"These two styles both suit your temperament very well," the trainee sales assistant whispered as she picked out two relatively elegant dresses.
"I'm just not sure about your style since you're wearing a mask..."
Shen Ximan smiled. "It's okay. Just match them according to your feeling. I'm easy - going and not picky."
"Sure! Sure!" The trainee sales assistant beamed with a big smile and trotted around the store to pick out more dresses.
Since she started working, customers with such a nice personality were as rare as endangered animals. She considered herself lucky to meet one today.
While the trainee was busy picking out dresses, Shen Ximan took a look around.
This store wasn't as eye - catching as the ones at the entrance. The styles and fabrics of the dresses were far from being top - notch.
But this shopping mall only sold high - end custom - made products. Middle and low - end customers wouldn't even come here. Even if they did, they'd be gossiped about by some snobbish sales assistants like Shen Ximan had been before.
The brand Lan Bomei would be buried in obscurity before long. It had chosen the wrong location to open a store.
As she was analyzing, a dark gray dress caught her eye. She even forgot to blink.
"Miss, I've brought all the dresses for you. I wonder if they... meet your taste..." The trainee sales assistant stared blankly at her.
Shen Ximan never expected to find such a gem in this small store.
She pointed at the display stand and asked, "Can I take a look at this one?"
"However..."
The trainee sales assistant looked hesitant, as if she didn't want to say something.
Just then, a woman with an S - shaped figure clomped into the store in ten - centimeter high heels and started scolding furiously.
"Xiao He, how many times have I told you? When you pick up the dresses, do it one by one! You've dragged the hems on the floor!"
"Ah! I'm sorry, manager. It was my oversight."
She quickly hung up the dresses in her hands one by one, frightened.
"You're really as stupid as an ass! I don't understand why the company would recruit someone like you for an internship!"
After saying that, the manager sized up Shen Ximan disdainfully.
"Who are you?"
Ruo Chi was about to flare up, but Shen Ximan stopped him.
"Hello, I'm here to look at dresses."
The manager folded her arms and sneered. "Look at dresses? You've come to the wrong place, ma'am. This is a high - end shopping mall, not a flea market!"
Shen Ximan really disliked her tone, but out of politeness, she didn't argue too much. She pointed at the display stand in front of her and said calmly, "Can you take this one down for me to try on?"
"Don't! Please don't!"
The manager shielded the display stand like a mother hen protecting her chicks. She held her head high, showing off her arrogance. "This high - end custom - made dress is not something someone like you can afford. Besides, it's already been reserved."
"Reserved? By whom?" she asked curiously.
"Heh, country bumpkin! I'm afraid you'll be scared to death if I tell you. It's Shen Shiyu, the eldest daughter of the Shen family. Have you heard of her? She's the one who reserved it."
"However, she's ordered even more high - end dresses. This one is just on the backup list."
As soon as she heard this name, Ruo Chi almost burst out laughing.
The second daughter of the Shen family was standing right in front of her, yet she dared to boast so shamelessly.
"I see. That's really a pity," Shen Ximan said, looking regretful.
The manager sneered triumphantly. Everything was under her control. She knew that this woman would back off after hearing the name of the eldest Miss Shen!
"It's such a pity that this dress is just a backup for her. It's better for me to buy it, so as not to let it be defiled."
Shen Ximan said it casually, as if this dress had always been hers.
"Wh... What?" The manager was stunned.
Xiao He shrank to one side, too scared to say a word. She was even a bit worried about Shen Ximan.
The manager was well - known for being unreasonable. It seemed that this matter would have to end with a showdown. Hearing the commotion, the other sales assistants gathered around to watch the fun.
"I said I want to buy it. Can't you understand?"
Shen Ximan's tone was cold, and her eyes were disdainful.
The manager burst out laughing as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"Ma'am, don't you look in the mirror before you go out? You're flat - chested and flat - assed. Do you think you can pull this dress off?"
"Besides, a single diamond on this dress costs ten thousand. Even if you were sold to a remote mountain village, you couldn't afford this whole set!"
Ruo Chi still couldn't hold it back. He stepped forward, his face red with anger, and retorted, "Say that again if you dare! Who are you calling from a remote mountain village?"
"Yo, where did this pretty boy come from? So arrogant!"
Afraid that things would get out of hand, Xiao He walked over quickly and stood between them. "Both of you, calm down! It's all my fault for handling this matter poorly."
The manager, in a fit of rage, slapped her across the face.
"What do you think you are, daring to order me around?"
Shen Ximan's eyes instantly turned red with anger. She took a quick step forward and grabbed the manager's hair, making her scream in pain.
"And what do you think you are?"
"Ah! It hurts! It hurts!"
"I'm warning you. If you dare to hit someone again, I'll break your arm!"
It was the first time Ruo Chi had seen her get angry. Her aura was almost as intimidating as the Second Master's. Each had their own terrifying aspects.
"Okay! Okay! I'll do whatever you say!"
Shen Ximan let go of her hair and said coldly, "Tell me the price."
"Seven million. Take it or leave it."
The manager rubbed her aching scalp, and her voice became weaker.
Xiao He covered her swollen cheek, holding back her tears aggrievedly.
"What about renting it?"
" ... Thirty thousand a day."
The manager's initial fear dissipated completely.
She even sneered at Shen Ximan in her heart for pretending to be rich and powerful. If she didn't have the money, she shouldn't have said she wanted to buy it.
A country bumpkin was just a country bumpkin!
"Ruo Chi, swipe the card."
"Sure, Second Madam," he answered with a smile at first, but then he looked at the manager with disgust. "What are you standing there for? Didn't you hear?"
"Umm, okay. Xiao He, hurry up and get the POS machine."
After the card was swiped, the manager took a special look at the receipt. It was indeed thirty thousand.
She sneered with a curled lip. "Didn't you say you wanted to buy it just now?"
Shen Ximan had already guessed what was on her mind. She smiled with her eyes curved.
"If I rent it for a day, does the right of ownership belong to me?"
"That's right, but you're not allowed to damage or lend it. If there's any tearing or snagging, you have to compensate."
The manager said it firmly, thinking she was still superior.
"How much should I compensate?" Shen Ximan asked.
"Of course, you have to compensate the full price of the set! Seven million without a single cent less."
"Xiao He, do you have scissors in the store?"
"Yes, but what do you need them for?"
Shen Ximan spoke very gently. "Don't ask so many questions. Just bring them."
The manager walked to one side and started chatting with the other sales assistants who had gathered around.
"See? I scold every single one of these people who pretend to be rich!"
"Sure enough, Sister Li is right. You're so good at teaching us."
"I really don't know which company has gone blind and invited her."
Ruo Chi glared at them fiercely, clenching his fists.
They were so scared that they took a few steps back and shut their mouths tightly.
Xiao He handed the scissors to Shen Ximan, her heart pounding with worry.