37: Chapter 37 Buying a Suit 37: Chapter 37 Buying a Suit After several cups of tea and a trip to the restroom, the general manager finally arrived.
An Qi was dressed in relatively conservative professional attire for women, exuding an aura of a strong career woman.
For some reason, when Yifan saw An Qi again, he felt an unexpected flutter in his heart.
This “flutter” was a rapid heartbeat, quite perplexing.
Logically, he didn’t have much of a liking for An Qi, nor was it love at first sight, so why this heartbeat?
“Why are you dressed ?
Don’t you have any decent clothes?”
An Qi was somewhat dissatisfied, feeling that Lin Yifan’s unpolished attire undermined her personal bodyguard image.
“This is already my best outfit,” Lin Yifan replied with a look of grievance.
An Qi knew that Lin Yifan came from a poor family, so she had no choice but to suppress her emotions and ordered, “Go out now and buy a suit to wear.”
“General manager, how much does a suit typically cost?” Lin Yifan asked curiously.
“Cheap ones are a few hundred; expensive ones can cost thousands or even tens of thousands.”
“What’s your requirement?
A few hundred, a few thousand, or tens of thousands?” Yifan pressed further.
“If the budget allows, go for the ones that cost thousands or tens of thousands, but if not, a few hundred will do,” An Qi answered.
With that, Lin Yifan took off like an arrow from the office hall and went downstairs to buy clothes.
Jincan Road was lined on both sides with various company buildings and office towers, with hardly any clothing stores, so he had to ask passersby.
After inquiring, he learned that there was a commercial street about one kilometer to the west of Jincan Road; he then walked there.
After about ten minutes, he arrived at the commercial street.
By this time, the shops on both sides of the commercial street were open; however, since it was morning, there weren’t too many pedestrians on the street.
Lin Yifan kept looking around, searching for the shadow of a suit store.
Soon after, he found a suit shop named “Men’s Help”.
Curious, he entered the store.
Upon entering, he was greeted with bows by the staff standing at the entrance, which made him quite uncomfortable.
He had never been to such a high-end clothing store before, and suddenly he felt rather intimidated.
While he was at a loss, a heavily made-up female sales associate approached him.
Seeing his unsophisticated attire, the female associate originally did not want to serve him, but considering the existence of a group of people known as nouveau riche, she managed to keep her composure and politely inquired, “Sir!
What kind of suit are you looking to buy?”
From that momentary look of disdain from the other party, Lin Yifan got a good sense of the shop’s attitude toward service.
To be honest, he didn’t really want to spend money in a shop that looked down on its customers.
But in order to get the chore done as soon as possible, he had to endure it.
“How much is the cheapest suit here?”
Although he still had some money, if he could save, he would choose to do so.
“It seems he’s not some nouveau riche, just a bumpkin,” the sales associate concluded internally.
After forming an approximate judgment, she gave Lin Yifan a reality check, intending to dissuade this poor lad and send him on his way.
“Eight hundred yuan!”
“Eight hundred yuan?” Lin Yifan weighed his finances and realized he could afford it, so he responded, “Give me one, please!”
Hearing that Lin Yifan wanted one, the heavily made-up sales associate was slightly surprised, as she never expected this poor youngster could afford the price.
She had thought that upon hearing the price, he would back down.