16: Chapter 16 New Experiments

Shen Yan sighed, "I'm fine, but I don't think your current problem can be solved by selling just one room."

"The room is only so big; even if you do sell it, you won't recover much capital."

Brother Sun's brows were tightly knit, his face filled with unconcealable worry.

"There's no other way. Unless we can clear out the backlogged goods all at once, we simply can't get the cash flow moving..."

At the mention of the goods, Sister-in-law Sun got angry. She grumbled, "I told you long ago not to stock up so much at once, but you refused to listen, insisting it would be profitable."

"Now look what's happened! Not only are we not making money, but we've also lost all our family savings!"

Brother Sun looked impatient as he picked up a cigarette and began puffing away again.

"Are you done yet? How long are you going to nag me about this one thing?!"

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Shen Yan quickly spoke up, "Brother Sun, Sister-in-law Sun, if you trust me, give me a few days to try and find some partners."

The arguing stopped abruptly.

"Xiao Shen, it's not that we don't trust you, it's just that you haven't even settled your own affairs yet..."

Sister-in-law Sun gave an awkward smile.

Originally, it was the two of them who had broken the contract first, and now they were troubling him to help find partners.

By any logic or sentiment, this was simply not right.

Shen Yan replied seriously, "Sister-in-law Sun, you helped me when I was at my lowest. Now that you're in trouble, I should also lend a hand."

Since he put it that way...

Brother Sun and Sister-in-law Sun naturally didn't say anything more.

After the matter was settled, Shen Yan went back home.

"Click!"

The lights came on.

Shen Yan immediately saw his younger sister.

"Xiao Ya, I'm sorry. I came home late today."

Xiao Ya lay on the bed with no response.

Shen Yan walked over, took Shen Ya's hand, and said, "Xiao Ya, just wait for me a little longer. Soon, I'll earn enough money to make you better..."

The next day, when Shen Yan woke up, he saw the ordinary wealth intelligence and the special mission issued by the system.

[ordinary wealth intelligence: At the second corner of East Alley, there is ten thousand in cash lost by an elderly person.]

[special mission: Please return the cash to the elderly man, Zhao Qian.]

Shen Yan was deep in thought; the intelligence and the mission were connected.

Completing special missions could grant advanced, major, or confidential level intelligence.

So, did this mean exchanging one ordinary wealth intelligence and one special mission for intelligence of advanced level or higher?

He felt that was indeed the case.

ordinary wealth intelligence appeared every day, but special missions weren't necessarily daily.

Today, he would test what level of intelligence he could obtain by combining ordinary wealth intelligence with a special mission!

Leaving home, he arrived at East Alley Street as mentioned in the ordinary wealth intelligence.

"The corner... the corner..."

As Shen Yan walked forward, he looked around, searching for the lost ten thousand yuan.

Upon reaching the second corner, he realized he had oversimplified things.

The second corner of East Alley Street wasn't an intersection; it was a garbage dump!

Looking at the foul-smelling garbage dump.

Shen Yan pondered for a few seconds and quickly retreated from the battlefield.

To find money among so much fruit and vegetable waste, he had to get some equipment first.

After running to a nearby store to buy a raincoat, two gloves, and a mask, he began his operation.

Soggy, dripping trash was piled on top of the dumpster lids.

With a light flip from Shen Yan, a swarm of cockroaches scurried out.

"Holy crap!"

Even he couldn't help but swear.

There were simply too many cockroaches here. He shook his hands while starting to clear out another bin.

Just as he was about to lose his sense of smell from the stench of the dump, a voice sounded from behind him.

"Hello, do you want these bottles?"

He turned around and saw a young girl.

She thought he was a scavenger.

He nodded to her and replied, "Thank you, just leave them there."

The girl gave an "mm" and piled all the bottles in her hands next to the furthest bin.

After the girl left, Shen Yan continued clearing the dump.

He had almost turned the entire dump upside down, but he still hadn't seen the ten thousand yuan.

"Strange... this is definitely the second corner..."

Just as he was wondering, he suddenly noticed the pile of bottles the young girl had left.

A strong intuition rose within him. He walked over and pulled the bottles aside.

Something wrapped in layers of newspaper caught his eye.

He picked it up and opened it. Sure enough, inside was the ten thousand yuan in cash mentioned in the ordinary wealth intelligence.

Having finally found the cash, Shen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to stay in the garbage dump any longer.

If he stayed any longer, his sense of smell really would fail!

After taking off the disposable gloves, mask, and raincoat, he began searching door-to-door for an elderly man named Zhao Qian.

Since the money had been thrown into the trash, it meant the old man or his family had discarded it by mistake.

Generally, people only throw trash in the location closest to their homes.

Shen Yan guessed that the old man's home must not be far from the dump.

Thus, using the dump as the center, he searched the houses within the surrounding radius.

After coming up empty at three houses in a row, he finally saw a house where someone was home.

"Hello, are you Zhao Qian?"

Hearing his question, an old woman asked him suspiciously, "Who are you?"

Shen Yan replied to the old woman, "I'm a relative, here to visit him."

No sooner had he spoken than a white-haired old man walked out of the house.

"How come I don't remember having a relative like you?"

Hearing this, Shen Yan immediately realized that this person was Zhao Qian.

"Hello, is this yours?"

As he spoke, he showed the newspaper in his hand to the man.

The old man's eyes lit up, and he replied, "It's mine! How do you have my things?"

Shen Yan smiled slightly. Instead of answering, he asked back, "You haven't answered my question yet. Are you Zhao Qian?"

The old man frowned, his tone somewhat impatient. "If I'm not Zhao Qian, then who am I? Young man, how can you come looking for me without knowing anything?"

After confirming that the man was indeed Zhao Qian, Shen Yan handed him the money.

"This is the ten thousand yuan you lost, right?"

The old man was overjoyed and hurried forward to take it.

"Wonderful! I thought this money was gone for good!"

As soon as the man took it, Shen Yan received a notification that the mission was complete.

[special mission completed! Obtained one piece of advanced wealth intelligence. Please choose whether to open it.]

Shen Yan was a bit disappointed.

He had thought he would get a piece of major wealth intelligence.

To his surprise, it was just advanced wealth intelligence, same as before.

Could it be that he wasn't at the level to receive major wealth intelligence yet?