"Manager, I..." The saleswoman's face was filled with regret. She felt she was completely innocent, but the manager didn't believe her.
After Jie Jingchen left, the manager wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He straightened up, his usual imposing air returning. "Leave. Immediately. Right now."
The saleswoman was terrified and burst into tears with a loud "WAAH!"
The sound of crying irritated the manager. He pushed her away and resumed his patrol with his hands clasped behind his back, all the while wondering, 'Who on earth was that man? Could he be the person I'm thinking of?'
'Forget it, forget it. No point dwelling on it. Better to be mistaken than to cause offense.'
It wasn't until they had left the department store and she was on the back of the bicycle that Qin Mei snapped out of her daze. She had wanted to secretly follow Shen Qing to see what was going on with him and that man, but her surveillance attempt had been a complete bust.
