I Transmigrated Into a Villain and All the Heroines in This Novel Have Systems?

Chapter 35:

“No, I don’t smell anything. What did you smell?”

Xia Tian sniffed the air, but aside from the scent of grass and soil, she couldn’t detect anything unusual.

However, Lin Chuan was certain—there was a faint medicinal fragrance lingering in the air. He immediately began searching the nearby area carefully.

As he continued his search, the herbal scent became stronger and stronger.

Finally, in the middle of a bush, he found a green plant.

At first glance, it didn’t look too different from the other wild grass around it.

But the strongest medicinal scent was coming from this very spot. Even Xia Tian could catch a hint of it now, making her curious. “What kind of plant is this? Why does it smell like herbs?”

Lin Chuan stared at the wild ginseng as if he had just discovered an unparalleled beauty. “This is wild ginseng.”

“Wild ginseng? How could there be wild ginseng here?” Xia Tian was astonished.

Lin Chuan didn’t know how to explain it, so he simply cleared the surrounding weeds first before preparing to dig.

He had looked up some information online about how to properly harvest wild ginseng.

Harvesting ginseng was a delicate process.

Traditionally, people would build a small frame before digging. They would tie the plant’s green stalk to the frame and then carefully unearth the roots bit by bit.

Following this method, Lin Chuan found a few sturdy branches and built a simple frame. Then, he used a string to tie the ginseng’s stem to it.

After securing it, he started carefully removing the soil around it.

This step required extreme caution. If the roots were damaged, the ginseng’s value would drop significantly.

As Xia Tian watched him work so seriously, she started to feel a little dazed.

The outside world always said he was an uneducated, troublemaking playboy.

But after spending nearly an hour with him, apart from his obvious flirtatious nature, he actually seemed… decent.

Especially now, as he concentrated on excavating the wild ginseng—he looked strangely attractive.

At that moment, she noticed beads of sweat forming on his forehead. Without thinking, she reached out and wiped them away.

Lin Chuan glanced up at her.

Xia Tian’s face instantly turned red. “I… I saw you were sweating, so I just…”

“Thanks.”

Lin Chuan smiled and nodded before lowering his head and continuing to dig.

The soil wasn’t just filled with ginseng roots—there were also other plant roots intertwined with them, creating a tangled mess.

He had to carefully clear away the other roots while digging, making sure not to damage the ginseng.

A single mistake could ruin it.

Fortunately, he was careful enough.

After a while, the roots of the ginseng finally became visible.

“Wow, it’s huge!”

Xia Tian couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

Hearing this, Lin Chuan nearly fell face-first into the pit. “Big sis, the way you say that is way too misleading.”

“Huh? Why?” Xia Tian looked at him in confusion.

“Cough cough. You’ll understand in the future. Just don’t say things like that in front of a man—it’s too easy to misinterpret.” Lin Chuan kindly reminded her.

“But it really is big!” Xia Tian didn’t understand what was wrong with her words.

Lin Chuan decided to give up explaining. Instead, he focused on clearing out the remaining soil.

Soon, the entire wild ginseng was fully exposed. Its root was over a foot long.

It really was big.

Xia Tian was full of admiration. “Wow! This wild ginseng must be at least a hundred years old!”

“More like five hundred years.”

In truth, Lin Chuan couldn’t tell the exact age. But according to the original novel, this ginseng was over five hundred years old.

“Five hundred years?! Oh my god, it must be worth a fortune!”

As she spoke, she quickly pulled out her phone and searched online.

A few moments later, she gasped in shock. “I found it! A five-hundred-year-old wild ginseng is worth at least thirty million! Thirty million! That’s so much money!”

“It’s alright, not that much,” Lin Chuan replied casually.

Since he had already known about this ginseng’s value from the novel, he wasn’t too surprised.

But Xia Tian was completely stunned by his reaction. “For a rich guy like you, maybe thirty million isn’t much. But this is free money—like winning the lottery out of nowhere!”

That was what made it so unbelievable.

Who would have thought that just by casually taking a stroll through the back mountain, they’d end up finding a wild ginseng worth thirty million?

It was just too unreal!

Lin Chuan held the ginseng in his hand and turned to her. “Honestly, I should be thanking you.”

“Thank me? For what?” Xia Tian was puzzled.

“If you hadn’t brought me to this private restaurant, I wouldn’t have found the wild ginseng in the first place.” Lin Chuan glanced at the plant in his hand. “How about this—when I sell it, I’ll give you half of the money.”

“What? No way, I can’t accept that!” Xia Tian waved her hands frantically, looking absolutely adorable.

Lin Chuan laughed at her reaction. “This ginseng is worth thirty million. If I give you half, that’s at least fifteen million. You really don’t want it?”

Xia Tian shook her head again. “You found it—it has nothing to do with me. I do like money, but I won’t take something that doesn’t belong to me.”

Lin Chuan glanced at her with a thoughtful expression. “Should I call you principled, or just plain foolish?”

“You’re the foolish one!” Xia Tian pouted unhappily.

“But no matter what, you did play a role in this. If you don’t want money, then what do you want?” Lin Chuan generously waved his hand. “You get one chance—don’t hold back.”

Xia Tian’s eyes darted around, and suddenly, an idea popped into her head. “I want to be your secretary.”

“What?”

Lin Chuan was momentarily stunned.

He had expected her to ask for something extravagant, but he never imagined she’d make such a strange request.

“What’s wrong? You don’t agree?” Xia Tian looked at him nervously.

Lin Chuan scratched his head. “It’s not that I don’t agree… but why do you want to be my secretary? Weren’t you applying to be a flight attendant today?”

Of course, Xia Tian wasn’t going to tell him about the system. That was her secret.

So, for the first time in her life, she decided to tell a lie.

“When I went to the interview today, the airline’s hiring managers kept staring at me with perverted looks. One of them even hinted that if I wanted to get the job, I had to accept his ‘special conditions’… I was so scared. I don’t want to work for an airline anymore.”

“And working as my secretary doesn’t scare you? I’m also a huge flirt, and I have a very well-known reputation for it.” Lin Chuan deliberately glanced at her long legs.

“You’re different from them,” Xia Tian muttered, slightly embarrassed.

“How am I different?”

“You’re handsome.”

“While that is a fact, what does it have to do with anything?”

“If every boss is going to be a flirt, then why not choose one who’s young, rich, and actually good-looking?”

“…That… makes so much sense I can’t even argue.”

Lin Chuan was completely convinced.