âThank you for your patronage. Your total is 210 yuan.â Su Zimo spoke clearly.
â210 wan? Foreign currency?â <sup>1</sup> Hearing Su Zimoâs offer, Liu Qi subconsciously compared it to his imagined price and found that even if it was converted into foreign currency with a high exchange rate, it was still within his limits. Liu Qi was flustered, so he started digging in his bag for his wallet.
But then, Liu Qi heard Su Zimo speak another sentence: âMr. Liu, itâs 210 yuan RMB.â
âAh?â Liu Qi heard clearly that time, and he was stunned.
What?
What about 5 million? 10 million? What about unscrupulous and black-hearted profit-seeking businessmen? What about the lionâs mouth?
Liu Qi felt that he had misheard him. How could it be possible that this mysterious boss would go to so much effort to take two ghost tools from him, just to make 210 yuan? Not even 250, ah!
Is he stupid, or is this boss stupid?
â210 yuan?â Liu Qi asked again, very hesitant.
â210 yuan.â Su Zimo nodded patiently.
âItâs really 210 yuan?â Liu Qi still doubted himself.
âXiao Liu.â Fu Mingchen stood behind Liu Qi and recovered first, then patted Liu Qi, who looked stupid. âIf Xiao Liu doesnât plan to buy it, Iâll buy it. I happen to have enough change with me.â
Fu Mingchen actually held two 100-yuan bills and change in his hands. He didnât feel the same humility as before in front of Liu Qi.
What Fu Mingchen saw at that moment was Liu Qi, who had always touched the ceiling, humbling himself before Su Zimo.
Fu Mingchen originally felt that the rich second generation and veteran trainer, who had never been able to whip a horse his entire life, was more humbled and afraid than them when faced with someone more powerful. <sup>2</sup> This made Fu Mingchen feel something he hadnât before.
It made Fu Mingchen feel that he may be able to compare himself to Liu Qi in this lifetime. After all, even though the mysterious boss wasnât as wealthy as Liu Qi, he was still stronger than him, right?
Of course, Fu Mingchen didnât know whether the mysterious boss had money, but he at least knew that money wasnât important to him at all. Otherwise, he wouldnât offer such an exaggerated price as â210 yuanâ for the two ghost tools.
Fu Mingchen had a bad family life since childhood, and this seemed to have revealed a new way to him. He even⌠even decided to settle his salary and leave after they returned safely to the company.
As for his secret love for the âgoddessâ Qiu QiuâŚ
When Miss Qiu and Liu Qi rushed to enter the bus and she was pushed harshly into the mud, Fu Mingchen unexpectedly found that he didnât feel anything special.
It seems that it was no longer important.
What would he miss? Her looks? To be honest, Miss Qiuâs appearance wasnât even as good as the mysterious boss.
Fu Mingchen thought about that some more, then held out the money in his hand. âCan I buy these three things?â
âIf Mr. Liu is unwilling to redeem them, Mr. Fu can purchase them at the same price.â Su Zimo nodded. Either way, the goods already belonged to the store regardless of who buys them.
âNo! Iâm not out of money!â Liu Qi was anxious and immediately took his wallet out of his bag. Although online payment was popular nowadays, people like Liu Qi usually kept a stack of money in their wallet for emergencies.
He couldnât wait to take out the stack of money, and without counting, handed it directly to Su Zimo. âNo need for change.â
âPlease wait one moment.â The sky outside the bus was still changing. Su Zimo had already boarded the bus and walked to his seat. âI have a small request before completing the transaction. Turn around and close your eyes. Of course, if youâre worried about me running away, you can block the door before closing your eyes.â
Su Zimoâs request really was a bit strange, but his strength was undoubtable. He even specially entered the compartment to let the other passengers continue blocking the door as before.
So even though the passengers thought the boss was weird, they turned around obediently.
Even if they wanted to resist, they didnât dare provoke Su Zimo and the ghost with the umbrella beside him.
Su Zimo stretched his hand out and grasped the door handle to the shop behind him, making sure that the passengers had closed their eyes and werenât spying on his movements through the glass.
Otherwise, Su Zimo wouldnât have been able to open the door at all.
Su Zimo didnât return to the shop to get the contract this time. Instead, he asked the ghost umbrella to take the contract that appeared on the counter and bring it to him, which was much faster in terms of time.
âSure.â After Su Zimo asked the other passengers to open their eyes, he handed the contract paper and metal pen to Liu Qi.
Liu Qi trembled slightly while holding the metal pen.
Because he had witnessed the earlier events, he knew very well that what he was holding in his hand wasnât an ordinary metal pen. It was a ghost tool more powerful than his ghost tools!
And now that ghost tool was in his hands!
But⌠did Liu Qi dare to move?
No. He didnât dare.
After tremblingly holding himself back and signing the contact, golden streams of light disappeared into the paper. Su Zimo took the stack of money from Liu Qi, but removed only bills. The rest were returned to him.
In that momentâŚ
Su Zimo felt the door to the shop behind him begin to tremble.
The shop! It should be upgrading!
Su Zimo couldnât help but tingle with curiosity, but he knew it wasnât the right time to return to the shop since the young driver had already returned to the driverâs cabin and found that it was simple to start.
âThe bus is ready!â The young driver was overjoyed. âThe automatic driving and navigation systems are good. We arenât far from the national highway. If we turn around at the intersection ahead, we can return to the national highway in under ten minutes!â
The sky outside had showed it was late, but it was unknown if that was because they were affected by some illusion created by the group of ghosts. Now the world outside the bus had returned to normal, the sky was still dark. Apart from the farmland, there were some buildings scattered around and some pedestrians occasionally rode past the bus and sent them strange glances.
âThe signal is back!â
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As the bus started, the passengers onboard excitedly took out their various communication devices.
Su Zimo was equally excited, but unlike the others who were excited about seeing the sky again, Boss Su was excited only because the shop was beginning its upgrade.
Maybe after the upgrade, he would learn more about the shopâs nightmare world.
Would the store itself change, and would there be more shelves? Would the area inside the store grow? Would there be any changes to the three doors in the store?
Su Zimo quietly shut his eyes amidst the noise, but his thoughts were completely entranced by the shopâs upgrade.
Footnotes
<ol>210 wan = 2.1 million yuan. Keeping it in this phrasing because the emphasis is on the similar sound. To whip a horse is to put in effort.</ol>