Chapter 820 — A Doomed Tragedy

Manager Wang nodded. If the customer insisted on it, then Chen Lili had done nothing wrong. "Give me the membership card. Let me have a look first," he said.

A man who had risen to marketing manager was no fool, and Manager Wang understood perfectly that a customer who spoke in such terms was likely a person of standing. If it truly proved to be someone eminent, one of the Gu Group's strategic partners, he could not afford to give offense, and he might have no choice but to telephone Uncle Qing, Gu Pengzhan's assistant, for instructions.

Chen Lili handed Gu Mengyao's membership card to Manager Wang. There was a card reader in his office, and with one swipe on the computer the information on the card appeared on the screen.

Manager Wang gasped the instant he saw the name on the card! He knew all too well what the name Gu Mengyao meant. Was this not the Group's own eldest daughter? Had the eldest daughter come shopping in person?

Manager Wang found it almost unbelievable. Whatever the eldest daughter fancied, a single word to Uncle Qing would surely see it done. What need was there for her to come herself?

Then another thought struck him. This eldest daughter had always kept a very low profile, and she seemingly had never bought anything in the plaza through Uncle Qing. She always came to choose things herself, and never made a show of it. He had only learned of her visits here afterward, from the usage records of her membership card.

With that, Manager Wang understood. The eldest daughter must simply be a modest person who disliked ostentation, and this time, with the style she wanted gone, she had been left with no other way and had been forced to have the salesgirl bring out her membership card to find him!

"Let's go. I will go there myself!" Manager Wang picked up Gu Mengyao's membership card and said to Chen Lili.

Chen Lili froze, unable to understand why Manager Wang should react so strongly after seeing the card. Could there be some secret hidden in it?

Manager Wang, of course, would offer Chen Lili no explanation. Since the eldest daughter was someone who kept a low profile, she plainly did not wish others to know her identity. Otherwise she could have settled everything with a single call to Uncle Qing! Or she could have had the salesgirl convey her identity directly, with no need to inform him in such a roundabout way.

As he walked out of the office, Manager Wang ordered a member of the marketing staff to go and take the dress out of the display window. Chen Lili stared in amazement. Was Manager Wang really agreeing to sell the display piece from the window? Had that ever happened before?

Since Manager Wang offered no explanation, she felt it improper to ask further questions. She accompanied him to the luxury counter of the apparel department, where he strode forward, held up Gu Mengyao's membership card, and asked, "To whom does this membership card belong..."

"It is mine." Gu Mengyao concealed her identity no longer, and gave Manager Wang a kindly nod.

"Hello, Miss Gu, here is your membership card!" Manager Wang hastily and respectfully returned the card to Gu Mengyao, then said, "I have already sent someone to fetch the display piece from the window. It will be brought up in a moment. Would you mind waiting a little while?"

"All right, thank you." Gu Mengyao knew perfectly well that Manager Wang now knew who she was. "Sorry to trouble you. I will just wait here myself. You go and attend to your work?"

"Not busy at all..." Manager Wang quickly shook his head.

"Oh, hey, old lady, when are you going to perform the head-pulling trick? We have bought exactly the same dress!" Seeing the matter of the dress settled, Shen Yushu could not wait to shout at Gou Huli.

Old lady? Who was an old lady? She was only in her thirties, young and beautiful in her prime! One sentence from Shen Yushu nearly made Gou Huli explode with rage! How had she become an old lady? Gou Huli had already been annoyed by Manager Wang's inexplicable dash out to sell the dress from the window to Wei Zhao and his party, and now to be called an old lady by Shen Yushu sent her fury soaring!

"Who are you calling an old lady?" Gou Huli glared at Shen Yushu and demanded.

"Oh, I don't know. Whoever is the oldest among us is naturally the old lady!" Shen Yushu blinked her eyes and said innocently.

"Hmph!" Gou Huli gave a sullen snort, but she had no mind to bicker with Shen Yushu and the others now. What concerned her was why the plaza would sell the dress from the window to Wei Zhao and his party!

She had asked about this specially before. The goods in the window were not for sale, and that salesgirl Chen Lili had also made it clear that window displays were not sold. Yet the moment Manager Wang arrived, he had agreed to sell it!

But once the sale was approved, did that not mean she had lost the bet? How could Gou Huli stand by and watch that happen? She had been brimming with confidence, expecting to watch Wei Zhao and the others lose face badly, then take them home to humiliate them and make them labor for her!

But now the situation had changed in a flash, and she had actually lost. Did that mean she would have to pull off her head for them to see? How could Gou Huli possibly tear off her own head? Her face turned ugly at once as she stared darkly at Manager Wang. "What is the matter with you people? Did you not say window displays are not for sale? Why are you taking it out to sell?"

Manager Wang started slightly, having no idea who this Gou Huli was, but seeing her question he still explained, "Our plaza naturally has its own rules. Putting it out for sale is the plaza's decision!"

What Manager Wang meant beneath his words was, you may be an honored guest of our plaza, but you cannot interfere with our normal operations, can you? Are you not meddling a little too far?

"You are going back on your word! I will complain about you! Complain to your Group's senior management! Do you know who I am? How dare you ignore me? Let me tell you, even the president of the chamber of commerce in this little place has to watch my husband's face before he acts, let alone one tiny plaza like yours!" Gou Huli raged, pointing at Manager Wang as she shouted.

Complain? Manager Wang did not care in the least. He was selling something to the eldest daughter herself. Even a complaint taken all the way to Gu Pengzhan would be useless. Why fear a complaint? As for this woman's claim that even the chamber president had to watch her husband's face, he could take it or leave it. Even the chamber president had no say over whether he sold a dress from the window!

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