Chapter 197: I’ll Sell You Mine for Fifty
At this moment...
A middle-aged man wearing glasses and a suit, carrying a black briefcase, shoved his briefcase into the overhead luggage compartment. He glanced at Lin Tian, who was as curious as a baby, then sat down beside him with a disdainful smile.
Lin Tian also took a quick look at the middle-aged man in the seat next to him, but soon went back to leaning against the window, looking outside.
Once all the passengers boarded, the plane began to move, accelerating violently until it took off. The turbulence and pressure made everyone in the cabin experience a somewhat uncomfortable sensation.
"Wow, it’s so beautiful!" After the plane circled and ascended, beginning a stable flight, Lin Tian exclaimed while leaning against the window.
"Huh!" The middle-aged man beside Lin Tian snorted coldly: "Never seen the world, have you?"
Lin Tian didn’t care at all; so what if I’ve never seen the world? What’s it to you?
"Would either of you gentlemen like a drink?" Just as Lin Tian was gazing at the view outside the window, two flight attendants pushed a beverage cart overflowing with various drinks into the aisle.
"Ladies, a glass of juice, please!" The middle-aged man spoke first.
One of the flight attendants poured a glass of orange juice and handed it to the middle-aged man.
"Wow, they sell drinks on the plane too?" Taking his first flight, Lin Tian was pondering over this scene.
"I’ll have a Coke!" Imitating the middle-aged man, Lin Tian spoke confidently.
The same flight attendant poured a glass of Coke and handed it to Lin Tian.
"How much?" Lin Tian took out his wallet and asked.
The flight attendant smiled slightly: "The beverages on the plane are provided free of charge!"
"Oh, I see!"
Feeling embarrassed, Lin Tian put away his wallet.
"This your first time flying?" the middle-aged man asked, sipping his orange juice.
"Yeah!" Lin Tian didn’t shy away from it.
"They’ll serve food soon, that’s free too!" The middle-aged man said while glancing at the flight attendant’s black stockings.
"Is it that interesting to look at?"
Though Lin Tian also found the flight attendant attractive, why was this guy always staring at her legs?
Shouldn’t beauty be appreciated in the face?
"You just don’t understand!" The middle-aged man mused, resting his chin on his hand.
Since Lin Tian and the middle-aged man were seated towards the back, the flight attendants had to walk by frequently, and the middle-aged man’s eyes were like magnets fixed on one particular flight attendant.
This flight attendant was taller and had fair, delicate skin. Her black hair was tied up, and her facial features were doll-like, complemented with a purple scarf around her neck, giving her a refined yet playful look.
Why was she so captivating? How should I put it?
Some women, even if dressed in rags, strike you as dignified at first glance. This flight attendant had such looks, though she wore a uniform that should have been ordinary, she somehow appeared superior.
Once the beverages were served, it quickly came time for snacks since it wasn’t a mealtime, just light snacks and cookies.
They were distributed from the front to the back until they reached Lin Tian.
Having been forewarned by the middle-aged man, Lin Tian this time didn’t attempt to pay but reached out to take the cookies from the doll-faced flight attendant.
"Smells good!" The middle-aged man murmured while eyeing the delicate hands of the doll-faced flight attendant.
The doll-faced flight attendant was about to leave with the cart when the middle-aged man suddenly called out, "Miss, wait a moment!"
"Yes, sir, how can I help you?"
"Well, could I buy the stockings you’re wearing?" The middle-aged man pulled out a crisp one hundred yuan bill.
A pair of black pantyhose costs only about a dozen yuan, but the middle-aged man was offering a hundred, far exceeding the price multiple times, not to mention they were second-hand.
"Hmm?" Lin Tian stuffed cookies in his mouth while watching this exchange.
The doll-faced flight attendant shook her head, declining the middle-aged man’s offer to buy her stockings.
"Two hundred!" The middle-aged man pulled out another hundred yuan note.
Paying two hundred for someone else’s worn stockings, Lin Tian thought the world indeed had a lot of moneyed people.
"Sir, I am not selling!" The doll-faced flight attendant replied, feeling troubled.
"I’ll add another hundred!" The middle-aged man persisted, eager to buy the stockings from the doll-faced flight attendant.
"Dude!" Lin Tian patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder: "How about the ones I’m wearing? Freshly worn today, I’ll sell them to you for fifty!"
The middle-aged man turned and saw Lin Tian pointing at the socks inside his sneakers, responding impatiently: "Get lost!"
"You’re willing to pay three hundred for her socks, I’m offering mine for fifty, that’s a steal!" Lin Tian thought the man must be foolhardy with money, otherwise why engage in such antics?
"Hers smell nice, yours will stink!" The middle-aged man retorted with disdain.
"How do you know?" Lin Tian was dumbfounded; whose socks don’t stink?
It’s just the intensity that varies.
"Pfft!" The doll-faced flight attendant was amused by the exchange between the two.
"Is it okay?" The middle-aged man pleaded, almost begging, looking at the doll-faced flight attendant.
"No, I don’t do that kind of thing!" The doll-faced flight attendant shook her head: "If you’re really keen, go buy someone else’s!"
The doll-faced flight attendant stopped entertaining the middle-aged man and left with the cart.
"I’ll knock off another ten from the price!" Lin Tian patted the dazed middle-aged man again: "Think about it!"
"Are you sick?" Failing to buy the stockings, the middle-aged man was irked and shouted at Lin Tian.
"You’re the one who’s sick! Spending three hundred on someone’s socks if that’s not madness, what is?" Lin Tian thought the guy was mentally off.
The middle-aged man’s mind was not right, but not in the way Lin Tian imagined.
Failed to acquire the stockings, the middle-aged man felt resentful, blaming the doll-faced flight attendant for disrespecting him.
So for the rest of the time, the middle-aged man continuously called for the doll-faced flight attendant.
"Bring me a newspaper!"
"The air conditioner is a bit cold; give me a blanket!"
"Another glass of juice!"
"Another glass of water!"
"Another glass of Coke!"
He kept on making bothersome requests to the doll-faced flight attendant.
The doll-faced flight attendant understood the middle-aged man was targeting her and continued fulfilling his demands.
Even so, the middle-aged man purposely spilled his water onto the flight attendant’s clothes.
"Oops, I didn’t mean to!" The middle-aged man apologized politely, though a wicked grin emerged on his lips.
"It’s fine!" The doll-faced flight attendant, touching her wet skirt, maintained her professional smile.
"Hey, sir, you’re going too far!" Lin Tian, watching both of them, felt annoyed when he saw the middle-aged man let the water cup slip on purpose.
If she doesn’t sell you the stockings she wore, you don’t mess with her, right?
As the saying goes, a good man doesn’t fight with a woman. This scene was indeed excessive.
"Mind your own damn business!" Cursed the middle-aged man, still ticked off, lashing out with foul language.
"Whoa!"
Being insulted, Lin Tian exclaimed: "Are you a dog, biting whoever you see!"