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Chapter 219 The Cal about it The best solution Ye Ci had was try and head back into the dungeon Afteran inventory of all the consumables she had, Ye Ci decided to resupply in Red Lake City before trying to re-enter the dungeon
However, once she arrived in Red Lake City, it was a long while before Ye Ci could leave First of all, Ye Nantian’s shop was doing badly Due to their lack of special recipes and their low level, Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan were not able to produce any high quality consuic location of their shop, business did not go well
This situation was a far cry’s away from what Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan had expected when they first started their business After some careful consideration, the couple ame They decided to hand the shop back to Ye Ci so that she could rent it out to avoid further losses
Ye Ci was having a taste of one of the broth sold by Ye Nantian as the words ca out of the couple’s mouth
“Little Ci, we’ve decided to not continue our business Why don’t you rent this shop out to someone else?”
“Pffffftttt…” perhaps it was the shock of listening to her parents words, or perhaps it was because of the unpalatable taste of the broth, Ye Ci spurted the broth onto the faces of her parents
“Ah… Sorry! I’ized to her parents
Although such actions will not cause daes to their appearance Ye Nantian immediately cleaned the face of his ith a cloth, and said jokingly “Little Ci, we’ve already washed our faces this ”
Ye Ci was e out a chuckle, she ie the topic, “What were you talking about just now?”
“We’re saying that we don’t want to continue our business in this shop anymore Why don’t you rent it out?” Zuo Xiaolan repeated her statement
The corners of Ye Ci’stheir question, Ye Ci responded with a question of their own, “Why?”
If the question was asked by someone else, Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan would have responded with a load of nonsense to save face However, the question ca to her “LIttle Ci, we’re a fahed, and shared a look with Ye Nantian, “This shop is indeed in a good location, and we have had a lot of visitors everyday Even then, our shop is not doing as well as the other shops nearby, and we don’t even knohy We thought that it would be a good idea to close down the business so that you can rent this shop out to so out of it”
“Rent it to soame is said to 100 realistic, we don’t have all the facilities that exist in real life available to us I can’t sublease the shop to soaht to herself, of course, it will be added into the game in the near future
“T-then what do we do? Do you want us to continue suffering losses froal person, “No way! There’s no way I’ to continue a business that will only cause losses for ned a contract You will have to pay a penalty for breaking the terhter well, and the daughter would also naturally would know the thoughts of her hter of Zuo Xiaolan for two lifetinored Zuo Xiaolan’s objection, and began exerting pressure on her through the contract
“Penalty? What penalty?” Zuo Xiaolan and her husband have always disame This hy they did not even to read the contract up
“What? Moned?” Ye Ci pretended to be surprised She, of course, knew that her mother would never read the contract
“The contract?” the corners of Zuo Xiaolan’s lance to Ye Nantian Her husband, who did not read the contract as well ie about the contract
“It’s that thing that you insisted to sign despite my objection” Ye Ci narrowed her eyes, and a calculative smile formed on her lips She even reminded her parents that they were the ones who insisted upon signing the contract She stared at her confused parents, “It’s those docuned in the town hall, you’ve even coht! I remember now!” Zuo Xiaolan was embarrassed when she was reet about that incident? The couple was full of curiosity when they entered the gas seriously as it was all just a gareeted by the an to have an open discussion about the ure
Ye Ci’s expression darkened when she overheard the conversation between her parents She let out several coughs in an atteet her parents to stop Zuo Xiaolan and Ye Nantian as oblivious about the impact of their actions, however, stopped only when the mayor spoke up with a darkened expression, “Are you here to sign the contract, or are you here to insult me?” At that moment, Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan finally realized that even the NPCs would react to their conversation They were both surprised and embarrassed by the revelation
Because of that, they did not even paid much attention to the contract, and hid it in the darkest corner of their warehouse They were eager to forget the incident
They were caught off guard when Ye Ci reminded them of that incident Zuo Xiaolan silently hoped that Ye Ci would have forgotten about the contents of the contract Although the chances were slined a contract? I don’t re about it!”
“It’s okay if you don’t remember, mom I have a copy with me, and I can read it out for you if you want” replied Ye Ci with a smile
Zuo Xiaolan stared at Ye Ci with a face devoid of expression, “How can you reotten? Are you stillout the contents of the contract The contract was filled with special terms and conditions, unable to be processed by nor, she received a complaint from Zuo Xiaolan, “Stop! Stop it! I can’t understand any of it”
Of course, Ye Ci had her oay to deal with Zuo Xiaolan She nodded at her ht, mom Let me explain it to you It’s actually very sined with mutual consent, if either party wishes to forcefully breach the contract, the party would have to pay the other party an amount of ten times the monthly rent”
“Ten times…” the corners of Zuo Xiaolan’s ain?”
