Sunday, April 3rd.
Go to company? It had been a while.
Today, however, he would meet with Lin Mei. About the partnership.
When she got ready and went outside, she slowly made her way towards the Leiji Cafe. Their appointment was to take place there.
He looked at the clock.
10.14
The time was approaching. He sighed as he walked at a brisk pace.
Nanren...
He is secretly following her.
But it was quite unsuccessful. Should he give him the book called The Art of Theft that the system gave him? Because with this incompetence, he would have taken a lot of work on himself.
Absolutely. He would give her the book on the way home. After all, it lay the foundations of concealment.
She felt the eyes on her as she entered the cafe. She knew she was getting attention, she knew. She's the look she's long used to and ignores. No matter how used to getting used to it, it was still an uncomfortable feeling to have someone stare at you. It was like you were being targeted by a sniper.
The worst part was that people among them who wanted to harm you could also avert their gaze due to the surrounding unsuitability. She was making her job harder.
He slowly approached the table. sat down.
"You came." Of course, Lin Mei had arrived earlier than him.
"What do you want?" He asked, holding out the menu in front of him.
"Just water" didn't bother him for now. It would be enough if he moistened his palate a little.
"Okay, I'll have a cold coffee too"
She placed an order as she left the menu.
Yun quickly paid off. A few cents wasn't a problem for him.
"But-"
He stated that he wanted to close the issue "it's my order". Then Mei could not object any further.
"Okay," as soon as the order taker left, she turned to him, "Y-Yes?" she said. Unlike Mei, Yun was unhurried.
"This is my mother's cafe," he spoke calmly.
"Is that so ?" He looked around curiously. "Wow, your mom's taste is really good." The environment was beautifully decorated and the harmony of order was quite pleasing.
"So your mother is the boss here?" He seemed to be mumbling to himself rather than a question.
Mei didn't hesitate. She was more relaxed now. Did Yun comfort him?
Certainly.
She sensed his nervousness and tried to get his attention again to comfort him. Yun was not one to open a conversation out of the blue.
It worked, too. When he mentioned that his mother had a cage, he was intrigued and slowly released his nervousness.
He took a few sips of his coffee while muttering "I swear by God". After taking a deep breath, he asked, trying to calm the slight tension that still remained.
"Now please continue"
"I will ask you reasonable things for our partnership," Yun continued, putting the water he had finished aside and continued.
"Tun shares held by the Lin family"
"What?!" He's out of breath.
Was that what he called "reasonable"? If that was the amount he saw fit, what was the excess? From him to conquer the world ??
"A year or two of this will be worth nothing" Yun's calm speech calmed him. "It will be very difficult," he said, slowly calming down. The entire Lin family? Of course it wouldn't be easy. Even if Lin had a head, it wouldn't be easy. After all, he wasn't even his successor.
"You can handle it somehow"
"I wish I had the comfort you have," he sighed and shook his head. Then he said, "Well, I'll have to defraud my family. But as you said, they will all be worthless in 2 years. What are these things in front of life?" His guess was right, the price of partnering with Yun was heavy. Yun was never 'benevolent'.
"But you already have enough stake in Lin to have a say"
That's what he couldn't understand. Why would he need it?
"I know what I need"
Did he warn? Certainly. 'I need it and the rest is none of your business. As if to say 'don't go into the waters beyond your height'. He didn't see the need to explain, nor did he want to talk about his plans.
"Okay okay." He backed off, giving up. "But you have to tell me about your plan as a partner, huh? After all, it's my life at stake"
Lin Mei did not fully trust. He was never so generous as to entrust his life to anyone. But it could also be said that the main reason for this was that Yun also approached him with the same attitude.
Nanren was in yet another shock at what he heard as he tried to disguise himself with the purposeful menu. Of course, even though he was ashamed of his behavior...he couldn't help but follow. She knew all too well of her ineptness at hiding, and that Yun was garbling her. Despite this, she had turned a blind eye to his actions.
If that's the case, he stepped forward even more boldly, unable to say absolutely no to the extra information.
Thus she began to gather information about the 'big secret'.
"Collect as many coins as you can and buy time with all the money"
Of course, it became clear why he was engaged in these temporary affairs in this world.
Buying time to speed things up.
He was following a good strategy. Laws created obstacles and problems. And it kills time too. For this reason, without hesitation, he even embarked on underground patronage in order to achieve his deeds.
That was Nanren's whole analysis.
But what he couldn't understand was why they went this far. It seemed that even Lin Mei knew about the situation, and not only did she know it, but this must have been the main reason why she and Yun became close.
The words "my life is at stake" and "two years all is worthless" were also a big clue to this. But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't find an answer.
After Lin Mei and Yun decided what Mei would give in return for their partnership, they closed the issue and never brought it up again.
Nanren, increasingly bored, nearly dozed off at the table after Mei started another off-topic conversation. After Yun finally got up from the table, she prepared to pack up and leave. Thinking that it would be best to catch him on the way and ask directly, he left the cafe and had already traveled a bit, and ran after him and tried to catch up.
-To be continued-