It’s normal to have skills in Wangwang, right?

Chapter 385 Transoceanic Telegram

In Atobe's mansion, Keigo Atobe sat elegantly on a luxurious leather sofa, listening to a report coming from across the ocean on his phone.

"Young Master Atobe, your girlfriend... oh... friend, she's alright... the one who's in trouble is someone else, and quite badly at that... tsk tsk!"

This woman can be more terrifying than a man when she gets cunning!

The other party didn't say what came next, but just kept it to themselves.

"She's already gone home with her friends... As for the cost, let's give her a discounted price, around xxxxx pounds!"

Upon hearing this, Atobe Keigo, while still holding his phone steadily, couldn't quite maintain his elegant demeanor on his handsome face.

With a 2% discount, it really is a 'discount' price!

He looked down at the nickname displayed on his phone, somewhat speechless. Truly, this was the same Scrooge who only cared about money and not people.

I wanted to roll my eyes, but that would ruin his glamorous image, so I gave up.

The price had already been agreed upon, and since the other party was willing to lower it, as a capitalist's son, he naturally wouldn't refuse; something is better than nothing!

Although he wasn't short of money, he would never deliberately pay more when the other party offered a discount. He was happy to pay even a penny less to Grandet, since the other party was just too stingy.

"Hmm! I'll arrange for someone to wire the money over in a bit."

The young man, his heart aching, wore a pained mask and gritted his teeth, saying firmly, "Um... okay."

He didn't want to either! But looking at his subordinate who was still unconscious, he had no choice but to make this decision that would break his heart and keep him up at night for a month.

Sensing the insincerity in the other person's tone, Atobe Keigo raised an eyebrow, a glint of light flashing in his sharp phoenix eyes, before chuckling lightly:

"Hmm... were you also captivated by my good looks, which is why you made such a magnificent decision!"

"You're overthinking it! Young Master, you're neither arrogant D nor devilish S, so I have absolutely no interest in you. I'm just giving you a discount because I'm in a good mood."

When he got to the last sentence, especially the three words "in a good mood," he emphasized them, and there was even a hint of pain in his voice—it hurt!

They charged 0.2% less!

"..."

Upon hearing this, Atobe frowned. Ha! This D, that S, this is unreliable.

A good mood?

How can someone be in a good mood when they're always looking for opportunities to make fun of him?

Ha! That's something you could only fool a three-year-old with.

Thinking of the mission this guy had taken, Atobe's phoenix eyes flashed, and a smile appeared in them.

A smile unconsciously crept onto his lips as he chuckled softly:

"Hmm! I'll have someone wire the money over later. If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up!"

Although he said he was going to hang up, Atobe Keigo did not do so immediately. Instead, he waited patiently for the other party's reaction.

It was clearly a pleasant and magnetic voice, but to the young man's ears, it sounded so irritating.

Thinking of his unconscious subordinate, the young man silently thought: He... endured it.

"No, no, no... don't hang up~ As expected of the eldest son of the Atobe family, your observation skills are truly amazing. Cough~ Well! It's just... I already gave you a discount! Considering our long-standing friendship, please do me a small favor! It's just a very small favor."

"Hmm~ You tell me first."

Atobe wore an "I knew it" expression, waiting for the other person to tell him about his "little favor".

After composing himself, the young man, in a deliberately lighthearted tone, recounted in detail what he had seen to Atobe Keigo.

I heard that everyone in the factory was unconscious.

Atobe Keigo raised an eyebrow slightly, his face showing complete understanding.

Sure enough, it was Liu Lingyin's masterpiece again—a complete annihilation.

When they heard that the person who was with Liu Lingyin had also collapsed to the ground, they couldn't get up.

Even Atobe Keigo's usually serious and handsome face couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth, and he speechlessly raised his hand to his forehead.

—Another indiscriminate annihilation, friend or foe alike!

