TFWYH – Chapter 447 Jin Lin Jin Ye

Before leaving, she paused again and said to the village head,

“There are still several other families who own land here. Please help me ask whether they’re willing to sell. If they are, have them come with you tomorrow.”

The village head nodded.
“Alright, I’ll go ask the villagers later.”

Tang Wan gave a small nod and finally left.

On the way back, riding Ta Xue, Ling Yue was so excited she looked like a giddy fool, chattering nonstop.

How could she not be excited?

Her grand real-estate plan had finally taken its first step.

But…

“It’s just a pity that the rest of the bamboo forest belongs to that ‘Master Jin.’ From how the village head described him, he sounds hard to deal with. Otherwise, we could try approaching him.”

Tang Wan glanced at her but said nothing.

Hard to deal with?

In her opinion, organizations like ancient river shipping gangs were basically the equivalent of modern-day mafia groups.

All kinds of people were mixed inside them.

Anyone capable of managing such a crowd could hardly be a simple or kind person.

Since the government was already building an academy district in the bamboo forest, it was obvious they had informed Master Jin beforehand.

Trying to snatch a piece of land from his mouth would definitely not be easy.

But…

It wasn’t entirely impossible either.

Tang Wan kept thinking about how to deal with Master Jin. Even after returning to the inn, she still couldn’t come up with a perfect plan.

Ling Yue, on the other hand, was carefree. She had never even considered acquiring Master Jin’s land and assumed they would never come into conflict with him.

Tang Wan thought differently.

Since Master Jin already knew the government’s plans, he was surely eyeing the villagers’ land as well. Now that she had stepped in first and bought it, confrontation with him was only a matter of time.

Because her mind was occupied, Tang Wan remained absentminded the entire time.

She was the type who disliked dividing her attention.

Whenever she focused on thinking through a problem, everything and everyone around her automatically faded into the background.

When Ling Yu saw that she returned without saying a single word to him—and didn’t respond even after he called her several times—his mood immediately soured.

He set down his book, walked over, and leaned his handsome face close to hers, deliberately making his presence known.

“What are you thinking about so deeply?”

Tang Wan snapped back to reality. Faced with Ling Yu’s devastatingly handsome face at such close range, all thoughts about Master Jin and the land instantly vanished from her mind.

Ling Yu raised an eyebrow.
“What? You don’t want to tell me?”

“No!” Tang Wan hurriedly swallowed, forcing herself to focus, and quickly explained everything about the bamboo forest and Master Jin.

Master Jin?

A strange look appeared in Ling Yu’s eyes.

He had been wondering whether he should approach the man first—but unexpectedly, Tang Wan had already made the decision for him.

He knew this person very well.

Just like Mu Qingfeng and Yan Cheng, Master Jin had been one of his four great subordinates in his previous life.

Master Jin’s full name was Jin Lin, and he should only be twenty-three years old now.

Among the four subordinates in his previous life, Jin Lin had the lowest combat ability—almost none at all.

But he was the best at making money, and also the most difficult to handle.

Unlike the other three, Jin Lin had grown up struggling among common folk, surviving through hardship. He trusted no one easily—smooth, cautious, and cunning.

In his previous life, Ling Yu had recruited Jin Lin purely by coincidence. He had happened to save him while Jin Lin was being hunted down.

After getting to know him, Ling Yu discovered his exceptional talent for business management and handed over all his industries for Jin Lin to manage.

Simply put, Jin Lin had later become the chief financial steward of the Eastern Depot.

Only afterward did Ling Yu learn that the people who had hunted Jin Lin down belonged to one of the Ten Great Aristocratic Families.

Weng City might seem large, but compared to the wider world, it was insignificant.

There were always greater powers beyond.

Among ordinary people, Jin Lin might appear to be an untouchable local tyrant.

But before the Ten Great Families, such a local boss was nothing more than an earthworm that could be crushed with a single step.

When coming to Weng City this time, Ling Yu had actually considered meeting Jin Lin ahead of time.

But after thinking it over, he decided against it.