Chapter 61

Lin Meng looked around the hotel room, then put the replenished drinks in the fridge, the two bottles of mineral water on the table, and the hotel's complimentary snacks and a box of chocolate into her space.

First help me send these to Luo Team Captain, tell him thank you for his golden safe, and later I'll prepare some more gifts for you to pass on to him.

Just use your own name; don't tell him about my existence.

Lin Meng added another sentence, and then heard Ye Heng hum heavily.

Good, Luo Song is indeed not bad; he has keen eyesight, won't go around spouting nonsense, and is trustworthy.

Just letting him sell wine shows his character is not bad.

Such precious red wine, Luo Song would surely endure all kinds of questioning, even threats and bribes, yet he revealed nothing.

Indeed, that's exactly the case; at the auction, Lu Shaoquan acted first, using the method of lighting sky lanterns to aggressively purchase that bottle of red wine, and the merchants naturally would not give up easily.

However, the Lu family controls most of the high-level resources in District 13, and they cannot afford to offend them lightly, so they could only shift the pressure onto Luo Song.

Even if merchants high-ranking officials tried to threaten Luo Song with underhanded means, he still didn't give up Ye Heng.

Luo Song Team Captain didn't give me up; from this you can see he's worth making close friends with.

Lin Meng nodded, but frowned and said, "But this kind of thing won't stand up to investigation; your covert contact with Luo Song can't stay hidden."

Ye Heng's expression was stern, and he lowered his head.

Please rest assured, I will handle it carefully.

——

Lin Meng still put the golden safe back into her space, then went to the convenience store next to the hotel.

She had previously heard Ye Heng say that her connection with Luo Song arose because of those grapes.

The other party's family has a child allergic to the nutritional supplies inside the special zone, causing malnutrition.

Lin Meng then bought all the vitamin effervescent tablets on the shelf, and also bought several cases of milk and mineral water.

After thinking, she also bought all the grilled chicken legs on the counter, then hurried back to the hotel room and sent all the supplies on the cart into her space.

Ye Heng, I bought some supplies to give Luo Song; just hand them to him. If he asks, just give a vague answer.

Although the things aren't valuable, they are my goodwill; I hope he won't despise them.

Lin Meng knew very well in her heart that these things cost her less than three hundred, compared to that golden safe it's practically a drop in the bucket.

But she also knew that resources in Fe Tu Shi Jie are priceless.

From their perspective, exchanging one safe for that much supplies is a huge profit.

Ye Heng nodded with a smile and happily went to find Luo Song.

Inside the watchtower, Song Zhi once again faced a closed door, yet seeing Ye Heng come and go freely left him feeling unpleasant.

Upon hearing that Ye Heng was coming, Luo Song put down his work and hurried out to greet him.

Luo Song Team Captain, I've brought you a big gift.

Upon meeting, Ye Heng threw out a piece of good news, making Luo Song instantly anxious and curious.

In the moment of welcoming him inside, Luo Song thought to himself, Could Ye Heng brother be intending to give him a bottle of wine?

The more he thought, the more excited he got, his mouth almost splitting up to his ears.

After entering the private room, Ye Heng immediately took out the items from his space.

These are your remuneration, a thank-you for helping me riskily sell wine and for securing many resources for our Bi Hu Suo.

Luo Song originally wanted to refuse, but he also had an ulterior motive: he wanted his relationship with Ye Heng to be stronger, which was necessary to befriend him.

But when he saw the extra supplies on the ground and smelled the strong fragrance, his polite words were swallowed back.

What what what, what are these?

Luo Song was so excited he could hardly speak, his eyes wide like copper bells, staring fixedly.

Ye Heng's mouth corners turned up slightly; he knew Luo Song would react this way, it was completely normal—when he had seen the chicken feed and grapes in his space before, he'd had the same reaction.

He said to Luo Song:

These are the supplies to thank you: three cases of mineral water, very tasty, completely unpolluted; these few cases should be milk, equally healthy and safe.

This bag contains vitamin effervescent tablets, which should be much stronger than the nutritional supplies your special zone provides; you can have the kids soak and drink them daily.

Also there are some pastries, and these oil-paper bags contain grilled chicken legs, still warm; however the aroma is really strong, so you must be careful, don't let anyone with ill intentions notice.

Ye Heng didn't privately keep anything, although those chicken legs looked lethally tempting to him and he didn't even have those few cases of milk, but he couldn't go behind Lin Meng's back to do shady little moves; that's a basic human principle.

Luo Song was dumbfounded until saliva unconsciously dripped from the corner of his mouth, then he suddenly snapped to attention, wiped his saliva, and stared at Ye Heng in shock.

Ye Heng brother, these, so much top-tier supplies, are they all for me?

Ye Heng nodded, "Please accept them; otherwise I wouldn't feel at ease. Our cooperation has been very pleasant, and I hope we can continue to help each other like this in the future."

Upon hearing this, Luo Song immediately understood and expressed his sincerity to Ye Heng.

As he was about to leave, Ye Heng suddenly thought of that golden safe.

He had thought that as a girl, Lin Meng would like gold and silver jewelry, so while gathering supplies he also focused on picking out beautiful items.

He hadn't expected her to praise that clumsy safe endlessly; it seems he's still not smart enough to have realized what Lin Meng truly needs.

So as he was leaving, Ye Heng deliberately said to Luo Song:

Luo Song Team Captain, I really like that golden safe you gave me; to be frank, I can't resist things that glow with gold.

After Ye Heng left, Luo Song suddenly had a flash of insight and smacked his forehead.

I get it! Ye Heng brother has a gold-collecting obsession!

——

When Lin Meng contacted the Ye Family's steward Liu, it was already afternoon.

She took a taxi to the Ye Family to visit, fortunately Ye Chenjing was at home.

However, the atmosphere at home somehow felt off.

Sorry, I didn't disturb you, did I?

Lin Meng followed Liu Bo into the house; seeing the three generations in the living room, their faces each more solemn than the other, with a tense atmosphere like drawn swords and nocked arrows, she felt she had come at a bad time.

At that moment, Old Master Ye lifted his head to look at Lin Meng; his kindly smile faded a little of the pallor on his face, but Lin Meng still saw that he seemed unwell.

"Lin girl has come? Please come in quickly."

Lin Meng nodded and sat down, secretly glancing at Ye Chenjing.

This guy never glanced at her, only kept staring at Old Master Ye, his expression even more stern and cold than before.

The atmosphere instantly became unbearably tense; Lin Meng felt the house was chilly, that chill emanating from Ye Chenjing.

She silently fastened her clothes, trying to break the deadlock.

"Well, if you still have family matters to attend to, I'll go wait outside."

Before the old master could speak, Ye Chenjing interjected.

"Please, Miss Lin, wait in the outer hall; after I get the old master into the car, I'll come find you."

Upon hearing that, Lin Meng's expression froze, thinking she had misheard.

"Is Ye Chenjing alright? Is he going to kidnap the old master?"