Qian Le stood to the side, pressing her lips together to hide a snicker. She had to admit, with how obnoxious Lu Chiyan was being, if she were Li Jiao, she would have wanted to punch her twice too.
"Really, when it comes down to it, we're all here to borrow clothes. This outfit isn't yours either, so why am I wasting my breath on you?" Li Jiao took out her phone with an imposing air. "I'll call Yan Muxi right now. Let's see whether you get to wear this outfit today!"
"Well, what a coincidence!" Lu Chiyan curled his lips as he looked at Li Jiao. "When I like something, I have to have it. If I can't have it, I get unhappy, and when I'm unhappy, I feel like going crazy. So I'm planning to buy this outfit."
Li Jiao had not expected Lu Chiyan to buy the outfit outright. Her expression stiffened and turned rather ugly.
The formal outfits celebrities wore to events were generally borrowed from brands or independent designers, or sponsored by the brands themselves. Very few celebrities paid for them out of their own pockets.
After all, these clothes were expensive and only worn once at an event, so few celebrities were willing to spend money buying them.
Of course, very few did not mean none.
But Li Jiao did not believe Lu Chiyan would actually buy it, for no other reason than that she thought he did not have the money.
In the two years since his debut, Lu Chiyan had only filmed two productions in total. He hardly ever appeared on shows and had no commercial endorsements to speak of. How much could he possibly have earned?
This outfit had been designed by Yan Muxi herself. The orchids had been embroidered entirely by hand with gold thread. On top of that, 108 plump, round natural pearls had been sewn onto it. The whole outfit was luxurious without losing its elegance. There was absolutely no way to get it for less than several million.
Li Jiao did not believe Lu Chiyan could so easily produce several million to buy an outfit he could only wear once.
"Sure, buy it. Then let me see just how you're going to buy this outfit." With that, Li Jiao called a staff member over.
"This gentleman says he wants to buy the Capital Orchid outfit," Li Jiao told the staff member. As she spoke, her face was full of anticipation for the spectacle, as though mocking Lu Chiyan: if he could not produce the money to buy the outfit, he would thoroughly humiliate himself.
To her surprise, Lu Chiyan said nothing and calmly took a bank card from his pocket and handed it to the staff member.
The move gave Qian Le a fright, her eyes widening!
How could a broke loser with a bank balance of 0.81 yuan say something like that without batting an eye or his heart skipping a beat!
You even dare hand over your card for them to swipe?
Are you that afraid people won't know how poor you are!
Do you even know how expensive this outfit is!
This "Capital Orchid" outfit had been designed by Yan Muxi herself and cost at least five million.
Qian Le wanted nothing more than to jump up and snatch that bank card away, but unfortunately, before she had the chance, the staff member had already taken it away to swipe it.
It's over, it's over. We're going to be utterly humiliated this time!
Is there still time for me to grab Lu Chiyan and run?
Won't Li Jiao grind every last shred of my dignity into the dirt from now on!
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Qian Le was trying to think of how to salvage their dignity when the insufficient funds message appeared, only to see the staff member approaching with the card terminal.
She said to Lu Chiyan, "Hello, Mr. Lu. The total is six million. Please enter your PIN."
Once again, Lu Chiyan calmly entered his PIN.
A mechanical female voice sounded from the card terminal. "Payment successful."
Qian Le: "???" What? Suc... successful?