Book 15: Chapter 88
Ling Jialan set a string of coins onto the table. “No, just asking to put my mind at ease.”
“That’s more than what it’s worth.” The shopkeeper took the coins, then provided change before explaining, “We only conduct transactions without a desire for profit or connections. We will accept whatever the customer deems the goods to be worth.”
“How do you make money, then?”
“That’s a new question.”
Ling Jialan felt it was stupid to continue wasting money for answers, so she was going to place her request when she realised something. “Why did you only charge ten coins for the marriage certificate?”
“The certificate won’t get him back his wife.”
Ling Jialan finally understood what happened. No matter what sorcery they were capable of, they could only obtain the marriage certificate; it didn’t change the reality of the situation. The bride’s father only needed to write another marriage certificate to continue imposing his will.
“A marriage certificate is but only scrap paper. If he wants to get back his wife, he needs a marriage certificate written by his father-in-law, but such a certificate doesn’t exist, so we can’t sell it.”
“Why didn’t you tell him that?”