At the dressing room backstage.
“What’s going on? Why couldn’t my dress be delivered all of a sudden? How on earth do you carry out your job? Didn’t you say that it would be delivered at this hour?”
A group of people were being scolded by Zhao Yiru until they dared not retaliate. They just stood with their heads down.
“Are you dead or deaf? Or have you lost your voices? Tell me what is going on!”
“W-We also don’t know what’s going on. It was agreed that the dress will be sent today, but—”
“But what?”
“But that dress was suddenly bought by another person, so—”
“Someone bought it? What do you mean?” Zhao Yiru’s eyes widened. “Didn’t I order the dress first? Why was it bought by someone else?”
“Yiru, when you asked us to order that dress, you only ordered it verbally without paying any money or deposit, so—”
Hearing this, Zhao Yiru slammed her hand angrily on the table. “Just because I didn’t pay any money, they won’t send it to me? This is absurd! I am a popular celebrity in the entertainment industry; how would it be possible that I would owe any money? Call the person-in-charge to come and see me.”
“Miss Zhao, please stop yelling.” A male voice suddenly rang. Followed by that voice, a man in a blue suit walked in steadily with one hand in his pocket—he was the person-in-charge of the brand this time.
“You are the person-in-charge? Chen Yi, you came just at the right time. Now, explain to me what has happened! Why wasn’t the dress that I ordered sent to me today? Don’t you know that the press conference will begin soon?”
Chen Yi raised his eyebrows. “Your staff made it clear to you just now, right? You didn’t pay any money and just booked the dress verbally. We have never made any promises to send it to you today.”
Hearing that, Zhao Yiru stood up angrily. “What’s the meaning of this? Do you think I will actually owe you money without paying you back? I have asked you to send it to me, but you did not do that! Where is that dress now?”
“It has already been bought by someone else with a high price. The person paid the full sum,” Chen Yi answered directly with a slight smile.
Zhao Yiru’s manager also stepped forward. “Chen Yi, you guys are being too much. Since you couldn’t send it to us, why didn’t you tell us in advance? It’s not like Yiru can’t afford this dress.”
“Is that so?” Chen Yi raised his eyebrows with an innocent look on his face. “Miss Zhao is unwilling to pay even 20% of the deposit, so I find it hard to believe that you will pay the full amount. After all, this is the first time that the product is going public. If anything happened to it, it would be completely worthless when we want to sell it again. Besides, I remember our company’s staff telling you that if you don’t pay the deposit, there is no guarantee that the dress will be delivered to you.”
Zhao Yiru was stumped for a moment before asking, “So you are shrugging off your responsibility now?”
“What responsibility do we need to take based on a verbal agreement? Miss Zhao, you should not use your own status as a celebrity to bully others.”
Zhao Yiru was so livid that her face had turned bluish. She gritted her teeth and tried to take a step forward, but she was stopped by her manager, who looked quite helpless. “Then what should we do now? You didn’t notify us in advance, and Zhao Yiru doesn’t have any spare clothes ready. What should she wear for the press conference?”
“This is your business—it has nothing to do with us. The reason for me coming here is just to inform Miss Zhao that this was a mistake on your part. Our company will not bear any consequences, including negative reviews.”
“You!” Zhao Yiru gritted her teeth angrily. “Aren’t you afraid that I will spread this bad review about your company?”
“Miss Zhao, if you are smart enough, you would not do this. Offending big brands is not the most sensible thing to do, and such behavior will only make other big brands shut you out.” After the confrontation, the person-in-charge took his leave.
After he had left, Zhao Yiru turned pale with anger. “What should I do now? Should I wear this to attend the press conference? Damn it! How dare Chen Yi do this to me and show me his cocky face!”
The group of people around her did not dare to speak, while her manager frowned and tried to find a way out. “The only solution is to go to other brands first to see if they can—”
“Is this Miss Zhao’s dressing room?” A female voice suddenly rang outside the door.
“Who’s there?”
Two women took a step forward and presented a specially-wrapped gift box to her. “Miss Zhao Yiru, a gentleman asked us to give it to you.”
“What is it?” Zhao Yiru was annoyed, and she was not in a good mood. Her brows were knitted into a frown when she questioned them.
Perplexed, Zhao Yiru’s manager went forward to open the box. Then, his expression changed slightly. “This is…”
“Oh my God. Isn’t this the dress from Chen Yi’s company? What’s going on? Why is it here?”
“Could it be that the person who bought the dress intended to give this to Yiru as a gift?”
Zhao Yiru was still very angry at the beginning, but when she heard that, she was stunned. Then, she walked over and found that the dress in the box was the same as the one she had chosen. How could this be happening?
“Oh my God. This person is so generous and romantic. He actually bought it directly and gifted it to you, Yiru. Is he courting you?”
“You’re such a lucky woman, Yiru! You actually have such a man who worked so hard to surprise you!”
Zhao Yiru felt quite delirious after hearing everyone’s compliments and couldn’t help but smile triumphantly. “It goes without saying, of course. There are many people courting me, you know.” She raised her head and glanced at the two girls in front of her. “What is the name of your boss who sent this?”
The two girls shook their heads. “Miss Zhao, our boss only ordered us to deliver the dress. We shall take our leave now.” After that, the two of them left without answering Zhao Yiru’s question.
“Hey, don’t leave first! At least tell me who he is!”
Zhao Yiru’s manager said, “Can’t believe he’s decided to remain anonymous. Yiru, do you have any idea who would give you this?”
“How would I know?” Zhao Yiru crossed her hands in front of her chest smugly. “There are so many people chasing after me. Maybe it’s one of them.” But this man was quite to her liking. The men who used to chase her only wanted to show off how rich they were in front of her, but none of them bought a dress designed by a major brand with full payment and sent it to her at such a crucial moment.
Although there was a great shock before that, the joy and pride afterward sent her straight to cloud nine. The envious eyes of those around her made her feel smug.
“Alright, then. Stop standing here anymore and change into it quickly. Put on some makeup and get ready to go on stage.”
“Yeah, Yiru. Hurry up and put on your makeup! The press conference is about to begin.”
“Hmph, Chen Yi, that petty fellow! When I’m free, I definitely won’t let him go after this. How dare he trample on my pride!” Zhao Yiru looked at the dress in the box with a smile on her face. As expected, she could do whatever she wanted with such a beautiful face.
It was a pity that she didn’t know that the greater the expectation, the harder the fall.
