Free Web NovelChapter 114: Chapter 114: Led Astray
Lu Sangjiu thought, ’Finally, my patience has paid off. Here comes my little fat sheep, Zhou Yun.’
But she didn’t speak up right away, choosing instead to continue watching the show.
Meanwhile, Manager Hu was in a tough spot with Zhou Yun. With a pained expression, he said, "Lady, I truly have no spare rooms. I can’t just kick out other guests, can I?"
"How about..." Manager Hu glanced surreptitiously at Lu Sangjiu and her companion, hinting, "Why don’t you try asking the other guests yourself? See if anyone is willing to give up their room?"
Manager Hu was a shrewd man. He didn’t want to offend Lu Sangjiu’s group, nor did he want to offend Zhou Yun.
So he offered Zhou Yun a solution without specifically pointing out Lu Sangjiu.
In any case, he had put the offer on the table. If Lu Sangjiu’s party was interested, they would surely take the bait.
Zhou Yun heard Manager Hu’s suggestion and thought it was a viable plan. After all, she wasn’t short on money.
So she scanned the inn’s main hall and announced loudly, "Whoever is willing to give me two top-quality rooms, I’ll give them one hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones."
Zhou Yun thought her offer was high enough that someone would surely respond, but the result was complete silence in the main hall.
Seeing that no one was speaking up, Zhou Yun’s expression turned awkward. Annoyed, she instantly raised the price again. "Two hundred!"
Still, no one was willing, but this time, someone couldn’t help but chime in.
The speaker was a male cultivator with a slightly sleazy look on his face. "Fellow Daoist, would a Mid-grade room work?"
Zhou Yun shot back with a dark expression, "Do you think a Mid-grade room is worthy of me? Besides, a Mid-grade room only costs five Mid-grade Spirit Stones a night. You want me to pay two hundred for your Mid-grade room? Do you take me for a fool?!"
The male cultivator looked dejected and couldn’t help but mutter under his breath, "You certainly don’t act like a fool."
Zhou Yun was already in a bad mood because no one would give up a room. Hearing this man dare to mutter about her now, she grew even angrier.
"Are you looking to die?"
The male cultivator looked defiant, but he was also wary of Zhou Yun’s status and didn’t dare to challenge her further.
Watching this farce unfold, a kind-hearted person finally couldn’t help but speak up.
"Miss, it’s not that we don’t want to give you a room, it’s that we can’t afford a top-quality room in the first place."
"Besides, everyone staying in the top-quality rooms has a powerful background. Even if they were eating here in the main hall, which they aren’t, they wouldn’t give up their room for a few Spirit Stones."
Hearing this, Zhou Yun finally started to put the pieces together. She whipped her head around and glared at Manager Hu. "You’re messing with me, aren’t you?!"
Manager Hu was cursing his luck. Just as he was about to force a smile and explain, Lu Sangjiu spoke up.
"Ms. Zhou, I happen to have two spare top-quality rooms."
She had waited all this time precisely to make Zhou Yun understand how hard it was to get a top-quality room.
’Now the time is right, and I can even do Manager Hu a favor. It’s a win-win.’
As expected, upon hearing this, Zhou Yun stopped harassing Manager Hu and turned to look at Lu Sangjiu.
But her face showed no happiness. Instead, she said angrily, "If you had rooms, why didn’t you say so after I’ve been asking for so long?"
Lu Sangjiu: "..."
’This Zhou Yun isn’t just arrogant and bossy, is she? She’s completely brainless. Her talent for offending people is first-class!’
For a moment, Lu Sangjiu didn’t even want to bother with her anymore.
But Du Xing’er, standing beside Zhou Yun, noticed Lu Sangjiu’s expression darken and quickly spoke up to apologize.
"Fellow Daoist, please don’t be angry. My senior sister was just anxious and spoke out of turn. She definitely didn’t mean to target you."
Zhou Yun probably realized this wasn’t the time to be making enemies. So, although she was unhappy with Du Xing’er’s submissive posture, she just snorted coldly and said nothing.
