#137 - Main Store

Yun Qiong's expression was sincere.

A feeling of guilt towards Quan Yi involuntarily emerged.

"Grandma, you don't need to explain to me, I understand everything. Besides, don't we communicate frequently through letters?"

Towards Yun Qiong, Quan Yi felt both unfamiliar and familiar.

Although they had never met, the two often communicated through letters.

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Like pen pals, although they hadn't met, they understood each other.

Quan Yi's questions regarding martial soul research and knowledge were all resolved through correspondence with Yun Qiong.

Yun Qiong's martial soul was a book.

For a book martial soul, a study or library was the best environment for mimetic cultivation.

Therefore, Yun Qiong would often stay in places where books gathered, accumulating incredibly rich knowledge over the years.

In her youth, she even served as the manager of the Imperial Library.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a walking library.

Regarding the reason why his grandparents couldn't, no, shouldn't come to see him, Quan Yi also had some guesses.

In addition, Grandma's slightly anxious explanation made a trace of doubt arise in Quan Yi's heart.

Although what Grandma said made a lot of sense, Quan Yi was somewhat skeptical about it.

You should know that Quan Li and Yun Qiong were a Soul Douluo and a Soul Saint.

With their strength, they could come and go freely in an army of thousands.

But such powerhouses were forced to be unable to come and see Quan Yi.

There must be an even more powerful force blocking them.

However, half a year ago, Quan Yue and Su Ling'er suddenly sent a letter.

Asking him to go directly to Heaven Dou City after his breakthrough to visit his grandparents.

It just so happened that Quan Yi wanted to obtain a ten-thousand-year soul ring, and it would be safer to have his Soul Douluo grandfather protect him.

Previously, Quan Yi had also proposed to his parents that he wanted to see his grandparents, but he was sternly rejected.

But, half a year ago, they suddenly asked him to go to Heaven Dou City.

Did they acknowledge that he possessed enough strength to protect himself?

All sorts of doubts made Quan Yi somewhat confused.

But, he didn't choose to pursue it too much.

Because he could be sure that his family was absolutely sincere towards him.

As long as he could confirm this point, that was enough.

"You've suffered these years."

Yun Qiong felt a sense of relief, and then, touched Quan Yi's shoulder.

Feeling the hard muscles, besides surprise, there was more heartache.

Yun Qiong knew Quan Yi's plan and provided Quan Yi with various theoretical and informational support.

However, precisely because she understood, she was even more aware of the pain Quan Yi had endured.

Quan Yi smiled and said casually, "It's not hard."

Quan Yi wasn't lying.

He knew that he could be considered lucky. Although the process was torturous, the final results were all satisfactory.

The real pain is when the process and the result don't match.

"Please wait a moment today. After the store closes, we'll go home together. The old man at home has wanted to see you for a long time.

If you're bored, you can read a book for a while, or you can wander around."

Although Yun Qiong couldn't wait to go back immediately, she still needed to handle her work matters.

"Okay, you go ahead with your work, I'll go out and wander around myself." Quan Yi didn't want to disturb Yun Qiong's work, and he was also extremely interested in his family's store.

"Xiao Ling, take Xiao Yi around."

"Okay, Madam."

"Yes."

"Since that's the case, then we're family. Don't be too nervous," Quan Yi persuaded.

Quan Yi's gentle tone made Xiao Ling realize that Quan Yi wasn't the kind of纨绔子弟 (wan ku zi di, good-for-nothing son of a rich family). The anxiety in her heart gradually subsided.

"Okay, then let's start the tour from the second floor." A smile reappeared on Xiao Ling's face.

The third floor was office space.

The second floor was the VIP lounge.

It was a place specializing in custom-made clothing, exquisite gemstones, furniture, and other high-end handmade products.

Since it was custom-made, the price was several times higher than the standard products on the first floor.

This was the biggest difference from the Quan family boutique in Sauth City.

There were many rooms on the second floor, some of which were artisans' workshops.

Walking into the workshop, you could see several middle-aged artisans cutting and polishing exquisite gemstones.

Moreover, everyone wore the same white gloves while working.

The artisans were engrossed in their work, and didn't even notice Quan Yi's arrival.

They were all the top artisans of the Quan family.

Quan Yi stood behind them, silently watching everyone's craftsmanship, and was greatly shocked.

"What skillful hands, what exquisite craftsmanship."

An irregular crystal stone was transformed into a gemstone with smooth, flat facets in the hands of an artisan in less than a quarter of an hour.

You should know that cutting gemstones requires extremely superb skills. A slight mistake can completely ruin a gemstone.

Therefore, the yield rate of gemstones is extremely low, but in the hands of these Quan family artisans, Quan Yi didn't see any mistakes.

Quan Yi, who possessed the Hand of Dexterity trait, could understand how difficult this was.

Even Quan Yi couldn't do it to this extent.

Although Quan Yi had expanded his multitasking from three to four uses in the ten months of the new semester.

However, an artisan who had specialized in carving for decades had almost reached the pinnacle of skill in carving.

"Am I too obsessed with multitasking and neglecting focusing?" Quan Yi reflected.

Leaving the second floor, Quan Yi came downstairs.

It was a bit noisier than the second floor. There were many people in gorgeous clothes scattered around.

People would buy things from the Quan family one after another, and they didn't even look at the price when spending money.

Spending a fortune, this was the real spending a fortune.

The extravagance of the nobles opened Quan Yi's eyes.

Among the nobles in luxurious clothes, Quan Yi's temperament seemed out of place.

The simple clothes and the strong muscles on his body were clearly inconsistent with the noble temperament of the nobles.

Some people couldn't help but frown when they saw it, but when they saw Xiao Ling enthusiastically introducing Quan Yi to them, they restrained their impulses.

Because they understood that in the Quan family boutique, the people who couldn't be provoked the most were these weak service personnel.

Rumor has it that a frivolous noble once made flirtatious remarks and even reached out and touched a female waiter's butt.

Immediately, one of his arms was chopped off, and he was thrown out of the store like a dead dog.

That day, the guard team came to question him, but in the end, it was settled without a result.

Even that noble who had an arm chopped off specially ran over to apologize to the waiter.

Since then, no one has dared to be presumptuous in the Quan family boutique anymore.

Quan Yi slowly wandered around for an afternoon. The store was not small, and the types of goods were all-encompassing.

Besides novelty, what flowed in his heart was more of a feeling of gratitude.

This store condensed the hard work of countless Quan family members. It was the hard work of these people that created superior conditions for Quan Yi. Quan Yi was deeply respectful and grateful for this.