Chapter 28 – Someone Bought Them For Me (1)
Gu Shishi looked up and saw a girl with long wavy hair sitting in the front of the classroom.
Across her shoulder, there was an Armani brand small black purse with a chain strap. Just below her clavicles, there was a Tiffany diamond key pendant. She was looking at her and Ling Xiaomei sarcastically.
This was Zhao Xian, one of the new teachers at the art center.
Also, like them, she had just graduated from college and was in her probation period right now.
And, right now, she also faced the question of whether she’d be staying or be eliminated once the probation period was up.
Zhao Xian was, obviously, very confident in herself.
It seemed she had just arrived and was chatting with the store manager, Liu Li. She had just said something that made the store manager giggle.
And right now, she was looking at Gu Shishi with great interest.
“Shihi, and here I thought you took time off so you can stay home and prepare for the permanent position assessment. After all, your performance was the worst among all of us. I didn’t think you went shopping instead?”
There was a shred of contempt in her look.
“Let me guess. These the rumored cheap and authentic-looking super knock-offs from East Avenue?”
“Hahaha, I guess dressing like this will make you feel more confident in the employment assessment?”
Gu Shishi was just grabbing the apron with her name tag on it. She paused a little bit in her movement when she heard the smack talk.
The original Gu Shishi was the bottom of all the new employees, let it be her drawing skill or her performance at work. Naturally, she was the one most likely to be eliminated!
“Xiao Xian, why do you say that? Shishi is a pretty girl, and she looks good no matter how she dresses.” Ling Xiaomei noticed something was wrong, so she immediately chimed in to smooth things over and tugged Gu Shishi a little so she wouldn’t escalate things.
Fighting in front of the store manager would leave a bad impression. Not to mention there were a few other instructors around as well.
This was the day that all employees on probation would be evaluated, so a few of the senior employees would join the store manager in decided who to keep or not to keep.
Based on their performance this past 3 months plus their performances during the assessment today, they would arrive at a conclusion and sent the final reports to upper management.
Zhao Xian smiled but wouldn’t drop the subject.
“Meimei, it doesn’t bother me personally. But our art center is located at the busiest financial district and many of our clients are white collars or full-time housewives. On the weekends, there are even more elites bringing their kids here.
“All I am saying is it will leave a bad impression with our clients if they find out that our instructors are wearing knock-offs.
“Shishi, I have nothing against you. I am only looking out for everybody’s interest at the art center. What do you think?”
She sounded like she had given this a lot of thought and was especially worried about the future of the art center. In addition, she was even very respectful of Shishi and asked her about her opinion on it.
As pretty as her words sounded, she was obviously setting Gu Shishi up!
Liu Li, the store manager, looked again at Gu Shishi’s outfit with obvious disapproval.
“We have work aprons at work; there’s no need to dress like that. You are free to dress however you want during your time off, but please be more mindful when you come to work. After all, our job is to teach kids.”
She was entirely over on Zhao Xian’s side!
Most of the experienced employees of the art center were also nodding on the side, kissing up to Liu Li.
Gu Shishi looked down at the intertwined C logo on her tee shirt.
Knockoffs?
Nobody knew the cost of each article of clothing better than she did.
“Oh, I am a more straight-forward person. You are not mad at me, are you, Shishi?” said Zhao Xian with a smile.
But, her look was filled with a sense of superiority. She even reached her hand up and brushed it over her Tiffany diamond key around her neck, feeling proud.
Half way through her snickering, she was interrupted by Gu Shishi saying, “I don’t mean to be disrespectful… This shirt cost $5,600 and this skirt was $18,000.”
Gu Shishi twisted the corner of her skirt with a complicated look.
She had just verified them again with the system. Her data was very precise.