Chapter 231: Making a Loss (1/2)

I tried to glare at the beautiful girl, but a smile broke across my face instead. “Eh, it’s nothing big actually. It’s been a while since our last meeting, so I wanted to ask you how you’ve been doing these past few days.”

“Hah?!”

Lin Yixin gaped at me for a moment. Then, she started punching me on the shoulder. “You bastard! I can’t believe you made me teleport all the way back for this! Heavens, I had the Forest Wolves all to myself, and now I have to travel all the way back there! You’d better pay me for the 1-hour journey you cost me…”

Chuckling, I held her Moonlight Sword at bay with my left hand and took out a leaf from my bag with my right. “What do you think this is, Yiyi?”

“Hmm?!”

Lin Yixin blinked once before grabbing the leaf for a closer look. Her eyes quickly widened in shock as she turned to stare at me. “How… how on earth did you get a Rank 8 herb? There shouldn’t be anyone with Rank 8 Herbalism. Even mine is only at Rank 7...”

I smiled. “Gimme a price, Yiyi. How many leaves are you willing to buy off my hands? Don’t forget, you can use this to make Rank 8 Health Potion; the kind of good stuff that heals 2500 HP in one go!”

Lin Yixin stared at me for a moment before smiling back. “Hmph hmph, you don’t actually have that many Rank 8 herbs in your stock, do you? You may be able to fool an idiot like this, but I’m immune to such half-assed tactics!”

I chuckled again and said, “Why don’t you come closer, Yiyi?”

“What for?” Lin Yixin’s gaze turned wary. “I swear, if this is you trying to take advantage of me I’ll hang you on top of the Floating Ice City’s War God Statue and set you ablaze…”

“Fuck, of course not. What the hell are you thinking?”

I grabbed her shoulder and pulled her to my side. Then, I shared the contents of my bag. A hundred stacks, exactly 10000 Leaves of Eternity were just sitting inside, waiting to become at least 1000 Rank 8 Health Potions. It would be like a bomb was set off in the middle of the square if a thousand Rank 8 Health Potions were to appear in the market of Floating Ice City right now. We could even make a brand out of it just like Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd!

“Ah!!!!”

Lin Yixin exclaimed in shock and disbelief when she saw the herbs. She looked at me and asked, “Lu Chen, I don’t want to say this but… you haven’t exploited a bug to get these herbs, have you? Aren’t you worried that Eternal Moon Corporation will hunt you down for this? I heard that the Eternal Moon Vice President of the China branch, the retired Windy Snow, used to be an incredible player. You may not be a match for her…”

I gritted my teeth. “Fuck, do I look like someone who’d exploit a bug like that? Don’t you forget that I’m a CGL Hall of Famer!”

Dumbfounded, I said, “Er… let’s get back to talking business, shall we? Anyway, I have a 100 stacks of Leaf of Eternity. How much are you going to offer to buy them?”

Lin Yixin turned back toward the Rank 8 herbs and muttered reluctantly, “I want it all, obviously, but where am I going to get the gold to buy it in such a short amount of time? I don’t have enough money even if I were to convert all the money I currently have to buy them. My car is a used car, so it won’t be enough to cover the purchase either. What should I do…”

I nearly vomited blood when I heard her complaints. “Fuck, just give me a price now and I’ll sell them to you if it’s acceptable. I don’t want to be the guy to force you into taking drastic measures!”

Lin Yixin burst into a giggle before tilting her head at me. “Drastic measures?”

“You know what I mean…”

“No I don’t!”

“Your offer, please!”

“Hmm…” Putting her left hand to her sword and her right hand to her chin, she thought for a moment before answering, “I must admit that it’s seriously hard to come by a Rank 8 herb right now, so this is my offer. I would like to buy them for 5 gold a piece or 500 gold a stack. That makes 50k gold in total for 100 sets. Are you fine with that?”

I thought for a moment before nodding. “Yeah, sure. Do you have 50k gold or 50k RMB on you right now?’

Lin Yixin spread her arms and smiled at me. “Nope…”

“Fuck, what was the point of making an offer you can’t afford?”

Lin Yixin smiled. “Well, I don’t want to make you think that your herbs are worth less than they actually are! Right now I only have 30k RMB or so, and that is without considering my expenses. All in all, I only really have 10k RMB or so to spare. So, can I write you an IOU for now? I’ll pay you the full sum after I have earned enough money...”

I sucked in a deep breath and stared at her until she blushed. She chided me a little. “What are you looking at?”

“You’re aware that not even amateur swindlers are that blatant about their intentions, right? The most impressive part is how unfazed you look despite it…”

“Hehe. Look, I swear on my personality that I will pay you back in full in a week. But I need you to give me these 100 stacks of Leaf of Eternity now. Please?”

Lin Yixin was practically begging at this point. She even shared her bag contents with me and said, “See? I only have three thousand gold or so right now. I’m so poor that I might not even have the money to repair my equipment tomorrow. There was a quest that I had placed in the backburner because Qingqing hasn’t hit the level requirement yet. Once she levels up in a couple of days, we should be able to complete the quest, sell the loot and pay you back with the money we got…”

It looked like this was literally everything she got right now, and I supposed it was unrealistic to ask her to marry me with just 100 stacks of Leaf of Eternity. Oh well, 50k and a favor from the Fruit Knife Goddess herself wasn’t a bad deal, I suppose!

So, I brought up the trade window and dumped all 100 stacks of Leaf of Eternity on it. On Lin Yixin’s side, she tossed a copper and giggled a little. “Here’s the deposit!”

“...”

The trade failed because Lin Yixin didn’t have enough bag space. In the end, I had to follow her to the warehouse and perform 4 successive trades, 30 at a time!

After the transaction was finally over, I asked, “Well, I’m going for dinner. What about you, Yiyi?”

“Dinner?” Lin Yixin blinked at me before smiling. “I already ate dinner three hours ago. You’re playing a bit too much, don’t you think?”