"I'm the shopkeeper. You want to read? Pay up." Ma Feifei imitated Yun Qingyang's cool demeanor.
He had already put the middle-aged man before him on his blacklist of people who could never be his friends. In Ma Feifei's opinion, someone with so little discernment would never amount to much.
"Heh heh, my apologies, my apologies." Zhang Yunji smiled ingratiatingly.
After an awkward moment, he finally figured out that the young man standing at the door was the owner of the bookstore. He couldn't help feeling like cursing.
He had finally found this Mysterious Bookstore, and not only had he failed to get on good terms with the owner, he'd offended him! Heaven knew he'd had no idea that the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore, which was all the rage in the imperial capital, would be such a sleazy young man. Standing at the door during business hours? Weren't bosses supposed to sit in the back room, sipping tea and enjoying life? This was where the shop assistants stood!
Of course, he'd never seen Ma Feifei sitting by the entrance on his personal little stool. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that.
But at his age, he had plenty of experience handling this kind of situation. With a quick flick of his hand, he presented Ma Feifei with a spatial pouch filled with Spirit Crystals.
"A small token of my sincerity, to make amends."
Ma Feifei took the pouch and glanced inside. To his surprise, it contained a thousand Spirit Crystals!
"System bro, if I accept these, they won't be counted as payment for reading, right?" Ma Feifei instinctively asked the system in his mind, then stared at the system information panel.
'They will.'
"..."
"Take your Spirit Crystals back. If you want to read, just pay the reading fee." Ma