Chapter 460: Chapter 459: The One Who Deserves a Thousand Cuts Chapter 460: Chapter 459: The One Who Deserves a Thousand Cuts The dwarf had just walked into the tavern when the shopkeeper showed a slight disrespect towards him. Without a second word, the dwarf picked up a chopstick and forcefully pierced it through the shopkeeper’s palm.
The dwarf then downed two cups of liquor.
As he was about to drink the third cup, he suddenly fell onto the table with a thunk, motionless.
This scared the shopkeeper to death.
“Master, what’s wrong with you?”
He hurried over and shook the dwarf, but there was no response. The shopkeeper was at a loss, knowing this Plague God was a true Demon; if they didn’t serve him well and he woke up, he certainly wouldn’t let their tavern off the hook.
Seeing the shopkeeper bustling about in panic, the Waiter chimed in with a suggestion, “Shopkeeper, since this master is drunk, let’s help him to a guest room and let him sleep it off before we do anything else.”
The shopkeeper had no other option, and so they did just that.
Looking at the dwarf’s tiny body, which wasn’t very heavy, the shopkeeper couldn’t be bothered to lift a finger and said to the waiter, “You carry him to the room and take good care of him. Otherwise, when he wakes up, he’ll surely not spare us.”
Although the waiter was extremely reluctant, in front of the shopkeeper, he didn’t dare refuse.
Facing the dwarf’s ghastly face, he steeled his nerves and carried him to the guest room next door to rest.
Xuexue had just eaten a rushed meal.
Xiao Taohong floated down from the second floor.
“Master, master, he’s fainted, he’s collapsed.”
“I, your master, am perfectly fine, I haven’t fainted.” Xuexue picked up her teacup gracefully, took a delicate sip, and spoke unhurriedly.
“You’re quite calm, huh? Still in the mood for jokes?”
“I, this lady, applied the poison, so I know what to expect, of course I’m calm.” Xuexue’s face was masked with a murderous cold smile. She had waited a long time for this moment, and finally had the opportunity to bring down the dwarf, “Take me upstairs; I want to chop him down myself.”
“I heard the shopkeeper say that the waiter has already helped him to the guest room.”
“Good, then we’ll wait a bit before we settle accounts with him.”
After saying that, Xuexue forcefully slapped the table and loudly cried out, “Waiter, Waiter, I want to settle the bill, is anyone there at all?”
“Yes, yes, coming right away.”
The shopkeeper hurried down from the second floor; there was no helping it, late at night, the tavern was left with just a junior employee, and he had to handle everything personally.
Rushing over to Xuexue, after glancing at the plates and dishes on the table, he said, “Miss, the meal costs a total of twenty copper coins.”
Xuexue took out twenty copper coins from her bosom, placed them on the table, and jokingly said, “Shopkeeper, this time you’re honest, you didn’t try to swindle me, otherwise you’d have had to pay double in compensation.”
Without those words from Xuexue, the shopkeeper wouldn’t have recognized her.
He examined her closely, and finally recognition dawned upon him, “Oh my! It’s you, miss! Forgive my poor sight for not recognizing you.”
Is he claiming poor sight? He was completely preoccupied, alright?
After the commotion with the dwarf that evening, he was frightened out of his wits–how could he still scheme against anyone?
Furthermore, with his palm injured by the dwarf, he was even more distressed.
Xuexue stood up, “Being honest in business is the only way to last.”
“Indeed, miss, you are absolutely right.”
Xuexue glanced at him and turned to leave, not believing for a second that the shopkeeper would mend his ways so easily and stop cheating customers. There’s a saying that old habits die hard, after all.
She knew very well that he had just momentarily got scared by the dwarf and forgot to cheat her.
Watching Xuexue’s retreating figure.
The shopkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and thought to himself, what kind of bad luck was this? Why did he encounter only tough customers today? Thank goodness he wasn’t in the right mind to swindle Xuexue, otherwise, it would have cost him dearly.