"So this shop was opened by a local gang. When I was gathering information at the inn just now, I heard those tea drinkers say that the gangs in the city had opened many more shops recently.
Some gangs had even occupied an entire street with their shops. I didn't expect to run into one belonging to a gang so soon just by taking a casual stroll."
After hearing the shop assistant's explanation, Lin Li was slightly surprised at first. He then sighed before continuing up to the shop's second floor.
There were fewer spiritual artifacts displayed on the second-floor counters than on the first floor. As the shop assistant went on and on with her introductions, Lin Li quickly took a lap around the second floor.
At that moment, he casually asked, "Are you the only one working here?"
"Yes," the shop assistant replied.
"What if a lot of customers come to buy things? Wouldn't you be too busy to handle it alone?"
"Today is an exception. There are usually other people in the shop..."
Lin Li nodded and then wanted to go up to the third floor.
"Dear customer, please stop."
"Hm?"
Lin Li looked at the shop assistant in confusion, not knowing why she had stopped him.
"There's a rule in the shop. When the shopkeeper isn't here, the third floor is temporarily closed to outsiders," the shop assistant explained apologetically.
"I see. Since that's the shop's rule, I won't go up to the third floor." Lin Li did not press the matter and turned toward the staircase.
"Dear customer, was there nothing on the first or second floor that caught your eye?" the shop assistant asked.
"I just looked through everything. The items sold on your first and second floors are available in every other shop