Chapter 74: Old Classmate
Chapter 74: Old Classmate
Ding Keke was so embarrassed that she kept stomping her feet, her face red down to her neck. She hurriedly grabbed a few pieces of lingerie and fled the lingerie store.
Seeing Ding Keke escape, Xu Xiangbei’s eyes twinkled. He hurriedly grabbed seven or eight pieces of lingerie from the shelf, each a high-end item, with each piece costing over a thousand bucks.
Xu Xiangbei found that the beautiful store clerks in the lingerie store all had great figures and were pretty and delicate, causing him to grin wickedly.
He leered and said to a beautiful lingerie store clerk, "Hey beauty, come over here and help me pick something out."
The beautiful clerk smiled in service, "Sir, are you picking out lingerie for your girlfriend? These are the trendiest styles this year. Your girlfriend has a nice figure, these should suit her well."
"Could you put them on and let me have a look? Otherwise, I can’t decide."
The female clerk blushed, assuming Xu Xiangbei wanted her to try on the lingerie for him, "Sorry, sir, we don’t offer that service."
Raising an eyebrow and grinning wickedly, "What are you thinking? I meant holding these up for me to see. I believe your figure is similar to my girlfriend’s, so I can compare. If it looks good, I’ll buy ten or eight more pieces."
These pieces are worth tens of thousands, equivalent to their week’s revenue. The lingerie store clerks exchanged glances and agreed.
The clerks held bras and panties against themselves, allowing Xu Xiangbei to admire each piece. It was like watching a lingerie show. Occasionally, he had the clerks spin around, leering and chuckling, "Looks good, really good, next please, swap with another beauty."
The clerks had no choice, for the sake of sales, they let him ogle frivolously.
It wasn’t until Ding Keke called, urging him to hurry, that Xu Xiangbei stopped. "I’ll take them all, but pack them in two separate bags. I want to give them to different people."
The lingerie clerks all looked at him with the same disdainful expression, a young player with several girls.
Ding Keke said over the phone that she was at the cosmetics counter, not far from the lingerie store. As Xu Xiangbei walked out, he encountered a slender beauty in a purple dress, with fair skin like snow, and long wavy hair cascading over her shoulders. He couldn’t resist whistling roguishly at her.
The big-eyed beauty gave Xu Xiangbei a sidelong glance, caught up with a sharply dressed young man in glasses, linked her delicate arm with his, tossed her hair, and brushed past Xu Xiangbei.
Xu Xiangbei caught a whiff of strong perfume, took a couple of deep breaths, his face showing intoxication.
When he found Ding Keke, she was standing in front of a cosmetics counter. The shelves were full of exquisite products. Without considering the brands, just the elegant styles and glamorous packaging bespoke opulence, let alone their brand value.
Even a lipstick the size of a finger was priced at 998, and a perfume bottle the size of a small inkwell cost several thousand.
Ding Keke had only just graduated college. Her salary was modest, nowhere near enough to afford such luxurious cosmetics. These cosmetics were like exquisite toys to her, simply holding them satisfied her.
She saw a perfume bottle like a crystal ornament, only finger-length, "How much is this perfume?"
Sizing up Ding Keke, the store clerk smiled warmly yet distantly, "This is Chanel No. 9, priced at 9900 a bottle. It’s specially designed for us Huaxia, with a light fragrance made from rose and rosa damascena extracts."
Ding Keke held the crystal-like perfume bottle, looked at it enviously, then put it back, "So expensive."
"This is Chanel’s latest Coco product, unavailable in regular malls. Even in Yanjing and Hong Kong, it’s in limited supply, very hard to come by."
Xu Xiangbei approached, listening to the beautiful clerk’s introduction. He interjected decisively, "Buy it. Coco suits Keke best. The best perfume, of course, for the most beautiful person. Isn’t that right, our Miss Keke?"
Hearing Xu Xiangbei praise her beauty, Ding Keke felt sweet inside, but humbly smiled, "Stop it, I’m not pretty, just an ordinary nurse."
Suddenly, someone called her name, "Ding Keke."
Both Ding Keke and Xu Xiangbei turned towards the voice. Ding Keke smiled, "Sun Jiajia, aren’t you studying in Yanjing? You’re back?"
"I couldn’t study for a lifetime, could I? I had to graduate."
The two laughed together. Xu Xiangbei’s eyes lit up; Sun Jiajia was the big-eyed beauty he had passed earlier, what a coincidence.
Quickly he plastered on a cheeky grin and reached out a hand, "Sun Jiajia, you’re Keke’s classmate?"
Sun Jiajia looked at Xu Xiangbei’s outstretched hand, a touch of contempt flashed in her eyes as she ignored him. She pointed to her handsome companion, "Ding Keke, this is my boyfriend, Chen Yonghao."
Seeing the situation, Xu Xiangbei had intended to shake hands with Sun Jiajia, but as she ignored him, he swiftly turned to shake hands with Chen Yonghao, "Brother Hao, you’re truly talented."
Chen Yonghao awkwardly shook hands with Xu Xiangbei, feeling his hand greasy and sticky. Xu Xiangbei chuckled awkwardly, "Sorry, just had a sausage, got my hand oily."
The big-eyed beauty eyed Xu Xiangbei coolly, "Your boyfriend, huh, what’s his job?"
Ding Keke initially wanted to say he was her boss, but Xu Xiangbei quickly replied, "I’m a doctor, a life-saving doctor."
Sun Jiajia seemed incredulous, "Oh, a doctor, huh? Couldn’t tell, I thought you were a hospital orderly."
Ding Keke blushed slightly. Xu Xiangbei wore a plain white shirt, flip-flops, and messy hair, resembling a hospital orderly indeed.
She smiled and asked Jiajia, "What does your boyfriend do?"
Chen Yonghao smiled and handed over a business card. Ding Keke tucked her hair, thinking today was really something, everywhere someone handed out business cards. Accepting it, she glanced at it.
Chen Yonghao, Director of the Finance and Accounting Department at the Health Bureau.
She couldn’t help but say admiringly, "So young and promising, becoming a director at the bureau at such a young age, that’s impressive."
Chen Yonghao adjusted his glasses, straightened up with pride, and responded with feigned modesty, "Just muddling through."
Seeing Chen Yonghao’s smug look, Xu Xiangbei felt a surge of aversion. What’s there to brag about, just a little director, big deal. Given his age, he must have relied on family connections to become a director.
The two old classmates had a lot to catch up on, like two magpies chirping incessantly.
Xu Xiangbei had no role in the conversation, so he asked a girl at the next counter for tissues to wipe his hands.
Sun Jiajia proudly asked, "Have you set your heart on any cosmetic? I’ll buy it for you."
Ding Keke replied bashfully, "No, really, it’s not necessary."
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