After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 538: So What If You’re Eloquent?

Chapter 538: Chapter 538: So What If You’re Eloquent?

The portrait painting offered by Shi Yiqing was to be chosen by the customers who came into the store.

It was like ordering from a menu.

They could request any object or scenery, and portraits were an option as well.

The slightly plump girl who spoke had originally looked down on Shi Yiqing’s paintings.

However, after hearing Shi Yiqing’s explanation, she became interested instead.

"Serving the customers is your job. Since your task is to paint for the customers, then you should paint well," she said, lifting her chin arrogantly, "I want you to paint a portrait for me."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yiqing gripped her brush tighter.

Looking at the girl’s eyes, she felt even more disdainful, "Miss, I’ve just started learning to paint, and I haven’t tried portraits yet, especially not of... your size."

Shi Yiqing’s sarcasm was quite obvious with that remark.

As for her claim about not having painted any portraits before, that was a lie.

To master her painting skills proficiently, she had indeed painted some portraits.

She had secretly painted Shang Minghao’s portrait at night.

But this was something she wouldn’t dare let a second person know about.

She hadn’t figured out what Shang Minghao’s attitude towards her was, so it wasn’t wise to do anything that might displease him and provoke his anger.

The slightly plump girl, seeing the contempt in Shi Yiqing’s eyes, scoffed, "If I ask you to paint, you will paint for me!"

"You don’t want to paint for me, do you? Well, today I’m not going to indulge you!" she declared, calling over a waiter with a loud shout.

"Are we still doing business here?" the waiter hurried over, apologetically, "I’m so sorry, we didn’t handle this well..."

"Miss, please take a seat here. Whatever you’d like to eat, we can..."

The waiter hadn’t finished speaking when the girl interrupted him, "Don’t think you can settle this by talking about compensation."

The waiter was about to continue but was cut off, unsure of how to proceed.

"So Miss, what would you like?"

She tentatively asked.

The girl pointed at Shi Yiqing, speaking from a superior position, "I want her to paint for me willingly!"

Other than being chastened by Shang Minghao, Shi Yiqing had never encountered anyone so arrogant.

Seeing her commanding presence, as if ordering about some minion, Shi Yiqing immediately became angry, "Who do you think you are? Why should I willingly paint for you?"

The slightly plump girl huffed, "Isn’t free painting a part of your service? If you’re in this line of work, you have to follow some rules!"

Shi Yiqing breathed heavily, "I’m not in this line of work!"

"Then what do you do?" the girl asked, curiously.

Shi Yiqing snorted arrogantly, "I’m a star!"

"A star?" the girl eyed her, squinting as she sized her up, "Are you sure you’re a star?"

"Obviously!" Shi Yiqing replied proudly, her head held high, "I am Shi Yiqing!"

"Shi Yiqing?" The girl thought for a moment, shook her head, and said naively, "I’ve never heard of you."

Lastly, she clicked her tongue, "You’re not some minor eighteen-tier actress, are you?"

"No, not right, I would even remember an eighteen-tier star." Saying this, she snapped her fingers, "I got it, you must be an extra! No wonder I’ve never heard of you."

Shi Yiqing: "..."

Her face had turned so dark it could drip ink.

She was so eager to argue with the girl that she even forgot they were still live streaming at the moment.

Luckily, Min Zekai stopped her, "Qingqing, don’t forget we’re still on a task."

Though he said that, he was actually reminding her that they were currently live streaming.

Everything they do is broadcasted live, so it’s better not to act rashly.

Shi Yiqing regained her rationality and forced a smile onto her face, "For the task, I will hold back."

The slightly plump girl heard this and immediately felt dissatisfied, "What do you mean you will hold back?"

"Am I that unbearable to you? Do you need to endure me?"

Shi Yiqing replied with a calm expression, "I don’t have any problems with you, do I? Why must you insist on picking on me?"

The girl declared as if it were the most natural thing in the world: "I just plainly don’t like you, is that a problem?"

Shi Yiqing: "..."

Although the girl was a bit blunt and annoying... what she said was indeed true.

On second thought, Shi Yiqing suddenly wasn’t angry anymore.

What was there to be angry about?

She was on a live stream, and the girl’s actions were all being broadcasted in real time.

She didn’t believe that viewers wouldn’t be outraged by the girl’s behavior.

Even if no one actively started a conflict, she would make someone set the tone.

She had to make the girl experience what it means to mess with someone you shouldn’t have!

With this in mind, the way Shi Yiqing looked at the girl became much more gentle.

In her eyes, the girl was already someone about to be publicly shamed online.

Considering the grim fate awaiting her, she decided to be magnanimous and not hold a grudge against her.

Thinking this way, she felt incredibly generous.

The girl was being so scornful, yet she could still put up with her, truly one of the most kind-hearted people around.

Shi Yiqing was reflecting on this inwardly, but her face showed a fragile expression.

"Although I’m not a staff member of this restaurant, the only reason I’m here is to offer benefits to customers I fancy and to help with the painting..."

As soon as she started speaking, it was all soft and sweet, "...but I will still paint for you, the customer."

The girl naturally picked up on the implication in her words.

It was nothing more than criticizing her for making demands, to which the girl scorned, "If you’re here, you must be here to make money. If it’s for money, then painting here is part of your job."

"Don’t say things like you only paint for customers you like the look of. What’s the point of saying that, other than offending people? People come here to spend, not to be judged by you. Why should it be your preference that decides?"

Shi Yiqing opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted, "Don’t tell me you didn’t mean it, or give me other excuses; in my book, no reason is good enough."

"In the end, you reluctantly say that even if I don’t meet the requirements you mentioned, you will still paint for me... isn’t that how it should be?"

Facing the girl’s forthright gaze, Shi Yiqing truly didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Sometimes, it’s not a matter of being thick-skinned so much as not being thick-skinned enough.

In Shi Yiqing’s view, she was the one who was in the right.

Yet, because of the girl’s few words, she suddenly seemed in the wrong.

It really angered her quite a bit.

But remembering her plan, she still decided to be generous and not quarrel with the girl.

So what if the girl is eloquent? When retribution comes, we’ll see how tough she talks!