“By the way, the rent for this shop is collected in a one-off payment Even if I did not collect any rent froistered in the syste the contract, I’m afraid that you’d have to pay me 10 years worth of rent, at 10 times the price”
“The question that I asked is ‘How much is the rent?’” asked Zuo Xiaolan in a loud voice She had the urge to beat her daughter up when she noticed the s old coins” said Ye Ci as she shook two of her fingers in front of her parents
Zuo Xiaolan’s eyes widened She stared at Ye Ci with disbelief and then pointed at herself and loudly ranted “You brat! Are you telling old coins for this virtual shop? Do you think that I’ary at all Herthat she anticipated It was the exact reaction she aiting for Zuo Xiaolan and her husband had never taken the gaamers She would have to tie them down if she wanted them to take Fate seriously If she was able to tie Zuo Xiaolan down, Ye Nantian would automatically be involved as well There was an easy way to bind Zuo Xiaolan: through a huge suht beat you up” Ye Ci reminded her
The words were able to shut Zuo Xiaolan up She walked up to Ye Ci, with anger still boiling within her, “You daet tricked if I don’t play this darn ga here is just a bunch of data! Everything is fake! Even that contract that you signed with us is fake! I’ame anymore! I quit!”
Ye Ci nodded and clapped “I’ed to learn so much in such a short amount of time”
“Hullible!” Zuo Xiaolan, who could allare
“If al docuo Of course, I received a copy as well” Ye Ci narrowed her eyes and stared at Zuo Xiaolan with clear mischief
“Yeah, what about it?” Zuo Xiaolan snorted In her eyes, she was just like Buddha, while Ye Ci was Sun Wukong Sun Wukong will never be able to escape the Buddha’s palality of our contract signed within the game, which means that… Even if your shop is just a clual” Ye Ci sal departame will be automatically deducted”
“Well, I’ll just stay offline” Zuo Xiaolan lost her fighting spirit as soon as legal documents in real life were involved As an ordinary citizen, Zuo Xiaolan would of course be afraid of being involved in legal proceedings
“Sure When thefunds from your real world bank account instead And when that is not enough to pay the penalty…” said Ye Ci after a short pause, “Mohter! How could you do this to your own an landing blows on Ye Ci The system identified Zuo Xiaolan’s actions as an assault on another player Due to their level differences, however, the only punishment she received was the restriction of her actions
Zuo Xiaolan could do nothing but sitting back onto her chair, and began e less forceful ht suffer”
“Mom, even I am not afraid So what are you afraid of?” Ye Ci was un our stuff? I’m worried!” Zuo Xiaolan voiced out her concern
“There’s nothing to worry about You can take it slowly” Ye Ci took another sip of the broth and s for rental payments from you two”
“Take it slowly…” Zuo Xiaolan mumbled, “I do want to take it slowly, but I don’t think that I have what it takes to run a business It’ll be a waste of money Little Ci, we’re not rich at all We don’t have the ?”
“Mo a business in Fate is not as hard as you think Your business is bad because your Life Skills are at a lower level, while the average player level is at lvl35-lvl40 The items that you sell are all for players who are at lvl10 Even if they have a need of lower level items, they would usually acquire them from the Auction House at a cheaper price This is why your business is bad” Ye Ci i the situation to her parents
Zuo Xiaolan and Ye Nantian ca ood business, I must work hard to level up her the level of your Life Skills, the et your hands on some unique recipe, you can even h level Life Players are able to earn huge amounts of cash”
“But…” Ye Nantian i Life Skills takes up a lot of our tiet the materials to level our skills, and could only head out to collect scraps that were discarded by the other players This is going to take a lot of time”
“Why do you even need to risk it? You’re not like the rest of the players It’s impossible for your current level Why do you have to resort to such a method?” Ye Ci was confused by her parents’ words, “Don’t you know that you can acquire the materials that you need from the Auction House?”
Of course, not everybody shared Ye Ci’s common sense Ye Nantian and Zuo Xiaolan immediately directed a question to Ye Ci, “Won’t that be expensive?”
Ye Ci rolled her eyes, “It’s not as if you’re going to pay for if out of your own coffers! Didn’t I give you guys a large sum of money? Why don’t you spend thele gold coin fro it in case of eencies,” replied Zuo Xiaolan, “If we spend the?”
“It’s a gae to slam her head onto the table
“If we spend the ument, “I’d rather store them away safely in the bank…”
“Moame bank!” Ye Ci was almost driven mad by herme that you would rather suffer more losses?” Ye Ci’s temper finally flared, “You toldto level up your Life Skills! So, telldo you want this situation to continue?”
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