She had no money.
Huo Tingyun had money.
Shop, shop, shop!
Su Qi strode into the mall and went directly to the most expensive store she knew.
She had left in a hurry that day, wearing only a loose cotton and linen dress, without makeup or styling. Her face was bare, and she couldn't have been more plain; it was as if "poor" was written on her face.
As soon as she entered, the sales assistants looked over, but then no one paid attention to Su Qi.
Su Qi didn't like people crowding around her, so she browsed the store by herself, planning to look for a loose dress she could wear out.
The store was large, at least two to three hundred square meters, divided into many areas: shoes, bags, clothes, even men's, women's, and children's wear were categorized. The marble floor, and even the narrow spacing between clothes, the displays and arrangements all exuded luxury, telling consumers: I am very expensive.
Before marrying Huo Tingyun, her most expensive outfit was only a thousand yuan, a birthday gift from Brother Su Yan, a cashmere wool coat that was incredibly soft.
The Su family wasn't particularly wealthy, merely running a small business. With her adoptive father's passing, Li Cuiping was the only one supporting the family, and she still had to pay the wages of the household staff. Therefore, they basically lived like ordinary people, especially since she was only the Su family's adopted daughter.
After going to university, she mostly wore clothes from street stalls. Although she was always asked how much her clothes cost, when she stated the price, her classmates couldn't believe her clothes were so cheap.
These expensive clothes looked no different.
Su Qi browsed around and spotted a dress made of knit fabric, very loose and soft to the touch.
As soon as her hand touched the dress, a sales assistant's harsh voice sounded from behind, "Excuse me, if you're not buying, don't touch our clothes casually! Our clothes are very expensive! You probably can't afford to compensate!"
Su Qi turned and frowned at the sales assistant, "What did you say?"
The sales assistant walked up to Su Qi, took the dress from her hand, looked her up and down with contempt in her eyes, "I said our clothes are very expensive, don't touch them casually! If you break them, you can't afford to compensate!"
Su Qi picked at her ear, as if she had misheard, "What did you say? Say it again!"
The sales assistant got angry, glared, and shouted, "I said you can't afford it! You pauper! You bumpkin! Dressed so shabbily, yet you dare to come in and browse. This dress costs six figures. If you break it, you won't be able to compensate even if you sell everything you own!"
Su Qi found it amusing, "Whether I can afford it or not doesn't require you to yell at me here."
She looked up and scanned the sales assistant, "What, have you been working here so long that you think this store is yours?"
The sales assistant's face turned purple from being retorted by Su Qi, and she retorted with a flushed face, "So what if it's not my store? I'm a sales assistant, and my duty is to protect the store's clothes from being damaged by people who can't afford them!"
"You know you're a sales assistant, so can you afford it? If you pull the clothes like that and break them, whose fault is it?"
Su Qi rolled her eyes dramatically.
She disliked sales assistants in luxury stores the most.
Seeing others dressed plainly, they assumed those people had no money to buy.
Even if they couldn't afford it, if the store was here, couldn't people just look?
After being a sales assistant for so long, they truly treated it like their own home.
"Where's your manager? Call her out!"
The sales assistant sneered, "Who do you think you are, any Tom, Dick, or Harry can see our manager?"
The sales assistant had employee information displayed, including her name and number.
Su Qi glanced at it, "I've noted who you are."
She turned and walked towards the store's lounge area, sat down under the gaze of several sales assistants, and then took out her phone.
"She looks quite wealthy. What if she calls someone? Why don't you apologize instead! Don't make trouble!"
"She's wealthy? Look at how poor she's dressed. Who could she possibly know? Could she really have the ability to get me fired? I don't believe it!"
The sales assistant stared fiercely at Su Qi.
Sharp-tongued, and looking like she was about to become a mother, how could her mouth be so venomous? Unreasonable!
Truly poor and ignorant!
The sales assistant put the dress away and was about to attend to something else.
Suddenly, the manager rushed in from outside.
Under the shocked gazes of a group of sales assistants, the manager stopped in front of Su Qi and knelt on one knee, "Madam Huo, I am truly sorry for ruining your shopping experience. I will personally introduce you to the clothes."
The sales assistants in the store watched as the manager knelt beside Su Qi, looking extremely respectful and seemingly anxious to rush over, utterly subservient, with an incomparably humble attitude.
Several sales assistants felt a collective jolt in their hearts.
It was over.
They had offended a major client.
The manager, who was always imperious in front of them, had never shown such a humble demeanor.
Even when facing major clients in the store, the manager had never acted this way.
It was clear that this pregnant woman's status was even higher than that of those major clients.
Although they didn't know her background, the sales assistants instantly turned to look at the sales assistant beside them.
The sales assistant who had argued with Su Qi earlier was still nonchalant.
Upon seeing this scene, her face instantly lost all color.
The sales assistant's face was paler than a wall painted with white wash.
Su Qi's expression was calm, "Show me the clothes one by one. I want to see all the clothes, men's, women's, and children's wear, as well as shoes and bags. One by one."
She didn't want to make things difficult for anyone.
But as the saying goes,
If no one offends me, I will not offend them.
She was not a lump of dough to be molded and flattened at will!
"Alright, I'll show you right away."
The manager stood up, glared at the group of sales assistants, pointed, and said, "You! What are you still standing there for! Hurry up and get the clothes, all the latest styles, all the clothes, bags, and shoes, display them all! Let Madam Huo see!"
Before the group of sales assistants could react, they heard the manager say "Madam Huo."
What Madam Huo?!
Could it be *that* Madam Huo?!
How could that be?!
The young madam of the Huo family dressed so plainly?!
They must be lying!
The sales assistants exchanged glances, and finally, after being reprimanded by the manager, they went to work.
The sales assistant who had argued with Su Qi earlier stood frozen in place.
Due to extreme shock, she was unable to react in any way.
Su Qi turned her eyes and stared directly at the sales assistant, "None of you need to be busy. I want her to show me the store's clothes individually, one by one. However many you have in your store, show them to me."
It was still early, and she had plenty of time.
This kind of sales assistant who judged people by their appearance should have been taught a lesson long ago.
Just a service worker, yet she truly thought she was the boss.