Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

After Sister Li cut in, Lin Xin toned it down a bit.

But Lin Xin had already let the information slip; it was too late to keep quiet now.

"Thank you." Liu Xuan showed a rare smile and thanked Lin Xin.

Learning about the situation at safe house No. 1 put Liu Xuan much more at ease.

Lin Qi seized the opportunity to join the conversation, saying to Liu Xuan, "The danger at the company hasn’t been resolved yet. Why don’t you come with me and stay at the Prosthetic Clinic for a while?"

Lin Qi extended the invitation. In Red Fruit City today, even a safe house built by Liu’s Heavy Industries wasn’t necessarily safer than the Prosthetic Clinic.

The blue light in Liu Xuan’s left eye brightened slightly, but she still nodded. "Sorry for the trouble."

"It’s no trouble! Sister-in-law, just make yourself at home with us!" Lin Xin responded enthusiastically.

In Lin Qi’s memory, it had been a long time since Lin Xin was this enthusiastic.

Liu Xuan continued to smile as she replied, "Okay."

This was actually the first time Lin Xin had met Liu Xuan. Although it was due to the circumstances, after picking up Lin Qi and Liu Xuan, Lin Xin no longer showed any signs of impatience. Sitting in the front of the hovercraft, she started chatting with Liu Xuan. "Sister-in-law, how did you and Lin Qi meet? Lin Qi never told me..."

Liu Xuan was usually a woman of few words, but faced with Lin Xin’s enthusiasm, she patiently responded, "Your brother and I have known each other for many years, back when we were at Liu’s Comprehensive School..."

Lin Qi wasn’t listening closely to their conversation. He looked out of the vehicle, mulling something over.

Lin Xin had been calling Liu Xuan "sister-in-law" from the moment they met, and Liu Xuan hadn’t denied it once. She even seemed to be enjoying the chat.

A flash of insight struck Lin Qi as he finally understood. ’Oh no! Lin Xin really thinks I’m a freeloader!’

Lin Qi didn’t think he was a freeloader. Sure, there was the interest-free loan for school, breezing through job interviews, and getting promoted as soon as he met the requirements...

But besides those "minor" things, Lin Qi hadn’t relied too heavily on his connection with Liu Xuan!

Besides, Lin Qi had also helped Liu Xuan a lot. How could that be called freeloading?

Lin Qi gazed silently at the glittering, neon-lit streets of Red Fruit City.

...

The hovercraft slowly came to a stop in front of the Prosthetic Clinic. Just as when Lin Qi had driven Liu Xuan’s hovercraft, Sister Li used special privileges to designate a parking spot, stopping right near the entrance.

The hovercraft’s four doors opened automatically, and the four of them got out one by one, arriving at the front of the Prosthetic Clinic.

Lin Qi didn’t forget to take his case out of the hovercraft’s front trunk. This stuff would be very useful.

The display at the entrance of the Prosthetic Clinic read "Closed." Apparently, their dad had also been notified by Lin Xin and had suspended business.

The clinic’s main Door was shut tight, and the internal alloy roll-down gate had also been lowered.

Lin Xin stood before the video doorbell, pressed it, and said once it connected, "Dad, it’s me. Open up."

Only after Doctor Lin confirmed their identities did he open the two Doors in sequence.

After the four of them entered the Prosthetic Clinic, the two Doors closed again.

Lin Xin hadn’t been back to the clinic since arriving in Red Fruit City. As soon as she returned, she had tried to contact Lin Qi, and after failing, she had been busy pulling intel to find his location.

Now, seeing the clinic’s first floor piled high with brand-new, unopened merchandise, the corner of Lin Xin’s mouth twitched.

Doctor Lin, meanwhile, emerged from the staircase leading to the basement.

"Dad, this batch of goods you bought... isn’t this a bit over the top?"

Lin Xin pointed to a tall stack of Divine Iron Bull models to the side, giving Doctor Lin a strange look before glancing at Lin Qi and Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan was also a little surprised. She hadn’t actively looked into Lin Qi’s father recently and didn’t know what kind of business the Prosthetic Clinic was conducting.

Lin Qi and Doctor Lin, however, looked perfectly calm. Doctor Lin replied, "It’s business, nothing to be ashamed of! Whatever Prosthetic Body the customers want, I stock it. I’ve already placed my orders with the company’s supply chain. There are still several hundred units that haven’t even shipped yet."

There was one thing Doctor Lin didn’t mention: besides filling his own surgery schedule, he had also pulled some strings with his old friends in other Cyber Cities, opening up new channels and earning some extra cash on the side.

Lin Xin shot her dad a look, but she was used to it. Their Prosthetic Clinic had always been this way, dealing in all sorts of Prosthetic Bodies.

’They used to deal in military-grade prosthetics, and now they were dealing in the Divine Iron Bull,’ she thought. ’It seemed logical enough...’

Liu Xuan considered for a moment, then spoke up on Doctor Lin’s behalf. "The company’s financial reports show that the sales profit for entertainment-type Prosthetic Bodies increased to 52.1% this month, compared to 26.2% in the first two months of the year. Multiple L-Class and A-Class Prosthetic Body production lines have already been temporarily converted to produce entertainment-type prosthetics. This is indeed the current market trend."

Hearing this, Doctor Lin nodded repeatedly. ’This young lady makes a lot of sense!’

Business, naturally, has to follow market trends.

If you don’t embrace the market, the Credit Points will abandon you.

Take Red Fruit City’s former top ten underground Prosthetic Clinics, for example. Although the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic was ranked first, its sales weren’t that much higher than the others.

But recently, the other nine combined couldn’t compete with the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic alone!

What future was there in dealing used Prosthetic Bodies?

The Divine Iron Bull was just more profitable!

’Thank goodness Lin Qi is my son...’

But Doctor Lin quickly came to his senses.

’Wait a minute!’

’Who is this young lady?’

’Why does she look so familiar?’

’She talks about company financial reports like it’s nothing...’

He drew in a sharp breath.

’She seems to be the Chairman of United Pharmaceutical, the daughter of the head of Liu’s Heavy Industries, Liu Xuan!’

"You are... Chairman Liu?"

Doctor Lin subconsciously used a respectful form of address.