System: Master Your Life-Chapter 511 - 121: Xia Xiyao’s Initiative, Departure for the Launch Ceremony
March 8th, Women’s Day.
Yesterday morning, he contacted a florist in the provincial city and asked the owner to prepare a large bouquet of roses, 99 in total, as a Women’s Day gift. Today, the florist’s staff delivered it to Ms. Ren.
Around eleven in the morning, mom, who was working at the law firm, received the gift.
So, it was around this time that mom’s message came through.
Ms. Ren: "That was thoughtful, I’ve received the roses."
Xu Lin: "Happy Women’s Day."
Ms. Ren: "Yes, yes, make sure to dress appropriately, you know, in March the weather can be chilly or warm, if you’re not careful, you might catch a cold or get a fever."
"Ok."
Indeed, March’s weather is varying, the past few days were quite warm, but in a few days, it’ll get cooler again, though not by much, it won’t affect Xu Lin too much given his current condition.
"Xu Lin, let’s go out for a big meal at noon!"
"My treat!"
As class was nearing its end, Rong Xiyi came over and whispered.
It’s Women’s Day today, starting at noon, all female staff members at the school, including teachers, cleaning ladies, and cafeteria workers, get half a day’s holiday. There won’t be much to eat in the cafeteria, or the variety won’t be as rich as usual, probably only noodles left at the windows.
And Xu Lin’s class doesn’t have any afternoon classes, so they can leave school directly, plus tomorrow is Saturday.
"What are we eating?"
"Sushi!"
"Sushi again."
Rong Xiyi is really addicted to sushi, or perhaps girls mostly are, foods like sushi and desserts are quite appealing to them. Xu Lin doesn’t mind much, since Rong Xiyi is treating him to a meal, he’s definitely going along.
It’s worth mentioning that today is the so-called Goddess Day by the capital marketing, although it’s not as crazy as a few years ago now, there are still girls in Xu Lin’s class who are looking forward to it.
Entering the second semester of the first year, the girls in Xu Lin’s class are overall prettier, as they’ve gradually learned makeup. Some were already quite good-looking and are even more attractive with makeup, drawing in more boys around them.
Take Li Sinan for instance, second only to Rong Xiyi, she received many valuable gifts throughout the morning, lipstick worth a few hundred as a gesture, bags worth thousands shouldn’t even be mentioned, she also received a bag worth over thirty thousand, many girls in the class group envied her, yet Li Sinan remained calm, with no intention to show off.
Rong Xiyi whispered, "She’s definitely thrilled inside, just maintaining a calm appearance, because her subtle expressions and actions already gave her away."
Xu Lin glanced over, it indeed seemed that way.
Rong Xiyi continued, "Moreover, taking gifts from someone and still stringing them along can easily lead to trouble, getting too close to her might implicate you."
Xu Lin nodded.
Beside him.
Rong Xiyi isn’t short of money, so she won’t hint for Xu Lin to gift her anything.
Ning Yuhuan is a sensible girl who lives prudently, if you give her gifts, she’ll feel distressed about the cost.
Big sister Chi Linyue is a wealthy person, she isn’t interested in these superficial things at all.
Yet, Xu Lin still wished her a Happy Women’s Day in the morning.
Women’s Day didn’t mean much to Xu Lin, though having no classes this afternoon was true.
After class at noon.
Xu Lin drove his electric scooter with Rong Xiyi to leave the school.
The two first went home briefly to bring out the Panamera.
Then, Xu Lin drove to the Music College to pick up Xia Xiyao.
Wherever Rong Xiyi is, Xia Xiyao is mostly there too.
Xia Xiyao doesn’t have classes this afternoon either.
Today the weather is warm, with an afternoon high of twenty-two degrees, so Xia Xiyao wore a short-sleeve shirt, layering a checkered one as a jacket, and pants that were regular black straight-leg jeans, a simple outfit without fancy embellishments.
"Xu Lin, long time no see!"
Xia Xiyao greeted Xu Lin proactively.
Xu Lin nodded.
Today he wasn’t much inclined to drive, so he said to Rong Xiyi: "How about you drive? Xia Xiyao can sit in the front, and I’ll sit in the back."
"Then you sit in the back!"
Rong Xiyi told Xia Xiyao: "Yaoyao, you sit in the front."
"Oh oh, sure."
Rong Xiyi’s driving skills are decent, not the type of female driver as rumored online, so Xu Lin felt quite assured.
Rong Xiyi drove to a sushi restaurant.
Xu Lin and the others have already eaten sushi several times in Jiangdu, each time at a different place.
This time was no exception.
"I want to purchase a formal outfit this afternoon."
While eating sushi, Xia Xiyao suddenly mentioned, "Certain occasions demand it, though it’s not worn often, it’s necessary to have a set."
Rong Xiyi, upon hearing this, felt spontaneous as well, "I want to buy a formal outfit too, Yaoyao, let’s go together later!"
"Should we look for a suit store later?"
Xia Xiyao was curious, "My budget is around a thousand."
"Once we’re full, I’ll take you there." Xu Lin offered.
They spent over an hour at the sushi restaurant before heading to the same shop where Xu Lin previously bought a suit.
But it wasn’t a typical suit shop. Normally, a suit with leather shoes would be a few hundred to a thousand, the texture being poor, which is why many make fun of it looking like one is selling insurance, this really isn’t about a person’s charisma, sometimes, it’s purely about the quality of the attire.
Higher-end suit shops can perform customizations using better fabrics, if you’re willing to wait perhaps ten days to half a month.
"Are the clothes in this suit shop very expensive?"
Upon entering, Xia Xiyao saw a pair of trousers priced at over a thousand, and the shop was large, a standalone building with two floors, elegantly decorated, clearly a high-class suit store.
