Tong Yao grinned at the shop owner, then entered the store hand-in-hand with Guo Jinnian. Aware that Tong Yao preferred to select her clothes without assistance, the shop owner returned to attending to two other women in the shop.
One of the younger ladies eyed Tong Yao, then pouted towards the shop owner, saying, "Madam, we are also customers of your shop, but the way you treat us is different from your attitude towards her. Do you look down on us?"
The shop owner was surprised by the complaint and quickly tried to explain, "I didn't mean that, don't misunderstand. Miss Tong is a regular customer here, so I just greeted her when I saw her arrive."
She didn't discriminate between customers. She had greeted the two ladies warmly when they walked into the shop, but they had still misconstrued her actions.
An older woman, trying to calm her younger companion said, "Yunyun, let it go, stop fussing about it. I quite like this dress, what do you think?"