Rich Parents Found Me After I Got a Tycoon System? Yeah, I'm Not Interested

Chapter 217: Chapter 217: Lin Yan Visits Again

The five friends had fun at Liuyue Hot Spring Villa until sunset, finally parting ways reluctantly to go home.

The next day, Lin Yan paid his third visit.

This time, he was there for the Moonlight Grass.

In Villa 1 of Xingyu Mansion, Lin Yan sat across from Yun Zijin.

"Miss Yun, I trust you’ve already guessed the purpose of my visit?"

Lin Yan himself hadn’t expected to be the one to proactively seek out Yun Zijin three times in a row.

"Mr. Lin, please speak freely."

As a rule, Yun Zijin preferred to be direct. She was no good at the kind of verbal sparring where a single sentence could carry several meanings.

"You’re a straightforward person, Miss Yun. Last time, at the Jade Lake District, we discovered the presence of Moonlight Grass.

After I reported my findings, I also got a plant from Housekeeper Wang to take back. Following a period of study, our researchers discovered that Moonlight Grass has an excellent function: it absorbs fine dust particles from the air.

This would be immensely helpful for improving air quality, so we hope to purchase a batch from you, Miss Yun, to conduct larger-scale experiments."

After all, they had only taken back a single plant, so there was a chance its properties were an anomaly.

Before rolling it out on a larger scale, they had to ensure this function was a universal trait of all Moonlight Grass.

"Rest assured, we don’t expect you to provide the experimental plants for free."

With so many resources across the country, they weren’t so shameless as to ask a young woman who had only been an adult for a few years to just hand over the plants for free.

"It absorbs dust from the air?"

’Yun Zijin herself hadn’t even known Moonlight Grass had this function. You had to hand it to Hua Country’s scientists.’

"Correct. The Moonlight Grass glows at night, likely because it absorbs a sufficient amount of dust during the day."

Otherwise, there was no way to explain where the absorbed dust particles went.

"I do have some more seeds, but not a large quantity."

Lately, Yun Zijin had been delegating all the system’s spending tasks to Mei Lin, and she hadn’t taken a close look at the rewards she’d received in a while. Still, she had a general idea of what she possessed.

She had later received about ten packs of Moonlight Grass Seeds, each containing roughly 2,000 seeds.

’It sounded like a lot, but it wouldn’t cover that much ground if she actually planted them all.’

"That’s fine. We’ll take as many as you have!"

He was actually here on behalf of the Agricultural Research Institute this time. The reasoning was that since he had already visited twice, he was at least a familiar face.

The old folks at the Agricultural Research Institute had been bickering nonstop about the Moonlight Grass lately. If he returned empty-handed, there was no telling what kind of tongue-lashing he would receive.

"I do have more seeds. However, as you should know, Mr. Lin, I’m not short on money."

’This might be an opportunity,’ Yun Zijin thought.

Hearing this, Lin Yan felt his scalp tingle with apprehension.

’Usually, when someone says they don’t want money, they propose the most outlandish conditions.’

"Please be direct, Miss Yun. If it’s something I can do, I will certainly do my best."

’If it can’t be done, then there’s nothing for it.’

Yun Zijin glanced at Mei Lin, who was sitting beside her.

Mei Lin took the hint, placing the proposal she had concerning the Xia Group’s land in the South Suburb on the table and pushing it toward Lin Yan.

Lin Yan knew Yun Zijin wanted him to look at the proposal.

Flipping to the first page, he saw the name "Xia Group" and a list of community amenities that were praised to the high heavens.

"The Xia Family? You know them?"

This was a perfect example of being out of the loop. Lin Yan was completely unaware of the bad blood between Yun Zijin and the Xia Family.

"Oh, their project failed, so they want to transfer the land to me."

Upon hearing Yun Zijin’s words, Lin Yan’s eyelid twitched. He suddenly had an ominous feeling.

"You weren’t foolish enough to agree, were you?"

’If someone else couldn’t make it work, that proves the land has no commercial value. Taking it over would be like accepting a hot potato.’

"I’m not an idiot. But I do have plans for that land."

Alarm bells instantly went off in Lin Yan’s mind. "What kind of plans?"

"This place seems like it would be nice for building a manor."

"You... what did you say?"

Lin Yan felt like there must be something wrong with his ears; he couldn’t have heard her correctly.

"I said, I want to build a manor on this land. I was wondering if you, Mr. Lin, might have a way to help me get the permits?"

Lin Yan was speechless. ’...My apologies, please disregard my previous offer.’

"That won’t be easy."

On paper, private manors don’t comply with Hua Country’s current laws and regulations, but special exceptions weren’t unheard of.

However, those were all, without exception, granted to individuals who had made major contributions to Hua Country. Yun Zijin did not yet meet that qualification.

"All I ask is that you understand my request and make some inquiries for me, Mr. Lin.

I’ll give you the Moonlight Grass Seeds I have on hand today. If I get more, I’ll contact you."

’Of course,’ Yun Zijin thought, ’this wasn’t something that could be done overnight. If she really had to go down the "major contributions" path, she’d have a long wait ahead of her.’

’Since that path was blocked, she’d just have to find another one.’

"Then, these seeds..."

Lin Yan was asking about the price.

At the moment, Yun Zijin was their only supplier, someone they absolutely could not afford to offend.

"It’s just some seeds. You can take them, Mr. Lin. I’ll go get them now."

The seeds were in her system inventory, so of course, Yun Zijin couldn’t just pull them out in front of Lin Yan.

With that, Yun Zijin stood up and returned to her room. She took all the Moonlight Grass Seeds out of her system inventory, found a box to put them in, and then walked out of her room nonchalantly.

As for Lin Yan, his eyes were glued to the box in Yun Zijin’s hands the moment she emerged.

’Is that box what all the professors and academicians at the Agricultural Research Institute are clamoring for? The Moonlight Grass Seeds?’

’The box doesn’t look particularly special.’

"It’s all in here. You can take a look."

Yun Zijin placed the box on the table in front of Lin Yan, her movement not exactly gentle.

That casual toss made Lin Yan jump. ’Good heavens, woman, be gentle! If anything happened to those seeds, he might as well not even go back.’

"Miss Yun, we’re very grateful for your contribution to the country, but we absolutely must pay you.

Given the current scarcity of Moonlight Grass, I’ll take the liberty of setting the price myself. Five hundred yuan per seed, non-negotiable!"

Yun Zijin frowned slightly. ’What I want is the permit to build a private manor on that land in the South Suburb, not a mere ten million yuan. Sometimes, a single reward from the system is worth more than that.’

But since Lin Yan was insistent, Yun Zijin didn’t press the issue.

"Fine. We’ll do it your way. I’ll have someone draw up the contract."

The contract had already been drafted; only the amount needed to be changed before reprinting.

"There are ten packs in here, with 2,000 seeds per pack. At a unit price of 500 yuan per seed, the total comes to ten million yuan. Please confirm, Mr. Lin. If that’s correct, I’ll have it printed."

Yun Zijin had her own printer in her study at Xingyu Mansion.

"No problem."

Hearing the ten-million-yuan figure, Lin Yan’s subconscious reaction was that it was expensive. But then he remembered this was Yun Zijin’s exclusive plant, and he felt it was justified.

’For the sake of the country, any price was worth it.’

Mei Lin took the newly revised document to the study to print it, leaving Yun Zijin and Lin Yan in the living room, staring awkwardly at each other.