Chapter 171

Chapter 171: Speak Normally

Her shout startled the young lady so much that her hand trembled, but she still turned around kindly and asked: “Miss, is there something else?”

The woman not far away felt like she had found a new reason to mock them. She crossed her arms and said proudly: “What else could it be? The money is not enough, of course. I already warned you and you still didn’t believe me. Just look at the clothes on her. Do they even add up to one thousand? And she wants to take out ten million in one go? What a joke.”

Du An Rao said: “I just remembered that I think I have a discount card. Can you see if it works?”

She lowered her head and rummaged through her bag for a while. At last she pulled out a pale gold card with “50% off” written on it. The Yayu Jade House logo was printed at the bottom.

This card had been tucked under the jewelry box when Ms. Qiu had someone send two sets of jewelry to the Du sisters before. Before coming today, Du An Rao had brought along all those different cards just in case. Now it came in handy.

As soon as she took out the card, the whole store fell silent.

After a moment, the woman was the first to break the silence. She threw back her head and laughed: “Haha, this is killing me. You actually bring such an obviously fake discount card to buy things in a jewelry store. Do you really think everyone else is as stupid as you and will be fooled by such a cheap trick and give you a discount?”

As she spoke, she even tried to rush forward and grab the card from Du An Rao’s hand. She shouted: “A fifty percent discount card? What store would give a customer a card with fifty percent off? It’s not like they don’t want to do business anymore. If you want to lie to people, at least make up something that sounds a little believable. Want them to give you fifty percent off… Why don’t you just say you want all the jewelry for free?”

But before her hand could reach Du An Rao, the young lady took the card first. She studied it carefully, her eyes lighting up. Then she asked: “Are you Miss Du?”

Du An Rao looked surprised and asked: “You know me?”

The young lady shook her head and said: “I don’t know you, but everyone in our company knows about you.” After she confirmed Du An Rao’s identity, her smile grew even warmer. She said: “There is no problem with your card. I will process it for you right now.”

“What? No problem?” The woman screamed, and even President Sun, who had been standing aside watching his lover perform, changed his expression.

He said sharply: “Ridiculous. How could this discount card possibly be real? I’ve never heard that your store has any discount cards, much less one with a discount like that!”

Hearing him say that, the woman also gained confidence. She said: “That’s right. President Sun’s cousin’s husband is the store manager of this place. How could he not know if your store has discount cards? If he says it’s fake, then it must be fake.”

Zhang Ke Xin already did not have a good impression of those two. Now that she knew who Du An Rao was, she stood on her side without hesitation.

She said: “Just because this mister doesn’t know doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Miss Du’s card was personally given out by the chairman of our group. Up to now, there is only this one card in the whole market. It is completely real.”

If she had not said this, it might have been better. As soon as she finished, President Sun broke down even more. He shouted: “Your group’s chairman gave it to her? A little girl like her, worthy of the Yayu Group’s chairman’s favor? Impossible. I think you and she are working together, pretending to buy jewelry so you can move the store’s assets.”

His lover quickly added: “That’s right. I didn’t even think of that. President Sun, you are so smart.”

Her flattery pleased President Sun and made him even more sure of his view.

He pointed at them and said: “Just wait. I’ll call my cousin’s husband right now and have him come deal with you personally.”

Jiang You Nian never thought things would develop like this. His expression was complicated and he was full of questions. He asked quietly: “Do you think those two are sick in the head? Why are they picking on us for no reason?”

If he remembered right, these two had also started things at the entrance earlier. They had not bothered arguing then, which was already kind and reasonable, but somehow they were still being bitten now. It just made no sense.

Du An Rao made a thoughtful sound and said in a fake deep tone: “Negative emotions that come with being human – inferiority, vanity, jealousy… some people look down on them and ignore them, but some people are destined to be tangled up with them all their life and never escape.”

Jiang You Nian said: “…Speak normally.”

Du An Rao said: “Maybe he just can’t stand that even though his cousin’s husband is a store manager, he still can’t get a fifty percent discount card for him too. He’s jealous of… me?”

“…You really are a genius,” Jiang You Nian said helplessly.

“…” Du An Rao had nothing to say.

The two of them looked at each other and finally showed awkward but polite smiles.

Though this reason sounded silly, when you thought about it carefully, it might not be wrong. Just like when those two picked on them at the start, always calling them poor.

But what was the truth? To buy a bangle for his mistress, he had to misappropriate public funds.

In the end, the more people lack something, the more they care about it. When they see others have it, their eyes go red with envy and they try everything to destroy it, as if only by doing this can they prove their own value and that they are above others.

As a top jewelry brand in the country, Yayu Jade House of course had more than just a few guests like them. Before this, most customers only cared about their own business. It was only when Du An Rao’s row of “spoils of war” was lined up that the other guests’ attention was drawn. Now they all gathered around them, pointing and whispering.

People who came in later, seeing this scene, also could not help joining in the fun and crowded over to watch.

“What’s going on here? You Nian, why are you here?”

Jiang You Nian had just finished gossiping with Du An Rao when he heard someone call his name. The two of them turned at the same time and saw two pretty young women.

Du An Rao glanced at Jiang You Nian and asked: “You know them?”

He explained: “My brother’s old classmate. I’ve met her a few times before.” Then he greeted the girl who had called his name and said: “Sister Chu Hui, how are you also here?”

Yu Chu Hui replied: “I came shopping with a friend. When we passed this store, I saw someone from far away who looked a lot like you, so I came in. I didn’t expect it was really you.” She looked between the two of them and asked: “You two are…?”

Jiang You Nian’s expression turned a bit strange. He sighed and said: “Don’t bring it up. I finally had time to take my cousin out shopping and then we ran into two weirdoes looking for trouble. Just thinking about it feels unlucky.”

“Cousin?” Yu Chu Hui looked at Du An Rao in surprise, and the curiosity in her eyes could not be hidden at all.

Before they could keep chatting, President Sun, who had claimed he had backing and would make the Du cousins suffer, suddenly raised his voice and hurried toward the door.

“Brother-in-law, you’re finally here,” he shouted. “If you came any later, the rats inside your store would have carried everything away.”

Following the sound, Du An Rao and the others saw a middle-aged man with a big belly walk in from outside with a flashy woman.

When he heard President Sun’s words, the man’s face darkened. He shouted loudly: “Who is it? Who dares cause trouble in my store?”