Chapter 181 - 181 177 Slap in the Face

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181: Chapter 177: Slap in the Face 181: Chapter 177: Slap in the Face The luxury watch section wasn’t on the ground floor of the shopping mall, it was on the third floor. Upon entering the luxury watch section, it was immediately apparent that it was decorated even more opulently than other areas. The salespeople were all young, attractive, and highly poised, and although there were relatively few customers, it was clear that each customer was either very wealthy or of high social status. Customers who couldn’t afford luxury watches often didn’t even step into the luxury watch section, reluctant to come over just to look. When Ye Fan entered the luxury watch area, he spoke directly and nonchalantly, “Lina, I think the Vacheron Constantin watches would suit you best. Let’s go take a look at Vacheron Constantin.” “Sure,” Zhao Lina replied with a smile, slightly tightening her clutch on Ye Fan’s arm as they headed toward the Vacheron Constantin boutique. Ye Fan immediately felt the unusually delicate and smooth touch of skin on his arm and couldn’t help but smile inwardly as he turned slightly to glance at Zhao Lina. When Zhao Lina felt Ye Fan’s gaze, she looked up to meet it, saw the smugness in his eyes, her face blushed instantly, and she quickly loosened her grip on his arm while murmuring hastily in a very low voice, “Why are you so pleased? It was an accident!” “Heh,” Ye Fan chuckled with a mix of frustration and amusement, inwardly blaming himself for not keeping his cool as the benefit he was enjoying slipped away. Sun Jiemin and her boyfriend, who were following behind, exchanged a look, and Sun Jiemin whispered scornfully, “Acting all high and mighty, who can’t do that? Keep a close watch on them!” Her boyfriend nodded with shared indignation. Actually, he had another thought: Seeing Ye Fan, who drove a beat-up car and dressed shabbily, manage to charm a beautiful woman like Zhao Lina with her stunning figure, he felt incredibly displeased. He wondered why he, young and wealthy and handsome himself, could only have Sun Minjie, who, even heavily made-up, was a notch below Zhao Lina. Therefore, he was very keen to flaunt his wealth in front of Lina, demonstrating his generous nature by throwing money around to attract Lina’s attention, then find a way to get Lina’s contact information, win her over, and ditch Sun Jiemin. Unbeknownst to him, when Ye Fan had looked like a modest young man, he was actually more generous than him, buying two sets of cosmetics worth nearly forty thousand yuan without batting an eye, slightly bruising his pride. Then, Ye Fan even intended to buy luxury watches, claiming he would buy two! That was a real slap in his face. Of course, he was unaware of Zhao Lina’s identity. Had he known who Zhao Lina really was, he certainly wouldn’t have thought that flaunting wealth would catch her attention. However, Sun Jiemin didn’t want to reveal Zhao Lina’s identity, fearing he would immediately ditch her for Lina. Ye Fan and Zhao Lina reached the Vacheron Constantin booth, and a young, attractive female sales associate began helping them choose a watch. Sun Jiemin and her boyfriend awkwardly followed and were approached by another smiling female sales associate who respectfully asked, “Sir, madam, is there anything I can help you with?” Sun Jiemin and her boyfriend felt embarrassed because they were only there to see if Ye Fan and Zhao Lina were really buying watches, not to buy themselves. Nevertheless, in that situation, they had to steel themselves and said, “Uh, let’s look at the ladies’ watches. If there’s something suitable, we’ll buy one.” Then, they started to pretend to pick out watches. After about four or five minutes, Ye Fan and Zhao Lina had already chosen a fashionable new ladies’ watch. “We’ll take this watch,” Ye Fan told the sales associate as he took out his bank card. The sales associate confirmed with Ye Fan and Zhao Lina, “Are you sure you want this watch? The price is 360,000, but with a 10% discount, it will be 324,000 yuan.” “Of course, this is the watch,” Ye Fan said calmly. Sun Jiemin and her boyfriend, who were pretending to pick out watches nearby, kept an eye on Ye Fan and Zhao Lina. When they heard that Ye Fan had actually bought Zhao Lina a Vacheron Constantin watch worth 324,000 yuan, they were