Although the shop assistants tried their best to relay the message to each other, it wasn't the information age, so there were bound to be errors. Therefore, the shop assistants could only regretfully tell Duan Xinru, "I'm really sorry, this dress has already been taken by another lady."
Duan Xinru simply liked the clothes, but given her mother's hesitant expression, she knew there was little chance her mother would buy them for her. She just wanted to try on pretty clothes.
The result told her she was too late, which was something she couldn't accept.
"You're not lying, are you?"
“Miss Duan, we really didn’t lie to you. How about this, since this was also an oversight on our part, the shopkeeper said that all the clothes you buy today will be discounted by 20%. What do you think?”
Duan Xinru didn't think much of it; she just wanted to wear that dress. She'd heard there was only one in the entire capital, so why couldn't she wear it?
"No, I don't need your money. This is a problem with your shop. Go ask around and tell them I'm willing to pay more to buy it."
The shop assistant was in a difficult position: "Miss Duan, this is not in accordance with the rules."
Duan Xinru wouldn't give up and refused to listen, insisting on having that dress.
Although Madam Duan hadn't planned to buy it for her daughter earlier, now that things had come to this point, she naturally didn't want to be looked down upon.
The staff were in a real predicament. They had all received training before starting their jobs, and in this situation, they absolutely could not ask another customer for clothes. The staff couldn't solve the problem.
"Miss Duan, please wait a moment, I'll go find the manager."
The private rooms on the second floor are not small, but they are all made of wood and are not very soundproof, so people in other private rooms can naturally hear the noise from one room.
Upon hearing this, one would naturally inquire about it, and that's how one found out what happened.
Nowadays, most of the people who come to the private rooms on the second floor of Wensi Clothing Shop are minor officials or wealthy families, roughly in the same social class as the Duan family. So even if they have never met them, they have heard of the Duan family's name.
Then, without Duan Xinru's knowledge, she gained a reputation as a scoundrel.
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