Free Web NovelChapter 127: Chapter 127: Buffs Fully Stacked
"Miss, Miss Yun will be a little longer selecting her bags. Please, feel free to wait in our lounge area."
After Yun Zijin left, an SA guided Qin Sitong to the store’s lounge area.
Qin Sitong wasn’t planning on buying anything and didn’t want to be a bother to Yun Zijin, so she readily agreed.
She had hardly been seated when someone brought over tea and pastries.
Although the SAs didn’t recognize Qin Sitong, she had arrived with Yun Zijin. So even if they suspected she couldn’t afford anything, no one gave her a cold shoulder.
A friend of a major client was an honored guest all the same.
Qin Sitong gazed at the pastries the SA had brought. Her mouth watered just looking at them. Eagerly, she picked up the knife and fork, cut off a piece, and popped it into her mouth.
Just then, two people walked into the Hermes store. They were laughing and chatting, but their expressions turned to surprise when they turned and saw Qin Sitong in the lounge area.
"What’s she doing here? And eating the pastries the store reserves for VIP clients."
"Who knows? She’s decent-looking. Maybe she snagged a sugar daddy!"
The two exchanged a few seemingly casual remarks. Then, one of the girls’ eyes flickered with an idea before she leaned in and whispered something in the other’s ear.
In the end, both of them got a look in their eyes that said they were ready to watch a good show.
"Since we’re all roommates, it’s our benevolent duty to help a housemate who has lost her way."
With that, the two of them walked over to Qin Sitong.
"Well, well, if it isn’t our dorm’s one and only Dijing native, Miss Qin herself."
"I can’t believe we’re so honored as to run into Miss Qin in a place like this.
You seem to be in high spirits for shopping. Got a boyfriend? Where is he? Introduce us! As your roommates, we should vet him for you."
Qin Sitong hadn’t expected such a coincidence, running into the other two from her dorm room at Hermes.
Their words left Qin Sitong feeling utterly frustrated. ’Who made a rule that you can only go shopping with a boyfriend?’
’Aren’t they a pair of girls out shopping together too?’
"I’m single, and I’m not here with a boyfriend. And while we may be roommates, we’re not close. You can just treat me like a stranger."
After three years of being roommates, Qin Sitong’s impression of these two was far from good.
Because of their habit of sucking up to the powerful and stepping on the weak, their dorm room was clearly divided, with the two pairs unable to see eye to eye.
’Honestly, she never thought she’d run into them at Hermes of all places.’
"Oh, come on. We’ve lived together for three years. If you’ve got a boyfriend, shouldn’t he treat the rest of us roommates to dinner?
We don’t bite. It’s just an introduction.
Unless... your relationship with the man who brought you here isn’t exactly a normal one?"
Hearing that last sentence, Qin Sitong finally understood. This was the trap they had been setting for her.
’She had just stated so clearly that she was single. It was like they couldn’t understand a single word she was saying.’
"I just told you, I’m single."
Qin Sitong had no desire to engage with them. They’d barely said a few sentences and were already trying to sling mud at her. She wasn’t some pushover they could mold and shape as they pleased.
"Oh! So you’re single? Then how can you afford to be in Hermes? Dressed so shabbily, how did you trick the SAs here into getting you tea and pastries?"
Since their attempt at starting a rumor failed, the two dropped all pretense and went straight for the jugular, poking at Qin Sitong’s most sensitive spot.
"Who knows? I haven’t spent a single penny. Why don’t you go ask them how I managed to trick them?"
Qin Sitong spread her hands in a shrug, a picture of complete indifference.
The two girls were fuming, but there was nothing they could do about Qin Sitong’s attitude.
Seeing the SA standing beside Qin Sitong, one of them plastered on a fake smile. "Hi there. She’s my classmate. Her family isn’t well-off, so she definitely can’t afford anything from your store. You shouldn’t let her fool you."
The SA smiled. "Hello, Miss. We serve every guest in accordance with our store policies. I assure you, there has been no deception.
If you’d also like to enjoy our pastries, you simply need to become one of our VIP clients~"
"She hasn’t spent a penny, and she’s a VIP client?"
Ren Hui pointed at Qin Sitong.
"The guest who accompanied this young lady is one of our VICs, so her friends are naturally entitled to the same treatment~"
The SA maintained her smile the entire time. She answered every question, but each reply was a slap in Ren Hui’s face.
Li Cui, standing beside Ren Hui, didn’t dare say another word. An angry Ren Hui had violent tendencies, and she didn’t want to get caught in the crossfire.
Hearing that Qin Sitong’s companion was a VIC, Ren Hui’s eyes practically shot flames.
’Qin Sitong... that poor student who has nothing going for her besides her Dijing residence permit... how on earth did she manage to catch the eye of a VIC!’
Meanwhile, Yun Zijin had finished selecting her bags in the private viewing room and was now walking out behind an SA.
The moment she stepped out, she sensed that the atmosphere in the store was off.
Worried that Qin Sitong was in trouble, Yun Zijin quickly looked toward the lounge area. In a single glance, she saw Ren Hui and Li Cui standing opposite her friend.
Ren Hui’s expression was contorted with rage. Yun Zijin didn’t know what had been said, but Ren Hui was raising her hand to strike Qin Sitong.
"Zero One!"
Without another word from Yun Zijin, Zero One moved swiftly toward Qin Sitong, intercepting the hand just before it could slap her face.
Feeling her wrist being grabbed, Ren Hui instinctively turned to look at the person who had stopped her.
When she saw the tall, handsome Zero One, Ren Hui’s face instantly flushed red. The curse on the tip of her tongue was forcefully swallowed.
Qin Sitong finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Zero One. Turning her head, she saw Yun Zijin, and behind her, an SA holding several shopping bags.
"Ren Hui, causing a scene all the way out here? You’ve got some nerve!"
In the dorm room, the worst relationship by far was between Yun Zijin and Ren Hui.
After all, in Ren Hui’s eyes, no matter what Qin Sitong’s other faults were, she was at least a Dijing native.
Yun Zijin, however, was from G City and had grown up in an orphanage. One could say she ticked every box on the "poor student" checklist.
Given Ren Hui’s personality of sucking up to the powerful and kicking down the weak, she was relentlessly sarcastic and mocking toward Yun Zijin, holding nothing back.
"Yun Zijin? You look even more pathetic and poor than Qin Sitong. How dare you even set foot in this store? ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
The SAs here must be saints. Aren’t they afraid the stench of poverty on you will contaminate the merchandise?
I certainly wouldn’t want anything that’s been tainted by that smell."
Still fuming from her confrontation with Qin Sitong, Ren Hui unleashed a verbal torrent, completely oblivious to the increasingly strange looks the people around her were giving her.
Li Cui noticed, but Ren Hui paid her no mind, continuing her impassioned tirade.
Yun Zijin, however, was in no hurry. She simply stood there, quietly enjoying Ren Hui’s performance.
Only when Ren Hui had finished did Yun Zijin turn to the SA behind her. "The performance is over. Shall we go pay?"
Ren Hui shot Yun Zijin a strange look. ’Her reaction isn’t right.’
"Huihui, stop," Li Cui urged, rushing forward as Ren Hui finally paused. "Their expressions aren’t right."
