Chapter 109 I am Wanyou (1)_1
"Jiajia, don’t cry. You won’t look pretty if you keep crying. What exactly happened? Tell me, and I’ll help you sort it out." Wanqian exchanged a glance with Shen Cheng and softly comforted Shen Jia in her arms, but Shen Jia, sobbing heavily, did not respond to Shen Qian’s words.
"Uncle, Auntie, what exactly happened?" Shen Cheng calmly asked Shen Congming and Duan Mei. After they had left, could something have happened?
Duan Mei’s expression turned awkward. After a moment of stiffness, she composed herself, glanced at Shen Congming, and then spoke with indignation, "Today, after you left, we went to the Lin Family’s department store. Jiajia said she wanted to pick out some clothes, but who knew that as soon as we walked in, their staff asked us to leave."
Duan Mei’s face flushed. In this day and age, to be asked to leave right after stepping inside, with so many people watching! She felt her face still burning; never before had she felt so utterly disgraced. Their family of three had thoroughly shamed themselves this time.
"What?" Shen Cheng and Wanqian exclaimed in unison, looking at Duan Mei in disbelief. How could this be possible? The Lin Family’s stores were Beijing’s most famous luxury spots, places where money was spent like water. They would never turn away customers, not even those who couldn’t afford to buy anything. As long as someone entered, whether they bought something or just browsed, the Lin Family’s staff had no reason to drive them out.
Had they done something to offend someone from the Lin Family? Shen Cheng and Wanqian exchanged glances, apparently thinking the same thing.
"It’s true. We had just stepped through the main entrance when we were asked to leave. They even said that from now on, all Lin Family stores would blacklist us. They said the Lin Family refuses customers like us," Shen Congming said bitterly, feeling the disgrace as well.
Shen Congming also looked troubled. They had only arrived in Beijing yesterday, and today they were blacklisted by the Lin Family. Even now, they couldn’t understand the reason. When Shen Jia heard this, she was so indignant that she argued with the Lin Family’s staff, but in the end, they were still ’respectfully’ escorted out.
Their family of three had been treated like animals on display, ’politely’ and ’smilingly’ escorted out. The surrounding whispers and pointing fingers made him feel utterly ashamed.
That store wouldn’t have them, so naturally, they tried others. However, they faced the same situation at several subsequent stores; they were courteously escorted out again and again, like exhibits for everyone to stare at.
In B City, they had never experienced such cold treatment or contemptuous stares. They hadn’t expected that after just one day in Beijing, they would be inexplicably targeted. Shen Congming, who had hoped to make a name for himself in Beijing, now realized just how deep the waters of this city ran.