However, Liu Lingyin usually takes precautions to prevent her allies from falling ill, and then her allies are drugged.

That means it's possible that Liu Lingyin offered preventative medication, but the other party didn't accept it.

I thought of how Liu Lingyin deliberately made the medicine into sugar pills with various effects.

Even without guessing, Atobe could roughly guess that it was more likely that Ryuu Rinne, with her mischievous and troublesome nature, deliberately kept things vague so that the other party wouldn't understand and would be drugged.

After all, for those little sugar pills with various functions made by Liu Lingyin, whether or not someone who doesn't like sweets accepts them without Liu Lingyin explaining things clearly is really a matter of probability!

Given Liu Lingyin's personality, his guess is probably pretty accurate.

It's safe to say that Atobe is truly a master of his craft; his guesses are always spot on.

Thinking of those who suffered undeserved misfortune, I felt a second of sympathy for them.

"Heh~ Hmm~"

He would never do something as unseemly as secretly laughing!

As expected of you, Liu Lingyin. You always bring so much excitement wherever you go.

"Young Master... please stop humming! Give me a word and help me out!"

The urging voice from the other end of the phone made Atobe Keigo stop laughing.

A sharp glint flashed in Atobe Keigo's eyes. As a young master raised by a prestigious family, he suppressed his smile and spoke in a calm yet undeniably noble tone:

"A discount too? You've got a really good plan, haven't you!"

What about the face?

It's really thick.

It was just a simple sentence, but it really made the young man's heart pound.

"..."

The young man clicked his tongue inwardly, realizing he hadn't fooled this young master.

His plan backfired, and the young man knew he had to bleed a little.

"Young Master, please tell me! As long as it's within a reasonable range, I can accept it."

"..."

The two bargained back and forth, but Atobe held the reins and had the final say. Even if the man's mischievous side kicked in, he had no choice but to cooperate after weighing the pros and cons.

Even though it hurt his wallet, the man gritted his teeth and agreed.

"The previous conditions were based on the premise that Liu Lingyin was willing to meet with you and cooperate. If she is not willing, then everything is null and void."

After all, Liu Lingyin is Liu Lingyin, and I am I. I will hire people to protect her only because of her unexpected situation. As for her specific circumstances, I won't do anything as unseemly as overstepping my bounds.

Ah!

This suggests that they discovered the unusual nature of the medicine on Liu Lingyin's body, guessed that Liu Lingyin might be a high-level pharmacist, or that she had a highly skilled pharmacist behind her, and wanted to befriend her.

So they set their sights on him?

The reason for not directly contacting Liu Lingyin was that they were afraid of being too presumptuous and offending her.

After all, everyone in the world knows that pharmacists have rather... well... unique personalities.

The higher the pharmacist's level, the more 'distinctive' their personality becomes.

Making a hasty contact might unintentionally offend someone, which would be a huge loss.

They wanted to use him as an intermediary.

But this Grandet truly lived up to his name; his abacus was shrewd and calculating, and he wanted to reap the rewards without putting in any effort.

They said they'd give him a discount, but in the end he just wanted to get something for nothing. Dream on!

However, given the other party's strength and methods, even without going through him, they could still find a way to get close to Liu Lingyin.

They wanted to get close to Liu Lingyin through him first, which was also a way of giving face to the Atobe family.

Since the outcome is the same, he naturally wants to fight for more benefits for Liu Lingyin.

After hanging up the phone, the young man's expression kept changing, first gritting his teeth and then looking pained.

"As expected of the young master of a major conglomerate, his negotiation skills are so impressive at such a young age."

"Ouch! My heart! My liver! It hurts so much! Waaah! I'm bleeding terribly!"

The young man finally couldn't hold back anymore, clutching his chest with both hands in heartache, almost rolling on the ground and wailing!

If none of the people he hired had been able to wake up his unconscious subordinate, he wouldn't have cared so much about that little girl.

After all, he never does business at a loss.

But it still hurts!