Chapter 44
Pei Ge did not have lunch at the company’s cafeteria as per her lunchtime routine. Instead, armed with her handbag, she flagged down a cab and went to the nearest shopping mall.
After alighting from the taxi, Pei Ge had a quick lunch and went straight to a cosmetics shop.
“Welcome to Famous Beauty! How may I help you today, Miss?” the salesperson asked Pei Ge with a smile.
One look at the rows upon rows of makeup products in display at the shop made Pei Ge dizzy.
“Can you help me do my makeup?” Pei Ge asked upfront.
“Yes, Miss. As long as you purchase any of our products, we can do your makeup free of charge. Would you like to buy anything, Miss?” The salesperson was still all smiles as she said this.
“If I don’t buy a product, I can’t get my makeup done here?” Pei Ge asked with a frown.
Thus, the two young ladies left the shop in a hurry as though they had seen a ghost.
…” The salesperson looked at Pei Ge in the midst of the hustle and bustle. Seeing her ugly and frightening face, she quickly returned the money into Pei Ge’s hand. “We won’t take your money; just please don’t ever return here to have your makeup done! If you want to, you can try the shop next door. Their skills are better than ours and even cheaper!”
“Eh? But I think you guys did a good job.” Pei Ge pushed the money to the salesperson that was earnestly looking at her.
She was not one to take advantage of someone else!
“There really is no need to pay. Just go to the makeup shop next door next time! Really! They are way better than us!” Seeing another customer come in, the salesperson hurriedly pushed the money into Pei Ge’s hand and forced her out of the door.
“Don’t ever return, please!”
Bang! The door slammed shut after the salesperson finished speaking.
Pei Ge stared wordlessly at the closed door and the hundred-dollar bill in her hand. Fine. I’ll just treat it as me saving 50 yuan.
Thus, in a good mood, Pei Ge left for the bus stop; her journey back to the office was filled with shocked exclamations.
Alighting from the bus, Pei Ge hurried to the lobby and was just about to swipe her office pass when she was stopped by the security guard.
“Hold on. You’re not an employee of this company, right?” The security guard asked Pei Ge, frowning at her shockingly ugly makeup.
Pei Ge was delighted to hear the security guard’s words. Ha ha! Indeed, she was unrecognizable!
“I am an employee of this company. Look at my office pass!”
Seeing the office pass that Pei Ge held out, the security guard looked back and forth at her ID photo and at Pei Ge. He eventually shook his head and asked in a voice filled with suspicion, “You really are an employee here?”
The actual person was in stark contrast to the one in the photograph!
“Really! If you don’t believe me, I’ll call my department colleagues down and even make a phone call to my director for confirmation,” Pei Ge replied cheerfully.
The security guard deemed that Pei Ge was not lying, so he nodded his head and let Pei Ge pass through.
At her successful entrance, Pei Ge whistled happily as she stood waiting for the elevator.
Ding! Soon, the elevator arrived and its double doors opened.
When Pei Ge saw the person inside, she stopped whistling and her eyes widened.
The person inside also widened his eyes and retreated backward in an instant.