BUY OR NOT

Lu Xia drove the car out of the villa towards the nearby shopping mall, which took her about ten minutes.

Upon arriving, she went into the underground parking lot and found an empty space to park her car. She stepped out of the vehicle with her purse and took an elevator up.

The elevator stopped on the third floor and opened its doors. Lu Xia walked out with her pair of high heels, but before she could even take two steps, a dress with flared sleeves caught her eye on the display’s latest fashion.

The color and style of this dress looked exactly the same as the dress that she saw in a shopping mall before her transmigration into this novel world. At that time, she took a fancy to the dress at first glance and had specially asked the shop assistant to take the dress off the display for her to try on. After trying it on, she found that it fit perfectly and suited her looks well. She really liked the dress.

But at that time, she was embarrassingly short on money and the dress cost over half a month of salary for her. If she had bought the dress, it would’ve been difficult for her to pay her rent and food for that month. After thinking about it, she could only regretfully abandon the thought of buying the dress.

Now that she saw the same dress, Lu Xia was moved. She really wanted to buy it. After all, she always carried this lingering regret for not being able to afford it at that time. When she returned to work shortly after that event, it was difficult for her to stay motivated in her job and she felt down for a long time. Her dream was both to find wealth and to buy the dress she adored for herself. Now, she wanted to satisfy her own wish.

As Lu Xia walked into the store, the sales staff observed her from head to toe. Seeing that she wore a Chanel dress and necklace, along with a Chanel bag, the sales staff knew she was a wealthy person. Her eyes brightened and she revealed the sweetest smile she could to the customer, not forgetting to gently ask if she needed any help.

“I want to try that dress.” Lu Xia pointed at the dress hanging on the display window.

The sales staff nodded and promptly went to take the dress down. She led Lu Xia to the fitting room to try the dress on.

Lu Xia brought the outfit into the fitting room and changed into it. The moment the sales staff saw her coming out of the fitting room, her eyes brightened even more. She complimented genuinely and said, “Miss, you’re so beautiful in this dress.”

She had been a sales staff in this store for almost three years, so she had seen many customers before. Some were beautiful, others had average looks, some had a great figure, and there were others who lacked such figures. Yet, she had never seen a woman like Lu Xia who was both beautiful and had a great figure.

There were people who were more beautiful than her but were lacking a good body shape. There were people with more slender figures than her but lacked her beauty. In short, this customer was the most perfect woman she had seen; she was good in all ways.

Her skin was white as though it was glowing; it was moist and white, like a newly peeled egg. She exposed her beautiful and slender swan-like neck after wearing the dress. Her waist was skinny and exposed her figure just perfectly. Her appearance couldn’t be described in words.

Lu Xia looked at herself in the mirror and thought she was beautiful too.

In the past, she wasn’t beautiful; at most she was just pretty. When she stood beside someone who was actually beautiful, she became ordinary like a maid.

Plus, she came from an ordinary family and her parents were just normal workers. There was only so much monthly income, so they had to be frugal in their spending. Even after she had a job, she had to be wise with her money so she naturally became petty. So when she did have money in her hands, she didn’t dare to spend it.

But this body didn’t have these issues. Although the original host came from an ordinary family, people didn’t think badly of her. Maybe it was because she was really beautiful so it hid her bad characteristics. People could only see her beauty.

If someone was pretty, they looked good in anything. Lu Xia felt like the dress she wore this time looked better than when she tried it on before she transmigrated through the book. She was even more touched by this.

The sales staff was also convincing her, “Miss, you look beautiful in this dress and you’re the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. You should buy this.”

Lu Xia obviously wanted to buy it. Unlike before, she had money now. Xi Ze had prepared a card for her so she could purchase it if she desired.

“How much does this dress cost?” Lu Xia asked.

The sales staff glanced at the tag and said, “It’s not that expensive. It’s 5880 dollars.”

Lu Xia was stunned at the price.

In the past, the dress she fancied was only 3880 dollars, half of her monthly salary, so she couldn’t bear to buy it. Now that she transmigrated it over, the same style and color dress became pricier by 2,000 dollars in the blink of her eyes. Although she was wealthy, she still looked upset.

Perhaps she had always been a frugal spender because she was born from an ordinary family and knew that her parents worked hard to earn money in order to support the family. She had never spent that much just to buy a piece of clothing.

After Lu Xia found out that the price was 5,880 dollars, her intense desire to buy the dress immediately diminished. To someone like her who was used to a frugal lifestyle, it was really too expensive. Despite having a platinum card, she still thought that the price was too much and couldn’t bear to buy it.

Seeing that the Lu Xia wasn’t responding, the sales staff failed to guess the customer’s frugal mindset since the dress this woman currently wore was in the ten thousands, along with her purse. This was much more costly compared to a dress of only 5,880 dollars. ‘Could it be because the dress’ price is too cheap, so she thinks that it doesn’t fit her status?’

