Su Ran blatantly ignored the sense of superiority in Chu Xiyao’s tone, tossing the clothing to a sales assistant beside her, she said indifferently:
"No need. We can’t afford the brands under the Chu family."
Chu Xiyao frowned and her face suddenly darkened.
"What does Miss Su mean by that?"
Su Ran scoffed, "What do I mean? Miss Chu surely knows. It’s often said that the customer is God, but this is the first time I’ve encountered a store that not only picks its customers but also kicks God out the door.
It’s also the first time I’ve encountered needing to consider the moods of Miss Chu’s relatives first even when a customer is interested in something. Since one can’t buy it even if one is keen, why bother at all?
Indeed, this is the style of an international brand that I’ve come to witness today."
The sarcasm in Su Ran’s voice made Chu Xiyao’s face look even more unsightly.
She held back her anger and glared at Yang Yuxin beside her.
Yang Yuxin shrank her shoulders, avoiding eye contact, "Cousin, I..."
She stammered and couldn’t say a complete sentence.
Chu Xiyao looked at the sales assistant beside them, "You tell me."
The sales assistant glanced at Yang Yuxin, then relayed the sequence of events.
A flash of dark hatred swept through Chu Xiyao’s eyes.
Yang Yuxin, this fool!
She couldn’t even handle a small matter properly.
She took a deep breath and looked apologetically at Nan Shuyun, lowering her voice.
"I’m sorry, Shuyun, this was Yuxin’s fault. However, she’s always been straightforward and impulsive. I apologize to you on her behalf."
Yang Yuxin was displeased, Why should her cousin apologize to Nan Shuyun, this freak, on her behalf?
She hadn’t done anything wrong!
Chu Xiyao shot her a cold glance, "Shut your mouth!"
Yang Yuxin pouted but remained silent.
Chu Xiyao looked back at Nan Shuyun, with a shallow smile on her face.
"How about this, Shuyun, I’ll cover your expenses today. You can choose any piece of clothing from the store as an apology gift from me."
As she spoke, she also turned towards Su Ran and Fu Yizhi.
"Miss Su and Yizhi as well, today the store has not been up to par. If you see anything you like, I can give it to you as a present."
Nan Shuyun was about to refuse when Su Ran grabbed her hand.
"Oh, really? If Miss Chu is so generous, then we won’t be polite!"
A look of disdain flickered in Chu Xiyao’s eyes, and she nodded faintly, with an air of indifference.
Su Ran was indeed not polite, yet she didn’t select any items, instead directly pointing towards three garments in the display window.
Chu Xiyao followed the direction of Su Ran’s finger, and all expression suddenly froze on her face.
As if she hadn’t noticed the change in Chu Xiyao’s expression, Su Ran turned her head towards Fu Yizhi and Nan Shuyun.
"Yizhi, Shuyun, what do you think?"
Fu Yizhi obediently nodded her head, "I’ll follow Sister Su’s lead."
Nan Shuyun also timidly nodded, softly agreeing, "Mhm."
"Good, then we’ll take these three pieces. Please wrap them up," Su Ran said to the sales assistant nearby.
The sales assistant looked at Chu Xiyao across the way, not moving.
And Chu Xiyao’s expression grew as dark as if it could drip water.
The three pieces Su Ran had chosen were the store’s display items and not for sale.
Due to their extremely high price, these three garments alone were worth as much as all the other clothes in the store combined.
So the display items had always been placed in the store as a facade, one could even say they were the store’s treasures.
Yet, once Su Ran spoke up, she directly requested the only three display items for sale in the store.
Chu Xiyao bit her teeth in secret, her face darkening as she looked at Su Ran, who was all smiles.
This woman was doing this on purpose!
Meeting Chu Xiyao’s gaze, Su Ran raised her eyebrows at her and said indifferently,
"What’s the matter, Miss Chu? Are you not happy? Wasn’t it you who said we could pick anything we liked?"
In the store, there were many other customers who had been paying attention to everyone’s actions ever since Yang Yuxin and Nan Shuyun had their dispute.
Seeing the troubled expression on Chu Xiyao’s face, they couldn’t help but whisper among themselves.
"If you can’t deliver, then don’t make empty promises. Making promises and then looking troubled is like slapping your own face, isn’t it?"
"And you talk about it being an apology gift; if it’s really an apology, then stop wearing a begrudging look on your face."
"Isn’t it obvious? She’s regretting it now!"
"Regret? Wasn’t it her cousin who started the trouble first? Stealing someone’s boyfriend and then taking the clothes others wanted, she seems to love grabbing things from others. Isn’t she just being grabby?"
"Forget it, I’ll never come to this store again. Encountering mistresses everywhere I go, it’s just so annoying!"
"If it weren’t for Queen’s haute couture being so hard to book, and only ready-to-wear available in the store, who would want to come to this kind of place?"
Yang Yuxin’s face turned red with embarrassment. "You all..."
Chu Xiyao, on the other hand, looked at Su Ran warily. She couldn’t help but suspect that all of this had been orchestrated by her.
But the incident had already occurred, and with so many customers in the store, if she didn’t fulfill the promise, the shop’s reputation would definitely take a hit in the socialite circles.
She squeezed out a few words with reluctance, "Wrap them up."
As Chu Xiyao said this, her heart bled.
The store manager, looking troubled, said to Chu Xiyao with a trembling voice,
"But young miss, these three garments are not for sale. If they are to be sold, it must be with the consent of the exhibition designer..."
Hearing this, Su Ran couldn’t help but let out a light laugh. She looked at Chu Xiyao’s face, which was alternating between pale and flushed, and said meaningfully,
"So Miss Chu can’t make the decision after all? Perhaps you should call the designer first?"
Chu Xiyao bit her teeth hard, her hands clenched, her body filled with anger.
The smile in Su Ran’s eyes deepened, and she slowly spoke again,
"If Miss Chu can’t make decisions, then please don’t flaunt your minimal decision-making power in front of me!!
I’m not lacking clothes, and I definitely don’t need this dress of yours, Miss Chu!!"
Chu Xiyao’s face suddenly changed.
She lifted her head, and the guise of amicability and generosity finally began to crack bit by bit.
It was also the first time she looked at Su Ran with such a resentful and jealous gaze.
The curve of Su Ran’s lips deepened—after all this time pretending, she finally couldn’t keep the act up!
Chu Xiyao took a deep breath to steady her emotions, and forced out each word through gritted teeth,
The store manager was shocked, looking incredulously at Chu Xiyao.
"Young miss, you can’t..."
"Am I the boss or are you the boss! I’m telling you to wrap them up!!"
The store manager looked at Su Ran with an ugly expression, then turned around to start the packaging.
Before long, he came over carrying three shopping bags.
Su Ran reached out to take them, "Thank you for your generosity, Miss Chu."
With that, she gave her a mocking glance and left straightaway with Fu Yizhi and Nan Shuyun!
Behind her, Chu Xiyao was shaking with rage.
Although the exhibition items were displayed in the store, they didn’t really have much to do with it.
The money from their sale went entirely to the designer, and the store had to pay them a display fee every day.