Chapter 324 The Load Is Too Heavy

• The shop owner thought for a moment and said, “Alright, miss. You look pretty pitiful, so I’ll be straight with you. This toy’s wholesale price is 340. When we ran that promo, the manufacturer covered the discount. Now I won’t make a dime off you—give me 340 and it’s yours. But 299 won’t cut it. You can’t expect me to lose money, right?”
• “Three hundred forty…” Emilia Parker touched her pocket, hesitating.
• She had just a little over three hundred thirty on her, short by ten. And even if she had enough, the forty-dollar gap between 340 and 299 made her rethink whether to buy the toy at all.