The aloof military doctor arrives at the unit, and the tough guy can't sit still.

A hint of annoyance flashed in Xia Qiuran's eyes. "Zhao Feng, I advise you to stop doing such pointless things. No matter what you buy, I will never be with you."

"Qiu Ran, whether you stay with me or not is your choice. Today I just want you to see how overestimating the person next to you is. Compared to me, he's like the moon in the sky compared to a firefly on the ground."

Zhao Feng stood with his hands in his pockets, his eyes and brows filled with arrogance and disdain, his tone laced with undisguised sarcasm.

Xia Qiuran couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to explain to him, "Zhao Feng, don't go too far. Do you know who Commander Lu's parents are? Do you know who his grandparents are?"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Zhenghan interrupted, "Comrade Zhao, you're absolutely right. Let this firefly see more of you then."

The group then walked to the clothing counter and ran into the same snobbish saleswoman from last time.

Seeing that Lu Zhenghan and Xia Qiuran had arrived again, he took the initiative to greet them, "You two are here again. What would you like to buy today? I have brought in quite a few new items."

"This comrade wants to buy clothes today, so bring out all your most expensive and best-quality new styles." After Lu Zhenghan finished speaking, he made way for Zhao Feng to step forward.

"Okay, sure." The sales clerk grinned, thinking that Lu Zhenghan had been so generous last time, so the person he brought this time must be a generous person as well. And with the new hot items that didn't require coupons, the bonus was definitely in the bag.

He enthusiastically introduced the dress to Zhao Feng, saying, "Comrade, this dress just arrived yesterday. It's the only one of its kind in Shangchun City. Take a look."

Zhao Feng glanced at the packaging of the dress without leaving a trace and found that it was wrapped in a cardboard box with a ribbon tied around it. The box alone was worth a lot of money, not to mention the dress itself. Considering the hair clip incident just now, Zhao Feng did not pack it too full this time.

"Why is the neckline of this dress so big? It's practically indecent," she said, deliberately finding fault.

The saleswoman picked up the dress and looked at it. Thinking Zhao Feng was a conservative person, she quickly said, "This is just a regular round neck. Why don't you take a look at this one? This one has a high neck, and the hem covers your ankles. I guarantee it won't show anything."

Seeing the saleswoman take out another dress from the box, Zhao Feng said mercilessly, "The waist is so tight, it's obviously not for nice people."

The sales clerk was getting impatient. This was top-quality goods from Hong Kong, and he had never heard such praise before. "Comrade, what kind would you like to choose? Let me hear your thoughts."

"Of course, it should be elegant and appropriate, and make you look incredibly luxurious. Money is not a problem, the key is that the clothes must be good enough. Qiu Ran, what do you think?" Zhao Feng cleared his throat and looked at Xia Qiu Ran.

He thought to himself that if Xia Qiuran said no this time, he would leave immediately.

Xia Qiuran wasn't stupid; she naturally understood the current situation and deliberately said, "I think those two items are very good."

Zhao Feng clenched his fingers tightly. The dress was probably more expensive than his monthly salary, and he couldn't act impulsively.

"Qiu Ran, how come your taste has become so low-end? Those two dresses are clearly not suitable for you. I think this one is better, why don't you buy it?" Zhao Feng glanced around the counter and saw a bright blue dress with wrinkles hanging at the bottom of the shelf. He picked it up and said.

"Never mind, Commander Lu, let's go," Xia Qiuran said casually after glancing at him.

"Or this one would be fine too." Zhao Feng picked up the big yellow dress next to him and said, "Qiu Ran, you can't just look at the appearance. Those two dresses were just pretty in packaging, but they're not as good as the two dresses I chose."

The saleswoman stood by with her arms crossed, giving Zhao Feng a sharp, piercing look, her lips curled into a sneer, clearly at her breaking point.

"Comrade, if you're buying a dress, what are you looking for if not its appearance? If you're looking for its taste, you've come to the wrong place. You need to go to the food section next door." The saleswoman instantly reverted to her usual mean and mercenary demeanor.

