After a series of arguments, Jia Siwen stood there with his chest puffed out, like a victorious rooster.
The pent-up resentment was also thoroughly vented through his pointed mockery.
In his eyes, Qin Xuan was nothing more than a country bumpkin with decent looks.
He simply couldn't understand why Qin Ling'er and Qin Xue'er, the most beautiful girls here, were flocking around him.
As for the terms "cousin" or "brother," he refused to believe them.
After all, the two girls were breathtakingly beautiful, while Qin Xuan could only be considered handsome at best, not in the same league as them.
Could there be such a significant difference in appearance between blood relatives?
Who would believe that!
It was merely the upper class playing games, substituting traditional terms like "darling" or "husband" with "dear brother" or "good brother."
He wasn't unfamiliar with such practices himself!
However, no one present understood Jia Siwen's line of thinking.
Except for his girlfriend Lin Nana, who still stood by his side without reason, even the roguish Huo Haoyu took two steps back, distancing himself from the man.
"Heh, are you done talking?"
After listening to Qin Xuan's series of "accusations," Qin Xuan found it all rather amusing.
He never intended to consciously pay attention to his actions; he simply lived his life as comfortably as he could.
The Maybach was a car he bought for his own transportation. If a few small spots got dirty and he found them unsightly, he would wipe them with a rag and finish with a cloth. It was a casual act.
He didn't understand how it was perceived by the other party as being extremely concerned about a luxury car, likely fearing the boss's displeasure.
Similarly, the matter of eating was the same in his eyes.
One eats to be full, and caviar wasn't some rare delicacy.
He paid for it, so he could eat however he pleased. Did he have to adhere to some so-called "upper-class dining etiquette"?
The restaurant itself had no objections, yet Jia Siwen was getting all worked up.
"As for this dress, that's even more absurd."
"I'm buying clothes for my sister, and it's not costing you, Jia Siwen, a single cent. What are you babbling about here?"
"It's utterly inexplicable!"
"You!"
Hearing Qin Xuan smoothly explain away everything he had said, Jia Siwen was momentarily speechless, unsure of what to say.
However, he knew that if he backed down now, he would lose all face for the day!
"Heh, fine, let's say you've managed to explain away everything you just said."
"But what about this dress?"
"Didn't you hear how much the boss said it cost just now?"
"This dress is one hundred and fifty thousand!"
"Even if the car you're driving is yours, so what?"
"This dress is worth half your car!"
"Hmph, I'd like to see how you're going to buy this dress for your sister today."
"Don't just show off for your own sake, only to end up sacrificing your car!"
"Heh, you don't need to worry about that."
Too lazy to argue with the man, Qin Xuan directly took Qin Ling'er to the shop entrance.
Pointing to the glass display window in front, he said, "Hello, please help me customize two sets of the same style of evening gowns as this one. I want to give them to my two sisters."
Without favoritism, Qin Xuan naturally included Qin Xue'er.
After all, he had just taken control of the Qin family in Jiangcheng, and they were all considered family.
A custom-made haute couture evening gown costing one hundred and fifty thousand was not something he particularly cared about.
When Qin Xue'er heard that she was also getting one, she was almost jumping with joy.
Although she could afford one hundred and fifty thousand herself, the experience of buying something herself versus receiving it as a gift was clearly different.
Moreover, she was currently in a rather ambiguous phase with Qin Xuan.
Receiving a custom-made gown from him made her genuinely happy.
However, Jia Siwen was naturally quite disdainful of this.
He didn't even think Qin Xuan could afford one hundred and fifty thousand, let alone three million for two sets.
And what the shop owner said next made him burst into laughter.
If he cared a little about his image, he would have even jumped up to bite someone.
As the shop owner heard Qin Xuan ask for two sets, a spark of light suddenly ignited in his dim eyes.
But after that spark, he returned to his previous extremely subdued state and softly uttered four words.
"Yes, in US dollars."
The meaning was as clear as it could be.
The one hundred and fifty thousand he had just mentioned was not in Dragon currency, but in US dollars.
And calculated at the current exchange rate, that meant over ten million Dragon currency per dress!
This couldn't even be called an exorbitant price; it was outright robbery!
Was the face of the dress made of gold, or was the lining made of gold?
Even if the entire dress were made of gold, it couldn't possibly be worth that much!
But to everyone's utter surprise, facing the old man's brief quotation, Qin Xuan's reply was even shorter, consisting of only two words: "Deal."
Not only that, but he even directly took out the universal black gold card that Mike had given him and paid the full amount in one go.
Without even batting an eye!
This time, everyone present, whether it was Jia Siwen and Lin Nana, who had always looked down on Qin Xuan, or Nancy and Qin Xue'er, who had always spoken in his favor, was stunned into silence.
"Three million US dollars, just like that."
"What exactly is the background of this cousin of yours?"
After a long silence, Nancy finally couldn't help but ask her good friend Qin Xue'er.
However, Qin Xue'er hadn't known Qin Xuan for much longer than Nancy and the others.
So after stammering a few times, she also fell silent.
Seeing Qin Xuan decisively pay the money.
The shop owner's expression changed several times in an instant.
It was only after seeing Qin Ling'er standing beside Qin Xuan that his gaze refocused with a strong light.
"Beautiful lady, please come this way."
The shop owner spoke in somewhat unskillful Dragon country language, and everyone then realized that the owner of this custom dress shop was not a Dragon country national.
And Qin Ling'er, who was invited, was also a bit at a loss.
Only after seeing Qin Xuan's affirmative gaze did she nod gently at the bespectacled owner and then, with light steps, followed him into the shop.
"I'm going to the restroom. Xue'er, you guys wait here for a bit."
Haute couture customization takes a very long time. Besides determining the specific size and length of various parts of the garment, numerous adjustments are made according to the wearer's habits.
The amount of data to be measured and recorded during this process is countless. Qin Xuan naturally took this opportunity to quickly relieve himself.
A refreshing release.
Just as he was preparing to go back to continue waiting with Qin Xue'er and Nancy, a news report playing on the mall's large screen immediately caught Qin Xuan's attention.
A flight attendant from a certain airline was subjected to online cyberbullying by fans for not allowing a celebrity to disembark first to save a dying child. Unable to bear the humiliation, the flight attendant chose to slit her wrists, narrowly escaping death.