allonlinenovel Chapter 89 Who is it again, a fallen nobleman?
Chapter 89 Who is it again, a fallen nobleman?
Ning Yao's hand holding the fork suddenly stopped; she realized that this matter was not simple.
Last night I just arranged for my own people to investigate the hotel kidnapping, and this morning I received news that it was Clarisse who hired someone to do it, and she even threatened to cut off one of her legs as a price.
But then the perpetrator suddenly appeared in the news, and it was she who had her leg chopped off.
Ning Yao glanced silently at the man sitting opposite her, who was eating breakfast nonchalantly. Her intuition told her that this matter was most likely related to Robert.
Noticing Ning Yao staring at him, Robert put down his fork and said elegantly, "I heard Miss Bella likes Chinese breakfast, so I'll have someone change it to Chinese style."
“No need to trouble yourself, I like them all.” Ning Yao shook her head, then stared at Robert, trying to read something from his eyes.
“Mr. Robert, I am very grateful to you, whether it is for taking me in, for your hospitality, or for anything else…”
"But I hope to handle my own affairs myself and don't want to rely on others. I hope you understand."
Ning Yao's words were veiled, without directly revealing that Robert had asked someone to teach Clarice a lesson.
Robert remained silent, simply picking up his coffee cup and slowly sipping it, offering no comment.
Ning Yao stopped talking to Robert. After breakfast, she said goodbye to Robert and told him that she was leaving.
She thought Robert would try to stop her, but he just gave a faint "hmm" and showed no intention of keeping her.
Ning Yao walked out of the castle without incident. The butler led the way for her and even thoughtfully arranged a driver to take her back to the city.
To attend Bruce's party, Ning Yao first needed a dress to wear. Custom-made dresses were out of the question, so to show her respect, she decided to go to the largest luxury department store in Y country to buy a well-fitting gown.
She told the driver the name of the shopping mall, and he quickly took her to her destination.
Ning Yao got out of the car, glanced at the magnificent and luxurious mall structure, pursed her lips, and walked inside.
But before she could even reach the door, she was stopped by the mall security guards.
"Miss, our mall operates on a membership system. Please show me your VIP electronic membership code."
Ning Yao does have a membership card, but it was registered with her own identity information. In addition, she usually doesn't buy these ordinary luxury brands, but instead seeks out top designers to customize their products privately, which are naturally ten or even a hundred times more expensive than these luxury brands.
Since they don't need it, they won't bother to get a membership card for each identity.
The mall's membership requires qualification verification, and it's impossible to complete the process on the same day; it involves complicated procedures.
Ning Yao obviously didn't have time to wait. She opened her phone, found a local app in Country Y, and rented a one-day membership.
After making the payment, she waited at the mall entrance, and the other party promised to arrive within half an hour.
Ning Yao, who had bought two drinks, stood by the door waiting listlessly. The other person arrived at the mall at the last minute, sweating profusely.
Ning Yao glanced at the other woman, unsurprised. She was a young Chinese woman of similar age to herself, wearing a luxury brand dress, but it was a style from two years ago.
"I'm sorry, I live too far from here." The young woman extended her somewhat rough palm, intending to shake hands with Ning Yao.
She was running so fast that her palms were still sweaty. Ning Yao smiled and shook hands with her without any hesitation.
I had already seen her profile on the app and knew that her Chinese name was Gu Wei.
Ning Yao then handed the purchased drink to Gu Wei, smiling as she said in fluent Chinese, "Ms. Gu, this is for you. Thank you for accompanying me shopping."
Gu Wei was taken aback, not expecting Ning Yao to know Chinese. She smiled and scratched her head a little shyly before taking the paper.
After showing her membership code to the security guard, Gu Wei successfully led Ning Yao into the mall building.
"How come you speak Chinese, and so well?" Gu Wei liked Ning Yao very much. She thought this woman was not only beautiful, but also had a great temperament and didn't put on airs or act pretentious in front of her.
“My mother is from Country Z, and she taught me,” Ning Yao replied casually.
"So that's how it is..." Gu Wei said nothing more, stayed by Ning Yao's side, and drank her beverage through a straw.
Ning Yao walked into a luxury brand dress store and slowly began to select a dress.
This store is most famous for its evening gowns, but in addition to its main evening gowns, it also has some everyday clothes, pants and bags.
The saleswomen in the mall have sharp eyes. They sized up the customers who came in and noticed that Gu Wei was wearing an old style from two years ago. They scoffed, their mockery obvious.
"Just look, don't touch it," the saleswoman said coldly and rudely to Ning Yao.
"What's wrong with touching it? We're here to buy clothes, do we have to put up with your attitude, saleswoman?" Gu Wei stood up for Ning Yao.
"Do you even have the money to buy? Are your memberships just rented? Don't try to renege on your promise. I saw you bowing and scraping to customers just two days ago. Who is this down-on-his-luck aristocrat friend of yours today?" The saleswoman looked Gu Wei up and down with an extremely impolite gaze.
She had seen Gu Wei at the mall more than once, and the other party always wore such an outdated brand-name dress, which meant that he was a penniless man!
A few days ago, she accompanied a customer to go shopping. The customer just looked around and didn't buy anything. The customer even claimed to be some kind of impoverished nobleman. She almost died laughing when she heard that.
Upon hearing the words "fallen nobleman," Gu Wei's cheeks instantly burned with embarrassment at being exposed on the spot.
The people who rent memberships from her to enter the mall are obviously not particularly wealthy, otherwise they would all have their own exclusive membership codes and would not need to rent from her.
Most of them were tourists visiting Y country who wanted to browse the mall but didn't intend to buy anything.
Ning Yao glanced at Gu Wei, then subtly pulled her to the everyday outfit section on the side.
"Weiwei, pick out a few things you like, I'll give them to you."
Gu Wei quickly shook her head. She knew that Ning Yao was not well-off either, and she was wearing clothes from an unknown brand that looked like cheap street vendor items.
The workmanship and quality of these street vendor clothes are really good. I wonder where I can buy such good clothes.
Seeing that Gu Wei refused to choose clothes, Ning Yao casually picked up a few of the latest seasonal items, taking almost all the new clothes from this brand, a total of six or seven pieces, each worth more than eight thousand pounds.
After picking out clothes and pants, Ning Yao went to the women's handbag section and bought all the latest styles, intending to give two bags to Gu Wei.
The bags are much more expensive than the clothes, with each bag starting at £50,000, which is equivalent to RMB 440,000.
The saleswomen were so shocked by Ning Yao's buying habits that they couldn't even close their mouths.
Ning Yao frowned in displeasure and said to the saleswomen in the store, "What are you all standing there for?"
The saleswoman quickly put on a fawning smile and stepped forward to serve Ning Yao, scanning the codes on all the new products she picked up, collecting the money, and issuing invoices.