Lin Xiaohe’s method for making money was to rob the rich to help the poor.
First, she went to several major banks to inquire about the status of her loan applications.
As soon as the banks saw her, they treated her like a super VIP customer, giving her the green light all the way.
Together, the five banks approved a total of 1.02 million space dollars, with an annual interest rate of 1%. The loan could be repaid at any time without any penalty fees.
This was Lin Xiaohe’s credit limit. The manager of the Radiant Bank told her that if she could pass the assessment for the Fifth Star Ring, her credit line could increase to five million space dollars.
After thanking the manager, Lin Xiaohe went to a nearby supermarket to buy a bottle of purified water.
A 500ml bottle of purified water cost 200 space dollars.
Lin Xiaohe decisively chose the smallest bottle, 100ml, which was only 80 space dollars.
For this trip, she had only brought Doudou and Fanfan along.
Doudou asked, [Xiaohe, is 1.02 million space dollars enough?]
“Not really,” Lin Xiaohe replied. She had already looked into it. To get from the Wasteland Planet to the Sixth Star Ring, they first needed to take a space ship to Vitarra Star, which was a major transportation hub for the Sixth Star Ring.
The trip from the Wasteland Planet to Vitarra Star took five days, and a standard single-person ticket cost 10,000 space dollars. For the seven members of the Lin family, that would be 70,000 space dollars.
Vitarra Star was 120 million kilometers away from the Sixth Star Ring.
If they took a government-operated shuttle ferry, an economy class ticket was 60,000 space dollars per person. The one-way trip took 23 days, and there was only one flight per week.
Lin Xiaohe couldn’t choose this option because they didn’t have enough time.
Her only option was to rent a Raven-class orbital shuttle. The one-way trip would only take 11 days, it could carry 7 people, and it was fully automated.
The rental fee was 1 million space dollars, the fuel cost for the tritium was 400,000 space dollars per trip, the port fee was 50,000 space dollars, and the insurance was 100,000 space dollars.
All told, excluding food and drink, just the transportation costs for the Lin family to get from the Wasteland Planet to the Sixth Star Ring would be 1.62 million space dollars.
And once they arrived at the Sixth Star Ring, they would still need to consider accommodation and living expenses.
Doudou asked worriedly, [Where are you planning to get the money from?]
Carrying the bottle of purified water, Lin Xiaohe got back on the bus-jet and said, “Going to find some rich people.”
Because Cheng Ge’s alloy ribs had been kicked and broken, the private clinic couldn’t perform the repair surgery, so he had to go to the Starlight Medical Center on the Wasteland Planet.
When Lin Xiaohe arrived at the medical center, she asked the front desk service robot for Cheng Ge’s room number.
[General Ward A161]
Lin Xiaohe smiled as she knocked on the door, and under the disbelieving stares of a group of his underlings, she walked over to his bed.
Cheng Ge was almost completely wrapped in white bandages, like a mummy.
When he saw Lin Xiaohe, his body trembled violently.
“Don’t be nervous. I’m here to visit a patient. See, I even brought a gift.” Lin Xiaohe unscrewed the cap of the bottled water. “Do you need me to feed it to you?”
Cheng Ge shook his head frantically. Lin Xiaohe’s craziness was exactly like her brother Lin Chiyang’s.
Who knew what she might add to the water?
Lin Xiaohe placed the water on the bedside table. She hooked her toes around a nearby stool, gently pulled it closer, and sat down.
“Cheng Ge, I went home and thought about it. I realized what you said was right: better to make friends than enemies. So, I’ll be the bigger person and decide to forgive you.”
Cheng Ge looked at her suspiciously. “Really?”
“Of course.” Lin Xiaohe extended her index finger and thumb, rubbing them together. “Friendship is something you can buy, if you really want to.”
Cheng Ge was silent for a moment, then extended his smart wristband. “One hundred thousand.”
Lin Xiaohe shook her head. “My friendship isn’t that cheap. Two hundred thousand.”
