Chapter 46

“It was just a slight smell in the air, the red wine did not spill directly onto the tea leaves. It should not matter.” Yang Yuxi was uncertain. “It shouldn’t matter.” Ye Ming snorted. “It mattered a lot. Due to the smell of the red wine, the quality of the tea leaves has dropped.”

“I have never heard that the quality of the tea leaves would drop due to a light smell.” Yang Yuxi refuted. She felt guilty at Ye Ming’s silence and hurried to defend herself. “Even if there is a slight influence, it is still rare ujeon longjing tea. You can’t possibly ask me to make a full compensation.”

“Do you think it is that easy to harvest rare ujeon longjing tea? The reason why the tea leaves are deemed as rare is because all the environmental conditions, the physical condition and even facial expressions and changes in mood of the workers who harvested the tea were perfect. There must not be the slightest error, otherwise, the tea leaves that are harvested would not be deemed as rare and would only be considered as top quality.” Ye Ming paused briefly, staring at Yang Yuxi before saying, “Don’t tell me that you think that the tea leaves can still be considered as rare after being affected by red wine?”

Yang Yuxi sucked in a sharp breath. She finally realized the rarity of ujeon longjing tea. It was an eye-opener for her to know that the workers had to be mindful of their appearance as well as their facial expressions and changes in emotions to harvest the best tea. The requirements were very harsh beyond one’s imagination.

“Even if there is a slight impact on its quality, rare ujeon longjing tea…” Yang Yuxi was trying to defend herself, but she had yet to finish her sentence when Ye Ming’s cold voice could be heard. “It would definitely affect the quality of rare ujeon longjing tea.”

“Well, even if it is certain that the quality of ujeon longjing tea would drop, you can’t make me pay for the full amount.” Yang Yuxi spoke through clenched teeth. Ye Ming had an odd expression on his face upon listening to what she had to say. He waved his hands toward Zhang Xiaoyu, motioning to her to explain to Yang Yuxi. Zhang Xiaoyu gave a slight reply before she spoke. “Miss Yang, the reason why rare ujeon longjing tea is deemed as the best is because there is no imperfection. Now that it is no longer perfect, the price is definitely different.”

“What is the price of the top quality ujeon longjing tea?” Yang Yuxi asked. “The highest price of the top quality ujeon longjing tea on the market will be about 10,000 yuan for 50 grams, while Young master’s tea leaves will cost 100,000 yuan for 50 grams,” Zhang Xiaoyu replied. “Why is there such a huge difference? Rare longjing tea costs 9,000,000 yuan for 50 grams, while top quality ujeon longjing tea only costs 100,000 yuan for 50 grams? Why is the price nearly one hundred times less?” Yang Yuxi exclaimed.

“In fact, they are indeed very much different in terms of price.” Zhang Xiaoyu spread her hands, she was telling the truth. “Well, even if top quality longjing tea cost 100,000 yuan for 50 grams, and 50,000 yuan for 25 grams, you can’t possibly want me to pay for it.” Yang Yuxi made a mental calculation. Although the 50,000 yuan was not worth mentioning given that the total sum that she had to pay was shocking, it was her total income for an entire year. She had to make sure that she was not charged wrongly for it. Seeing that Yang Yuxi was being calculative, Ye Ming could not help but feel amused. “Do you know how much the cup of tea that you just drank cost?”

“You are the one who made me drink it. Don’t think of charging me for it,” Yang Yuxi hurried to say.