When Lin Yuan saw Listen standing in a daze, he said with a bright smile, “Let’s sit down and talk.”
Listen did not expect Lin Yuan to be so young, and so did Lin Yuan. He looked around 20 years old.
Lin Yuan would not look down on Listen because he was young. On the contrary, he valued Listen because of his age.
Although having high emotional intelligence and the ability to win people’s hearts might be outstanding to an older person, it was not valuable. Adults who experienced the ways of the world over time were more mellow.
Lin Yuan could not help but sigh at Listen being accomplished though young.
Being shocked was one matter. Listen was sincerely grateful to Lin Yuan.
Although the youth, who had given him a helping hand in desperate times, might have done nothing more than a small, insignificant thing for him, it was the most valuable salvation to Listen.
Since Listen was firm on his decision, he did not take the seat opposite Lin Yuan. Instead, he kneeled on one knee in reverence and raised the tray placed with the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce’s remaining 11 source-type items in front of the youth before saying, “Expert, I would like to offer the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce to obtain your blessing. I only pray that you can save the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce and allow me to develop it. The Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce and everything I have will be yours in the future.”
Lin Yuan did not expect that Listen would do something like that after he came in and saw him.
Lin Yuan was caught up in thoughts. Since Listen wanted him to save the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce, Lin Yuan had to weigh this matter and see whether he wanted to save it. Also, he had to consider whether it was worth saving.
While thinking, Lin Yuan could obviously feel that Listen, who was kneeling on the ground with one knee, was holding up the tray with 11 source-type items with slightly trembling hands. This showed the apprehension in Listen’s heart.
However, the more silent Lin Yuan was, the more anxious Listen was, and the further he felt hope was away from him.
Listen’s mind was in a whirl now, and he somehow thought of two kinds of dishes—fish with pickled vegetables and braised chicken.
Listen felt that he was a fish with pickled vegetables—sour, weak, and redundant. He also felt that he was a braised chicken—flustered, boring, and trash.
At this point, he suddenly felt that there was some movement on the 11 source-type items in the tray. Listen knew that Lin Yuan was starting to observe the source-type items in the tray.
This made Listen’s heart tighten, and the corners of his eyes then became a little red. However, the corners of his mouth were in an arc.
“I only pray that you can save the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce and let it develop. The Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce and everything I have will be yours in the future.”
Listen had put down the persistence in his heart. It did not matter if he would not be leading the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce’s development. It was good as long as the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce, which had been developed due to his family’s efforts, could continue to exist.
Lin Yuan was playing with the source-type items in the tray and pondering when Listen said that.
Lin Yuan then dropped the few source-type items in his hand into the tray, creating a crisp sound. Listen’s hand that was holding onto the tray trembled.
He heard the youth’s calm voice.
“If you had the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce’s loyalty, it would naturally still be under your management. It seems that some things can’t be said today on Star Web.”
Upon hearing the youth’s words, Listen was wrapped in a wave of ecstasy and froze in place.
That was when he heard the youth’s calm voice again.
“Come to the Royal Capital. Let’s meet in person and talk.”
Listen only felt a holy sound that dispelled the gloominess brush away the tiredness and restlessness he had for over a month. At the same time, a dazzling light of hope shone in his eyes.
Listen knew that since a great figure like that youth in front of him had said to meet in person to talk, it meant a great chance for this matter to be or even had already been half-solved.
He raised his head, his face wearing a cheerful smile that the gloominess had long suppressed, and replied, “I’m in Indigo Azure City. I’ll go to the Royal Capital now.”
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Lin Yuan logged off Star Web after making a verbal agreement with Listen. He felt it was a little sudden regarding Listen’s sudden and decisive decision.
However, he lamented his amazing courage besides his high emotional intelligence and the ability to maintain an interpersonal relationship.
Regarding the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce and Listen’s loyalty, Lin Yuan did not agree right away. Instead, he had asked Listen to come to his mansion in the Royal Capital to discuss it in detail.
This was because Lin Yuan was still unaware of the problems that the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce had encountered.
As for whether he would let Listen take control of the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce, he still had to fully understand the situation before making a decision.
However, Lin Yuan had agreed with Listen. He would soon promote the two Bronze/Flawless feys to Epic in exchange for Listen’s six source-type items, thus completing the deal. It was also considered helping Listen get through the difficult times at hand.
Lin Yuan had a good impression of Listen, so the fact that he had agreed to the deal when Listen encountered difficulties was giving him a hand.
However, Lin Yuan wanted to establish his own faction and had to do beneficial things for it. He would not do useless things because of his kind heart and burden his faction.
Lin Yuan wanted to build a sky city on the Floating Island Whale’s back and let it become a floating cloud in the sky above the Nine Heavens.
If he could control a power like the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce in the dark, there were only advantages and no disadvantages for him.
Each of these powers that Lin Yuan could control and hide in the dark was considered to be a foundation in his hands. Such a foundation was far more reliable than the power in his network.
This was because white clouds were empty and could remain unchanged for a lifetime. The floating white clouds had the world’s water as a foundation.
When Lin Yuan walked out of the room, he saw Wen Yu standing in front of his room, holding a few pieces of paper.
From time to time, she made changes on the paper with a pen and looked very serious.
Upon seeing Lin Yuan come out of his room, Wen Yu quickly said, “Young Master, I was about to knock on the door to look for you. Take a look at what I wrote about the planning and suggestions of the faction.”
While she said that, she handed five or six pieces of paper in her hand to him, her eyes full of expectation.
Lin Yuan took the pieces of paper. Some of Wen Yu’s views on faction development were written very clearly on the paper. The more Lin Yuan looked at it, the more he felt something was amiss.