11: Chapter 11 This woman wants to eat him?

Western Suburbs, Cloud Top Palace residential area.

The black off-road vehicle stopped at the viewing platform at the foot of the mountain.

Lin Yuan swept his gaze over the scene before him.

An independent hilltop, surrounded by water on three sides, with a long bridge as the only access path.

The terrain was treacherous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In his previous life, the number one shelter in Jiang City was built relying on this location.

Relying on just one A-rank Esper and four B-rank Espers, it supported nearly a thousand survivors here.

More importantly, this place was less than two kilometers in a straight line from the meat processing plant that Su Xiaonuan had just taken over.

Lin Yuan drove into the sales office, which was decorated like a palace.

A cold, herbal bitterness emanated from the long marble counter.

A sales manager dressed in a suit with a capable demeanor immediately noticed him.

"Hello, sir. I am the account manager here. Do you have an appointment?"

His smile was standard, but his tone carried an air of aloofness that kept people at a distance.

Lin Yuan ignored his outstretched hand, got out of the car, and walked into the sales office.

In the center of the extremely high-ceilinged hall, a massive crystal array chandelier hung down like a waterfall.

Lin Yuan's gaze fell on the massive sand table model, immediately locking onto the villa at the top of the mountain with the largest footprint and most extravagant design.

"Tiangong No. 1, take me to see it."

The curve of the sales manager's mouth widened slightly.

"I'm sorry, sir. Cloud Top Palace is currently by invitation only. Only those with a recommendation from within the Jiang Family are eligible to view the properties."

He paused, "If you don't have an appointment, we truly cannot arrange a viewing for you according to our procedures."

"Of course, if you are truly interested, you can register at the front desk, and we will call to notify you after the project goes on sale."

Lin Yuan finally raised his eyelids to look at him, his fingers tapping lightly on the glass cover of the sand table.

"Who is the person in charge of this property development right now?"

The professional smile on the manager's face deepened, "The 'Cloud Top Palace' project is personally overseen by our eldest young lady."

Jiang Xiaowan.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes.

The apple of the Jiang Family's eye, a woman proud to her very bones.

This woman had been a sworn enemy of Shen Qingyue since childhood; the two had fought from school all the way to the business world.

She had even tried many times to poach him from Xinghui Group, offering better terms each time.

Right in front of the manager, Lin Yuan took out his phone and dialed a number directly.

The manager kept a professional smile to the side, but his eyes were full of mockery.

Putting on an act.

How could you possibly have the eldest young lady of the Jiang Family's number?

He's probably just pretending to call 10086 for the sake of his pride, then will make an excuse that it didn't go through to leave.

However, the phone only rang twice before it was answered.

A lazy woman's voice came through the receiver.

"Oh? Isn't this our great contributor to Xinghui Group, the genius Boss Lin who took a billion in breakup fees?"

"What? Have you finally come to your senses, left that stupid woman Shen Qingyue, and are ready to come work for me?"

Lin Yuan ignored the thorns in her words and got straight to the point.

"I want to buy Tiangong No. 1."

On the other end of the line, Jiang Xiaowan was clearly stunned for a moment, then let out a soft laugh.

"That king of buildings up on the mountain where not even birds crap?"

"You should know that building was originally reserved by my dad for the mayor."

"But that old man thought it was too remote and took one of our buildings in the city center instead."

"What, are you, a 'homeless' person, planning to buy it to cultivate immortality?"

"You can buy it if you want," Jiang Xiaowan changed the subject, "come work for my Jiang Family."

"Not only will I sell you Tiangong No. 1 to live in, but I can also help you stomp on Shen Qingyue, how about that?"

She wanted to keep Lin Yuan, this sharpest "dog" in the business world, leashed by her side.

After all, Lin Yuan's track record was verifiable; after Shen Qingyue's father died, he had steadied the crumbling edifice of Xinghui Group.

"I only do business," Lin Yuan's tone was calm.

"Twenty percent down payment, I'll transfer it to you now. I want to get the keys and start renovations today. The remaining balance will be settled in three months."

"Pfft..." Jiang Xiaowan was amused by Lin Yuan's arrogance.

But on second thought, being able to disgust her sworn enemy Shen Qingyue with a villa that wouldn't sell didn't seem like a loss.

"Fine. But you have to come sign the contract with me in person."

"Send me the address." Lin Yuan said, then hung up the phone directly.

[Ding! Target Jiang Xiaowan (Beauty 92), favorability +2%, current favorability: -8%.]

Favorability increased?

Does this woman want to eat him?

He put away his phone, didn't even glance at the dumbfounded sales manager, and turned to leave.

