Jin Xia browsed the mall and bought two mattresses, spending as much as two million at Hästens alone.
She had suffered from a sleep disorder in her previous life, so she took sleep particularly seriously.
When she left the store, Jin Xia carried a gift bag containing complimentary gifts from Hästens.
A box containing just a few chocolates, priced at over a thousand, a bottle of a hair-and-body care set Hästens had customized for its premium members, and a shopping voucher worth fifty thousand.
The store manager's voice sounded behind her. "Miss Jin, if you're dissatisfied with any aspect of our service, please feel free to offer us your valuable feedback at any time. We're delighted to serve you and look forward to your next visit."
Jin Xia glanced back and immediately saw the manager standing with the staff, all beaming at her.
Jin Xia merely lowered her eyes slightly and nodded, without another word.
Carrying the gifts, she walked straight ahead, wandering aimlessly.
Had this been her in her previous life, she certainly wouldn't have accepted these things, for no particular reason...
What true socialite would care about such petty benefits?
But she was different now. She didn't need to put on an identity or a persona. She could simply be her truest self.
The fifty-thousand voucher could only be used within the mall. Before coming to Hästens, she had already bought everything she needed, and Jin Xia had thoroughly indulged her desire to spend in her previous life.
As for her now...
She didn't have the slightest urge to make any impulse purchases.
A rather inconspicuous handbag sat in Chanel's display window.
She remembered this bag particularly well.
Its sales had been dismal when it launched, so it had been taken off the shelves in less than a quarter.
Later, a top socialite, the Wang family's daughter, had carried it to a brand's evening event. After the media photographed her with it, it had gone viral online.
After all, wanting to get closer to wealth was human nature. Whether middle-class women or genuine heiresses in the most elite circles, they had all frantically searched every possible channel to buy it.
It was an off-season style that had been taken off the shelves, and its discontinued production line could no longer produce new bags.
Once the remaining stock sold out, people had flocked to the secondhand luxury market.
At its peak, the bag's price had been driven up to over a million. Plenty of suckers had paid extra to buy it just to show off, even with the price inflated dozens of times over!
Jin Xia had once been one of those suckers.
She stood outside the display window in a daze for a few seconds, then walked straight into the store without a second thought.
Chanel had always been strict about training its sales associates. Although she was dressed simply and plainly, they didn't slight her because of it.
At least, that was what Jin Xia thought.
Little did she know that the sales associates' eyes had lit up at the sight of the Hästens bag in her hand.
Jin Xia pointed at the display piece in the window behind her. "I want that one."
The young man at the counter nodded with a knowing smile. "Ma'am, would you like me to take it down so you can try it on?"
She shook her head and replied mildly, "Do you have it in stock?"
The young man's face was practically splitting with his smile. "Yes! I'll get one from the stockroom for you right away!"
For an unpopular style that had sat in the window for so long without selling, the commission on a single sale was far higher than on those popular designs!
A few minutes later, the young man hurried back from the stockroom. Wearing white gloves, he introduced it with great professionalism. "This bag is made from lambskin, with rare crocodile leather used at the joins, so it's rather delicate. If it's convenient, you can bring it into the store for regular care."
Jin Xia took out the voucher and placed it on the table, saying evenly, "I'll pay now."
The instant they saw the voucher, every sales associate in the store gathered around!
Fifty thousand...
That had to be the highest-value shopping voucher the mall issued!
It was actually their first time seeing a shopping voucher worth so much!
But Jin Xia hadn't expected the bag to cost only forty-eight thousand. She glanced around, looked things over, and finally chose a simple pair of house slippers with a fairly inconspicuous logo, paying another five thousand.
"No boxes. They're too heavy."
Watching them wrap everything in layer after layer, Jin Xia couldn't help knitting her delicate brows slightly.
This flashy, impractical packaging was nothing but a waste of resources, yet people insisted on praising it under the lofty label of "a sense of occasion."
She had already been reborn. Who still cared about a sense of occasion?
Following Jin Xia's instructions, the young man placed the slippers and handbag in a paper bag printed with the brand's logo.
He respectfully escorted Jin Xia to the store entrance himself. "Ma'am, we look forward to your next visit."
From entering the store and making her purchase to leaving, Jin Xia had taken only five minutes in total, at least three of which had been spent waiting for the associate to retrieve her purchase.
The young man stood rooted to the spot in a daze, discussing her with his colleagues.
"I wonder who she is. She came in and bought that hugely unpopular handbag of ours without another word."
"Who else could she be? One look tells you she's a money god for our mall. I've worked here three years, and I've never seen Guomao issue a fifty-thousand voucher. Just how much did she spend in the mall?"
"If I were you, I'd have asked for her contact details. A big spender like that only comes along once in a millennium. Now that you've let her walk away, who knows whether you'll ever run into her again!"
The first thing Jin Xia did after leaving the mall was have An He drive her to the real estate agency.
As instructed, the agent had taken on the old courtyard property at the orphanage's former site. Once she signed the contract and all the paperwork was completed, the property would be hers.
After entering, she settled leisurely into a seat, entirely at ease, and rested her overlapping hands on her thighs. "I hope you can take care of these matters as soon as possible."
"Rest assured, Miss Jin. We've worked together many times now. I understand your needs, and I'll also improve the service I provide you."
This time, the agent was considerably more careful with his wording when speaking to Jin Xia.
He was a seasoned hand who had spent years in the resale property market, yet facing the girl before him, who wasn't even eighteen, he inexplicably felt an overwhelming sense of pressure.
It was as though...
He was looking at his boss.
Jin Xia hadn't even said anything particularly harsh or demanding to him, but her words and manner carried an imposing authority that couldn't be ignored, making it impossible to underestimate her.
"Although you're very young, Miss Jin, you have an excellent eye for investment. I've received word that there's a scrap recycling yard right behind the orphanage courtyard you purchased. After hearing that the orphanage had been sold, its owner has also been urgently contacting us these past few days, wanting to list it for sale."
The agent brought a glass of warm water over to Jin Xia as he spoke with a sheepish smile.
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