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Hearing these words, several of the people in the shop felt their legs weaken.

What, what… what Miss Ji?

The employee who had pushed Ji Nuan earlier was dumbstruck as she turned to look at the expressionless Ji Nuan.

Ling Feifei, who was currently fighting against the zipper of her dress, also swerved her head up in shock.

Wasn’t Ji Nuan the person in charge of a small studio? Why were the old CEOs of Hai City’s Ji Group’s chain department store acting like little eunuchs who were seeing the emperor’s mother?

CEO Chen and CEO Zhang eagerly handed their business cards to Ji Nuan: “Miss Ji, we are the people in charge of this department store. In the future, if you face any problems that require our aid in T City, you can contact us anytime. Our mobile phones will be open for you twenty-four seven!”

Facing the two of them, Ji Nuan’s expression was not polite, nor did she smile. She indifferently glanced at the business cards, speaking without much warmth, “Settle the problems in your department store first.”

She did not give CEO Chen and CEO Zhang any face, but the two did not become unhappy. Instead, the two honored members who were typically high up and above the mortals only nodded their heads rapidly, expressing their agreements repeatedly: “Yes, yes, yes. We understand, we understand. We’ll settle it immediately!”

Ji Group’s legitimate princess had come to visit; who would dare to slight her?

This entire department store belonged to her Ji family!

“Miss Ji, please take a seat. Take a seat first. Leave this to us!” CEO Chen respectfully invited Ji Nuan to sit on the sofa by the side. He then indicated for an employee to pour some drinks over.

Although the employee was unclear on who this Miss Ji was exactly, he was still frightened into obeying immediately.

Feng Ling stood by the side, her lips curving imperceptibly. Although Bai Wei was startled, after considering for a moment, she felt that it made sense for a student accepted by Professor Lin to have a complicated background; Perhaps Ji Nuan was used to being low-key.

By the side, Ling Feifei gritted her teeth and tugged on her zipper too forcefully, causing it to rip with an ominous sound.

Ji Nuan held the cup of coffee, lowering her head to blow gently on the rising steam.

Through the white steam, she saw the expressions on Ling Feifei and the employees. She then saw Ling Feifei stand there in slight embarrassment from the broken zipper. Ling Feifei’s expression was ugly as she glared over at her, but because she was confused by Ji Nuan’s identity, her gaze was complicated and flitted here and there.

Afterward, Ji Nuan met the eyes of the manager who had already realized she was in deep trouble.

The manager immediately stiffened. She wanted to ask CEO Chen about who this person was exactly, but before she could speak up, CEO Chen and CEO Zhang’s gaze shifted onto her, frightening her legs numb.

“You again!” CEO Zhang suddenly scolded sternly, “We’ve already received a complaint once that the gowns in your shops have inaccurate prices! And that the manager here is temperamental and arrogant. Some customers were angered, lodging a complaint to the higher-ups. Previously, you already went to our office to write a reflection letter and guarantee letter, promising that you would rectify the attitude of your employees and adjust the prices to fit with the brands’ demands. It’s been less than two months, and your shop is actually in trouble again!”

The manager’s face paled. She wanted to explain but was cut off by CEO Chen’s continuous reprimands.

The brand manager by the side then followed up to berate the manager and her employees. He appeared eager to please and to regain the image of his brand, in case the problems that arose from these small figures caused his brand to be taken out from this large-scale departmental store.

However, the unavoidable conclusion was that this shop was forcefully closed, and the Ji Group’s department store would no longer collaborate with this French, luxury gown brand. Under reasons of damaging their department store’s image, they were ordered to remove their goods within two days and empty out the shop. A contract would never be renewed, and a collaboration would never happen again.

They never thought they would face such dire consequences. The manager and employees who were about to be fined and have their wages deducted, and even the brand manager, were flustered.

They knew that the problem arose from Ji Nuan and wanted to plead for her forgiveness; however, Ji Nuan only sat quietly on the couch and did not even look at them.

The brand manager was in charge of maintaining the image and sales of this French brand within the entire province. Watching as they were about to be removed from the largest department store in T City, he was angered and scolded them sternly, “Why are you all still in a daze? You’ve affected our brand image and created such a nasty outcome for us. Do you really think that deducting your pay can solve this? If we are unable to reverse this, the brand’s legal personnel will be outside your doors within three days! If your silly actions really lead us to such consequences, the brand’s legal personnel wouldn’t be able to answer for themselves if they don’t sue you all into bankruptcy! A bunch of stupid goods! Why aren’t you apologizing to Miss Ji! Think of ways to beg for forgiveness! Reverse the damage you’ve done to the brand!”

