C12 Black as the Crow in the World

As the middle-aged man finished speaking, the black curtain was lifted up. The first thing that entered Lu Yuan's eyes was a big round belly.

Lu Yuan carefully observed the newcomer. Wasn't this the image of the middle-aged, oily man that people criticized the most?

He saw that the person's hair was brushed with a shiny horse and high cheekbones, which were linked together with the pair of gold-rimmed glasses that didn't look cheap. It gave off a feeling of being made by nature.

However, no matter how much he tried to hide it, it couldn't get past his shifty eyes and left a deep impression on Lu Yuan.

This man was stroking his big round belly with one hand and had his other hand behind his back, doing something unknown.

Lu Yuan realized that the moment the big belly came out, the employees all acted as if they saw something terrifying. They didn't dare to breathe too loudly and lowered their heads, trying their best to avoid eye contact with him.

Only Xie Chunhwa, who wholeheartedly chased Lu Yuan away, remained normal.

"Manager, this poor student is intentionally finding fault!" Xie Chunhwa couldn't help but move her body toward the man called the manager. It was obvious that she was already used to it.

"Little Xie, I'm just going to say something to you. Look at what you've said. The customer is God. Don't you remember?" The manager pretended to reprimand Xie Chunhwa, but anyone with a discerning eye could tell that she was just pretending.

"Little Xie knows she's wrong!" Xie Chunhwa didn't really care about what the manager said. She just pinched the manager's arm without anyone noticing. Clearly, she was on time.

Lu Yuan watched the two act quietly.

"Hello, I'm the manager of this store. You can just call me Manager Zhang. May I know your surname, sir?" Manager Zhang was full of smiles as he slightly bent his body towards Lu Yuan and stretched out his friendly right hand.

Since the other party already acted like this, at least on the surface, he still didn't throw away his manners. Lu Yuan couldn't possibly make the other party feel embarrassed.

Lu Yuan shook hands with Manager Zhang expressionlessly and let him go. He said coldly, "No need for your surname, Lu."

"Oh, it's Mr. Lu. Please forgive me, Mr. Lu. Xiao Xie is a new employee. If he has offended you in any way, please do not take it to heart." As he spoke, Manager Zhang maintained a smile that made it hard to tell if it was real or fake.

Lu Yuan didn't want to make things so awkward at first, because when he was angry, he had already attracted some attention from the surroundings to this matter in the "Old Phoenix Diamond". Some bored people at the entrance of the store were watching the commotion.

Since the other party had already taken the initiative to negotiate, Lu Yuan naturally wouldn't 'refuse to see you once you're done'.

"The manager is indeed the manager. He's different from other people!" Lu Yuan forced a smile and intentionally glanced at Xie Chunhwa who was standing behind Manager Zhang.

"Mr. Lu, if there's nothing else, please do as you please. I'll be going down first. I still have other things to take care of." Manager Zhang maintained a professional smile throughout.

"Hmm?" Lu Yuan suddenly realized something?

"Isn't this just trying to chase him away?" Lu Yuan had already analyzed Manager Zhang's words in his mind. This was the obvious meaning.

"Hmph, so this manager still looks down on me." Lu Yuan suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart.

"Hide it, Manager Zhang!" Lu Yuan spoke clearly and with complete arrogance at this time.

"Anything else?" It was obvious that Manager Zhang was getting impatient. This time, he didn't even bother to turn around as he squeezed these words out from between his teeth with his back towards Lu Yuan.

"Manager Zhang, may I ask which diamond is the biggest one in your store? Let me take it out and have a look. " Lu Yuan was very calm as he said this.

"Lu Yuan, are you crazy?" Huang Jingjing, who had been watching the situation worsen beside Lu Yuan, woke up at this moment and whispered into Lu Yuan's ear.

"Oh?" Manager Zhang apparently heard the funniest joke in the world and turned around to look at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan saw the same expression on Manager Zhang's face as Xie Chunhwa.

Disdain.

Undisguised contempt, as Lu Yuan thought, Manager Zhang from the bottom of his heart looked down on Lu Yuan, but only because of the overall image of the store will he speak kindly to Lu Yuan.

However, he did not expect Lu Yuan, who looked like a student, to not know what was good for him.

"Mr. Lu, please don't joke with me!" Manager Zhang turned around with his usual smile and said calmly.

Lu Yuan could no longer keep his expression in his eyes. Manager Zhang's entire person was no different from Xie Chunhwa. He was like a dog looking down on its prey.

"Are you joking? I'm not joking. If you think I'm joking, I don't mind buying this shop. When the time comes, you'll know if I'm joking. " He didn't have anything good to say about people that Lu Yuan didn't like at all.

Lu Yuan's tone also unknowingly became tough.

"Mr. Lu, I think you are at most just a student. Do you know how much the diamonds in our shop are worth? I hope you won't make trouble for no reason at all. " Manager Zhang no longer hid anything.

"Causing trouble without reason?" Lu Yuan would never have thought that the other party would put him in such a position.

From the beginning to the end, Lu Yuan only wanted to give Huang Jingjing a present. He didn't expect these employees who looked down on people to completely disregard him, even saying that Lu Yuan was making trouble for nothing.

No matter who it was, it was impossible not to get angry at this sort of thing.

"I call you Mr. Lu because I think highly of you. Please consider your identity!" When Manager Zhang said this, his head tilted up a little as if he was looking down from above.

"I said I can afford it, so I'm not joking with you. I'll put my words here today. I want to buy the biggest diamond!" Lu Yuan didn't mind giving in. In terms of momentum, he didn't lose to the other party at all.

"Don't you know what you're doing? Who doesn't know how to boast? " Xie Chunhwa, who had been silent all this while, could no longer bear to watch anymore. She still maintained her haughty look, with her arms crossed in front of her chest. There was only contempt for Lu Yuan in her eyes.

The deadlock between Lu Yuan and these people continued, and it attracted quite a few people to spectate one after another.

Everyone in the crowd was talking at once.

"Hey, what's going on? The old Phoenix Diamond is relying on its power to bully people again? "

"In my opinion, it was purely because of that seemingly student person. He might have wanted to bring the girl here to pretend to be a 'B'. Who would've thought that he would have kicked a metal board."

"I don't think that's necessarily the case. You should know that the Old Phoenix Diamond is famous for speaking the language of humans and spouting nonsense whenever you meet a ghost."

Lu Yuan didn't have the heart to distinguish between these complicated discussions. In his heart, he must have an outcome to today's matter. After all, he had had enough of such unfair treatment since he was young.