Chapter 61: Chapter 59: Who is the Country Bumpkin?
It wasn’t long before Du Yanlin ca upstairs, still wearing a smile with no hint of anything amiss.
As soon as she entered, she looked towards Huo Sining and asked, “I forgot to ask just now, what’s your na, are you also from S City?”
When Du Yanlin’s gaze swept over the two sets of high-end skincare products on Huo Sining’s bed, there was a slight pause, her eyes flashed with an imperceptible surprise and envy.
“My na is Huo Sining, from Rongcheng Baiyun Village, not a S City native,” Huo Sining said indifferently.
The girl was taken aback upon hearing this. The na Baiyun Village sounded so rustic, it seed like the kind of na only a rural area would have.
She looked at Huo Sining skeptically, smiled, and said, “Oh really? I thought you were from S City too. Well, you’re not. My na is Du Yanlin, and she’s Xue Jingjing. We’re both locals.”
Huo Sining rely smiled faintly, unbothered, and said, “Oh, is that so.”
Not seeing any surprise or envy on Huo Sining’s face, Du Yanlin’s eyes flickered slightly, finally resting on Huo Sining’s bed once more.
As if taking an inadvertent glance, she exclaid with feigned surprise, “Oh my, isn’t this Caudaile’s latest sunblock costics? This skincare set is only available in the Caudaile counters in Jiangdong! Huo Sining, your family must be very wealthy, this set of costics must be at least four to five thousand yuan.”
After the leftover packing incident just now, Huo Sining instinctively disliked this girl who was nice to her face but not behind her back.
Now, seeing Du Yanlin staring at her two sets of costics, she couldn’t help but curve her lips slightly and asked in surprise,
“Are you talking about this? I bought this from the farr’s market over there. It was just a few tens of yuan. You’re saying those counters in Jiangdong sell them for so expensive, do people really buy them?”
Du Yanlin froze on the spot. A few tens of yuan for a set, were these knock-offs?
Xue Jingjing beside her couldn’t hold back a snort of laughter,
“From the farr’s market? Hahaha, Huo Sining, you buy costics from such a tacky place? Don’t you know it’s all counterfeit and inferior products there? That’s hilarious!”
Xue Jingjing glanced at the sports attire on Huo Sining and her old Nokia phone, instantly deeming Huo Sining a country bumpkin. How could soone like this ever afford Caudaile?
At this thought, her eyes were full of undisguised sarcasm and contempt.
Seeing Huo Sining’s attire didn’t seem like that of soone wealthy, Du Yanlin felt she had made a huge blunder, becoming slightly angry and contemptuous as she glanced at Huo Sining, thinking to herself,
Just as expected, a country bumpkin from a rural area, buying knock-offs to deceive others. Trying to pretend to be a wealthy and beautiful woman without money, truly disgusting.
But Huo Sining was undisturbed, even laughing, “These all have trademarks and national certification marks. The Yu ijing I used in Rongcheng only cost five yuan a box. These sets cost tens of yuan each, how could they possibly be counterfeit and inferior?”
Xue Jingjing looked at Huo Sining as if she was looking at an idiot, cursing silently,
National certification marks can’t be faked? Caudaile is a foreign product, what’s the use of a national certification? A few tens of yuan can’t even buy a Caudaile packaging box. You think four or five thousand yuan is expensive? But the product is effective! Wealthy people go after it eagerly, and they are not at all worried about not being able to sell.
To Xue Jingjing and Du Yanlin, Huo Sining’s naïve comnts cented her status as an unsophisticated country bumpkin, just like Luo Jinzhi.
After exchanging a glance, the two close allies gave Huo Sining a cold look, completely disregarding her from then on.
A thick sarcasm flashed through Huo Sining’s eyes. After a mont’s thought, she picked up one of the sets of costics and placed it on Luo Jinzhi’s bed, smiling,
“Jin Zhi, take this set of costics. I can’t use so much by myself.”
Luo Jinzhi’s face turned red as she hastily declined, “How can I accept this? You bought it with your own money. I can’t take it for no reason. Besides, I’ve never used costics. We’re used to the sea breeze and sun, not comfortable with slathering stuff on our face.”
