Free Web NovelChapter 383: Chapter 285: Man Proposes, Heaven Disposes
A Storage Space with such a large capacity was truly enviable.
Under the shocked gazes of Zhang Yuxi and Liu Lan, Lin Li spent a few minutes taking out dozens of large, pearl-filled bamboo baskets from the western area of the Mysterious Small Island, arranging them neatly on the ground.
"Alright, all eighty thousand pearls are here. You can inspect them." After retrieving all the pearls from the Mysterious Small Island, Lin Li turned and said with a smile to the two astonished women.
Upon hearing this, Liu Lan was about to step forward and use her Superpower to count the pearls Lin Li had brought out. But she had only taken a single step before Zhang Yuxi, who was standing beside her, reached out and stopped her.
"There’s no rush to count them. We can do it later when we have time. We’ve done business a few times already; I have at least that much trust in you..." Zhang Yuxi smiled at Lin Li, then turned to Liu Lan and said.
"Ms. Liu, could you please go to the finance office now and transfer the payment for eighty thousand pearls to Mr. Lin."
Hearing Zhang Yuxi’s instructions, Liu Lan nodded with a smile, then turned and left for the finance office to transfer the money to Lin Li.
The purchase price for a single pearl was two hundred yuan. Eighty thousand pearls amounted to sixteen million yuan. This was no small sum!
Seeing Zhang Yuxi make such a grand gesture and immediately act on it, Lin Li grew even more satisfied with his major client. He felt this beautiful jewelry store owner was someone worth building a deeper connection with.
Zhang Yuxi had taken over the jewelry store from her mother a few years ago and had met all sorts of people.
Although she was only three years older than Lin Li, her ability to read people was far, far superior to his.
At that moment, she noticed a subtle change in the way Lin Li looked at her, realizing her recent actions had further earned the trust of her business partner.
"Um, I think it’s better to have your finance person count them now. It would be bad if I shorted you on the pearls by mistake..." Lin Li suggested politely.
"It’s fine, it doesn’t matter if there are a few missing..." Zhang Yuxi said, waving her hand dismissively.
Then, she invited Lin Li back to the second-floor office. The two of them sat on the sofa, drinking tea and waiting for Liu Lan to complete the transfer.
Sixteen million was a considerable sum. After returning to the finance office, Liu Lan worked on the computer for a while before she managed to transfer the money to Lin Li’s bank account.
DING.
Lin Li, who was drinking tea and chatting with Zhang Yuxi, suddenly heard a crisp sound from the phone in his pocket.
Lin Li recognized it as a text message notification. He pulled his phone from his pocket and checked the message.
Just as he thought, the text was from his bank.
Sixteen million had arrived. Including the money from the previous two pearl sales, the funds in Lin Li’s account now amounted to twenty-four million, one hundred twenty thousand.
Looking at the enormous sum in his account, Lin Li was ecstatic, but he kept his composure, allowing only a slight, calm smile to appear on his face.
Zhang Yuxi, who was drinking tea with Lin Li, saw him smile after looking at his phone and guessed that Liu Lan had already transferred the payment.
"Boss Zhang, I’ve received the money," Lin Li said to Zhang Yuxi, putting his phone away.
He then stood up to leave, but added one more thing.
"If the count is off when you check the pearls later, just give me a call, and I’ll make up for any shortfall."
Lin Li felt that since she had trusted him enough to transfer the payment without counting the pearls first, he shouldn’t be petty in return. That’s why he made the offer to Zhang Yuxi.
Zhang Yuxi nodded and smiled, and as Lin Li was about to leave, she extended an invitation, "Mr. Lin, these excellent-quality pearls you’ve provided have been a huge help to me. To show my gratitude, let me treat you to dinner tonight!"
Wanting to deepen their relationship and build a more solid foundation for future cooperation, Zhang Yuxi once again extended a dinner invitation to the business partner she had grown quite fond of.
Lin Li now also had a very good impression of this generous patron. Hearing her invitation to dinner, he was about to accept immediately.
But then he suddenly remembered he already had dinner plans with Liu Jialin, so he had to decline apologetically.
"Boss Zhang, I’m sorry! I already have dinner plans with someone else tonight. Let’s do it next time! I’ll treat you next time."
"..." Having invited the same man to dinner for the second time only to be rejected again, Zhang Yuxi felt a little dejected, and the smile on her face froze.
However, she recovered quickly, because she could see from Lin Li’s sincere expression that he wasn’t just making up an excuse to turn her down.
’It’s just my bad luck that he happened to already have plans.’
"Alright, then it’s a deal. Next time you’re free, you’re treating me to dinner," Zhang Yuxi said, having adjusted her mood. She spoke gracefully and extended her slender hand.
"Mm." Lin Li nodded, extending his own hand and shaking hers.
A moment later, Liu Lan came to Zhang Yuxi’s office and saw that Zhang Yuxi was the only one inside. At that moment, she was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking outside.
Liu Lan walked over to Zhang Yuxi’s side and followed her gaze outside, discovering that Zhang Yuxi was looking at Mr. Lin.
Having completed the deal and said goodbye to Zhang Yuxi, Lin Li walked out of the jewelry store, went to the roadside, got into his van, and drove away.
"That Mr. Lin has such a bright personality. He’s a pretty good young man..." Liu Lan said to Zhang Yuxi beside her, after watching Lin Li’s van disappear around a distant street corner and pulling her gaze back.
"Yes! He’s a very polite and interesting person..." Zhang Yuxi said with a smile.
’Recalling her few meetings with Lin Li, she noted that while he looked at her like other men did, his gaze was remarkably pure—something she had never encountered in a boy his age.’
Liu Lan was a little surprised to hear Zhang Yuxi call Lin Li an interesting person.
She knew Zhang Yuxi very well; since taking over the shop, Zhang Yuxi had met many men, but her opinion of none of them was as high as her opinion of Lin Li.
From this, it was clear that Zhang Yuxi really did have a very good impression of this Mr. Lin.
"Alright, enough about Mr. Lin. Ms. Liu, let’s go up to the third floor and count those pearls now!" Zhang Yuxi said, turning her head to look at Liu Lan.
"Mm."
Afterward, the two of them left the office together and went to the room on the third floor, which was filled with large bamboo baskets brimming with flawless white pearls.
After arriving in the room filled with so many pearls, Liu Lan used her awakened Superpower to count them. The final number was exactly right, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, if there had really been a problem with the quantity of this batch of pearls, even if Zhang Yuxi didn’t care much, she, as an elder who was practically Zhang Yuxi’s godmother, would have felt the sting on her behalf for a long time...
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The sky gradually darkened. The farmers weeding in the fields saw that night was about to fall, so they immediately stopped their work for the day, packed up their tools, and returned home.
Not far from the farmland, there was an old wooden cabin. A figure stood by the window inside the cabin, watching the farmers leaving with their tools on their backs through a gap in the curtains.
At that moment, in the distance, a police car bearing the logo of the Superpower Administration Bureau sped past on the road.
"Damn it. This is the fifth time today I’ve seen a Superpower Administration Bureau police car pass by here."
Li Ying, an elite member of the Canglan Society’s intelligence department, couldn’t help but curse under his breath when he saw a police car with the Superpower Administration Bureau logo drive past the returning farmers.
He had previously chosen this old wooden cabin as one of his emergency hideouts.
He had chosen it precisely because the old cabin was located in an area adjacent to the wilderness. Few people came here, and Investigators from the Superpower Administration Bureau were even less likely to visit.
Too bad. The best-laid plans often go awry. Things rarely develop according to one’s own will.
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