Chapter 1220 - 129 Ledger (First Update)
Shopkeeper Xiao furrowed his brows, obviously still not quite grasping the principle.
Lin Yuan helplessly shook her head, signaling Shopkeeper Xiao to go into the room and fetch the account books for her to examine.
Watching Shopkeeper Xiao hobble up to the third floor, Lin Yuan was at once speechless and sympathetic. She said to Xia Zheng, "You have to find me a new shopkeeper; this Shopkeeper Xiao is really..."
Xia Zheng nodded. "I knew you wouldn’t be satisfied with this antiquated old man. Don’t worry, I’ve already found someone suitable for you. Once he wraps up the work he has on hand, he will come within half a month at most."
Lin Yuan cocked her head, looking at Xia Zheng, who wore a sly smile. She had a hunch that the "suitable person" he mentioned carried some hidden implication.
Before long, Shopkeeper Xiao had already come down with two large account books in his arms. It wasn’t until he approached Lin Yuan that she realized they weren’t two books at all, but three. The third was so thin compared to the other two that from a distance it looked like there were only two.
"Boss, these are all the accounts of Yi Ran Residence over the past years. Please take a look," Shopkeeper Xiao said as he patted the account books, knocking off a layer of dust that made both of them instinctively step back.
Covering her nose and mouth with her sleeve, Lin Yuan raised a perfectly arched eyebrow. Yi Ran Residence must have been around for three or four years at least, so how could there only be three account books? That was far too few!