Chapter 98

She'd been cleaned out.

Girls her age all chased the latest fashions. None of them wanted to be left behind.

But the pants caught Liang Ying's eye. She reached out to feel a pair hanging nearby. "These look like those body-shaping pants from overseas."

"You've got a good eye. The people in Guangzhou said they copied the overseas style. If you like them, why not try them on?" Lin Lu said.

Liang Ying was tempted. She went into the fitting room and changed into a pair.

She had shapely legs, with firm thighs and slender calves. Jeans had hidden that, but the body-shaping pants made her legs stand out at once.

By the time she had made one turn in front of the mirror, several young women passing the door had come in to ask what kind of pants they were and how much they cost.

Lin Lu was delighted and hurried over to greet them with a smile.

Liang Ying watched her sister-in-law make two more sales in the course of that conversation, then looked down at the pants she was wearing. An idea began to take shape.

The Ninety-Fifth Day of Being Overheard

Liang Ying took a pair of body-shaping pants home and picked them apart to study the cut. The workmanship was ordinary. The fabric was decent, but nothing special either. By her reckoning, each pair cost only three or four yuan to make.

Yet they sold for twenty-eight yuan a pair?!

Liang Ying's heart raced. She made a few pairs for He Chunlian and Gu Yinxing.

He Chunlian tried hers on. "These are nice, but they show off your figure a bit too much. It should be fine with a longer top, though."

"I think they're comfortable like this." Gu Yinxing ran a hand over the