Chapter 10: Enticement(૮₍°□°₎ა)

“It feels… a bit strange now…”

The blush on her cheeks hadn’t faded yet.

Lifting her head to stare at the ceiling of the fitting room, Bai Ruoxi took a deep breath, trying hard to calm the abnormally fast-beating heart in her chest.

How could she have thought about such things…

Sigh.

Her fingertips brushed over her lips, as if the soft warmth that had just been there still lingered…

“…”

Tilting her head back, she didn’t know what she was thinking about.

Outside the fitting room.

The young woman, whose complexion had already returned to normal, sat on a low stool in the shop, expressionlessly fiddling with her phone.

The ‘shy’ act she had just put on in the fitting room had disgusted her enough.

“Still, looking at the result, it’s barely acceptable.”

Her fingers tapped on the screen.

She always paid great attention to the other immature ‘fry’ in her pond.

After all, if she didn’t provide enough emotional value to make them remember only her, these little fish would probably run off with their girlfriends.

What would she eat then?

Being a ‘Cao Cao’ was a quite respectable profession, okay?

“Tsk, No. 2’s birthday is coming up soon, right?”

“I remember her home address is in the neighboring E City?”

“…”

Scrolling through the memo on her phone, she calculated the ‘feeding’ she’d done for her little fish this month.

Although she had tens of thousands in spending money left after her living expenses each month…

Spending money on others still needed to have a limit.

She didn’t want to experience the situation where a little kindness is appreciated, but too much is taken for granted and breeds resentment.

“…This time, maybe I’ll just transfer her some money. Taking the train over specifically to accompany her seems a bit tiring…”

“Giving her a little pressure might be good?”

Rubbing her chin, Yin Xiaomeng convinced herself at an extremely fast speed.

No. 2 could be considered the senior-most in her current, unharvested pond…

But perhaps because this girl had a breakup experience before?

Many methods that could conveniently close the distance between two people couldn’t be used…

This resulted in her progress in ‘conquering’ her lagging significantly compared to No. 1 from the same period.

“…Seems feasible?”

After all, someone once said a famous quote—when you’re pursuing someone, don’t always give your maximum enthusiasm.

After bestowing sufficient enthusiasm on the other person, appropriately neglect them, making them feel uncomfortable with the thinning sense of your presence…

Although with a girl like No. 2, Yin Xiaomeng was indeed a bit worried she might just leave if she suddenly ‘let go,’ compared to No. 1 from the same period, who was already at the last two steps before being plucked, this one still in the slight wariness stage…

It was better to give her a little knock.

‘If I do this, I’ll also need to appropriately reduce the time spent communicating with No. 2 for a while in the future.’

Making calculations in her heart, the young woman tapped on the keyboard, jotting down note after note in the memo labeled ‘No. 2.’

—If still wary after some time, consider abandoning.

Writing the final summary as the memo’s title, she smoothly switched the WeChat chat page on her phone back to the initial screen.

Skillfully opening No. 1’s chat box, she proceeded to summarize her own actions and the other’s responses over the past week…

But No. 1 clearly gave her much less trouble.

“…”

“…”

Perhaps ten minutes passed?

Or maybe longer?

With a whoosh, the curtain of the fitting room was pulled open.

The young woman, now changed into a cherry blossom-colored dress, walked out with her head lowered.

The hair that had been casually tied up behind her head was now loose, cascading down her back.

The tips of her ears, exposed outside her hair, still retained a hint of lingering red.

“Does… does this look good…”

Probably because she had never seriously dressed herself up before, Bai Ruoxi, wearing this dress, clearly seemed a bit awkward in her movements.

Her fingers gathered the short cardigan over her upper body.

The dress under the thin fabric, held up by merely two thin straps, made her inexplicably uneasy.

After getting used to wearing more masculine-style clothes, the occasional experience of wearing women’s clothing always made the young woman feel somewhat uncomfortable.

‘Are these two straps sturdy enough…’

‘They won’t suddenly snap while I’m walking, will they?’

Although the scale of her chest was considered ample—even if the two thin straps broke, she could probably hold it up with her own assets—Bai Ruoxi still couldn’t help but overthink…

The sleeveless halter dress had a near-perfect waist cinch.

The delicate figure originally hidden under loose tops was now revealed with each swaying step…

The young woman sitting on the low stool instantly put away her phone upon hearing the sound from the fitting room direction.

Although she had a premonition while picking it out, when she truly saw clearly the person walking step by step towards her, her eyes lit up.

Even more suitable than she had imagined.

However, the pair of shoes, not yet changed, peeking out from under the hem that only reached just above the ankles, greatly diminished this sense of beauty.

Of course, it wasn’t to say the thick, black-framed glasses perched on the bridge of her nose had no impact on this aesthetic either.

The corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.

“It suits you very well…”

Getting up to meet her, she very skillfully suppressed her desire to complain, a somewhat shy smile hanging on her face as she uttered words of praise without batting an eye.

“…”

Yin Xiaomeng’s hand naturally grasped the hand that Bai Ruoxi had unnaturally let fall in front of her after adjusting the cardigan—

This inevitably made Bai Ruoxi, who had just emerged from the fitting room, recall the dizzying scene from inside just moments ago.

The faint blush that had just faded crept up again, silently.

But this time, Bai Ruoxi didn’t foolishly just let herself be led like before.

The moment that warm palm drew near, the young woman hesitated slightly, then increased the strength in her own hand.

She clasped back, their two slender hands interlocking, fingers tightly entwined.

The shop assistant who had been waiting inside the store naturally approached upon seeing the young woman come out of the fitting room.

When she clearly saw the two young women’s tightly clasped hands, the curve of her lips imperceptibly widened slightly before quickly returning to normal.

During work hours, she wouldn’t let any unnecessary situations arise over such a small matter.

‘Dammit, stupid mouth, hold it in!’

The smile on her face remained, but the resentment from working a whole damn day was momentarily alleviated a little at this moment.

“Hello, please—”

Before she could finish her sentence, the shop assistant saw the girl wearing high heels, who seemed a bit taller, take a card out of her backpack.

“This one looks very nice. It’s fine if we wear it out like this, right?”

?

My goodness, what kind of talk is that?

Not only is wearing it out fine, if you buy a few more pieces, you could even step on me to go out and it’d be no problem!

“Of course. Would you like us to pack up your previous clothes for you to take?”

With the commission secured, the smile on the assistant’s face sweetened a few more degrees.

“Co—”

“No need, just ring it up.”

Bai Ruoxi’s weak voice was instantly cut off by the forceful interruption from the girl beside her.

“…”

“Alright, I’ll check you out right now. Please wait a moment.”

Going out today, while looking for lunch, I saw so many lesbian couples.

Every restaurant’s glass door had a pair.