Although the number of crystals he wanted to take was quite a lot, it was nothing for a crystal shop. Even if he counted them one by one, over and over again ten times, it shouldn't take so long, right?
Ning Zhishui's attitude was too distant, which made Dongfang Jing have a lot to say but no suitable opportunity.
I didn't expect that she was so cold-tempered when she was young. It turns out that this is not the erosion of time, but she was born like this?
You have to restrain yourself and not be too enthusiastic, as that will scare her and make her suspect that you have ulterior motives.
Dongfang Jing lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea.
After a while, there was a noise at the door.
Dongfang Jing quickly put down the teacup. Even though he was in a hurry, the cup still did not make a loud noise after it landed on the table.
He stood up and went to open the door. When he opened the door, the shopkeeper's hand was already on the door, but he pushed against nothing.
"Young Master—"
What are you going to do, sir?
"Why did you take so long? Did something go wrong?" Dongfang Jing asked while winking at Manager Liu.
"Oh...oh, something went wrong."
As Manager Liu spoke, he silently put his hands behind his back to cover the box in his hand.
Then he put the box into the Qiankun space.
"What's going on? What went wrong?"
Ning Zhishui stood up and walked towards the door.
When she saw Manager Liu with empty hands, she was speechless.
After being away for quite some time, you came back empty-handed?
Where are the crystal tickets? Where did they go?
"Uh...something went wrong..."
How would I know what went wrong? Sir, please give me some advice!
Shopkeeper Liu frowned, stretched out his voice, and then looked at Dongfang Jing's expression.
But Ning Zhishui was standing next to him, so Dongfang Jing could no longer make any small movements. He just smiled gently and waited for him to speak.
"There's a mistake in the accounts," Shopkeeper Liu said. "Someone down there made a mistake. The accounts are a bit messy, and the amount of crystals you have is quite large, so I'm afraid it won't be possible to exchange them in the short term."
"How long will it take to heal?" Ning Zhishui frowned.
She also needs to withdraw money to pay Gao Yue the deposit for materials!
"Miss Ning, is there anything urgent?" Dongfang Jing asked.
"Um."
"How about this, you leave your address, and we'll send someone to deliver it to your door once Manager Liu finishes the settlement. Manager Liu, how long will it take you to finish the calculation?" Dongfang Jing said.
If you don’t tell me, how would I know how fast I can run?
Shopkeeper Liu glanced at Dongfang Jing and didn't see his reminder, so he figured out the time on his own. "Half an hour at the fastest... maybe."
When he mentioned the word "time", he felt relieved when he saw that Dongfang Jing did not refute.
"Half an hour, is that okay?" Dongfang Jing asked Ning Zhishui.
"Okay, but you don't have to send it to my house. I'm going to a shop to buy some materials later. You can have someone meet me there." Ning Zhishui said, "But the ink card must be returned to me first. You need to exchange it with crystal tickets."
"Okay, then tell me the location of the shop." Manager Liu agreed.
Ning Zhishui then told him about Gao Yue's shop.
"Let's exchange sound transmission notes. I'll go give you the crystal ticket later so we can keep in touch." Dongfang Jing said.
Ning Zhishui was stunned for a moment, and Manager Liu also widened his eyes.
"...Are you going to deliver it to me?" Ning Zhishui was puzzled.
"Oh, yes, I trust him the most, so it's just right to hand it over to him. The amount is too large, and most of the guys are clumsy, so I'm afraid something might go wrong." Shopkeeper Liu explained with a laugh.
That's true. After all, it's 200,000 crystals. This amount of money can buy several lives. An unreliable person really can't do this job.
Ning Zhishui thought this was reasonable, so he exchanged sound transmission notes with Dongfang Jing.
"Please hurry up, I may not be able to stay in the shop for long," she said.
"No problem, I'll go as soon as possible." Dongfang Jing agreed readily.
But Ning Zhishui gave him a strange look.
This matter... you don't have the final say, right?
Dongfang Jing reacted, glanced at the shopkeeper, and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate our shopkeeper, he is very efficient. The time will only be half an hour earlier, not more. Right, shopkeeper?"
"……yes."
"That's good." Ning Zhishui nodded.
After putting away the ink cards, Ning Zhishui went downstairs.
When she reached the first floor, she saw that there were still many monks coming to exchange crystals, and they had not stopped.
She had a moment of doubt—
Didn’t they say that the account was wrong and couldn’t be redeemed?
But then he remembered what the shopkeeper said, that it was because the amount was too high, and he began to understand.
As soon as I walked out of Jinghang, I saw Meng Dong and Cheng Taoyue standing at the corner looking at me.
"Are you waiting for me?" Ning Zhishui asked with raised eyebrows.
She had wasted quite a bit of time in there, and these two people hadn't left yet. This was the only possibility.
"Zhishui, is this why you don't want to play with us anymore?" Meng Dong asked.
She and Cheng Taoyue looked at Ning Zhishui with complicated expressions.
"What's the reason?" Ning Zhishui asked.
"What else could it be? It's because you're rich!" Cheng Taoyue sarcastically said, "We don't know where you got all that money, but as soon as you became rich, you immediately distanced yourself from us. What's the meaning of this? Ning Zhishui, I really didn't realize you were such a person!"
"Yes, Zhishui, we never looked down on you when you were in a bad situation before. Now that you are just getting better, you turn against us. This is so sad." Meng Dong also said sadly.
"When my conditions were not good, I also wanted to draw a clear line between us." Ning Zhishui said.
The two were stunned.
"Meng Dong, you pride yourself on your good family background. Although the three of us are your friends, you've never looked down on us. You once compared us to your servants in public, then said it was a joke. Do you remember?" Ning Zhishui asked. "If you think that was a joke, then what would you think if I compared you to the young lady of the Liu family in the east city, who is known for her ugliness?"
"And you, Cheng Taoyue! Your mother came from a brothel, and you felt inferior about your background. Later, when your father's cultivation level broke through and he joined the Meng family, you felt proud and wanted to turn all your previous inferiority complex around. So you looked down on everyone and spoke harshly... But I never despised your background. You didn't become humble because of your mother's background, nor did you become noble because of your father's cultivation level. You are just yourself."
"Just because I didn't leave before doesn't mean I didn't want to leave, and this time I'm leaving isn't because of the crystal. I just came to my senses and decided that we're not the same kind of people, so there's no need to force ourselves to stay together. Friends are meant to be together when they're compatible and apart when they're not. I don't feel like I owe you anything, and you don't need to blame me as if I've done something wrong."
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