"Miss Li, please don't tease me. Xinxin Bridal Boutique has been able to do well in Yunzhou because Master Er has taken good care of us. If Master Er's friend comes to my shop, then he will definitely be treated as a VIP. Even if you increased my courage by ten times, I wouldn't dare to throw any friend of Master Er out. Miss Li, you must have made a mistake," said Manager Sun with an ingratiating smile. He didn't link Li Xue-Qi's words to Ye Fan at all.
"Oh, really? Sun Hai-Zhou, do you take me as an idiot? The person you just offended is a friend of my brother!" said Li Xue-Qi coldly with a frosty expression on her face.
An uproar went through the crowd as they were clearly shocked by this revelation.
"Are you saying he...he's a friend of Master Er?!" Manager Sun was stunned and his heart was filled with both shock and fear.
"How...how can that be? How can this penniless louse be a friend of Master Er of Yunzhou? You've got to be kidding!” murmured Chen Wen-Wen as her face
paled as well.
She looked at Ye Fan and Qiu Mu-Cheng in disbelief.
"If not? You're really a blind and useless fellow! How dare you simply offend someone like that? Hurry up and apologize to him!" reprimanded Li Xue-Qi as she commanded Sun Hai-Zhou to apologize to Ye Fan. She obviously knew this manager from before this.
The manager realized how serious this matter was when he saw how angry Li Xue-Qi was.
So he turned his attitude around and quickly ran over to apologize to Ye Fan.
"I...Sir, I'm so sorry, this was a misunderstanding. I didn't know you were Master Er's friend. If I had known earlier, I would have sold this dress to you at a 20% discount right away." Manager Sun's ingratiating expression was the complete opposite of what he looked like just moments ago.
Then he spun around to glare at Chen Wen-Wen as he snapped, "Why are you still standing around here? Hurry up and wrap up The Phoenix Robe for this lady!"
"But Manager Sun, are we really offering it at 20% off?" Chen Wen-Wen was worried about her commission.
The wedding dresses in this shop were only sold at a 20% profit, so if they sold it to Ye Fan at a 20% discount, the shop wouldn't make a profit on the sale and Chen Wen-Wen would not receive any commission.
"Why are you so longwinded?! Hurry up and wrap it up!" snapped Manager Sun angrily.
He didn't want to do this either, but he didn't have a choice. He was the blind bat who had unknowingly offended a big shot in the first place.
Even though Manager Sun didn't know who Ye Fan was exactly, the fact that he was friends with Li Er was enough to warrant that 20% discount.
"No! I won't allow it! I like this dress too! Why should I let her have it?" Zhang Wen-Ya couldn't stand it anymore and marched over to snatch the dress from Chen Wen-Wen.
But Manager Sun spotted her quickly enough and blocked her in time.
“Miss Zhang, I hope you can understand my situation. This couple are friends of Master Er, so it's better to let them have it. The next batch of dresses will arrive in a few months and we'll definitely reserve a piece for you," Manager Sun tried to talk her round.
But Zhang Wen-Ya was having none of it. "No! There's no way I'm letting someone else have this dress! So what if they're friends of Master Er? Everyone ought to be reasonable! Even if Master Er were here, I wouldn't give in either. I had my eye on this dress first, so why should I let them have it?" shrieked Zhang Wen-Ya wildly before running over to attempt snatching the dress again.
Sun Hai-Zhou saw that it was impossible to talk her round, so he gave up and just slapped her across the face.
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