The moment the panicked manager and her employees heard that they would not only be dealing with fines but would even be sued by the brand, they became even more frightened. They rushed to Ji Nuan’s side, repeating their apologies.

At this moment, the manager and her employees wished they could directly kneel down. The manager directly rushed forward to tug on Ji Nuan’s hand; she wanted to beg for her empathy and ask for forgiveness.

Right before the supervisor’s hand touched Ji Nuan’s elbow, Feng Ling’s leg stretched out and kicked over a pot of hot water on the coffee table. The boiling water splashed onto the manager’s elbow, causing her to cry out in pain. She took a big step back, staring in fright at Ji Nuan who remained quiet and unaffected on the couch.

Seeing this scene, Bai Wei, who stood by the side, finally realized that Ji Nuan’s relationship with Feng Ling was not light.

No wonder she always felt that Feng Ling appeared to be unintentionally protecting Ji Nuan. From the look of things, Ji Nuan’s identity must not be simple.

Even if she could not fully understand Ji Nuan’s background, she now had a premonition that… the consequences Ling Feifei would have to face would not be light…

The manager was flustered after being burned and took several steps back. A few more employees were about to rush forward to beg for forgiveness, and Feng Ling was coldly about to block their approach. All of a sudden, CEO Chen and CEO Zhang could not take watching any longer and approached. “Why are you all standing here? Miss Ji won’t take your bullshit. Look for your own brand manager and legal department to deal with your own problems!”

The department store sent security officers over. The employees who were kneeling or sitting on the ground crying for forgiveness were all pulled away in case they continued disturbing Ji Nuan.

Ling Feifei, who had been standing still and holding onto the broken zipper, had taken the chaos as an opportunity to change out of her clothing. She did not pay any mind to the damaged gown and only stood by the door to stare at Ji Nuan, deeply suspicious of her identity.

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“By the way, that gown.” Ji Nuan pointed toward the silver gown they had placed back on the mannequin. “Before your brand is taken out of this department store, sell that gown to me. How much does it cost?”

The supervisor and her employees were flabbergasted as they watched Ji Nuan hand a gold card to CEO Zhang. “I’ll have that gown. Wrap it up for me, thanks. Be careful not to wrinkle it.”

She actually wanted CEO Zhang to settle the payment for her…

Yet, CEO Zhang appeared to have received a reward worthy of being boasted about. He immediately instructed someone to take the gown down carefully and then ordered for the gown to be wrapped and gifted to her.

“Miss Ji, you can charge this gown to our store. There’s no need for you to pay.” The moment CEO Zhang returned, he placed the card back in Ji Nuan’s hand.

Ji Nuan mildly glanced at CEO Zhang and decided to give him face; she kept the card and received the gown.

However, the moment she turned around, she handed the delicately wrapped gown to Bai Wei who stood behind her.

“Sister Bai Wei, this gown suits your skin tone and demeanor very well. I’ll gift it to you.” Ji Nuan’s tone was polite and matter-of-fact.

Not only was Bai Wei startled, everyone present had strange expressions on.

Ling Feifei stood by the door; her teeth almost shattered with the force she was gritting them.

Clearly, she was the one who tried the dress on. She had seen it first!

But Ji Nuan actually bought it and gifted it to Bai Wei right before her eyes!

Ji Nuan had to be doing this intentionally, right?!

After the department store resolved their issue with this store, CEO Chen and CEO Zhang came by to ask if Ji Nuan had any more tasks for them to complete. Ji Nuan gave a few instructions and left. She did not wish to continue dealing with them.

Such a rare weekend time; it wasn’t meant to be wasted here.

Seeing that Ji Nuan and the rest had left, Ling Feifei was worried that these people would pursue the matter on the broken zipper. Since everyone in the shop was caught up in the current conflict and were unable to pay attention to her, Ling Feifei took advantage of the chaos and ran out, catching up to them.

