If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 1119 - Chapter 1119 Chapter 1119 Want to Steal Clothes

Chapter 1119: Chapter 1119: Want to Steal Clothes Chapter 1119: Chapter 1119: Want to Steal Clothes The little look in his eyes, so reluctant.

Xu Chaomu glanced at him, then at the clothes in the store, and her heart also felt uneasy.

It’s just that, the clothes for kids were really too expensive…

After hesitating for a while, she decided to go in and take a look anyway.

“Welcome,” the store clerk said perfunctorily.

Xu Chaomu carried Xiaobao around the store. Xiaobao didn’t look at anything else but kept his gaze fixed on a set of green clothes, unblinking.

“Xiaobao, you like this one, don’t you?” Xu Chaomu brought the little guy closer to the clothes.

A gleaming sparkle flashed in Xiaobao’s eyes, and he leaned his whole body forward, his little hand reaching out for the set of clothes.

Xu Chaomu brought him closer, and just right, Xiaobao’s hand reached the clothes.

Xu Chaomu saw how happy he was and smiled herself, and just as she was about to ask the clerk to take it down for a try, a clerk in her forties said indifferently, “A set costs eight hundred and sixty.”

Her hand paused, and Xu Chaomu smiled awkwardly, not touching the clothes again.

Eight hundred and sixty, should she really buy it?

When money is tight, she had to think about everything.

Before, she didn’t care about such calculations, and she wasn’t good at math either–these kinds of calculations would give her a headache. Now, she couldn’t avoid doing the math.

But Xiaobao kept wanting to touch the clothes; he really seemed to like them so much.

“Xiaobao, how about we go look in another store? Look, the shop across, their clothes are pretty too. Shall we go have a look? Mommy will take you…”

Saying this, Xu Chaomu wanted to carry him away.

Kids, they don’t know anything. Otherwise, just forget it…

Eight hundred and sixty for one piece, it does seem a bit expensive.

Kids grow up fast, and in a few months, he wouldn’t be able to wear it anymore.

However, before Xu Chaomu could leave the store, the clerk glanced at her with disdain and said in a nasty tone, “Knowing the brand is expensive and still coming to look–if you can’t afford it, don’t touch it. There are plenty of clothes for a few dozen yuan on street stalls, yet here you are, pretending to be a big spender.”

Xu Chaomu’s face turned a shade of embarrassed, and had she been the way she used to be, she probably would have started arguing with the person by now.

But she just moved the corners of her lips and said nothing.

What the clerk said wasn’t wrong; she really couldn’t afford it.

She suddenly felt a bit sad; Xiaobao wanted a piece of clothing, and she couldn’t even afford it…

She lowered her head, speechless, ready to carry Xiaobao and leave.

Who knew that Xiaobao really liked the color so much that he stretched out his hand and grabbed the clothes. The little fellow’s grip was quite strong, grabbing onto the clothes, and in an instant, pulled them down from the hanger.

“Hey, Xiaobao, you can’t just touch things!” Xu Chaomu hurriedly went to loosen his hand.

But it was a step too late, and with Xiaobao’s hand releasing too soon, the clothes fell to the ground.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” Xu Chaomu bent down, trying to pick up the clothes.

“Xiaobao, you should be punished. How can you just touch other people’s things?” Xu Chaomu scolded.

This little guy has quite a temper; whether he was mad she wouldn’t buy it for him, or angry that the clerk was bullying them, in any case, the little fellow was quite upset.

“Oh for goodness’ sake, if you can’t afford it then just leave, why are you dawdling around here? The clothes have fallen on the floor and gotten dirty! Look at you, in your poverty-stricken state, wearing nothing but street stall clothes,” the clerk said displeasedly, picking up the clothes from the floor before Xu Chaomu could.

“I’m sorry, Xiaobao didn’t do it on purpose,” Xu Chaomu apologized. “He really didn’t mean to…”

“Can you just leave quickly, will you? Don’t block our business. Your child is really not likeable at all, just like you!” the clerk scorned.

“What has my baby done to irritate you? Don’t talk about my baby like that!” Xu Chaomu said angrily.

“Tsk, can’t even talk about it? If you’re capable, buy this piece of clothing then. You can’t afford it and still babbling here. Like mother, like child. Looking at how poor you are, I wonder if your kid will start stealing things in the future, tsk tsk.”

Xu Chaomu had indeed dressed casually when she went out with Xiaobao that evening, but not to the extent that she should be talked about like this!

She instantly got furious: “Say that again!”

“Say it again? Twice, three times, a hundred times, all are fine,” the clerk said arrogantly. “You’re so poor, your child will definitely steal things in the future.”

“Slap,” a handprint sounded as Xu Chaomu’s hand landed on the woman’s face.

It was okay to talk about her, but not about Xiaobao!

Her baby was so adorable, how could he be accused of stealing?

Thankfully, he didn’t have any memory of this. If he remembered, it would be too easy to leave a shadow in his heart; such words could have a huge impact on a child!

“You…you hit me?! What I said was wrong, was it? Get her out of here, and her son too, hideous as can be. If you’re poor, you still think you’re in the right, don’t come to the store if you can’t afford the clothes. Your son surely wants to steal clothes, or why would he cling on to them and not let go?”

“What nonsense are you spouting? He’s so little, he touched the clothes unintentionally, how can you say he’s stealing? I could accuse you of selling!”

The female clerk was furious, not only slapped but also accused of being a prostitute!

“You guys, throw her out, and check this out, how dare she be so arrogant? Don’t you know I have wide connections in Jin City? By your accent, you don’t seem like a local. Let me tell you, you’re unlucky!” the female clerk said, with hands on her hips, menacingly.

Although Xiaobao was little, he didn’t panic or cry in the face of the situation.

Xu Chaomu would have kicked out if she wasn’t holding her little one.

“Go, go, go, don’t block the wealth here!” A few clerks immediately came to drag Xu Chaomu away.

“Wait, it’s just a set of clothes, right? I’ll buy them,” Xu Chaomu gritted her teeth.

“Alright, ring her up!” The female clerk covered her face, sneered strangely, and winked at the cashier.

The cashier promptly said, “There was a discount before, not anymore, the original price is a total of fifteen hundred and six.”

Xu Chaomu stopped dead in her tracks: “Are you robbing me?”

“Sorry, it’s personal,” the female clerk sneered disdainfully.

“Where’s your boss? Call her out.”

“Sorry, but the boss won’t come out. I’m his aunt. What do you think, will he listen to you?” said the female clerk with arrogance, “Throw her out, throw her out!”

The other people in the store quickly grabbed Xu Chaomu and forcibly pulled her outside!

Xu Chaomu couldn’t resist their pulling since she was holding Xiaobao.

Seeing her opportunity, the female clerk maliciously stuck out a foot and tripped Xu Chaomu!

Just as her foot touched Xu Chaomu, Xu Chaomu felt her center of gravity destabilize. She clung to Xiaobao, and her whole body tilted forward!

When she thought she was going to fall hard, suddenly, a strong hand grabbed her arm tightly, while another arm wrapped around her waist.

Because he gave her support, she found her footing, clutched Xiaobao close, and didn’t fall. But due to the momentum, she lurched forward, straight into his embrace.