After arriving in Xiaojiang City, the car stopped right outside the city’s shopping center.
Because of the relationship with Yao Yunnian from the Provincial City, the person in charge of the shopping center was quite courteous to Xiaofeng and her company,"Since we are all local businesses, of course, we will support each other strongly."
"Then, thank you, Manager Zhao," smiled Xiaofeng.
"Of course, we still need to see your products. If the products aren’t up to par, even if we want to help, but can’t stimulate the market, there’s nothing we can do." For a product to settle in a shopping center and maintain its status, the most important thing is it must attract shoppers; sales must pick up.
"Let the product speak for itself." The market response is quite good now, and Xiaofeng believed in the inherent charm of her products.
"Good, so young yet so bold," Zhao let Xiaofeng and her team unload the goods in the warehouse and then had to leave for another matter.
Xiaofeng told Tie Bao and Liu Chunming to unload in the warehouse while she went to browse the shopping center.
Ye Cheng walked with her. With a handsome man and a beautiful woman together, the rate at which heads turned was extremely high.
Xiaofeng saw a red dress and paused. The sales associate approached with a smile, "Miss, would you like to try on this dress? This is a newly arrived style and very festive."
"Take it off for me to try." The dress was a simple waist-cinching model; it should not make her belly stand out when worn.
"Okay, please wait a moment. I’ll get you a new one." Just as the sales associate was about to fetch a new one for Xiaofeng, two students entered the store.
Seeing customers enter, another sales associate quickly came forward to greet them, "Hello, ladies, we’ve just received a lot of new styles."
Lin Jing and her classmate were just browsing casually. Seeing Su Xiaofeng there was a surprise, she gently curled her lips but did not greet the other.
As Luo Yuzhu had said, she had no relationship with this daughter anymore, so there was no need to greet her.
She gently hooked her classmate’s arm, "Let’s go to another store; some people are trying on clothes here, which affects my mood."
Her classmate took a glance at Su Xiaofeng. Su Xiaofeng had a slightly protruding belly, making her classmate secretly think this woman must be what Lin Jiang had mentioned before — the rural woman who got pregnant before marriage.
A rural woman remains a rural woman, lacking discretion in these matters and still daring to give birth to the child, truly shameless.
Her classmate echoed, "Yes, let’s go to another store, so young and she doesn’t even care about herself. Being around her makes me feel dirty."
Her classmate’s voice was not low, to be exact, it was even a few decibels louder. It was hard for Su Xiaofeng not to hear.
She glanced at the two about to leave and slightly curved the corners of her lips. Seeing that they were about to pass by her, she subtly stretched out her foot.
Lin Jing was leading the way. She just wanted to leave the small shop quickly and wasn’t watching her step. Then, her body suddenly tilted forward, her posture was very graceful.
Her classmate exclaimed, "Lin Jing!"
Unbeknownst to them, their bags had somehow hooked together. As Lin Jing’s body moved forward, her classmate was also flung out.
There was a thud on the ground, as the two collided together.
Ye Cheng looked at them, his expression impassive.
The sales associate saw the two fall together, in disbelief. So grown up and still tripping over while walking; how bad is their luck?
But since the accident happened right at the store entrance, they couldn’t ignore it, "Ladies, are you all right?"
Lin Jing steadying her waist as she came in, looking at Xiaofeng with disbelief. Su Xiaofeng, this bumpkin, dared to lay a hand on her.
Su Xiaofeng watched her, a faint smile on her lips as if to say, she had just wanted to shop peacefully, but they had to gossip unnecessarily. If you dare speak ill of others openly, then you must bear the consequences.
"I’m fine," Lin Jing stood up, "This customer seems to have a dispute with your manager, Mr. Dong. I advise you not to sell her anything, or Mr. Dong will hold you accountable if he finds out, and you won’t be able to handle it."
Using such unrefined tactics as tripping with the foot and still being able to bring it to light? Truly a bumpkin.
The sales associate, hearing this, looked troubled, glancing back and forth between Su Xiaofeng and Lin Jing, uncertain if what was said was true or not.
"If you don’t believe it, you can call Mr. Dong to verify there’s such a matter." Lin Jing didn’t want too much contact with Su Xiaofeng, but since the other started to provoke her, she shouldn’t blame herself.
There was a landline at the counter. One of the sales associates cautiously dialed Dong Wei’s number. The phone was put through, and Lin Jing snatched it up, hastily explaining the situation.
Dong Wei indicated he would come down from upstairs immediately.
Lin Jing hung up the phone, looking somewhat smugly at Su Xiaofeng, "Su Xiaofeng, bet you didn’t see that coming. Mr. Dong also has a stake in this shopping center. With just one word from him, you’ll never step foot in here again."
As Lin Jing spoke, Xiaofeng recalled that this was indeed the case.
Dong Hao came down from upstairs after a while.
He rarely visited as the shopping center was generally managed by Zhao Xi. He would swing by now and again and just happened to be there today.
Dong Wei looked at Su Xiaofeng, his smile somewhat sinister, "Su Xiaofeng, so it really is you. You still dare to come to my turf?"
Because of her, Dong Hao was fined a large amount of money, and he was still involved in it.
Dong Hao was his only son, and with this happening, it could be said to affect Hao’s whole life.
"Mr. Dong, you say that as if I’ve either broken the law or stolen something. Why shouldn’t I come here?" Su Xiaofeng didn’t think Dong Hao’s issue had much to do with her at all. If there was anyone to blame, it was the Dong family’s poor upbringing, failing to teach their son to discern right from wrong.
"I suspect right now that you’ve stolen goods from my shopping center." Dong Wei coldly sneered. This was his turf, and if he said the other party had stolen, then they definitely had.
Listening to Dong Wei’s words, Lin Jing slightly tugged at the corner of her lips, confident that with the old hand stepping in, Su Xiaofeng definitely wouldn’t come out of this well.