"Really?"
The girl's eyes brightened further. She immediately turned to the vendor behind the stall and asked in a clear, sweet voice:
"Sir, how much is this necklace?"
The vendor was a middle-aged man. Seeing customers at his stall, he hurriedly smiled and said:
"You have a good eye, young lady. This was polished from a fine sapphire, and the Necklace is made of Sunken Silver. I'll give you a bargain—twenty Gold Soul Coins!"
"Twenty Gold Soul Coins?"
The girl stuck out her tongue and turned to the young man beside her, looking a little troubled.
Seeing this, the young man's expression changed slightly, and he pulled her aside.
After a while, the girl returned to the vendor's stall, looking somewhat dejected.
The middle-aged man naturally noticed the disappointment in her eyes, but there was nothing he could do. He ran a small business; he couldn't just give things away for free.
Although Tang San and Xiao Wu received the Spirit Hall's Soul Master subsidy, Tang San needed to forge Hidden Weapons.
That was no small expense, and the two of them hadn't saved much money.
After setting aside Shrek Academy's registration fee and tuition, they had fewer than fifty Gold Soul Coins left. They couldn't spend that money on this necklace!
Ning Rongrong looked at the girl in pink, an inexplicable sense of closeness rising in her heart.
Though this was their first meeting, she felt a particular affinity with her and wanted to be her friend.
She tugged at the hem of Su Yu's clothes, signaling for him to wait, then quickly walked over to the girl and gently tapped her shoulder.
"Hello! I'm Ning Rongrong. What's your name?"
Ning Rongrong wore a sincere smile, her eyes curving into crescent moons.
The girl turned around and looked at