Chen Peiling gazed out at the store and then opened the address to re-check. "I don't think so." She whispered and read the unseen message from Manager Liu.
Zhao Yuhui was waiting for her to say something, but Chen Peiling remained silent. She turned her focus from the store to find Chen Peiling intently staring at the screen with her mouth agape.
"Chen Peiling?" Zhao Yuhui touched her shoulder lightly and then shook it because Chen Peiling was not blinking.
Getting tired, Zhao Yuhui snatched the phone from her hand to see what it was. She froze as she read the content of the message. After a while, she blankly questioned, "Is it really her number?"
"It is."
"Could Sister Liu have messaged the wrong number?"
"She has specifically mentioned your name." Chen Peiling had forgotten about what transpired a while ago because now another thing came up more shocking to her.
It took two minutes of silence for them to process the message and when it did, both looked at each other and squealed simultaneously.
Fortunately, the soundproof quality of the car was rather good and could prevent the ears of other people from damage.
Zhao Yuhui asked in a daze, "Why is she being so generous to me?"
"Maybe because you are the only one she is managing right now?"
Manager Liu had asked the shop manager in advance to select couple of dresses suitable for Zhao Yuhui after giving them the description of the events. Now, Zhao Yuhui was only supposed to go to the store, show them customer ID and pick up the dresses she liked. As for the money, they did not need to bother about that.
This was what the message was all about.
"Shall we go then?" Chen Peiling was really excited to go now. It had always been her dream to just enter one of the stores of this brand.
"Let's go."
Frantically nodding, Chen Peiling drove into the space beside the store to park.
On top of the store, 'Qisz' was fashionably written. Just the style of the name depicted enough about the status of the brand. It was the dream brand of every girl in the country and Zhao Yuhui was no less. But it was difficult to purchase any dress from this brand because of the inflated cost.
It was difficult even for the upper-middle-class who earned more than enough to afford casuals of this brand. Due to this, several people once came out in open and showed their dissatisfaction with the brand and began forcing 'Qisz' to reduce the price of clothes.
Someone even sued them for asking higher price for cheap quality clothes. Because of this, soon legal teams were forced to get involved and soon court ordered to perform detailed research on the materials used.
The end result was nothing but a huge slap on the face of the public when professionals provided a report filled with the evidence of all the diamonds being real and the fabric being extremely top-notch in quality and several other points mentioned that were made public. They were, in fact, charging less than they really valued.
However, later on, another label was introduced which could be lovingly called 'younger sibling of the brand' to bestow dresses to the middle-class in an affordable range as it was targeted more upon them. But still, the original is original; a substitute can never replace it.
And because it was the original brand of the country, it was loved and respected even more.
After all, how many even know about those local brands that one day get to be counted among the leading brands of the world?
Zhao Yuhui and Chen Peiling proceeded towards the ostentatiously designed doors which automatically opened after sensing the presence. As they got inside, they were stunned looking at the interior of this extremely high-class store.
There was a huge chandelier on top which was sending the lights getting reflected from it to each corner of the store. The incandescent small orange bulbs fitted on the ceiling provided a luxurious glow to this store.
The shop assistant on standby approached them with a smile. "Good evening, Mam. Welcome to Qisz."
"Good evening." Zhao Yuhui hid her astonishment and replied, unlike Chen Peiling who was too awestruck by the standard of the store to even realise that someone came to them.
"May I know if you want to only look through the store or buy a dress?" She asked politely.
"Take one...no. I mean, Manager Liu sent us here to select the dresses."
"In that case Ma'am, if you don't mind can I look through the customer's id?"
"Sure." Zhao Yuhui brought out Chen Peiling's phone and showed the screen to the shop assistant who further took out a note from her pocket and re-crossed it with an id written on it.
"It's correct. Welcome, Miss Zhao. I have been waiting for you. Let me apologise first for the inconvenience, however, it was for security purposes." The shop assistant was a well-mannered employee which was apparent from her respectful behaviour.
"No worries. We understand it is your duty." Chen Peiling was finally done with her scanning and commented from behind Zhao Yuhui who agreed with her.
"Let me assist you." With that, the shop assistant took her to another floor. As they walked up the stylish spiral staircase built in the middle of the store, they gazed at the dresses surrounding them that were beautifully hanging in the air from the ceiling.
The pattern formed on the ceiling just in this part was magnificent. Zhao Yuhui was mesmerised by it, the dresses were displayed in a manner to give customers the feeling as if they were coming down from heaven.
Throughout the way the shop assistant kept filling them up with the details of dresses they came across.
"This dress was launched in Qisz Winter Collection and is created from a very rare and delicate wool. The designers came up with several designs to pull off this fabric but it was all to no use. In the end, our chief designer who is also the man behind this brand came forward and took responsibility. And the result was this beautiful dress." She enlightened them as they passed by the dress kept inside a glass display.
They moved forward and saw another beautiful shimmering golden dress. "This fish gown, prominently designed keeping cocktail nights in mind took about two years to complete."
The ones trailing behind were so bewitched by every dress that their mind was about to burst. Their eyes jumped from one dress to other, from other to another, the dresses they were being informed about and also to those which they weren't.