Chapter 657: Chapter 657: Bargaining
He rarely saw a smile on her face.
Even when she smiled, it was more a semblance of a smile.
Li Yufei at the company was especially serious and meticulous. This was his first time seeing her smile so naturally, so beautifully.
Li Yufei said, “I’m in a good mood today.”
She suddenly stood up and asked, “Rong Ling, are you free?”
Rong Ling: “Huh? I’m at work.”
Li Yufei: “Whether you’re working or not, isn’t it up to me?”
She stood up from her seat and walked to him, “Go change your clothes and come with me for a trip.”
This morning she had no schedule, taking advantage of the rare leisure she wanted to go out shopping.
Li Yufei said, “Suddenly… I feel like having ice cream, but I don’t know which place has the best. There’s a shopping complex across the street, accompany me for a stroll.”
Rong Ling opened his mouth.
Why him?
Li Yufei gently leaned her lower back against the desk, her movements causing slight elegant creases in her white suit, “What’s wrong, you don’t want to?”
Rong Ling: “No. Shouldn’t you also change your clothes?”
Li Yufei said, “What’s wrong with this outfit?”
Rong Ling: “If we’re going shopping and having ice cream, this business outfit looks too formal.”
Li Yufei: “I didn’t bring any other clothes to the office; you go change, and accompany me to buy some new outfits.”
Rong Ling: “Okay.”
He went to the dressing room and changed clothes. Li Yufei called him; her car was already parked at the company entrance.
Rong Ling walked to the company entrance and got into the Bentley.
Li Yufei held the steering wheel, her gaze falling on Rong Ling’s clothes.
A tank top paired with a shirt, he seemed to really like this combination. The clothes were mostly of this style.
Li Yufei couldn’t help but ask, “What’s the brand of your outfit?”
Rong Ling: “No brand.”
Li Yufei: “Huh? No brand clothes? How much did you buy them for?”
Rong Ling knew she probably didn’t have much concept of ordinary people’s lives; there was no malice, so he replied, “About 80 for the set.”
Li Yufei was stunned: “80?”
Rong Ling: “Surprised?”
Li Yufei: “I thought these clothes would cost a few hundred.”
Earlier she had gone to supermarkets, and in some large-scale ones, there were clothing sections where most of the hanging clothes were not expensive, around a few hundred.
Rong Ling: “I’m pretty casual about what I wear.”
Li Yufei: “Interesting, I think the quality looks quite good.”
Rong Ling: “Lucky.”
Li Yufei: “Huh?”
Buying clothes still depends on luck?
Rong Ling said, “I generally buy clothes at a factory outlet where there’s a large warehouse behind the store, offering a wide variety of styles at very cheap prices. Though the only slight downside is, if you’re unlucky, you might get clothes with some defects.”
Li Yufei: “Do you want to take me to have a look?”
Rong Ling was slightly startled: “You won’t fancy the clothes there.”
Li Yufei: “I wouldn’t. I’m curious how an 80-dollar outfit looks.”
Rong Ling said, “Alright then, I’ll take you.”
Twenty minutes later.
The car stopped at a clothing market.
This clothing market retained the architectural style of the last century, with white brick walls, yellow stained glass windows, and a blue plaid glass door.
The entire market had a very small parking lot.
Li Yufei maneuvered around the parking lot and finally managed to find a parking spot and park the car.
There were many people at the entrance.
Hustling and bustling, people coming and going.
As Rong Ling and Li Yufei entered the door, they realized the interior of the clothing market was very tall, at least five meters high.
Scaled into dozens of stores, narrow corridors with shops facing each other.
There were shops selling bags, shoes, clothing, and even bedding.
Though they called it a clothing market, inside they sold other various items besides clothing.
Li Yufei stopped in front of a shoe and bag cabinet, where various imitation bags were placed on the shelves.
There were Chanel, Gucci, and Dior, with numerous styles, but none were real.
A loudspeaker was blaring sales pitches in slightly skewed standard Mandarin: “Everything half price, all 200 yuan! Chanel, Gucci, Dior, various designer bags, all 200 yuan!”
It was the first time Li Yufei saw such a store, she couldn’t help but walk over and casually pick up a Chanel bag.
The shopkeeper immediately greeted her warmly, “Miss, found any bag you like?”
Li Yufei said, “This bag is just 200?”
Rong Ling frowned slightly, walked over, furrowed his brow, and whispered in her ear, “The bags here seem fake.”
Li Yufei glared at him, but found it amusing.
It’s not like she’s stupid.
Can you buy a real Chanel for 200 yuan?
She was just curious about what a 200 yuan bag would look like.
Unexpectedly… the quality was quite good, apart from some flaws in the details.
The shopkeeper suddenly noticed Li Yufei’s Hermes bag and was a bit surprised, “How much did you spend on that bag?”
Li Yufei: “Forgot.”
The shopkeeper said, “I haven’t seen anyone else replicate that bag!”
In the imitation bag market, Hermes didn’t sell well.
After all, for many in this class, not everyone had seen what a Hermes bag looks like, and most people also perceived Hermes bags to be less attractive than Chanel and Dior. Therefore, most stores only sold Chanel and Dior replicas.
The shopkeeper thought Li Yufei’s bag was fake.
After all, someone who could afford a real bag wouldn’t set foot here.
Li Yufei casually handed the Hermes to Rong Ling, “Hold this for me.”
She tried carrying the Chanel bag, standing in front of the mirror.
Good heavens.
At first glance, it was hard to tell the real from the fake.
Li Yufei felt intrigued, saying to the owner, “I’ll take this one.”
The owner said, “This one’s 500 yuan.”
Li Yufei raised a brow, “Didn’t you say everything here is half price, all 200?”
Owner: “Miss, you have great taste; this is my store’s last one, it’s been selling really well! Do you know the original price in stores?”
Li Yufei: “Hmm… several tens of thousands!”
Owner: “Right! Look at you walking out with this bag, what class and elegance! Clearly a wealthy young lady!”
The owner showered Li Yufei with enthusiastic praises.
Li Yufei said, “Alright alright, 500.”
Anyway, it’s not expensive.
She was about to pay.
Rong Ling suddenly looked at the owner, his lips slightly parted like a Dragon Slayer, “100.”
Li Yufei knitted her brows, she didn’t immediately understand his meaning.
The owner glanced at Rong Ling, clicking his tongue, “Young man, why are you haggling so aggressively? Is this your girlfriend? Look, once she saw this bag, it shows your girlfriend’s good taste…”
Rong Ling: “80.”
Owner: “… Aren’t you being unreasonable? I don’t want to haggle with you.”
Rong Ling: “Will you sell it for 80 or not?”