Warm Married Life: Mr. President Loves His Darling Wife-Chapter 85 - 84: She Takes His Hand
The shopkeeper spoke while discreetly observing Bella Acker and Archer Quinn’s clothing.
He spent all day at his stall, seeing many people come and go. Looking at their attire, they didn’t strike him as people who couldn’t afford things. Why were they hesitating over a few hundred yuan for a mobile phone?
The shopkeeper was a bit puzzled but didn’t show it on his face.
After all, anyone who comes through the door is a customer, and as long as they buy something, he’ll greet them with a smile.
Bella Acker checked the phone case and then said: "Boss, can you put in the battery and turn it on for me to have a look?"
"Sure." The shopkeeper immediately took out a battery from beside him, removed the cover from the back of the phone, and inserted the battery. As soon as he pressed the power button, the phone screen lit up shortly after.
Bella Acker checked the buttons and found no issues; the screen was intact, although the handwriting response was a bit slow, it didn’t matter since the buttons worked.
"Boss, this phone should come with a charging cable, right?"
"That won’t do, you’ll have to buy it separately." The shopkeeper pulled out a cable from a pile of tangled black charging wires, and said, "I won’t overcharge you, two hundred yuan for both the phone and the cable, if you find it acceptable, you can take it." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
Two hundred yuan was still within budget, Bella Acker thought for a moment, then continued, "Boss, I also want to buy a SIM card. I’ll give you two hundred fifty in total, how about it?"
Nowadays, lots of SIM cards are sold for sixty or seventy each, Bella Acker calculated the money in her pocket, aiming to save wherever possible.
The shopkeeper was a bit speechless, "Miss, you really know how to bargain. Alright, alright, I’ll sell it to you. But you can only choose your phone number from these options."
"No problem." Bella Acker took the list of phone numbers; the options either contained lots of fours or had endings with sequential fours. Others might be picky about phone numbers, but she didn’t mind, and eventually chose a number that was relatively easy to remember.
The shopkeeper handed her the SIM card, immediately helped her insert it, "Miss, try it out."
Bella Acker tried the phone, felt there was no problem, and handed over three hundred yuan, "Boss, here’s your money."
The shopkeeper took it, looked down to find change, while saying, "Charging you two hundred fifty doesn’t sit right with me, I’ll just take two hundred forty-nine. Miss, here’s your fifty-one yuan change."
"Thank you, boss." Bella Acker put away the change, placed the charging cable and extra battery aside, then smiled and turned around, "Senior Quinn, I’m done purchasing, let’s go."
Archer Quinn had never seen anyone haggle over ten or twenty yuan, so he was at a loss for words about his feelings.
He thought it was surprising and novel.
After getting her phone, Bella Acker immediately sent a text to Sandra Woods, then looked up and continued, "Senior Quinn, since you accompanied me to buy a phone, let me treat you to something to eat."
"No need," Archer Quinn smiled, thinking she didn’t appear to be lacking money, so why would she invite him to eat?
"We must." Bella Acker was thrilled having finally gotten the phone, "When we walked by earlier, I noticed there’s takoyaki and grilled squid, let’s go eat. Quick, it’s a green light now." Saying this, she unceremoniously tugged on Archer Quinn’s sleeve, leading him across the street.
Archer Quinn found with any problem he encountered, he always had a poised solution, but at this moment, looking at the pale fingers pulling on his sleeve, he was caught off guard and let her lead him running across the street.
