Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman

When they returned to the Kadoorie Hill villa, Lin Ying hadn't even unpacked her suitcase.

She hung her coat on the back of the chair, took a shower, and lay down on the bed to sleep; the curtains were drawn tightly shut.

Lin Lanying stood at the door for a couple of seconds, then didn't go in to disturb her. "Don't call her for dinner today, let her sleep."

He Dazhu: "What if she wakes up hungry at night?"

"Cook when you wake up hungry."

"Shall I start cooking the porridge now?"

She slept for a long time, and when Lin Ying opened her eyes again, it was already noon the next day. She lay in bed for a while, and unusually, she didn't immediately touch the documents or think about the progress of the Nanwan construction site.

My body is really tired.

During those months in D3, she dealt with experimental data every day, her mind never stopped; after returning, the quiet room, the soft bed, the familiar smells all reminded her of one thing.

She went home.

After Lin Ying finished washing up, she went downstairs, but there were more than just her parents in the living room.

Lin Yue sat on the sofa, drinking a cup of hot milk tea; she was wearing a light-colored sweater, her hair was permed, and she looked much more mature than last year.

Lin Ying was a little surprised: "Why is Yueyue here?"

Lin Yue: "Sister, you're finally awake."

Lin Ying sat down opposite her: "I just took a nap, I didn't go into seclusion."

"You slept for almost sixteen hours; Sister, Auntie wants us to go shopping for clothes together."

Lin Ying became alert: "Why?"

Lin Yue continued, "While you're at it, come to my beauty salon and I'll give you a new hairstyle."

Lin Ying looked down at her loungewear and touched her hair: "Is there something wrong with my hairstyle right now?"

Lin Yue didn't say anything, but looked towards the kitchen.

Lin Lanying brought out the soup and, upon hearing this, exclaimed, "This is a huge problem!"

Lin Ying: "Mommy, my hair has just grown a little."

"You've grown a bit?" Lin Lanying put the soup bowl on the table. "Look at you, do you even look like a girl anymore? You're always either in the lab or on the construction site, wearing black, white, and gray clothes, your hair just tied up haphazardly, and you don't even groom your eyebrows! I made you look so neat and tidy when you were little, but you've become more and more sloppy as you've grown up!"

Lin Ying explained, "Wearing something too flashy isn't convenient for the lab."

Lin Lanying glared at her: "Are you in the lab right now? You're at the prime of your life, it's almost Chinese New Year, and people are visiting relatives and friends. If you dress like this, people will think I'm a mother who doesn't know how to raise a daughter."

Lin Ying quickly replied, "Okay, okay, I'll go shopping this afternoon. Clothes and hair will be arranged."

Lin Lanying is increasingly distrustful of Lin Ying: "I'll go with you."

Lin Ying: "Mommy, didn't you have an appointment to play cards this afternoon?"

"I'm not playing anymore."

Lin Ying understood; her mother was afraid that if she took Lin Yue out, she might detour to see Chen Guodong, Lawyer Shen, or Accountant Wu.

Lin Ying said helplessly, "I'm not going to talk business today."

Lin Lanying didn't believe it: "Your 'not talking about business' often just means you don't take the initiative to talk about it. As soon as someone approaches you, you just sit down."

Lin Yue nodded: "Aunt is right, sister, you really should get ready."

Lin Ying looked at her: "Which side are you on?"

"I'm from the hairstylist side."

He Dazhu came out carrying the dishes and said, "Sister, you should go buy some nice clothes; your mother has been going through your wardrobe these past few days and it's made her very upset."

Lin Ying: "Is it really that exaggerated?"

Lin Lanying said loudly, "Yes! A row of coats, which look just like company uniforms from a distance."

He Dazhu added, "I can't even tell which one I bought this year and which one I bought the year before last."

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the three people went out.

When the car arrived in Mong Kok, Lin Yue's beauty salon was on the second floor of a building on the street. The storefront had been renovated, the glass was clean, and there were a few customers sitting inside, as well as two young assistants busy washing and blow-drying hair.

As soon as Lin Yue entered, the shop assistant greeted her, "Boss."

Lin Ying glanced at Lin Yue: "Boss?"

Lin Yue said with a hint of pride, "Your sister is now a successful businesswoman too."

Lin Lanying said with a smile, "Yueyue is very capable now, and the store is doing well."

Lin Yue immediately pressed Lin Ying into a chair: "We'll deal with you first today."

Lin Ying looked at herself in the mirror: "Just make it straight, don't perm it or dye it a weird color."

Lin Lanying sat down beside her: "Make her look more presentable, but not too exaggerated. She's going to see her elders during the Lunar New Year, not shoot a poster."

Lin Yue nodded: "Understood, Auntie, don't worry."

