"Miss, Miss Yun will be a little longer selecting her bags. Please, feel free to wait in our lounge area."
After Yun Zijin left, an SA guided Qin Sitong to the store’s lounge area.
Qin Sitong wasn’t planning on buying anything and didn’t want to be a bother to Yun Zijin, so she readily agreed.
She had hardly been seated when someone brought over tea and pastries.
Although the SAs didn’t recognize Qin Sitong, she had arrived with Yun Zijin. So even if they suspected she couldn’t afford anything, no one gave her a cold shoulder.
A friend of a major client was an honored guest all the same.
Qin Sitong gazed at the pastries the SA had brought. Her mouth watered just looking at them. Eagerly, she picked up the knife and fork, cut off a piece, and popped it into her mouth.
Just then, two people walked into the Hermes store. They were laughing and chatting, but their expressions turned to surprise when they turned and saw Qin Sitong in the lounge area.
"What’s she doing here? And eating the pastries the store reserves for VIP clients."
"Who knows? She’s decent-looking. Maybe she snagged a sugar daddy!"
The two exchanged a few seemingly casual remarks. Then, one of the girls’ eyes flickered with an idea before she leaned in and whispered something in the other’s ear.
In the end, both of them got a look in their eyes that said they were ready to watch a good show.
"Since we’re all roommates, it’s our benevolent duty to help a housemate who has lost her way."
With that, the two of them walked over to Qin Sitong.
"Well, well, if it isn’t our dorm’s one and only Dijing native, Miss Qin herself."
"I can’t believe we’re so honored as to run into Miss Qin in a place like this.
You seem to be in high spirits for shopping. Got a boyfriend? Where is he? Introduce us! As your roommates, we should vet him for you."
Qin Sitong hadn’t expected such a coincidence, running into the other two from her dorm room at Hermes.
Their words left Qin Sitong feeling utterly frustrated. ’Who made a rule that you can only go shopping with a boyfriend?’
’Aren’t they a pair of girls out shopping together too?’
"I’m single, and I’m not here with a boyfriend. And while we may be roommates, we’re not close. You can just treat me like a stranger."
After three years of being roommates, Qin Sitong’s impression of these two was far from good.
Because of their habit of sucking up to the powerful and stepping on the weak, their dorm room was clearly divided, with the two pairs unable to see eye to eye.
’Honestly, she never thought she’d run into them at Hermes of all places.’
"Oh, come on. We’ve lived together for three years. If you’ve got a boyfriend, shouldn’t he treat the rest of us roommates to dinner?
We don’t bite. It’s just an introduction.
Unless... your relationship with the man who brought you here isn’t exactly a normal one?"
Hearing that last sentence, Qin Sitong finally understood. This was the trap they had been setting for her.
’She had just stated so clearly that she was single. It was like they couldn’t understand a single word she was saying.’
"I just told you, I’m single."
Qin Sitong had no desire to engage with them. They’d barely said a few sentences and were already trying to sling mud at her. She wasn’t some pushover they could mold and shape as they pleased.
"Oh! So you’re single? Then how can you afford to be in Hermes? Dressed so shabbily, how did you trick the SAs here into getting you tea and pastries?"
Since their attempt at starting a rumor failed, the two dropped all pretense and went straight for the jugular, poking at Qin Sitong’s most sensitive spot.
"Who knows? I haven’t spent a single penny. Why don’t you go ask them how I managed to trick them?"

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