Chapter 39 Expensive Outfit
I went downstairs angrily and came to the Ferrari and angrily said to Hua Jingjing: "Are you sick? You don't even let me rest well on Saturday. What do you want to do? Isn't your classmate's birthday not coming yet?"
Hua Jingjing's lips were pouting because of my drinking. She said angrily, "You are the one who is sick! Don't you even look at yourself? Are you really going to embarrass me? I have to dress you up anyway."
I said, "Dress up? For me? Are you kidding! I'm not a woman!"
"Ha! I'm not talking about beauty treatments. Look at what you're wearing. It's not even worth a thousand dollars, is it? Come on ! It's a high-class celebrity party, and you're my boyfriend. Don't let me even let you in at the door. That would really make people laugh."
I looked at myself and said, "I think I'm fine. I'm pretty neat. Besides, I'm just pretending to be your boyfriend. I'm not real. Don't take it so seriously, okay?"
Hua Jingjing made an expression that said "I can't stand you" and said jokingly, "When we get to the party, you will be my real boyfriend. At least you should behave in a way that others will think you are. You are dressed so poorly and go with me. Who would believe that you are my boyfriend?"
I snorted, "Do I have to be well-dressed to be your boyfriend? I am like this. If not, forget it. Who cares?"
Hua Jingjing could only roll her eyes and said angrily, "Master Tang Qian, can you please be serious? You won't go back on your word, will you? You promised me in person, you don't want me to fire Cheng Jia, right?"
I said angrily, "Don't use Cheng Jia to threaten me! I didn't say I won't go, it's just that your request is too high, I can't do it!"
Hua Jingjing said: "My requirements are very high? Don't I just want you to dress well and not look too outrageous, so that others can see through you at a glance?"
I said, "I am wearing my best clothes. If you are not satisfied, I can't do anything about it. I am not like you who can afford brand-name clothes. We poor people are lucky to have only one piece of clothing to wear."
Hua Jingjing laughed and said, "You've been feeling awkward for so long, and it turns out it's because of this? Oh my god! What the hell! That's why I came to see you so early in the morning. Let's go and buy you two decent clothes, so that others won't say that my boyfriend is shabby."
I spread my hands and said, "I'm so sorry, I don't have any money! Even if I had money, I wouldn't spend it on such a frivolous thing. I think I'll just forget it!"
Hua Jingjing said angrily and amusedly, "Who asked you to pay? You are helping me to attend the party, so I should pay for you to dress up. And you are still being pretentious! Are you relieved now?"
I felt uncomfortable and shook my head, "No need. Why should I spend your money? I'll just go like this. I'm just a small clerk anyway. I can't handle such a big occasion. If you dress so well, I won't know how to deal with it. Wouldn't it be easier to make a fool of myself?"
Seeing that I still refused to dress up after talking for so long, Hua Jingjing was really angry. "If you really want to embarrass yourself, that's up to you! But you have to consider my face, right? Why did I ask you to pretend to be my boyfriend? It was to beat my classmate's new boyfriend! If you dress like this, what's the point of competing? You might as well just admit defeat."
I sneered, "Yes! Why are you working so hard? There are so many rich men, who can you find? Why do you go to so much trouble to find a poor boy like me to impersonate you? Aren't you asking for trouble?"
Hua Jingjing said angrily: "But I just want you to be my boyfriend!"
After hearing this, I was speechless for a moment, and Hua Jingjing was also stunned. We both looked at each other for a long time, unable to speak.
I saw Hua Jingjing's face getting redder and redder, and her expression was extremely shy. After a while, she pretended to cough and said, "I mean, I didn't care at first, but I got angry when you refused, and I had to ask you to go. I warn you, you promised me, then you have the responsibility to help me vent my anger and try your best to cooperate with me in acting! If you want to get away with it unwillingly, then tell me as soon as possible, I can find someone else, but my oath will not count, I will let Cheng Jia get out immediately, I hate seeing her!"
As she spoke, she started the car and pretended to leave.
My heart tightened and I could only sigh. I reached out and held her steering wheel, saying, "Wait a moment."
Hua Jingjing suppressed her pride and turned around to ask, "How is it? Have you decided?"
I felt unwilling to give in, but I had to say, "Go ahead and buy it, but I won't spend your money. The money I use to buy things will be considered as a loan from you, and I will definitely pay it back."
