His refusal to budge made Ning Rongrong puff out her cheeks in anger. She was about to say something else when Su Yu gave her a gentle tug.
Su Yu shook his head at her, then looked at the man. He took two hundred Gold Soul Coins out of his Soul Tool and placed them on the wooden table beside him with a crisp clink:
"No need to haggle. We'll buy this stone."
Only then did the man cast a sidelong glance at the Gold Soul Coins on the table. An almost imperceptible curve lifted the corner of his mouth. He said nothing more, tacitly agreeing.
Ning Rongrong still felt indignant and muttered, "Husband-Brother, this is clearly a rip-off..."
Su Yu patted the back of her hand and said quietly, "It's all right. The stone itself isn't what we want."
Ning Rongrong froze for a moment. Though she did not understand what he meant, seeing his assured expression, she said nothing more.
Su Yu put the stone into his Soul Tool and led the two of them outside.
The three turned and left the shop, and the wooden door creaked shut once more.
From his reclining chair, Flender looked at the Gold Soul Coins on the table. He picked one up and weighed it in his hand, the shrewd smile at the corner of his mouth deepening.
I ran into a real sucker today. Two hundred Gold Soul Coins for a lousy stone.
Meanwhile, even after they had walked a long way from the shop, Ning Rongrong could not help looking back to glare at it:
"What kind of person does business so high-handedly..."
Seeing her puffed-up cheeks, Su Yu raised a hand and gently stroked her head, his voice carrying a warm, tender smile:
"All right, don't be angry.