Hearing such rustic words, Huo Sining couldn’t help but want to laugh:
“This isn’t Mindong, the sumr here is very hot and the sun is quite harsh, if you don’t apply sunscreen, your face is very likely to get sunburned. Besides, I’ve heard that won in S City love to slather all sorts of things on their faces. Since we are in S City, we should adapt to local customs, right? We can’t let them look down on us and laugh at us for being country bumpkins.”
With these words, Huo Sining placed herself and Luo Jinzhi on the sa side, reducing so of Luo Jinzhi’s unease.
However, she was reluctant to let Huo Sining spend money needlessly. Hesitating for a mont, she took the costics from Huo Sining’s hand, yet she asked:
“Did you pay for these costics? I can’t just take advantage of you for free. Tell how much you spent, and I’ll give you the money.”
Huo Sining smiled and glanced toward Xue Jingjing and Du Yanlin before leaning in close to Luo Jinzhi’s ear, pretending to be mysterious:
“Actually, I tricked them. This set of costics was given to by the store owner, it was a buy-one-get-one-free deal, and when I saw it was so cheap, I quickly paid for it. Otherwise, why do you think I would arbitrarily buy two sets of costics? I can’t eat them. These things have an expiration date, and if they go bad just sitting there, wouldn’t that be a waste? So you might as well do a favor and use it up, all right?”
“Tricked them?” Luo Jinzhi’s eyes widened in surprise.
Seeing Huo Sining place a finger to her lips in a hushing motion, she quickly covered her mouth and glanced at the other two won, instantly understanding Huo Sining’s intent. A smile appeared in her eyes as she nodded earnestly at Huo Sining.
Xue Jingjing, watching Huo Sining give a bag of knockoffs to Luo Jinzhi and seeing Luo Jinzhi looking thrilled, sneered while sitting on the bed. She thought to herself that it’s true what they say: country bumpkins who have never seen the world can be bought over with just about anything.
Early the next morning, they received a notice that they would leave by bus at nine o’clock to head to the training camp.
Upon hearing this notice, the dorm building beca a scene of chaos as everyone was busy packing the items they needed for the training camp.
The girls’ dormitory was particularly noisy, with instructors blowing whistles to hurry them along and won upstairs shrieking dramatically.
“I must bring this sunscreen and face masks, or else my skin will beco all dark and dry, which would be dreadful. I’m already not that fair, I’m sure to end up looking like a dried fish by the end of it!” Du Yanlin anxiously paced the room in circles.
“Which clothes should I choose from all of these, and I also need these snacks, my mom specially picked them out yesterday at the supermarket. I have to bring them. I heard the camp is in the middle of nowhere, with not even a convenience store, so there’s no point in thinking about snacks,” Xue Jingjing stuffed a large bag of snacks into her suitcase.
“Ah, I need to bring my phone charger too, who knows if there will be a place to charge it in that godforsaken place!”
“…”
Du Yanlin was also cramming a hodgepodge of items into her suitcase, but she soon realized they wouldn’t all fit.
She turned around to find a larger suitcase, and when she turned back, she saw Huo Sining sitting calmly on the edge of the bed, casting her a doubtful glance:
“Huo Sining, why aren’t you packing your things? We’ll be leaving soon, and you better not be late!”
“I’ve already packed,” Huo Sining said, slinging a backpack over her shoulder and jumping off the bed to head out. She had prepared everything the night before.
The school had already issued two sets of camouflage uniforms, so they only needed to prepare their undergarnts, there was no need for additional clothes.
Huo Sining’s luggage was extrely simple; her backpack was easily and neatly packed.
Seeing Xue Jingjing and Du Yanlin still fussing over choosing skirts and shorts, Huo Sining found it amusing.
These two seed to not understand the situation—they were going for military training, not a fashion show. Once at the military camp, if they didn’t wear their camouflage, would they really be allowed to dress up to the nines?
As for snacks, that was even more out of the question. The instructors weren’t fools, and she guessed that once at the camp, they’d be required to hand them over. No matter how much they brought, it would be futile.
Since all their efforts were in vain, why bother wasting energy on such things?
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