Cheng Ge’s face turned green as a toad, like he’d been poisoned. “I don’t have that much money. There was a problem with the accounts at Fúqì Lái Internet Cafe—an extra 300,000 in data usage charges showed up. Plus, this hospital stay cost me a few hundred thousand. The liquid cash I can access right now is only 1.5 million.”
An extra 300,000 in data usage charges?
That was probably from her piggybacking on their network.
Lin Xiaohe’s expression didn’t change. She agreed readily, “Alright, let’s call it even. Oh, and give me the contact information for the Grand Theater.”
Cheng Ge breathed a quiet sigh of relief, considering it paying money to avoid disaster. “I only have the theater manager’s contact.”
After getting the Grand Theater manager’s contact info and home address, Lin Xiaohe was seen off by the group of underlings like they were getting rid of a plague.
One of them, a little guy with bleached hair, was particularly perceptive and even paid out of his own pocket to book a rental hovercar for Lin Xiaohe.
The Grand Theater manager was at home, crying miserably. He was probably going to lose his job.
His bad luck was astronomical. The Grand Theater had run into two gods of death, the Clown and that certain someone, and suffered heavy losses.
What made it even more hopeless was that the big boss was furious and planned to relocate the Grand Theater project to another wasteland planet.
The actors from the theater had already been packed up and sent to Wasteland Planet 11, but he himself had been left behind on Wasteland Planet 7.
“Wahhh…” The Grand Theater manager cried like a baby. The next second, his front door was kicked open.
He couldn’t help but let out a hiccup through his tears.
My black hole! How did the Clown find his home?!
He hugged his knees, curled up in a corner, lowered his head, and closed his eyes, not daring to look.
Panic, weakness, fear, helplessness.
“Can’t see me, can’t see me…”
The demon’s footsteps got closer and closer. When they stopped, a chilling voice sounded above his head.
“Manager, about you forcibly abducting my second sister, it’s time to discuss compensation.”
The Grand Theater manager was on the verge of a breakdown. He looked up, his eyes full of tears. “It has nothing to do with me! I didn’t abduct anyone!”
“That point isn’t important.”
The Grand Theater manager’s face fell, feeling a strong sense of fate—like a boomerang he had thrown had finally come back to hit him.
This was exactly how he used to treat others.
If you want to condemn someone, you don’t need an excuse.
The Grand Theater manager slumped his head in defeat, dejected. “What do you want? I’m just a useless pawn now. I have no money. If you want my life, take it.”
“What do you mean?”
“The Grand Theater is bankrupt. The boss has run off.”
Lin Xiaohe was displeased. “You’re messing with me.”
“I’m not lying to you. The whole business of the Grand Theater was based on secrecy. Now that it’s been exposed to the public, the big boss doesn’t want to continue.”
Lin Xiaohe was annoyed. She only had 2.52 million now, and she felt extremely insecure!
“Since you have no money, there’s no need for you to exist.”
“Wait, wait, wait! I can still be useful!” The Grand Theater manager quickly pledged his loyalty. “I have the key to the Grand Theater. I can take you inside. Maybe there’s something there you’ll like?”
Lin Xiaohe’s face went blank. “You want me to go through your trash.”
The Grand Theater manager gave an awkward smile. “Can you really call trash from a rich person’s house trash?”
That made sense.
Lin Xiaohe decided to go with him to check out the Grand Theater.
The Grand Theater was thoroughly destroyed, almost a complete ruin.
The luxurious stardust crystal chandelier had been dismantled and taken away. The levitation device for the floating stage was also gone. The exterior materials were piled up, ready to be sold.
It seemed rich people could be pretty stingy too.
Feeling Lin Xiaohe’s murderous glare, the Grand Theater manager wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and led the way forward. “We still have the warehouse! The warehouse is in a remote spot and was barely affected.”
“It better be, or else… heh.” Lin Xiaohe threatened darkly.
