Oh my god, I became the vicious stepmother of four villains

Lu Ziren snapped his fingers and a secret guard appeared. "Go and investigate the identity of the crazy old man who just made trouble and the mastermind behind it." "Yes, General." The secret guard disappeared in a flash.

Xia Yingying had seen this too many times and was no longer as surprised as she was at the beginning.

Speaking of horse riding, although Xia Yingying has learned how to ride a horse since returning to the capital, she has never had time to go out riding. She is mostly busy with the store and various miscellaneous matters. Now that Lu Ziren has taken the initiative to mention horse riding, Xia Yingying also wants to change her mood and agrees.

Xia Yingying went to the study with Lu Ziren. Previously, Xia Yingying came alone and the shopkeeper was not there. This time, she went with Lu Ziren, and the shopkeeper was checking the accounts.

When the shopkeeper saw Lu Ziren, he subconsciously wanted to salute him. Lu Ziren winked at him, and he did not kneel down, otherwise Xia Yingying would definitely look at Lu Ziren in surprise.

"Boss, you guys sell storybooks here. Could you please take a look? This is a storybook written by my friend. Do you accept it?"

Xia Yingying handed the storybook to the shopkeeper, who glanced at Lu Ziren. Lu Ziren was calm and composed, neither accepting nor rejecting it, and he seemed to be not going to intervene in the matter, so the shopkeeper handled the matter in a businesslike manner.

But with Lu Ziren here, the shopkeeper is under a lot of pressure.

The shopkeeper took Xia Yingying and Lu Ziren into the tea room and quickly looked through the contents.

In order to avoid plagiarism in later stories, Xia Yingying only brought the first two chapters of the script this time.

The shopkeeper read very quickly and finished the general content of the storybook in a short while, although he did not read it very carefully.

"My dear, your storybook is very well written. I'll buy it. But no one has written it before, so I'm not sure if it will sell well. How about this? You can leave it with me. I'll pay for the processing, printing, book, and labor costs. We can split the profits 50-50. How about that?"

Fifty-fifty split, does this mean he treats his Yingying like a hard-working ox?

This is the script that Xia Yingying worked so hard on in the room, and he hasn't even read it. This shopkeeper is really heartless.

Lu Ziren was extremely angry, and his aura was revealed. Lu Ziren couldn't help but clench his fists, and even wanted to rush up and punch the shopkeeper hard.

"Boss, 50-50 split, that's really too little." Although Xia Yingying didn't care about the books or whether she could get a good price, he would not give up what he deserved.

The shopkeeper had already sensed the aura emanating from Lu Ziren. He felt that his life was in danger. Cold sweat broke out all over his body. He kept wiping it with a handkerchief and his body was trembling.

This is because she complains that the price he gave is not appropriate, but this is already very good, the shopkeeper said while suppressing his fear.

"Madam, what price do you think is appropriate? If you think this price is not appropriate, we can discuss it. If you sell books here, you will sell more books than in other study rooms. You also know that this is the largest study room in the capital, and it is always crowded with customers."

A 50-50 split is too little, the most basic split should be at least 30-70. This is the lowest bottom line that Xia Yingying can accept, but you can't put the lowest bottom line at the beginning of a business negotiation. Wouldn't that make others treat him like a fool?

Xia Yingying was just about to say something when she heard Lu Ziren speak from the side.

Lu Ziren's voice was cold and hard, as unkind as a piece of iron, and even his words were intimidating, making the shopkeeper's scalp tingle.

"190% is our lowest bottom line. If you don't agree, we'll look elsewhere."

Lu Ziren spoke in a very arrogant tone, but the shopkeeper didn't dare to say a word. After Lu Ziren's people finished speaking, the shopkeeper immediately said to Xia Yingying.

"My lady, this is what you mean. If so, how about we sign a contract based on a 10:90 split?" The shopkeeper said, suppressing his fear and pretending to be calm.

The shopkeeper replied so quickly that Xia Yingying was stunned for a moment.

Just now they said it was a 50-50 split, how come it suddenly jumped to 190-190? I dare not even imagine the impact of a 190-190 split.

Xia Yingying looked at Lu Ziren in confusion. Lu Ziren still had that expression of keeping strangers away from him before, but when Xia Yingying looked at her, he showed a very gentle smile.

"Is the 190% split suitable for you? If not, shall we go to another bookstore to have a look?" After hearing what Lu Ziren said, Xia Yingying couldn't help blinking, then she felt a little flattered, and finally shook her head.

If you go to other study rooms, you may not be so lucky to get the 19% share of the compensation.

"I'll sell the books here." Xia Yingying said decisively, fearing that the shopkeeper would regret it later.

"Madam, please sign a contract with me." The shopkeeper sent someone to take out paper and pen to write a formal contract. Xia Yingying looked at it carefully and found no mistakes, so she signed the contract.

When Xia Yingying walked out of the study with the contract in her hand, she still felt a sense of unreality.

As she was thinking, Xia Yingying suddenly looked at Lu Ziren.

"Lu Ziren, tell me honestly, is the shopkeeper just now your subordinate or related to you? Otherwise, why would he change his words so much in an instant? If you say that there is no relationship between you two, I really don't believe it." Xia Yingying asked Lu Ziren seriously.

Now Lu Ziren didn't want to hide it from Xia Yingying, but he felt a little aggrieved when he spoke.

"I asked you to be the housekeeper before. After you looked at the account book, you naturally knew that the study we went to just now belonged to our family. You put the books there to sell, and you don't have to do anything but collect the money."

Xia Yingying was stunned. She felt like she was completely stupid in an instant.

Because of reading storybooks during this period, Xia Yingying went to the study quite often and spent a lot of money there, which was originally not necessary for her to spend.

I regret it so much! I regret it so much that my intestines turn green.

Xia Yingying then unconsciously raised her little fist and hit it hard on Lu Ziren's hard chest.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have just put the book there. I feel unwilling to give you 10% of the money for your study." Xia Yingying said regretfully.

Xia Yingying's fist hit Lu Ziren's chest softly. Lu Ziren didn't feel any pain, but rather itchy. His chest even felt like it was burned by fire where Xia Yingying touched it.

"Then this contract is invalid. From now on, you can just put the book there and let them print it and sell it there. All the money they earn will be yours." Lu Ziren said.

Unexpectedly, Xia Yingying shook her head and said, "Forget it. Since we have already signed the contract, we should just continue to perform it. Besides, printing and selling books also requires costs. That 10% is my cost."

Lu Ziren still wanted to persuade Xia Yingying, but seeing that Xia Yingying was so persistent, he didn't say anything.

"Enough of talking. Aren't we going horseback riding? Take me there quickly." Xia Yingying said.

"Ah."

The carriage stopped in front of a cake shop. Lu Ziren called a secret guard and said, "Go and have someone drive the carriage over."

When Xia Yingying heard Lu Ziren asking someone to drive the carriage, she was confused. Weren't they going to ride horses? Why did they have to take a carriage? Was the place to ride horses far away? "Please vote"