Shen Lu offered a slight smile. "I apologize for the trouble this has caused my fellow business owners, but I'm afraid I can't comply with your request to raise prices."
She could restore the price to the original 120 Star Coins, but going any higher than that felt inappropriate.
After all, she'd promised not to raise prices when she first opened. Plus, she was using more local ingredients now; a price hike would surely cause backlash from her customers.
More importantly, she had to maintain her shop's satisfaction rating.
'This rating can't drop any further. If it does, I'll lose my three stars, and I won't be able to complete my daily quests.'
So, their proposal of raising the price to 200 Star Coins a serving was out of the question. Her goals were different from theirs, so a consensus was impossible.
Mr. Sun and General Manager Chen never expected Shen Lu to refuse.
'How could she refuse? Why would she refuse?'
