CHAPTER 274: CHAPTER 271: CHAMELEON

Lin Wanwan finally couldn’t bear it anymore and retorted, "First of all, I just took out my phone to show my friend, I didn’t intend to take a picture. Secondly, you’re just a salesperson in a high-end store, you are not the brand itself.

But you seem to be unclear about your position, showing off here, what for? You don’t really think that working for a luxury store makes you a luxury brand, do you?

No matter how high-end these foreign brands are hyped up to be, they are just selling clothes, bags, and shoes, they serve the customers.

We are giving this brand face by coming in and spending money, hope you don’t take the kindness for granted."

"You! I’ve seen many small-time internet celebrities like you! Coming in is just a waste of time for both of us!" The salesperson pointed at Lin Wanwan with her red-painted nails and said, "With how shabby you look, what can you possibly afford here? With that wine-red vest copied from Taobao? Or that canvas bag which costs a dozen bucks?

And you, carrying a knock-off Dior and daring to come to our store, really think we can’t see through it?"

Gu Jingyu’s face turned pale, then red with anger: "How dare you call my bag a knock-off! My fiancé gave it to me! Don’t f**king talk nonsense!"

It seemed Gu Jingyu was genuinely angry, even resorting to curse words.

"Wanwan, let’s go. Never come to this store again! Wish they go bust soon!"

Lin Wanwan also countered: "Really, a frog in a well can’t talk about the ocean, confined as it is; a summer insect can’t speak of ice, bound to its season. Your kind of people have such limited perspectives!"

The argument drew the attention of those nearby, casting displeased gazes towards them.

A beauty with features so surgically enhanced, she seemed assembly-line, raised her distinctly modified nose slightly, snorting: "If you can’t afford it, don’t come in! There’s all kinds of people, how disappointing!"

Gu Jingyu and Lin Wanwan simultaneously turned their faces towards her, retorting together: "Mind your own business! Did Grandpa Yuan Longping feed you too much?"

This was a saying they often used to retort in their youth, and unexpectedly it still worked. After saying it, the two looked at each other and couldn’t help but laugh, easing some of the tension from the argument.

"Oh dear! Security, quickly get these two country bumpkins out, too rude!" The assembly-line beauty stomped her foot coquettishly.

There really was a security guard approaching Lin Wanwan and Gu Jingyu, but he was still polite, not laying hands: "Ladies, please leave, don’t make it hard for me."

Gu Jingyu was furious, coming to buy a bag and ending up full of anger, with her fiancé’s gift accused of being a knock-off, really burning with rage.

"I’m going to complain to the sv official website! Just you wait!"

"Scared of you? Go ahead and complain if you can!"

At this moment, the door was pushed open again, and a young man in a white shirt and black trousers led in a tall man in casual wear.

"Mr. Lu, please come in."

Not only was the young man respectful towards the man, but several other store employees in the sv, if available, immediately stopped what they were doing and greeted him with smiles.

"Mr. Lu, you’ve come personally to select clothes? It’s really an honor. Next time if you need anything, just call us, we can deliver them to your residence! Platinum Vic has this service."

Even the security guard who had been standing next to Lin Wanwan and Gu Jingyu quietly retreated under the store manager’s signal, obviously, disputes could not occur in front of such a platinum member.

So the arrogance of luxury brands also depends on the person.

The person who arrived was none other than Lin Wanwan’s old acquaintance, Lu Shouyue.

Before Lin Wanwan could speak, the other party already noticed her, smiling as he walked through the crowd of employees towards her: "Wanwan, what a coincidence, you’re here too, are you buying a bag?"

Lin Wanwan and her group were standing in the area where the bags were placed.

Lin Wanwan casually responded with a ’hmm’, her gaze lingering on the young man who came in with Lu Shouyue.

Following her gaze, Lu Shouyue looked over, the young man had also recovered from the surprise and gave a sunny smile: "Sister Wanwan, you’re shopping too?"

Lu Shouyue pretended to be surprised: "You two... are siblings?"

Lin Wanwan looked at the young man and smiled: "Yes, he is my aunt’s son, my cousin. Yanwei, are you working here now?"

"Yes, I’m working here now. Sister Wanwan, you haven’t changed a bit since childhood." Cousin Su Yanwei replied with a smile, "What do you want to buy?"

Lin Wanwan said, "Oh, my friend wants to buy a bag."

Lu Shouyue suggested, "Wanwan, why not join us in the Vic room, let them bring over some nice bags for us to choose from?"

Lin Wanwan looked at Gu Jingyu and asked, "What do you think? Still want to purchase here?"

"Purchase, haha, of course purchase, I want to buy from your cousin!"

Seeing the situation, Gu Jingyu naturally wouldn’t say anything more unpleasant.

Since Lin Wanwan’s cousin Su Yanwei was here, and she originally wanted to buy the bag, it was only right to purchase from him, since store sales associates usually get a commission.

Although the sv store employees had been rather snobbish, what she liked was the sv brand, not the service.

"Then may as well thank you, Mr. Lu, for your grace." Lin Wanwan, seeing Gu Jingyu intent on the idea, smiled and said to Lu Shouyue, then turned to Cousin Su Yanwei, "Yanwei, please bring us some of the new bags to choose from."

"Sure." Su Yanwei replied, "I’ll take you to the VIP room first."

"Hey, Xiao Su, you go ahead and busy yourself, I’ll take them there."

Lin Wanwan coldly replied, "No need, we dare not trouble you."

"This... Miss, you’ve misunderstood."

Gu Jingyu snapped, "Misunderstood what?"

Lu Shouyue swept his gaze between the embarrassed salespeople and Lin Wanwan, his expression serious, as he led Lin Wanwan and Gu Jingyu into the inner Platinum Vic lounge.

Outside, the assembly-line beauty who was selecting clothes had long had her eyes on Lu Shouyue, seeing him leave, she whispered to the salesperson beside her: "Who just came in? He’s handsome."

The salesperson glanced at the closed Vic room door and replied in a low voice: "I don’t know, everyone calls him Mr. Lu, anyway, the manager said he has a big background, his platinum card has a special number, issued by the headquarters in France, only sixty-two have been issued globally."

"So impressive." The assembly-line beauty’s eyes swirled with thought, "Mr. Lu? I didn’t even know there was such a person in Yongcheng."

In their circle of wealthy elites, they were far from close to the Lu Xingjian family. And the Lu family kept a low profile, so naturally, the ordinary second-generation circle in Yongcheng didn’t know him well.

Although the Lu family origins were in Yongcheng, they didn’t live here.

Lu Xingjian and his wife Ye Yinyin either resided in Beijing or Hai City, only returning to Yongcheng during the New Year’s for tomb sweeping, staying for a few days in the Hu Shu District.

The only one residing frequently in Yongcheng was Lu Shouyue, because after returning home, he took over Buzhou Studio, the auction house, and the museum.