As she thought of this, the sales staff observed Lu Xia’s expression again. Seeing how she slightly knitted her eyebrows, it could be because she disliked how cheap the dress was. But this dress was the most expensive one in the store. Had she known this earlier, she would’ve increased the price. Sometimes, wealthy people refused to buy cheap things. It’s better to raise the price so they would buy it. She felt like she had miscalculated.

In order to make up for this mistake, the sales staff tried her best to market this dress to Lu Xia. She said, “Miss, you look really beautiful in this dress. The style of this dress isn’t any worse than those from famous brands. Sometimes, dresses from famous brands are just expensive and the quality isn’t that good. You won’t lose anything from buying this dress. People will definitely compliment you if you wear this.”

Lu Xia liked this dress from the start, but only hesitated because of the price. After the sales staff’s persuasion, the desire to buy this dress rose once again. She really wanted to.

Yet, she had never bought such an expensive dress like this before. She couldn’t make up her mind. Even though it was Xi Ze’s card and he wouldn’t care about this bit of money, she was still restless and anxious. Should she tell him?

Lu Xia needed someone to make a decision for her. She tapped on the phone screen and opened WeChat, found Xi Ze’s WeChat and sent him a message.

Xia: Hubby, I’m interested in a dress and I like it a lot. But it’s a bit expensive. *Dress Picture.jpg*

Yet the moment she sent the message, Lu Xia regretted it. Xi Ze was probably the busiest at work right now. He disliked people disturbing him while he was doing work. Now that she sent him a message, would he be unhappy? This morning, she succeeded in pleasing him. ‘Would he dislike her now?’ She was really worried!

Lu Xia hurriedly deleted the message but her hands skipped over ‘cancel’ and clicked on ‘send’ instead. There was nothing she could do to fix it.

‘I’m done for this time.’ Xi Ze will definitely think she’s an annoying person after he receives her message. He will have a bad impression on her too, right?

What should she do? Should she call him to explain that she didn’t mean to disturb him? But if she was really busy and she called him, wouldn’t that make him angrier?

Lu Xia was so anxious.

While she tweaked her ears and scratched her cheeks, her phone dinged.

She stared at it to see a notification that Xi Ze had sent a message.

There was only one simple word: buy.

Lu Xia looked at Xi Ze’s profile picture several times. After confirming it was truly him, she sighed.

Thankfully he responded, otherwise she wouldn’t know what to do.

His message: ‘buy,’ was really simple, straightforward, and blunt.

Lu Xia was thinking that since he had the time to reply, he wasn’t angry that she had disturbed him. But he only replied with ‘buy’ which meant that he was really busy and didn’t have time to chat with her. So it’s better if she didn’t disturb him. She sensibly placed her phone away and stopped sending him messages.

When the sales staff saw that Lu Xia was done sending messages, she smiled and asked if she was going to buy the dress. After receiving Xi Ze’s message, Lu Xia felt like she finally had a backbone. Since he told her to buy it, she surely will.

“I’ll take the dress.” Lu Xia said generously. This was the first time she had bought such an expensive dress!

“Then how does Miss want to buy? You can pay using WeChat, Alipay, card, or cash.” The sales staff looked happily at her. She was extremely ecstatic. This staff member will be rewarded with an outstanding performance once this dress is sold. Afterwards, she could sell other products and take a higher percentage of commission.

“By card.” Lu Xia said.

“Ok, please follow me.” The sales staff led Lu Xia to the checkout counter.

When they arrived there, Lu Xia took out the platinum card that Xi Ze gave her. The sales staff was about to reach over and grab it but Lu Xia held onto the card tightly. After all, if she let go, the sales staff would swipe 5,880 dollars from it. To Lu Xia who was used to being poor, it was a large amount of money. It was about her monthly salary. She really couldn’t bear to. Her heart was dripping blood.

“Miss, please give me the card so I can swipe it.” The sales staff held the other side of the card. She tried pulling on it but the hand wouldn’t budge. Lu Xia held on tightly so the sales staff reminded her.

Lu Xia pursed her lips. She really couldn’t bear to spend that much. She had never done so, even with Xi Ze’s money. Of course, she uneasy and apprehensive.

“Miss?”

Lu Xia held on and didn’t let go. The sales staff called her again.

Right now, the situation was a bit awkward. Other people gave them strange glances at their odd behavior. Feeling panicked, Lu Xia loosened her grip on the card and the sales staff took it.

As though she was afraid that Lu Xia might regret it, the sales staff quickly swiped the card and printed out the receipt. She grabbed a pen for Lu Xia to sign her name.

Lu Xia met the sales staff’s smiling face and thought that she might as well accept this. She took the pen and signed.

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Xi Ze had been waiting for Xia to reply, but received no response for a long time. After he picked up his phone for the nth time, the phone screen finally brightened.

He hurriedly unlocked his phone to see a notification from his bank: Dear platinum card user, your card ending with xxxx had spent 5,880 in a shopping mall...

Xi Ze was confused.

He stared at the final amount spent for a while and was puzzled. He had never bought such a cheap dress for Lu Xia. What did Lu Xia’s message say? That the dress was a bit too expensive? 5,880 dollars is too expensive? Did they forget to take an extra 0?

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