“Ji Nuan! Stop there!” Ling Feifei followed behind, shouting. She took quick steps to catch up to them. The moment she came up to Ji Nuan, she scanned her up and down several times and glared at her unhappily. “Who exactly are you? Would the owner of a small studio be able to bring out the CEO and director of such a large department store?”

Ji Nuan met her gaze head-on. Her indifferent eyes watched the carefully concealed embarrassment and unhappiness in Ling Feifei’s expression before she mildly replied, “It’s only three months of classes at T University, is family background very important? Must you ask everything in detail? And then divide your roommates into various grades and ranks?”

Ling Feifei was left speechless. She glared at her darkly in hatred. “But it’s not right for you to lie…”

Ji Nuan was lazy to continue speaking rubbish to her. She knitted her brows. “Are you going to continue looking at gowns? If not, let’s go back. My legs are tired.”

“The wind is strong today; this weather is not suited for shopping. If you wish to continue looking around, you can do so by yourself. We’ll return to T University first,” Bai Wei added.

Ling Feifei abruptly turned to eye Bai Wei; she looked at the gown she was holding, worth up to a million yuan. Even now, she struggled to believe that Ji Nuan had actually gifted such an expensive gown so generously to Bai Wei.

“Ji Nuan!” abruptly, Ling Feifei called out angrily. “Your surname is Ji. That department store earlier also belongs to Hai City’s Ji Group. Could you be related to the Ji family?”

Ji Nuan calmly glanced at her. She did not reply and headed to the roadside to flag down a cab to return to T University.

Ling Feifei continued: “Are you a relative of the Ji family? Could it be that you were able to open up a studio in Hai City because you were hugging the Ji family’s big thigh? Otherwise, how could there be space for you in such an expensive place like Hai City?”

“…”

Feng Ling could not stand to watch this any longer; she rubbed her brows while standing by the side.

Truly an idiot asking for a good beating.

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That night, Bai Wei and Ji Nuan headed to the shower facilities in the dormitory at the same time. They met coincidentally when they came out to change.

While changing, Bai Wei asked, “Ji Nuan, you’re the young lady of Hai City’s Ji family, right?”

Ji Nuan did not falter as she changed her clothes. She then picked up the hairdryer, turning to look at her with a small smile. She spoke softly, “You’ve seen through it, yet you refuse to admit it.”

Indeed.

Ji Nuan was obviously maintaining a low profile. Yet, Ling Feifei refused to believe that Ji Nuan’s family background could be good. She would rather stick to her own beliefs, linking Ji Nuan with the words ‘small studio.’

However, if one thought about this carefully, Ji Nuan had to be the young lady of Ji Group.

After hearing her reply, Bai Wei, who had years of experience in the business world, instantly understood. She nodded in response.

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It was the weekend.

This was the third week after Ji Nuan’s birthday. She was almost halfway through corporate management classes at T University.

Previously, Ji Nuan had already brought all of her luggage to the dormitory. However, she had forgotten the electronic adaptor for her laptop in the condo.

She had searched for it for a long while last night before recalling that it was left behind in the condo. She took the weekend as an opportunity to return with Feng Ling to retrieve it.

They arrived downstairs in the evening. The various floors in the condo building were all lit up.

“Mrs. Mo,” Feng Ling approach Ji Nuan’s side, softly saying, “I previously contacted Shen Mu. He said that Mr. Mo made a work trip to Japan last week. He should have returned to the country in the past two days. It’s almost a month since you have had any contact with Mr. Mo. Do you want to… take the initiative to give him a call?”

Ji Nuan faltered in her footsteps.

If Feng Ling had not informed her, she would not even know that Mo Jingshen had been in Japan last week.

After so long, Ji Nuan had already become familiar with being by Mo Jingshen’s side. Familiarity was a terrifying thing; it led her to assume that the position by his side would always belong to her.

It was only now that she finally understood; if there came a day when Mo Jingshen did not want her by his side any longer, or if he chose to disappear from her life, she really would not be able to find any other. The position the man held was too high. If he wished for it, he could be extremely close to her. And if he did not wish for it, he could be extremely, extremely distant from her.

Ji Nuan did not speak and headed into the building. After arriving at her floor, she stepped out of the elevator. She was startled to discover that the condo door was ajar. Warm light escaped through the gap of the door into the hallway.

Feng Ling’s face brightened. She wanted to ask if it could have been Mr. Mo, but the originally composed Ji Nuan had already taken quick steps forward to enter