Lin Ying almost fell asleep while washing her hair.

The assistant massaged her scalp and asked, "Ms. Lin, is the pressure okay?"

Lin Ying, with her eyes closed, said, "Okay."

Lin Yue, standing to the side, said, "Sister, are you too tired?"

"fine."

"Whenever you say it's okay, it basically means it's not so good."

Lin Ying opened her eyes: "Your observation skills are very strong now."

"I see customers every day in my shop, and I can tell at a glance who is truly satisfied and who is just pretending."

Lin Yue sighed, "Sister, you're great at making money, but you still need to remember to eat and sleep. Auntie is just saying this because she's worried about you."

Lin Ying looked at Lin Yue, who was busy in the mirror, and smiled: "Okay~ Little boss."

Lin Yue's ears turned red: "Don't call me that, I'm not used to it yet."

After getting her hair done, Lin Ying felt much more refreshed.

Her long hair was trimmed to shoulder length, the ends were straightened, and the stray hairs at her forehead were also tidied up. She already had beautiful features, but she didn't usually take care of them. Now that she's done this, the effect is immediate.

Lin Lanying looked her over with satisfaction: "That's more like it."

Lin Ying looked in the mirror: "It doesn't seem like there's much difference."

Lin Yue immediately retorted, "It's vastly different! Even if you're my sister, you can't deny my hard work and aesthetic sense!!"

Lin Ying.......

After leaving the store, Lin Lanying took them directly to the mall; Lin Ying went into the women's clothing store and headed towards the basic styles; she found the black coat, white shirt, and gray trousers to be very pleasing to the eye.

Lin Yue grabbed her arm: "Don't touch it."

Lin Ying: "This dress has a nice cut."

Lin Lanying walked over and glanced at the price tag: "The tailoring is good, but you already have ten similar items in your wardrobe."

Lin Ying carefully corrected: "Not ten items, at most six."

Lin Yue: "That's not the point!"

Lin Lanying and Lin Yue quickly picked out several sets.

A beige short jacket paired with a dark long skirt, a red knit sweater with straight-leg pants, and a light blue coat. Lin Ying looked at the red knit sweater: "Mommy, isn't this color too bright?"

"What's so striking about wearing red for Chinese New Year? When you were a kid, you could wear whatever they bought you, why are you so critical now?"

Lin Yue also picked up a dress: "Try this one too."

Lin Ying took it and looked at it: "Isn't this skirt inconvenient for walking?"

Lin Yue: "You're going to pay New Year's visits, not to exercise."

Lin Ying was pushed into the fitting room.

When the first outfit came out, Lin Lanying's eyes lit up: "Beautiful!"

Lin Yue nodded: "The waistline is showing."

Lin Ying looked down and asked, "Isn't it too form-fitting?"

Lin Lanying: "At such a good age, instead of taking care of your figure, you want to wear a burlap sack?"

Over the course of the afternoon, Lin Ying tried on about twenty outfits and ended up buying seventeen. The two outfits she chose were rejected by both Lin Lanying and Lin Yue.

Lin Ying sat in the mall's coffee shop, carrying a bag. She felt that a day like this was more tiring than a project meeting.

Lin Yue sipped her coffee: "Sister, now you know how tiring it is for us to go shopping all the time, right?"

Lin Ying nodded numbly.

Lin Lanying looked at her daughter helplessly and said, "You always use your brain on important things, and you just deal with the small things casually; but a person can't live a life that only involves work."

Lin Ying looked at the shopping bags on the table, and then at her mother and Lin Yue seriously discussing which outfit to wear on the first day of the Lunar New Year and which outfit to wear to their old house in the New Territories. She gradually relaxed.

She didn't actually dislike this kind of trouble.

Dinner was eaten at the mall. When we got back to Kadoorie Hill, He Dazhu came out to pick us up as soon as he heard the car.

He was startled to see a pile of bags in the trunk and back seat: "You bought so many?"

Lin Lanying took out a coat: "Does this look good?"

He Dazhu immediately nodded: "It looks good."

Lin Ying looked at him: "Old Dou, you didn't even see it clearly."

He Dazhu whispered, "We can't hesitate now."

Lin Yue couldn't stop laughing.

After the whole family moved their belongings to the laundry room, Lin Lanying instructed Lin Ying: "The clothes will be washed, dried, and ironed soon; tomorrow, organize the wardrobe and don't put the new clothes at the bottom of the trunk again."

Lin Ying: "I know."

He Dazhu leaned over and asked, "Little sister, are you tired today?"

Lin Ying glanced at her mother and Lin Yue: "Tired, but not too bad, not particularly tired."

Lin Yue patted her shoulder: "Sister, there will be shoes tomorrow."