“Are you sure sir? This excellent hetian jade bracelet costs seven thousand and five hundred dollars… Perhaps you would like to look at something else instead?”
The smile on her face was beginning to fade at that point.
“Just do it already, why are you asking so much?” replied Gerald, rather coldly.
The salesgirl packed the jade bracelet up before swiping it on the payment machine. However, the transaction was a failure.
Gerald suddenly remembered that the minimum amount for each of his bank transactions had to be at least thirty thousand dollars!
“Hehe… Since when has Trinity Jewelers become such a low-class shop? Can any random person just waltz in now? What’ll become of our noble customer experience then?”
The scornful voice came from a couple who had just entered the shop and witnessed Gerald’s payment failure. The couple consisted of a woman who was in her thirties and an even older looking man.
All humans were like this, weren’t they? Trampling all over others was their only way of showing how rich and powerful they were.
The salesgirl smiled apologetically at the couple.
Her expression turned into an impatient one when she looked back at Gerald again.
It was no secret that Trinity Jewelers was a very well-known shop in Mayberry City.
In the past, it was not uncommon for pretentious people to enter the shop just to take pictures of themselves holding jewelry in their hands.
It was getting far too common, honestly.
In her eyes, Gerald was no different from them.
“Sir, if you aren’t going to buy it, then please leave. Can’t you see that other customers are waiting to buy something?” the salesgirl said with a tiny hint of scorn in her voice.
“Who said I’m not buying it? It’s just far too cheap! I’ll just pick a more expensive item!”
Gerald said this, trying to save his own face.
The woman locked arms with her partner and sneered at Gerald. “Children nowadays! They can be so vain!”
“Truly! If I had such a son, I would just break his legs off!”
“I’ll buy this one! Wrap it up for me!”
Gerald pretended to not hear the couple’s comments and simply pointed at another jade bracelet in the middle of the glass display case.
“Hehe… This is a famous jade bracelet made by the top master himself. The market price for this bracelet is thirty-two thousand dollars. Are you sure you want to get this?”
Gerald was already used to such a scene. More often than not, it would end up like this. Being polite to others would only fuel their pride. You would only be given respect if you had this kind of attitude.
“Please wait in the rest area for the moment, sir!” said the salesgirl as she began carefully packing the purchases.
Gerald complied and thought to himself once he sat down.
The bracelet he had originally wanted to buy would be given to Giya as compensation, while the much more expensive one would go to Mila when he met her again.
It seemed like a good plan to him.
“Please give me another chance, Sharon! I really love you!”
“Haha! You love me, do you? Then come in here and buy me a piece of jewelry!”
“Hehe… Don’t worry, I won’t compare you to Hayward! You can just buy me something cheap. If you manage to buy me a single piece of jewelry from this shop, then I’ll stay with you, how’s that sound?”
At that moment, a young man and woman noisily entered the shop.
Gerald then raised his head to see who was making such a commotion. The people he saw made him lift an eyebrow.
Wasn’t that Sharon and her ex-boyfriend, Murphy?
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Secretly Rich Man