Chen Jinyu lay on the bed looking at the message Lin Wanwan had sent her on her phone, and felt a little displeased at being rejected. Ah, Lin Wanwan was still this cold; every time she thought their relationship could get closer, her enthusiasm was always interrupted by the other’s indifferent attitude. It was the same in college; basically, it was always Chen Jinyu who reached out to Lin Wanwan whenever there was an event, while the latter rarely contacted her. However, it must be said, although Lin Wanwan was indifferent, she was quite loyal and rarely refused when asked for help. Last time, when encountered by some hooligans, she was the one who saved her. But, Chen Jinyu thought, now that she had stepped into the entertainment industry, she would only get busier and might not have much time to meet Lin Wanwan anymore. The company she signed with is in Sea City, and although it’s just over three hours’ drive from Yongcheng, they are separated by distance, which might make it hard to meet. Oh well, no feast in this world does not eventually end; let it be. Putting down the phone, Chen Jinyu continued to laze in bed, relishing a rare day of relaxation. At this moment, Lin Wanwan was already wearing a mask and sitting in a ride-hailing car, heading towards the textile city. The textile city wasn’t crowded at noon, and Lin Wanwan casually picked a store, selected a piece of off-white pure cotton fabric from a pile of textiles and asked, "How much is this?" through her mask. The seller, a slightly overweight middle-aged woman, had her mask hanging below her nose, exposing her nostrils, and replied, "Twenty yuan per meter." Lin Wanwan said, "I want to buy a few bolts, give me a discount." The shop owner was a little surprised, sized up Lin Wanwan, and confirmed, "You want to buy a few bolts?" Lin Wanwan replied, "If the price is right, I’ll take however many bolts you have." Oh wow, this was a big customer, the shopkeeper got excited, quickly opened up the white fabric, and said, "This is 100% pure cotton, soft and lightweight, you can use it for shirts and linings, it’s 1.5 meters wide, the price is not expensive. If you really buy them all, I can give you sixteen yuan per meter, how about that? I have almost twenty bolts in the store and warehouse." Lin Wanwan found the price acceptable and said, "Alright, then give me all." Hearing that, the shopkeeper beamed and said, "Hey, are you an influencer, young lady? Buying fabric to make clothes for sale? Let me tell you, the influencers from Lincheng always come to us for stock." Lin Wanwan laughed, "Don’t they go to Yangcheng and Su City to buy?" The shopkeeper wasn’t embarrassed at being exposed and continued confidently, "Our local influencers all come to me to buy. Let me tell you, young lady, besides this white one, I also have imported silk white fabric from Korea, do you want it?" This text is hosted at N()velFire.net Lin Wanwan shook her head, "I only need the pure cotton one." The shopkeeper rummaged through the fabric pile and soon found another piece of white fabric, saying, "Look, this plain cotton-linen is also selling well, it’s trendy to wear cotton-linen clothes now, they look nice, do you want to see it?" Lin Wanwan took it and felt it was also nice and asked, "How much is this then?" The shopkeeper grinned and said, "If you buy with sincerity, I’ll give a sincere price, if you buy a whole bolt, I’ll count it as wholesale at twenty-four yuan per meter, is that okay?" Lin Wanwan habitually bargained, "Make it a bit cheaper." "Then twenty-three yuan, I’m a straightforward person, how about that?" "Alright then, pack all of this fabric for me as well." "Sure, wait a moment, I’ll go get it all from the warehouse." The shopkeeper left the shop, moving briskly like an agile fat cat, and soon returned with a flat cart piled high with fabric bolts. "Look, here are 21 bolts of pure cotton white fabric, and 7 bolts of plain cotton-linen fabric, each bolt is over 33 meters, I’ll count each as 33 meters, so the total is..." she mumbled as she calculated with a calculator set on top of the fabric. But Lin Wanwan, who had already calculated in her head, blurted out, "It’s sixteen thousand four hundred and one yuan in total." A moment later, the shopkeeper confirmed with her calculator and complimented, "Wow, young lady, you’re sharp, a college student, right? You calculate faster than the calculator, that’s right, sixteen thousand four hundred and one yuan, I’ll round down one yuan, make it sixteen thousand four hundred, okay?" Lin Wanwan opened her phone and said, "Sure, how do I pay?" "You can scan via WeChat or Alipay." Lin Wanwan then opened WeChat, scanned the QR code the shopkeeper showed, and moments later, a mechanical voice announced: "Sixteen thousand four hundred yuan received." "So much, can you carry it? Do you have a truck? I can help you load it up." Lin Wanwan said, "Sure, let me borrow your cart to pull it out, once the fabric is loaded I’ll return it." "Okay, young lady, let me keep your WeChat, if you need more fabric, contact me when you come, I’ll give you the best price, and if I have new stock, I can send you a WeChat message to choose from." Lin Wanwan shook her head, "That won’t be necessary, but thanks." With that, Lin Wanwan, accompanied by the cheerful shopkeeper and the envious gazes of nearby shop owners, pulled the cart out. The cargo van was already waiting in the parking space at the textile city’s entrance, and Lin Wanwan knocked on the car window, tipped the driver a hundred yuan, and he happily opened the door to help the shopkeeper load the fabric onto the vehicle. Watching the driver finish loading and shut the cargo door, Lin Wanwan got into the car and said to the driver, "Just follow the navigation." "Alright, fasten your seatbelt." The small warehouse was something Lin Wanwan had reserved earlier, nowadays it’s convenient with the internet as everything can be handled online. Although she would use the warehouse only once, she rented it for a month. Besides fabric, she had many other items to procure. When the time came, everything would turn into ’Western Regions’ imports gifted by her senior ’Zhen Shiyin’, delivered openly to Mao County’s docks via ships from Qiong State. After moving the fabric into the small warehouse, Lin Wanwan went to a nearby parcel locker, where there were several sacks of cotton seeds and cotton she had ordered from Dajiang. The task of openly growing cotton in Mao County next spring was thus settled. Besides cotton, Lin Wanwan also bought several simple life jackets, which are lifesavers for the men going out to sea from Lin Family Manor. However, she didn’t dare buy too much due to the forward-looking nature of the materials, just enough for the Lin Family’s use. Finally, the parcel locker also held a very important retrofitted spinning wheel—a Huang Daopo spinning wheel—which, when used with the cotton, was simply perfect. After preparing absolute futuristic gifts for both the men and women of Lin Family Manor, Lin Wanwan was satisfied as she locked the warehouse door tightly and started gradually moving things to the Great Tang. Now it was the dead of night in the Great Tang, the world was silent, making it an ideal time for her to cross over.