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"Yes, there's a project I'm working on recently, and I need to buy a few pieces to manage some relationships," Manager Zheng replied casually, but it was this casualness that gave off a sense of naked ostentation.

"Manager Zheng really has good taste. Jade has been very popular in the last few years, and it's also very collectible without being tacky. It's perfect for gifting," the melon-faced salesperson said with an even brighter smile, her attitude a stark contrast to how she treated Ge Dongxu.

Witnessing this, Ge Dongxu was quite annoyed. He wanted to walk away, but then he reminded himself that he was there to buy jade, not to engage in a contest of ego with these people. Why let her affect him? Thus, he pointed again to the piece of jade he liked earlier and said to the apple-faced salesperson who had been squeezed out of the way, her expression clearly aggrieved, "Could you please take out that pendant for me to look at?"

Seeing a big customer being poached by a colleague made the apple-faced salesperson feel wronged, but seeing that Ge Dongxu was interested in looking at jade, she immediately put aside her grievances and managed a small smile, "Sure, please wait a moment."

As she spoke, the apple-faced salesperson opened the cabinet door and brought out the pendant for Ge Dongxu, handing it to him with a smile, "Please be careful with it, this is a genuine glutinous jade. Look at the transparency and the quality; it's quite exceptional among glutinous jades..."

The apple-faced salesperson was polite and attentive in her service to Ge Dongxu, not disregarding him because of his young age. She even started to explain the qualities of the jade. She was also understandably worried that his youth might mean he wasn't familiar with handling such items, so she specifically reminded him to be careful as she handed over the jade.

At first, Manager Zheng was captivated by the melon-faced salesperson's smile and hadn't noticed Ge Dongxu. However, once Ge Dongxu spoke up, he immediately turned his attention to him, his expression revealing a flicker of surprise before a sly smile formed on his lips. He pointed at the piece of jade Ge Dongxu had just picked up and said, "Oh, that piece of jade looks quite nice. Bring it here for me to have a look."

"Sure, Manager Zheng, please wait," the melon-faced salesperson responded with a smile, then quickly walked over, reaching for the pendant in Ge Dongxu's hand.

"What do you mean by this?" Ge Dongxu moved his hand slightly and asked the melon-faced salesperson, his face showing a hint of displeasure.

"It doesn't mean anything. Manager Zheng wants to see the jade, so let him have a look first," the melon-faced salesperson replied with a hint of impatience after seeing that Ge Dongxu wasn't handing it over to her and was questioning her intent.

"Sister Chen, this isn't very nice," the apple-faced salesperson whispered to the melon-faced one.

"What's not nice about it? I'm telling you, Xiao Zhang, you've got to keep your eyes open in the future," the melon-faced salesperson glared at her apple-faced colleague before spreading her hands in front of Ge Dongxu again, "Please hand me the pendant, Manager Zheng wants to see it."

"There's a sequence to everything; first come, first served. This isn't how you do things," Ge Dongxu finished speaking and ignored the melon-faced salesperson, not even giving a glance to the self-important Manager Zheng. Instead, he lowered his head and continued to examine the jade pendant in his hands.

The melon-faced salesperson's expression turned ugly upon seeing that Ge Dongxu didn't hand the jade over to her and even criticized her. Manager Zheng, who had initially just wanted to vent the frustration he had bottled up at KFC earlier, was surprised to find that the young man in front of him was just as unyielding as he had been in KFC, and this added to his irritation.

"You're just a kid, and you don't understand jade. What are you looking at? And can you even afford this jade?" Manager Zheng couldn't help blurting out arrogantly and disdainfully.

"Whether I understand or can afford it is none of your business," Ge Dongxu responded without even looking up, then handed the jade back to the apple-faced salesperson and said, "This jade isn't what I'm looking for."

Before the apple-faced sales clerk could put the Jade away, the melon-seed-faced clerk had already taken it, muttering disdainfully, "If you can't afford it, you just can't afford it!", and immediately followed by offering the Jade to Manager Zheng with a flattering smile, "Manager Zheng, please have a look."

"Heh, the young people these days, huh?" Manager Zheng shook his head, lamenting with a look of disdain.

"Please bring out this piece of Jade for me to see." Ge Dongxu naturally didn't bother with those two and pointed to another Jade Pendant, saying.

This Jade Pendant was even more expensive, costing seven thousand Yuan, almost reaching the average annual income of a state-owned enterprise worker in the Provincial Capital at that time.

The apple-faced clerk hesitated when looking at Ge Dongxu, but still carefully took it out for him.

"Hey, little Zheng, is this sales clerk new here? How come she doesn't know anything? This kind of youngster, at first glance, you can tell he can't afford Jade. Why does she still persist in showing him Jade? However, this young guy does have some taste, you bring that piece of Jade for me to look at as well." Manager Zheng had been scolded by a youngster at noon, telling him to "get lost," and the grudge just wouldn't settle in his heart. Seeing Ge Dongxu preening like a peacock and pointing at yet another more expensive piece of Jade, his irritation grew, he handed the pendant back to the melon-seed-faced clerk and then pointed at the Jade that Ge Dongxu was about to pick up, speaking again.

The melon-seed-faced clerk immediately took the Jade that was lying on the counter, which Ge Dongxu hadn't had the chance to pick up and inspect, and then cheerfully handed it to Manager Zheng.

"Smack!" A slap on the counter, not too heavy but also not light, rang out. Ge Dongxu had finally become annoyed.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Is this how you do business? Call your manager over. I want to ask if there's such a thing as first come, first served when looking at items?"

"What are you shouting about? This Jade costs seven thousand Yuan. Can you afford it? If you can't afford it, why are you even looking?" The melon-seed-faced clerk, startled by Ge Dongxu's slamming of the table, quickly became embarrassed and turned angry, pointing at him and taunting.

"That's right, young man, if you can't afford it, don't hinder others' business, right? You keep asking to see this and then that, do you think this is a vegetable market? This is jewelry and Jade, valuable goods." Manager Zheng said maliciously from the side and, taking control of the situation, gestured to the security guard in the jewelry store, "Security, please escort this young man out. He's making a fuss and disturbing the peace. How are people supposed to shop for jewelry in peace?"

"I really don't know how someone like you became a manager, still hung up over some shameless incident from lunchtime." While speaking, Ge Dongxu ignored Manager Zheng and instead said to the apple-faced sales clerk, "Please call your manager over. I must have an explanation for today's events; otherwise, I won't be patronizing your store anymore!"

The apple-faced clerk displayed a troubled expression upon hearing this, while the melon-seed-faced clerk had already a face full of mockery, "If you don't patronize, then don't. Acting like you're some big spender, a major customer or something!"

"What's the situation here?" Just at that moment, a woman appeared at the staircase entrance. She was about thirty-five or six years old, wearing a beige professional suit and sporting an ear-length bob haircut that made her look quite competent.

ps: This chapter is a special update dedicated to the first Alliance Hierarch of QQ Book City - Depth-Height, and also thanks to the other readers for their rewards. Your rewards are an additional show of love for Old Du, and for this, I am truly grateful.