Lu Sangjiu’s anger subsided a little. ’It’s better not to argue with this kind of person,’ she thought. ’Making money is more important.’
So she put on a good-natured smile. "It’s fine. The temper of a rich young miss, I understand."
Du Xing’er breathed a sigh of relief and was about to ask about the rooms when Lu Sangjiu spoke again.
"However, just now I was only going to ask for three hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones. But now... it’s five hundred. Not one stone less."
Zhou Yun immediately flew into a rage again. "Five hundred? Why don’t you just rob me!"
The others also hadn’t expected Lu Sangjiu to be so bold with her price. At the same time, they were puzzled. ’Would someone who could casually spend a top-grade spirit stone really be greedy for this small amount?’
Moreover, even though they had three rooms, giving up two would mean the two of them would have to squeeze into one.
’Would rich people... really inconvenience themselves like this for money?’
For a moment, everyone in the main hall forgot about their meals, all of them looking over with curiosity.
Lu Sangjiu was perfectly calm. "They’re my rooms. It’s my decision whether to give them up or not." fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
"By the same token, they’re your Spirit Stones. It’s your decision whether to pay or not. I’m not forcing a sale, so how can you call it robbery?"
With that, she looked Zhou Yun up and down, her tone laced with a hint of contempt. "Besides... if you don’t have the money, don’t put on a front. Why not just pay a few Spirit Stones for a Mid-grade room?" freewёbnoνel.com
Lu Sangjiu’s taunt couldn’t have been more obvious, but... Zhou Yun fell for it hook, line, and sinker!
She roared, "Who are you calling a poser? If there’s one thing I, Zhou Yun, have, it’s money!"
"It’s just five hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones! I can afford it!"
After speaking, Zhou Yun swept her hand across Lu Sangjiu’s table, knocking all their food to the floor. Then, she piled up a small mountain of Mid-grade Spirit Stones in its place.
Then she held out her hand to Lu Sangjiu, saying provocatively and triumphantly, "The room keys. Hand them over!"
Lu Sangjiu looked at the Spirit Stones, then at Zhou Yun. While unhurriedly collecting the stones, she said, "You’re five short."
Zhou Yun froze. "Impossible! I wouldn’t miscount. That’s exactly five hundred!"
Lu Sangjiu nodded. "It is five hundred. But we hadn’t even finished our meal, which you’ve now ruined. Don’t you think you should compensate us for the food?"
Zhou Yun: "..."
She was furious, but since she’d already paid five hundred, what was another five?
But with a flick of her wrist, she didn’t place the Spirit Stones on the table. Instead, she threw them on the floor. "Don’t you just love Spirit Stones? Then you can pick them up yourself!"
Of course, Lu Sangjiu didn’t move. She just looked at Luo Linlang and said, "Senior Sister, do you think she’s looking down on our Seven Emotions Sect?"
Luo Linlang had been watching the scene, almost dumbfounded. She never would have imagined that her Little Junior Sister’s version of "when in Rome" would be like this!
’That damned Gold and Silver Gate, how did they corrupt my Little Junior Sister so quickly?’
Though heartbroken, Luo Linlang knew she had to play along at a time like this.
So she nodded with great certainty. "I think so!"
Lu Sangjiu hummed in agreement. "She insulted us, which means she insulted the Seven Emotions Sect. I feel I’ve been severely hurt, both physically and mentally. How about you, Senior Sister?"
Luo Linlang immediately clutched her chest dramatically. "Me too... Ah, my heart is broken!"
Lu Sangjiu concluded, "She insulted our sect and wounded us so deeply. Asking for five hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones in compensation isn’t too much, is it?"
Luo Linlang’s mouth twitched. She once again marveled at the speed with which Lu Sangjiu had learned to be bad.
But she still played along. "Of course it’s not too much! We were just trying to be kind, but she bullied us like this. Even if we took this matter to the Sect Leader, we’d still be in the right!"
