Chapter 62: Jinjiang

  Jinjiang River

  Dear readers, Mira has finally survived the torture of a huge pile of professional courses at the end of the semester~ All courses have passed smoothly~~~~ Just returned home from Changsha after sitting for over 30 hours, I'm exhausted to death~~~~ But hehehe, I can finally update now~~ It's been such a long time since the last update, many readers might think Mira has abandoned the novel, but Mira will never abandon it. Although compared to many other authors, Mira is really not very professional and often gets delayed by this or that, I hope readers who like this book can forgive Mira and continue supporting me~~ I'll definitely work hard to write the book, after all, as a Chinese language major student, this is really important to me. Thank you everyone! Bowing~~~~ Escaping with a shell-shocked face~~~~

  （1）

  It's just at lunchtime, and the roads are once again congested with people heading home from work. The eight-lane main road, Huayang Road, is completely jammed - as far as the eye can see, there's nothing but cars.

  "Every time I drive here, I get anxious." Shen Sijia opened the car door with a worried expression and looked around to see if there were any signs of movement in the traffic queue. Then she pulled her body back in, looking even more worried, and said to Liao Xinxin.

  "Why?" asked Liao Xinxin, "The traffic congestion here isn't usually this severe every day."

  Shen Si Jia shook her head, and the fingers stained with burgundy nail polish fluttered in front of Liao Xin Xin's eyes. "I simply couldn't take it because of this road name. What were those government officials thinking? Which nerve didn't they hit right to give such a major thoroughfare that affects the city's image the name 'Hua Rong Dao'?"

  Liao Xinxin replied calmly, "Obviously, either I've read too much of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', or my brain has been hooked by a door."

  Shen Si let out a sigh.

  "What to do now?" Liao Xinxin glanced at the silly-looking Mochi, "Jinjiang Department Store is having a special sale, if we go late by one minute, it will be our greatest loss. I don't know how many people are waiting for today's special sale to make a big deal in the mall."

  "I'm not really interested in other stuff," Shen Sijia said. "But, heaven knows how much I loved a super cute Monchhichi plushie when I went there last time! However, my older brother wouldn't let me buy it no matter what, saying that our house already has too many plushies and can't fit any more. What's the big deal? I just put a few of my plushies from my bed into his room, and he doesn't even come home for days on end."

  Liao Xinxin looked at him with disdain, "What's your aesthetic? Where is Monchichi cute? Look at its pockmarked face and it's still trying to be adorable."

  Shen Si Jia was dissatisfied, "But Monkie wasn't born with a mole, it's something he developed as he grew up."

  "That's still a mole. Liao Xinxin raised her head, with disdain and dissatisfaction in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows towards the Monchhichi doll, "Be careful, if you hold it all day, you'll also get moles, a face full of dense, black ones."

  Shen Si stared at Liao Xin Xin with a mixture of shock and resentment, wondering when this girl's tongue had become so venomous. Had she always been like this, but only now showing her true nature because they were familiar with each other? Originally, Shen Si had thought that Liao Xin Xin was just a harmless cute girl...

  It wasn't until about an hour later that the traffic in front of them slowly started moving again, and the two girls let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that this time they were lucky to have only been stuck for just over an hour; if they had encountered a major jam, they might have ended up having dinner in the car tonight.

  "Let's go to Jinjiang! Let's go shopping and have a great time! I'm coming for the super discounted clothes!" Liao Xinxin waved her small fist excitedly, her eyes shining like two spotlights.

  It's dark, so I guess we don't need to turn on the headlights. These two big eyeballs are enough to illuminate the darkness in front of us. Shen Si Jia gave a strange and speechless glance at Liao Xin Xin, who was in an abnormal state of excitement, and resignedly drove the car towards Jinjiang Commercial Building.

  （2）

  Jinjiang Department Store is a provincial chain of large shopping malls, located in the heart of the city's top business district, with the famous Jinjiang River to its east. The boss of this department store was also a lazy person, directly naming it after the river, although not as elegant as other department stores, but also quite fitting and domineering.

  However, it also makes many people confused when speaking and listening. When mentioning Jinjiang, they always have to react for a moment, wondering whether it refers to Jinjiang Scenic Area or Jinjiang Shopping Mall.

  "It's been a long time since I came here." Shen Sijia parked the car in the underground parking lot, then looked around and said with a melancholy tone, "It's really changing times, I feel like even the parking lot is different from the last time I came."

  Liao Xinxin vomited in her heart and then said, "Dear, you're overthinking."

  Shen Si Jia waved her hand and walked forward with a nonchalant expression, while Liao Xin Xin quickly followed up. The two of them took the elevator from the parking lot to the eighth floor where the boutique area was located.

