Chapter 1654

"No, next time."

"Alright, it's a pleasure to see you again. I hope we can keep working together for a long time to come."

"I hope so too. Goodbye."

Zhao Chi left the women's clothing shop directly and teleported at the door.

After returning to his territory, he immediately had someone put all the fashion items away.

The high heels hadn't fully dried yet, but it didn't matter—pack them up together.

Although Zhao Chi told Shopkeeper Wanyan he might go the day after tomorrow, he actually planned to head over right away.

This would cut down Shopkeeper Wanyan's reaction time.

Zhao Chi didn't know what kind of mindset this was either.

The contract was already signed, and a hefty prepayment had been made.

So why was he being cautious now?

But the contract was something he had to do—Zhao Chi really did need a channel to purchase things from outside.

Although there were many people in Horn Cliff Town, they were all refugees after all. To put it bluntly, they really didn't have much high-end value right now.

These refugees couldn't obtain good items, and naturally couldn't register at the exchange either.

So the exchange in Horn Cliff Town was only a town-level one, and it was hard to find many of the items and supplies he wanted.

Of course, Zhao Chi could also go to other towns, like the West Abyss County he had just occupied.

But ultimately, he had to go there in person.

Although the other towns belonged to the World-Breaking Army, most of them were lords and other forces that had surrendered to the World-Breaking Army, so Zhao Chi couldn't fully guarantee his own safety.

And even if there were no problems, it was only a county town, and Zhao Chi was just one person.

There was no way he could compare with the Ruby Merchant Guild's capabilities.

Zhao Chi wasn't short on money now.

Even if he did nothing, the grain produced each month was enough to make him financially free.

Things were different now from before.

When he was poor before, money was life.

Now that he had plenty of money, he could use it to buy time, buy safety, buy other people to run errands for him.

That was pretty good.

So choosing to cooperate with Shopkeeper Wanyan was also Zhao Chi's own need.

This step had to be taken.

Zhao Chi had no other choice for the moment either.

Revealing Gu Qing's name was also a move born of helplessness.

Fortunately, there wasn't much danger.

Those things couldn't be helped, but Zhao Chi could control the timing of his appearance.

Showing up suddenly like this would catch Shopkeeper Wanyan off guard if she wanted to arrange anything in advance.

Of course, if Zhao Chi was overthinking it, there was no loss—at worst, the high heels wouldn't be dry.

If there's no loss and it improves safety, why not do it?

Soon, under the work of a group of female villagers, the more than 2,600 fashion items were packed up.

The stockings were rolled up one by one and packed into one big bundle, which could be placed directly into the system space.

There were more shirts, neatly folded and packed into two large bundles.

The high heels couldn't be folded and took up the most space—a full six large bundles.

The method of packing these fashion items was very simple: just pile them up and wrap them into a bundle, like cheap street-stall clothes. No one could tell these were fashion items worth nearly 30,000 gold coins.

One person couldn't handle so many fashion items alone, unless they were loaded onto a large wooden cart.

But having Gu Qing push a wooden cart down the street by herself...

It was a bit... not quite proper.

No worries, there's Li Ruanyu.

Zhao Chi 【Sister, could you help me open a permission? I want to teleport directly to the street in the south】

Li Ruanyu 【I don't have that kind of permission either, but it's fine—just teleport directly. I'll help you clear any disciplinary records】

Zhao Chi 【No one will come check on me, right?】

Li Ruanyu 【I'm here, who'd dare check on you?】

Her tone was gentle yet domineering.

Awesome.

He had truly latched onto her coattails.

Zhao Chi 【Haha, alright】

A whole cart of fashion items was fully loaded.

Zhao Chi carefully located the "Wanyan Huashang" women's clothing shop in the system.

It was located quickly.

He clicked teleport.

The scenery before his eyes changed in the same way, but a noisy clamor reached his ears.

The next second, Zhao Chi and Gu Qing, along with a whole cart of fashion items, all appeared on the bustling street.

Right next to them was the "Wanyan Huashang" women's clothing shop.

The passersby around them were all startled.

They stared at the fully armed Gu Qing and unconsciously stepped back a few paces.

Shopkeeper Wanyan had just steadied her mood and was heading downstairs to receive customers.

The result was seeing Gu Qing and a large cart appear right at the door.

Shopkeeper Wanyan hurried outside, nearly twisting her ankle.

But she couldn't be bothered by the pain: "Zhao… Madam, is all of this yours?"

Shopkeeper Wanyan stared at the bundles on the cart.

"Yes, all of it. Have the young ladies under you come and get to work!"

"Yes, alright."

Shopkeeper Wanyan immediately called over those few young women to carry the fashion items.

Zhao Chi asked: "Where should we put them?"

Shopkeeper Wanyan pointed upstairs: "First put them in my office… they're not heavy, are they? Let me help you."

She saw Gu Qing carrying a large bundle and quickly reached out to support it.

Zhao Chi laughed: "No need. Go help them instead. Just have four of the young ladies under you carry one bundle."

Saying so, Zhao Chi went straight up to the second floor.

"Ouch~"

"Why is it so heavy!"

A few female shop assistants carried one bundle down, and it crashed straight onto the floor.

Shopkeeper Wanyan saw it and was so angry her hair nearly flew off.

"What are you doing? Be careful! Do you know what this is? Pick it up, quick!"

The female shop assistants hurriedly picked up the bundle.

Actually, it wasn't their fault.

Zhao Chi's packaging really was too rough — it looked just like secondhand clothes donated to impoverished areas, bundled together in the simplest way.

Probably only Zhao Chi would treat fashion items like this.

Seeing this kind of packaging, of course the female shop assistants wouldn't take it too seriously.

Shopkeeper Wanyan glared fiercely at them, then reached out and grabbed one herself.

So heavy…

The female shop assistants stared at Shopkeeper Wanyan, and she said, a little embarrassed and annoyed: "Stop staring, hurry up and carry them together!"

"Oh…"

"Yes, Shopkeeper."

Soon, all the fashion items were moved.