Chapter 546: – Buying Clothes
Once they had everything ready, Lin Jin and Xia Tian finally headed out.
Normally, whenever Xia Tian went out, he usually took the bus to save money. Unless it was too late and the buses were not running anymore, he basically never took a taxi or used ride hailing services.
But today, the two of them just directly used an online ride hailing service. Every time Xia Tian went out with Lin Jin, they would basically always hail a car. After all, Lin Jin didn’t actually like riding on the bus.
They rode all the way to Wanda. Lin Jin had been here quite a few times so she was quite familiar with the place, though she was really only familiar with the layout and a few restaurants. When it came to the clothing stores in Wanda, she had only been shopping here once with Teacher Lin.
That seemed to have been the first time Lin Jin wore women’s clothing?
“What kind of clothes should I buy?” Once they got out of the car, Lin Jin looked at the huge Wanda Mall and asked Xia Tian, “Should I get something cheap? Or maybe something more expensive?”
“Let’s go cheap?”
Although Xia Tian was already prepared to bleed a lot of money today, it would still be nice to spend less, right?
“Well, let’s just go inside and look around.”
They walked side by side into the first floor of Wanda.
Wanda always seemed to be full of people no matter what time it was, not to mention it was currently noon during the National Day holiday. The nearby college students and local residents all came in, either to have lunch or to go clothes shopping for fun.
But despite there being so many people it was packed, the clothing stores themselves were surprisingly not that busy. In a big store, you would only be able to see three to five people at a glance.
Lin Jin randomly dragged Xia Tian into a women’s clothing store, then tilted her head up and looked around to check out all the clothes.
This was a shop specializing in women’s clothing. After Xia Tian followed Lin Jin inside and saw that it was full of only women, he felt a bit awkward.
“Hey, Xia Tian, what do you think of that coat?”
Lin Jin suddenly nudged the distracted Xia Tian with her shoulder and pointed to a white coat hanging on the wall.
Xia Tian looked up and perfunctorily nodded: “Not look, looks quite good.”
“How do you think it would look on me? Coats seem to need your legs to be long to look good…” Lin Jin looked down and glanced at her legs under her skirt. She thought for a bit, then looked at the other women in the store, and felt that her legs were quite long.
Although she might not have the perfect golden ratio of legs and body, it should be close enough.
A nearby sales assistant, who had been quiet all this time, noticed that Lin Jin was interested in the coat. She quickly used a long pole to take it off the wall, then smiled at Lin Jin and said: “Try it out? You can just slip the coat on, it’s not troublesome.”
“Okay.”
Lin Jin took the coat and put it on, then stood in front of the mirror, looking left and right.
Well, if she didn’t button it up, it really did look quite good. There was even a belt that cinched her waist quite nicely.
All of a sudden, she felt the coat shift a bit. When she turned around, she saw that Xia Tian was leaning over to check the tag on the coat.
“1200?” Xia Tian gulped, then asked the sales assistant in disbelief. “This coat is 1200? Are there any discounts?”
“There aren’t.” The sales assistant politely replied.
Why was it so expensive?
Xia Tian scratched his head and glanced at Lin Jin again. Seeing Lin Jin’s expression looking quite pleased with the coat, he immediately cozied up to her and started persuading: “Lin Jin, I feel like this coat doesn’t really suit you. See your face, it has a bit of a babyish look, I feel it looks a bit off when wearing this coat.”
“Really?” Lin Jin looked at Xia Tian, slightly narrowing her eyes. “You’re really not just worried about the price? Why do I think it looks quite nice.”
“You have to consider the opinions of those around you. You feel it looks nice because you’re just looking at the mirror. Clothing store mirrors are all rigged with their angles and lighting and stuff. So of course it’ll look good. But what I see is different, right?”
Xia Tian smiled and continued cajoling: “Besides, this coat costs 1200, enough for you to buy an entire outfit, right?”
“So you’re just heartbroken about the money.”
Lin Jin, understanding exactly what Xia Tian meant.
However, Lin Jin wasn’t an unreasonable person either. She also felt that if there were no discounts, 1200 for just a piece of clothing was indeed a bit too much. Though, this price might be nothing to some others.
She handed the coat back to the sales assistant beside her and turned to look at the other clothes.
This time, they were mainly out to buy some fall and winter clothes. Lin Jin did have some fall and winter clothing already, but most of them were men’s clothing. She only had maybe one or two sets of women’s clothes, and she didn’t even f*cking know where she had tossed them while cleaning.
After browsing around the store, she ended up buying a 300 yuan white crew neck sweater and a thinner sweatshirt before heading out to tackle the other stores.
By the time Lin Jin had also bought a winter outfit, a spring and fall outfit, and a discounted summer outfit as well, Xia Tian’s face had already gone pale.
The living expenses he had set aside in his bank card had already quickly dwindled to just one or two thousand.
“I’m done! Now I’ll buy some for you!” Once Lin Jin was finally satisfied, she stood at the third floor staircase and said to Xia Tian with a smile “You should also get two sets, I’ll pay.”
“Let’s forget it! What big grown man needs to buy clothes. Besides, I work every day and usually just wear my work uniform. I don’t need to buy anything.” Xia Tian rejected Lin Jin’s suggestion without any hesitation, then brought up “I’m hungry, let’s go eat?”
“Eat? That works too, there aren’t many people eating right now.”
When Lin Jin and Xia Tian first arrived at Wanda, it wasn’t yet time for the reservation Xia Tian had made. Now that it was 1:30 in the afternoon, it was just about time.
Following Xia Tian’s lead, Lin Jin went to Golden Street next to Wanda and walked into a restaurant that appeared to have a very strong Japanese style.
As for Japanese restaurants, Lin Jin wasn’t actually too into them. It was just that she rarely went to them, so she was particularly interested in certain dishes.
For example, this tempera thing with its weird sounding name.
Because Xia Tian had already made a reservation, even though the place was packed, there was still a table waiting for the two of them. Xia Tian was never stingy with Lin Jin when it came to food. Only after the two had ordered over 400 yuan worth of food did they finally stop and wait for the food to arrive.
“We’ll buy clothes for you after eating.” Lin Jin sat across from Xia Tian. She leaned her side against the wall, taking in the restaurant decor, and said “When you open your restaurant, what style will you go with? Japanese or western?”
“Probably western.” Xia Tian had both his hands on the table and phone in hand. He had his back straight as he looked at Lin Jin “I’m planning on having some specialty items.”
“Specialty items?”
“Just those things that other places might have, but it’s our shop that will taste the best.” Xia Tian also added. “Or maybe something nobody else has and only we do.”
“That definitely won’t be easy.” Lin Jin rolled her eyes at him.
Why was such a big grown man still daydreaming, how could making specialty items be that easy.