Chapter 243: So Little Stock Left After Opening the Shop?

Lin Yun sighed. She had originally planned to get some, but now it was out of the question.

Bubble leaned closer and whispered, "But my family has connections. If... if I buy fruit from you, and you give me a discount, I’ll help you out, okay?"

"Really?" Lin Yun’s eyes lit up.

For her, selling these fruits was a risk-free business. She earned as much as she sold and did not have to worry about losing money. Even if she could not sell them here, she could sell them to the system or go back to the transfer station and sell them to other survivors.

Bubble nodded. She really liked the vegetables and fruits in Lin Yun’s shop. At first she had not noticed the delicious aroma of the food, but now she could. In particular, the aroma of peaches wafted from the bag she carried. The peaches grown in the Fairy Tale Forest did not taste as rich or grow as big as the ones in this shop.

"Okay, I’ll give you a 40% discount. How about that?"

Bubble nodded quickly. "Okay. I’ll go back now. I’ll ask my dad whether I can come see you tomorrow."

Lin Yun responded with another "okay." Bubble, carrying the dragon bag in her hand, skipped and hopped away.

"Oh my, what’s that smell? It smells so good."

Kong Ling swaggered in, carrying a fan adorned with peacock feathers. He had come by once in the morning, but Lin Yun had not opened the door, so he had left.

"Take whatever you want to try."

This person had at least rented her a shop for free, so she should not be so reluctant to part with a few things. Kong Ling’s eyes lit up. He had been waiting for Lin Yun to say those words. He grabbed a tomato and took a bite. It was sweet and sour, and it was so damn delicious!

"Wow, this is delicious! What is this? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it in the Fairy Tale Forest before?"

Without even thinking, Lin Yun blurted out, "Oh, I found this on a deserted island before I came to the Western Continent. I thought it was pretty good, so I brought its seeds back."

Kong Ling hissed but did not suspect anything. There were indeed many uninhabited islands in the ocean that they had not explored, so it was not surprising that such things existed. He sat leisurely to one side, munching on a tomato. Lin Yun ignored him and let him stay.

Later, more customers came in, and because the shop had a good variety of vegetables and fruits, they sold out quickly. Lin Yun did not restock. She simply closed the door.

"You’re just going to close it like that?" Kong Ling was a little dumbfounded.

Lin Yun replied matter-of-factly, "That’s right. What else?"

"That’s all the stock you have?" Kong Ling was shocked. What kind of kind-hearted person would only have so little stock in a shop for a day?

"Do you hear what you’re saying? These are vegetables and fruits. Isn’t it normal to grow and sell as many as you can? Do you think I’m going to force the plants to grow faster?"

Lin Yun rolled her eyes. She was not going to sell more. If she took out a little more to sell, the system would start nagging in her head again. After all, the vegetables and fruits they ate before had all been purchased by the system.

Kong Ling choked. "What you said does seem to make sense. Okay, okay. Can you save one for me tomorrow too? This stuff is really delicious."

Lin Yun nodded. "Okay. Just remember to come and pick it up tomorrow."

Kong Ling was satisfied. He picked up the half-eaten tomato and was about to leave, but just as his hand touched the door, he suddenly remembered something.

"Turn off the lights early at night, preferably before 7:30."

"Why?" Lin Yun asked, somewhat surprised.

Kong Ling pursed his lips and sighed. "There are more monsters in the city now."

He could not reveal too much to Lin Yun, since some things were too unbelievable.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you."

Kong Ling waved his hand, opened the door, and left.

Lin Yun fell silent again, unable to understand where those monsters had come from.

After locking the door, Lin Yun made some arrangements in the lounge behind the shop, sat down, and pondered whether she should post what Kong Ling had just said in the special channel. It took her a long time to make a decision.

Special Channel.

Dong Nian: "Friends, are there any opportunities to earn gold coins? Monster City has a lot of good stuff, but I don’t have any gold coins to buy it."

Baili Sheng: "+1, but we’re not on the same continent, so I can’t give you any advice, hahaha."

Dong Nian: "?? You little rascal!"

Anonymous: "Rumor has it that the monsters will appear at 7:30 tonight. If you believe it, go back to your house and turn off the lights. If you don’t believe it, that’s fine too."

Dong Nian: "???"

Qi Zhu: "???"

Baili Sheng: "???"

Zhao Yinyin: "This anonymous commenter is right. Everyone, please reply soon. The elves have also been notified."

Bai Xiaoxiao: "Why? Did something happen?"

Zhao Yinyin: "The elves said that there are more monsters now, and they will appear earlier, so..."

Zhao Yinyin: "Also, stay away from the research institute in Monster City. It’s not a good place. Be careful not to get caught and used as a test subject."

Bai Xiaoxiao: "??? What does a research institute do?"

Qi Zhu: "Where is this place? I’ve never heard of it."

Zhao Yinyin: "Behind the hyena tribe’s territory. Today I heard from the elves that the research institute has been found to be researching things it shouldn’t be researching."

Dong Nian: "...So here’s the question: the elves are the authorities, so why do they allow a research institute like this to exist?"

Zhao Yinyin: "The research institute wasn’t like this at first. The things they researched were also meant to serve the Western Continent. But as you know, the three giant-rat-led races are not good people. Plus, they were going against the elves, and they were also interfering in the research institute’s affairs, so things gradually changed. Moreover, the research institute has not communicated with the elves for a long time, and the elves have no way to enter it."

Dong Nian: "Excuse my bluntness, but are the elves really that bad?"

Qi Zhu: "Excuse my bluntness, but are the elves really that bad?"

...

Zhao Yinyin: "...I don’t know, but that’s the truth. I’m not sure either."

Lin Yun was also very surprised. She had thought she already knew enough, but she had not expected there to be so much she did not know. It seemed she should watch the special channel more often, whether she had something to do or not. The survivors in this channel were all pretty nice. At least they shared information, and there were not many troublemakers.

But just as Lin Yun finished thinking this, someone actually jumped out to stir up trouble.

Wang Jiabao: "Oh my, you make it sound so real, Zhao Yinyin. You don’t think that just because you say a lot, it’s true, do you? Who knows if you’re deliberately spreading false information to fool us? Do you think they’d let you know so much about that racial perfume?"

Li Gao: "That’s right. I think you have some ulterior motive, spouting nonsense here."

Watching from the screen, Lin Yun was speechless. What were these people even saying?