Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 907 - 905_1

Chapter 907: Chapter 905_1

The shopkeeper’s mouth twitched, did this woman really think she could buy the rooms the lord had already booked with silver?

Did the lord look like someone who needed silver?

Rather, it seemed like everything she possessed was worth less than the single pearl hairpin adorning the lord’s hair!

She dared to speak of paying ten times the price? Could she afford it?

Those two premium rooms were not just any room, they were VIP rooms reserved exclusively for super members, costing 100 taels a night, ten times that would be 1,000 taels a night. Could they even afford to stay there!?

How utterly oblivious they were of their own financial standing! They even had the gall to feel insulted!

After finding out she couldn’t spend her way out, she planned to resort to using a honey trap!

With that look of hers that couldn’t even compare to the lord’s toes, she dared to seduce the lord’s husband? Where did she get such confidence from!?

Although the shopkeeper complained incessantly in his mind, he kept still, sustaining contemplative silence.

He lowered his head and sat at the counter, leaving them unattended while pretending to organize his accounts.

Xiao’er’s party turned around and walked inside behind her.

"Wait, Miss, what do I have to do to make you give up the two rooms? If I sleep in any other room, I will break out in hives! How can your heart be so cruel, leaving me to my own suffering! I’m even willing to pay ten times the price! If that’s not enough for you, name your price, I’m willing to pay whatever!" Fang Wanping stepped forward to stop them.

Xiao’er stopped in her tracks: Is this the way she wants things to be? Is this an accusation of her being heartless?

"If that’s the case, then ten times the price it is. I’ll let you have the two rooms. Miss, how many days do you plan on staying? We’ll continue our stay once you’re done."

"Well, at least ten to fifteen days I think!"

"Ok, then ask the shopkeeper how much does a night in the upper rooms cost. I didn’t ask about the price when I made the reservation. Let him do the calculations and tell how much we should multiply by ten, then give me the money up front, only then we could give you the two rooms. "

Upon hearing this, Fang Wanping was overjoyed. She knew businessmen valued profits above all else. How can she not grab this chance to make easy money! It is just as she expected, there’s a scornful flash across Mrs. Fang’s face.

"Alright, I’ll go ask!"

"Shopkeeper, how much is a night in the upper rooms?"

The shopkeeper held up a finger.

One tael a night? As expected from this poor land, the pricing here at the Garden Hotel is way cheaper than it is in other places! Fang Wanping felt secretly pleased.

"One tael a night, ten taels tenfold. Twenty taels for two rooms, we plan on staying..." Fang Wanping was continuously babbling about her calculations.

The shopkeeper promptly interrupted her: "Miss, it’s not one tael a night, it’s a hundred taels for a day and a night."

"What did you say?" Fang Wanping looked taken aback, because a moment ago, she heard a hundred taels for a day and a night. One hundred taels for one room, that’s just absurd!

"I said, the young master has booked the rooms at a price of a hundred taels for a day and a night. If you’d like to buy out the young lady’s room at ten times the price, it amounts to one thousand taels per day."

"Are you trying to rob me blind?! That’s impossible! You’re definitely trying to trick me! This isn’t my first time staying at the Garden Hotel, even the one in the Imperial Capital isn’t this expensive! You’re scamming customers, aren’t you afraid I’ll report this to your employer?!"

The shopkeeper resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He really wanted to tell her, his employer both far away and right here under her nose; she didn’t need to report anything, the young lady knew already!

Abiding by the principle that the customer is the emperor, the shopkeeper answered her calmly:

"Miss, the prices for our rooms at the Garden Hotel are standardized nationwide. We absolutely do not deceive regardless of age! The two rooms that the lady booked are VIP rooms provided by the Garden Hotel specifically for super member guests. Only members with VIP stamps can stay in them, so the general public wouldn’t know about the price. The hundred taels per day is a special discount for VIP guests."

Fang Wanping was downright stunned!

VIP rooms for super members? The Garden Hotel actually has these types of rooms, yet she’d never heard of them!

Mrs. Fang hadn’t heard of them either, she firmly believed that the shopkeeper was purposely colluding with Xiao’er to swindle them out of their silver!

Angered, she yelled, "What VIP room? I’ve never heard of such a thing! You’re definitely colluding to scam us! You have the audacity! A hundred taels a day for a VIP room, why don’t you just go rob someone?"

Master Fang frowned, his face stern, "Conspiring to swindle others of their silver is punishable by imprisonment!"

Faced with the united front of the three, the shopkeeper calmly took out a catalogue of the hotel. This book contained detailed instructions about the Garden Hotel and the prices for each type of room.

"If madam doesn’t believe me, you can take a look for yourself here." The shopkeeper directly opened the page of the catalogue about the super member VIP rooms.

On it, was clearly written a hundred taels per day!

Mrs. Fang’s face instantly turned pale! Turns out it wasn’t somebody trying to swindle them out of their money! It was because they haven’t reached that level yet and didn’t know about the existsnce of VIP rooms!

"Miss, how many days will you all be staying?" The shopkeeper asked tactically.

How many days? Upon exchanging glances, Fang Wanping and Mrs. Fang came to realization that 1,000 taels per night was utterly exorbitant. They couldn’t even bear to stay for a day, let alone a few days.

"You said just now that you’ll stay for ten to fifteen days, will that be ten days or fifteen days? Ten days would cost twenty thousand taels, fifteen days would cost thirty thousand taels."

"I—I—I..." Fang Wanping felt as if she were being hung over a raging fire, her whole body wracked in torment.

Looking at their speechless expressions, Xiao’er finally managed to let off some steam. She wanted to see if they would still dare to come near her from now on!

Seeing that his wife and daughter couldn’t string a sentence together, Master Fang felt disappointed.

He coughed and solemnly announced, "Decent men do not fight over what they look up to. Since you guys have already made reservations for these rooms, we shouldn’t contend with you."’

Only now you say ’Decent men do not fight over what they look up to’, why was that not the case initially! Zhu Yan rolled her eyes in her heart.

Xiao’er nodded: "So, you’re saying that you don’t want these superior rooms, right?"

Fang Wanru’s face went red as if she had been slapped.

She glared hard at Xiao’er before storming off.

Mrs. Fang also glared at Xiao’er before chasing after her daughter.

Watching Xiao’er left in confusion, she turned to Zhu Yan: "Did I say something wrong? Why did everyone glare at me like that? Sir, do you still want these rooms?"

Master Fang’s face was ashen, and he hurriedly shook his head: "No need, decent men do not fight over what they look up to."

Once he finished speaking, he quickly followed after his family.

Xiao’er watched as he awkwardly tried to escape, and muttered to herself in a "quiet" mumble, "Can’t afford it, so backing out! Going on about decent men not fighting over what they look up to!"

Upon hearing this, Master Fang started, stumbled and fell flat on his face just outside the entrance. He quickly picked himself up and darted off at an even faster pace.

Zhu Yan, standing behind Xiao’er, had one hand covering her mouth and the other clutching her stomach, overwhelmed with laughter.

Xiao’er dusted off her hands, "Now that the annoying flies are chased away, let’s see if they’ll dare to approach me in the future!"

Zhu Yan gave Xiao’er a thumbs-up.

"Alright, let’s go back to the room and rest! " Xiao’er joyfully linked arms with Shangguan Xuanyi and headed back.

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