  Jinjiang is a very large and comprehensive high-end shopping mall, with different floors having different sales areas. The first floor is particularly worth mentioning. The first floor is a rest and guidance area, with many rest and leisure areas set up, as well as toys for children to play with. Many people who come here originally just want to take a break, sit down, have a cup of tea, etc., but because this is an integrated rest and guidance area, they can't help but be approached by smiling salesgirls who tell them about the mall's latest activities, new products, special discounts in certain areas, etc. Meanwhile, children are attracted to various toys and electronic games and refuse to leave, so customers who came to rest end up choosing to go shopping in the mall after all. However, for women, going shopping with money and cards is a very dangerous thing, because you always see a few products that you like, although they're expensive, but ultimately can't resist the temptation of beauty and spend money.

  Liao Xinxin always thought that the first floor was a very deceptive existence. It didn't have some small shops outside with big speakers blaring, "Our store's lease is about to expire, all items are one yuan." Or "2 yuan, you can't afford not to buy it. 2 yuan, you won't be cheated. Real value for money, really cheap." and so on, making people want to run away as soon as they hear it. Instead, it used air conditioning, comfortable environment, tempting electronic toys, and beautiful women's smiles to lure and move him, until he couldn't help but go shopping in the mall. Liao Xinxin was thus deceived into entering the store and spent all his money.

  It's said that if you eat from others' mouths, you'll have to be soft on them and take their hands. Once you sit down, someone will always come to pour water, tea, coffee or milk for you. Nobody can refuse this, it's really a case of "no trickery, no business". The boss of Jinjiang Commercial Building is indeed a cunning person who has seen through the psychology of customers and is a bad guy...

  As for the other floors, they are different sales areas. The second floor is a clothing district, generally without too expensive clothing, all normal price brands, and prices that ordinary people can afford to shop around. Including children's wear, elderly wear, and Sportswear such as Burberry, etc., everything is available.

  The third floor is the shoe and bag area, also with goods that most people can afford. There are often some activities here, and many times the prices of the clothing on the second floor and the shoes and bags on this floor are cheaper than those in some high-end stores and specialty stores outside, attracting a large number of customers.

  The fourth floor is the daily necessities area, with all kinds of daily necessities. Basically, as long as you've heard of a brand, you can find it here. The phenomenon of supermarkets running out of stock on the outside basically does not exist.

  The fifth floor is a food area, with domestic and foreign snacks, beverages, tobacco, tea, fruits and vegetables, fish and meat varieties are very complete.

  The sixth floor is an audio-visual and book area, with a more comprehensive collection of books than university libraries. Both sales and rentals are available, attracting many students to come and read.

  The seventh floor is the electrical district, ranging from air conditioners and refrigerators to MP3 recorders, with various brands and prices available.

  Finally, it's the eighth floor, this is where luxury goods from around the world gather, no matter what kind of product, as long as it's a world-renowned luxury brand, you can find it here.

  LV, PRD, GUCC, D&G, DOR, RMN and so on. People who shop here are either rich or noble, such as Shen Sijia, a wealthy young lady, who usually comes directly to the 8th floor of Jinjiang for procurement.

  Liao Xin's eyebrows twitched non-stop as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, and when he saw Shen Sijia handing over two new LV autumn cashmere bags to the giggling salesgirl without hesitation, he immediately jumped out and pulled Shen Sijia to one side just as she was about to rush towards the Dior section.

  "I told sister, what we said in the car for them to hear was that we were going to Jinjiang for a shopping spree!" Liao Xinxin's face was full of frustration.

  Shen Si thought for a moment, "I'm in a bloodbath."

  Liao Xin was disappointed. "The premise is that you have to be in an area where you can get a discount, right? Have you ever seen clothes worth tens of thousands of yuan being discounted?"

  Shen Si Jia was sorrowful, "Why did you have to say it's a special price? You could've just said that people who come to buy things will definitely come to the high-end area."

  Liao Xin let out a sigh, "I've already said that, if someone follows us up, they'll definitely only go to the second or third floor to look for us, how would they possibly crawl all the way up to the eighth floor's premium area?"

  "There's an elevator." Shen Sijia added.

  Liao Xin Xin threw two big sanitary balls to Shen Si Jia, and continued to say, "I'm a poor citizen, of course I buy clothes on the second or third floor. It just slipped out, anyway there's no way now, can't you go back to the car and explain to that ugly, pockmarked, shameless Meng Qi Qi that you're actually in the 8th floor luxury area?"

  "......" Shen Si Jia coughed and said, "Then let's go down."

  The salesgirl smiled and said, "Miss Shen, what about these two dresses?"

  "Wrap it up for me, I'll buy some more things in other districts later and settle the bill together. Just keep it for now."

  Everyone is supporting~~~~~ Mira is being polite here~~~~~ blushing~~~~~