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

Aunt Zheng's treat to hot pot greatly brought the girls closer together.

After they finished eating, cleared the table, washed the dishes, and sat down in a row under the eaves to chat.

"Yanzi, have you finished your homework?" Li Zhi asked. "I have things to do tonight."

Wu Yan raised her chin slightly and said with a hint of pride, "Of course, I finished writing it yesterday!"

The three girls in the dorm looked at them suspiciously: "What's going on with you two tonight?"

Wu Yan and Li Zhi glanced back at Aunt Zheng, who was busy inside the house, and when they saw that she wasn't looking this way, they whispered like thieves, "Going to the dance hall."

"Ok?"

……

Weekend dances are one of the most popular forms of entertainment these days.

Nowadays, all kinds of dance halls are springing up everywhere. Some are dedicated dance halls, while others are restaurants during the week and turn into dance halls on weekends by moving the tables and chairs out.

Disco and ballroom dancing are popular dance styles in dance halls. If someone can breakdance, congratulations, they will be the focus of the entire dance hall.

With more dance halls, it's inevitable that there will be a mix of good and bad people, and all sorts of trouble can happen. Dance halls near schools are much safer because most of the people there are students, who might have the desire to steal but not the courage to do so.

There have been instances of thugs trying to take advantage of students at dance halls near the school. When one of them failed, he challenged a student to a fight.

The thugs called their brothers, a group of over twenty seasoned gangsters. But... the other side shouted downstairs at the dormitory, and hundreds of bored college students swarmed out, chasing the thugs for three blocks, finally ending with them storming into the police station.

Since then, the thugs have reached a tacit understanding—it's okay to go to the dance hall next to the school to look at the girls, but you have to peek secretly and never ask them to fight.

……

The two boys from the next class invited Wu Yan and Li Zhi to the dance hall.

Strangely but logically, no one had ever asked Lin Ting, Zheng Miaoying, or Su Yu out.

Meeting the curious gazes of the three girls, Wu Yan asked, "Why don't you come along too?"

Zheng Miaoying shook her head repeatedly: "My mother won't allow it."

Su Yu also shook her head: "My heart won't allow it."

Lin thought and thought for a while: "I... I can't have my bed."

Everyone: "Huh?"

"Why don't we go back to sleep?"

Lin Ting casually remarked, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She looked intently at Wu Yan and Li Zhi: "Could you two do me a favor?"

"You... if you have something to say, just say it. Don't look at me like that."

"Yes, it's creepy."

Upon hearing their agreement, Lin immediately stood up, led them directly to the front, opened the shop door, and turned on the lights.

The shop is now almost finished. On one wall on the first floor, clothes are hung, and on the other wall, there are wrought iron display racks. The part closest to the window displays various bracelets and pendants made by Feng Yue, with hair ornaments in the center and socks at the very back.

Half of the second floor was used as a warehouse, and the other half was divided into four fitting rooms, as well as a huge mirror.

"Wow--"

Everyone except Lin Ting was amazed.

Lin Ting: "...?"

"Sister Yue, I understand their surprise, but what are you saying 'wow' about? Aren't you here every day?"

Feng Yue chuckled, "But it still looks really good every time I come in."

"Listen, when are you opening here?"

"Uncle Jiang has calculated the auspicious date for me; next Sunday is a good day to open for business."

Upon hearing this, Lin pulled Wu Yan and Li Zhi over to the clothes rack: "You two happen to be going to the dance hall today, why don't you wear some clothes from my shop and give me some free advertising?"

"This……"

They were both a little embarrassed. "What should we say?"

If you ask them to hawk their wares, they really can't do the job.

"If someone asks where you bought your clothes, just tell them the store name."

"Oh... okay then."

Responding when someone strikes up a conversation is not difficult.

Lin heard them respond and then took two sets of clothes.

One outfit consisted of a white shirt and a black suspender skirt, which was given to Wu Yan, who happened to be wearing small leather shoes.

Another outfit is a red shirt and dark jeans, which suits Li Zhi, who has longer legs.

Lin Ting explained, "Although they are samples, Sister Yue washed and ironed them before, and no one has worn them."

The clothes still faintly smelled of laundry detergent, which was very convincing.

Wu Yan and Li Zhi took the clothes, and Lin Ting ran to the sock rack and took a pair of very thin white socks with lace trim and gave them to Wu Yan: "Put these on too."

Wu Yan took the socks, slightly confused: "This... is it worn outside or inside the socks?"

Lin Ting: "This is the actual sock."

"Uh……"

Holding the pair of sock-like objects, Wu Yan was completely bewildered as Feng Yue led her upstairs to the fitting room.

Lin Ting wasn't idle either; while pondering how to match the hair accessories, she rummaged through the hair ornaments.

Su Yu was looking at the sparkling handicrafts, and Lin Ting had specially placed two extra lamps there to make them look even prettier.

A short while later, Feng Yue came downstairs with Wu Yan and Li Zhi.

The three people downstairs looked over together and simultaneously gave a thumbs up: "Great!"

They had already looked in the mirror upstairs and thought they looked great.

Lin Tingchao waved to them: "Come on, let me comb your hair."

After more than an hour of fussing, the brand-new Wu Yan and Li Zhi appeared before them.

"Keep it up! Dance a little longer tonight, and remember the shop's name is 'Outside the Window,' it opens next Sunday!"

Lin Tingxiang was like an old mother sending her children to the battlefield, hoping they would achieve great merit.

Feng Yue took out the ledger and asked Lin Ting in a low voice, "Boss, how do you keep track of these things?"

Lin Ting has been teaching Feng Yue how to keep accounts recently. She learns very quickly, but her speed is a little slow because she is always afraid of making mistakes and will calculate it three or five times before she feels at ease.

"Just put it in the advertising fee," Lin said. "You write it down, I'll keep an eye on it."

There was really no need for her small shop to keep a complete set of accounts. Lin Ting told Feng Yue to keep a daily account and summarize the expenses and income every week so that she would know how much money she had made.

Feng Yue's hand trembled slightly as she wrote the accounts under the boss's watchful eye. She calculated the amounts three times before handing the ledger to Lin Ting.

Lin Ting glanced at it and nodded: "Yes, that's good. Remember it like this from now on."

Feng Yue breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

Lin Ting didn't intend to ask Wu Yan and Li Zhi for the clothes back or make them pay for them; these were necessary advertising expenses that couldn't be avoided.

And she even wanted them to wear it for a few more days next week; she was never a boss who made people work for free.

As for herself... she'd better not wear it.

Buying celebrity-endorsed items is because the celebrities aren't around, so even if there's a comparison, the impact isn't immediately apparent. But if you happen to wear the same clothes as someone at school, it can be very embarrassing for others.

……

The dance hall near the school was already crowded before it got dark.

When Wu Yan and Li Zhi went inside, there wasn't the scene described in the novel where the music stopped or the weather changed, but they did whisper among themselves.

The boys were curious about where these two pretty girls had come from, while the girls were more interested in their clothes, hair, sparkly keychains, and... socks.