971 I Don’t Have the Habit of Spending Women’s Money

The racers listened to her advice attentively. After this event, they worshiped her even more.

After Zi Yi pointed out the areas of their mistakes, she said, “These mistakes don’t seem too critical, but during the real competition, if you encounter those who like to overtake violently, the problems will be obvious. You all have to pay attention to them.”

“Ok.”

After that, Xie Yaqi asked nervously, “Boss Zi, will you still treat us to lunch later?”

The other male racers looked at her in unison.

Xie Yaqi gave Zi Yi a pleasant smile.

Zi Yi nodded her head, turned around, and walked out. While walking, she said, “Let’s go, this can be considered as a benefit from your boss. Other than lunch, I’ll bring you all out for shopping. You all will have two hours to shop and you can buy anything you like.”

“Wow! Thank You, Boss Zi!” Qian Ping cried out loudly.

Everyone followed Zi Yi outside.

Zi Yi treated them to lunch at a high-end Chinese restaurant in the city center.

During lunch, the racers talked about the training they had done in the past few months and all of them revealed expressions of pride and confidence.

Zi Yi ate while listening to their upbeat discussion and the corners of her lips were slightly curved.

After lunch, Zi Yi brought them to the largest shopping mall in the central square.

All of them were wearing masks and sunglasses. Even though there were many strange looks thrown in their direction, they did not attract any crowd.

Zi Yi looked at her watch and said, “It’s currently one in the afternoon. We’ll gather here again at three. Someone will pay for the items you purchased and you can buy anything you like.”

Several of them cheered and subsequently rushed in different directions.

In the end, only Zi Yi and Zhou Shijin remained standing there.

Zi Yi looked at Zhou Shijin who stood there with his hands in his pockets and asked, “Why aren’t you shopping? This type of welfare comes once in a blue moon and if you miss this time around, the second round might not come along again in the foreseeable future.”

Zhou Shijin pushed the sunglasses up on the bridge of his nose and said coolly, “I don’t have the habit of spending women’s money.”

With that, he headed in the direction of a coffee shop. Evidently, he was prepared to stay there for two hours.

Zi Yi was amused by his remark. She stood there and looked at his back view as she said, “Since you’ve said so, then it’s not good as a boss to force you to spend money. How about this? On the account that you’ve worked hard during this period of time, I’ll call Zhou Shiyu and ask him to come back during the competition.”

Zhou Shijin stopped moving and suddenly turned around to look at Zi Yi.

Even though Zhou Shijin was wearing sunglasses, Zi Yi could feel his scorching gaze.

“Why the need to call him? He’s very busy right now and he has no time to specially make a trip here.”

Having said that, he walked away.

Zi Yi looked at Zhou Shijin’s back view, touched her chin, and made a guess. “Could this proud guy be angry at his Brother again?”

At the thought of this, the corner of her lips twitched. She put down her hand and headed to the lift.

It doesn’t matter to her if Zhou Shijin was not planning to buy anything. She just so happened to feel like shopping today and buying some items for her family members.

This was the first time Zi Yi came to the shopping mall on her own and the experience felt very novel.

After walking around for some time, she arrived at the women’s section on the fourth floor.

The clothes sold here were high-end women’s clothing and there were many rich ladies.

While Zi Yi was walking around, there were many ladies around her discussing the new styles that were popular this year and what items they were planning to buy.

After walking for some time, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from a nearby store. “Isn’t this set of clothes too expensive? I feel that there’s no need for me to buy something so expensive.”

Zi Yi tilted her head in that direction. She just so happened to see Situ Qin and her female colleague who were currently trying on clothes in the shop next to her.

Zhang Ya said in an exaggerated tone, “So what if it’s slightly pricer? This set of clothes looks really good on you. Besides, we are going to meet a big client and if you dress too casually, it would be disrespectful to the client. If the client refuses to work with us because of such matters, wouldn’t it be a huge loss for us?”

Situ Qin begged to differ. “Our company has just been established and we have yet to make any earnings, how could we spend so much money? I don’t think there’s a need to buy such high-end clothes.”

“There’s a need. Situ Qin, trust me.” Zhang Ya pushed Situ Qin toward the counter and said, “If you want to make big bucks, you have to make an investment. What’s more, the boss we wish to cooperate with this time also has some relations with Miss Zi. If you were to dress up and meet the client and mention Miss Zi in passing, we will definitely clinch this business deal.”

Zi Yi and Situ Qin furrowed their brows at the same time at Zhang Ya’s words.

Zi Yi was wondering which company had relations with her. The areas her companies were involved with are all in the advanced technology field. Even if the company was indeed related to her, a small company like Situ Qin’s shouldn’t be able to clinch the business, right?

Situ Qin was also suspicious of this matter. “Even if the company is related to Miss Zi, there’s no need for me to buy such an expensive set of clothes. Besides, Miss Zi is only my Grandfather’s attending doctor. Why should I bring her up during the meeting?”

“Aish, Situ Qin. Why are you so inflexible? Do you know about Miss Zi’s reputation worldwide right now? As long as you casually mention her, our company might clinch a project with a huge client. It’s such a good thing, why don’t you want to take advantage of this?”

Situ Qin was unhappy when she heard this. “I will not take advantage of Miss Zi. She’s the benefactor of our family.”

Having said that, Situ Qin headed into the fitting room.

She did not intend to purchase this set of clothes. She would rather use the money to buy more supplements for her Grandfather.

Zi Yi saw Situ Qin walking into the fitting room and Zhang Ya whose expression turned ugly. She pursed her lips and was about to walk away.

Just then, Zhang Ya walked out of the shop.

She was making a call while walking.

It just so happened that the call was connected when she walked past Zi Yi and she started the conversation in an angry tone. “I’m so angry. I accompanied Situ Qin to buy clothes out of kindness and she’s actually complaining that the clothes are too expensive.”

The other party said something and Zhang Ya snorted while her tone of voice was filled with disdain. “Poor people are indeed poor. They can’t even bear to buy nicer clothes. Also, she even said that she’s not going to mention her relationship with Miss Zi when the time comes.”

“I feel that it would be better for us to meet the client without bringing her along. When the time comes, we can use her name and bring up her relationship with Miss Zi. Perhaps the effect would be the same.”

“That’s right, that’s what I thought so too. Since she’s so stubborn, let’s just give her a basic salary.”

“Ha! A country bumpkin like her is destined not to succeed.”

“Alright. I’ll try to have her get in touch with Miss Zi. It’s best if she would take a photo together with her. In this case, even without her in the future, we still can make use of the photo to get clients.”

“You can rest assured with how I do things.”

After Zhang Ya ended the call, she revealed an affectionate smile and returned to the shop.

When she was on the phone, Zi Yi was sitting there openly and listening to her conversation. She also followed along with her to the shop.

At this time, Situ Qin had just changed out of the clothes and returned them to the staff. When she saw Zhang Ya coming in from outside, she asked out of surprise, “Zhang Ya, why did you go out?”