203: Actually, I also want to run a knife

Returning to Haibei City.

Xiao Yun arrived at the location Yu Youya mentioned, unexpectedly finding it on the Ocean Spectrum cruise ship.

The minus one floor there was a sea-view restaurant, said to offer dining while watching dolphin shows, making it a great spot for tourism and photos.

Coupled with its proximity to the Forbidden Zone entrance, the restaurant's seats were packed daily, and business was excellent.

So, Xiao Yun and Liu Shihhan took a car and then a boat, finally reaching the ship with much effort.

"This Yu Youya, she really knows how to pick places; it's so much trouble just to eat a meal."

Xiao Yun complained helplessly.

"Alright, we're asking someone for a favor, so you'd better be polite then, or all your big reds will just gather dust in the warehouse."

Liu Shihhan, seeing his willful demeanor, kindly reminded him.

Xiao Yun sighed, thought of Yu Youya, this somewhat mysterious figure, and asked with some curiosity.

"Speaking of which, since Teacher Yu could achieve three million-dollar extractions back then, why didn't she continue running the Forbidden Zone or engage in material leasing, but instead became a teacher?"

"Why don't you ask her yourself later?"

"Will she tell me if I ask her?"

"Who knows?"

Liu Shihhan smiled faintly, said no more, and led the way into the minus one floor of the Ocean Spectrum.

Xiao Yun followed behind, and the two quickly found Yu Youya in the furthest corner of the hall.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Xiao Yun sat down, and Yu Youya cast a curious glance at him.

"Xiao Yun, I heard you want to commission me to handle your red-quality materials? So, besides the military shell and camera we saw last time, you've found more good stuff in the Forbidden Zone?"

"Yes, and quite a lot."

Xiao Yun smiled helplessly.

Meanwhile, Liu Shihhan, uninterested in discussing these things, immediately started ordering food.

"About how much?"

"Quite a lot, it feels like I can't even count them all."

Xiao Yun's mind stirred, and he opened his 90x90 secure container.

At this moment, the big reds in the secure container were too numerous to count at a glance.

The last time he met with the Haibei City Research Institute, he only leased out three big reds.

One blade server, one carbon fiber board, and one military shell.

And now, in Xiao Yun's secure container, just big reds filled an entire row.

Highly Classified Server, tears of gold crown, portable military radar...

These big reds, even calculated by their material value recorded during extraction, which is the direct selling price at the Exchange, amounted to tens of millions.

If all of them could be successfully leased out, Xiao Yun's income for a year, just lying around doing nothing, would exceed that of 99.99% of people in the world!

The more Xiao Yun spoke, the more curious Yu Youya became.

At this point, she no longer thought Xiao Yun's words were a joke.

Since Xiao Yun said the big reds were too numerous to count, it meant he had indeed found a lot of good things in the Forbidden Zone!

"Actually, I'd be quite happy to help you with this."

Just then, the waiter brought over coffee and tea.

They were all ordered by Liu Shihhan. Xiao Yun took a sip of green tea, and it surprisingly suited his taste.

Yu Youya slid a finger around the rim of her cup, her eyes full of curiosity as she stared at Xiao Yun.

"It's just, if you hand these big reds over to me to handle, do you trust me?"

"What do you mean? Do you plan to take my big reds and run away? That's illegal!"

Xiao Yun immediately became wary.

Yu Youya burst out laughing; this kid's imagination was too wild, wasn't it?

"It's not that serious. It's just that for top-tier goods like red-quality materials, both parties need to negotiate the price when leasing them. Aren't you afraid I might negotiate a bad deal for you, and then you'd earn tens of thousands less per year for each big red?"

Yu Youya smiled faintly, explaining.

"Oh, you mean that. Of course, I trust your ability."

Xiao Yun nodded silently.

However, right after saying that, he took advantage of the other party's inattention, tilted his head, blocked with his hand, and whispered to Liu Shihhan.

"Is Teacher Yu's skill reliable?"

"No problem."

Liu Shihhan gave him a thumbs-up gesture, and Xiao Yun immediately felt relieved.

"Rest assured, Teacher Yu, since I came to you, I definitely trust your ability."

Xiao Yun smiled faintly, his tone full of trust.

Beside him, Liu Shihhan, who was ordering dishes, raised an eyebrow.

This Xiao Yun... he was clearly just suspicious of her, yet now he could say such words without batting an eyelid.

This world truly is treacherous!

"Thank you for your trust. To be honest, I really need this opportunity too."

At this point, Yu Youya also sighed deeply.

"As students, you might not know, but being a teacher in school is very hard work. Especially in schools now, although they talk about reducing burdens, in reality, class grades are still linked to a teacher's evaluation. We work ourselves to death every day, constantly worrying about students' grades, and don't earn much money all year round, which makes me so anxious."

When Yu Youya said this, Xiao Yun felt as if her complexion had aged a bit.

There's no helping it; work is just like that.

Whether in school or working outside, how many people aren't tired?

And being a teacher is actually not bad, after all, there are two holidays every year: summer vacation and winter vacation.

For teachers who strive for grades, work might be a bit tiring, but as long as they don't make any fundamental mistakes, if they slack off a bit at work, others wouldn't dare to fire them.

"You're just too responsible. You even had to tell me off when I slept in your class."

Xiao Yun laughed.

"Of course! I'm so tired and miserable every day, and you're sleeping in my class, how could I not feel unbalanced?!"

Yu Youya pouted and snorted lightly.

"I didn't expect you to think that way!"

Xiao Yun immediately felt a bit helpless.

He had thought of ten thousand reasons why Yu Youya would criticize him, but he never expected it to be this one!

"But Teacher Yu, I'm still curious about one thing."

"What is it?"

"It's about your university days: since you could complete three million-dollar extractions from the Forbidden Zone, why didn't you continue running the Forbidden Zone afterward?"

Xiao Yun asked, puzzled.

Although Yu Youya was his homeroom teacher, by age, she was only 22 this year, having just graduated from university.

Now that they were interacting privately, Xiao Yun also realized that she was just an older sister a few years his senior; the difference in their school identities had merely created some distance.

But in reality, she was still like other girls her age, thinking about pretty much the same things.

Therefore, Xiao Yun was very puzzled by her choice.

How could such a young and promising Diamond Level operative choose to come to school and be a teacher?

"Logically speaking, with your ability, what you earn in the Forbidden Zone in a month should be more than what you earn as a teacher in a year, right? You yourself said this job is hard and tiring, so why bother?"

"As for this question..."

Yu Youya sighed deeply.

"Actually, I also wanted to run the Forbidden Zone..."