Chapter 1660

"Wait a moment, Zhao Chi, wait a moment…"

Li Ruanyu's hands flipped through them quickly, but the whole cart was full—no matter how she sorted, it was all the same.

"Are all these from Senior Zhang? Over four thousand pieces? I didn't count wrong, right? After a hundred comes a thousand, right?"

"Sister, you… that's a bit much, isn't it?"

Li Ruanyu had already started laughing.

It was the kind of smile an ordinary person gets after winning the lottery jackpot.

"Stop laughing, sister. This time it isn't being given to you—you have to pay."

Li Ruanyu said with a smile, "You're a kid, you don't understand. This is practically strategic-level fashion. Just being able to buy it already makes me so happy. You can't get this stuff outside at all. How could I not laugh?"

"When am I a kid?"

Li Ruanyu said gently with a smile, "In my eyes, you're just a little brother."

Zhuang Ya actually always said similar things.

But if it were Zhuang Ya saying it, Zhao Chi would just pick her up and carry her straight to the bed, and let her see for herself whether it was small or big.

But when Li Ruanyu said it like this, Zhao Chi couldn't do that.

Looking at her eyes, they were indeed full of tender affection and care.

Zhao Chi even suspected that everything Gu Qing had analyzed before was wrong.

Li Ruanyu said with a smile, "What? You don't like being called little brother? Want me to call you big brother?"

"I don't really have that kind of thought either…"

"Tell me, Zhao Chi, how much is Senior Zhang planning to sell them for?"

Senior Zhang?

Zhao Chi froze for half a second, but immediately realized that Li Ruanyu still thought these clothes were that senior's to sell.

Having that thought was only natural.

Just like if a high school student wanted to sell ten sports cars, everyone would assume those cars belonged to his family—no one would think those ten sports cars were made by the student himself.

The example was a bit exaggerated, but the logic was the same.

Zhao Chi said, "Senior Zhang didn't say a price either. He told me to just sell them however I wanted…"

"Huh? There's such a thing?" Li Ruanyu was very surprised.

"Right, so sister, you name the price."

Li Ruanyu's expression turned solemn.

She crossed her arms over her chest and tilted her head to look at the sleepwear on the cart.

She seemed to be considering it seriously.

After a moment, she said, "There are two styles in total. One is the type you gave me, and the other has slightly worse attributes, but it's still very powerful. As for pricing…"

Li Ruanyu looked at Zhao Chi, then bit her red lip.

She finally said, "The sleepwear with lower attributes is 45 gold coins, and the one with higher attributes is 70 gold coins. Can Senior Zhang accept this price?"

What? 45 gold coins and 70 gold coins?

Zhao Chi was stunned silly.

Where did such a high price come from?

Was Li Ruanyu deliberately quoting a high price to please that made-up "Senior Zhang"?

But there was no need for that.

Zhao Chi wanted to sell to Li Ruanyu not to make money, but so she could raise her strength.

And along with that, the entire Jade Squad could also get a boost in strength, making the thigh he was clinging to even more secure.

Zhao Chi asked, "Ruanyu, how did you come up with this price? You don't need to pay that much."

Li Ruanyu said seriously, "Zhao Chi, you don't understand. Senior Zhang is testing you. He says let you sell them however you want, but actually it's a test for you. This kind of senior expert loves this sort of thing. So if I pay according to this price, he'll definitely look at you in a higher light."

"Huh??"

Li Ruanyu continued, "I'm a professional tailor. I won't say I'm 100% accurate on the prices of all kinds of fashion, but I can get very close. This slightly worse sleepwear… well, I can't really say it's worse, it's just this one that's not super strong. I'd estimate the market price to be around 30 gold coins. And this super strong sleepwear is probably worth around 60 gold coins. But we definitely can't really pay the senior at market price—paying a bit more shows our sincerity."

Zhao Chi scratched his head.

There's such a way of thinking?

Li Ruanyu continued, "It doesn't matter if we pay a bit more. If we can keep Senior Zhang steady, we'll have all this super strong fashion in the future. You get it, right?"

