"So that was it." Lin Li nodded, pondered for a moment, then asked with some curiosity, "Is that classmate of yours who runs a flower shop a man or a woman?"
Su Yue was just about to put down the cup in her hand when she heard Lin Li's question. Her hand paused.
Her large, limpid eyes shimmered with light, and the corners of her lips curled upward again. Could this blockhead finally be catching on?
"A woman, and she's quite pretty, too! She doesn't have a boyfriend yet! Want me to introduce you?" Su Yue said with a smile.
I don't have time to date right now. My journey to becoming a powerful Cultivator has only just taken its first step. I can't let all this romantic entanglement trip me up...
Besides, I'm dirt-poor right now. Dating costs money. With spare cash like that, I might as well pay my electricity bill or buy spirit stones to improve my cultivation.
"No, I appreciate the thought, but dating and all that isn't within my considerations right now." Lin Li shook his head.
"She's really very pretty! And she has a great figure. You seriously don't want to consider it?" Su Yue urged with a laugh.
"..." Lin Li fell silent, merely shaking his head to show his firm resolve.
Seeing Lin Li's reaction, Su Yue was very satisfied. When she saw that he had finished his second Honey Peach, she reached out again, picked up another Honey Peach from the fruit platter, and held it out to him.
"That's enough. I can't eat any more."
Lin Li hurriedly waved his hands. He had already eaten his fill at dinner, and after swallowing two more fresh, juicy Honey Peaches, his stomach truly had no room left.
"I bought a few too many Honey Peaches. When you leave later, I'll pack some up for you to take home."
Su Yue could also see that Lin Li really could not eat any more, so she put the Honey Peach in her hand back on the fruit platter and said this.
That would be wonderful... When Lin Li heard Su Yue say she would let him take some Honey Peaches home later, the penniless and utterly broke Lin Li's eyes immediately lit up. He gazed at Su Yue, brimming with gratitude.
"Click."
"Bang."
At nine that night, Lin Li opened the door to his home and stepped into the pitch-black room.
He took off his shoes, put them in the shoe cabinet, slipped on his indoor slippers, and walked into the living room.
He turned on his fully charged phone and, using its light, took out the bag of Honey Peaches he was carrying and placed them in the empty fruit platter.
"Wait, why am I using my phone for light? What an idiot, wasting electricity like this!!!"
Lin Li reflected on his actions, then locked his phone. He raised his left hand, and a faint golden Spiritual Light blossomed from his fingertip.
"Whoosh."
An orange-red Small Fireball the size of an egg appeared on Lin Li's fingertip.
By the orange-red glow of the Small Fireball, Lin Li placed all the Honey Peaches Su Yue had given him into the fruit platter. Then he extinguished the Small Fireball, sat down on the sofa, and looked around.
Without the orange-red glow of the Small Fireball, the room held only the dim yellow light of a streetlamp shining in through the window, faintly illuminating the area near the corner of the balcony.
"Sigh... A Cultivator like me, someone who can't even afford to pay the electricity bill, might be one of a kind in this world."
Lin Li had originally planned to rent a secondhand car from a rental company tomorrow to use as transportation.
But now, the two Exotic Beast Meats he had given You Speed Recycling to sell had not yet been sold. There was not a penny in his account, and even eating had become a problem. Renting a car was out of the question.
In the pitch-black living room, Lin Li sighed repeatedly, his face troubled. He wondered if he should go ask Su Yue to lend him a few hundred yuan to tide him over.
However, the moment the thought of borrowing money from Su Yue arose, he immediately rejected it.
It was not that Lin Li was too embarrassed to ask Su Yue for money. Rather, if he went to ask her, given his relationship with Su Yue, she would certainly lend it to him.
But there was one problem: when Lin Li asked Su Yue for money, she would definitely ask why he was short of cash.
After all, Su Yue knew that Lin Li had a million yuan in savings. Logically speaking, he should not need to borrow money from her at all.
When the time came, under Su Yue's repeated questioning, how was Lin Li supposed to explain himself?
Lin Li absolutely could not let anyone know about his golden finger.
"Sigh... Luckily, Su Yue gave me a bag of Honey Peaches just now. These Honey Peaches should be enough to keep me going for a day or two."
Sprawled out on the sofa, Lin Li let out a sigh. He had already decided to live on Honey Peaches for the next two days.
In his current predicament, his plan to hunt Exotic Beasts in the wilderness could only be put on hold for now.
He had to eat his fill before he would have the strength to hunt Exotic Beasts in the wilderness. If he ate nothing but Honey Peaches, how could he possibly have the strength to go out and hunt them?
Besides, he was penniless. He could not even afford to take a bus. Was he supposed to hunt Exotic Beasts in the wilderness by running there from his residential compound on his own two legs?
"Ding-dong."
The room was dark, and there was nothing to do. Just as Lin Li was preparing to get up and return to his bedroom to sleep, the phone in his pocket vibrated and made a sound.
Lying on the sofa, listless, Lin Li reached into his pocket and took out his phone.
"Huh?"
Lin Li had originally looked utterly dispirited and uninterested, but after taking out his phone and unlocking the screen, he saw that the notification displayed on it was a message from the You Speed Recycling app. His spirits immediately soared.
He opened the You Speed Recycling app and instantly saw that the order which had previously been processing was now complete.
He tapped the order details and skimmed through them quickly. Then Lin Li threw his head back and laughed. "Haha, I've got money! I'm finally not a penniless pauper anymore!"
You Speed Recycling had sold the two Exotic Beasts Lin Li hunted to a hotel. The two Exotic Beasts had sold for a total of 25,300 yuan.
If one did the math, the two Exotic Beasts had weighed more than three hundred jin in total. The average price per jin was considerably cheaper than the Exotic Beast Meat Lin Li had previously bought at the market.
However, Lin Li had expected a price like this. The shops selling Exotic Beast Meat at the market were selling at retail prices.
You Speed Recycling, after taking in Lin Li's two Exotic Beasts, had sold them to its customer at wholesale prices.
After deducting slaughtering fees, logistics fees, and other costs, the overall price was still quite fair.
He tapped Withdraw. In less than ten seconds, 25,000 yuan was transferred into Lin Li's bank account.
The remaining 300 yuan was automatically deducted during the withdrawal because Lin Li had not paid earlier when he called for the Unmanned Transport Aircraft.
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