Thinking of this, her attitude cooled quite a bit. She placed her hopes back on Tao Lin: "Would the lady like to try on these?"

Li Yan immediately laughed and said, "No need. She said she’ll take the one left over from what we picked. She plans to buy two more pieces, without checking the price or trying them on! Such a professional model’s eye."

Upon hearing Li Yan’s words, Tao Lin felt a little trapped in a dilemma. Now Huang Ying was really looking very fitting in the outfit, and this man was probably willing to spend a fortune to buy it for her. Should she really pick out two more pieces? The compliment about her having a professional model’s eye for clothes, able to discern price and suitability at a glance, also moved her a bit, causing her gaze to naturally shift to other clothes.

She said nothing. Her boyfriend didn’t speak either; he was engaging in a mental chess game, analyzing whether Li Yan was being genuine or simply trying to use this method to corner them.

The salesgirl felt little enthusiasm for Huang Ying’s likely unprofitable business but was eager about Li Yan’s attempt to prod Tao Lin. Getting her to buy even one piece would be great, so she immediately and enthusiastically introduced an outfit suitable for Tao Lin.

Tao Lin was quickly tempted, but had just stated she could tell without trying it on, and if she were to buy, it would be two pieces, which made her look to her boyfriend for the payment.

Huang Ying didn’t quite catch what they were talking about but vaguely guessed that Li Yan was also trying to provoke them. Considering they were all classmates after all, Tao Lin was being a bit much but only about face-saving. As long as they weren’t being competitive or losing money over it, she softly said to Li Yan, "Forget it, don’t bother with her. We usually don’t have any dealings anyway..."

"As you say." Li Yan chuckled and raised his voice, "Miss Tao, if you don’t like it, no need to force it, don’t buy even this one!"

Huang Ying smiled as well, "I’ll go change back."

Originally hesitant, Tao Lin’s boyfriend decisively made up his mind when Li Yan said this! He believed Li Yan had aimed for precisely this effect, having been bluffing all along about buying two pieces and coaxing Tao Lin to buy more, intending to leave them no way out so he could pretend to give them the chance to back out of the purchase, so those two pieces wouldn’t be bought at all. Otherwise, Huang Ying wouldn’t have hurriedly gone to change back either.

Upon feeling he’d seen through the nature of things, the hesitation vanished, replaced by a calm smile. "Let’s buy! I trust Xiao Lin’s eye, no need to try them on. That piece and the one left over—wrap them up for us."

After saying this, he looked provocatively at Li Yan.

"Honey, I love you to death!" Tao Lin, who had been a bit hesitant earlier, finally hit the peak of her day-playing cool under her boyfriend’s alluring decisive choice! Not only did they block Huang Ying’s way, but without a care, he spent money on her to her complete satisfaction. She quickly walked over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, excitedly saying, "Anywhere you decide for tonight’s three places..."

Tao Lin’s boyfriend was equally thrilled, excited for seeing through Li Yan’s ploy. Upon hearing Tao Lin’s words, his eyes sparkled, but he quickly realized others were present.

Tao Lin also realized and hurriedly, at that crucial moment, changed the sensitive word on her lips to—"...dining."

’Anywhere you decide for tonight’s three places... dining,’ hearing this correction, Tao Lin’s boyfriend found it a bit amusing, but figured it was basically the same as ’eating meat,’ which could count as dining, right? And with Li Yan, Huang Ying, and the salesgirl nearby, surprisingly he felt no embarrassment, but instead a strange excitement with a sense of thrillingly violating his girlfriend.

Tao Lin then asked Huang Ying, "Which two are you taking? The rest is mine, no need to be formal, pick whatever you want first!"

Huang Ying was very naive, unaware of what kind of hidden messages were in their words. Li Yan realized what was going on, feeling these two were really something else! He decided to warn Huang Ying not to associate with Tao Lin, not to be influenced by her.

The salesgirl clearly caught on, but she didn’t show it, instead professionally tagging along. She wasn’t confident in this weird transaction, thinking it was likely they wouldn’t sell a single piece.

Li Yan held the arm of Huang Ying, who was about to change back, "No need to change, it looks good wearing it just like that. This piece, and... this piece! We’re taking these two; the remaining one is for her. Please prepare the invoice!" Unsure of the choices, he simply made them for her.

These words left all four present dumbfounded, their gaze fully focused on Li Yan.

Huang Ying hurriedly tugged at Li Yan, trying to stop him from acting impulsively for her. She had just looked at the price tag inside, which left her stunned and in disbelief—it’s over ten thousand yuan! Buying one here, compared to more mainstream brand stores, could buy ten pieces! In the bargain store’s knockoff brands, even a hundred pieces could be bought!

The salesgirl thought Li Yan was bluffing, pretending to be buying, afraid he couldn’t afford it. Tao Lin was enjoying the peak of her behavior, unable to believe Li Yan would really go all out buying two pieces. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Tao Lin’s boyfriend also snapped out of his earlier trill of a strange excitement, suspecting Li Yan was just bluffing, trying to make them retreat at the last moment!

"Sure, then we’ll take this one and that one, separate invoices for us!" Tao Lin’s boyfriend said through gritted teeth. As long as the money’s not paid yet, invoicing doesn’t matter.