Chapter 159 - 159: Welcome To Aphrodite

This noon, the staff came to report that someone was slandering Sophia online.

Ryan had no time to report. He immediately called the blog company and asked them to make those marketing accounts delete the articles and then to close these accounts.

The company replied that someone had informed them, and they were handling it. Ryan felt strange and asked who the person was, but they would not tell him.

"That is somebody, not someone we can offend. He doesn't want us to reveal his identity," the director had to tell him. "Don't force me. What he did wasn't a bad thing, was it?"

Ryan had to give up.

Although what the unknown man did was good for Sophia, Albert was always a little upset.

How could anyone be faster than him? And most importantly... That guy was probably into Sophia.

It was enough to make him extremely uncomfortable.

"Thank you for taking care of Chubby these days, Jasmine," Sophia said. "Chubby is one month old and doesn't need the mother dog to take care of him anymore. I'll take him back today."

Jasmine smiled, "Yeah. But even Chubby won't be here; you can visit me often. I'm bored at home alone."

"Yeah. I'll visit you when I'm available."

After saying goodbye to Jasmine, Sophia was going home with Chubby in his arms. Albert came by car, so he offered to send her.

When Sophia got into the car, her phone rang. She took out her phone and answered the phone when she saw it was Molly.

"Bad news, Sophia!" Molly's voice was filled with anxiety. "I saw Ada tweeting that she was going to show up in the third episode... I'm in the third episode, too. What should I do?"

"Don't worry. Let's figure out a way to get the evidence of Ada bribing before the show starts. Maybe she'll be disqualified."

"It's not easy to find evidence. It was done in private, and the staff my father knew overheard it by accident. He had to work at the TV station. Certainly, he didn't dare to testify," said Molly.

Sophia frowned slightly, and then she had an idea. "You can ask the program if two contestants can have an exchange. I will exchange with you."

Molly got excited, "Really? It may work. After all, the program hasn't started yet. I'll ask my dad to consult with the chief director. But… Can you get the better of her? She has the answers."

"I'll be fine. Don't worry. You just go to the program group."

Molly thanked her again and then hung up.

Albert overheard Sophia, and when she finished, he said, "Is it about that online celebrity? Did she buy the answers? I'll go to Aphrodite and see if they can find everything out."

"No, thanks. I'll be fine."

Albert smiled, "Okay. I don't think that an online celebrity can compete with you even if she had answers."

He had never watched the Super Quiz before. When he heard that Sophia was about to be on the show, he specially watched one season. To increase the interest of the show, the way to answer the question was diverse. Contestants themselves chose many topics, and sometimes the questions were randomly selected. Thus, hundreds of questions should be prepared for one episode.

Among these questions, there were choices, questions, and answers, and some digit arithmetic. Even if that online celebrity got the answers, she had to spend a lot of time memorizing them all.

Albert had planned to remove her at any time if she upset Sophia. To deal with a small Internet celebrity who was not popular, he didn't have to do it himself.

But since Sophia wanted to have fun, he didn't want to ruin her interest.

He would just let her have enough fun.

When they were near the pedestrian street, Albert suddenly remembered something. He smiled and said, "By the way, I heard from Ryan that Aphrodite is on sale. Do you want to buy clothes?"

Sophia shook her head and said, "No. Aphrodite is too expensive. I can't afford one even if it's fifty percent off."

One Aphrodite summer dress was more than one hundred dollars. It was winter, and one winter coat was about hundreds of dollars. She could afford that but didn't want to spend so much money on such expensive clothes.

She did not have much demand for the brand, nor did she pursue a famous brand. As long as the clothes were simple and of good quality, she never cared what brand they were.

"I heard they had a store celebration today. All clothes are… ten percent off."

Sophia was shocked, "Ten percent off?"

That was cheaper than some small, unknown brands. It must be a good deal.

"Okay. Let's go," said Sophia.

It was almost noon, and it was not a workday, so there were not many people on the pedestrian street. Albert asked Sophia to get off first, and then he drove to the parking lot.

In the car, he called Ryan, "Ask Aphrodite stores to give a ten percent discount. I'm going to take Sophia to buy clothes."

Ryan was surprised, "Ten percent discount? We'll have a big loss. People will rush into the store to buy clothes. It's a small thing to lose money, but with so many people there, you won't buy any clothes, right?"

"You figure it out."

"Yeah."

Albert got off, walked to Sophia, and said, "Let's go."

There were not many people in the Aphrodite store. As soon as the shopping guide saw Sophia and Albert, she immediately came out and said, "Welcome to Aphrodite!"

The shopping guide enthusiastically led Sophia to choose clothes. Albert followed and looked around. Although it was his shop, he had never been here yet.

Aphrodite was trendy and stylish. The company spent a lot of money on design every year. But to Albert, these clothes were… not beautiful, super ugly.

He didn't understand why the clothes of Aphrodite were so popular. He regretted bringing Sophia here.

The shopping guide had been informed that this was definitely somebody. Although she didn't know who he was, she had to offer him good service.

She warmly recommended a dress to Sophia, "Please try this on, Miss. It's very beautiful, light, and warm, perfect for you."

Albert pointed at one in the corner. "I think that one looks good. Sophia, try it on."

The shopping guide looked in the direction he pointed and felt speechless. 

It was a long grey coat from last year. It was on sale but had not been sold out. Even the shopping guide dislikes it.

But Albert said it looked good?