Chapter 111 Let's Talk

Everything was ready, and Chen Shiyi named his shop.

Qinyun Building.

We didn't sell a single piece on the first day of opening.

Bai Ling was very anxious.

"Sister, what should I do?"

Chen Shiyi frowned slightly.

"Don't worry. Qinyunlou didn't open with much fanfare. No one knows about it. It's normal that it hasn't sold out."

Li Yunzhou explained on the side.

"Boss, don't worry. Selling jewelry is different from running a wine shop, tea house, or grocery store. Our store is located on the busiest street, so you don't have to worry. Besides, it takes time for people to accept something new and unique."

Sure enough, the next day, a few brave young men who were keen on trying something new bought a few of average quality, and their revenue was less than fifty taels.

Li Yunzhou said this in a decisive tone.

"Tomorrow, there will be a large number of guests arriving."

"Why?"

"We'll see."

On the third day, there were obviously more people in the shop, but most of them came to see the cultural displays and wonders in the shop, but few people made transactions.

In the evening, there was a wealthy man, with his hands behind his back, looking at the amber in the shop with a smile on his face.

Li Yunzhou provided the entire reception.

Later, this man spent two thousand taels of silver to buy the entire set of Biyun Fairy Valley in the second-floor room, including the decorations in the room.

Chen Shiyi was not surprised by this.

Such customers were few and far between, and she could not possibly make a living on the mere presence of a few occasional guests.

"Boss, everything is difficult at the beginning. Please believe me, when I was the head of a silver shop, I knew many local rich and famous people. Whenever there was a new style of silver jewelry here, I would give a set to the local prestigious ladies or girls. As long as they wore it to banquets and flower appreciation, the business of the silver shop would be surprisingly good."

After hearing this, Chen Shiyi thought that he could use her identity as the cousin of Doctor Yu Shi to hold a banquet, which might help to boost sales.

The next day, the idle prince Long Muchuan, who had been hunted down, came to her shop to relax.

"Chen Shiyi, you are doing a decent job in business."

Chen Shiyi looked back worriedly.

"Have you cleaned up your tail? Don't let it get me into trouble."

"Don't worry, the last time something serious happened, we have rooted out the remaining evil, and everything is fine now!"

Chen Shiyi asked, thinking of something.

"Do all your guards wear black?"

Long Muchuan was very confused.

"Which family's guards don't wear black?"

"There are also people wearing blue and gray..."

"They are ordinary guards, wearing black clothes. They need to hide in the dark all year round to protect or assassinate..."

Chen Shiyi thought, why are they all in black? How can she find out who that person is?

"Why are you asking this?"

"If you don't understand, you should ask..."

Chen Shiyi blinked.

"Uncle Ninth Prince, can you do me a favor?"

Long Muchuan leaned his elbows on the tea table, his eyes frivolous.

"You want my help, but there are conditions."

"Lend me one hundred thousand taels of silver."

When Long Muchuan heard this, he quickly put away the smile on his face and sat upright drinking his tea.

"Asking me for 100,000 taels of silver is like asking for my life. If you can't do it, find someone else."

He lowered his head and saw Chen Shiyi pulling the jade pendant around his waist and asked.

"Then give me this jade pendant."

He sneered with a fake smile and quickly pulled the jade pendant out of Chen Shiyi's hand.

"This is a relic left to me by my mother. I cannot give it to you."

Chen Shiyi said in frustration.

"You can't help me with this, and you can't give me that. Oh, forget it. I can't count on you..."

"Please tell me something simple. I can't do either of these. Tell me something I can do."

Chen Shiyi said with a smile.

"I have a piece of natural amber here. How about giving it to the most powerful person in the harem during a palace banquet or something like that to help me spread the word about amber?"

Long Muchuan stared at Chen Shiyi with dim eyes.

Chen Shiyi was not afraid of him.

"You are a prince, you can't be unable to do this, right?"

Long Muchuan snorted coldly.

"You are so calculating. You deliberately said those two things that I could never agree to, just to get me to agree to this, right?"

Chen Shiyi curled his lips.

"Just say whether you agree or not?"

Long Muchuan laughed and leaned back in his chair.

"Why do you really not want me to get involved?"

Chen Shiyi thought about it.

"It's fear."

"What are you afraid of? With my protection, you won't have to worry about not being able to sell your amber."

"I'm afraid of you."

After Chen Shiyi said this, Long Muchuan's expression became a little colder.

"Why?"

"Since I met you, I have never had a smooth life. You gave me a villa and left me with a group of bandits. I was also assassinated as an accomplice because I knew you. I almost died. If you continue to interfere in my business, I don't know what will be waiting for me in the future..."

"Those were all accidents and can't be counted."

Chen Shiyi lowered his eyes and stroked the purple clay tea bowl in his palm.

"Accidents are just excuses for people and things that you don't care about. If you really care about them, there will be no accidents. If one day you are inevitably injured or die, that is fate..."

There was silence between the two for a while.

Long Muchuan sneered.

"Who are you to me? Who cares about you? You just saved my life. It's a bit interesting to look at you, that's all..."

He stood up suddenly and took the natural amber from Chen Shiyi's hand.

"I've done you this favor. Next time you see me, you must kneel down and kowtow to me. Do you understand?"

Having said that, he turned and left without looking back.

Li Yunzhou walked behind Chen Shiyi and looked at his receding figure, feeling very puzzled.

"He is a prince of the royal family, in a high position of power. With his help, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"You'll get twice the result with half the effort, but the price you pay may be even higher, and you may even lose your life."

"Why?"

"How can he, a prince, look down upon a small business like mine? He might even take some shameful money from me. If there is any disturbance, I will be the first one to take the blame for it."

Li Yunzhou was shocked when he heard this.

"He is a prince, what kind of money does he have that is shameful to show off?"

Suddenly thinking of something, Li Yunzhou quickly covered his mouth.

"He always treated me as a plaything, teasing me a few times for fun. To put it bluntly, he never treated me as a human being."

"It seems that all the powerful and wealthy are like this."

"Boss, do you know what I wanted when I was a child?"

"Um?"

"I just wanted to have a full meal, and I have already achieved it. Now, when people mention me, I am no longer the maid I used to be, but a person with a name, flesh and blood, Chen Shiyi."

Maybe this road is difficult, but she is alone, without fear or regrets.