"How dare you speak like that?" Zhao Feng said unhappily.

The saleswoman scoffed, "You find a bunch of faults with the good stuff I bring out. This dress has been sitting on the shelf for a year and nobody's asked about it, and you're buying it like it's a treasure. I don't think you're here to buy clothes properly; you're clearly here to indulge in your fantasies and show off."

"They're all talk and no action, but when it comes to actually spending money, they shrink back. If you don't have money, don't try to act like rich people who just stroll around putting on airs."

The salesperson rattled off a string of words like a machine gun, attracting a large crowd to watch.

"Young man, you've messed with the wrong person. She's a notorious shrew in our mall, quick to anger. If you go to her and only pick and choose without buying anything, you've really hit a brick wall," the saleswoman next to him chuckled.

Zhao Feng pointed at the sales clerk, his face flushed with anger, and after a long pause, he managed to stammer, "What kind of attitude is this?"

"This is my attitude. It's a waste of time. If you have no money, why pretend to be a respectable person?" The saleswoman glared at Zhao Feng again before turning to pack the two new dresses into a box.

"Even if I had the money, I would never buy from you." Zhao Feng said hastily, shaking his hand. "Qiu Ran, let's go. Places like this are all scams. I'll take you back to the market in Dagang Commune later. You can pick whatever you want there."

Xia Qiuran's disgust had almost reached its peak. She tugged at Lu Zhenghan's sleeve, signaling him to leave, but Lu Zhenghan only returned a reassuring look before speaking again.

"Comrade Zhao, if we're not going to buy clothes, how about we look at some food? That's Daojixiang Pastry Shop over there; I've heard it's quite famous."

"I didn't bring my pastry coupons," Zhao Feng blurted out, touching the coupons that had just been handed out.

"I happen to have two here." Lu Zhenghan handed the pastry tickets from his pocket to Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng gritted his teeth and could only accept it. "Fine, someone like you can't afford pastries anyway, so there's no point in keeping the pastry coupons."

When I got to the pastry counter, the sales assistant said directly, "Comrade, give me a peach shortbread."

"Comrade Zhao, if you only ask for one peach shortbread, the salesperson will probably say the same thing to you as before." Lu Zhenghan smiled after hearing this.

Zhao Feng was both embarrassed and annoyed, but he still didn't change his mind: "Food has an expiration date, don't you understand? I can tell from your expression that you don't. Food tastes best when it's freshly bought and eaten."

When Zhao Feng spent those five yuan, he felt as if his heart was being torn apart. Now, buying a peach shortbread was the maximum he could afford.

The sales clerk walked over, glanced at the pastry ticket Zhao Feng handed over, and said, "Comrade, this pastry ticket is for one jin (500g). You only want one peach shortbread now, and we don't have change, so we can't sell it to you." She then threw it back to Zhao Feng.

"Then just weigh out two or three pieces for me, and see if you can make change," Zhao Feng said through gritted teeth.

"No, next one." The sales clerk ignored her completely.

Although the sales clerk's attitude was still rude and overbearing, Zhao Feng felt a strange sense of relief upon hearing this, and he turned to Xia Qiuran and said.

"Qiu Ran, the service here is terrible. Why don't we go back first? I'll buy it for you another day if you want to eat it."

"You must keep that hair clip safe. It's a five-dollar hair clip. I doubt anyone in your team can afford such an expensive one. This hair clip will definitely make you the most eye-catching person." He talked about the hair clip almost every time he spoke.

"Commander Lu, you see? Qiu Ran is a female comrade who wears a five-yuan hair clip. She looks down on a poor commander like you who hasn't even spent his own salary."

Zhao Feng slightly raised his chin and chuckled, his expression full of arrogance. He believed that this five-yuan hair clip was enough to intimidate the two of them.

Seeing that Lu Zhenghan didn't react, his smugness grew even stronger, and he continued to mock, "Commander Lu, you agreed to come to the store so readily, aren't you going to buy anything now?"

Lu Zhenghan's eyes flickered, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

"I didn't bring my wallet today."