This wasn't the first time they had looked down on her for buying things.
Ever since the Tang family went bankrupt, even a shop assistant earning a few thousand a month dared to mock Zhang Meiyu.
However, just as Tang Xiaomin thought Zhang Meiyu would fly into a rage and teach the shop assistant a lesson,
Zhang Meiyu said calmly, "Stop the nonsense, do your job and pack it up for me."
The shop assistant, with a cold expression, took the clothes to pack, muttering, "Takes so long just to buy one piece of clothing."
This time, Zhang Meiyu didn't say anything more.
She used to be unforgiving when she was in the right, but now she seemed to have had her sharp edges smoothed by life, losing her temper.
Tang Xiaomin couldn't bear to watch and took out a black card.
Upon seeing the black card, the shop assistant's eyes lit up, her expression immediately turned fawning, and she quickly took the card to swipe.
Then, like a lapdog, she smiled and handed the card and shopping bag to Tang Xiaomin.
"Customer, here are your card and clothes. Welcome back next time."
Tang Xiaomin looked at the shop assistant with displeasure. Her mood was already upset, and the more she looked at the shop assistant, the more annoyed she became.
The annoyance intensified as she took her card and the shopping bag.
"Wait a moment," she said coldly.
The shop assistant asked cautiously, "Is there anything else, madam?"
"Did you touch this dress when you were packing it just now?"
The shop assistant was stunned and replied, "Of course I had to touch the dress to pack it. Is there any problem?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaomin threw the shopping bag in her hand onto the counter.
"Since you touched it, I don't want it anymore."
The shop assistant was instantly dumbfounded.
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The implication was that the goods had been sold and could not be returned.
"Are you saying you won't take it back?"
The shop assistant said nervously, "I'm just an employee. Please don't make things difficult for me."
Don't make things difficult for her? Damn it, when she was saying those things earlier, why didn't she think about making things difficult now?
Tang Xiaomin suddenly shouted loudly, "Who is responsible for this shop assistant? Come out now!"
At first, no one paid attention to her, but when she slapped the shop assistant across the face, the store manager finally appeared.
"Customer, let's talk things through. Please don't resort to violence!"
Tang Xiaomin threw the shopping bag from the counter into the store manager's hands.
"This shop assistant touched the dress I bought without my permission. I don't want this dress anymore."
The shop assistant said angrily, "She's being unreasonable. She's clearly just looking for trouble."
"Shut up!" the store manager yelled angrily.
"Manager, she's deliberately making things difficult for me. You have to stand up for me!"
"Get out! You have no right to speak here!"
The shop assistant wanted to say more, but the store manager's eyes seemed like they could devour people. She could only cry aggrievedly and ran out of the store.
The male store manager knew Tang Xiaomin. She was notoriously short-tempered in upper-class circles and absolutely not to be trifled with.
"Miss Tang, I apologize. That shop assistant is new and doesn't know any better. Please don't hold it against her."
Zhang Meiyu also felt that Tang Xiaomin had gone too far and stepped forward to pull her. "Xiaomin, let it go. Why bother arguing with someone who looks down on others?"
It was a small matter, but Tang Xiaomin's temper flared up, and she couldn't hold it in.
"Fire her. Don't let me see her in your store again."
"Yes, yes, yes. We'll fire her immediately. We definitely won't hire her again," the store manager said hurriedly.
He quickly ran out and fired the ungrateful shop assistant on the spot.
The shop assistant still wanted to run back in to argue about being hit.
Unfortunately, the mall security immediately forced her away.
...
As soon as they left the store, Tang Xiaomin unceremoniously threw the newly bought clothes into the trash can.
Zhang Meiyu frowned. "What's wrong with you today, child? Why are you so angry?"
As she spoke, Zhang Meiyu tried to pick up the shopping bag.
Seeing this, Tang Xiaomin became even more irritable.
She stepped forward and pulled Zhang Meiyu away.
"That dress was too ugly. It's better to get rid of it."
"You've already bought it, how can you just get rid of it?"
"Sigh..."
Without further ado, Tang Xiaomin took Zhang Meiyu to a luxury store and spent over a hundred thousand on an outfit.
She thought Zhang Meiyu would be happy, but all the way, she was listless.
"You used to really like this brand. I'm buying it for you now, why don't you look happy?" Tang Xiaomin asked.
Zhang Meiyu finally managed a weak smile.
"This is all your thoughtfulness. How could I not be happy? Don't overthink it."
Given Zhang Meiyu's current state, it was hard not to overthink.
Tang Xiaomin vaguely felt that Zhang Meiyu seemed to have something on her mind.
She intended to ask Tang Yu when he got back, but she suddenly received a call from him.
"Xiaomin, I'm at the coffee shop outside the complex. Come out, I have something to talk to you about."
"What can't be said at home?"
"You'll know when you get here."
When Tang Xiaomin arrived at the coffee shop, she found not only Tang Yu but also Tang Ye there, and both of them looked quite grim.
Her intuition told her that something was about to happen.
"Come on, what do you want to say?"
Tang Yu looked at Tang Xiaomin with a complex expression, remained silent, and then placed a document in front of her.
Tang Xiaomin picked it up and saw the words "Medical Diagnosis" as the first thing that caught her eye.
At the end of several lines of professional terms, the diagnosis was heart failure.
And the name at the end was Zhang Meiyu's.
!!!
The light paper in her hand felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.
For a long time, Tang Xiaomin couldn't utter a word.
Because organ failure meant that one couldn't live for long, especially the heart.
It took her a long time to finally accept this reality.
"When... when did this happen?"
Her voice trembled uncontrollably, as if she had suddenly lost something, and a suffocating feeling filled her heart.
Tang Yu lit a cigarette and took a deep puff to calm himself.
"When she went for a prenatal check-up with Nana, she had a full-body exam, and it was discovered."
"Mom has been lacking spirit lately, her appetite isn't good, and she often sleeps for a whole day. I've been so busy with work that I didn't even notice her abnormality."
"If it weren't for Nana, she might have had an accident, and I still wouldn't know."
His parents divorced, his mother was gravely ill, and he didn't even know.
Tang Yu felt self-reproach and immense pain at this devastating news.
Tang Ye clasped his hands and rested them on his head, also saying with self-blame, "Mom's health was already not good, and she has high blood pressure. I should have taken good care of her, but I realized I haven't actually done anything."
Tang Ye, nearly six feet tall, shed tears of sadness, crying like a child.