Hearing that, my heart secretly tightened.
She could actually sense the things inside my drawer.
She had directly mentioned four people...
They were the little paper figures bearing our birth characters—mine and my senior brothers'.
Then I recalled what Master had said before: "No matter what, you must not take the things inside the drawers out."
Comparing that to the current situation.
I instantly understood Master's hidden meaning, or rather, formed some judgments of my own.
What Master had entrusted to me was a shop that bought and sold lifespans.
The merchandise was the paper figures' lifespans inside the four drawers.
But this shop could not truly conduct any transactions.
Because none of those four people could be sold.
One was me, and the other three were my senior brothers and sister.
That was why Master had said I could not take the things inside the drawers out.
What he meant was probably that I absolutely could not buy or sell the paper figures' lifespans in those drawers.
Could my senior brothers and sister's final tribulation be having their lives put up for sale?
With seven days as the limit, if they were not sold within seven days, would they overcome this tribulation?
These thoughts rapidly flashed through my mind.
Then I saw that the possessed Old Crone before the counter had become enraged. I did not turn hostile and continued apologetically:
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but they aren't for sale at the moment. I truly apologize.
To express my apologies, you may choose any three pieces of fishing gear in the shop."
I tried my best to calm myself.
But after hearing that, she merely snorted coldly.
"Who cares about your lousy fishing gear?"
After saying that, she slapped the counter with one hand. There was a bang.
Yin energy