In the spacious room, only Ye Tong and Chu Xiao remained. Medicine Slave still followed Ye Tong's instructions and went to the medicinal cuisine kitchen to buy medicinal food to nourish Ye Tong's body.
"Young man, you're rather interesting!" Chu Xiao slowly opened his eyes and studied Ye Tong with great interest, murmuring softly to himself.
Ye Tong remained calm. "When did you arrive?"
Chu Xiao did not understand what he meant, but he still answered, "Last night."
Ye Tong said, "A room in the Ren-character Pavilion at Peach Garden Inn costs two hundred taels of blue silver per day. Since you arrived last night, I'll only charge you one hundred taels for your stay. That's not much, is it?"
"Charge money? Charge me money?" Hearing Ye Tong's words, an exceedingly strange expression appeared on Chu Xiao's face.
Ye Tong said blandly, "Food, clothing, shelter, and travel all require money. Taking advantage of others for nothing is not the act of a gentleman; it means owing a debt of gratitude. I don't think you'd want to owe someone a favor over a mere hundred taels of blue silver, would you?"
Chu Xiao stared deeply at Ye Tong, then suddenly burst into loud laughter. "You little brat are interesting, very interesting. Unfortunately, I'm penniless right now. I'll owe you those hundred taels for the time being!"
Ye Tong rose to his feet, walked to the table, picked up paper and brush, and swiftly wrote out an IOU. He then held it before Chu Xiao and said, "Sign it and leave your seal."
"You want me to write an IOU?"
Chu Xiao had never dreamed that he would encounter such a thing in his lifetime. Ever since joining the Falan Sect decades ago, no one had ever dared ask him to sign