Looking at his quick action, Su Mingyu couldn't help sighing to Gu Ruobai, "Since Mu Yi was punished by you last time, he has become much more obedient."
Gu Ruobai was a bit helpless. "He's my secret guard after all. Don't keep ordering him around."
Speaking of this, Su Mingyu suddenly remembered that she hadn't visited Qi Yue for a long time. She wondered how Qi Yue had managed Wu Wang.
Seeing Su Mingyu pushing him in the direction of Wu Wang, Gu Ruobai knew what she was going to do.
"You don't need to go. Asking me is the same." Gu Ruobai joked. "Your Wu Wang has become quite famous now."
Su Mingyu keenly sensed something wrong from his words. She frowned tightly. "What do you mean by 'quite famous'?"
Gu Ruobai raised his eyebrows. "It means exactly what it says. Your Wu Wang claims to take on any job, no matter what it is. Do you know about this?"
"I don't." Su Mingyu frowned. Actually, she had secretly kept an eye on Wu Wang. But recently, she had been busy with Concubine Chen's matter, so she had put Wu Wang aside. Now that Gu Ruobai mentioned it in such a tone, Su Mingyu keenly sensed something.
When she and Gu Ruobai arrived at Wu Wang, Su Mingyu was stunned.
The bustling scene in front of her was beyond her expectation, and so were the people there.
The men and women were all dressed very simply. They seemed to be from the villages or towns, and there was more or less resentment on their faces.
Su Mingyu pushed Gu Ruobai to a customer. "Um... I'd like to ask, what are you here to pawn?"
The man sized Su Mingyu up and down, then frowned. "I'm not here to pawn anything."
"Then what are you here for? Isn't this a pawnshop?" Su Mingyu pretended to be surprised.
"You really don't understand, girl." The man clicked his tongue. "You don't know. Although this is a pawnshop, it also does some shady deals. So we've gathered here, hoping that the boss here can help us solve some problems that the magistrate can't handle."
The man was about to say something more mysteriously when Qi Yue behind the counter saw Su Mingyu.
He quickly walked out. "Mas... Miss Su, why didn't you let me know in advance that you were coming? You see how busy I am here."
Saying this, Qi Yue quickly invited Su Mingyu and Gu Ruobai into the inner room.
Su Mingyu's eyebrows were knitted into a knot. "Qi Yue, what on earth is going on?"
Seeing that Su Mingyu didn't look happy, Qi Yue scratched his head. "What's wrong? You seem unhappy. Did I do something wrong?"
Looking at his blank expression, Su Mingyu suddenly felt a bit frustrated. "You didn't do anything wrong."
Anyway, this was the result of Qi Yue's own management. "But look at those people outside. What kind of customers are they?"
Qi Yue took a look but still didn't understand. "… What's wrong exactly?"
"Qi Yue, it's a good thing to have more orders. And it's true that we do things for money. But you also need to learn to pick the orders. For these trivial matters, like beating up someone the customer doesn't like for a little bit of silver, I think we can reduce this kind of business appropriately."
As Su Mingyu said this, she rubbed her forehead. "After all, we're a killer organization, not a magistrate responsible for mediation. Do you think our men would be willing to do such small things as beating people or looking for things?"
After being told this by Su Mingyu, Qi Yue understood. "Master means that the cost of our missions is too high, and we shouldn't get involved in such neighborhood conflicts?"
Su Mingyu nodded. "I know you want to make the business of the shop better. But we can't do business like this, especially our kind of business."
Just thinking that people in the entire killer organization circle were laughing at her Wu Wang for being an organization that only did trivial small business, Su Mingyu felt a headache.
With such a bad reputation, would they be able to get bigger orders in the future?
Su Mingyu frowned. "From now on, you should tidy up the rules of the shop. Only accept three such small things a day."
Qi Yue nodded. "But without these people, our business..."
Su Mingyu tapped on his head. "The quality of the business matters, not the quantity."
Gu Ruobai had been watching from afar. Seeing Su Mingyu standing there with her hands on her hips in anger but still patiently advising Qi Yue, Gu Ruobai finally spoke up slowly. "Qi Yue, since you've been in charge of Wu Wang for so long, do you know that killer organizations have a special channel to announce high - reward and high - difficulty tasks for everyone to share?"
Hearing Gu Ruobai's voice, Qi Yue nodded. "I know, but I've seen all the orders in there..."
Qi Yue didn't finish his sentence, but Su Mingyu understood.
Without real skills, no one would dare to take on such challenges.
"You don't know this." Gu Ruobai boasted to Su Mingyu. "Your master can take those jobs."
Qi Yue's eyes suddenly widened. "Master! I'll have to trouble you for the sake of Wu Wang!"
Looking at Qi Yue's attitude, Su Mingyu's face darkened. "Are you planning to let me take those orders?"
Qi Yue nodded. "I think with master's skills, you should be able to."
Su Mingyu rolled her eyes. "You really think too highly of me."
After saying that, Su Mingyu turned around and glared at Gu Ruobai. "Don't stir up trouble here. You're just causing more problems."
Reaching out to pinch Qi Yue's ear, Su Mingyu almost gritted her teeth as she refused. "If I do everything, what's the point of letting you manage this shop?"
Su Mingyu wasn't unable to take those orders and make her Wu Wang famous.
But she thought that if Qi Yue handled this matter by himself, it might be a better exercise for him.
Qi Yue's ear was pinched red. He knew that Su Mingyu was doing this for his own good, so he slapped his head and nodded. "Since master trusts me so much, I'll give it a try."
Looking at his high - spirited look, Su Mingyu was helpless. "Alright, I'll leave it to you."
Just as she was about to push Gu Ruobai out, she stopped. "There's one more thing. It seems you haven't asked me for silver for a long time. According to your current loss rate, you should have run out of silver by now."
Hearing Su Mingyu say this, Qi Yue scratched his head. "I... My pawnshop is quite profitable."