Get what…

Her ability to make things up wasn't bad either.

Li Ruanyu finally said, "It's just that with so much money, we definitely don't have that much cash on hand. We can only pay in installments. Can Senior Zhang accept that?"

Zhao Chi thought quickly.

Then he immediately said, "Ruanyu, you've got the wrong idea… Senior Zhang's meaning is that these clothes are a gift to me. After all, he has a lot of inconveniences right now, so he can only contact me for the time being… So he hopes I can be as stable as possible on my end. These clothes are also given to me, for me to use freely. As long as it can boost our combat power and keep him from having to keep relocating, he'll be very happy. So… you don't need to pay that much."

"It's actually like this?" Li Ruanyu hadn't expected that reason either.

Of course she couldn't have expected it, because Zhao Chi had just made it all up on the spot—complete nonsense.

Even Zhao Chi himself one minute ago didn't know this was the reason.

Zhao Chi nodded, "Senior Zhang's meaning is that he wants stability. He doesn't care about these clothes, and he doesn't care about money. As long as we're roughly okay, that's fine. Of course, he does need quite a few rare materials for fashion, and also Speed Craft Talismans."

A smile appeared on Li Ruanyu's face again.

Her smile was very gentle.

Although she looked mature, she gave off a healing feeling.

"That's great, Zhao Chi. If that's the case, then let's pay him according to the market price? But that price I just quoted was my own estimate. I'm not sure if it's accurate either. I can get together with a few other master-level friends to discuss it, and also confirm the price with a few leaders at the exchange."

"Sister, have you forgotten Senior Zhang's special identity? Don't make such a big fuss about it."

Li Ruanyu was taken aback.

Then she lightly tapped her own head.

"Oh right, right, right, look at this brain of mine — get too happy and I forget all about this kind of thing. So how much is appropriate for us to pay? Thirty and sixty gold coins isn't too little, right? Want to add a bit more?"

Zhao Chi said, "No need. Just pay forty-five gold coins for the good pajamas and twenty-five for the poor ones."

Priced this way, it was indeed much lower than the market price.

But Zhao Chi's original intention was to let Li Ruanyu have the benefit.

After all, the money from the pajamas was already a lot — for him it was nothing more than the difference between earning a bit more and earning a bit less.

Only when the surrounding environment was stable could Zhao Chi keep earning money.

The lower the price of these garments, the faster the surrounding lords would improve, and the faster the strength of the Emerald Jade Squadron and even the World-Breaking Army would rise.

That way, the surrounding environment could be more stable, and Zhao Chi could keep earning money and keep developing.

Otherwise it would be like before.

War everywhere, not even a single trading post — Zhao Chi had nowhere to buy things even if he wanted to.

Li Ruanyu couldn't believe it: "Is such a low price appropriate? Senior Zhang isn't a fool either…"

"Just listen to me, Ruanyu. I know the inside story best. Go with this price — trust me."

Li Ruanyu looked at Zhao Chi with suspicion.

Of course she was happy the price was low, but…

Still, since Zhao Chi had already said so, and said it with such certainty, then… she'd trust him.

Li Ruanyu nodded: "Understood. I trust you, Zhao Chi."

Zhao Chi laughed: "Mm, just trust me. You can rest easy. And these pajamas aren't divided by gender… Although they look like women's styles on the outside, men should be able to wear them too…"

In garments, as long as no gender is specifically designated, it's a unisex style.

A unisex style, no matter what it looks like, treats men and women equally.

Although it's a bit strange…

But it really does work.

Li Ruanyu burst out laughing.

Of course she could picture that scene too.

"Zhao Chi, you wouldn't also be wearing this kind of women's-style pajamas, would you?"

Zhao Chi, of course, shook his head: "How could I? You're overthinking it, sis."

Li Ruanyu was in a great mood: "Alright, I'll stop joking around. If you confirm this price, it takes a very heavy burden off me too. Thank you, Zhao Chi."

She was genuinely grateful to Zhao Chi.

Just now, if Zhao Chi had said nothing and sold them to her at forty-five and seventy gold coins, she wouldn't have said anything either.