Chapter 78: Chapter 78: A Strange Man and Woman
The SA quickly brought over the three sample garments from the new designer and laid them out in front of Yun Zijin and Su Mengyao.
"They all seem pretty nice, don’t they?"
Su Mengyao’s indecisiveness flared up again.
"I still think the first one was better. After all, it’s for the Lu Family patriarch’s birthday banquet. A black dress isn’t very appropriate, and the green one... it doesn’t go with your pink diamonds."
It had to be said, the styles of the three dresses were completely different. If the SA hadn’t confirmed they were all from a single designer, Yun Zijin would have thought they were the work of three separate people.
"You’re right. I’ll take this one, then. You have my measurements, so just alter it and have it delivered to Imperial Garden tomorrow."
Su Mengyao had bought dresses here more than once and was very familiar with the process.
"Rest assured, Miss Su. We will deliver the dress as soon as possible."
Knowing that Yun Zijin and Su Mengyao were going to the Lu Family patriarch’s birthday banquet, the SA knew they would have to push the designer to work overtime to get both dresses ready.
Since they had picked existing styles, the designer only needed to make some size adjustments, which wasn’t a particularly difficult task.
However, the dresses were purely handmade by their team of designers, so the price was just a little on the high side.
Yun Zijin’s dress was 1.2 million, while Su Mengyao’s, being from a new designer, was relatively cheaper at only 500,000.
After paying, neither of them wanted to leave just yet, so they linked arms and began their shopping trip for the day.
"Let’s go to Hermes first and get my bi-color bag!"
Su Mengyao had already gotten her brother, Su Jingyun’s, account information. Today, she was determined to get that bi-color bag!
Yun Zijin didn’t mind where they went. Her only goal was to spend money, anyway.
The moment the Hermes SA saw Yun Zijin and Su Mengyao appear, she knew her sales quota for the day was in the bag.
"Miss Yun! Miss Su! Welcome!"
Seeing the wealthy young ladies, the smile on the SA’s face seemed especially sincere.
"Have you gotten any new arrivals? I’d like to see some new items."
Su Mengyao glanced at the items displayed in the store; she had already bought nearly everything.
And Su Mengyao had no interest in buying the same thing twice.
"Yes, we do, it’s just..."
The SA trailed off, hesitant.
"If there’s an issue, just say it. Whether we buy it or not is up to us."
"A new sofa set just came in. I was wondering if you two might be interested?"
The SA led the two of them to the sofa display area.
Yun Zijin...
’This Hermes really does have everything!’
Yun Zijin looked at Su Mengyao. After all, her friend was the one trying to get a specific bag, and she didn’t mind letting her have first dibs on an expensive ancillary purchase like this.
"I... how much is this set?"
’I must be crazy,’ Su Mengyao thought. ’A sofa? I don’t even have a house under renovation right now.’
"This set you’re looking at is 700,000."
The SA smiled enthusiastically.
"Seven hundred thousand? That’s... not too bad, I guess?"
Su Mengyao had expected it to be over a million; she hadn’t thought it would only be seven hundred thousand.
"But do you have a place to put it?"
’I can’t just throw out the sofa at home and put this Hermes one in, can I?’
’And if I don’t use it, it would take up too much space just sitting in a warehouse.’
"I’ll buy it! If I don’t have a place for it, I’ll just have my brother buy me another house just to put this sofa in."
In the end, Su Mengyao made up her mind.
’Is this the simple, unadorned life of the wealthy, buying houses like they’re buying groceries?’ Hearing Su Mengyao’s words, the SA was so shocked she nearly stumbled.
’My imagination is truly limited by my poverty.’
Yun Zijin heard this and also thought Su Mengyao’s idea was a bit... eccentric.
But since Su Mengyao was set on it, Yun Zijin didn’t try to stop her.
"Miss Su, our store just received a..."
"Stop! My target today is that bi-color bag with gold hardware. Just tell me when I can get it."
"If her spending isn’t enough, you can add my purchases to her total," Yun Zijin chimed in. "Just let us know when the bag is available."
Although Yun Zijin hadn’t spent 700,000 on a sofa in one go like Su Mengyao, the basket in the SA’s hands was already filled with plenty of her items.
Yun Zijin didn’t care about getting a bag, but since she was already here, she felt it would be awkward not to buy something.
"Okay! I’ll definitely let you both know as soon as it’s available!"
An agreement had been reached.
The corners of Yun Zijin’s mouth lifted slightly as she continued to select items.
"Zijin! You’re the absolute best!"
Yun Zijin’s words moved Su Mengyao to the verge of tears. ’What a heaven-sent best friend!’ she thought.
"Alright, stop dawdling and hurry up and pick your things."
In the end, Yun Zijin even had the SA get her a globe.
"Miss Su, I asked my supervisor. A bi-color bag just arrived in the store. Would you like to see if it’s to your liking?"
Su Mengyao’s eyes widened.
’This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for!’
"Yes! Ring these up first. We’ll go see it right after we pay!"
Yun Zijin smiled and handed her Black Gold Card to the SA.
’And with that, I’ve completed today’s spending task.’
After the payment was processed, Yun Zijin received a notification from the system that her task was complete.
[Task: Host was required to spend ¥3,000,000.00 before midnight tonight. Complete.]
[Task Reward: 3x bonus triggered. ¥9,000,000.00 has been deposited into the Host’s bank account. Rewarding Host with one (1) "Randomly Spend" brand Starlight Dress.]
Yun Zijin was a little surprised to hear this task’s reward. She hadn’t expected the system to give her a dress.
’Could it be that the system thought the dress I bought today was too understated?’
’Surely not...’
But the system rarely ever spoke, so even if Yun Zijin had questions, she wouldn’t get any answers.
Su Mengyao went with the SA to look at the bag, while Yun Zijin sat and waited on a sofa in the lounge area.
Yun Zijin had barely sat down when an SA brought her some hot water and a small plate of pastries.
Not knowing when Su Mengyao would be back, Yun Zijin took out her phone to pass the time.
"Yun Zijin?"
Yun Zijin was looking down at her phone when she suddenly heard someone call her name and instinctively looked up.
Standing before her was a young woman, holding a young man’s arm.
However, Yun Zijin only found the pair vaguely familiar; she didn’t recognize them.
"You are...?"
In any case, since they had come over to greet her, it would have been rude for Yun Zijin not to respond.
"You don’t recognize me?"
The young woman was clearly taken aback by Yun Zijin’s "You are...?"
"You look a little familiar, but no, I don’t believe we’ve met."
At Yun Zijin’s words, not only did the woman’s expression change, but the man beside her also scowled.
"How is that possible! How could you not recognize me! And him! Don’t you even recognize Zhao Wenwei?"
The woman’s emotions were spiraling.
Yun Zijin frowned slightly. Seeing that something was amiss, Zero One and his men entered from outside the store and took up positions by her side, standing guard.
If the pair made a single move, her bodyguards could intervene immediately.
"Uh... he looks a bit familiar, but I don’t know him. What is it you’re trying to say?"
Yun Zijin found these two people rather baffling.
’If I don’t recognize them, I don’t recognize them. It’s not like I’d lie about it.’
"But you obviously..."
The woman started to speak but trailed off.
"I obviously what? Finish your sentence."
