Chapter 244: Dog-Gnawed Height
"Rent! Of course, you can rent!" The clerk nodded excitedly, "You can rent everything in our store!"
Cosplay costume shops usually offer rental services, but many valuable items, such as high-simulation suits, are not available for rent in some shops.
However, this was not an issue for Jiang Shu and Zhang Yuanying; this was a free promotional opportunity!
"Do you have any suits?" Jiang Shu asked.
What can best conceal one's face?
That would definitely be a suit.
"Yes! We have suits for mainstream ultraman and mainstream Kamen Riders."
The clerk led them to the suit area, which was filled with a dazzling array of Kamen Riders and ultraman, and even Power Rangers suits, everything imaginable.
Jiang Shu also saw the Nexus ultraman suit, but it was Silver Nexus, not Zhun Ge Red or Ren Di Blue.
"You even have Oma Zi-O?" Jiang Shu's eyes lit up as his gaze fixed on a dark gold suit that looked very imposing just by looking at it.
Kamen Rider Oma Zi-O.
"Of course! Oma Zi-O is so popular; we have it prepared in our store." The clerk said proudly.
"How much is this set?" Jiang Shu asked, pointing to the Oma Zi-O suit.
"Twenty-two thousand yuan to buy, or five hundred yuan a day to rent." The clerk said with a smile.
Jiang Shu understood that this rental price must have been lowered.
"Okay, I'll rent this set." Jiang Shu said with a smile, since they said five hundred, he would rent it for five hundred.
"Are suits that expensive?" Zhang Yuanying asked, surprised, when she heard the price.
"Of course, suits are custom-made, so the prices are very high. And the Oma Zi-O suit is one of the more difficult ones to make, so the price is also very high. And since we are a profitable store, we also have to factor in our own profit, so the price will be even higher." The clerk was so honest, he didn't seem like he was selling anything.
Zhang Yuanying nodded in understanding, then scanned the area, finally pointing to a suit.
"I'll choose this one."
Jiang Shu and the clerk looked over, and what greeted their eyes was a…
Tiga.
"You certainly know how to choose." Jiang Shu said in surprise, and the clerk also nodded in agreement.
"Ah? Is there a problem?" Zhang Yuanying looked at Jiang Shu in confusion. She chose this one simply because the chest area protruded, which should be able to cover her feminine features well, so that her chest wouldn't still stick out when wearing the suit.
"Tiga is the most popular ultraman in China, probably several streets ahead of the second place. It's a bit like IVE and Rainbow Girls back then." Jiang Shu said with a smile.
Zhang Yuanying: "..."
How am I supposed to respond to that?
It was true, but she was an artist. Jiang Shu could say it, but she couldn't respond.
"How much is this one?"
"Fifteen thousand yuan, or three hundred yuan for rent." The clerk reported the price with a smile.
"Okay, these two sets it is." Jiang Shu nodded.
"How do we take them back?" Zhang Yuanying looked at the suits in front of her and turned to Jiang Shu to ask.
"Wear them back."
"Huh?"
Ten minutes later...
Under everyone's watchful eyes, "Oma Zi-O" and "Tiga" boarded the subway.
Just like when they arrived, they were the center of attention, but this time, neither of them was worried about being recognized.
It seemed they had put on masks, but in reality, they had taken off their masks.
"It's a bit hot." Jiang Shu's voice came through the headphones.
Inside the suits, both Jiang Shu and Zhang Yuanying were wearing Bluetooth headphones, maintaining constant communication for convenience.
Direct conversation through two layers of suits was too difficult to hear, so they simply called each other.
"Yes, but there should be air conditioning in the venue, right?"
Even if such an exhibition wasn't prepared for cosplayers, it should be prepared for visitors. Without air conditioning in this weather, people would really suffer from heatstroke, wouldn't they?
"Let's buy some cooling patches tonight and stick them on tomorrow. Once we've stayed for an hour and completed the task, we'll leave."
"Understood!"
Zhang Yuanying was full of enthusiasm, looking forward to tomorrow's itinerary.
Upon arriving at the hotel, Zhang Yuanying took off her suit as instructed by the clerk and put it away. After a quick shower and changing into a new set of clothes, she went down to the lobby on the first floor.
The photographer had been waiting there for a long time.
Seeing Zhang Yuanying, he immediately aimed his lens at her.
"President Oppa is so slow." Zhang Yuanying sat on the sofa, sinking into it.
After waiting for a while, just as Zhang Yuanying was about to message Jiang Shu to ask how long he would be, Jiang Shu's figure appeared.
Zhang Yuanying immediately sat up and waved at Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu also saw her immediately and walked over.
"Didn't you change?" Jiang Shu asked in surprise, looking at the clothes Zhang Yuanying was wearing.
"I'm going out to eat later, and after eating, I'll smell, so I'm too lazy to change." Zhang Yuanying said with a chuckle.
"Doesn't the hotel have laundry service?"
"Yes, but it's one hundred sixty yuan per item, too expensive." Zhang Yuanying's small face was full of disdain. "One hundred sixty yuan is enough for me to buy two clothes at Dongdaemun."
"That is a bit expensive." Jiang Shu nodded in agreement. One hundred sixty yuan to wash one item of clothing, tsk.
"You make a good point, I'll go change!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
After saying that, Jiang Shu went upstairs again.
Zhang Yuanying sat quietly on the sofa, waiting.
This time, it was much faster; he was back in less than ten minutes.
"Let's go, what are we eating?" Jiang Shu asked Zhang Yuanying.
"I don't know, does Suzhou have any special local dishes?" Zhang Yuanying stood up from the sofa. Although she was wearing flat shoes, she still reached Jiang Shu's ear level when she stood up.
"Did you grow taller again?" Jiang Shu raised an eyebrow, looking at Zhang Yuanying and asking.
"I don't think so?" Zhang Yuanying said uncertainly.
Jiang Shu beckoned to her.
Zhang Yuanying leaned closer, and Jiang Shu reached out and measured her height with his hand, reaching a little above his nose, almost to his bridge.
"You're at least one seventy-two. Your IZONE really has a dog-gnawed height." Jiang Shu sighed.
"Dog... gnawed? What does that mean?" Zhang Yuanying looked at Jiang Shu in confusion; her Chinese vocabulary was clearly not enough to understand this term.
"It means that the heights of your group members are uneven, like they've been bitten by a dog."
Zhang Yuanying's small mouth slightly opened.
What an absurd yet vivid description.
"Dog-gnawed height." Zhang Yuanying mumbled softly.
"Let's try Su cuisine." Jiang Shu searched on his phone and said.
"I'm fine with anything."
"Then..." Jiang Shu found a very famous Su cuisine restaurant. "This is it. It's half an hour by taxi. Let's go."
"Okay~~" Zhang Yuanying responded with a soft, childlike voice.
This time, they definitely couldn't take the subway again. The taxi fare couldn't be saved.