70 Difference in Value (1/2)

Chapter 70: Difference in Value

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The middle-aged woman in the store insisted that she come in first, so Lu Yi Yun carefully pushed the door open, stuck her head in and looked.

Other than the middle-aged woman, there were also three men in the store. A few kittens were playing in the corner on the floor. A golden cat was playing with a shiny, small object indifferently and looked as if she didn’t care about anything. Another cat with black and white stripes was popping her head in and out under the stairs: she felt that the black and white cat was quite similar to hers.

A young, white dog was locked in the display cabinet, walking precipitously in circles. There was a hamster cage and a rabbit cage. The layout of the store looked exactly the same as shown in Snowy’s live show. She knew she found the right place.

”Ex..ahem.. excuse me, is this the place that provides the cat bathing service?” She realized that she could not even talk. When she started talking, it sounded so strange and weird that she had to clear her throat to cover up her nervousness. She surfed online all day where she only needed to type, and when she spoke to Jasmine she could make whatever noise and Jasmine would respond. Neither chatting online nor talking to Jasmine required face to face interactions.

Zhang Zian nodded firmly, ”Yes. You need to bathe your cat?”

She responded, ”Um…Do you take a cat like this?” Her voice was very soft. Fortunately, it was quiet in the store, but Zhang Zian could barely hear her.

”Yes,” he said, ”Except for kittens that still drink milk and cats that are sick, everyone else is welcome.”

”Great. I want to bathe my cat…” she said.

At this time, Aunt Liu who was standing aside, stopped Lu Yi Yun, ”Young lady, that’s not wise!”

Lu Yi Yun paused and realized that she was talking to her. She looked at Aunt Liu with tons of questions going through her mind. She didn’t know this middle-aged woman. Why would she start talking to her all of a sudden?

This was her first time in a pet store. In order to prepare for today’s big moment—bathing her cat—she watched Snowy’s live show, recorded it, and watched it again so she would not make any mistakes or run into embarrassments. She was pretty sure she didn’t see this middle-aged lady in the live show. The middle-aged lady was holding a cat. She didn’t look like a staff member nor did she seem to be a customer. Customers would at least have a cat bag; seldom would they carry a cat like her.

Aunt Liu put on a warm smile and said to Lu Yi Yun, who was greatly confused, ”Young lady, you have to ask for the price first. If you don’t ask for the price, what happens when you find out later that you don’t have enough money to pay? Did you see the news? Some people went to a restaurant and didn’t ask for the price. When they finished, the bill was over 10 thousand yuan. What would you do if that was you, right? You can’t spit out the food and turn it back into the dish on the table. Right?”

Upon hearing Aunt Liu’s words, Lu Yi Yun agreed. She had not interacted with a stranger in so long that she forgot about the basics.

”I forgot. Thanks for reminding me,” she praised Aunt Liu politely.

Wang Qian and Li Kun saw the whole story and had completely changed their impressions of Aunt Liu. At first, they thought that Aunt Liu was a caring person. Then, they were confused because she started to be mean, and now they were totally sick of her. She was totally unreasonable. She didn’t buy the service because of the price and now she was trying to talk people out of it. That’s a total disturbance to the store! What’s more, she was too good at pretending to be a nice person.

Zhang Zian watched quietly. He was not surprised because Aunt Liu was that kind of person. If she didn’t try to ruin his business, then it was not like her. That was okay. He was about to tell Lu Yi Yun the price anyways. He didn’t expect to have customers spend 300 Yuan to bathe their cat every day. The bathing room was empty. If he could make something out of it, it was better than nothing.

Aunt Liu’s smile was even bigger and her tone was comforting, ”That’s fine. You look so young. I am guessing you have not had many bad experiences, so I just wanted to remind you. Look, you are very polite and your skin is beautiful. You would look stunning if you changed your hair and got a new pair of glasses.”

Aunt Liu thought the girl would fall for her. However, she didn’t know Lu Yi Yun was a female otaku that was truly disappointed in the real world. She was immune from Aunt Liu’s tricks.

”Hmmm…” Lu Yi Yun was just about to ask Zhang Zian.

Zhang Zian pointed at the note on the door of the bathing room and simply said, ”Self-service cat bathing, 300 yuan per use.”