Urban Most Awesome Dad

Chapter 197: Honey, Get a Card_1

“Zhao Dong, is this really the standard for Yulou Ancient Town? To be honest, I’m a bit disappointed,” Xu Fan said with a hint of disappointment as he looked at the collection on the first floor.

Zhao Dong edged closer to Xu Fan and whispered, “Big Brother, this place isn’t just about the items on display downstairs. For the average consumer, the price of jade jewelry on the first floor is enough to deter many, but for those who truly want to buy quality goods, they have to go to the second or third floors. How could Zangyu Tower’s real treasures be placed on the first floor? Don’t worry, let’s take a look on the second floor and see if there’s any jade ware you’d like.”

Seeing Xu Fan nod subtly, Zhao Dong eagerly said to the hanfu-clad beauty, “We want to go up to the second floor; these items down here don’t interest us.”

“Certainly, please head upstairs this way,” the hanfu girl graciously gestured, leading them to the stairway of the second floor.

At this point, the middle-aged man who had looked at Xu Fan with disdain couldn’t hold back any longer. In his eyes, Xu Fan was just a little nobody, dressed in cheap market clothes, yet daring to go upstairs. Zangyu Tower’s second floor housed antiques worth tens, even hundreds of millions; ordinary people didn’t even have the chance to see them. What entitled this nobody to go up there? Wasn’t he afraid that merely gazing upon those valuable items would shorten his lifespan?

Thus, the middle-aged man got agitated and said to the female sales associate beside him, “Damn it, I want to go up to the second floor too!”

“I’m sorry, but at the moment, you need to make an advance reservation to visit the second floor of Zangyu Tower. You’ll get the chance to reserve a spot only after obtaining our VIP gold card. Of course, if you get our VIP diamond card, you could even access the third floor and admire the top pieces in Zangyu Tower. Some of these items are unique in Yan Country, not even found in the collections of Dragon City’s Gu Gong Museum,” the sales associate said apologetically.

“What, a VIP card is required just to have a look? You guys are really ripping people off. How come that guy didn’t need a card to go upstairs?” the middle-aged man asked with a sense of injustice.

“Those who can go upstairs are either our VIP customers or friends of our boss. Look, would you like to apply for a VIP gold card? We at Zangyu Tower are running a promotion, and it only costs one hundred thousand yuan to get a gold card,” the sales associate said with an unflappable smile.

“Damn it, that’s robbery, a hundred thousand for a crappy card. The entry ticket for Gu Gong is only a hundred yuan. Do you think I’m a sucker?” the middle-aged man said, stubbornly.

“I really am sorry; these are the rules set by our boss. I can only follow the procedures. I hope you can understand,” the sales associate said, bowing slightly.

“Damn it, what a lousy shop; I’m not buying anything. Happy now?” The middle-aged man had initially come here hoping to buy a piece of jade jewelry worth a couple of tens of thousands to please his mistress and unlock more ‘positions’.

Little did he know that just going up to the second floor would require a card worth a hundred thousand, seriously exceeding his budget. With that hundred thousand, he could’ve maintained another ‘mistress’. Wasn’t she just as appealing? Did he really have to see the second floor? Was it made of gold?

Hearing the middle-aged man give up on the purchase, the fox-like mistress by his side became anxious and clung to his arm, speaking in a seductive tone, “Honey, let me have a look upstairs, please? I don’t fancy the jewelry on the first floor. Let’s just go up and have a look, just look, we won’t buy anything, is that okay?”

The man, though tempted by the mistress’s soft body, remembered that a card would freaking cost him a hundred thousand and steeled his expression, refusing, “What’s there to see upstairs? They’re just a bunch of worthless rocks. Come on, I’ll take you to Myanmar to buy jade.”

“No, I want to see. I really won’t buy anything, just let me see, please honey,” the mistress continued to pester the middle-aged man.

The items upstairs were definitely much better than those downstairs. If he really took her up, it wouldn’t just be about the hundred thousand for the card. He figured she wouldn’t come down from upstairs without scraping a few hundred thousand off him.

“Ouch, my stomach hurts so much, I need to go to the hospital, let’s go; I can’t take it anymore,” the middle-aged man suddenly clutched his stomach, exaggerating.

“Really? Which part hurts? Should I call an ambulance?” The mistress wasn’t sure if his pain was real, asking concernedly, momentarily forgetting about the card and going upstairs.

“Let’s go out for some fresh air first. I think the air here is too stuffy; maybe it’ll feel better outside.” The middle-aged man, clutching his stomach, didn’t wait for his mistress’s response and started heading out.

“But we haven’t bought anything yet; we can’t just leave like this,” the mistress sensed something was off, suspecting the man just didn’t want to make a purchase and was using the excuse of a stomach ache to leave. Unfortunately, as a mistress, she didn’t have much leverage over him and could only follow him out dejectedly, as if fleeing the store.

Xu Fan and Zhao Dong, who had just gone up to the second floor, had witnessed the whole scene. Zhao Dong barely kept himself from laughing at the middle-aged man’s overstated performance, thinking that the old guy, being in his forties and not willing to buy a piece of jade for his twenty-something mistress, didn’t seem like much of a man.

“What an idiot,” Zhao Dong commented under his breath as he watched the two hustle out of Zangyu Tower’s door.

When the middle-aged man had given Xu Fan that scornful look, Zhao Dong had noticed and wanted to show off in front of Xu Fan and really stick it to the pompous man, but seeing Xu Fan’s calm and collected demeanor, he dismissed the idea.

They had barely made it upstairs before the middle-aged couple had caused such a scene, which now even had some of Zangyu Tower’s sales associates looking at the man’s departing back with contempt.

“Insignificant people aren’t worth our concern,” Xu Fan said indifferently to Zhao Dong.

“Yes, Big Brother,” Zhao Dong answered with a nod.