Hearing Ye Chen say that, Su Ningshuang asked with a smile:

"Have you forgotten what grade Ling'er is in this year?"

"oh........."

Ye Chen suddenly realized.

He had almost forgotten about it.

Yes, Ling'er is a senior in high school this year!

Senior high school students do get their summer vacation later than other students.

In Ye Chen's memory, they lived by the sea, and the senior year holidays were always much later than usual.

"The day before yesterday, Ling'er secretly sent me a message saying that she was going to have a holiday soon and would come to Linhai to visit us."

The two walked and chatted.

As they walked, the two were drawn to a shop.

This is a shop specializing in Suzhou embroidery, and it is quite famous in Linhai, almost the most upscale Suzhou embroidery shop in Linhai.

Suzhou embroidery is a general term for embroidery products from the Suzhou area. It is one of the national intangible cultural heritages and one of the four famous embroidery styles.

Ye Chen knew about this place because his grandmother had always loved Suzhou embroidery and other similar embroidery.

Standing in front of the shop, Ye Chen couldn't help but fall into memories.

I remember Ye Chen was in his second year of high school at that time, which was also because his grandmother's birthday was not far away.

Ye Chen found this place because his grandmother liked Suzhou embroidery.

Ye Chen wanted to use his saved pocket money to buy his grandmother a Suzhou embroidery piece.

When Ye Chen arrived at the shop and saw the prices of Suzhou embroidery, he was dumbfounded.

The cheapest Suzhou embroidery here costs several thousand to tens of thousands of yuan.

Even slightly better ones cost tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

Back then, that price was an astronomical figure for an average high school sophomore!

After returning home, Ye Chen learned that ordinary Suzhou embroidery was not expensive, as most of it was machine-made.

Since it's factory-produced, it's naturally cheaper.

The truly exquisite Suzhou embroidery is all hand-embroidered.

It is said that the most expensive hand embroidery can cost as much as eight figures!

This shop sells exquisite hand-embroidered products.

Ye Chen simply gave up.

For Ye Chen at that time, selling him wouldn't necessarily bring in tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Now, standing in front of this shop again, Ye Chen felt a mix of emotions.

Everything is different now.

For Ye Chen now, let alone embroidery worth tens or hundreds of thousands, even things worth tens of millions, hundreds of millions, or even billions are nothing.

Ye Chen could buy them casually without even blinking.

In the past three years, I have undergone tremendous changes.

Having money in your hands, lots and lots of money... you can buy whatever you want, anything at will.

This feels so good!!!

"Sir, ladies please come in..."

Upon seeing Ye Chen and Su Ningshuang standing in front of the shop, a young female shop assistant immediately came out and warmly welcomed them inside.

Ye Chen and Su Ningshuang walked forward, led by the shop assistant.

At this moment, Ye Chen was filled with even more emotion.

It feels good to be rich.

He remembered coming to this store when he was in his second year of high school. The store wasn't busy at the time. There were several employees, but none of them came up to talk to him. Some even looked down on Ye Chen.

They felt that Ye Chen, a poor student, couldn't possibly afford the things here.

But now, before he and Ning Shuang even went inside, incredibly enthusiastic shop assistants had already come out to greet him.

The attitude of the shop assistants has changed 180 degrees since then.

They probably assumed Ye Chen and Su Ningshuang were rich because they were both wearing expensive clothes.

This is the stark reality.

Without money, it's really impossible.

Upon entering the store, Ye Chen and Su Ningshuang began looking at the merchandise.

Ye Chen observed that the prices here seemed to be higher than before, even though he hadn't been here for several years.

When Ye Chen was in his second year of high school, the cheapest Suzhou embroidery here seemed to cost less than 10,000 yuan.

But now, Ye Chen looked at it and the cheapest one seemed to be over 20,000 yuan.

"Ye Chen, what do you think of this one?"

Su Ningshuang called Ye Chen over.

She took a fancy to a piece of Suzhou embroidery and thought her grandmother would like it.

Ye Chen walked over and was also attracted by the Suzhou embroidery.

The craftsmanship of this Suzhou embroidery is clearly more exquisite than other Suzhou embroidery; it is obviously the work of a master.

Unlike other Suzhou embroidery pieces, this one does not have a price listed next to it.

How much does this Suzhou embroidery piece cost?

Ye Chen asked the female shop assistant next to him.

The female shop assistant replied somewhat apologetically:

"I'm sorry, sir, this Suzhou embroidery is not for sale and is only for display."

Not for sale?

Su Ningshuang felt a little regretful, because this Suzhou embroidery, in terms of both craftsmanship and subject matter, was really suitable as a birthday gift for her grandmother.

It turns out it wasn't for sale, which is such a shame.

Since that's the case, Su Ningshuang decided to turn around and look at other Suzhou embroidery works.

Ye Chen grabbed Su Ning Shuang and then looked at the shop assistant.

"Call your boss over."

Ye Chen spoke.

Not for sale?!

"Okay, please wait a moment..."

Seeing Ye Chen and Su Ningshuang dressed in expensive clothes and with an impressive demeanor, the female shop assistant hesitated for a few seconds before agreeing.

Two minutes later, a plump middle-aged woman walked over, led by a shop assistant.

"Boss, this is the gentleman who has taken a liking to our non-sale item."

The female shop assistant explained.

"Sir, our items are not for sale. They are masterpieces by Master Wu, a master of Suzhou embroidery, and are not available for sale to the public."

Upon seeing Ye Chen, the female boss spoke with extreme impatience.

She had lost count of how many customers had come to inquire about the non-sale items in their store.

She really didn't want to deal with these boring customers anymore.

After saying that, the female boss no longer wanted to talk to Ye Chen and turned to leave.

"I'll pay ten times the price of your store's most expensive item and buy it..."

Ye Chen spoke slowly.

He activated his "money" power.

ten times?!!!

The female boss immediately stopped in her tracks, clearly hesitating for a moment.

"no."

In the end, the female shop owner shook her head at Ye Chen, still not intending to sell this non-sale item.

"No matter what price you offer, I will not sell."

The female boss rejected Ye Chen.

Hearing what the female boss said, Ye Chen had another solution.

"In that case, let's try another approach..."