Pretty and charming, dressed in the 90s, she's good at everything from making money to causing

Lin Ting was a little confused about what those "likes" actually meant.

She was too lazy to think about it and decided to get down to business first.

When Lin Ting arrived at Aunt Li's place, she greeted her with a smile: "Aunt Li, it's been a long time."

Aunt Li was still sulking about her son's situation, but when she saw Lin Ting, she managed a forced smile: "Little Lin, what brings you here today?" She then looked at Jiang Zong and said with a mixture of doubt and certainty, "Young man, you're my son's roommate, right? I remember seeing you when school started."

It's not that Aunt Li has a particularly good memory; it's just that Jiang Zong's appearance is very memorable.

Upon being noticed, Jiang Zong tensed up instantly and replied in a slightly strained voice, "Hello."

"Hey, hello," Aunt Li seemed to like Jiang Zong a lot. She looked at him and asked Lin Ting, "Lin, is this your boyfriend?"

Lin Ting: "No, we're good friends."

Aunt Li nodded repeatedly with an "I understand" expression: "Yes, yes, you're still young, it's good to be friends!"

Lin Ting: "..."

She took a deep breath and abruptly changed the subject, getting straight to the point: "Aunt Li, I opened a shop near the school gate and plan to sell some small items for girls. I'd also like to stock some of your socks. Do you have any nice styles lately?"

Before the Lunar New Year, many socks were red, and some even had a little person on the sole, symbolizing "stepping on a villain."

Now that the New Year is over, other styles finally have a chance to shine.

Aunt Li immediately pointed to several items and said, "These are selling quite well, take a look?"

She was mostly referring to simple black, white, and gray socks, but a few had diamond or striped patterns.

If these socks were sold at a street stall, they would indeed sell very well, but in Lin Ting's mind, such socks were not suitable for her shop.

She pondered for a moment, shook her head, and asked again, "Aunt Li, I'd like to ask if the sock factory you supply accepts custom orders?"

Aunt Li was stunned: "Custom-made? You give them the design and they make it?"

Lin Ting nodded: "Yes."

Aunt Li nodded immediately: "Sure."

Lin Ting hesitated for a moment: "Don't you need to ask?"

"Why are you asking? My sister owns the sock factory. I'm just helping her get business."

Lin Ting: "..."

Lin Ting only came to inquire today. If she couldn't make a custom order, she planned not to sell socks at all, so she didn't bring any design drawings with her.

Lin heard this and said, "Aunt Li, since it's your sister's factory, I won't look for anyone else. I'll bring you the design drawings in three days. Could you please ask my second aunt if it can be made? Is that alright?"

Aunt Li smiled and nodded: "Okay, but let me make this clear beforehand: if you're ordering custom-made items, you can't just order ten or eight pairs; you'll need at least five thousand pairs of each style."

"Okay, I understand." Lin Ting rubbed his hands together. "But this price..."

"How can I earn money from you twice as much as my family?" Aunt Li glared at her reproachfully. "When the time comes, you two can negotiate and calculate based on the ex-factory price. Auntie won't make any money off you."

"I'd feel so embarrassed," Lin Ting chuckled, but didn't refuse.

She knew perfectly well that even if Aunt Li didn't openly make any money for herself, the two sisters would still split the profits behind her back.

You can't lose money no matter what.

Just as Lin Ting finished talking with Aunt Li and was about to leave for the next stall, she happened to run into Liang Tianxing, who was returning home smugly.

"Student Liang."

Lin Ting had already seen Liang Tianxing arguing with Chen Jun, but she was too far away to hear what they were saying, so she assumed that Liang Tianxing was also getting his goods from Aunt Li.

"Lin, it's a coincidence that we meet again!"

Liang Tianxing immediately stopped joking and greeted Lin Ting in a serious manner.

Aunt Li rolled her eyes when she saw her son's good-for-nothing behavior: "Son, do you know Xiao Lin?"

Liang Tianxing nodded repeatedly: "Yes, these are my classmates from school!"

"What a coincidence," Aunt Li said to Lin. "Don't worry, Lin, I'll definitely take care of that for you. The price is negotiable."

"Uh... thank you, Aunt Li." Lin Ting glanced at Liang Tianxing, suddenly felt a little awkward, and quickly said goodbye, "Then I'll be going now, goodbye Aunt Li, goodbye Liang."

"Goodbye." Liang Tianxing waved foolishly at Lin Ting, not forgetting his good brother, "Jiang Zong, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After they walked away, Aunt Li said to Liang Tianxing, "You should learn from Xiao Lin. Look at him, he was setting up a street stall during winter vacation, and now he has a shop open in the blink of an eye!"

Liang Tianxing suddenly realized something: "Wait a minute, Mom, let me think... the little girl you mentioned who came to set up a street stall during winter break, could it be her?"

Aunt Li nodded matter-of-factly: "Yes."

Liang Tianxing: "..."

So, the person who tricked himself out of his warm bed to make money was Lin Ting!

Aunt Li sighed, still looking in Lin Ting's direction, and continued, "This young girl has really had a tough time. Her parents both took unpaid leave, and it's so hard for her to work so hard on her own..."

Liang Tianxing: "...?"

If he remembered correctly, Lin Ting's father was a doctor and her mother was a teacher, right?

Doctors and teachers also take unpaid leave?

Not far away, Lin Ting tugged at the hem of his clothes and asked Jiang Zong, "Jiang Zong, does your roommate have a big mouth?"

Jiang Zong thought about it seriously for a while, then shook his head: "I don't know."

"It's over..."

Lin Ting sighed deeply.

She played the victim when she went to Aunt Li to buy goods, and if Liang Tianxing finds out... how embarrassing!

Lin Ting silently thought to herself: Face doesn't matter, making money is!

After repeating herself hundreds of times, she finally managed to calm herself down and led Jiang Zong to Sister Zhang's stall at number six in the third row.

Ms. Zhang's business is much better than before. It seems that her hard work over the past two months has paid off, and she already has a group of her own customers.

Lin Ting greeted her, "Sister Zhang, it's been a long time."

"Listen, you're here." Sister Zhang chuckled, then looked at Jiang Zong and asked, "Is this your boyfriend?"

The same words, the same tone.

Lin Ting: "No, we're good friends."

Then she got the same "I understand" emoji.

Lin Ting was speechless.

Why is it that in this era hailed as the "last age of innocence," when they see a man and a woman walking together, they can't control their thoughts and assume they are just good friends?

Lin Tingxin was too tired to continue explaining and buried her head in looking at the colorful hair accessories on the stall.

As the largest wholesale market in Shenyang, this place offers a wide variety of hair accessories.

In Lin Ting's shop plan, small items like hair accessories and socks are just embellishments. With eye-catching socks, she doesn't plan to put too much effort into hair accessories.

Her energy is limited, and it's not advisable to take too big a step in the early stages of starting a business, as it could easily backfire.