Hearing Manager Zheng’s words, Lu Yuelan instinctively asked a question. Only afterward did she regret it, would that make her seem greedy and push the other party to refuse the deal? Losing the promised items would be bad enough, but losing the parallel cards would be the real disaster.
“Of course. Our Yongjia Supermarket does business with integrity. We absolutely provide after-sales service. If something breaks, just come to me and I will definitely repair it for you.”
“That’s right! Uncle Zheng is a level-10 master repair expert. There’s nothing in this world he can’t fix. Sister, don’t be shy or embarrassed to bring things in for repair, otherwise Uncle Zheng might think you’re looking down on his repair skills.”
Meng Yemo was afraid that Teacher Lulu was too reserved and would miss such a great opportunity, so it hurriedly reminded her of Uncle Zheng’s abilities. It practically wanted to nod on her behalf for the beautiful older sister.
“If the little one says so, then if I refuse, I’d really be disrespecting the beast. I just so happen to have a few vehicles here, could I trouble Manager Zheng to take a look at them?”
“Alright, bring them out. Let me see.”
Manager Zheng was a cautious and steady beast; he did not immediately agree. Only after seeing the four vehicles Lu Yuelan produced did he continue, “From what I see, Miss Lulu’s vehicle is a small school bus. Aside from the large ship that can still be used at sea, repairing the other three wouldn’t add much value, they’d just end up gathering dust in storage. I do have a suggestion here, though. I wonder if Miss Lulu would be willing to hear it?”
“You’re too polite, Manager. If this matter is handled well, I’ll give you an additional gift as well.”
By this point, after everything that had happened, if Lu Yuelan still didn’t realize how overpowered her new skill “mental guidance” was, then her brain must truly be malfunctioning and basically useless.
In the earlier transaction, when she wanted to exchange for a parallel card, she had even leveraged the child’s high favorability toward her to complete the deal, so she couldn’t treat that matter as collateral.
However, she could perform a round of mental guidance for the manager as well, consider it compensation for the favor of repairing the vehicles.
“Miss Lulu, you’re overthinking this. Since the young master calls you ‘teacher,’ we elders who watched him grow up can’t just take without giving anything in return. This is just a small token of appreciation, nothing worth mentioning.”
Although Manager Zheng said so, Lu Yuelan still intended to perform mental guidance for him afterward.
Not understanding human relationships and social etiquette would only narrow one’s path in the future. Lu Yuelan was a woman determined to reach the end of the road, she would never be short-sighted or cut her journey short over minor matters.
“Uncle Zheng, stop talking nonsense. Teacher’s time is very valuable. Just explain your suggestion, once it’s settled, she still has things to do.”
Manager Zheng originally wanted to maximize the benefit from the repair favor, but with this little traitor siding with outsiders, he had no choice but to helplessly explain his solution.
“The electric vehicle is much slower than the small school bus, so there’s no need to repair it. However, the batteries inside the electric vehicle can be taken out and modified into solar panels, then installed onto the school bus. That way, even after Miss Lulu upgrades the school bus in the future, it can still use low-cost energy and won’t need to rely on expensive fuel.”
Lu Yuelan nodded, indicating that the suggestion was very good and acceptable.
“As for the tricycle, it doesn’t serve much purpose. It can be completely dismantled and used as upgrade materials. Combined with parts taken from the electric car, the small school bus can also be completely revamped.”
“If Miss Lulu has a need for the large bus, it can also be repaired. But it’s not really recommended. Regulations for passenger transport vehicles are very strict these days. If your driving credentials don’t meet the requirements, you could be detained. In serious cases of traffic violations, you might even end up in prison for life.”
“So it’s also being completely dismantled?” Lu Yuelan asked.
“It can be dismantled for upgrade materials, or modified and given away as a gift, both are good options.”
Manager Zheng did not insist on any single choice. This bus was of a decent grade; gifting it as a favor would also be quite valuable.
“Alright, then let’s repair it. I might have an elder who will need it.”
Lu Yuelan felt that, in a way, the “national guardian” also counted as an elder figure. When meeting people and discussing cooperation, it was always good to have a proper meeting gift; it would make negotiations smoother.
“In that case, the remaining materials needed for the large ship repair won’t be sufficient.”
“Uncle Zheng~ you’re not short of that little bit of material anyway, just help Teacher Lulu repair the ship!”
Manager Zheng paused for a moment, observing Lu Yuelan’s reaction so he could smoothly bring up what came next. However, with the little one constantly interrupting, he could only helplessly agree that he could solve the material issue, but the number of items in the final trade would be reduced.
Lu Yuelan happily nodded. No matter how valuable those items were, they were not what she currently needed.
From Manager Zheng’s words, Lu Yuelan could infer that there might be future ocean environments. Without a large ship, she might not even be able to travel at all.
On land, battles already required powerful weapons. At sea, there would surely be even greater danger. With her “combat power of a five” level, she urgently needed a water-based transport vehicle.
“Alright, give me an hour. You can pick out the items in the meantime and pass the time.”
Lu Yuelan had thought it would take a long time, but it only required an hour. She was full of admiration and repeatedly thanked Manager Zheng.
Watching as Manager Zheng called over his apprentices and had all four vehicles taken away, Lu Yuelan’s smile never faded.
This made Meng Yemo feel somewhat displeased. He had contributed to making this deal happen too, so why was she only thanking Uncle Zheng and not even looking at him?
Cough cough.
“Oh right, I almost forgot about our little cutie. Thank you so much, little angel, for your kind help.”
Cough. “It’s nothing, just a small effort.”
It wasn’t false at all to say Lu Yuelan had high emotional intelligence. The moment Meng Yemo let out a few small coughs, she immediately understood its thoughts. She quickly turned back, gently smoothing the white kitten’s fur, and used mental guidance to perform a full-body treatment.
Earlier, Lu Yuelan had been worried that her new skill, never used before, might cause accidents mid-process, so she hadn’t maintained continuous treatment. Now that she knew mental guidance caused no harm to the little one’s body, she fully let go and used it freely.
When Manager Zheng returned with his apprentices after repairing the two vehicles, he saw the young master standing there full of energy. The slight discomfort in his heart instantly disappeared.
“The young master’s mental sea??”
Someone unaware of the situation noticed the faint “king” character appearing on the young master’s forehead and was shocked. This was the effect of mental pollution being completely cleared.
“Watch your mouth. What you should say and what you shouldn’t say, I don’t need to explain that as your master. If I find out that what happened today with the young master gets out to the outside world, don’t blame me for disregarding past ties and expelling any loose-tongued beast from the sect.”
Manager Zheng was a renowned Level-10 repair master in the beast world, the undisputed number one in the repair field, admired by all repair professionals. Being expelled by him was essentially a death sentence for one’s repair career; no one would ever accept a beast who had been expelled for being loose-lipped.
Therefore, under Zheng Wen’s thinly veiled threat, all his apprentices nodded repeatedly, indicating they would absolutely not speak a word about what happened today.