Chapter 5: The Elite Heiress
“Hahaha, Brother Lin, I’ll see you off.”
Li Yunlong rose to accompany him. He didn’t ask what the surprise was, nor did he understand it.
But as long as Lin Ran could bring him over ten tons of coarse grain, he was grateful to the heavens.
A few soldiers carried a box behind them—it contained all of Li Yunlong’s belongings, twelve thousand silver dollars.
Along the road from the regimental headquarters to the village entrance, every soldier from the 1st New Regiment whom Lin Ran encountered looked at him with gratitude and respect.
Now the entire regiment knew: a wealthy benefactor had delivered a division’s worth of heavy firepower!
The condition was to fight the Japanese invaders!
What kind of condition was that? It was basically a free gift!
At the village entrance, Li Yunlong had the box of silver loaded onto a truck, then looked at Lin Ran with reluctance.
“Brother Lin, don’t you want me to send someone to escort you partway?”
Lin Ran shook his head. “No need, I’ll drive back myself.”
“Alright then. Brother Lin, travel safely. I, Old Li, promise you—within ten days, we’ll definitely wipe out a Japanese battalion!”
With the firepower of an entire division backing him, Li Yunlong felt confident.
Their 1st New Regiment had just over a thousand men—if they had several thousand, Li Yunlong would dare to attack a regiment.
Lin Ran smiled. “Then I’ll be waiting for your good news, Commander Li. If you really manage to take out a battalion, next time I’ll bring you a few 75mm mountain guns.”
Li Yunlong’s eyes instantly lit up.
A 75mm cannon!
It was the pinnacle of infantry weaponry. A Japanese regiment of 3,800 men was only equipped with four 75mm cannons.
If he could get just one 75mm mountain gun, Li Yunlong would be overjoyed even in his dreams.
“Hahaha, excellent! Brother Lin, you’re on!” Li Yunlong’s chest thumped with excitement.
Lin Ran nodded, said no more, started the truck, and headed back the same way.
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After driving for about half an hour, seeing no one around, Lin Ran’s mind stirred—
“Let’s go!”
[Beep, scanning! No one detected! Ready to cross!]
[Constructing time-space portal...]
[Time-space portal construction complete!]
[All items stored in system space, commencing travel!]
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With a long string of mechanical sounds in Lin Ran’s mind, a faint light flashed in the air, and Lin Ran, the military truck, and the box of silver all vanished.
When he opened his eyes again, Lin Ran was already in his own living room.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, crossing through time and space is quite interesting.”
Back in the future world, Lin Ran first checked the time.
“Only half an hour has passed?”
In the parallel world, two and a half hours had elapsed, but in reality, only half an hour had passed.
“Time flow ratio 1:5,” Lin Ran understood. “Old Li said ten days… that’s about two days in reality.”
He took the heavy box out of the space, and it slammed onto the floor.
Each silver dollar weighed about 23 grams; twelve thousand coins meant roughly 300 kilograms—600 jin.
Even if sold as silver, 600 jin of silver could fetch over a million yuan.
“Didn’t expect that, now I’m kind of a millionaire,” Lin Ran chuckled to himself, then grew pensive.
What should he do with it?
He couldn’t just sell it all off as silver, could he?
Lin Ran paced into the courtyard and lay down on the rattan chair left by his grandfather, staring blankly at the sky.
His favorite thing was lying on this rattan chair, handmade by his grandfather, and clearing his mind.
Speaking of which, owning a nearly 100-square-meter courtyard house in the capital already put him ahead of 99% of people.
But unfortunately, Lin Ran only had usage rights to this courtyard, not ownership.
He couldn’t sell it, not even rent it out!
Only in recent years, with municipal renovations, had running water and sewage been installed. Before that, he had to walk 200 meters just to use the restroom.
Solid waste was manageable, but if it were liquid—it was troublesome.
Just as Lin Ran pondered what to do with the silver, a knock came at the gate.
Opening it, a stunningly beautiful girl stood there. Her long legs could outshine supermodels.
But Lin Ran had no mood to admire her; instead, he frowned.
The girl was named Shen Zhiyao, regarded by others as a top-tier rich beauty, but to Lin Ran, she was a big headache.
Shen Zhiyao looked up with clear eyes, pouting in grievance.
“Lin Ran, why haven’t you answered my calls?”
“And that day you said you wanted to date two girls. I finally bit the bullet and agreed, but neither of them is me. What does that mean?”
“Look, I even got their photos.” She held up her phone, showing pictures of Lin Ran intimately close to two futuristic-looking beauties.
“These kinds of women are obviously no good! Even if you want to find someone, you can’t pick those!”
“I know my family background puts pressure on you. My father is progressive, my mother runs a Fortune 500 company, my uncle, my aunt, my other relatives are all in business or politics. My grandfather and grandmother are even more…”
“But don’t care about what others think—I’ll face it with you!”
Shen Zhiyao grabbed Lin Ran’s hand.
“Lin Ran, no matter how you play outside, I’ll always wait for you until the day you marry me!”
“The kids will carry your surname, I’ll cook the meals, wash the dishes and do the laundry…”
As her words grew more and more ridiculous, Lin Ran’s forehead was covered in dark lines.
“Shut up!”
Huh?
Shen Zhiyao’s lips parted in surprise, stunned.
Brother actually didn’t tell me to scram today?!
Hee hee!
So happy!
She immediately shut up obediently, but her big eyes stuck to Lin Ran as if glued.
Lin Ran withdrew his hand and asked, “Do you know anyone in the antiques circle?”
“Huh?” Shen Zhiyao was momentarily stunned, then nodded like a pecking chick. “Yes! Yes!”
No matter what circle it was, if she wanted to know, she could know!
“Come in,” Lin Ran stepped aside.
Shen Zhiyao’s face flushed bright red—Brother invited her into the room!
At that moment, two Audi cars pulled up in the alley, doors opening simultaneously. Eight men in black got out quickly—black shoes, black suits, black sunglasses, looking imposing.
“Everyone stay where you are!” Shen Zhiyao pointed with authority, radiating a commanding presence. “Wait outside! Whoever dares come in tomorrow packs up and leaves!”
“But, Miss…”
“No buts!”
She spoke decisively, then turned and linked her arm in Lin Ran’s, her voice soft.
“Lin Ran, shall we… go inside?”