Xiao Moli spoke up immediately, "We'll take this."
What? An Ziqi panicked. How would she pay for it?
She had simply wanted to irritate these women and had no intention of buying it.
In fact, there was no way she could afford the dress. Not now, not ever! Even if she worked day and night until she was 60.
"Oh…erm…I"
Before she could complete her sentence, Xiao Moli shot her a warning glance, and An Ziqi knew better than to continue speaking.
Despite being insanely jealous, the shop assistants could only curse An Ziqi silently.
One of the sales reps stepped up, saying, "Yes, Sir. The total is—"
"Five dollars. I will buy this dress."
Xiao Moli interrupted the sales rep and put the five-dollar note that he had snatched earlier from An Ziqi's hand.
All the sales reps were speechless. An Ziqi was also shocked.
"But…but, Sir, this…this dress…"
Wide-eyed and mouth agape, the shop assistant stammered, unable to complete her sentence.
"This dress, when I say it's worth five dollars, it's just five dollars," Xiao Moli repeated unreasonably.
"Hey, Mister! Do you really have the money to pay for this or not?"
The woman who had just been described as disgusting by Xiao Moli saw her chance to retaliate and rushed forward immediately, exclaiming loudly and sarcastically.
The other women in the group had assumed that Xiao Moli, with his dignified airs, was a very wealthy scion.
But now, noting that the clothes he was wearing did not display any branding, they changed their minds and looked at him differently.
"Hey, all our clothes are limited editions made by top designers. Since you have soiled our clothes by trying them on, you should pay the tagged price for them."
...
The little group of women spoke up, making accusations.
Already tamed by Xiao Moli's dominating authority, An Ziqi did not dare say a word. Instead, she grieved silently for those women.
She had no idea what Xiao Moli's was playing at, but did these women really lose their sense of discernment? How was it even remotely possible that this guy could be a penniless pushover, someone to be offended without fear of retaliation?
At that moment, someone who appeared to be the store manager walked into the store and asked with a frown, "What's going on here?'
That same woman quickly stepped up and complained.
"Manager, these two people had not only tried our clothes on but insisted on paying only five dollars for them. I think they are…"
She had not even completed her complaint when the manager noticed Xiao Moli. Hastily, the store manager rushed towards Xiao Moli, exclaiming in surprise, "Master Li!"
Master Li?
Was he the CEO of Huanyu Global? That Xiao Moli who was commonly known as Master Li?
All the women gasped in shock, especially the one who had complained about him. She now realized whom she had offended.
She was so shocked that she shuddered continuously, all her hairs standing on end.
Noticing Xiao Moli's infuriated and icy expression, the store manager silently cursed the sales reps to high heaven and back.
Apparently, the Xiao family was extremely well connected with every echelon of society, both above and underground. Also, they had very close relationships with the royal family of E nation.
Xiao Moli only had to tap his feet a couple of times, and the entire S City would feel the tremors. No one in his right mind would dare offend him.
Now that this bunch of idiots had offended him, he feared that their company would be implicated.
At that thought, cold sweat appeared on the store manager's forehead.
Putting on a brave face and speaking in deference, he said, "Master Li, please excuse our staff for not recognizing you. Please take your pick of anything that you fancy. No charge."
Xiao Moli shot him a fleeting glance.
"I said that I would pay five dollars for this. I leave it to you guys as to whether to accept it or not."
That said, he reached out, tugged at the stunned An Ziqi, and walked out of the store with her.
All the people remaining in the store were shocked.
"Where were the smarty pants attitude and sarcasm you always showed me? Cat got your tongue? How could you just stand by and let people walk all over you!" Xiao Moli rebuked An Ziqi.