Just Returning a Favor, Don't Overthink It

"So Alisa, what is the price?"

When Lan Qingyou said this, what had been a casual chat turned into a transaction.

Yes.

In Lan Qingyou's view, the other party had revealed three pieces of information in succession.

And among those three, two were related to her.

Only the middle one, regarding Li Mei, had little to do with her.

No... even with the news about Li Mei, the similarities and differences between the Undead Race and the Necro Race were somewhat relevant to her as well.

In that case, two and a half of the three pieces of information were related to her.

How could one not think this was carefully designed by the other party?

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so vague about the "Giant Tree Branch" at the end.

It is undeniable that technical work like grafting does have a high mortality rate.

But since something like a Giant Tree Branch is a world-class plant, the survival rate during grafting should be quite high.

Yet, the other party stopped exactly at the point of sharing information that Lan Qingyou could have figured out with a little thought.

She didn't specify which region had such trees or which organization was cultivating them.

From this alone, one could guess that the other party wanted to leverage these matters for some gain.

Alisa: "If I said there was no price, would you believe me?"

Lan Qingyou: "I don't believe it. After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch."

As Lan Qingyou typed, her head, tucked under the covers, shook twice.

Clearly, she did not believe such a thing.

After all, no one would do something that didn't benefit themselves.

Even if someone did, such a person wouldn't last long in Karim.

This wasn't just a mindset; it was