"I’m afraid you guys can’t afford to buy!"
Bai Xiao’s voice wasn’t loud, but her words were enough to infuriate them.
Qiang Xinran had never encountered a woman daring to compete in lavishness with her before, this woman before her was probably the first, truly reckless.
A fresh newcomer, her accent made it clear she was from out of town. To say that this lady came from a wealthy family, they didn’t believe it.
"Humph, it’s still not clear who can’t afford it. I’ll just leave it at that; today, whatever you can afford, we will buy it too, even if you buy up everything here. We’ll match you to the end." Qiang Xinran took the lead between the two, and Meng Han nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
Bai Xiao nodded, looked her up and down, "I’m afraid you’ll back out, you don’t seem to have brought much money!"
That was really infuriating.
Qiang Xinran proudly reached into her small backpack and took something out, everyone gasped; no wonder this girl was so confident, look at what she pulled out.
Bai Xiao also laughed.
A brick phone!
It was a model that had just started becoming popular in the country, also known as a "brick" due to its hefty size; indeed, it could be used as a brick. A whack on the head with it would certainly crack a skull.
He Juan didn’t want Bai Xiao to get tangled up with these people over this and, considering they really didn’t have the money, tugged at Bai Xiao, "Bai Xiao, let’s not make a fuss with them. It’s just a dress, and I could just take it off. It’s not worth competing over this with them."
He Juan might have felt hard done by before, but now with Bai Xiao stepping in, that feeling of grievance seemed to dissipate suddenly. Now she started to feel it was pointless to drag a few good friends into this mess over such a trivial matter.
Everyone came here to study! Getting into Medical University wasn’t easy for anyone, and it was laughable to jeopardize months of one’s life for someone else’s sake.
It was just a dress, after all.
Lin Xiang also advised, "Don’t stoop to their level; we’re not the same kind of people as them." She too thought Bai Xiao was just bluffing, hoping Bai Xiao would take the hint and step down quickly.
Qiang Xinran laughed wildly, "Ha ha, ha ha! Look, look! Everyone sees it right? She can spout such nonsense, obviously a poor ghost! Still here pretending to be high and mighty. Fine! I’ll show you what wealthy people are like, give you a glimpse of more money than you’ve ever seen in your lives."
She turned and handed the brick phone to the salesperson, "If I don’t have enough money to pay for the shopping today, I’ll leave this brick phone here. I definitely won’t run off, because the things I’m buying are not even worth as much as this phone. I’ll bring cash to redeem it tomorrow."
With intense assertiveness, the salesperson was troubled.
A brick phone was valuable, rumored to cost twenty thousand yuan.
They were ordinary people; if it broke while in their care, whose fault would that be?
"Better not, we’re just a department store. We can’t accept collateral, and if it breaks, we can’t afford the losses."
Everyone understood; that was tens of thousands of yuan. If it broke, the salesperson really couldn’t afford to compensate for it.
"We really can’t accept, miss, we only take cash."
The salesperson really didn’t want to get involved in this mess.
Qiang Xinran was furious, having met someone impervious to her tactics. Didn’t they recognize a brick phone?
It was rare to find someone so oblivious.
But thinking it over, she understood; they were afraid of taking responsibility. If anything went wrong with this brick phone, the salesperson indeed couldn’t afford to compensate.