Chen Jing frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then gave up.
There are too many criminals in this world. He's not a police officer, so why is he meddling in this?
The two left Yuexiu District, boarded a bus, and planned to visit the Baima Clothing Market.
The man in the floral shirt emerged from behind the tree, slowly fanning himself with a paper fan to wipe the thin layer of sweat from his forehead.
He stared at Ji Xia's back in a daze. The ordinary sweatshirt seemed to look high-end on her.
The loose-fitting T-shirt, tightly binding the chest, accentuated her slender waist and long, straight legs.
Her long, straight black hair was tied into a high ponytail, revealing her graceful, swan-like neck. She had almond-shaped eyes, peach-blossom cheeks, cherry lips, and a delicate nose. Even without makeup, she was as beautiful as a celebrity.
"Third brother has a good eye. This woman is not just beautiful, she's much more beautiful than our top courtesan."
He was so beautiful that he didn't want to let other men ruin her; he just wanted to possess her completely.
"However, the man next to the girl was very wary, and seemed to be a trained fighter." Another refined-looking man shook his head.
Liao Laoda just scoffed when he heard this: "Second brother, there is only one powerful man. Even if he has a head of copper and arms of iron, as long as there are many people and enough firepower, even a head of copper and arms of iron can be melted into molten iron."
Liao Laoda is a newly emerging gang leader.
After a large number of educated youth returned to the cities and urban graduates could not find jobs, some people quickly took risks and engaged in criminal activities.
As the southern gateway to Hong Kong Island, Huacheng was influenced by gangs in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and within a year, these criminals gradually formed gangs.
Liao Laoda was one of the gang leaders, with Geng Lao Er and Qiu Lao San, who served as his strategists, working under him.
His brothers frequented Huacheng Railway Station for many years, and most of the scammers, thieves, and kidnappers at the station were his men.
Yesterday, Qiu Laosan discovered an exceptionally beautiful young girl, but she had a formidable protector by her side, so he simply reported it to his superiors.
Liao Laoda didn't care at first, but when he saw his younger brother's report while having tea with Geng Lao Er today, he came over to take a look.
Squinting at the two figures' backs for a long time, Liao Lao said, "Have someone keep a close eye on them and look for another opportunity. I don't believe that a mere protector can provide adequate protection."
“A kid like that, separating him for a few minutes is a piece of cake. Leave it to me.” Geng Lao Er agreed with a smile.
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In later generations, the Baima Clothing Market became a large-scale, high-end clothing wholesale market, where almost all the clothing was from well-known domestic brands, and there were also many international brands.
At that time, the market was very rudimentary. Rows of exhibition areas were set up with canvas and frames, and each exhibition area was a stall filled with clothes produced by garment factories and workshops of all sizes in the Pearl River Delta.
Hundreds of exhibition areas were filled with all kinds of clothing for men, women, young and old, a dazzling array of styles and everything imaginable.
Ji Xia and Chen Jing took a stroll around the Baima Market and were greatly shocked.
Some of the clothing comes with its own brand logo, which suggests it was produced by a reputable clothing factory and is of very good quality.
Some clothes have no brand logo, and looking at the hangtag, there is not even a factory address or name. Ji Xia guesses that there are quite a few clothing workshops of all sizes in the Pearl River Delta.
While some styles are rather outdated, others are probably imitations of styles worn by Hong Kong stars.
In fact, Ji Xia also knew that the wisdom of the working people should not be underestimated, and there were many courageous and capable people among them.
Just like Zhang Lan, as long as she sees a style she likes in a shopping mall or on TV, takes a few more glances at it, and thinks about it for a while, she can make a similar style in a couple of days.
In the early 1980s, many people in the countryside had never even heard of the term "television set," but some well-off families in big cities already owned television sets and could watch the latest Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas and movies.
Ji Xia and Chen Jing circled around twice and then stopped in front of a small stall.
The stall displayed more than a dozen new women's clothing items on racks. Ji Xia stood on a silk waist-cinching dress with white background and pink and green flowers. It was fresh and elegant, with short sleeves, and looked ethereal. Ji Xia took a liking to it at first glance.
Silk fabric is not easy to obtain. Ji Xia had also thought about designing some women's fashions made of silk, but she could not get the fabric.
It's amazing that you can find silk dresses in this newly established Baima Market; that's truly rare.
Ji Xia gently touched the fabric with her fingertips. The young man at the stall frowned deeply and hurriedly came over to stop her: "This is a dress made of 100% silk. It's very easy to snag. You can't touch it."
Chen Jing glared at him: "How do you know if the fabric is good or not if you don't touch it? What kind of business is this?"
"Silk fabric is very easy to snag, so it's not his fault."
Ji Xia shook her head at him and smiled at the young man: "Is this all wholesale? Can I buy one piece at a time?"
Seeing that Ji Xia was quite reasonable, the young man's anger lessened: "We do wholesale here. Since you're so easy to talk to, we can give you one."
"Are there any other styles? I'd like to pick out a couple more, both of them should be silk."
"Yes, we have quite a few styles. All of these are the latest styles that are popular in Hong Kong this year."
The young man indeed recommended five or six styles to her, while secretly sizing up Ji Xia's beautiful face and stunning figure.
I've been setting up this stall for months and I've never seen such a beautiful girl. She has a great figure, with a full chest, a slender waist, and long, straight legs. She's the perfect model candidate.
If we could get her to take photos wearing a few of the new styles, it would definitely boost sales of those new items.
After considering it for a moment, the young man became very attentive and kept pushing dresses on her, especially two cheongsams with high side slits.
"You have such good taste, beautiful lady! You recognized this as the most popular new style in Hong Kong this year at a glance. Want to try it on?"
Ji Xia picked out five or six items in a row, each one appealing to her. Hearing this, she looked up in surprise, and Chen Jing immediately stared at her suspiciously: "Try on? Do you even have a place to try on clothes?"
He looked inside the stall, a square display booth, about ten square meters in size, with seven or eight boxes of clothes piled up, and samples hanging on three walls.
What kind of logic is there in wholesaling clothes and then trying them on? They're probably up to some kind of shady scheme.
Thinking of this, Chen Jing's gaze toward the young man turned fierce and murderous.
Ji Xia wasn't angry. In modern clothing stores, which store doesn't have a try-on area? No one would buy anything if you didn't try things on!
However, she was still surprised by the young man's quick thinking: "You can try on dresses when you wholesale them?"
The young man realized the two had misunderstood and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, you two have misunderstood. I didn't mean anything by it. I was just thinking that if the pretty lady is willing to take a few photos of me dressed up, I can give you a discount."
"Try on clothes and take photos? You mean you want me to be a model?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Xia couldn't help but scoff: "I'll be your model to help you boost sales, and you only offer a small discount? Even Zhou Bapi wouldn't be this ruthless. Which model is this cheap?"
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