Chapter 198: A Gift of Gratitude
The middle-aged man pointed a finger at Lin Tian’s nose, "Not your business! Mind your own business!"
Lin Tian immediately got angry. So what if it’s on a plane? Being on a plane makes you tough?
He grabbed the middle-aged man’s right index finger and exerted a forceful squeeze.
"Ouch~!" The middle-aged man’s face instantly contorted in pain, wailing repeatedly, "It hurts, let go!"
"Sir, please do not fight on the plane!" The baby-faced flight attendant quickly advised.
"Try cursing one more time!" Lin Tian gripped the middle-aged man’s finger even tighter.
"Ouch~!" the middle-aged man yelped again in pain, "Let go, I won’t curse anymore!"
Only then did Lin Tian release him, and he winked at the baby-faced flight attendant, "Beauty, I’ll give you fifty to buy the socks you’re wearing!"
Saying that, Lin Tian pulled out fifty yuan from his wallet.
"Huh?" The baby-faced flight attendant exclaimed, but seeing Lin Tian’s continuous winking, she understood he was helping her out of the situation.
"Not selling?" Lin Tian kept making gestures, but the baby-faced flight attendant still remained indifferent.
Lin Tian’s purchase offer for socks was just a ploy to help the baby-faced flight attendant; otherwise, the middle-aged man would keep bothering her out of spite.
Since the trouble was centered around the socks on the flight attendant’s feet, buying them would transfer the trouble to him, leaving the baby-faced attendant free from any issues.
"Alright!" The baby-faced flight attendant wasn’t foolish; she knew Lin Tian was helping her and quickly nodded.
"What?" The middle-aged man was shocked and incredulous, looking at the flight attendant, "I offered three hundred, and you wouldn’t sell, but you’ll sell to him for fifty?"
"I like it, none of your business!" The baby-faced flight attendant, having had enough of the middle-aged man, responded with a direct and bold reply.
"I’ll give you the money now, and you can give me the socks once we land!" Lin Tian smiled slightly at the baby-faced flight attendant.
"Okay!" The baby-faced flight attendant took the money, stuffed it into the small cart box, gave the middle-aged man a disdainful glance, and walked away pushing the cart.
Logically, after Lin Tian’s conflict with the middle-aged man, they shouldn’t speak, but after a while, the man leaned over, "Hey, buddy, let’s discuss something!"
"What do you want to discuss?" Lin Tian said leaning against the window without turning his head.
"Is it okay if you sell me the socks you just bought?"
"What do you want those socks for?" Lin Tian was puzzled. You know, people might buy second-hand houses, cars, or phones to reuse.
But a man buying socks worn by a woman?
And at such a high price?
Is he planning to wear them?
Might as well go to the supermarket, they’re cheaper and more practical.
"Why do you want those socks?" Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man asked first.
The question caught Lin Tian off guard; indeed, why did he want those socks?
Basically, Lin Tian was helping the flight attendant, but he couldn’t just say that outright.
"You tell me first!" Lin Tian paused and then responded.
"They smell really nice, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you!" The middle-aged man said with an indulged expression.
"I’m also buying them to smell!" Lin Tian raised an eyebrow, "You wouldn’t understand if I told you either!"
"Oh, you’re one of us then!" The middle-aged man grinned nastily, "Forget it, I’ll let you have the socks!"
With the two exchanging a knowing smile, the plane smoothly landed at Waihai City Airport.
Because Bai Shishi was in the VIP cabin, she disembarked first.
Lin Tian walked out of the cabin alone, turned on his phone, and was about to call Bai Shishi, when he felt someone pat his shoulder.
"It’s you?" Lin Tian was a bit surprised because the person standing in front of him was the baby-faced flight attendant.
"This is for you!" The baby-faced flight attendant’s cheeks flushed red as she handed a sealed black bag to Lin Tian.
Lin Tian stared blankly at the baby-faced flight attendant, "What’s this?"
"What do you think?"
The baby-faced flight attendant let out a shy giggle and expressed her gratitude, "Thanks for helping me today!"
Lin Tian smiled slightly, "It was nothing!"
"Here’s your fifty!" The baby-faced flight attendant stuffed Lin Tian’s money into his palm.
"Then what is this?" Lin Tian thought the bag contained the money, but since it’s in his hand now, what’s inside the bag?
"Consider it a gift from me!" After saying that, the baby-faced flight attendant’s face turned as red as a monkey’s bottom, and she turned and ran away.
"What a strange woman!" Lin Tian looked quizzically at the flight attendant’s back.
"What on earth is inside?" Unable to contain his curiosity, Lin Tian opened the sealed black bag, and a strong leather smell wafted up.
"What is this?" Seeing a black mass inside, Lin Tian reached in to feel it.
Wet and slippery, with a squeeze of his index and middle fingers, a pair of black pantyhose was pulled out of the black bag.
"This..." Lin Tian was stunned.
He never expected the bag, dubbed a gift by the baby-faced flight attendant, to contain a pair of worn black pantyhose.
"What does she mean by giving me this? A thank you gift?" Lin Tian chuckled helplessly, "Does she really think I share the same interest as the middle-aged guy?"
Lin Tian genuinely didn’t have that interest, but with Bai Shishi once, and the flight attendant now, he was almost being molded into having the same hobby as the middle-aged man.
"Should I return it to her?" Lin Tian scratched his head in frustration.
"The middle-aged man said he bought it to smell?" Lin Tian suddenly recalled the man’s enchanted expression, claiming the socks had a nice fragrance.
"Are they really fragrant?" Lin Tian reckoned worn socks must stink, but to see who was right, he decided to do a personal experiment.
Gently lowering his head, the leather scent grew stronger, mixed with a faint body scent.
"Could it be that foot odor is a unique male scent?" Lin Tian stuffed the pantyhose back into the black bag, feeling his worldview shift.
After securing the black bag, Lin Tian took out his phone to call Bai Shishi, "Where are you, Miss Bai?"
"I’m right by the exit, waiting for you!" Bai Shishi replied.
Lin Tian walked through the long corridor and saw Bai Shishi standing not far away, waiting for him.
"How was it? How did your first flight feel?" Bai Shishi asked with a smile as soon as she saw Lin Tian.
"It was alright!"
"Did you fancy any of the pretty flight attendants?" Bai Shishi teased.
"No!" Lin Tian shook his head.
He didn’t mention anything about what happened on the plane, not wanting Shishi to know the flight attendant gave him a pair of black pantyhose!
"Next, should we head to the pier or to the branch office?" Bai Shishi returned to the main topic.
After a moment of contemplation, Lin Tian said, "Let’s go to the pier? If my hunch is correct, then something must be hidden at the pier!"
"Then let’s go!"
Bai Shishi and Lin Tian caught a taxi at the entrance, and as soon as they got in, Bai Shishi told the driver, "Xinhai Pier!"
The taxi driver, a bald man, glanced at Lin Tian sitting in the front passenger seat, "Is it your first time in Waihai City?"