From Trash to Treasure: The Sinclair Family's Beloved Genius novel Chapter 441

Chapter 441: Chapter 435: Money Lost

With that, she turned and signaled to the others with a look.

Hailey Beckett reacted instantly, hurrying back to get the radishes from the car.

When the radishes were brought over, the boss let out a sigh of relief.

Chloe Sinclair had picked out one of a lower quality earlier, but when the boss glanced at the radishes in the basket, he saw they were much better than the one she had been holding.

"Sir, you see, it’s 385 jin in total. I’ll round it down for you—just give me 190, and we’ll call it even."

Chloe Sinclair’s tactful words put the boss at ease. After getting the money, the group prepared to leave.

As they reached the door, the boss suddenly called out, "Hold on."

Chloe Sinclair stopped in her tracks.

The boss hurried after them. "How many more do you have? Our shop sells several thousand jin of radishes a day. If your village has more, you can bring them all here."

"Here’s my number. I’ll buy as many as you have."

The radish season was almost over, so the boss wanted to stock up on as many as he could.

After all, radishes could be kept for several months.

The radishes from Chloe Sinclair’s group were good and cheap; he was definitely interested in buying more.

Chloe Sinclair hadn’t expected a business opportunity to arise so quickly. She hurriedly took the number. "Thank you."

She had seen that the village still had plenty last time. With an order like this, they wouldn’t have to worry about selling the rest of the radishes.

Chloe Sinclair was very grateful to the man.

But Nina Sinclair just frowned.

Once they were gone, Nina Sinclair asked, "Chloe, as a businessperson, don’t you have any basic moral integrity?"

Chloe Sinclair replied, "What do you mean?"

Nina Sinclair looked at Chloe Sinclair’s confused expression, unsure if she was genuinely clueless or just pretending to be.

"Why did you lie to that man and say we bought these radishes for eighty cents? These radishes clearly..."

"You were going to say that these radishes clearly aren’t worth this price, right?"

Chloe Sinclair suddenly cut her off.

Nina Sinclair didn’t respond this time, her silence conveying her thoughts to Chloe Sinclair.

"The boss chose to trust you as we were leaving. Not only that, he even gave the villagers a way to sell their radishes. If he finds out you lied, there’s no guarantee he’ll still be willing to buy from the other villagers."

Chloe Sinclair raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

’Who knew Nina Sinclair’s social consciousness could get so high in just one day?’

’From the individual to the collective. That’s a huge improvement.’

"Miss Sinclair, this isn’t cheating. If the radishes the villagers grew weren’t any good, I wouldn’t have had the nerve to open my mouth. Theirs are juicy and crisp, better than what many merchants on the market are selling. They’re worth this price."

"Besides, my conversation with the boss was just part of the usual market haggling. We both understood the game, but we didn’t call each other out."

The man himself claimed to have been in the radish business for over a decade; there’s no way he doesn’t know the annual market prices.

The reason he was willing to pay market price for these lower-grade radishes was that their internal quality left him completely satisfied.

Nina Sinclair has been pampered for more than a decade; this was likely the first time in her life she had ever been to a produce market. Of course she wouldn’t understand the subtleties.

But mostly, Chloe Sinclair just couldn’t be bothered with her.

’Out of everyone, she’s the one who talks the most, all day long.’

"Alright, let’s head back."

The ancient town was crowded, and Chloe Sinclair didn’t want to linger, so she prepared to head back.

Besides, Jessica Ford and Nina Sinclair were still carrying all that money.

"Chloe, since we’re already here, why don’t we look around a bit?"

The ancient town was scenic, with a clear, sparkling lake just outside. Of course Nina Sinclair didn’t want to leave.

And when she saw a café with a live singer, she became even more rooted to the spot.

"Why don’t we borrow some of the villagers’ money for now? We can pay it back from our personal accounts later, right?"

"No."

Chloe Sinclair hadn’t even spoken yet, but Yara Garrison and Jessica Ford answered first in unison.

Being rejected by two of her seniors at once, Nina Sinclair was stunned for a long moment. Then, her face turned thunderous.

"The show’s rules state we can’t use our personal funds while filming," Yara said. "Chloe is right. It’s getting late; we should head back."

Jessica Ford clutched her heavy, faded black purse. Even though she knew there wasn’t even a thousand yuan inside, she was still worried. "I’m afraid I’ll lose the money."

Normally, she would spend a thousand yuan in the blink of an eye.

But today, the money she was carrying felt incredibly heavy.

This money had been incredibly hard to earn.

At current market prices, it could only buy twenty or thirty jin of pork.

Twenty or thirty jin of pork might sound like a lot, but it was what they got in exchange for a ton of white radishes.

Hearing this, Nina Sinclair felt disgraced, like a rat crawling out of a gutter.

She didn’t say anything, just trailed silently behind the group.

However, by the time they exited the ancient town, the group realized Nina Sinclair was gone.

Nina Sinclair’s dedicated cameraman was also nowhere to be seen.

—Comment Section—

"I suspect she did it on purpose. She didn’t want to go back before, so I’m guessing she deliberately ditched the group."

"Nina Sinclair’s cameraman is looking for her too. She’s not on any of the live feeds."

"Seriously speechless. Why does she always have to be the one to drag everyone down?"

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