shocked. They looked at each other and saw bitterness and embarrassment filling each other’s faces and eyes. Damn, they had foolishly followed and got slapped in the face. When Ye Fan was swiping his card, Zhao Lina turned and approached Sun Jiemin and her boyfriend with a smile, asking, “Jiemin, have you guys chosen a watch yet? I’ve already picked mine.” “Hehe, not yet.” Sun Jiemin replied with an embarrassed forced smile, her face flushed. Despite wearing a lot of makeup, she couldn’t cover it up. Her boyfriend’s face also turned red, and he lost the flamboyance he had at the beginning when showing off to Zhao Lina. He was embarrassed to look at Zhao Lina anymore. “Hehe, the women’s watches from Vacheron Constantin are all quite stylish and nice. It shouldn’t be hard to pick a suitable one. This one should suit you well; you could try it,” Zhao Lina said, pointing at a women’s watch inside the counter. Upon seeing the price, Sun Jiemin thought, damn, 250,000 yuan, and even with a 10 percent discount, it would still be 225,000 yuan. Her boyfriend would never be willing to spend that much money. She forced a smile and said, “Hehe, this one feels average, not really to my liking.” “Oh, what about this one? This one really looks great,” Zhao Lina said with a smile, deliberately pointing at another watch. Sun Jiemin looked at the price again and immediately felt like cursing. I can’t afford one for 250,000 yuan, and you’re showing me one for 400,000 yuan? That’s too cruel! “I don’t like this one either, I don’t like gold-plated,” said Sun Jiemin with a forced smile, but it looked even uglier than crying. “Oh, it seems that I was vulgar, thinking the more expensive, the better,” Zhao Lina said. “This one should suit you, relatively cheaper, but with good value for money.” Seeing the price again, 180,000 yuan, half of what Ye Fan bought for Zhao Lina. Nevertheless, she thought of it costing 162,000 yuan after a 10 percent discount, and maybe her boyfriend, biting the bullet for face’s sake, would buy it. So she called out to her boyfriend, “Jian Hua, see if this watch looks good.” Her boyfriend glanced at the price and immediately shook his head, “It’s barely alright. But, it doesn’t suit you.” At that moment, Sun Jiemin wished she could crawl into a hole, and she also resented her boyfriend for being too stingy. Someone else buys their girlfriend a watch for 360,000 yuan without blinking, and you hesitate to buy me one for 180,000 yuan? Do you even love me anymore? At that time, Ye Fan had already finished swiping the card, received the beautifully packaged watch, turned his head, and called out to Zhao Lina, “Lina, let’s go to the Rolex boutique to pick one out for your dad too.” “Okay,” Zhao Lina responded and then turned back to Sun Jiemin and her boyfriend with a smile, “Sorry, we’re going to buy a Rolex watch; you guys take your time choosing.” Without caring about how awful Sun Jiemin and her boyfriend looked, she giggled, turned, and walked towards Ye Fan, then gently clung to his arm, heading to the Rolex watch boutique together. “Sir, Miss, have you decided which watch you’d like to buy?” The saleswoman serving them figured it out; these two weren’t really here to buy a watch and were just wasting her time, so she impatiently shooed them away. Sun Jiemin, already humiliated by Zhao Lina, couldn’t stand it anymore when even a mere saleswoman dared to give her attitude, and burst out screaming on the spot, “Your damn watches, I don’t like any of them, not buying!” Screaming loudly, she stormed out of the luxury watch area. Her boyfriend also left with an extremely ugly look on his face. Once in the parking garage, Sun Jiemin suddenly stopped, turned around, grabbed her boyfriend by the collar, and screamed angrily, “Lu Jianhua, you’ve slept with me so many times, and you can’t even buy me a watch, are you even a man?!” There was a loud slap. Sun Jiemin was sent flying aside by her boyfriend’s slap. His face contorted with anger as he pointed at her and yelled, “With you acting like a cheap slut, do you even deserve a watch worth 180,000 yuan?!” Touching her swollen cheek, her hair disheveled and eyes bloodshot, Sun Jiemin screamed, “You dare hit me, I’ll fight you!” Screaming, she lunged at her boyfriend, claws out, and they started fighting…

Chapter 181 - 181 177 Slap in the Face

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