Wilderness Redemption Tour

"So you came back?" Lin Yan said speechlessly.

"Mary has to take care of her father. What's the point of me staying there? Besides, I don't want to take care of that old guy who always dislikes me."

"...Since you and Mary's father don't get along with each other, how are you going to help her?"

"Mr. Linton has been running out of money for a long time, and Mary is almost strapped for cash because of his loans. She even sold a lot of her jewelry. If this continues, her remaining property will sooner or later be squandered by his father. She has made up her mind not to indulge him anymore, so please find a way to cut off his other sources of money so that he can't borrow money. Then let his father live a poor life for a while, so that he can learn to make money and support himself."

"It's not so easy to quit gambling and drinking, right?" Lin Yan felt that since some habits were already called "addictions", they certainly couldn't be quit, even if there was no money. "You just said that Mr. Lington's gambling and drinking addictions have lasted for many years. Even if his financial resources are cut off, once his addiction comes back, it's not impossible for him to steal or rob."

"That's exactly what I meant." Arthur chuckled and said, "Do you think I don't know? These two bad habits are almost unsolvable for an old man who has no money and a bad temper. It's not that I don't want to take other measures. I have seen too many gamblers and alcoholics like this. My evaluation of these people is: give up, there is no hope. These people are like bottomless pits to their families. Only by being ruthless and abandoning them can we avoid being dragged into the quagmire and sinking deeper and deeper. I am also saving Mary."

Hearing this, Lin Yan nodded without comment. He couldn't simply say whether he agreed or disagreed with Arthur's actions. His first feeling was that what he did was wrong, but if he were in his place, he would most likely do the same.

"This matter...do you need my help? I don't have anything to do tomorrow." Lin Yan still hopes that Arthur can have his own family.

"I need to see Mary's father's attitude before making a decision. If he is willing to listen to my advice, even if he still disagrees with me and Mary being together, I will still find a way to help him quit these addictions. Of course, if he is still stubborn and stubborn, then there is no room for negotiation, and he can only suffer a little. It is actually very simple to make this society give up on a person. Just tell those who can help him that providing help to him is a negative benefit. Then when this person needs help, even if he says it out loud, those who value profit will not risk losing money to help him. This world is very realistic, especially for people living in cities."

Arthur finished talking about his own affairs and turned to look at Lin Yan: "I have finished talking about my affairs. Let me talk about you. How have you been raising money these two days?"

"Not bad." After being in this world for a long time, Lin Yan began to adopt the style of speaking here. "I have enough money now. I plan to send the money over tomorrow."

Arthur was a little surprised: "If I remember correctly, you were short of more than a thousand dollars two days ago. How did you get enough money in two days? Did you rob a bank?"

Lin Yan was amused by Arthur's expression. He almost spit out the broth he had just taken. He swallowed the broth and cleared his throat. "How risky is it to rob a bank? I robbed a stagecoach. I bought first-hand information from the ticket seller at Lodz Station. The accuracy is as high as 99.8%. The ticket seller was introduced by another inventor we met on the outskirts of Saint Denis when we were returning to his laboratory with Professor Dragic that day."

Halfway through his conversation, Lin Yan leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "By the way, I didn't share the money I earned these two days with the gang. I took it all for myself. Is that okay?"

Arthur coughed, his expression stern, and he lowered his voice and said, "In principle, it's not possible, but as long as you don't let other people know, it won't be a big problem if it happens once or twice."

"That's good..." Lin Yan patted his chest and comforted himself: "If I didn't need the money urgently, I wouldn't do this."

Then, Lin Yan asked Arthur about how he rescued Tilly this afternoon.

"Ms. Grimshaw was a powerful figure in the West in her past. Don't underestimate her just because of her current appearance. Although she now stays in the camp all year round, doing her own job, and usually orders these groceries around, scolding them as harshly as she can, once her "employees" are treated unfairly by outsiders, she will launch a devastating attack on those people like a lioness protecting her cubs."

"According to Tilly, she killed Anthony Foreman's cousin out of self-defense. Ever since she was recognized by a member of the Foreman Brothers Gang in Valentine, she has been living in fear, fearing that she would be captured by a Foreman Brothers Gang member who appeared out of nowhere. When we moved to Point Clemmons, Tilly told Ms. Grimshaw that Radley House near Rhodes was a safe house for the Foreman Brothers Gang. If she suddenly disappeared, she must have been captured there."

"I will skip the rescue. There is nothing much to say. After killing Anthony Foreman's men and capturing him alive, Tilly did not kill him despite Ms. Grimshaw's strong insistence on eradicating the root of the problem. Instead, she told him the reason why she killed his cousin and warned him to stay away from her in the future. After looking for Tilly for so many years, Anthony Foreman naturally would not forgive her because of her excuses. However, with his life threatened, he could only promise us that he would not harass her again in the future."

Arthur spoke very calmly about the whole process, as if it was a trivial matter.

Ms. Grimshaw usually scolds Tilly the most harshly, but I didn't expect that she would be so active when Tilly was in trouble and even personally rescued her. She is really a typical example of a sharp tongue but a soft heart...

And Tilly, who had been hunted by her former companions for so many years, is willing to let the culprit go. This is a clear distinction between love and hate...

After sighing a little in his heart and drinking the last mouthful of soup, Lin Yan said goodbye to Arthur, stood up, put the plate into the wooden basin next to the dining cart, and then found Sadie again.

He planned to let Sadie move freely tomorrow, and he would go to Dover Hill alone to deliver money to Professor Dragic. It was just a delivery, and Sadie didn't need to waste time traveling back and forth with him. She could rest in the camp for a day, go shopping in Saint Denis, or at least take a look at the scenery nearby.