They turned lazy and amused, like a snake watching a child who had just hidden stolen eggs under his robe, leaving half of them sticking out.
"What is its value," Bai Lingling asked.
The store owner licked his lips.
"Although Moon-Clear Pearls are very rare," he said, "this one is too thin. Its shape and thickness are not ideal. So it is difficult to sell at the highest price. I estimate that it is worth around thirteen thousand gold coins, the same as Miss Yun's Rosaline's Lady Pearl."
His tongue twisted desperately as he spoke.
He did his best to shrink gold into copper with only his mouth.
Bai Lingling stared at him.
"So you mean that Miss Yun and I are tied," she asked lightly.
Her smile widened a little.
The way she looked at Yun Wanrou was hard to describe. It was as if she was already measuring the distance between them carefully, deciding where to put her foot when the other person finally knelt.
The store owner glanced at Yun Wanrou, then pretended to be fair.
