After hanging up the phone, Lin Tian sighed, it seemed like he had to continue tightening his belt to make ends meet. Out of the five hundred thousand salary Mrs. Xiao gave him, four hundred thousand were wagered, and a few days ago he spent some on clothes shopping with Xiao Manxuan and tens of thousands more on medicine for Zhang Lingyu.
Money was slipping away like running water, but Lin Tian remembered when he was in his first year of high school, he and Liu Wenxing followed Sun Decai to hang out, and those young heirs spent money like it was water.
Liu Wenxing must still have some contact with those people to be able to gather so much insider information. Because of these messy thoughts, Lin Tian felt that the afternoon classes went by especially quickly.
After school, Lin Tian initially thought about letting Xiao Manxuan go back first, but considering that Xikou City had recently seemed not very peaceful, he dismissed the idea.
"Second Miss, I need to use the car for a bit; I have some things to take care of." After sending Xiao Manxuan back, Lin Tian asked to borrow the car. He certainly didn’t have the habit of secretly using the employer’s car for showing off or picking up girls.
"Where are you going? Take me with you. I don’t know if my sister will be back tonight, it’s so boring being alone, and Sister Zhang Lingyu said she has something to deal with and also took leave," Xiao Manxuan pleaded while holding on to the car door.
He could take her along for other errands, but not for buying underwear, especially since it was for Zhang Lingyu. Lin Tian refused, "I really can’t take you this time, I’ll be back quickly."
"Oh, alright, I’ll wait for you to come back for dinner, you can’t skip it like last night," Xiao Manxuan said reluctantly.
"Okay, I’ll just be out for a little while and then I’ll be back," Lin Tian said as he changed direction and drove towards the city center. This time he was buying women’s underwear, and he certainly couldn’t go to Xinyi Mall where there were too many familiar faces, as it would be embarrassing to be recognized.
He drove to the commercial street side, parked the car, and started strolling through the commercial street. The commercial street was big with many clothing specialty stores, but even after looking around for a while, Lin Tian didn’t find any women’s underwear stores; it seemed all the shops sold clothes.
After several rounds and not yet having completed the tour of the commercial street, the daylight had already begun to dim, Lin Tian felt it strange. Normally, when he wasn’t looking to buy, there were lingerie stores everywhere, but now he couldn’t find any. However, this commercial area was upscale, and Lin Tian hadn’t come here before, so he was unfamiliar with the place.
Just as he was about to call Zhang Lingyu, colorful neon lights suddenly lit up on both sides of the street. A huge neon sign caught Lin Tian’s eye in the distance.
"Victoria Beauty Workshop..." Lin Tian looked at the pink neon sign and chuckled to himself, realizing he had finally found an underwear store without having to search endlessly.
Arriving in front of the store, Lin Tian was relieved that he wasn’t wearing his school uniform that day; otherwise, a high school student entering a lingerie store might be kicked out.
Looking through the tempered glass, he could see the store was decorated with a pink theme. Behind the glass, there were three realistic mannequins displaying three different styles of lingerie. However, Lin Tian thought that the fabric for these few pieces of lingerie seemed even scantier than Miss’s, and he wondered what the effect would be like if Miss wore them.
Lin Tian was lost in thought when suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder.
"Bro, are you here to buy lingerie too?" A voice followed. Lin Tian turned his head and jumped in surprise. Someone was standing there, his head and face completely covered with a hat and mask, leaving only a pair of eyes visible.
The faint-hearted would have been scared into shouting "thief" at the sight of this oddball; Lin Tian had nearly punched him before taking a closer look and determining that the individual was probably a young man, just a bit shorter than Lin Tian.
"Yeah, buying underwear, what else would I be doing standing here?" Lin Tian found him amusing and nodded in agreement.
The masked man’s eyes showed admiration as he gave a thumbs-up and said, "Bro, you’ve got guts, respect. Look, I’m also here to buy underwear. Before I left the house, I was fully armed; I wouldn’t dare to walk in as confidently as you."
"Cough, cough..." Lin Tian pretended to cough a few times, although before coming out, he had also considered masking up but simply couldn’t find a mask in time. He boasted, "It’s just buying women’s underwear, why mask up? It’s not like the owner’s going to eat us alive."
"You’re something else, bro. Shall we go in then? You go ahead," said the masked man, grateful to find someone who shared his mission. He was quite gentlemanly, insisting that Lin Tian lead the way, but in reality, he was nervous about going in and facing possible embarrassment.
After entering, Lin Tian felt like he’d plunged into an ocean of underwear, with a dazzling array of styles all around. There was the mystery of black, the purity of white, the allure of red, all sorts of patterns and designs, and there were even retro-style bellybands.
The shop’s owner was a woman whose age was hard to pin down. At first glance, she seemed mature and charming, possibly in her thirties, but upon closer inspection, her skin was astonishingly fair, rivaling that of a woman in her twenties. She smiled as she occasionally suggested color and style combinations to customers, with a female sales assistant following her, seemingly in training.
The arrival of Lin Tian and his companion instantly drew the attention of every woman in the shop. Over a dozen pairs of eyes, filled with various questions, fixed on them in unison. The masked man behind Lin Tian shuddered at the thought of running out but was quickly grabbed by Lin Tian’s nimble hand.
"Brother, don’t be nervous; the more nervous you are, the more they’ll think you’re a pervert," Lin Tian whispered to him.
Seeing men enter, the owner, with her willowy waist, came over to greet them. She had her hair up and was wearing a little white top that highlighted her tall and slender figure. She wore a short skirt, and her straight legs were sheathed in black stockings.
High heels on her feet made the woman even more exquisitely statuesque as Lin Tian felt a wave of mature feminine charm wash over him as she approached.
"Gentlemen, I’m the shop owner. What can I help you with? Are you buying underwear for your girlfriends? They must be very lucky," the owner greeted them with ease, and her words managed to alleviate their embarrassment.
To own such a prominent brand lingerie store in this upscale commercial area, she must be quite capable. Her way of dealing with people was also spot-on, as she could dispel their discomfort with just a few words.
The masked man visibly relaxed, but it was out of the question for him to actually speak up. Lin Tian couldn’t count on him and had to summon his courage to take charge.
"May I know if your shop has any latest models of underwear suitable for young women?" asked Lin Tian, very seriously.
"You gentlemen have come at just the right time. We’ve just received a batch of new arrivals, high-quality lingerie, sure to enhance your girlfriends’ charm by three hundred percent. Please follow me," the owner said, unfazed by the masked man’s eccentric attire, instead focusing her attention on Lin Tian.
She turned to lead the way beside Lin Tian, having caught a flash of awe in his eyes before he quickly regained his composure. She was well aware of her own allure, yet this young man seemed unmoved, which was intriguing to her.
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