19: money for a plane ticket

"Wha-what did you say? How much do you need?"

"The price of one plane ticket?!"

"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?!"

When Zhao Zizhen heard the amount Lin Yang quoted, he froze on the spot!

Because, when he asked Lin Yang how much he needed, Lin Yang's reply was a simple sentence: "The price of a plane ticket from Little Eagle Sauce to Sakura!"

The price of one plane ticket!!

At this moment, Zhao Zizhen really wanted to know if there was something wrong with his ears!

This person only wanted the price of one plane ticket!

He was deeply stunned!

Inside the Alien Management Bureau, Ye Guhong and others who were monitoring the call also looked at each other in dismay!

Because their thoughts were the same as Zhao Zizhen's just now; they all believed that Lin Yang's late-night call to borrow money definitely meant he had encountered a huge problem and needed an astronomical sum!

But no matter what, they never expected that what Lin Yang needed was merely the price of one plane ticket!

A plane ticket costing less than ten thousand yuan!

This...

Everyone fell into a strange silence.

Someone who could get the photolithography machine manufacturing book from Netherlands, and also retrieve cultural relics from the Little Eagle Sauce Museum and successfully transport them back—would such a person be short of the price of one plane ticket?!

They were all confused!

Especially Zhao Zizhen, in addition to being confused, felt a deep regret!

If he had known earlier that Lin Yang only needed the price of one plane ticket, he definitely wouldn't have reported it to Ye Guhong immediately!

He could have even given it privately!

Although he didn't know why Lin Yang would be short of the money for a plane ticket, he could afford this small amount himself!

"My little ancestor, why didn't you say so sooner!!"

Zhao Zizhen's heart was bleeding. Of course, such words could only be whispered to himself in his mind. With the call being monitored now, he dared not speak carelessly.

He just felt awkward no matter how he thought about it.

And Lin Yang, seeing that the other end of the phone went silent after he stated the amount, also fell silent for a moment.

The Great Science Academy wouldn't be unwilling to lend even this small amount, would they?

He had helped them obtain the photolithography machine!

That shouldn't be the case!

He also didn't understand why Zhao Zizhen went silent after hearing the amount, but he didn't think much of it. Although it felt a bit strange, he still spoke according to his original plan:

"I won't borrow for free. I'll pay it back later. And this time, I've also prepared something to exchange with you. If it really doesn't work, just consider this money as my income from selling things. Of course, if you really don't want to lend it, then pretend I didn't say anything, and then..."

"No! No, no, no!"

However, before Lin Yang could finish speaking, he was frantically interrupted by the reacting Zhao Zizhen!

"No, no! Don't misunderstand!"

"How could we be unwilling to lend? Let alone just the price of one plane ticket, even ten, a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand tickets would be no big deal!"

"My silence just now was because the amount you requested was very different from what I expected. I originally thought you might have encountered some problem and needed a large sum of cash, but I didn't expect you only needed the price of one plane ticket, so please don't misunderstand my momentary daze as unwillingness to lend money!!"

"Just tell me a card number, and the money will be in your account immediately!"

Zhao Zizhen explained frantically.

When Lin Yang continued to speak, he immediately reacted and was startled by Lin Yang's words!

What 'not borrowing for free'!

What 'will pay back'!

What 'if unwilling to lend, then forget it'!

Good heavens, what kind of talk is that!

He almost let this person misunderstand!

This small amount of money, is that even a big deal?

"Uh... is that so?"

After hearing Zhao Zizhen's explanation, Lin Yang was stunned.

So he had overthought it...

They weren't unwilling to lend; it was just that he asked for too little!

This was quite awkward!

"Of course, you've done so much for us. Let alone this small amount of money, even a thousand or a hundred times more would be no problem. Please don't misunderstand that we are unwilling to lend you money!" Zhao Zizhen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and emphasized again.

He was truly scared. If he had reacted even one or two seconds later, Lin Yang would probably have said goodbye and hung up.

Heaven help him, his momentary daze just now was truly because Lin Yang asked for too little, and he just didn't react in time.

"Oh... alright then. In that case, transfer the money to this anonymous card."

Lin Yang directly recited a card number.

This card number was, of course, also set up with the help of the system and would not allow anyone to trace the card's ownership or information.

"Ding, your bank account ending in xxx888 has received a new transfer, amount 10,000,000.00, balance is..."

Almost at the same moment Lin Yang recited the card number, he received a text message notification from the bank.

The transferred amount was a full ten million!

"One, ten million? Why so much?" Lin Yang was stunned again.

He only needed the price of one plane ticket!

Once he arrived in Sakura, there would be plenty of ways to get money!

But now, without a word, they actually transferred ten million.

This...

"Cough, cough, you're traveling Overseas, and the cost of living Overseas is higher. This is a small token of our appreciation; we hope you don't mind."

Zhao Zizhen also didn't know what to say.

Who would believe that such a person would only ask for the price of one plane ticket, but could they really only transfer the price of one plane ticket?

That was absolutely impossible!

Although ten million seemed like a lot, in reality, compared to Lin Yang's contributions in those two instances, it was truly just a small token of appreciation.

And it wasn't that they couldn't transfer more money, but Lin Yang only asked for the price of one plane ticket. If they were to transfer hundreds of millions, it would feel a bit inappropriate.

So ten million was a more suitable amount, because ten million sounds like a lot, but it's not an astronomical sum like hundreds of millions, nor does it seem childish like a million. Moreover, ten million is an amount that allows for a very comfortable life in all aspects Overseas.

Although he didn't understand what kind of living situation Lin Yang was in, he probably wasn't too wealthy.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked for the price of a plane ticket!

Therefore, they chose the amount of ten million for the transfer!

"Then... thank you. I'll pay it back later."

Lin Yang pondered for a moment and didn't refuse.

Firstly, money makes the world go 'round, right? Although his original intention was just the price of one plane ticket, there's nothing wrong with keeping some emergency funds!

Secondly, he could also tell that this was indeed a token of appreciation from the motherland.

A token of appreciation is very important, and he couldn't easily refuse it.

"Just do as you please; there's no rush to pay it back."

Zhao Zizhen originally wanted to say 'no need to pay back,' but that felt a bit too inappropriate, so he changed his wording.

Then, at a signal from Ye Guhong's side, he proactively asked: "Um, if I may be so bold as to ask, do you have something going on in Sakura? If there's anything we can help with, please do speak up. We will provide the greatest possible assistance!"