The Bodyguard System

"I just want to buy a laptop." Jaden responded, as he thought about the flash-disk that he was carrying with him in his trousers\' pocket.

"Is there something urgent that you wanted to do with the laptop? If there is, I can give you mine to use." Scarlet suggested.

"Nah. It is a long-term issue. So, it is better if I get my own laptop, rather than disturbing you every time by coming to borrow yours." Jaden replied.

"Okay." Scarlet responded. Then, she thought for a moment, before she spoke once again, "Then we will be going to People\'s Choice Mall."

Jaden was taken aback a little, when he heard where they were going. He could not help but ask, "Why don\'t we just go to a normal store? It is not as if I want to purchase a high brand laptop. I just want to purchase a normal laptop."

Jaden knew about People\'s Choice mall. This was a very popular mall, as it was just a branch of the mall that was located within a 1st tier city. With Faru city only being a 2nd tier city, only a branch of this mall was found here. But still, it was the most popular, not only due to the prices of items within the mall, but due to the services, and the luxury of the mall.

This was not to imply that there were no other malls present within the city. It was just that when it came to comparison, the others definitely faded in the background.

Many businesses were located within this mall, involving different industries. So, if one wanted to do some shopping, they would most probably get almost everything that they wanted within the mall.

"That might be the case for you. But I can take this chance to venture within the mall. It has been quite a while since I had been out shopping. So, I can take this chance to shop a little." Scarlet responded.

Jaden simply shrugged his shoulder at that. If Scarlet was going to do shopping, then there was no problem with that. He could just purchase the laptop that he wanted, and a new phone, as the one that he possessed was a very old version.

After that, he would accompany her to do the shopping. It was just that he was a little worried, wondering where they would put the items after shopping. He just hoped that Scarlet would not act like other girls that whenever they went to a shopping mall, would shop as if there was no tomorrow.

If something like that happened, then there was definitely going to be trouble, considering that the car that they were currently in was kind of small.

Scarlet drove towards the most prosperous part of the city. It was located very close to the center of the city, though not at the very center of the city. This was where the majority of the businesses were located, of course, these businesses did not involve white-collar jobs.

The moment that they arrived in the area that the mall was located, they found that it was already bustling with people. It was currently almost 11 in the morning, the time when activities were most rampant.

Scarlet drove towards the mall, and when they arrived, Jaden looked at it. This was not the first time that he was here, considering that he had been here before, when his parents were alive.

It was just that it had been over 6 years ever since the last time that he was here. And when he arrived here, he could not help but reminisce about his past, when he came over with his parents.

Shaking his head, Jaden decided not to think about the past for the time being. Instead, he looked at the 24-storey building that possessed its ample parking space.

Many vehicles were already in the parking area, and each and every one of them looked expensive. It was normal that the majority of the people that came here with their cars were people of status within the city.

Scarlet found a parking slot, and parked the car. Then, the two of them got out of the car, and headed towards the entrance of the mall that was already filled with people coming and going out of the mall.

"The electronics are found on the 9th floor. Let us deal with your purchases first, before I start my own shopping. We still have quite some time before the next lecture. And if I am late while shopping, I can just miss the class." Scarlet stated as she led the way through the entrance of the mall, after a simple security scan.

Of course, Scarlet did not think much when she said those words. But if somebody heard her, they would definitely think that she thought that Jaden had never been here before.

But who could blame her? With Jaden\'s background, the one that was well-known right now, it was clear that he was living quite a poor life. So, where would he get the money to come to spend in this mall? Unless he was coming over to window shop, which was something that Scarlet would doubt that Jaden would do.

Jaden did not say anything, and simply followed her, as they went towards the elevator. They waited for about a minute, before the elevator opened. Then, as a group of people left, Jaden and Scarlet, together with a few other people got inside the elevator, before they pressed the floors that they wanted to get to.

The elevator stopped twice, before it finally arrived on the 9th floor. The two of them got out of the elevator, leaving others that had gotten in along the way, and those that were going to the top floors above the 9th floor, to progress to their destination.

Jaden looked around, and things had not changed ever since the last time that he had been here. There were various stores located within this floor, from different brands, dealing with different items. All in all, they all dealt with electronics.

It was just that on this particular floor, even though it was for electronics, it was for only those small portable electronics. As for other electronics such as cleaning equipment and so on, they could be found on the 10th floor.

The two of them approached a store that composed of electronics. The brand of the store was named Pivot. (Not sure if this brand exists in real life, but I just thought of it, and decided to name it like that.)

"Welcome. What would you like today? There are many things that are present within our store, and even new products that have been improved have also arrived within the store." A salesman approached the two of them the moment that they entered the store, and welcomed them.

"I would like a laptop and a phone." Jaden responded.

"That\'s good. We have all those. So, what model of the phone would you like? We have different models of the phone, including phones with different RAM and ROM, difference in the camera megapixels and so on. Do you have any specification on what you need?" The salesman asked enthusiastically.

Jaden had not really thought much about the model of the phone and the laptop that he wanted. He came over wanting to purchase a phone, and a laptop, but he did not even have any preferences.

"Do you have any recommendations? It has to be quite good, but not that expensive." Jaden responded.

"May I know what is your expenditure target?" The salesman asked, maintaining a smile on his face.

Jaden thought about it for a moment. Currently, his balance was about $68,000. This amount was an accumulation of the money that he had gotten from Sylvia, being paid by Clifford, and from Scarlet during the time that he was helping her with dealing with gangsters that had attacked Christine\'s cosmetics company.

"For the phone, the price should be at most $700. As for the laptop, the price has to be at most $2,000." Jaden responded after a moment of contemplation.

Even though he wanted an ordinary phone, it did not hurt if he spent a little more, to get something of a good quality. Of course, that did not imply that he was going to spend thousands of dollars just to purchase a phone. That would be a wastage of money.

Although the salesman was a little disappointed, he did not show it on his face. Instead, he maintained the same smile, and said, "For the phone, we have model 13, with a RAM of 64GB and a ROM of 1TB. The camera has 118MP, and a screen of 6.9". It is extra slim…"

"May I know the price please?" Jaden interrupted the salesman from continuing with his introduction. To him, all that matter was the RAM and the ROM. As for the rest, he really did not care that much about it.

"Of course. The price for model 13 is $699." The salesman responded while maintaining the same smile. Immediately after that, he continued with the introduction of the laptop.

"For the laptop, we have a Pivot Mega with core i7, 1 TB SSD, and 32 GB RAM. It costs $1,999." Perhaps lighting from the previous experience, the salesman introduced briefly about the laptop.

Jaden was left speechless for a moment. Could it be that this guy was targeting him? After all, the price of all the items that he was recommending would definitely consume the maximum limit of the amount that he was willing to spend.

Nonetheless, he nodded and said, "Okay. I will take them after I take a look at them."

Jaden had just finished saying those words when suddenly, a prompt from the system appeared in front of him, making him both excited and a little anxious.