Chapter 1656: Large Trade (5)

Clatter, clatter, clatter.

Gold transferred.

Soon, Shopkeeper Wanyan teleported over all 13,000 gold coins.

Zhao Chi's cash balance leapt past twenty thousand in one go.

Shopkeeper Wanyan wiped the sweat from her brow again, but her face was all smiles.

"I really never expected it — today has been like a dream. Not only did I get so many fashion items, but there was also a huge order, and most importantly, I got your contact information."

Truly worthy of a professional — still flattering him at this point.

Zhao Chi said, "I'm very pleased too. If anything comes up, just let me know anytime. From here on it's cash on delivery, right?"

"That's right. I'll go notify the caravan and everyone in charge right away, and we'll start on all your commissioned purchases immediately. I'll keep in touch with you about anything that comes up."

"That's fine, then. See you next time."

"Huh? You're leaving already? Won't you sit for a while?"

"No need. See you."

Zhao Chi returned to the shop entrance, grabbed the large wooden cart, and teleported straight back.

Not bad at all.

Something to look forward to again.

But this thing to look forward to, like those bloodline sprouts, needs time.

Even the nearest Dark Night City takes three days to reach, and with all sorts of messy communication and transport on top of that, the earliest Zhao Chi could receive the first batch of goods would be one week.

But that was the "earliest" — theoretical time.

In reality, it would probably be around a month, right?

It would definitely be faster than those bloodline sprouts, at any rate.

It was only just past ten when he got back to his territory.

Zhao Chi still had three things to do.

The first was to craft the new super pajamas and have everyone wear them.

Once all the female villagers put on the brand-new Goddess Pajamas, they'd go from bullet train to high-speed rail — the rate at which their experience and levels increased would speed up even further.

The second thing was to craft a full set of equipment for the Silken-tribe female soldiers. The Extreme Heavy Mysterious Maiden Armor took far too much time, so last time he'd only managed to craft just over seven hundred sets, with no extras. This time he needed to spend more time and stockpile an additional batch.

The third thing was to sell all the pajamas to Li Ruanyu.

After all, she wasn't Su Qin — he definitely couldn't just give them to her.

Besides, the fact that Zhao Chi was willing to sell to her rather than to Shopkeeper Wanyan was already quite a favor.

But as for the price…

He really should have asked Shopkeeper Wanyan about the price of these pajamas just now.

After all, these pajamas counted as rare-grade fashion items — they were definitely worth more than those stockings and high heels.

Or should he just trust Li Ruanyu and let her name the price?

Zhao Chi asked Gu Qing for her advice.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "I think it would be better for you to go ask Shopkeeper Wanyan, my lord. After all, you still need to have a clear idea of whether the price is high or low."

Zhao Chi nodded. "Yeah, I should have asked while I was there."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "It's not too late now either. You can still teleport straight over. Li Ruanyu will help you clear the penalty anyway — once or twice makes no difference. And she won't mind."

"Alright then…"

Zhao Chi contacted Li Ruanyu again. 【Ruanyu, I need to teleport over one more time】

Li Ruanyu replied quickly. 【Got it, go ahead and teleport. I'll clear it for you together.】

It really worked.

Gu Qing asked with a smile, "Well? What did Li Ruanyu say?"

"She told me to go ahead and teleport, said she'd clear it all together."

"Hehe, I knew it. She's dying for you to come ask her for help right now — otherwise, how could she ever repay the favor of so many fashion items? She can only repay you with her body."

"It's not that dramatic, is it? Setting everything else aside, just the Nüwa Stone Fragment she gave me is worth far more than all the fashion items I've given her. Not to mention the Mysterious Maiden Ruler Fragment, and a World Stone too."

"Oh… right, now that you put it that way, it really is you who owes her more. Selling her the pajamas counts as repayment too."

"Alright, let's go. Let's go ask Shopkeeper Wanyan."

"Mm, come on in."

Piloting Gu Qing, he went straight to the door of Wanyan Huashang and pushed it open to enter.

By now there were already a few scattered customers browsing the shop, plus two idle female shop assistants.

The moment they saw Gu Qing, they hurried over. "Hello, Ms. Zhao. Can we help you with anything?"

"No need. Where's Shopkeeper Wanyan? Upstairs?"

"Yes, Manager Yin is in her office."

"Good."

He went up to the second floor. There were customers up here too, but he didn't see Shopkeeper Wanyan anywhere.

Zhao Chi knocked on the door directly.

"Who is it?"

Shopkeeper Wanyan's voice.

"It's me."

Zhao Chi answered in Gu Qing's soft female voice.

Shopkeeper Wanyan's voice inside suddenly became a little flustered.

"Huh?! Ms. Zhao? What brings you here? I'll open the door right away, give me a second."

Creak—

The door opened a small crack.

Shopkeeper Wanyan peeked out, showing only one eye.

"Come in quick."

She acted like a thief, sneaking about, even opening the door only halfway.

Zhao Chi was completely baffled, but still slipped in sideways.

But the moment he turned his head, he saw Shopkeeper Wanyan had already taken off her shop clerk outfit and was wearing the full fashion set she had just sold him.

The white high heels raised her figure by ten centimeters.

Extremely tall and elegant.

The ultra-thin stockings directly revealed her fair-skinned legs.

She usually wore pants—he never expected her legs to be of this caliber.