Chapter 9
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Lixue used her sports car to go to the mall.
'Is their boutique still here?' Lixue said in her mind as she walked.
Lixue walked around the ground floor of the mall looking at the boutiques. Lixue went up to the second floor using the escalator and went to each boutique until she found what she was looking for.
Clothing & Gowns
Boutique Shop
"Hello, miss, what can I do for you?" the saleslady asked Lixue.
"Miss, I'm just going to ask if they are still the owner of this boutique, Ms. Meixiu Tiu?" Lixue asked the saleslady.
"Ma'am Meixiu is married, she is Dela Cruz who has her stuff, ma'am she is on her way now and she is still the owner of the boutique." the saleslady answered.
"Please tell her that Lady Chen is looking for her, I'll just go around the department and I'll be back," Lixue said to the saleslady who just nodded at her.
Erika saw Lixue at a boutique known in the showbiz industry. She entered the boutique and looked at long gowns.
"Maybe ma'am knows that woman and the woman knows ma'am, but I didn't wait and said that ma'am was coming." the saleslady said to her co-worker.
"Maybe, what is the girl's name?" the saleslady asked.
"The woman said, what I told ma'am was Lady Chen, I thought I had that name." the saleslady replied.
"Maybe they call you señorito, señora, señor, señorita, many of you are like that... Ma'am, will you buy it?" the saleslady asked Erika to approach her.
"Do you have a limited gown here that Mrs. Dela Cruz always makes the actresses wear?" Erika asked the saleslady.
"The gowns you are referring to are exclusive for VIP, ma'am, but when ma'am arrives, wait for her so you can talk to her." the saleslady said.
Erika waited for the boutique owner for hours when two salesladies greeted her.
"Ma'am Dela Cruz, someone was looking for you earlier." the saleslady approached said.
"Who is it?" Mrs. Dela Cruz said.
"Lady Chen said she left a while ago but she said she will be back." the saleslady said.
"Lady Chen, oh my! Prepare something for us to drink later I know her, she would have returned here to the Philippines if she hadn't left." Mrs. Dela Cruz said.
Erika frowned at what she heard.
"Ma'am, someone wants to buy a limited gown that you make for the artist." the saleslady said pointing at Erika.
"Hello, I'm Erika Melendez and I'm a model, can I buy your limited edition gown that you make artists wear? I'll wear it at our event tomorrow. I thought I'd go to it, I also thought I'd promote your gown many people will buy it I will give you the gown in our fashion show." Erika said as she stood up from her seat.
"Sure, let's come here, one room at a time." Mrs. Dela Cruz said to Erika they went to a room.
"Is this all?" Erika asked as she looked at the display.
"What you see is Limited Edition, Miss Melendez I haven't worked on next month's limited edition yet," Mrs. Dela Cruz said.
Erika just nodded and bought some clothes that fit her body. The owner of the boutique left, she just calls her when she needs help.
"By hao? Women henjiu meiyou jianmianle." happily greeted Mrs. Dela Cruz to her interlocutor when she saw her.
(Hello? We haven't seen each other for a long time.)
"Wo hen hao, shi ma? Yinci wo laizheli shi weile goumai guizhong de lifu mingtian wo yao canjia yige huodong." Lixue said and grinned at her old friend.
(I'm fine, are you? So I came here to buy your expensive gown and I have an event to attend tomorrow.)
"Zhe shi wo, wi jia geile yige wo bu ai de nanren, dinghun." Mrs. Dela Cruz said to Lixue.
(This is me, I'm married to a man I don't love, fixed marriage.)
Brought by Mrs. Dela Cruz in a room with Lixue, Erika saw it when she called the owner.
"Both you and the woman in the other room are going to buy her limited edition and the event she's going to is tomorrow." Mrs. Dela Cruz said to her old friend.
"Zhen? Nin dui yi hun nanren manyi ma?" Lixue asked as she was shopping for something to wear so she could measure it.
(Really? Are you happy with the man you married?)
"So far adjusted, you?" Mrs. Dela Cruz answered.
"Right now I don't have a relationship in mind even if I am NBSB right now there will be a man who will love me and love me," Lixue said.
"Well, uncle didn't agree with you?" Mrs. Dela Cruz asked.
Erika could hear what the two were talking about because there was an opening in the door.
"I have separated from them since he married another woman, he only talks to me when something strange happened, you know I'm talking and someone is listening to us, maybe it's him, leave me alone, I'll call you when I need something help me," Lixue said.
She was left by Mrs. Dela Cruz her friend and went to the person she was referring to.
"Have you chosen something yet?" Mrs. Dela Cruz said.
"I'll buy two," Erika said and showed the one she had chosen.
"Come with me to the cashier," Mrs. Dela Cruz to Erika said.
"10,913.00 for two gowns," the saleslady said.
"Meixiu, this is the one I chose, there is only one $400 on it, which means if 51 is changed to 20,400..hey, Erika, that's you," Lixue said when she turned around and saw Erika.
"Do you know each other?" Mrs. Dela Cruz asked.
"Yes, we're going to the same place tomorrow," Lixue said to her acquaintance.
"Ma'am, cash or credit card?" the saleslady asked.
"Cash I don't use a credit card very often," Lixue said to the saleslady.
"There is no more money." Mrs. Dela Cruz said.
"Crazy! There's more, my dad's money I use." Lixue laughed.
"Oh! You're terrible..I'll get the address of where you live right now, is it still there?" Mrs. Dela Cruz asked.
"I no longer live in our old house, I live there in her boyfriend's house because my godfather is Raiden Liao he also knows your daddy, I live there," Lixue said to her old friend.
"I know them, I can visit you, yes, by the way, have you visited them yet?" Mrs. Dela Cruz said.
"I haven't been to them," Lixue said giving the cashier one thousand from her wallet.
Lixue accompanied Erika out of the boutique.
"Who are you really? Lady Chen, Leatrice Snow." Erika said looking at the person next to her.
"People call me Lady Chen because my stuff belongs to my father, Leatrice Snow is my mommy's middle name my daddy has money but I don't—I just laugh when they see the stuff it was expensive, I say it's daddy's money what I use." Lixue knows.
"Why did you still work like that?" Erika asked.
"For myself," Lixue answered.
Lixue offered Erika to take her to the condominium. She also told her not to tell others what she knew now.
"I don't want to let others know and I want you to be friends without anything involved, He is rich, All people want to be friends with him and we can be free with his money, I don't want to meet unreal people around," Lixue said when she brought Erika to the entrance of the building.
"We're both the same, no one will know that I found out, including my boyfriend?" Erika asked.
"Yes, I hope I can trust you? Leatrice is not my real name, my real name is..I won't say it until the right time and you will know." Lixue said meaningfully and just waved at Erika who was frowning.
Erika thought about what Leatrice had said or whatever her name was. It has a lot to hide from my boyfriend. She followed Lixue's car away.
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