Chapter 20 Old acquaintances?

What a coincidence to run into some old acquaintances in such a big place. Gwen remained cruelly calm and was about to walk away. It was not others but Susan Zhang and her niece, Lily Liu. Years ago, Susan Zhang seduced Dawson Wen and instigated him to kick Gwen’s mother out of Wen Family. And her own family, on the opposite, took the advantage of the Wen Family and became one of the so-called decent families. Lily Liu was the one who stamped on Gwen in her worst time to cater to her aunt, Susan Zhang. What a coincidence. “Gwen?” Susan Zhang was a bit confused to see her here. She knew that Gwen was in the Lu Family. As thing should have been, Gwen should be a mess, badly tormented if not killed. But opposite to that, Gwen looked ruddy and shiny, even in a better state than last time she saw her, with no sign of being tortured. After Gwen went back to Lu’s, Susan Zhang had been cursing her, day and night, to die tragically at Lu’s, so that her baby daughter would never have to worry about anything for the rest of her life. Now, seeing Gwen alive and kicking, she felt a bit out of breath. “What are you doing here?” Lily Liu asked in a swaggering tone. She hadn’t known of her getting out of the prison. " You can be here. Why can't I?" Gwen didn't show any politeness in replying. She meant it, someone like Lily Liu could shop here, why couldn’t she? "Do you still think you are the lady of Wen Family?" Lily Liu was furious at that same old patronizing way and calmness Gwen looked at her, she had been fed up with it while Gwen was the still the lady Wen, but who was she now, a prisoner! "What difference does it make; I have come here to buy things; I can afford them, what does that have to do with who am I?" Turning to the shopping guide who was watching, Gwen said politely, “Excuse me, I have picked that dress first and I want it and please wrap it up for me.” Gwen had thought about patching up the quarrel; but the aggressiveness of Lily Liu provoked her disgust and competition psychology. "Afford them?" Lily Liu sniffed coldly; also, Susan Zhang let out a giggle; she, soon, put on a gentle and generous look, " Be reasonable, my Gwen; you just got out of prison. How could you afford such expensive clothes?" last time, the check Gwen got from Dawson Wen had been torn into pieces on the spot; but since she wanted to show off and took on the competition with Lily, Susan Zhang did not mind her making a fool of herself; and surely, that would bring her back to the earth realizing who she was now. In fear of Gwen’s background with her elegance and calmness, the shopping guide hesitated in jumping into offending any of them, but when Susan Zhang said she had been in prison, she took side of the Lily Liu immediately. "Sorry, Miss, I see these two ladies got it first, or would you like to go check somewhere else?" A women who had been in prison? She may not be easy to deal with and highly possible that she didn’t have much money as well; so it would be wiser to just kick her out and end the quarrel. "It turns out your store is not so friendly to the customers." Gwen Wen gave her a cold look; such a snob. "Hum, that depends upon who were the customers; not everyone is the customer, after all, especially if you can’t afford the dress." Lily Liu said sarcastically. Seeing this, Susan Zhang refrained herself from laughing and said in the pretence of consideration, "Gwen, we really like this dress. How about this, for compensation, I'll buy you something else.” "Auntie, you're always so kind!" Ms. Nasty and Mrs. Nice, what a good team; Gwen Wen looked coldly at the two and sneered in her heart. Not more nonsense, Gwen took the black card that man had given her out of her pocket, " Well, can't this afford your dresses?" The shopping guide’s contemptuous expression froze as if someone suddenly slapped her; taking over the card, she scrutinized the card and the anti-counterfeiting marks on the it. It was real! It was not an ordinary black card; it was the Black Card, global limited release of Citibank, with simply its annual membership fee up to hundreds of thousands of dollars; only the elites of riches and powerful could get their hands on one; even as the shopping guide in luxurious stores for years, it was her very first time to see one with her own eyes. Was she wronged? Was this woman in front of her actually a low-profile bigwig? With her manner changing so sharply, the shopping guide retrieved the dress and presented it respectfully to Gwen with both her hands; “My lady, would you like to try it on?” Gwen did not speak, her eyes flitting over the two women's embarrassed faces; and after a while she said plainly, "Alright." "I'll show you to the fitting room." Shopping guide leading the way, Gwen walked away leaving these exasperated two women behind; Lily Liu shouted out angrily, “Where did you get this card. Tell me, which sugar daddy you hook up with now?”