Chapter 292: Harvest and Mushrooms
The most eagerly anticipated time of the day: dinner.
"Heh heh heh, heh."
Old Lunse sat at the dining table laughing, even the hand swirling his wineglass moving more lightly.
Ruger rolled his eyes beside him. He had now fallen in love with this gesture he had learned from the old doghead.
Today could be called the latest closing time in the history of Old Lunse Potion Shop. It was already deep into the night by the time uncle and nephew finally sat down at the table. Naturally, this was also the longest Ruger had ever spent minding the shop. He had been downstairs playing with the dog-fur doll, making the thing seem like an actual toy, until the statue gentleman and Old Lunse came down. Only then did he put the doll away and begin preparing to close up.
It was worth mentioning that Mr. Niu Wengduo had already been successfully taken away by that statue Wizard, though the exact price was unknown.
"Someone came looking for you today."
Ruger described the gray-robed man who had been clamoring that he did not have enough magic stones.
Old Lunse curled his lip.
"Just ignore him. He's merely one of many channels for gathering information—a cowardly, incompetent fool with no respect for contracts."
As he spoke, Old Lunse swirled the large wineglass in his hand again, then took a satisfied sip.
"You saw it too. The price has changed. I got a pretty good haul today," Old Lunse said. "The so-called reward. But that thing can't be shared. To get it, I even had to pay some magic stones out of my own pocket. So I'll keep gathering information for you, and you won't need to pay for either the previous or future magic stones. Consider