59 Su Lin vs the ladies

In a small little shop, in the middle of giant buildings, the bright noon sun rays were hitting the glass walls and creating vivid patterns on the surface behind.

The interiors of the shop were simple and elegant, with nothing but a plain white paint. 

The front portion of the shop was split into two halves by the neat marble counter and the door connecting the front and back portion was locked, blending into the white background.

A comfortable and expensive L shaped grey leather couch was opposite the counter space, currently seating five middle-aged women, who looked like a million dollars.

However, one of them was sweating bullets currently...

Mrs. Su had a bad feeling about this whole situation.

She obviously could see how much the old man favored this orphan girl and that he had put some efforts into helping her out.

But now, looking at the drama unfolding in front of her, she was feeling very uneasy and restless. 

She had an ominous feeling that this was for sure going to be reported back to Grandpa Su.

It was not as if she was afraid of him but he was the man of the house and she cannot oppose him in such an outright way. 

Moreover, she also respected and loved the elder and did not want to offend him if possible.

But her friend, Shi Ling, Shi Meng's mother was making it very difficult for her...

Sigh… How am I ever going to stop this riot now? Mrs. Su shook her head in disapproval.

Mama Meng didn't even try to hide the blatant hatred and continued hurling insults at the girl.

The others were equally cruel, laughing, and mocking the silent woman.

Mrs. Su was very conflicted. 

On one hand, she didn't want to offend Grandpa Su but on the other hand, Mama Meng was one of her oldest and closest friends.

She also knew first hand how Su Lin had been cheating and lying to the Shi family, obviously to live and feed off of them.

Hmm… Should I interfere in this mess or not? Mrs. Su sighed and gazed at the charade pensively.

And on top of all of this, the useless woman was only adding fuel to the fire by talking back to mama Meng word for word…

Shouldn't she respect the elders at the least? What is up with her sarcastic answers? Sigh...

Fidgeting with her fingers, Mrs. Su waited patiently for a good chance to intervene and take control of this whole nasty situation.

At the other end of this spectrum, Su Lin had already given up any hopes of this encounter being fruitful. She was not a meek and submissive girl to take all these insults lying down.

She gave back as good as she got? No. She simply didn't even acknowledge these insults, which only infuriated mama Meng further.

Without any expression of annoyance or irritation, Su Lin blankly replied back, "No, these are not store-bought creams. I personally made them."

"And yes it is perfectly safe for you to apply them on the skin. Here is the list of herbs I used to make them."

"Bleh... This smells too weird and even looks too weird. I am not touching this shit." Mockingly Mama Meng pushed aside Su Lin's moisturizer bottle with a disgusted look.

And there was another round of sarcastic chuckling and snickering.

OK. This has gone on for far too long. Mrs. Su finally decided to interfere and calmed down the crowd.

"Hey now Xiao Ling, don't completely trash the product. Who knows? It might be good. I mean the products being organic and all."

Mama Meng chuckled lightly and further added, "Oh, yes, of course. I am sure it is definitely an amazing product. I will be sure to recommend it to some special people in my life!!" She sneered.

And looking at one of her friends, Mrs. Guo, she further added, "Xiao Lu weren't you complaining yesterday evening that someone was running for the club president against you this year? You should gift this to that bitch. Ha ha ha."

Knowing what's about to come next, Mrs. Su again quickly interrupted and tried to take back control of this conversation.

"That's right. Su Lin dear, why don't you just pack one bottle for each of us to try on later. My treat ladies. And make it quick dear. We have another appointment soon."

Su Lin smiled and wrapped up five small triangular transparent bottles filled with her custom-made moisturiser.

She then quickly handed it over to Mrs. Su.

Not bothering to ask her anything about the price, Mrs. Su shoved some cash in Su Lin's hand and hurriedly left the shop. "Let's get going ladies."

Fortunately for her, Mama Meng decided to be decent and understanding this fine day and didn't press this any further.

She too quickly got up, completely ignored Su Lin and walked out of the shop with her friends.

And just like that ... all the ruckus died down...

Watching the five ladies hustle out of the shop, Runyan curiously peeped back out of the store room to check on Su Lin. 

"Why are they always so toxic?" She murmured.

Surprisingly, Su Lin had a completely different expression than what she had expected.

Su Lin just stood silently humming and smiling, looking at the five ladies disappearing in the distance in their limited edition Lamborghini.

That plain smiling face was very calm and pleasant to look at, but anybody from Su Lin's old life would only shiver and scatter, if they had ever seen her that calm and smiling...