Bring Down the Damn Metropolis

"Still short by seven hundred thousand."

Gray Shopkeeper said.

Still short by seven hundred thousand, which meant the flesh from his entire body had sold for three hundred thousand.

By real-world prices, that was more cutthroat than any crooked merchant.

But by Metropolis prices, this was already a genuine friends-and-family deal.

"What about the other seven hundred thousand?"

"Yuan Bao'er said this money could be put on her tab for now. Liu could pay it back once he had the money."

Gray Shopkeeper said.

Of course, Liu Zheng could also choose not to repay it, but then the favor would acquire a price tag.

"Then thank you very much."

When a man was poor, his ambitions shrank. He still needed the money on him for his money-scattering technique.

Being allowed to run a tab was naturally best. It also would not do to keep borrowing money from Nile Doctor.

Though Nile Doctor probably wished Liu Zheng owed him enough that marrying into the family would be the only way to repay it.

"What about the Dragon Egg?"

"Does Liu have a storage device?"

Gray Shopkeeper asked in return.

"Why?"

This was the first time anyone had asked Liu Zheng that question.

"The Dragon Egg's aura is powerful. Carrying it openly could easily attract attention and cause unnecessary trouble. If Liu Zheng doesn't have a storage device, we can deliver it to your door."

"Of course, we can only deliver it outside the Bloodstained Restaurant's range."

Gray Shopkeeper gave him a look that said, "You know what I mean."

"Understood, understood."

Since they were on the same side, they certainly could not deliver it to that bunch at the Restaurant as an extra meal.

"It's fine. I have a way."

Liu Zheng said.

Come to think of it, although the system