Stelle spent the next few days keeping busy. Sometimes she had to speak with the shopkeepers in Aurum Alley and persuade them to join the current revitalization plan.
The process met with quite a few obstacles. Some people were easy to talk to, while others proved rather difficult to please.
Some even asked Stelle to help come up with suitable renovation plans for their shops...
Still, Bailu's and Jiang Yu's names usually came in handy at times like these. When most merchants heard that Bailu and Jiang Yu were also involved in the revitalization plan, they volunteered to join.
Perhaps that was the power of idols.
Thinking of it that way, Scott seemed to have been on the wrong side from the very beginning. Even if Little Fish did not use his connections, Scott still had no chance of winning.
As for Jiang Yu, he spent practically every day with Yanqing, helping the ambitious young man improve his stats and strengthen his physique. Of course, he occasionally went out to eat with his friends, too.
Over those days, the difficulty of Yanqing's training had already risen several levels.
Even Jing Yuan, who was too busy with official duties every day to get away because of the ship racing on the Luofu, could not help wondering why the boy looked like a dead dog every time he saw him lately.
Then, one day...
Early that morning, while Jiang Yu was still doing his morning exercises in the Inn's backyard and Stelle was getting ready for breakfast, she received a message.
It came from a group chat named "Aurum Alley Revitalization Group."
Sushang: "Stelle, do you remember that company representative we met at the docks before?"
Stelle: "The one who wanted you to apologize in public and bark like a dog?"
Sushang: