wanted to buy?" Mother Song asked and walked to another rack of mini dresses. One could really tell that she was enjoying this just from the glow of her eyes and her flushed cheeks.

"Well, it's not that I wanted to buy it." October started as she thought about Lisaa fetching the gown. Anytime now, she will arrive with the gown in her hand. 

"Sorry for the wait, madam. Here is the gown." Lisa gently held the gown up and carefully placed it in front of October. 

"Oh my. That looks really exquisitly beautiful." Mother Song said with pleasant surprise. "Go. Try it on. Try it!"

October found herself being pushed my Mother Song into the fitting room. "But-"

"That's okay. I'm sure you'll look good with it." Mother Song cut off October's complaints and pushed her inside the fitting room. She then nodded to Lisa and Lisa, receiving the silent order, neatly hanged the gown in the fitting room and swiftly went out. 

"Please call me if you need any help, madam." Lisa slighly bowd her head toward the closed door of the fitting room.

"Oh? I didn't know that Berry can also choose that dazzling gown all on her own. I'm really surprised." Ma Rong said, a little dumbfounded.