Chapter 28: I, Lin Xiuyuan, pay money

Afternoon.

The drizzle was continuous, and the world seemed to be covered with a gray-white gauze curtain.

The raindrops tapped lightly on the umbrella surface, making a subtle sound, as if whispering those old memories that didn't want to be awakened.

In the quiet cemetery, there was only the rustling sound of the wind passing through the branches, and the light sound of footsteps stepping on the wet mud.

In front of one of the tombstones, two figures stood quietly.

The boy held a black umbrella, the umbrella surface barely accommodating two people, he turned slightly, tilting the umbrella more toward the woman beside him.

The two stood side by side, staring at the name on the stone tablet that had been washed shiny by the rain, and the surroundings were full of flowers and photos.

It was at this moment that Lin Xiuyuan finally understood a little bit why Krystal was so excited when she heard that she could see this person again.

Because even if he knew very clearly that in the past timeline, that person was still living happily, and this scene in front of him was just some kind of "future" in a parallel world.

But when he stood here, the environment and the scene in front of him were enough to impact the brain, making emotions sink into it, unable to extricate themselves.

It was a kind of emotion that couldn't be explained clearly, making people silent and heavy.

Not to mention Krystal, who had personally experienced that parting of life and death.

As the sound of the rain hitting the umbrella overhead became louder and louder, and the rain curtain in the sky became larger and larger, and soon the umbrella couldn't protect the two, Lin Xiuyuan said softly, "Let's go, we've been here, we've seen it."

"Hmm."

Actually, before coming, Liu Zhimin wanted to say something.

But when she really stood here, she suddenly couldn't say anything.

The solemnity of the cemetery made her mind blank, and her brain automatically surfaced bits and pieces of memories about this Sunbae.

Although the two had almost no intersection, as a chaser of the same company and the same dream, in the same cruel game of rules, at this moment, Liu Zhimin couldn't help but give birth to a kind of sadness of the rabbit dying and the fox grieving.

The two returned to the car again, and the atmosphere of the return journey was no longer as relaxed and pleasant as when they came, leaving only silence all the way.

After sending Liu Zhimin to the entrance of that restaurant, Lin Xiuyuan turned back to the villa, opened the Time Gate, and returned to 2013.

Young people are ultimately not used to "parting of life and death".

Even if it was just such a simple cemetery trip, it was enough to leave a deep impression in his heart, which could not be dissipated for a long time.

At night, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Finally, he sat up in the middle of the night, passed through the Time Gate and returned to 2025, and sat in front of the computer.

He sat for a whole night, until dawn, staying up all night.

And the next morning, he returned to 2013, sat on the sofa, picked up the old Apple phone, and dialed Zheng Xiuyan's number.

As soon as the call was connected, he went straight to the point. "I, Lin Xiuyuan, pay money."

Zheng Xiuyan, who had just woken up in Tokyo, doubted whether her ears had heard wrong.

No, is this guy's brain broken? He talked like this as soon as he came up.

But although she complained in her heart, what she said was, "How much, give me the card number."

"Preliminary estimate, let's start with 80 million."

Lin Xiuyuan's answer made Zheng Xiuyan a bit surprised. "Wait a minute, first of all, I'll explain, I can transfer it to you now, I don't care about this money, but is it convenient to tell me what you are doing with it?"

"Didn't we discuss it before? Open a small bar, I calculated, the cost is about 80 million."

When she heard that the other party was going to "open a bar", Zheng Xiuyan was a bit happy.

This shows that as long as the other party has a career here, his person won't run far, and then she can use the Time Gate at any time.

In comparison, 80 million? Not worth mentioning.

"Okay, then I'll transfer it to you in a while. But I have one more question, and that is how did you calculate this 80 million cost."

When Lin Xiuyuan thought Zheng Xiuyan was worried about him messing around, she added a sentence.

"Is it enough? Do you want me to give you more?"

This made Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help but laugh, and then he told her the preparations he made last night one by one. "No need for so much, 80 million is enough from the early stage to opening."

"Are you sure?"

"Hmm, look. First is renting the venue, usually need to pay 1-2 years of rent as a deposit, about 60 square meters, let's calculate about 30 million first."

"Hmm."

Zheng Xiuyan, who was completely attracted by the topic, didn't even brush her teeth, came out of the bathroom and sat by the window, listening quietly.

Making Lin Yun'er, who was in the same room as her, stunned, lying on the bed looking at her Unnie.

And Zheng Xiuyan listened seriously to the voice on the phone. "Then monthly rent, a few million, pay quarterly, let's calculate 5 million first."

"Okay."

"Then is decoration and equipment, including audio, air conditioning, lighting, refrigerator, wine cabinet, these, adding up to about 30 million."

"Finally is the cost of stocking and administrative aspects, calculated, it should also be about 10 million."

After listening, Zheng Xiuyan immediately helped Lin Xiuyuan calculate. "30, 5, 30, 10, a total of 65 million, you said 80, the rest is used as a reserve fund, right."

"Yes."

Now Zheng Xiuyan thought for a while, and finally asked, "No, Lin Xiuyuan, you have nothing to do these days, you wouldn't have been calculating these numbers all the time, right?"

"No, this is what I calculated when I couldn't sleep last night and climbed out of bed."

For Lin Xiuyuan's answer, Zheng Xiuyan was stunned. "Wait, so many things, you calculated them in one night?"

As a result, in the next second, Lin Xiuyuan's answer made her even more angry. "Don't you know that there are geniuses in this world? As long as I have the time to open a door, the budget estimation for opening a bar is not a matter of grasping it."

After using the two major AIs of '25 last night, Lin Xiuyuan was finally completely conquered by the new things there.

DeepSeek is indeed great, but ChatGPT is more intimate, and even drew him the decoration drawings, which is simply too convenient.

Similarly, the smart Zheng Xiuyan on the other end of the phone also heard the point in Lin Xiuyuan's words.

That is the time to open the door.

So it was obviously something in 2025 that helped him a lot, so that he could calculate the whole set of budget overnight.

Thinking of this, she looked forward to returning to Seoul more and more, so she could personally go to see the world that belongs to the future, and see the future self and them.

So she said to Lin Xiuyuan on the other end of the phone, "You give me the account, I'll transfer it to you in a while."

"OK."

Zheng Xiuyan, who hung up the phone, waited for a while, and then looked at the bank account sent by Lin Xiuyuan, and started to operate.

When she finished everything and raised her head, what she saw was Lin Yun'er, who was already full of shock + disbelief, looking at herself. "Unnie, did you encounter a scumbag scam?"

At the same time.

Lin Xiuyuan, who had settled Zheng Xiuyan, returned to the '25 side and was implementing "fraud" on her own sister.

"Hey, Krystal, I, Lin Xiuyuan, pay money."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 29 =====