“Fate is the most uncertain thing in the world.” Thinking of her date, Jingyan asked jealously, “Who are
you going to date?”
“My father’s army friend’s son. It’s said that he works in the government.”
Jingyan raised his eyebrow and asked, “what’s his name? I know almost all the directors in the
government.”
“He’s not a director. He’s an engineer specially hired by the planning bureau. His name is...” Yiyao
Duan thought for a while and said, “Oh, Hongguang Wang. Do you know him?”
Jingyan thought hard and shook his head, “No. Never heard of him.”
“Hay! I don’t what he looks like. What if he’s ugly? I am kind of superficial.”
Hearing this, Jingyan started to wish that he’s an ugly guy, an extremely ugly guy.
Then the two reached the third floor, where women’s clothes were being sold.
They entered a boutique and the sales girl welcomed them warmly. The sales girl was a bit surprised to
see Yiyao’s uniform, then she showed a smile of hospitality, “Miss, what do you want?”
Yiyao gave this huge task to Jingyan, “Help me. I am not quite good at this.”
“Okay.” Jingyan answered. Then he looked around and picked a long dress with flowers on, which
looked conservative because it could perfectly cover her neck and her butt.
“This one. Let her try M.” Jingyan said to the sales girl.
“Okay, a moment please.”
Yiyao took a glimpse at the dress and asked, “Does it look good?”
“Try it on first.”
“Okay.” She took the dress into the fit room. Then when she came out, Jingyan’s eyes glittered. She
had a perfect figure. She’s athletic with big boobs and thin waist. The dress showed her advantages
completely and made her look so young. But it couldn’t cover the scar on her arm.
“What do you think?” Yiyao asked, not knowing how charming she looked.
Jingyan took a deep breath and smiled, “You look great.”
“Do I?” Yiyao looked herself up and down in the mirror and said, “I’ve never worn a dress before. I feel
strange.”
Jingyan walked behind her and looked at the beautiful woman in the mirror, “Lucky that you haven’t, or
the guys in the army would have gone wild.”
Jingyan leaned himself close to her with a very natural move, and Yiyao didn’t feel uncomfortable. She
laughed, “I’d better stick to my uniform for the sake of the union inside the army.”
“Yes, you are right.” Jingyan was so fascinated by the smell of her body that he was driven by this
crazy desire of wanting to reach out his arms and wrap them around her thin waist.
“Then shall we take this or...” Yiyao turned around and her lips touched his cheek just so unexpectedly.
Both of them got stunned there.
Deep thrills surged up and down in his heart. How soft those lips were!
Time seemed to have become static and their eyes met, with one being surprised and the other
emotional.
The innocent Yiyao broke the silence first, “Oh I am sorry. I took advantage of you.”
Jingyan clenched his hands tight and smiled pretentiously, “So what, you always took advantage of me
when we were little.”
“Did I? how come I don’t remember?”
“There are way too many things you don’t remember. I’ve got all of them set down. You can make it up
to me in future.”
Then the sales girl interrupted them, “This lady looks great in this dress. Will you take it?”
“Yes, please.” Jingyan said right away.
“Huh? So soon?” Yiyao asked in surprise.
“You can’t be going shopping with a uniform on. Just wear the dress and you can buy more if you want.
Besides, you need to change these shoes too. There’s a shoe store next door.”
“Alright.” This pair of military boots indeed didn’t match the dress.
Jingyan asked the sales girl to bring scissors over and removed the price tag for her in person. Yiyao
went back to the fit room and folded her uniform carefully and put it in the bag. Then she came out to
pay the bill.
“How much?”
“Eighteen thousand.” The sales girl smiled gently.
Yiyao held the dress and cursed, “Damn it, so expensive! It’s almost my one-month salary!”
Jingyan hurried comforted her, “I’ll pay. It’s a gift for you.”
“No.” Yiyao shook her head. She took out a card and handed it to the sales girl. “I’ve saved some
money these years. This dress is something I can afford. i just couldn’t understand why a dress costs
more than ten thousand. Have I been away from the society for too long or what?”
Jingyan felt funny and warm when he heard her nagging, “It’s not you. Clothes of this brand are always
expensive like this.”
“Is that so?” Yiyao put in the password and signed her name unwillingly. Then she took back her card.
“Yes.”
Jingyan took the bag and they went to the shoe store next door.
Knowing that she disliked high heels, he chose a pair of white canvas shoes.
“This pair of shoes look great but they are just so easy to get dirty. Go to the training ground once and
they’ll turn black.” Yiyao said boldly.
Jingyan smiled bitterly, “You can wear boots when you go to the training ground. Come on, let me help
you try them on.”
Sitting on the soft bench, Yiyao watched Jingyan kneeling down and taking off her shoes. She held her
chin and looked at him. Then she asked suddenly, “Jingyan, do you have a girlfriend?”
Jingyan looked up and went on with the other shoe, “Nope.”
“You are so sophisticated. You know the size of my dress and my shoes.”
Jingyan explained laughingly, “Because we sell women’s clothes in my company. And shoes, it’s not
that difficult.”
When he took off her socks, his heart trembled. The skin on her foot was so white but there’s a scar all
the way from the back of her foot to her little toe.
Does she even have a piece of skin without scars?
He controlled himself not to ask where the scar was from. He just help her put on the new shoes and
they fitted perfectly.
Meanwhile, Yiyao saw all his moves and his expressions. Something strange arose from her heart.
She suddenly realized that this guy was no longer the little boy he had used to be. He had grown into a
real man, a mature and thoughtful man.
What about...
Stop it! He’s my little brother. How could I touch him!
Yiyao ordered herself to put away the evil thought.
After buying the shoes, they went to other stores. To her surprise, the clothes in these stores were
much cheaper, but much better both in quality and style.
“Are you sure only eight hundred?” Yiyao asked.
The sales girl nodded, “Yes miss. You are lucky, we are having a discount.”
“The original price is eight thousand. How much percent off?”
“Nine percent off.”
Wow! She’s indeed lucky!
She paid for it and hurried left, afraid that the sales girl might change her mind.
There’s a smile in Jingyan’s eyes. How could he let Yiyao pay? Of course he’s one to pay the rest of
the price of the clothes.
Finally, they stood in front of Jingyan’s store.
“Choose whatever you want. They are all on me.”
“I have money. I am not supposed to take even a needle or a thread from people. It’s a good tradition of
the army.”
“It’s my store. You want me to earn your money?” Jingyan said seriously.
“Still no. I can’t break the rule.”
Jingyan was at wit’s end, “What about this, I bought a dress for you, and in return, you’ll have lunch
with me. It’s called courtesy demands reciprocity, a good virtue of us Chinese nation. How does that
sound?”
“I am having a date!”
“How can you take so many things with you? Just go on your date and I’ll just wait for you distantly. I
can carry these bags for you and at the same time give you suggestions about this guy.”
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