Elena knew nothing about the skirt she wore, but it was evident that the saleslady did.
It was the latest design from CHEMII that had hit the market not too long ago.
If someone else were to wear that piece, she probably would not suspect that it was a high-quality imitation. After all, the quality was top-notch.
How could a freckle-faced girl with some brandless bag wear such a designer piece?
She found it odd because Bentson’s business district had always imposed strict restrictions on high-quality imitations, especially ones from a high-class luxury brand like CHEMII.
How would anyone dare to sell such high-quality imitations? Were they not afraid that the bureau of commerce would find out about it?
Those sellers would be toast if the bureau found out about it!
Such poor peasants were generally not allowed in their stores. One should know that each one of their bags cost about a few hundred thousand dollars.
If anyone were to damage the bags, the salespersons would have to pay for them.
Elena glanced inside before she locked eyes with the saleslady. Elena pursed her lips and questioned, “Don’t you still have plenty of customers?”
It was not even seven o’clock, and the store was already about to close?
It was apparent that they did not want her in there because of her shabby bag.
“They’ll leave soon.” The saleslady did not move aside.
Elena took a step forward. “Well, when everyone leaves, I’ll leave too.”
The saleslady took a step back but still stood in front of her. “Miss, we’re really closing up. Please…”
Elena went past her, and the saleslady could not stop her.
The manager was busy with the other customers, but she turned around and frowned when she saw Elena’s bag.
The saleslady was helpless. She walked over to the manager and grumbled, “I couldn’t chase her away, no matter how hard I tried.”
“Be on your guard, and don’t let her touch anything.”
After that, the manager turned to the female customer next to him. The customer was trying a pair of shoes. “I’m sorry about the little trouble in the shop, Miss Williams. I’m sure it won’t bother you at all.”
Rosy Williams nodded. She did not care about all of that because she was in a hurry.
The girl beside her suddenly looked up in surprise. “Sister, it’s… It’s that Elena!”
Elena? THE Elena who had made the headlines that very day?
Bentson headlines had been incredibly lively throughout the day.
Names like Layla, Elena, and Mia were the stars on Weibo.
The sight of Elena made Vanessa Williams very happy. She walked over immediately. “Oh, isn’t this Ning University’s beauty queen? What a coincidence!”
Beauty queen?
Several salespersons looked at Elena’s ugly face and could not resist breaking into grins.
Only a woman as ugly as her deserved to be called ‘beauty queen’! This irony was just perfect.
As she wanted to please the two young misses from the Mu family, the manager immediately laughed. “Oh, so this is the Ning University’s beauty queen. My apologies, I didn’t see you clearly.”
Several of the salespersons did not even hide their peals of laughter.
Elena ignored them and went forward to look at the bags. It seemed like she did not understand the mocking voices behind her.
She did not want to come in, but she was in a hurry. Most importantly, that store was the one that really caught her eye amongst the other stores.
The prices there, however…
Three hundred and eighty thousand dollars, four hundred and eighty thousand dollars, six hundred and eighty thousand dollars, and then some…
She wanted to take a closer look at the bag that had gems all over it.
However, a saleslady immediately ran toward her, terrified. “Don’t touch that!”
That was their shop’s treasure! If it were damaged in any way, everyone would be in deep trouble!
Vanessa narrowed her eyes, and her expression soured instantly.
“Elena, you may be a beauty queen, but this isn’t a place where you can simply walk in.”
She was surprised that Elena would fancy that bag! That was the same one that her elder sister had looked at just now, but she could not bring herself to buy it. There was only one in the whole store.
Elena ignored her and said to the manager, “I’d like to see this bag, please.”
“Sorry, this bag cannot be examined,” the manager solemnly said.
“Why not? Aren’t your bags on display for the customers?”
Elena really liked that design. The texture of crocodile leather had always been her favorite. She just wanted to see if there was a small compartment in it.
Big brands were not fond of such compartments, but she wanted one that had it. It was easier to put some cards or other small items, and there would be no need for her to bring a small purse.
“Because you can’t afford it!” Vanessa sneered and folded her arms around her chest. “If it gets dirty, how do you expect these shop assistants to continue to work here?”
“My hands are clean and washed.” Elena spread her hands for them to see.
“But your body is filled with dirty aura. You’d dirty everything that you touched,” Vanessa snorted.
As a matter of fact, no one cared about Elena’s family.
Nevertheless, she was from Ning University, but because she was too ugly, she became quite famous there. Vanessa knew about that too.
Ning University and Jiang University were neighbors, but the students at those two universities were as different as night and day.
Most of Ning University’s students were poor peasants, while Jiang University is a world for the wealthy.
If Vanessa-who was a student of Jiang University-could not afford that bag, it would be a complete joke for an ugly girl from Ning University to buy it!
Elena did not want to buy it when she saw the faces that the salespersons there made.
She could afford it, but she simply chose not to purchase it. The people there had such disgusting expressions on their faces.
“One of your customers is requesting to see a bag, and yet you’re making all sorts of excuses. Is this how you treat customers in your shop?”
Since they did not want her to examine the bag, she wanted to do that even more.
“Where’s your boss? Tell your boss to come out, and I’ll ask him how your pre-employment training was done.”
“The boss is obviously not in the shop. Don’t you have that bit of common sense?”
The manager’s face darkened. To think that the ugly woman had requested their boss to teach them a lesson!
If the boss saw her face, he might even use a broom to chase her out of the store! How could she have the decency to ask for their boss!
Ugly people had such bad attitudes!
“I insist on viewing this bag. If you won’t let me see it, I’ll immediately call the consumer bureau.”
Elena was not angry or riled up. It was not easy for her to remain so calm when faced with the ridicule of so many people.
The manager’s face was red with anger as she had never seen such a shameless customer.
Still, an undue amount of unnecessary trouble would ensue if the bloody girl really did file a complaint.
After all, there was no reason to prevent a customer from viewing an item.
“Get her a pair of gloves,” the manager said indignantly.
How unlucky of them to meet such stubborn customers!
The saleslady fetched a pair of gloves. “Well, the gloves cost 28 thousand dollars. Please pay for them first.”
“No, I’ll just borrow the one that you’re using.”
It was crazy to spend 28 thousand dollars just to look at some bags.
“Whatever. Just let her take a look. She can’t spoil the bag by looking at it now, can she?”
Rosy, who had not spoken until then, said plainly, “Even if she spoils the bag by looking at it, she still has to pay for it. What’s with all the panic?”
Since Miss Williams had already given them the go-ahead, the manager did not dare to go against her.
She was the daughter of the Williams family’s Second Master, and even though he did not know her exact line of descent, he knew that she was the granddaughter of Old Master Mu and had quite a distinguished status.
Vanessa, on the other hand, was the old man’s grandniece. She was the daughter of the old man’s brother and was part of the Mu’s extended family.
Vanessa had always followed Rosy blindly, so she immediately said, “Let her take a look at it, then! But remember to record a video! If she really did dirty it with her eyes, you’ll have to make her pay for it!”