Chapter Twenty-Four: Seductive Intentions

  She picked up the glasses from the optician's shop and put them on immediately. In front of the mirror, she took a look at herself. The glasses were extremely lightweight, and under the light, the delicate pale pink frame made her face slightly rosy.

  Ning Qingmin first discovered that glasses also have a decorative function.

  The lenses are light and thin, crystal clear as if only wearing a frame. Ning Qing carefully examines herself in the mirror, her slender eyes relaxed and opened up after seeing things clearly, no longer slightly narrowed, with a hint of sparkle that wasn't there before.

  Du Huahua stood behind Ning Qingmian and said, looking at her in the mirror: "Not bad! Very pretty!" It's unclear whether she was praising the person or the glasses.

  Ning Qing heard Du Huahua's praise and smiled at him in the mirror, saying: "It's very pretty!" But what she was referring to was her glasses.

  Du Huahua caught Ning Qingming's smile, and the two of them exchanged a fleeting glance in the mirror.

  Ning Qingmin was very satisfied with her new glasses, and playfully gave Du Huahua a glance, her slender eyes inadvertently revealing a flirtatious intent.

  Du Huahua's heart went "thud" as he suddenly regretted helping Ning Qingming pick out such a beautiful pair of glasses, this kind of unconscious coquettishness should be hidden forever, hidden forever...

  As soon as they came out of the glasses store, a car stopped beside them after driving for just a few steps. General Manager Zheng Tian Sheng rolled down the window and stuck his head out to say: "Get in my car and we'll go back to the factory together."

  The two of them were overjoyed and quickly got on the car. Du Huahua asked on the way, "Did Miss Fan go back by herself?"

  "Hmm!" Zheng Tian Sheng glanced at Ning Qing through the rearview mirror and said: "The little girl changed her glasses, she looks much prettier now."

  "That's it. I helped her pick out a frame for the mirror. What could go wrong?" Du Huahua was pleased with his own taste. Immediately afterwards, he caught sight of a car passing by a clothing store and got excited. He asked Ning Qingmian: "Do you want to buy a new coat? Let's get a fresh start?"

  Before Ning Qingming could respond, Zheng Tiancheng had already stopped the car and instructed, "You go buy it! I'll park the car over there. Come find me over there afterwards."

  "It's too late. I won't buy it!" Ning Qingmiao patted her pocket. She only brought out a few dozen yuan. Better to save it!

  Du Huahua seemed to have seen through her thoughts. He said in a low voice, "I brought money. If it's not enough, I'll lend you some." As he spoke, he opened the car door and jumped out. Ning Qingmeng had no choice but to follow him down from the car.

  "Try on this pale pink coat. It matches the glasses you just put on perfectly!" Du Huahua took a short coat from the clothes rack and held it in front of Ning Qingming.

  The coat is a fitted waist. The collar and cuffs are trimmed with white fur edges. It looks very luxurious.

  "I've never worn a coat of this color before." Ning Qing looked at the coat, although she liked it very much, but looking at the quality, the price was definitely not cheap, and she hesitated.

  "Try it on!" Du Huahua took the coat from the clothes rack and draped it over Ning Qingmian's hand, gesturing for her to try it on.

  Ning Qingmin had no choice but to take off his somewhat old long coat and put on a new one.

  The jacket and waist are cleverly gathered at the waist, making it look slender. The jeans on her body may be a bit old, but they wrap around her buttocks perfectly.

  Ning Qing stared blankly at herself in the mirror, and as soon as she made up her mind, she was indeed a beautiful eighteen-year-old woman.

  Du Huahua looked at Ning Qing and slowly turned around, her eyes full of astonishment, murmuring: "Like two different people!"

  Ning Qingmian saw Du Huahua's astonished gaze, felt a bit shy, took off her coat, flipped out the price tag and looked at it, 399 yuan.

  As expected, it wasn't something I could afford, Ning Qingming calmly put the coat back on the rack.

  "It looks so good, why not buy it?" Du Huahua was taken aback and also took out the price tag to take a look. Suddenly enlightened, "Oh, you think it's expensive? One penny one penny goods, this coat is worth the price."

  "I know it's worth the price. But I only get 1,000 yuan for working part-time for ten days, and that salary hasn't even arrived yet. Now buying a coat would cost almost 400, the income and expenditure ratio is not right." Ning Qingming glanced at the coat, her eyes fluttered slightly, and she smiled: "I'll go over there to see if there's anything cheaper."

  "Okay, I'll take a look at the men's section. Wait for me over there." Du Huahua saw Ning Qingmian walking towards the special price area, took down the coat that Ning Qingmian had just tried on from the clothes rack, and walked towards the cashier.

  As they walked out of the clothing store, Ning Qing saw that Ming had nothing in her hands and indeed hadn't bought anything. Du Huahua smiled slightly and handed over the shopping bag in her hand, saying: "It's a gift for you, consider it a New Year's present."

  Ning Qingmin opened the bag and looked inside, then raised her head in surprise and said: "We're just colleagues, and not very familiar with each other..."

  Du Huahua cut her off, "I've already bought them, you can't expect me to wear them myself, can you?"

  "Hmph", Ning Qingmin couldn't help but laugh, "Alright, I'll return the money to you when I get paid."

  "Suit yourself!" Du Huahua suddenly became sullen and walked forward by herself.

  Ning Qingmian followed behind with a bag, secretly calculating that a pair of glasses and a coat together would cost over 1,000 yuan. Even if she were to graduate from university and start working in the future, she might not be able to spend money so lavishly.

  I remember when I first started working, my salary was only enough to cover basic living expenses. Later, after a raise, because I wanted to save money for a house so that I could have my mother move in with me, I was very frugal in all aspects, and even a 300-yuan piece of clothing would take a long time to decide whether or not to buy.

  Ning Qingmian waved the shopping bag in her hand, "The word 'work' hasn't even appeared yet. If it were like before, after graduating and going to work for a company, it would take at least ten years of hard work to have any hope of affording the down payment on a house."

  Ten years is too long, I can't wait any longer. Ning Qing thought silently about the future social situation, perhaps going out to do business would be a good idea!

  Jing Du stopped in his tracks and waited for her, Ning Qing hurried up to him, took one glance at his face which seemed less radiant than before, and asked in surprise: "What's wrong? Didn't I say anything wrong?"

  "I gave you this coat. You said you would return the money, but instead you took advantage of my kindness." Du Huahua accused: "What you did makes people feel like you're not greedy for others' things, but it's as if you've clearly drawn a line and made it clear that you don't care about others. It's really annoying!"

  "But..."

  Du Huahua stopped Ning Qingming's words, "It's just a piece of clothing, if you keep talking, it'll be too pretentious." As he spoke, he had already seen Zheng Tiancheng's car parked in front, and he threw down Ning Qingming, took big strides forward, opened the car door and got in.

  Zheng Tian Sheng leaned on the steering wheel and said in a low voice: "That little girl looks a bit like your younger sister!"

  Du Huawen was silent for a moment, then said: "Uncle Zheng, it's been two years now, you should also think about yourself. Although Miss Fan is a bit overbearing, she's still good in other aspects."

  Two people sighed at the same time.

  "If your little aunt were still here, you would have to call me uncle." Zheng Tian Sheng propped himself up and saw Ning Qing Mi rushing over quickly, changing his tone to say: "The little girl looks pretty good!"

  Du Huahua didn't respond, waiting for Ning Qingmian to approach the car door. He stretched out his hand and pulled her up, closed the car door, and said to Zheng Tiensheng: "Let's go!"