The Outcast Heiress’s Secret Identities
Chapter 760 - 0749 Insufficient balance

Chapter 760: 0749 Insufficient balance

A bracelet worth over half a million, she now had to buy it back at almost four times the price.

The other customers in the store had a look of watching a fool on their faces.

Su Ran glanced sideways with a smile, "What’s wrong? Miss, don’t you like it? I kindly offered it to you, so why are you still looking at me like that? Could it be... you can’t afford it?"

"You..."

"If you can’t afford it, don’t put on a strong front, aiming too high with too little ability, how bad that is!"

The woman clenched her teeth, glared at Su Ran with resentment, and slammed her Gold Card down in front of the salesperson, furiously saying:

"Charge it!"

The salesperson was also stunned by this sudden turn of events. After coming to her senses, she hurriedly said:

"Y...yes!"

With that, she took the card and headed straight for the checkout counter.

Two minutes later, she came back.

"Sorry, miss, the balance in your card... is insufficient."

As the salesperson spoke, there was also an awkward expression on her face.

Upon hearing this, the others in the shop laughed outright.

"Pfft... Oh my god, I’m dying of laughter, the balance isn’t enough??"

"If you have no money, then don’t try to puff up your face to look fat, got slapped in the face trying to show off, right?"

"I thought she was so rich, turns out she can’t even charge two million with that Gold Card, could that card be hand-drawn by herself?"

"Hahaha... It’s possible!"

The woman trembled with rage, biting her teeth so tightly, her face alternating between green and white.

It couldn’t be more embarrassing!

The middle-aged woman also had a very ugly look on her face; she stepped forward, took out another Gold Card from her bag, and handed it directly to the salesperson.

"Charge this one."

The salesperson subconsciously took the card, and upon seeing another Gold Card, doubt appeared on her face.

Seeing this, the middle-aged woman’s face darkened even more as anger suppressed her voice.

"Hurry up and charge it!"

The salesperson came back to her senses and cleared her throat awkwardly, headed to the checkout counter with the card once again.

Two minutes later, when she came back, her face was sporting a twelve-point smile.

"Madam, it’s all set now. Here is your card and bracelet, please keep them safe!"

The middle-aged woman took the items from the salesperson’s hand and quickly left with her daughter in tow.

They had already lost enough face for one day; staying any longer would just invite more ridicule for no reason.

As the woman left, she glared at Su Ran, hissing:

"You just wait for me!"

Su Ran raised her eyebrows, smiling without a word.

After the mother and daughter left, the store returned to normal.

At last, they could shop in peace, free from unpleasant company!

Ye Zhichen withdrew her gaze and glanced at Su Ran.

"Do you want to look at anything else?"

Su Ran shook her head, rising from her seat.

"Let’s forget it and look elsewhere instead!"

She quite liked the bracelet, but to say she was extremely fond of it would be an overstatement.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have so easily let it go to that mother and daughter.

Ye Zhichen, hearing her words, nodded and stood up as well.

They had already walked around the store twice; apart from that bracelet, indeed nothing else had caught their attention.

After the pair exited the store, Ye Zhichen teased:

"Your skill at toying with people seems to grow day by day. You didn’t see the salesperson’s grateful look toward you just now; today’s sale must be her quota for the month!"

Su Ran curled her lips, her smile somewhat enigmatic.

"Well, since we’ve met, let’s consider it helping them to achieve some performance."

Ye Zhichen was puzzled, "Met whom? That salesperson just now? Or someone else in the store?"

Su Ran smiled meaningfully and didn’t answer.

She pulled Ye Zhichen and turned into the jewelry store next door.

After entering the shop, both of them distinctly felt the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

The sales staff in this shop, compared to the one next door, seemed quite lifeless and inactive, exhibiting a low morale.

No wonder there was no business.

Su Ran frowned slightly and walked toward the counter.

Ye Zhichen followed by her side, glanced around the shop, and couldn’t help saying:

"The scale and decoration here are almost the same as the shop next door, but the business... it’s like heaven and earth, how come there are two almost identical jewelry stores appearing at the same time? And so close to each other? Could it be imitation?"

A hint of profundity flitted through Su Ran’s eyes, was it imitation or competition?

And who was imitating whom...

It couldn’t be said!

As the two casually browsed the counter, Ye Zhichen suddenly lit up.

"Take this bracelet out for me to see," she said.

Hearing this, Su Ran also stopped in her tracks and followed the direction of Ye Zhichen’s pointing finger.

It was a Platinum Tassel Bell Bracelet, with tassels on either side of the split and the hollowed-out floral bell design, delicate and exquisite, captivating at first glance.

The sales associate was taken aback for a moment but quickly opened the cabinet door and took out the bracelet.

Ye Zhichen reached out to take it, and the bells rang with a crisp and pleasant sound, bringing peace to one’s heart.

She smiled, turned her head toward Su Ran, and said:

"Xiao Ran, do you think this bracelet looks good?"

Su Ran’s gaze landed on the bracelet in her hand, and indeed it was quite appealing.

"It looks good," she agreed.

Ye Zhichen nodded, turned to the sales associate, and commanded:

"I’ll take this bracelet, wrap it up."

The sales associate’s eyes widened, looking at her with an odd expression.

Ye Zhichen met the sales associate’s gaze, utterly speechless.

What was up with this shop?

Ever since she walked in, she felt the atmosphere was off, and now this staff member looked at her as if she were a "scammer"?

"Is there a problem?" she inquired.

The sales associate snapped back to reality, cautiously said:

"Miss, this bracelet is six hundred and eighty thousand, are you sure you want to buy it?"

Ye Zhichen was even more speechless, "What, worried I can’t afford it?"

The sales associate shook her head vehemently, "No... not at all."

"Then wrap it up," Ye Zhichen declared.

"Okay, okay," the associate said, hastily turned to grab a shopping bag.

Since that jewelry store opened next door, fewer and fewer people came to buy jewelry from them.

The most common voices they heard were doubt and ridicule.

"What brand is this? Never even heard of it."

"How can you dare to charge so much for your products in such an unknown shop? Are you trying to scam us?"

"Can the quality and material of your goods be guaranteed? We might buy them and find the store closed the next day, right?"

"Forget it, forget it, better not to buy these ’no-name’ products; international brands are somewhat more reliable."

"How come this store looks so much like the one next door? Could it be an imitation?"

They almost heard these kinds of remarks every day.

Subsequently, customers became fewer and fewer, and almost all the business was taken away by the store next door.

Su Ran and Ye Zhichen resumed their casual browsing, during which Ye Zhichen picked out a pair of earrings, a necklace, and a brooch.

The jewelry from this shop suited her tastes incredibly well, not only fashionable and beautiful, but the designs were novel and unique.

At a glance, it caught the eye.

But why was such a good jewelry store doing so poorly?

"Xiao Ran, aren’t you buying anything?" Ye Zhichen looked at Su Ran, who hadn’t selected anything, and asked.

Su Ran turned around, saw the items displayed on the counter, raised her eyebrows, and smiled.

"It seems you’ve had quite the haul today?"