CHAPTER 316: CHAPTER 316: THIS PERSON CANNOT BE OFFENDED

Lin Fan, the newly risen young tycoon of Yun City, today saw the market value of his Mortal Group surpass 200 billion, making him the new richest man in Yun City!

This news had already shaken the Yun City business world, and anyone remotely interested in this field would not miss it.

Old Gou, the owner of Linglong Fitness Center, was no exception.

Upon hearing that Lin Fan bought the old district, Old Gou was eager to meet Lin Fan, as it would be wonderful to cozy up to such a tycoon.

So, Old Gou asked around and finally got Lin Fan’s phone number through a friend, and saved it.

Today, upon learning Lin Fan had become the new richest man in Yun City, Old Gou was even more eager to curry favor with him, but he was at a loss for opportunity. After all, he was just a small fitness center owner, and reaching Lin Fan seemed beyond his grasp.

What Old Gou could never have imagined was that when he was fretting over not having the chance to meet Lin Fan, Lin Fan proactively called him!

Old Gou instantly got nervous: "Mr. Lin, why are you calling me?"

Lin Fan said directly, "I’m right next to Huang Xiaoying; she’s my hometown friend."

Old Gou was shocked, as he knew what was happening with Huang Xiaoying—it was he who instructed the finance team to take a bucket of coins to her.

He did it to deliberately disgust Huang Xiaoying.

Now Lin Fan was calling about this matter, obviously to hold him accountable.

"Mr. Lin, I don’t quite understand what you mean?" Old Gou pretended to be confused.

Lin Fan chuckled, "What I mean is that your store’s rent will double from this month on; does that make sense to you?"

Cold sweat poured from Old Gou, damn, that’s ruthless!

Old Gou hurriedly said, "Mr. Lin, let me explain. I was just momentarily angry about Xiaoying’s issue. If she finds the coins inconvenient, I can transfer the money to her immediately."

Lin Fan smiled, "No need, I think coins are quite fine, but I now need your staff to prove that the coins add up, although she doesn’t seem quite cooperative."

Old Gou wiped his cold sweat and quickly said, "I understand, I’ll call her right away."

"That’s good." Lin Fan hung up the phone.

The woman with a face full of fat impatiently said, "Are you going to accept them or not? If not, I’ll assume you’ve given up and take these coins away!"

Lin Fan smiled, "Of course we’ll accept, but you need to prove that these coins add up first."

The woman with a face full of fat snorted, "Boy, do you really expect me to count them in front of you? You’re dreaming too much!"

Just then, the woman’s phone suddenly rang.

Seeing it was a call from her boss, Old Gou, she quickly answered it, "Boss?"

Old Gou said, "Little Xie, are they asking you to count the coins? Just count them for them."

The woman with a face full of fat hesitated, "So many coins, how am I supposed to count them?"

Old Gou scolded, "Just count them as you’re told, no nonsense. Do you not want to work anymore? Let me remind you, this time we’ve hit a snag. Do whatever they say. If you upset him, I’ll hold you responsible!"

Now he feared offending Lin Fan, knowing if Lin Fan decided to double his store’s rent, the store wouldn’t survive—it would either have to relocate or shut down. Even relocating would be a hassle, incurring significant costs, meaning it might be better to close down straight away.

The woman with a face full of fat curiously asked, "What snag did we hit?"

Old Gou said, "I can’t explain it to you now, just don’t offend anyone, or I won’t let you off!"

The woman with a face full of fat oh-ed, swallowing her anger.

Old Gou then hung up the phone.

Reluctantly, the woman with a face full of fat walked over to the bucket of coins, squatted down, and said, "I’ll count them for you, look carefully!"

She began counting, picking out the coins one by one, and soon there was a pile of coins at her feet.

Everyone looked at each other, puzzled—why was this woman willing to count the coins after receiving a phone call?

"101, 102..."

The woman had just reached 100 coins.

"Wait!" Lin Fan suddenly interrupted her.

The woman annoyedly said, "What? I’m counting, aren’t I!"

Lin Fan said, "Sorry, I got distracted just now and wasn’t watching you, nor do I know if you counted wrong. How about you start over again?"

"What?" The woman with a face full of fat was furious, she had painstakingly counted to 100, and Lin Fan wanted her to start over!

But remembering her boss’s warning, she dared not confront Lin Fan, suppressing her anger, she said, "Alright, I’ll start over, please make sure to watch carefully this time!"

The woman with a face full of fat put all the coins back into the iron bucket, starting again from the beginning.

Everyone was intrigued—why was the woman willing to start over again? How did she suddenly become so agreeable? It was strange indeed.

Huang Xiaoying was also curious, knowing better than anyone how much of a shrew this woman was, and yet this shrew was now yielding. Something was definitely odd.

Huang Xiaoying looked at Lin Fan, curious about how he managed to make this shrew submit?

With time ticking by, everyone watched as the woman counted the coins.

"999, 1000..."

The woman finally managed to count to 1000 coins, completely exhausted, her back and waist aching, her legs numb from squatting, and had to sit on the ground, filled with resentment—damn, this time she came to play a trick on someone, and ended up being played instead.

Lin Fan yawned at this moment and said, "Xiaoying, keep an eye here, I’m going to the bathroom. Make sure to watch closely."

Huang Xiaoying nodded, assuring she wouldn’t miss a thing.

Lin Fan turned to Ye Qingmei and said, "Sister Ye, can I use the bathroom?"

Ye Qingmei smiled, "Of course you can, go straight on the left."

"Thank you." Lin Fan walked into the store.

Ye Qingmei giggled to Feng Ruolan, "Sister, your little brother is quite interesting. I’m curious about how she handled that woman."

Feng Ruolan was also curious about how Lin Fan handled it. Did he just make a call?

A while later.

Lin Fan returned from the bathroom.

The woman with a face full of fat was still diligently counting, "1120, 1121..."

Lin Fan frowned and said, "Wait a minute!"

The woman with a face full of fat paused, "Now what?"

Lin Fan smiled, "All I did was go take a leak and you’re already at over 1100? Could you have counted wrong?"

The woman was furious, "Huang Xiaoying has been watching the whole time, I couldn’t have counted wrong!"

Lin Fan said, "Xiaoying, maybe you got distracted. If you let her count an extra one, you’ll lose out."

As he spoke, Lin Fan winked at Huang Xiaoying.

Huang Xiaoying, catching on and amused, said, "I think I really did get distracted for a moment."

Lin Fan slapped his thigh, "I knew it. See, I went to the bathroom and Xiaoying got distracted. This count can’t be trusted. How about you start over again?"

"What?" The woman with a face full of fat nearly collapsed, damn it, she had to start all over again!