A month passed in the blink of an eye.
Ziyang's little shop finally opened.
The storefront was small, tucked into a corner on the street east of Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, barely three hundred meters from the main entrance.
He had specially hired someone to design the interior: dark wooden counters, warm golden lighting, velvet lining spread inside the glass display cases. Every ring was illuminated separately, like a star suspended in light.
Ziyang stood at the entrance and looked up at the sign that had just been hung. Na'er and Gu Yue stood on either side of him, and the three of them looked at those words together.
"You really opened this shop? Aren't you afraid of losing money?" Gu Yue said, with something in her tone that was hard to tell whether it was admiration or something else.
"Mm." Ziyang nodded.
Na'er was already pressed against the display window, her nose nearly touching the glass. She stared at the largest diamond ring inside for a while before turning back to ask Ziyang, "Will anyone actually buy this thing?"
Ziyang did not answer. He merely pointed at the small sign standing beside the door. A line of elegant, gold-trimmed lettering was engraved on it—
Diamonds are forever, and a single one lasts forever.
Na'er stared at the line for three seconds, the corner of her mouth twitching. "Ziyang, you really know how to scam people."
Gu Yue stood beside her and added expressionlessly, "This isn't scamming. It's called marketing."
Ziyang pushed open the door, and the bell above it chimed. He glanced back at the two girls, a slight curve forming on his lips. "Want to come in and take a look? First customers get twenty percent off."
Na'er strode inside, her long hair swaying over her shoulders as she