Rebirth: Daily Face Slaps - Chapter 10

“Excuse me, are you looking for clothes or dresses? Our store has many outfits suitable for young ladies. Feel free to browse.” The shop assistant, wearing a uniform and a perfect smile that showed eight teeth, gestured towards a dress on a mannequin by the door and sincerely suggested, “This beige dress would look great on the young lady.”

Wang Qin glanced at the beautiful embroidered dress and then at Lin Mengting’s dark skin. After a moment of thought, she said, “Tingting, why don’t you try it on?”

In Wang Qin’s view, advising a young girl like Lin Mengting too lightly would be ineffective, but being too harsh could trigger a rebellious response.

So, she decided the best way was to use external stimuli to make Lin Mengting aware of the importance of things like skincare.

After all, while people often say “women dress to please themselves,” the most important thing is to dress for oneself first, and then for others.

Simply put, one should love oneself more than anyone else, especially more than men.

This way, one can live confidently and with style.

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Unaware of Wang Qin’s thoughts, Lin Mengting stepped forward and took the dress from the shop assistant.

At this time, the styles at Lady House were quite practical, suitable for young women in their early twenties. Some styles would even suit women in their thirties without making them look like they were trying too hard to appear youthful.

Unfortunately, a few years later, Lady House would heavily lean into the “Lolita” style, making their clothes more suitable for twelve or thirteen-year-old girls, thus alienating loyal customers like her.

If not for this, when Wang Qin insisted on buying her an outfit to help her look spirited and vibrant for job hunting, she wouldn’t have reluctantly been dragged to the Lady House counter by Wang Qin’s semi-forceful approach.

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Soon, Lin Mengting stepped out of the fitting room. Without looking in the mirror, she could tell from the shop assistant’s astonished, slightly sympathetic and pitying look how she must appear.

The dress, with a large round neckline that exposed part of her collarbone, gave a hint of sexiness but also highlighted the stark contrast between the dark and light areas of her face and neck.

The three-quarter sleeves and knee-length cut made her dark, glowing hands starkly contrast with her fair, delicate calves.

She looked just like a “panda” that could only be photographed in black and white!

“Look at you!” Wang Qin, though achieving her initial goal, still felt a pang of heartache as she saw Lin Mengting. She couldn’t help but lightly tap Lin Mengting’s forehead with her finger, chiding, “You relied on your youth and good skin to neglect taking care of it! Now look, you can’t even look good in a dress! With summer around the corner, when all the girls on the streets are wearing pretty dresses, you’ll be the only one stuck in heavy long sleeves and pants, sweating profusely after walking just a short distance…”

After scolding her for a bit, Wang Qin handed her a few more pieces of clothing, “Try these on too.”

Lin Mengting obediently returned to the fitting room and changed into a white ruffled long-sleeved blouse and gray straight-leg pants. After spinning around countless times under Wang Qin’s direction, she finally received her approval.

“This one looks good.”

Before Lin Mengting could feel relieved, Wang Qin handed her another set of clothes, “Try this one next.”

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After visiting several more counters, Wang Qin and Lin Mengting each carried four shopping bags.

If not for Lin Mengting’s repeated refusals, she would be carrying ten sets of clothes instead of just four!

This demonstrated that, both in her past and current lives, Lin Mengting found it difficult to refuse others’ enthusiasm and kindness.

In her previous life, Qin Mei and Qin Dong had exploited this trait to trap her. In this life, Wang Qin’s heartfelt enthusiasm and Lin Mengting’s timely withdrawal from the toxic relationship once again highlighted the difference between “family” and “friends.”

At around 4 PM, Wang Qin pointed to a nearby dessert shop, “Feeling tired? Let’s sit there for a bit.”

Lin Mengting nodded and asked, “Fourth Aunt, do you come here often?”

“When I’m free at home, I often come here to walk around,” Wang Qin sighed, turning to look at Lin Mengting with a hopeful and expectant expression, “Tingting, will you often come shopping with me from now on?”

Looking at Wang Qin, still full of energy after three hours of shopping in high heels, and then at her own flat shoes and feeling the ache in her feet, Lin Mengting felt overwhelmed.

Eventually, she couldn’t resist Wang Qin’s earnest and enthusiastic gaze and slowly nodded, internally groaning It’s true what they say—when you accept favors, you’re obliged to repay them.

Wang Qin, oblivious to Lin Mengting’s inner thoughts, was overjoyed by her agreement. She couldn’t help but start complaining about Lin Chunying and Lin Jianjun, her siblings.

“Chunying is such a tomboy. She always shops with Jianjun.” Wang Qin ground her teeth, “You don’t know how they buy clothes! They pick a style they like and buy four or five at a time! If the styles were the same but in different colors, it’d be fine. But they both buy only their favorite colors! Even if they change clothes daily, people who don’t know them might think they wear the same clothes for days! Getting them to shop with me is like pulling teeth; they run away as fast as they can! When I finally pick out some nice, quality clothes, they think my choices are unsuitable and stow them away in the closet! Do they realize how expensive those clothes are, how well they fit, and how classic the styles are? Such wasteful kids! But you, Tingting, you can appreciate the colors and styles I like. Since you haven’t found a job yet, we should visit all the malls around here and then check out a few more elsewhere.”

Lin Mengting …Can I get a refund on my decision?

Unfortunately, all of Lin Mengting’s resistance turned out to be futile against the now-energized Wang Qin.