Since the system became my girlfriend

"Hmm..." Su Rui was stumped by the question; he really didn't know how to answer the question about the penalty for breach of contract.

If Su Rui asks for an exorbitant price, Ji Feng Fei Xue will definitely think that Su Rui is playing with him. In that case, Su Rui will still offend the other party even after being polite for a long time. But if Su Rui's price is too low and the other party agrees immediately, then Boss Su will have to join the Illusionary Realm.

If Boss Su were to make up another excuse at that point, they would definitely not agree, and things could easily escalate to a very ugly state, and Su Rui might even be unable to stay in Xuanwu City.

Just as Su Rui hesitated, Feng Lixi suddenly said to him through the encrypted voice message: "Five hundred thousand!"

"Huh?!" Su Rui was taken aback.

“Just say your penalty for breach of contract is 500,000!” Feng Lixi said.

"Oh!" Su Rui nodded. Although he didn't know how Feng Lixi came up with that number, he couldn't afford to think about it for too long at this point. So he said to Jifeng Feixue, "My penalty for breach of contract is 500,000. As you know, for a professional player of my level, 500,000 is an astronomical figure for me. So although I really admire the Illusionary Realm Guild, I guess it's just not meant to be..."

"Hmm..." After listening to Su Rui's words, Jifeng Feixue was silent for a moment, then he looked up and smiled at Su Rui, saying, "Hehe, is that so? Well then, I hope we can cooperate in the next game. Of course, if there is an opportunity, we would also very much welcome you to join us in the game 'Source'!"

"Hehe, thank you for your help. I will contact you if I have the opportunity!" Su Rui said with a smile.

"Let's go!" Jifeng Feixue nodded to her companion, and then the two left. Although she said that Su Rui was welcome to join at any time, Jifeng Feixue did not add Su Rui as a friend until they left. It was clear that what Su Rui said just now was just a polite remark.

Clearly, the Illusionary Realm Guild believes that Su Rui's value is not worth paying 500,000 Federal Coins as a price. Although Su Rui owns real estate and can upgrade to a higher-level mercenary group, this is only an advantage in the early stages of the game. In the mid-game, real estate will be gradually released, and then it can be bought with money.

Before Jifeng Feixue came to see Su Rui, he had discussed it with the chairman. They had anticipated that recruiting Su Rui would involve breach of contract fees and additional signing fees, but they believed that Su Rui was only worth 350,000 yuan, and that this included both the breach of contract fees and the signing fees.

So when they learned that Su Rui's breach of contract fee alone would be 500,000, Jifeng Feixue had a brief conversation with the guild leader and immediately gave up on recruiting Su Rui. The breach of contract fee alone had already exceeded their expected costs by a lot. If they added the signing fee, in the eyes of the Illusionary Realm, Su Rui was not worth that price.

Although Huanjie is a large guild with money, they would rather spend millions of Federal Credits to sign a top-tier professional player than spend 500,000 on a third-rate professional player like Su Rui. So, Jifeng Feixue didn't even ask Su Rui how much signing fee he wanted before turning around and leaving.

"Xiao Xi, how did you calculate this number?" After Ji Feng Fei Xue left, Su Rui asked Feng Li Xi curiously. The number 500,000 was not low, but it was not too high either. Third-rate professional players have varying skill levels, so some people have signed contracts with hundreds of thousands of yuan in breach of contract fees because of their great potential. Therefore, Su Rui's claim that his breach of contract fee was 500,000 yuan was not considered an exorbitant amount.

Su Rui hesitated to make a bid just now, mainly because he was afraid that if Jifeng Feixue agreed directly, he would have no reason to refuse. Feng Lixi was so confident in telling Su Rui to bid 500,000 because the Queen could directly access the chat history between Jifeng Feixue and the Huanjie Guild Leader. Even encrypted voice messages were completely transparent to her.

Therefore, Feng Lixi knew that the bottom line for Huanjie to Su Rui was 350,000. Even if there was room for fluctuation, she could scare him away by directly offering 500,000.

"I just guessed!" Feng Lixi said to Su Rui with a smile. She certainly couldn't tell Su Rui that she had accessed the chat history between Jifeng Feixue and the president.

"Huh?" Su Rui was stunned for a moment, but seeing Feng Lixi's smiling face, he knew that Feng Lixi was talking nonsense. But Su Rui had no idea how this girl calculated this amount.

"Perhaps it's because they come from prominent families and have received elite education that they have an amazing intuition about these negotiations..." Su Rui thought to himself.

"Alright! Let's continue with the mission!" Feng Lixi didn't want to dwell on this matter any longer, so she changed the subject.

"Okay!" Su Rui nodded, then continued grinding monsters.

Soon, the first task of collecting supplies was completed, and Su Rui had collected enough mission items.

After grinding for a while, Feng Lixi noticed that Su Rui was getting impatient, so she secretly modified the data, causing a gnoll monster to drop "key evidence".

"Holy crap! I finally got it!" Su Rui breathed a sigh of relief, but little did he know that if it weren't for Feng Lixi's secret help, he would have had to grind for at least another hour or so.

“Now that we’ve got this, according to the mission description, we should go to Gold Rush Town to find the sheriff!” Su Rui said after glancing at the mission description.

“Okay, let’s go!” Feng Lixi nodded, and then the two of them left the strange area inhabited by gnolls.

Juejin Town is located about fifty miles west of Xuanwu City. It would take more than two hours to walk there. Fortunately, there are post stations in the world of "Source" that provide point-to-point transportation between towns.

The route from the west gate of Xuanwu City to Juejin Town is similar, with carriages running between the two locations, allowing players to travel back and forth.

Of course, there is a fee for riding in a horse-drawn carriage, and many players would rather travel on their own to save money. However, Mr. Su still had enough money in his pocket, so he chose a more time-saving way to travel.

After paying thirty silver coins for the fare, Su Rui and Feng Lixi boarded the carriage. With the crack of a whip, the carriage departed from the west gate of Xuanwu City.

Thirty silver coins might be the income of a day or even two days for an average player, so there aren't many people willing to spend money to ride in a carriage. Moreover, given the current level of the players, their quest areas are concentrated near the West Gate, so there aren't many people who actually need to ride in a carriage.

About twenty minutes later, the carriage carrying Su Rui and Feng Lixi arrived at Gold Rush Town. The scenery along the way was beautiful, and the two chatted and laughed. Feng Lixi leaned on Su Rui's shoulder the whole time, which greatly eased the estrangement in Su Rui's heart.