Chapter 16: I am Touched, So Touched! (1/2)
Chapter 16: I am Touched, So Touched!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“You deliberately set up a stall on the streets to attract passersby’ attention, and then e ores for those who are ‘fated with you’ However, you never really take up anyone’s request!
“This is a trap! You were only waiting for the Enforcers to come for you, in order to trick Fairy Li!
“Your plan is to make Fairy Li buy the Turquoise Calabash Spirit Ore, which is obviously the greatest scam in the shop, isn’t it!?”
Realization hit numerous onlookers’ confused faces as they listened to Passerby A’s analysis
“Oh, I get it now! I previously thought he’s just a simple liar, but now I realized—this is actually a series of deviously-plotted scams!”
“The Sacred Spirit Workshop actually uses such underhand ain!”
“They are audacious indeed, to think they actually even dare to scam the Enforcers! They must be punished severely!”
“We cannot tolerate such profiteering ot louder, Shopkeeper Liu’s face paled
“Everyone, please listen I really did not know this young nity, should I know this young man beforehand, let me be struck by thunder!”
However, Shen Tian did not see all the suspicious stares at him, he spoke calmly “Well, it looks like you really believe that Shopkeeper Liu and I have planned this whole episode together If so, allow me to ask some questions”
Passerby A sneered “Let’s hear what else you can er “First of all, if Shopkeeper Liu and I are really in cahoots, ouldn’t I take up ed ores before I met you? Shouldn’t that draw more attention, and allow us to reap even more money off innocent passersby?”
Passerby A snorted “You are deliberately not doing that, because your main purpose is to wait for the Enforcers to coht shahed and co with your assumption then If so, here’sto scam some rich imbeciles, ouldn’t I choose soround? Why ainst the Enforcers?
“Unless yours truly here believe that the Myriad Spirit Garden’s Enforcers are really a bunch of rich imbeciles, ould fall for such sca all the Enforcers are so rich from corruption that any one of the an eyelid?
“Much as you want to believe that I a, I h to predict that Fairy Lian’er would be co the Enforcers’ unkind stares, Passerby A felt rather unnerved and let out a stutter “Ah, I mean”
But honestly, how should he respond to such questions?
A single mistake, and he would be offered the chance to “have a little talk” with the Myriad Spirit Garden’s Ruling Committee!
After all, as he to suspect the officials?
Shen Tian laughed again “And here’s my third question—honestly, if Shopkeeper Liu and I are really plotting everything together, ould he choose to coree hat I said?
“Think carefully When the whole world is against you, but there’s this one person who insists on siding with you
“Wouldn’t this as well be announcing to the whole world that these two people are hiding some secrets? Do you think that if Shopkeeper Liu and I are really working together to scam people, either of us is as stupid as that?”
Passerby A persisted, “Well Maybe both of you have arranged for this on purpose, so as to confuse us about your real motives In that case, you can fool us and make us believe that both of you are not related!”
Shen Tian didn’t knohether to laugh or cry at this cohten you on ill happen if we really want to scam those wealthy fools and if we really want to sell off this ore!
“First of all, Shopkeeper Liu will need to find an easy target
“This target must be rich, stupid, and soainst him Not someone from the Enforcers team, who have so much influence over the Myriad Spirit Garden!
“Next, Shopkeeper Liu can find a pretty girl to first get close to hiirl will introduce a supposed ‘Spirit Ore Master’ to him, and also find a few prepared ores so that the ‘Master’ can reveal his ‘expertise’ to the unlucky bloke
“This is to let the rich-but-stupid guy understand that even though soht still contain great opportunities
“After perforuy will start to realize how superior it feels to stand up for soetting the full trust of this guy, the pair will then bring him to the Sacred Spirit Workshop
“Here, Shopkeeper Liu will then advise this guy against buying the ore He will say that this ore has been examined by other respectable masters before, and it most probably will not produce any useful ite of the ‘Spirit Ore Master’, that he insists on going against all advice and continue to buy it Thus, he will cut open the ore
“Sadly, this time round, luck is not on his side
“Last but not least, when he turns back, he will find that both the pretty girl and the ‘Spirit Ore Master’ have run away already
“Everything will be nicely planned out, and the Sacred Spirit Workshop will not need to take any responsibility for this ‘unfortunate’ event
“After all, Shopkeeper Liu had already given his advice But it’s this guy who stubbornly refused to listen to hi that all the onlookers had flabbergasted looks on their faces, Shen Tian revealed a sree with ical, and the chances of pulling it off are higher?”
After all, Shen Tian was previously living in the 21st century, an age of information explosion He was just all too familiar with such scams, which were commonly heard of fro Shen Tian’s ‘proposed’ sca in sharp breaths
This was such a devious, but perfect scaement!
It was just plain terrible!