However, with Li Youran, one can choose freely.
"Young Master Xia, you really have some good stuff. Blue gemstones are almost sold out elsewhere, and the quality isn't very good either."
Li Youran casually took out a blue gemstone from among them; all of them were of excellent quality and well-cut.
"How much does it cost?"
Blue gemstones are in high demand, and even if you pay a high price elsewhere, you can't buy good ones. Li Youran suddenly became worried that she couldn't afford the price.
"Miss Li, please rest assured that the price of blue gemstones is the same as that of other gemstones."
Xia Xiao found Li Youran's conflicted expression adorable; she looked beautiful from every angle.
"Same price? Young Master Xia, you're probably giving me a friendly price again!"
Seeing how good Xia Xiao was to her, Li Youran felt a little guilty, after all, there's a limit to how much one can take advantage of someone.
“Selling them to others would fetch a slightly higher price, but since this is our first time working together, we might as well sell them to Miss Li at the same price. Besides, these gems were all acquired at the same price initially, so there is no difference.”
As Xia Xiao spoke, she casually picked up a basket of orange gems from the shelf on the other side.
Summer is almost here, and maybe the next best-selling item will be orange gemstones.
Having worked in the gemstone industry for many years, Xia Xiao has summarized some experiences and patterns. These so-called trends are just a cycle.
"Young Master Xia is absolutely right."
Perhaps because she received a discount from Xia Xiao, Li Youran found Xia Xiao much more pleasing to the eye.
"Oh my god, our store was robbed while I was away?"
He simply went out and bought a box of gems, and when he came back, the shop was empty, as if it had been robbed.
"Shopkeeper, all of these goods have been sold out by Kong Qi!"
The waiter ran over excitedly and said to Li Youran.
"Shopkeeper, we need to restock quickly! Quite a few customers have already placed orders!"
Li Youran was so shocked that her jaw almost dropped. She turned to look at Kong Qi, who was sitting in a chair, leisurely drinking tea.
"Sure! Tell me honestly, did you use your good looks to seduce them into buying so many goods?"
"There's nothing we can do, we're just blessed with natural talent."
As she spoke, Kong Qi deliberately adjusted her hair, striking a very alluring pose.
“Those women are too superficial. I just speak softly, and they are like they've been drugged.”
As Kong Qi spoke, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, revealing a very helpless expression.
Suddenly, Li Youran had an idea. She thought that even if rouge and face powder were expensive, they wouldn't cost much. Why not send Kong Qi to the shop? Maybe he could make a breakthrough.
"Kong Qi, there are too many people buying rouge and face powder here, and it's a mixed bag. Why not go to the jewelry shop? Our jewelry shop is expensive, and only wealthy families and daughters of officials can afford it."
Li Youran's words were very straightforward, and Kong Qi was slightly taken aback before understanding her meaning.
Yes, most of the women buying rouge and face powder here are from the common people's quarters. Because the daughters of wealthy families usually have their rouge and face powder purchased by their families, they mostly don't come here personally, and even if they do, it's only a small portion.
Jewelry shops are different; most customers buy and select items themselves. Besides, the jewelry shop Li Youran and her family run caters to a high-end clientele, including wealthy families, daughters of officials, and royalty.
"I will go and tidy up the shop tomorrow."
"no problem."
Li Youran made a no-questions-asked gesture and responded to Kong Qi.
Just as Li Youran was busy and having a great time, Tang Lei appeared in front of her as if he had fallen from the sky.
"Aren't you in the military camp?"
Just a few days ago, Li Youran had written a letter to Tang Lei, but she didn't expect Tang Lei to suddenly return and even appear in her yard, which startled her.
"What, can't I come?"
Although Tang Lei always had a cold face and spoke in a cold tone, Li Youran sensed a different kind of chill in his words.
"Did something unpleasant happen?"
Li Youran thought to herself that this shouldn't be the case. Just a few days ago, he wrote to him saying that the jewelry shop and the cosmetics shop were doing very well, attracting many officials to join the fray, and that he had learned a lot of information about them.
She was unaware that Tang Lei's unhappiness stemmed from this very incident.
In his letter, Li Youran mentioned that a very handsome young man named Kong Qi had come to the shop. Since Kong Qi's arrival, the shop's business has been booming.
Li Youran may not have thought much about it, but Tang Lei couldn't help but overthink it.
Tang Lei felt that Li Youran couldn't stop talking about Kong Qi, and thought that Li Youran had feelings for Kong Qi. So he rushed over from the military camp, but when he appeared in front of Li Youran, he couldn't bring himself to say anything about it.
What right did he have to stop Li Youran from interacting with other women? He did like Li Youran, but he didn't seem to have explicitly expressed his feelings to her.
However, Tang Lei couldn't bring himself to say those things to Li Youran. He felt it was too cheesy. Didn't this woman understand his feelings?
"What's wrong with you? Say something, please don't do anything rash."
Seeing Tang Lei staring blankly with a serious expression, and his face growing increasingly grim, Li Youran hurriedly asked him what was wrong.
"I like you."
"ah?"
Li Youran heard it very clearly, but she was still a little doubtful because Tang Lei's face was so dark it was almost dripping with water. How could he say something like that?
Damn it, he finally managed to say those words, but the woman didn't hear him clearly. Tang Lei thought it was intentional.
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