To her credit, Queena tried on all the clothes that Melinda plucked off the rack.

Every time she walked out of the fitting room, her daughter-in-law would compliment her, or comment on how to accessorize the clothes, or sometimes just straight up hand her the jewelries to match. She couldn’t deny that she was very satisfied with every outfit that Melinda chose for her.

The attendant paid them no attention at first, but over time she started to notice the pile of clothes that Melinda kept bringing to the dressing area.

And it looked to her like these customers weren’t going to stop trying on clothes anytime soon. She finally approached Melinda, as Queena tried on another outfit in the fitting room.

"Excuse me, but we don’t allow just anyone to try on the clothes we have here. We only cater to buying customers."

She gave her a pointed look as she finished speaking, making sure her message came across clearly. And it did.

"Is that so?" Melinda asked casually as she rubbed the fabric of the dress she was holding between her fingers. Then she smiled a serene smile to mask the annoyance she felt at the attendant’s condescending attitude.

"You’re quite right to be selective with your clientele. These are very high quality clothes after all."

"Indeed," the attendant sniffed. "We have a lot of people coming in here to just try on the clothes and take photos in the fitting room because they can’t afford to actually buy the items."

Then her gaze wandered over to the nearby benches, where the clothes Queena had already tried on were splayed. She heaved an irritated sigh, and went over to pick them up and hang them back on the racks.

"Did you just inadvertently say that I can’t afford these things?" Queena emerged from the fitting room before the attendant could even make a grab for one of the outfits.

The older woman heard everything that was exchanged between the attendant and her daughter-in-law, and it only fueled her earlier displeasure at the type of welcome they received from the store.

Melinda quickly strode over to her and smoothed out the sleeves of the shirt she tried on, and adjusted something at the collar. "Mother, you have such a nice figure, you look good in practically anything. Why don’t we just buy everything you’ve tried on so far?"

Melinda smiled at her mother-in-law, and then the two women turned at the same time to look at the attendant coldly. The woman frowned, her hesitation showing on her face.

Still, she had encountered this scenario before, where customers tried to intimidate her to get their brief fix of luxury. She stood her ground.

She puffed out her chest, ready to reprimand the women, but before she could say anything, the manager burst into the dressing area.

The attendant stared at her superior, confused. As far as she knew, the manager was buried deep in his office since earlier that day, and gave instructions not to be disturbed.

He walked straight to the attendant, his face alarmingly flushed. "Pack all these clothes up for Madam Gu," the manager ordered her with a wild look in his eyes.

manager turned to the women and gave them a low bow. As soon as he raised his face,

Madam Gu. The attendant didn’t know her place and caused you much distress. Please be assured that this matter will

the spot, completely horrified as

today. Of course, we are well aware that you are not short in funds and have no need for

other shop employees stared as their manager spoke politely and bowed several times to the women. Clearly, these customers were not to be looked down on. They scurried over to help the attendant pack the goods before the madam and her

after, without any further incident, but the manager was still a little on edge.

stars he decided to pick up that one call, or

a discreet glance at her daughter-in-law. She was quite certain the sudden appearance of the

had done well in diverting her displeasure from the annoying attendant by continuously giving her clothes to try on. Additionally, she handled the attendant’s

Her daughter-in-law wasn’t so

didn’t treat Melinda any differently than she always had, but the day passed without her finding fault

per se, but Yulia sensed it. They were all in the living room

I think I’ll go shopping there next time I go out." She was shamelessly looking into the

endless influx of more shopping bags. She

to limit her funds, since the old man was aware just how much

spoke casually, but each word was said in a precise tone, as if to emphasize the fact that Melinda selected the clothes

astonishment, and for a moment she forgot her lust for extravagance. Even Jonas, who had no interest in such affairs and was quietly

was such a good model; it’s easy to pick out outfits when everything looks good

did not rebuke her daughter-in-law, and it

expect Queena to accept suggestions from Melinda, much less praise them! 'That little bitch is so sly. If they went out a few more times like this, she might get Queena on her side. I can’t

of the clothes she fished out from the bags, and her face took on a murderous expression. Queena was first to notice, and then the others looked at Yulia

a mistress from a

Yulia back to her senses,

occurred to her then that it must have looked like she was seething with jealousy over the clothes, which of course she was just a while back, and she paled

up with an excuse to save face, she slowly let go of the fabric and stood up with her head down. "I’m sorry, Aunt Queena. My

get, and her pale complexion helped somewhat. She

night, Yulia had a dream. She was curled up into a ball, all alone in a dark corner of the Gu's mansion. No one paid attention to her and she could only look on as the rest of the family sat down and happily shared

horror, by Queena as well. She woke up with a start, feeling

other way around? She knew

to spend time with Queena, and maximized it by bad-mouthing

and would often bring it up in conversation. She would make efforts to please

had significantly grown. She wondered

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