Gu Ye’s keen intuition told her that this shop was unusual. The atmosphere at this moment, in particular, seemingly radiated a gloomy atmosphere as if the rain was about to pour. She looked around vigilantly, and found that there were suddenly many more guests on the first floor.
Seeing the heightened vigilance in the little girl’s eyes, Yin Ba suddenly remembered what the Hall Master had told him: Just stay “far away” when protecting her. The guards of Yinzhen Pavilion were carefully cultivated by the Hidden Soul Hall. They were released for training and experience, and after passing the screening, they became the backup of the shadow guards. Unexpectedly, Miss Gu noticed them right after they made a move. What a keen observer!
Yin Ba swiftly signaled the shopkeeper. Soon, the shadow guards who were hiding among the guests withdrew. After the danger was lifted, Gu Ye’s slightly wrinkled brow stretched a little.
”Shopkeeper, you have done a good job of safety measures in this store!” Of course, Yin Ba’s subtle gestures did not escape Gu Ye’s eyes.
Yin Ba responded with a couple of “Haha”, then gave the real shopkeeper a stern look. He then explained, “The cheapest goods in our Yinzhen Pavilion cost hundreds of taels of silver. If the safety measures are not in place, it will be a disaster for us. The people just now were the guards in secret training in the store. I didn’t think you’d see through them, Miss! It seems that our protection ability needs to be further strengthened!”
”It’s already pretty good!” Gu Ye stared at some guards who exited one by one disguised as guests with great interest. It turned out to be a small exercise. She got nervous for nothing. She thought it was a robbery!
The shadow guards in the store were well hidden! Even Yin Ba might have failed to identify each and every one of them, but why couldn’t they escape the eyes of Miss Gu? She couldn’t possibly be just an ordinary little village girl. What was her background? Yin Ba’s thoughts spun a thousand times.
”Shopkeeper, I heard that your store has a new store treasure. Why haven’t I seen it?!” Gu Ye returned her attention to the business once more.
His publicity couldn’t be considered a bit excessive, but the guests who came to appreciate the glass tea set every day almost crowded the first floor. His target has not come yet, so in order to prevent damage to the glass item, Yin Ba could only move the “Treasure of the Town Shop” to the third floor.
The first floor of Yinzhen Pavilion was a place to entertain ordinary guests. Anyone could come and window shop. There were certain restrictions above the second floor. Customers who climbed to the second floor had to pay a deposit of one thousand taels to prove that they had sufficient spending power. And if a customer wanted to enter the third floor, they had to pay ten thousand taels.
If they hadn’t found a desired item, their money would be refunded in full. If they fancied something, they could pay it with their deposit. Whatever was left would be refunded, while the customers would make up for any balance.
However, the Gu siblings were naturally exempted from this rule. Yin Ba pointed to the third floor and said, “Miss, do you want to see the glass items? Please follow me up to the third floor.”
Gu Ye didn’t think too much of it, followed behind the “Shopkeeper” and walked upstairs. Gu Ming followed closely behind, walking behind his sister. He was about to go upstairs, but his sleeve was roughly dragged.
”What are you doing? Do I know you?” Gu Ming turned around in surprise, and saw a strange fat man, tightly gripping his sleeve. He shook him off, but the hand remained attached to his sleeve.
The fat man yelled in disbelief: “Why can he go up to the second floor, but I can’t? He looks impoverished. I don’t believe that he can hand over a deposit of one thousand taels of silver “