Lin Yiran spoke of it with an air of nonchalance.
This piqued Jin Shuo's interest greatly, so he started gossiping again, raising his hand to touch his chin: "I feel that your relationship is unusual. Tell me, is he your..."
Lin Yiran looked up: "A lover?"
Jin Shuo slapped his thigh: "Hey! You really admitted it? Could it be that you really are his lover??" He looked surprised, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
No, this girl is so thin and weak, her face is barely presentable. What did Zhou Ye see in her? He didn't understand.
Lin Yiran sighed helplessly. Having just lost over fifty popularity points, she felt completely drained and had no motivation to continue grilling skewers. Even sitting in the chair felt like she had exhausted all her energy.
Helplessly, I could only say, "Shut up. We're just acquaintances. They came specifically to patronize my business. We don't have any special relationship."
If there is any connection, it's only because of what she said at the beginning, asking Zhou Ye to come and patronize her business often. So, as soon as Lin Yiran opens her stall, she can see Zhou Ye coming over, eating a bunch of skewers, and then leaving.
They are not afraid of being poisonous.
Jin Shuo took a large handful of grilled skewers from Lin Yiran's stall and ate them with gusto, exclaiming, "Your skewers are quite delicious, even better than my chef's!"
"Speaking of which, you can't make much money selling kebabs at your stall. Why don't you come to my house for a chef interview? I'll pay you the highest level chef in the intergalactic world, three million star coins a month. That way you won't have to work in the sun and rain here."
"You can work here for a few months first, and when you've saved enough money, you can find a storefront and open a shop or something. Wouldn't that be better than setting up a stall here?"
He was also easily bullied, and Jin Shuo did not overlook the fact that Lin Fu was beaten badly.
Jin Shuo spoke eloquently, but if asked why he was so good to Lin Yiran, he felt a little guilty. After chasing away the customers, anyone could easily see that Lin Yiran was in an emotional state.
They're trying to find a way to make up for it.
Lin Yiran snatched a skewer of grilled green peppers back from his hand and ate it noisily, replying, "No need."
She refused Jin Shuo's offer in the slightest.
However, Jin Shuo did not give up and continued to try to get closer to Lin Yiran.
He leaned closer to Lin Yiran and said, "Hey, since we became friends after our misunderstanding, could you do me a favor?"
Lin Yiran glanced at him without saying a word. For the first time, she realized that there really were people who talked so much. His little mouth was chattering away. He had just been beaten up, but now he could sit here calmly and bargain with her, and even ask her to help him.
What about your face? You're not going to keep it, are you?
Jin Shuo: "Hey, how about you put me and Zhou Ye on a blind date and get him into our Star Sea Legion's mecha team? I promise, I promise I'll treat him well, and he can choose whatever he wants to join. In short: as long as he comes, all the resources of my Star Sea Legion will be provided to him for free!"
"Of course, hehe, if you can help me with this, you can have anything you want, as long as it's not too outrageous."
He felt that the conditions he offered were very generous, and logically, Lin Yiran had no reason to refuse.
He's the second son of the Starsea Mercenary Corps. His older brother has joined the army, and the Starsea Corps will definitely be in his hands in the future. So how many people are trying to curry favor with him every day? Lin Yiran has no reason to refuse!
Lin Yiran: 'Thank you, I'm not familiar with him.' Her tone remained firm.
Jin Shuo planned to persuade her again: "No, actually I did this for his own good, and also for your own good. Why don't you do something that benefits all three parties? You have to be smart. Doing something like this, where you can benefit just by acting as a middleman, will only bring you benefits."
Lin Yiran: "What do you mean by 'being good to him'?" She felt that Jin Shuo's words had a hidden meaning.
Jin Shuo sighed and said, "You probably don't know, but people like Zhou Ye are very rare, and they're also the easiest to be envied. And to make matters worse, he has such an...unruly personality, which offends a lot of people. For example, the top three mercenary groups in our interstellar space—Star Sea, Emperor's Domination, and Starfire—have all extended offers to him, but he completely ignores them. He's always alone, holed up in his tiny shop of less than 100 square meters, and he acts like he didn't see any of our invitations."
"Those who know his personality think he's just lazy and loves freedom, but what about those who don't? They say he's arrogant, conceited, and looks down on everyone because he's a genius. They'll say all sorts of slanderous things about him. Like last time, didn't he offend Huang Zhengyang, the commander of a regiment under Emperor Ba, who then ordered his men to throw Zhou Ye into the Forest of Hope? Wow!"
"When I got the news and rushed over, I couldn't find him anywhere. I thought he had died inside!"
"Tell me, how dangerous is this? The mutated plants and animals in the Forest of Hope could kill him in a heartbeat!"
"But I never expected that this guy would come back to life and appear in front of me, all lively and energetic. He's really lucky to be alive."
"But I heard the other day that Huang Zhengyang died in a stinky ditch. I don't know if it was him who did it, but I think it must have been him. What do you think?" He winked at Lin Yiran as he spoke.
Lin Yiran: "I don't know." She doesn't know anything.
Jin Shuo didn't expose her, but instead said to himself, "That's right, this girl is really to my liking, and so are you, hey." He nudged Lin Yiran's arm and said, "How about we become sworn brothers? You call me big brother, and I'll call you little sister. I'll protect you from now on!"
"To be honest, although I, Jin Shuo, may not be anything special in other star systems, in the Ninth Star System, if you mention my name, you can absolutely walk sideways! With me protecting your stall, I guarantee you'll make a fortune every day, your business will be booming, you'll live a life of luxury, and you'll never have to worry about not earning star coins again. How about it, are you considering it?"
She spoke eloquently, but Lin Yiran wasn't fooled at all.
She knew all too well that there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world, and the reason he was being so kind to her was simply because of the condition he had mentioned earlier.
Lin Yiran was very clever; once she agreed, she would inevitably have to bring Zhou Ye into the group, which was Jin Shuo's real purpose. He simply wanted to use her as a connection to get close to Zhou Ye.
Sorry, Lin Yiran had no intention of getting involved in this mess at all.
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