After an uncomplicated conversation, Lin Nan successfully borrowed the cash needed to buy medicine from Katori.
The creditor Katori was so playful that he could use the opportunity of owing money to blackmail Lin Nan. She lowered her head and pretended to work while thinking in her mind.
What should we let him do? Let him put on makeup and put on girl's clothes? Or let him go outside and shout "Katori is the most beautiful captain" all afternoon?
As a result, her thoughts were interrupted by Lin Nan's words before she was even halfway through her fantasy.
"I may not be able to get the cash to pay you back! But I also deposited a sum of cash with Captain-Commander. When you have time to return to 1st Division, you can go to him to cancel the account.
If you can, you can get it all for me. Anyway, I will need money in the future, so it is convenient to get it back."
Katori didn't even raise his head. "Forget it, I didn't borrow much money in the first place. Besides, as a college student, you have so much savings, it's worth it for me to go and get it myself."
"Not much, about ten thousand rings."
Katori raised his head, his big eyes showing great confusion.
How come you, a college student who has not graduated, have almost as much savings as I do?
Is it so easy to save money? Why didn't I save??
The next day, Lin Nan went to Block 26 early in the morning.
First, I checked on the old man's body and confirmed that there was nothing serious. Then he went out again and went straight to Hongyuan Haili's home. After all, he was going to try the medicine next, so it was necessary to know his physical condition in advance.
With the blessing of Shunpo, Lin Nan quickly found his destination.
Hongyuan Haili is a family of three, all living in a small, crowded house. After entering, they are directly facing the narrow living room, and on the right is a tatami used for sleeping.
On the left side of the house, there is a small separate room, which is used as Hongyuan Haili's laboratory. It is filled with various herbs he collected.
Lin Nan originally intended to leave after paying for the medicine, but he didn't expect that Hongyuan Haili paid special attention to his first customer and insisted that he come in to have a cup of tea and sit for a while before leaving.
"Sorry, the room is too messy." Hongyuan Haili enthusiastically led Lin Nan into the room to sit down, and asked his wife to help pour water.
Lin Nan It was the first time since he traveled through time that he experienced such a family-style hospitality. This made him feel a little dazed for a moment, as if he had returned to the world of his previous life.
"Thank you! There's no need to be busy. I'll leave as soon as I can." He sat on the floor, chatting with the host and casually looking at the furnishings in the room.
The room is not big, and there are not many daily necessities in it. It seems that even with the income from Hongyuanhai Pharmaceutical, the family's life is still somewhat tight.
Although I don't know how much money the wealthy businessmen in the pharmaceutical business give Hongyuan Haili every month, Lin Nan feels that at least it's not too outrageous.
At least in areas like Rust Face, it should be more than enough to live a prosperous life, right? Why do their lives still seem so poor?
Just as Lin Nan and Hongyuan Haili were chatting, the door was opened from the outside, and a quiet little girl walked in.
"Mom, Dad, I'm back!" The little girl looked like she was only four or five years old. She had a chubby little face and was carrying a small water jug with a smile. "You can also see Mr. Magpie by the river today! -- Hey, are there guests?"
Seeing the little girl, Hongyuan Haili couldn't stop smiling. He stretched out his hands and opened his arms. "Come to daddy!"
The little girl placed the small jug on the table and flew towards her father's arms like a bird.
Hongyuan Haili held his daughter in his arms. "Come, let's ask uncle first!"
The little girl stared at her big black bean eyes and said hello to Lin Nan in a sweet voice.
Seeing this scene, Lin Nan's face couldn't help but feel relieved.
Liking daughters may be a weakness shared by most Kazuo people, right?
"This is my daughter, Hirohara Edelweiss." Hongyuan Haili hugged the little girl and smiled so hard that she almost couldn't see her eyes. "It just so happened that she was on summer vacation this month and she didn't go to school. If it were other times, you wouldn't be able to see her!"
Lin Nan also smiled politely and praised, "A very cute and polite kid."
Through the following chat, Lin Nan also gradually understood the whereabouts of the family's income - there was no way, Hongyuan Haili was too enthusiastic and didn't even want to hear it.
Hongyuan Haili's "business partner" is a wealthy businessman from Western Rukon District District 1: Verdant Forest Haven. This wealthy businessman has his own private school at home and has hired famous teachers to educate his children.
After Hongyuan Haili learned about this incident, he asked his business partner without hesitation to send his daughter to Verdant Forest Haven to attend the same private school as him.
Then, the wealthy businessman did not reduce the tuition fee, nor did he share the teacher's salary equally with Hongyuan Haili. Instead, he received Hongyuan Haili's money according to the teacher's salary.
This is equivalent to Hongyuan Haili not only working for a wealthy businessman for free, but also using his own small income to hire a teacher to help the wealthy businessman educate his children and educate his own daughter at the same time.
Lin Nan After clarifying this relationship, I was speechless for a long time.
Most capitalists will leave in shame after hearing this story. Hongyuan Haili This partner is the real one who eats more than he can eat.
"Is this... worth it?" Lin Nan asked hesitantly.
This matter cannot be blamed on Hong Yuanhai and his wife for being slow. People living in Rust Face usually lack understanding of the outside world. But these two couples are too kind. Once the future of their baby daughter is related, they are naturally willing to agree to any conditions.
All we can say is that the wealthy businessman who took advantage of them is not a good person.
However, what Lin Nan did not expect was that Hongyuan Haili was willing to spend most of his family's income to send his daughter to the distant Verdant Forest Haven to study.
After all, it's just a private school, not Spirit Arts Academy.
Lin Nan thinks it shouldn't be difficult to find a private school with equally good teaching quality, closer distance and less cost.
Hongyuan Haili's eyes were full of light. "It's worth it. I don't expect her to learn anything or bring anything back to me. I just want to take advantage of now to let her know more about Soul Society and gain knowledge."
When you grow up, become a knowledgeable and happy person, and no longer live in a state of numbness."
Lin Nan looked at Hongyuan Haili's eager and sweet eyes, and for a moment he was moved.
Between those eyes, he saw the light called hope.
He quietly reviewed the disaster events in the original world in his mind and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"... according to the original timeline, Soul Society's next disaster should be more than six hundred years from now. This period of time is enough for them to live happily..."
I don't know why, even though it was just the first time they met, Lin Nan really hoped that Hongyuan Haili's family could live happily. This family had an upbeat and positive attitude that he rarely saw in Soul Society.
They sat and chatted for about half an hour. They talked about everything from private school education to plant cultivation. The more they talked, the more they became more and more interested.
In the end, it was really late and I didn't dare to let the old man wait at home any longer, so Lin Nan had to say goodbye.
When he returned to the grandfather's residence, he first poured out a bowl of water, waited for the grandfather to take Hongyuan Haili's medicine, and then sat there leaning against him for a while.
The old man's breathing gradually changed from breathless to weak.
It worked! Lin Nan was overjoyed and could not help but feel relieved. He slowly laid the old man down and then carefully cleaned the room.
When we returned to 8th Division, it was already night again.
Ukitake was waiting for him outside the captain's temporary office. "Lin Sang, I haven't seen you in the past two days. I just want to see you for something!"
Looking at Ukitake, who had always been calm, with a somewhat anxious expression at this moment, Lin Nan couldn't help but be puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Ukitake frowned. "Amamiya Keiji came here just now and said that he had something very important to see you."