Chapter 175 - 87: I Approved Your Resignation!_1
The salesgirl was a sweet-faced young woman, about twenty years old. Although she could see that Long Kongkong was quite young, she didn’t look down on him. Instead, she flashed him a sweet smile, "Welcome to Fengxiang Jewelry Store. Please wait a moment while I bring it over for you to examine."
As she spoke, she brought both the necklace and the mannequin model up to the counter.
"This necklace is named ’Love Thought’. The ruby is of the highest quality, cut in an oval formation to bring out its fiery color. The necklace is forged in white gold, with diamonds studding the perimeter of the ruby to highlight its radiance. The gemstone weighs two carats. The total cost is 120 gold coins."
"What? That expensive?" Long Kongkong was startled.
The necklace was very beautiful, and even more so up close. The ruby was a perfect red, with a faint golden sheen under different angles; intensely radiant.
"Could you perhaps give me a discount?" Long Kongkong asked cheerfully.
"We never skimp on the quality of our jewelry, so we can’t really offer discounts," the salesgirl explained, looking a little troubled. "Oh, if you are a professionist and have a 3rd rank or higher professionist certificate, we can give you a 10% discount. This is our way of showing respect to the Temple."
Long Kongkong’s eyes lit up. "So I can get a discount if I have a relationship with the Temple? What if I have a higher rank? Would I get a bigger discount?"
The salesgirl smiled. "That would depend on just how high rank you are." As she looked at him as if he were still a child, she believed it to be unlikely that he could have a high rank. If she didn’t find him so attractive, she probably wouldn’t have been this talkative. In her eyes, this was just an adolescent boy with a crush, trying to buy a gift for a girl he liked. Yet, considering his audacity in looking at such expensive jewelry struck her as quite bold.