...

Half an hour later, at the Jiang Family's club, "Yunjiang Pavilion".

Inside the private room, Jiang Xiaowan was wearing a fiery red dress, her long, straight, beautiful legs crossed, observing Lin Yuan as he pushed the door open with great interest.

She was breathtakingly beautiful, with an extremely aggressive aura.

Jiang Xiaowan originally wanted to use tactics to probe Lin Yuan's motives for buying the villa and his next business moves.

But Lin Yuan didn't take the bait at all.

He directly pulled out a chair and sat down, picked up a pen, signed his name on the contract, then took out his phone and performed the transfer right in front of Jiang Xiaowan.

[Your account ending in 6866 has been debited 50,000,000.00 yuan.]

"The money has arrived."

After saying this, Lin Yuan grabbed the access card and key ring on the table that symbolized ownership of Tiangong No. 1.

He stood up, turned around, and prepared to leave.

The whole process took less than a minute.

This absolute disregard for her beauty, power, and carefully crafted aura made Jiang Xiaowan experience a hint of an emotion called "frustration" for the first time.

[Ding! Target Jiang Xiaowan (Beauty 92), favorability +1%, current favorability: -7%.]

"Stop!"

Jiang Xiaowan suddenly stood up and walked quickly to Lin Yuan's side.

When she approached, the air seemed to be ignited.

A rich scent of roses, so intense it was almost suffocating.

Before Lin Yuan could react, Jiang Xiaowan raised her phone and "clicked" a photo of the two of them together.

In the photo, Jiang Xiaowan's red lips were slightly curled, her eyes disdainful, while Lin Yuan was holding the contract and keys with a blank expression.

Lin Yuan glanced at her, said nothing, and pushed the door open to leave.

He didn't care about this woman's palace intrigues at all.

Right now, he just wanted to start building his fortress as soon as possible.

Jiang Xiaowan sent the photo she had just taken to her assistant and instructed:

"Leak the news that Lin Yuan bought Tiangong No. 1 to the financial media 'accidentally'."

"The headline should be: Former core figure of Xinghui Group starts anew, with full support from the Jiang Family."

She watched the direction Lin Yuan left in, a playful smile curling on her lips,

...

Driving straight to the top of the mountain.

Tiangong No. 1 covered an area of 5,000 square meters, with the main building resembling a modern fortress.

What satisfied Lin Yuan even more was that it had an independent three-story underground structure—originally designed as a private wine cellar, vault, and media room for top tycoons.

Surrounded by steep natural rock walls, it was simply a fortress base tailor-made for the apocalypse!

Lin Yuan dialed the number of a head of an underground security engineering team from his previous life's memories who "only recognized money, not questions".

Half an hour later.

A group of burly, cold-tempered engineers, carrying the scent of dust and gunpowder, arrived at the mountain top with various precision instruments.

The bald, burly man in the lead looked at the young man before him and asked in a deep voice: "Boss, what's the job?"

Lin Yuan didn't waste words, slamming the renovation blueprints he had drawn up overnight onto the coffee table in the living room.

"For all walls, cast half-a-meter-thick C100 high-strength explosion-proof concrete inside."

"In the concrete interlayer, lay 10mm lead plates."

"Cut off the external power grid; I want independent geothermal and solar power, plus three layers of high-voltage electric fences that can roast an elephant."

"Remove all ventilation fans and install only military-grade filtration."

The bald, burly man stared at the blueprints and tapped his finger on them: "With this workload and material requirement, it's impossible to finish in two months. Just this half-meter-thick C100 concrete..."

Lin Yuan didn't waste words, directly pushing a 50-million check in front of him: "I only want results. I'll come to inspect it in two months. If you can't do it, don't even think about working in the engineering circle for the rest of your life."

...

Meanwhile, at Xinghui Group.

In her office, Shen Qingyue was beleaguered by banks demanding debt repayment and a board of directors causing trouble.

She had just picked up her phone to make a call when an urgent push notification from a financial media outlet popped up on the screen:

《Former Xinghui Group core figure Lin Yuan spends 250 million to move into Tiangong No. 1, with the Jiang Family's eldest young lady accompanying him in person!》

The accompanying image was a photo of the two of them together.

Boom—!

Shen Qingyue's head was buzzing.

Why!

Just as she was about to go crazy with jealousy, the office door was slammed open.

The assistant stumbled in, unable to say a complete sentence.

"Ms. Shen... it's bad..."

"Mr. Lu Feng... he used the authorization you gave him previously to take the last 20 million in liquid funds from the company's account..."

"And transferred it all to an overseas account!"