Lu Qingyan curled her fingers behind her back and said magnanimously, "How am I supposed to know if I can afford this price if you don't tell me? Besides, since you're here, you must have plenty of money. I'm here because I've already prepared. So, how much do you want?"
"One hundred thousand taels." The man quoted a price, watching Lu Qingyan's reaction.
Lu Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since she got back the dowry that Fu Li had withheld, Fu Jingzhi had also given her an additional 30,000 taels of silver. Add to that the income from the Prince De's mansion and the dowry shop over the past three months... unfortunately, it was still less than 100,000 taels, probably around 70,000 to 80,000 taels.
But it doesn't make much difference. Anyway, the person didn't say when they would give him the money, so she can just owe him for now.
In the end, since he belongs to her, his money will also belong to her, right?
Knowing Lu Qingyan's thoughts, Su Han helplessly covered its face. Recalling when it had encouraged its master to flirt with men, and looking at its master's impatient appearance now, it deeply felt that its behavior back then was a bit too unreliable.
"It's just 100,000 taels, right? As long as you're willing to take the plunge, I'll pay you a deposit of 10,000 taels right now, and I'll give you the rest after it's done," Lu Qingyan said generously.
"The minimum deposit is 50,000, otherwise there's no point in discussing it." The man wiped the blade off his hand, and the handkerchief instantly split in two.
Lu Qingyan: "..."
She felt like this guy was threatening her!
The man flashed a gleaming white smile at Lu Qingyan and said, "So, what do you think? Isn't the knife in my hand very sharp?"
Lu Qingyan tucked her hands into her sleeves and looked up at the man: "No matter how sharp a knife is, it depends on the skill of the person wielding it. Otherwise, even a peerless sword in the hands of a butcher can only become a pig-slaughtering knife."
The man raised an eyebrow and blew on the knife: "Oh, you think I'm not a good owner for it?"
"I never said that." Lu Qingyan quietly moved a few steps to the side. "Let's talk business first!"
The man smiled, waved for the people around him to step back, and said to Lu Qingyan, "Then come over and let's talk."
A stubby finger tapped on the wall, and a hidden door suddenly appeared in front of Lu Qingyan. "Come with me!" The man's words weren't as polite as Jin's mother's; instead, they carried a different kind of—domineering aura?
The man walked down the corridor for a while before entering a stone chamber. He took a piece of paper from a cabinet inside: "If you have no objections to what I've said, then sign this. This is the special document used by us at Soul Shadow to sign agreements with our clients. With this, we won't renege on our obligations."
“Of course I have some objections now. I didn’t prepare so many silver notes before I came, so I can only pay you 20,000 taels now.” Lu Qingyan said, looking at the man with a mocking expression. “After all, before I came here, I didn’t expect someone like you to be here. Although you’re not handsome enough, you’re very much to my liking. I’m very confident in entrusting this business to you.”
Lu Qingyan smiled, her eyes crinkling slightly with a hint of allure. The man held a knife to her neck: "Don't say things you shouldn't say in front of me. If you're here just to discuss business, I'm happy to oblige; but if you're here to cause trouble, you've come to the wrong place."
After saying that, the man slashed Lu Qingyan's body with his knife and slashed it onto the wooden table, which startled Lu Qingyan.
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