Be a matchmaker in an otome game

Chapter 380 Summoning

When Richard was summoned to the city lord's mansion, he was not without nervousness.

He seems to have always been a good and law-abiding citizen, right? He has never done anything that violates the law, and he even pays his monthly taxes on time, so why on earth was he called here?

Although he felt uneasy, as a jeweler, Richard had seen a lot of big scenes, so he could follow Sophia calmly and step into Olivia's study.

"Ah... here we come," Olivia put aside her work and stood up from behind the desk, "Sofia, please bring tea to Mr. Richard."

Such formal treatment shouldn't be a bad thing.

"Thank you Miss Olivia," Richard carefully took the tea cup and asked, "I wonder if Miss Olivia summoned me to the City Lord's Mansion for something?"

"Don't be nervous." Looking at Richard, who was sweating on his forehead, Olivia smiled faintly and pretended to be chatting, "Let me think about it, where is the best place to start?"

"By the way, let's start with half a month ago. Half a month ago, I think you recognized me when I came to your store, right?"

Richard's back stiffened, no, no, no, what happened half a month ago is now being settled, is it wrong for him to pretend not to recognize Olivia's disguise?

So should he admit it now or not? It feels like no matter which choice he makes, it will be wrong.

"I didn't recognize it at first," Richard chose his words carefully, as was the usual style of the Cliff family. "It wasn't until you showed your knowledge of jewelry that I dared to guess that it was you."

The effect of wearing the glasses was immediate. After Richard put on the glasses, he felt that the world was brighter. At first, everything he saw was like seeing flowers in the fog, but now it could not be clearer.

This eye chart was an idea put forward by Felissa, and it took several days of testing at the research manor to finalize it as a standard for identifying the severity of myopia.

Richard suppressed his excitement and asked: "Can I buy it from you? It is very important to me!"

This sounds very tempting, but Richard is not a hot-blooded young man. Olivia will do whatever she says. He must get an accurate word before he can make a judgment: "Please make it clear."

This will be easier to handle. Olivia curled her lips: "What if I provide you with a way to return to the royal city?"

"These are glasses, specially designed for people with poor eyesight. After wearing them, their vision will become clear again."

Richard couldn't understand Olivia's behavior, but he could only obey.

"No," Olivia shook her head. Thinking about what Felissa said, she slightly curled her lips, "If you want to say it, this is... science."

Richard's back was soaked with cold sweat, but he didn't dare not answer Olivia's question: "Maybe... you want to come for a stroll?"

It was enough to test one eye. Olivia found glasses with the corresponding prescription and asked Richard to wear them before testing again.

"This..." Richard was surprised, "Did you put magic on it?"

There is nothing wrong with admitting this. Richard nodded: "This is always the case for older people."

In fact, myopia has nothing to do with age. It's just that the older people are, the more they use their eyes. People nowadays don't realize this and simply regard it as the deterioration of body functions as they age.

Richard calmed down a little: "You said."

As he is now, there is no need to talk about returning to the Royal City. He is afraid that he will be eaten alive when he arrives in the Royal City. It is better to retire in Cliff City.

When he blindfolded his right eye and only used his left eye, Richard easily recognized the first and second lines. The third line was a bit difficult, and the fourth line had to be read carefully for a while before he could even guess it.

Come out, the fifth line is completely blurry.

After listening, Richard frowned.

So Olivia had to first determine whether Richard was short-sighted: "Does Mr. Richard have symptoms of difficulty seeing distant objects?"

Olivia took out an eye chart and asked Richard to stand five meters away to identify it.

He has been in contact with jewelry for so many years, and of course he recognizes that this is just ordinary metal and a piece of cheap crystal. Apart from magic, he can't find a second reason to explain how this is done.

He could foresee the booming sales prospects of glasses, but this condition was indeed too low.

"Don't be excited," Olivia shook her head and chuckled, "It's okay to give you these glasses. Please listen carefully to my transaction requirements."

This question is too sharp and extremely difficult to answer.

Olivia has heard this kind of polite words before, even if she said: "Guess what I want to do when I go to your store?"

"First of all, I need someone to take over the management of the workshop that makes glasses; secondly, Cliff's family only provides supplies, and how to sell the goods is your business; finally, you sell a pair of glasses, Cliff

I’ll split the household 50-50 with you.”

This condition is not that it cannot be earned, but it must be operated with careful calculation in order to slowly recover the capital. On the other hand, Cliff's family has only developed one technology and has not done anything else, so they can wait for him to send money.

If you don't have myopia, you can't really understand how useful glasses are.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.

Glasses? Richard stroked the frame of the glasses fondly and was reluctant to give them back to Olivia.

This is nonsense, but it is also the mellow personality that Richard has developed over the years.

"If you want to talk about ambition, it's not that you don't have it," Richard replied. "It's not enough to have ambition without matching strength. After Grandpa Zeng left the Royal City, our family's resources in the Royal City were competed with.

My opponents have robbed them all, and after so many generations, the descendants of those who have received gifts from my great-grandfather are willing to leave some outdated and defective products to me."

Richard didn't understand what science was, but as a businessman he was keen to seize business opportunities: "Is this the opportunity you are talking about? What is this item called?"

"You don't have to beat around the bush with me," Olivia waved her hand, "Let me put it bluntly, in the past half month, I checked your family, and the noble who once forced your ancestors to move out of the royal city has already arrived.

The old nobles have long since disappeared during the cleaning operation, don’t you have the ambition to return to the royal city?”

But... what can he do? These are nobles and commoners. If he is not willing, Olivia can naturally find someone who is willing. The worst thing is that he does not have his connections in the royal city, and the start may not be as smooth as his.

But it’s not that it can’t be done.

There are many things that people are willing to do to serve the nobles.

But the Cliff family is not the ones who exploit the common people. Maybe things can turn around?

With a ten thousandth of hope, Richard asked carefully: "Is there any more?"

(End of chapter)