The person who walked into the shop was a boy who looked rather young and boyish. He looked around curiously at the interior, then an expression of amazement appeared on his face.
"Your shop's decor is gorgeous!"
"Thank you for the compliment." Xu Ran smiled. "What service would you like?"
"Do you offer grooming here?" The boy hesitated before asking tentatively, "Blackwood Dew hasn't appeared in so long. I heard some boarding shops in the city have started offering grooming services."
"We do." Xu Ran nodded. "The price list is behind you."
"You really do!" Clearly, finding the service he wanted in a boarding shop he had entered at random was a pleasant surprise for the boy. When he turned in the direction Xu Ran pointed and saw the price board on the wall, his delighted expression grew even more pronounced.
"This cheap?!"
Blackwood Dew had stopped forming several months ago, and only a handful of boarding shops in Demonwood City could groom contract beasts.
With demand exceeding supply, grooming prices had naturally soared.
Looking at this shop's grooming prices, the boy was astonished to discover that they were a full forty to fifty percent cheaper than elsewhere.
Hearing the boy's exclamation, Xu Ran, who had just been about to say, "You get what you pay for," fell silent for a moment and slowly swallowed his words.
This was the first time anyone had thought Starfire Foster Shop's services were cheap.
For a moment, he wondered whether the prices on the board had been marked incorrectly.
But clearly, that was just his imagination.
There was nothing wrong with the prices on the board. The problem was probably Demonwood City's still-underdeveloped grooming industry.
After only a moment's hesitation, Xu Ran adopted a matter-of-fact expression.
"Yes, as you can see, our grooming