Chapter 1317: I Only Want You (15)

A long while later, Jin Qingyue finally settled on eight sets of clothes for her baby. However, An Xiaoning found that eight was too few and decided to pick out five more sets. They then went on to buy some baby products such as diapers and milk bottles. They decided that they’d buy some milk formula only after the child was born. After selecting all their items, An Xiaoning said to the sales a.s.sistant, “You may bring the rest away. We’ll be taking these.”

Upon hearing her words, the smile on the manager’s face vanished instantly and he scorned, “You people are ridiculous. Why do you want to put on airs when you can’t even afford to buy so many clothes? You even pretended to be wealthy and generous and made us bring out all of the most expensive clothes and items, yet you bought less than half of them.”

An Xiaoning explained, “We’ve bought more than ten sets of clothing. Those are more than enough. We’ll purchase more if we need them in the future. Besides, we live so close to the mall. It’s not like A City is going to run out of these things.”

Being a mother herself, the sales a.s.sistant said, “Manager, we can’t compel the customers if they don’t wish to buy our items. Besides, they’ve indeed bought more than enough.”

However, her words did nothing except further aggravate the manager’s anger. He chastised, “Did I hire you to preach to me? Who’s the manager here? You or me?”

Frightened out of her senses, the sales a.s.sistant s.h.i.+vered and murmured, “You, of course.”

Jin Qingyue gibed, “Seems like you don’t know as much as the sales a.s.sistant does, even though you’re the manager. Why don’t you switch positions with her and become the sales a.s.sistant instead? Or you could also resign.”

The manager was further infuriated upon her remark. However, he could not blow his top since they were customers at the end of the day. Hence, he suppressed his anger and said, “The positions are a.s.signed by the human resources department based on the employee’s abilities. Those who are incompetent are only deserving of being sales a.s.sistants.”

Displeased to see how arrogant and sn.o.bbish the manager was, Jin Qingyue snapped, “Forget it, we’re not buying these anymore. This is not the only counter here anyway. Sis-in-law, let’s go and shop at the other counters.”

The manager retorted angrily, “You’ll have to buy these before you can leave.”

Wu Lianzhi glowered at him and said, “Aren’t you just forcing us now?”

“Since you don’t wish to buy them, why did you ask to view all the products that we have? Were you guys out to play us for fools? We’ve already packed them into the bags,” said the manager, who then gestured for the security officers to come.

Everyone understood what was going on.

At this moment, Jin Qingyue’s mobile phone began to ring. Just as she was about to whip her phone out, the manager immediately s.n.a.t.c.hed it away from her, for fear that she would call the police.

“I’ll let you people leave once you pay up.”

Unable to tolerate it any further, An Xiaoning snapped, “Who gave you the audacity to bully customers like this? Even if you’ve already packed them into the bags, you can always just take them out again. Return the phone to me.”

An Xiaoning was thinking of letting the matter slide once the manager returns the mobile phone. After all, the mall belonged to the Jin Corporation and she did not want to cause a stir.

However, the manager simply refused to budge.

At last, An Xiaoning decided to remove her cap and her mask. Both the manager and sales a.s.sistant were dumbfounded the moment they saw her face.

She walked toward the manager and s.n.a.t.c.hed the phone back from him. “You’ve got the guts, huh?” she added.

The manager turned as pale as a sheet and lost all the haughtiness and airs he had put on earlier. He immediately apologized cowardly.

“Ms… Ms. An, I’m sorry, I was too blind and failed to recognize you. I’m really sorry, please accept my apology.”

“Save it. After all, your apology is not sincere anyway. It doesn’t make a difference at all. Get your supervisor here to see me.”

Sensing that the situation had turned awry, the manager stood rooted to the ground.

An Xiaoning then said to the sales a.s.sistant, “You, go call your supervisor to come here.”

“Yes.”

A few minutes later, the supervisor scurried toward them with a few other staff members and the sales a.s.sistant.

The supervisor had already heard about the details of the situation from the sales a.s.sistant along the way. The supervisor said, “Young Madam, he’s just the black sheep of the herd. All the other employees of this mall will never dare to treat customers that way. It’s my fault for failing to discipline him. Young Madam, rest a.s.sured, I’ll take note and improve on our customer service. I’ll sack this manager immediately too.”

“Good. I don’t want this to happen again from now on, hear me?”

“Yes, don’t worry, Young Madam. It won’t happen again.” The supervisor then ordered the sales a.s.sistant, “Hurry and bring the items that Young Madam had chosen.”

“Qingyue, do you still want these items?” An Xiaoning asked.

Upon hearing her words, the supervisor finally realized that the expectant mother before him was Jin Qingyan’s sister. He wished he could jump into a hole and die.

Jin Qingyue said, “Forget it, I’ll just take them. I can’t be bothered to look at the other counters. Get me the bill. I’m paying by card.”

During the journey to the mall, Jin Qingyue had already made it known clearly that she was going to pay for the items herself and did not want An Xiaoning to pay for her. Hence, An Xiaoning did not stop her from paying with her card.

When their car made a turn on the way home, a luxury car sped from behind them and zoomed forward. The driver was a man who was wearing a pair of shades.

The three of them were a little shocked by how fast the car was traveling. Most importantly, the car looked a lot like Jin Qingyan’s Mercedes-Benz. However, An Xiaoning did not manage to take a closer look because of how fast it had zoomed past them.

Staring at the car and gripping the steering wheel with trembling hands, Wu Lianzhi said, “That driver must be out of his mind. He’s driving so quickly. Is he tired of living?” Wu Lianzhi continued driving forward to see that the car had stopped in its tracks. “Why did he stop?” Wu Lianzhi asked.

An Xiaoning squinted to take a look at the license plate number at the bottom of the car, only to receive a great shock. She then said to Jin Qingyue, “That’s your brother’s sports car.”

“Huh? Really? Why did Brother drive at such a fast speed?” Jin Qingyue asked.

“G.o.d knows.”

Just as they were about to overtake the Mercedes-Benz, Henry zoomed forward again.

“Lianzhi, follow him.”

“Alright.”

Wu Lianzhi squinted and stared at the speeding car. He stepped on the accelerator and surged forward steadily.

They continued to tail him all the way to the restaurant.

An Xiaoning looked in front to see that Henry had alighted with Xiao Bai and Xiao Huang.

She alighted from the car and instructed Donggong Lianzhi to bring Jin Qingyue back in. After all, she was still pregnant.

She then strode quickly toward the restaurant.

Henry was sitting at a dining table beside the window whereas the bodyguards were sitting at another table.

An Xiaoning took a seat opposite Henry and questioned, “What was wrong with you just now? Why did you drive at such a fast speed? Are you tired of living?”

Henry rolled his eyes at her and asked, “Why didn’t your companions come in?”

“They went home.”

He was just asking her that question on purpose.