Hua Jingjing opened her mouth wide and said, "Give me back my money? You... you really have some self-respect! Fine, fine! Then I'll lend it to you. I'll see when you can return it to me! Get in the car. We have to hurry. Some things may not be in stock yet!"
I said, "Wait a minute, I'll tell my family first." I took out my cell phone and called home. My sister Tang Ying answered the phone. I said, "Xiao Ying, tell my parents that I'm going out for a while and may not be back at noon. Don't wait for me."
Tang Ying smiled ambiguously on the phone: "Yes! Brother, is that your girlfriend? I saw her! Wow! A beautiful lady driving a Ferrari sports car! I didn't expect you to..."
I interrupted her impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense, this is the boss of my company, we have business to attend to, that's it, don't forget to tell your parents! Hang up!"
I put down my phone, opened the door, got in the car, and asked, "Let's go! Where are we going?"
Hua Jingjing started the engine and asked with a smile, "Your sister? Just now I saw a little beauty sneaking around your window. Is it her?"
I was in a bad mood and shouted, "Just drive your car! Why are you asking so many questions?"
Hua Jingjing felt frustrated and pouted in dissatisfaction. She started the car while mumbling something to herself, complaining about something.
Soon I regretted my decision to buy the suit, because Hua Jingjing seemed to have already made a good deal. She took me straight to the Ermenegildo Zegna suit store, and two tailors came to tailor my measurements. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after I was measured, I heard the store manager talking to Hua Jingjing: "Miss Hua, I know you are in a hurry, but even if we fax it to the original factory in Italy right now, it will probably take until next Thursday for it to be airlifted from Italy at the earliest. You asked for Monday, which is really impossible to do."
Hua Jingjing snorted, "Isn't it just adding money? Tell me, how much do you want?"
When the store manager heard the word money, he smiled and said, "That's nothing. Miss Hua doesn't care about this little money! I can ask the manufacturer to expedite the production, but the price will increase by 30%, minus the change of 170,000. Is that okay?"
When I heard that, I thought there was something wrong with my ears and shouted, "What? How much did you say?" Hua Jingjing quickly grabbed my hand and said, "No problem, but if it's not delivered before 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, I won't pay a penny."
The store manager smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will send a fax right now and ask the manufacturer to work overtime to get it made."
I was about to say something, but Hua Jingjing dragged me out of the store. As soon as I walked out of the store, I shook her hand off and said, "How much is this dress? 170,000? I don't want it. I can't afford it. Go and cancel the order, or I will refuse to wear it."
Hua Jingjing smiled and said, "I didn't ask you to pay it back in the first place. You are just stubborn and insist on paying. If I want to compete with others, of course I want you to wear the best clothes. Otherwise, what's the point of competing? Just bear with it and wear it."
I smiled bitterly and said, "Bear with me? 170,000 yuan! Even if I don't eat or drink, it will take me four years to save enough. How can I afford it? I don't want it, so just let me go. We can just buy a set of clothes worth a few thousand yuan. Is it necessary to be so extravagant?"
Hua Jingjing looked at me helplessly and sighed, "Thousands of dollars? Oh... You really give me a headache! Okay, okay! How about this, everything I buy for you today will be considered as performance clothes. When you are done with them on Monday night, you return them all to me and I will take care of them. How about that? There is nothing to say now, right?"
I thought I was just borrowing it to wear, it didn't count as being bought for me, it was just a tool Hua Jingjing used to compete with others, there was no need for me to feel guilty about it.
So I nodded and said, " Okay , but remember, these things are not bought for me, and I won't feel like I owe you anything for this!"
Hua Jingjing smiled and said, "Yes! Yes! You don't owe me anything. I bought these things voluntarily and lent them to you to wear to fight with others. Okay?" She opened the car door and said, "Let's go buy a pair of decent leather shoes."
The decent leather shoes she mentioned cost 1,400 yuan, but they were only in US dollars! The brand was called Artioli. I didn't know anything about it anyway. It didn't cost me money and it didn't add to my burden. Just buy it!
So Hua Jingjing spent money like water all day long, buying me coats, shirts, ties, belts, scarves, wallets, socks, underwear, etc. Together with the suits and leather shoes I bought earlier, I roughly calculated that Hua Jingjing paid a total of RMB 230,000.
In other words, the value of the clothes I wore when I attended her classmate’s birthday party on Monday night was enough to cover my total income for six years!
