120,000.
An astonishing sum of wealth.
The sound of swallowing echoed through the shop, and the rabbit-eared girl’s eyes widened involuntarily as she subconsciously rubbed the ring on her hand.
Clearly, Chen Yu’s ability to produce such a large sum of money was beyond Roni’s expectations.
She pursed her lips, staring at the boxes on the ground.
Double.
That meant she had to produce 240,000 gold coins.
“I really underestimated you,” Roni pursed her lips. “With a cash flow of 120,000, what family do you belong to?”
“Unknown.”
Chen Yu raised his eyebrows with a smile and said.
“Let’s not talk about these things. Isn’t it your turn to double? Don’t tell me you can’t afford it.” Chen Yu said with a smile, “You were quite generous with your words just now. How about this, I’ll give you a condition: I’ll offer a price, and you double it. As long as you can match my doubled price, you win.”
*Snap.*
Roni gritted her teeth.
These were her exact words from earlier, and now Chen Yu had twisted them to mock her.
“Or, do you want me to count them?”
Chen Yu gestured towards the boxes.
“No need!” Roni gritted her teeth and glanced at the rabbit-eared girl. “Rabbit, double it, bring it out!”
*Clang.*
Another set of boxes was used.
The boxes were filled with gold coins, no purple gold coins were present. In terms of quantity, they were much more impressive than Chen Yu’s.
“240,000, want to count?”
Roni raised her delicate chin proudly.
“Tsk, impressive!”
Chen Yu cupped his fists, his fingers lightly tapping his bracelet.
*Clang.*
Another box of gold coins was tossed out.
“10,000, want to count?”
“Rabbit!”
*Clang!*
“20,000, want to count?”
“10,000, want to count?”
“20,000, want to count?”
The owner of the clothing store and the other staff members were all stunned. In just a few minutes, Chen Yu and Roni had thrown out hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
The sheep-man shopkeeper couldn’t have dreamed of this!
Now, his shop contained the annual tax revenue of their entire city-state.
“Come on!” Roni stared intently and reprimanded, the rabbit-eared girl suddenly tugged her arm and whispered into her ear, “Miss, we’re out of money.”
In an instant, Roni froze.
No money!
It felt like the first time she had ever heard those words in so many years.
She glanced sideways, her brow furrowed.
The rabbit-eared girl, who was covering her ring, pursed her lips.
“A while ago, you bought a new set of equipment in the royal city and two dresses, which cost 150,000 gold coins. When you passed through the attacked village, you also gave them 50,000 gold coins. You only had a little over 300,000 left, and you’ve already thrown it all out.”
Roni was speechless.
She moved her lips and looked down at the boxes on the ground.
“How much is left?”
“There’s a little over 6,000, less than 10,000,” the rabbit-eared girl whispered softly. Roni subtly waved her hand, signaling the rabbit-eared girl to step back.
She took two steps forward, tilting her chin up.
“Do you have any more money?”
“Do you want me to have money?” Chen Yu whispered with a smile, glancing at the rabbit-eared girl. “If I were to produce another 10,000 at this point…”
“You produce it!”
“Forget it, you win.”
Chen Yu shrugged and with a clang, produced a box.
“I only have this last 10,000 gold coins. You should have more, so I won’t embarrass myself. You win this round of competition.”
Upon hearing that Chen Yu wasn’t going to continue, Roni subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
If—
Chen Yu had really added another 10,000, she would truly be disgraced, and her family would be shamed along with her.
Seeing Roni’s expression.
Chen Yu smiled and took a step back, pushing the ice silkworm silk towards Roni’s side.
“It belongs to you.”
Immediately, Chen Yu’s mind moved, and he collected all the boxes on the ground into his bracelet, including the 340,000 gold coins Roni had thrown out.
“What are you doing?”
Roni’s brows knitted together. Chen Yu shrugged with a smile.
“Collecting payment. Didn’t you buy my ice silkworm silk with 340,000 gold coins? Then I’ll give you the goods, and the money is naturally mine, isn’t it?”
“You…”
Roni’s expression stiffened, and she looked towards the sheep-man shopkeeper again.
“Before you arrived, this gentleman had already purchased the ice silkworm silk,” the sheep-man shopkeeper explained softly, his words tinged with envy.
When he sold it to Chen Yu, it was only 2,000 gold coins for the entire package.
He had thought he’d made a great profit.
Who would have thought that before even leaving the shop, Chen Yu had earned hundreds of thousands?
“You, you bought it, why didn’t you say so earlier?” Roni bit her lip tightly. Chen Yu chuckled upon hearing this. “No way, did I not say? From the moment you wanted to buy it, I kept repeating that this ice silkworm silk was already mine, and you insisted on fighting me for it.”
“I thought…”
“Shh!”
Chen Yu raised a finger and pressed it against Roni’s lips.
“From beginning to end, it was your own presumptuous assumptions. Just like when you saw me in the black market, I was just buying a chestnut, and you defined me as a strange person.”
“I don’t care!”
“There are plenty of conceited people in this world. You’re not the first I’ve met, and you certainly won’t be the last.”
“Actually, I’ve wanted to ask you this for a while.”
“What, do you know?”
“How much experience have you had? How much darkness have you encountered? You live in the light, so you think the world is all light. You have righteousness in your heart, so you think everyone is evil.”
“Do you think you are very upright, bursting with a sense of justice, that you are the savior of the world?”
“Actually…”
“Everything is just your subjective assumption and self-importance.”
“Just manage your own life. Don’t always try to point fingers at others. Today’s incident should be a lesson for you. Think twice before you act.”
With a slight squint and a smile, Chen Yu patted Roni’s shoulder and walked out.
After taking two steps, he stopped again.
“You owe me a favor. Consider the gold coins your price for the lesson. However, I gave you face just now. If I were to include that last 10,000 gold coins, you wouldn’t have been able to produce 20,000, right?” Chen Yu leaned in slightly, whispering in a voice only he and Roni could hear, “Your little friend here is already out of money, isn’t she?”
With a slight smile, Chen Yu turned and pointed at the half-filled box of gold coins in the shop.
“Your venue fee.”
He then pointed at the sheep-man shopkeeper.
This sudden realization stunned the sheep-man shopkeeper. By the time he came to his senses, Chen Yu had already vanished from the shop.
“Miss~” the rabbit-eared girl whispered. Roni’s mind was still replaying Chen Yu’s words. She clenched her fists, full of resentment. “Let’s go back!”
Taking the ice silkworm silk, Roni also left the shop.
At this moment—
“Boss, we made a fortune!” Hei Dou, squatting on Chen Yu’s shoulder, exclaimed excitedly. “We bought a set for 2,000 gold coins, and you’re selling one piece for 340,000. We’re rich!”
“Chen Yu, you’re a true profiteer, I admire you!” Little Demon also expressed his amazement.
Ice silkworm silk.
Although it was indeed rare and expensive, even blood silk might not sell for more than 300,000 gold coins, let alone ordinary ice silkworm silk.
10,000 gold coins was the market price.
“Alright, if you really want to praise me, wait until we get back. For now, we need to hurry back to the camp,” Chen Yu narrowed his eyes, glancing back occasionally.
Noticing Chen Yu’s expression, Hei Dou’s face also turned serious.
“Boss, could it be that~”
“Heh, hundreds of thousands of gold coins are enough to drive too many people mad!” Chen Yu lowered his voice. “We’ve been targeted!”
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Author's Notes:
Hehehe, eat eat eat!