Chen Ku's motion to usher the guest out stopped mid-air. His face was void of expression, but his heart was filled with immense surprise.
Is this how challenges are issued? Using a store as collateral?
And it's not just any shop in Baojiao County, but one in Qiu Dragon Mansion. What's more, it's not a rented shopfront like mine; their words imply they own the property, complete with deed and title...
In my previous life, this would be like someone coming to the county town and telling me, 'If you beat me, I'll give you a shop I own in the city, outright.'
Never mind the Iron Bank business inside; just the shopfront in Qiu Dragon Mansion alone must be worth eighteen thousand taels of silver.
Is this what the son of a wealthy, landed family is like? So this is how the rich behave when they're away from home—so overbearing.
Then he coughed softly.
"Young Master Zhao Chuanzu, what a grand gesture. Since that's the case, Chen shall accept this letter of challenge."
