"Instruments and tutors are not cheap, unfortunately." Madame says calmly.
Huaisang looks over at the book and raises an eyebrow, but he nods - yes, that does indeed look like the payment that Jin Ling made to hire Yuan in the first place. He must have been very taken with the young man from the moment he saw him to agree to an amount like that. Well, that or he just didn't care.
Jin Ling, he thinks, contrary to his uncle's opinion, is not that stupid. He is that rich. Huaisang knows something about the Jin clan finances - he can afford this, and then some.
Madame stumbles back with a gasp when he stands, eyes wide in fear at the sudden crackle of electricity.
"J-Jiang-zongzhu, I assure you I-" Huaisang holds his hand up to stop her with a slight shake of his head, then turns to Jiang Cheng, resisting the urge to put a hand on his arm - discreet she might be, but he's not going to be anything other than purely professional in front of her.
"Jiang-zongzhu," he says calmly "I wouldn't expect someone as upstanding and honourable as you to have encountered this world before, unfortunately this is often how things work. Allow me to discuss with Madame an appropriate arrangement? I'm sure we will make sure nobody is being left short."
Oh it's good cop bad cop lol
"Instruments and tutors are not cheap, unfortunately." Madame says calmly.
Huaisang looks over at the book and raises an eyebrow, but he nods - yes, that does indeed look like the payment that Jin Ling made to hire Yuan in the first place. He must have been very taken with the young man from the moment he saw him to agree to an amount like that. Well, that or he just didn't care.
Jin Ling, he thinks, contrary to his uncle's opinion, is not that stupid. He is that rich. Huaisang knows something about the Jin clan finances - he can afford this, and then some.
Madame stumbles back with a gasp when he stands, eyes wide in fear at the sudden crackle of electricity.
"J-Jiang-zongzhu, I assure you I-" Huaisang holds his hand up to stop her with a slight shake of his head, then turns to Jiang Cheng, resisting the urge to put a hand on his arm - discreet she might be, but he's not going to be anything other than purely professional in front of her.
"Jiang-zongzhu," he says calmly "I wouldn't expect someone as upstanding and honourable as you to have encountered this world before, unfortunately this is often how things work. Allow me to discuss with Madame an appropriate arrangement? I'm sure we will make sure nobody is being left short."