Bab 167: Riches you can't comprehend

The staff member froze, her eyes widening in surprise.

"What is it?" Chen Mumu asked, her voice calm but firm.

The woman opened her mouth, but no words came out. Her lips moved slightly, as if trying to form a sentence, but nothing.

Chen Mumu waited patiently. She wasn't even looking at the woman, her focus instead on the array of gowns in front of her. It was as though this conversation was of no real consequence to her.

The staff member felt a strange mix of awe and bewilderment. How could this woman, a newcomer, read the room so effortlessly? It was almost unnerving.

Finally, she found her voice. "Well…" she hesitated, her cheeks coloring faintly. "A bit of both."

Chen Mumu turned to her now, her brow raised slightly. "A bit of both?"

The woman nodded. "Yes. Well, I got in using the back door because…" She hesitated again, glancing at Chen Mumu nervously. "Because my family is very rich."