Way back to Our Past

3. Unavoidable Encounter

Translator: Snowball

At 5:00 pm.

When Wang Zicheng saw Qu Wan appear in front of him in a cheap black suit and sunglasses, he had a hard time holding back the urge to kick her out of his car.

“You wanna attend the dinner party in this shabby suit?”

Qu Wan swallowed hard and explained awkwardly, “This is all I have!”

With a snort, Wang Zicheng got out of the car crossly and walked to the mall nearby.

Having no idea what he was going to do, Qu Wan hopped out the car with the trunk in her hand and chased after him, gasping.

When he entered the mall, Wang Zicheng went straight to the women’s section. Seeing him finally stop at a shop, Qu Wan heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead. However, when she was about to sit down and rest,Wang Zicheng’s voice suddenly rang. “Come over! What do you think of this dress?”

“Looks nice!” Qu Wan answered without a second thought.

“Try it on!”

“Huh?” Qu Wan froze on the spot. But it immediately hit her that Wang Zicheng wanted her to try on clothes for his girlfriend. “Mr. Wang, your girlfriend has a completely different figure and appearance from mine! She’s tall with fair skin, but I’m short and dark, so it’s useless to let me try it on!”

Wang Zicheng changed girlfriends even faster than he changed clothes! He was fascinated by a pretty hot fashion model recently, so Qu Wan thought he was fooling around by asking her to try on the clothes for his girlfriend.

“Cut the crap! Just do what I asked you to!” Wang Zicheng said grumpily.

Daring not protest, Qu Wan put down the trunk, picked up the dress, and walked into the dressing room.

 

It had been three years since she wore such expensive clothes last time. Putting on this Chanel dress, she couldn’t help becoming sentimental about the past.

Three years ago, she had often worn clothes of this brand, which were classic and elegant. In addition to clothing, she also had many Chanel perfumes and cosmetics, which were enviable luxuries.

She had taken it a sign of his affection that Ling Mubai often bought her such expensive clothes.

However, afterwards, she learnt that every founder of Chanel had an imperfect relationship.

It might be because she had so many Chanels, her love story also ended in tragedy!

Qu Wan stepped out of the dressing room with mixed feelings. “Wow! The ugly duckling turned into a beautiful white swan in this dress! Nice!” Wang Zicheng walked around Qu Wan, clicking his tongue when he saw the latter stand in front of the mirror, unfurling the dress.

As if it had been made to her measure, Qu Wan emanated striking charm in this dress, looking totally different from she used to be.

“Put it on this evening. By the way, adjust your hairdo and drop your sunglasses!”

“No way!” Qu Wan immediately protested. Only then did she know that Wang Zicheng had brought her here not to try clothes on for his girlfriend, but to make her change for dinner because she looked too shabby.

“Job demands! It’s not up to you!”

Wang Zicheng was surprised that this woman could even resist the temptation of luxuries. “It’s our VIP customer, so if something goes wrong with the dinner party this evening, you won’t be able to afford it!”

“I just work for you! I have the right to refuse any your unreasonable requests in life!”

“That’s part of the job!” Wang Zicheng was a little irritated. Did she have any idea how expensive this dress was? How could she even refuse to accept it? What an ungrateful woman!

“You can do without it. But if the dinner party is screwed up because of you, you won’t get paid this month!”

Wang Zicheng didn’t want to waste his time persuading her, so he strode away after he finished his words.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Qu Wan hurried back to the dressing room and changed her clothes.

However, to her surprise, as soon as she walked out of the dressing room, she caught sight of a familiar figure.

“Sis?” Jiang Xinyue was choosing clothes with her friend, and when she saw Qu Wan coming out from the dressing room, she was also stupified.

Qu Wan walked on expressionlessly with the dress in her hand, pretending not having seen them.

“Ha! I didn’t recognize this b**ch just now! Oh my god! Look at the way she’s dressed!”

Staring at Qu Wan’s old-fashioned suit, the two couldn’t help revealing a look of contempt. Not only did they speak sharply, they deliberately raised their voices as well.

The moment she returned to this city, Qu Wan knew she would see Jian Xinyue again sooner all later, but she didn’t expect to run into her so soon!

Anyway, three years had passed. Even though they met again, she would take her as a stranger and was not going to have anything to do with her.

“What gave her the guts to walk into a mall like this? Isn’t she afraid that she’ll make an ass of herself?”

Jiang Xinyue didn’t say a word, but her friend kept on mocking at Qu Wan. “This is not a place for you! Do you think you can afford to pay if you stain any of the clothes here?”

“Wenwen!” Jiang Xinyue tried to stop her.

“I didn’t say anything wrong! Look at the dress she’s wearing! It’s obvious a bargain from a stall! She got nothing from the Ling family after the divorce, so she must very poor. I can’t believe she had the nerve to try clothes on in such a place!” With that, she suddenly snatched the dress from Qu Wan’s hand.

Qu Wan didn’t want to waste her time arguing with her, so she turned and was about to leave.

 

“Sorry, Miss! But you can’t leave now.” The shopping assistant stopped Qu Wan while pointing at a tear in the dress. “It’s torn up here.”

Qu Wan was stunned and when she saw the sly smile on Jiang Wenwen’s face, she instantly figured out what had happened.

She didn’t want to stay here too long because such high-end malls were full of noblewomen and she was afraid of being recognized. “I didn’t tear it,” Qu Wan explained.

“No one has touched this dress except you. How dare you deny it?” Jiang Wenwen said meaningfully.

Striding a step forward, Qu Wan suddenly lifted up the hand of Jiang Wenwen, whose long fingernails were still wrapped with several threads of fabric.

“If you wanna shift the blame to me, you’d better erase the evidence! Do you think everyone else is as silly as you are?”

Jiang Wenwen blushed with anger in an instant. Before, Qu Wan had always hidden behind Ling Mubai and never retorted when she was bullied.

She had changed a lot in the past three years and now she was as inviolable as a hedgehog.

To ease the tension in the air, Jiang Xinyue hurried over. “My sister must have torn the dress by accident. I’ll pay for it. Please let her go,” she said to the shop assistant.

“Don’t call me ‘sister’! I’m the only child of my mom and I’ve never ever had any younger sisters!”