Chapter 177 Debt Collection Plan (Part 3)
You are such a scoundrel, Liu! Su Luo gritted her teeth secretly. She would not give in so quickly!
"Shopkeeper, how much is this jade bracelet?"
"Young lady, you have good taste. This jade bracelet is made of Lantian jade, which is extremely rare. Our shop only sells it for 1,800 taels of silver."
Su Luo shook her head. "No, no, it's too cheap. How can it match the noble status of the Queen Mother?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately agreed and took out two gold-lacquered red plates from under the counter. The plates were padded with soft cushions, one containing jade and the other containing jewels.
"Girl, look at these again."
Su Luo didn't even look at it, "Why are good things placed on the counter? Shopkeeper, open your eyes and look at who is in front of you and who he is picking things for. Why don't you bring out some decent things?"
The shopkeeper hastily apologized with a smile and asked the waiter to take care of the food while he went back to the back hall.
Liu Chengxuan watched Su Luo's performance with a smile on his face. After the shopkeeper left, he came close to Su Luo and said with a low laugh, "Then Miss Su, please choose some jewelry for the Queen Mother."
"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll be satisfied." Su Luo looked around with a fake smile, asking whatever he could find. The shop assistants answered them one by one. Su Luo nodded or shook his head like an expert. When the shopkeeper came back with a long flat box, Su Luo sat down in front of the counter again, stretched out his hand to stop the shopkeeper from opening the box, and asked, "How much do your jewelry cost?"
The shopkeeper said, "From a small amount of ten taels of silver to a large amount of several thousand taels of silver, but the more valuable ones will not be placed in the front." The shopkeeper patted the box under his hand, "These items will definitely satisfy the young lady."
Su Luo waved her hands quickly, "How can I be full? This is for the Queen Mother to choose. We are all vulgar, and we are already drooling over the things on the counter of your store. Unfortunately, we don't have a nephew as filial and generous as Mr. Liu, otherwise we would just pick one of the items displayed outside and it would be worthwhile to come to your store."
Su Luo said as she glanced at Liu Chengxuan. Liu Chengxuan was so angry that he laughed. This is too shameless. How can this be considered a conspiracy? This is simply robbery!
But Liu Chengxuan also had his calculations. There were only six women present, including Su Luo. Didn't she specifically ask for something from outside? Even if each person chose something worth ten thousand taels, it would only be sixty thousand taels, and not all of it would belong to Su Luo. Compared to the previous two hundred and forty thousand taels, Su Luo seemed destined to lose money.
"You have helped me so much, of course I will express my gratitude." Liu Chengxuan looked at Su Luo with a smile, "Miss Su is so enthusiastic, you can choose anything from the outside."
Su Luo nodded and patted the shopkeeper's box. "No need to look at it. What you dare to take out must be a top-quality product. Now ask the ladies to choose something. Remember to put it on Master Liu's account."
The shopkeeper looked at Liu Chengxuan. Liu Chengxuan went over and used his fan to open the lid of the box. There were three or four small boxes inside. Liu Chengxuan opened one at random, and inside was a pair of emerald green bracelets with very fine red silk threads in the middle, like blood.
"This is it. Send it to my house later."
Feng, Liu, Guan, Li, and Zhang, several famous ladies, had already chosen their jewelry in a short while. Except for Miss Feng, who chose a pearl necklace worth 3,500 taels, the others were obviously not very generous and most of them chose jewelry worth around 1,000 taels. Liu Chengxuan shook his head and fanned himself as he walked to Su Luo's side, "Which one do you choose, Miss Su?"
Su Luo calmly met his victorious smile and wandered around the store leisurely, "Hey... this one is nice... Hey, that pair of bracelets is also nice..."
Liu Chengxuan unfolded his folding fan and said with a smile, "How about choosing both?"
Su Luo raised her eyes to meet his gaze. "Everyone gets one, but I get to choose two. How unfair." She shook her head. "Anyway, can't I choose whatever is out there? I'll take my time to look around."
Liu Chengxuan was not in a hurry either. He smiled and watched how long Su Luo could perform. Su Luo swayed and swayed until he came to the huge coral tree.
The corner of Liu Chengxuan's eyes twitched. It was definitely a conspiracy. Su Luo deliberately emphasized "things outside" and it turned out that he was interested in this thing.
"I mean……"
"You're right. " Su Luo stretched out her hand, turned around and said to Liu Chengxuan with a smile: "I want this."
Before Liu Chengxuan could say anything, the shopkeeper had already shouted, "This is the treasure of our shop, it is not for sale."
Su Luo was in a dilemma. "What should I do? Young Master Liu has promised to give me something. If you don't sell it, won't that make Young Master Liu lose his promise?"
The shopkeeper quickly said to Liu Chengxuan: "Master Liu, this thing really can't be..."
Liu Chengxuan waved his hand, indicating that he understood, and said to Su Luo: "You don't embarrass me, but you embarrass Manager Li."
"How am I making things difficult for him?" Su Luo argued confidently, "It's obvious that you are trying to cheat. A man's word is his bond . Can you get away with saying that this item is not for sale?"
"You can choose another one." Liu Chengxuan glanced around before speaking to make sure there was no second coral tree in the room.
"Master Liu has a good plan." Su Luo sighed and said to the ladies, "Master Liu is a frequent customer of this store and is very familiar with the shopkeeper. I don't know if they have colluded with each other. When he saw that I wanted this expensive item, he said it was the treasure of the store and wanted me to choose a cheaper one." The ladies looked at each other in bewilderment. Su Luo took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, "Fortunately you didn't choose something too expensive, otherwise you would be squeezed out and only dare to choose a silver ring, a wooden hairpin or something like that, and people would tell everyone that they gave us gifts."
Miss Feng's father was the commander of the Beijing Guards, and her temperament was quite that of a daughter of a general. Upon hearing this, she threw the necklace in her hand onto the counter and said, "Although we are not royal relatives, we are not so poor that we have to take your things. You said you wanted to give it to me, but changed your mind after meeting the person you chose. This is truly the behavior of a real man!"
The other socialites were all used to seeing fine things, so they didn't care too much about the jewelry worth 1,800 taels. Upon hearing this, they put it down one after another, fearing that if they were slow to put it down , they would be criticized. They all knew that the other party was famous in the capital for her big mouth.
Liu Chengxuan is in a dilemma this time. There is a saying that goes, "When a scholar meets a soldier, he cannot explain himself clearly." Now he is even worse off than a scholar who meets a soldier. He has met a robber.
"Don't make things difficult for the shopkeeper, or just pick something of equal value." Liu Chengxuan had heard the shopkeeper say that such a large and intact coral tree was worth at least 300,000, if not 500,000. It seemed that Su Luo had won this round again.
Su Luo giggled, "It depends on Mr. Liu's sincerity. I'll go home and wait." After saying that, she picked up the chain that Miss Feng had thrown on the cabinet and stuffed it back into her hand, "Give me some face. If you leave like this, Mr. Liu will lose all his face."
Miss Feng took the chain and said to the ladies, "For Sister Su's sake, let's take the things so as not to embarrass Master Liu."
Then the socialites took back their things one after another, without even saying thank you, and they were all very arrogant, as if they had received these things because of a great favor from others.
Liu Chengxuan looked up at the sky in silence. What kind of people are these?
