104: You fucking deserve to die

Zhang Kai was wondering where to find the last three people.

Suddenly, he had an idea.

"Got it!"

Weren't there plenty of lazy, older, unmarried men in Xiulin Village? He could just grab a few of them.

Hehe.

Brother Kai, you really are a genius.

He was already prepared to reach out to his fellow villagers... Nanming Grand Hotel.

Gao Zilong woke up, and it was already eleven in the morning.

He looked around; Su Xuewei was nowhere to be seen.

In fact, Su Xuewei had already left as soon as she received the transfer from Chen Su last night.

If not for the money, who would want to sleep with a greasy pig of a man like Gao Zilong... The hotel windows and doors were tightly shut.

After a night, the intimate atmosphere lingering in the room hadn't dissipated.

Instead, it had grown even stronger.

Thinking of that beautiful encounter yesterday, Gao Zilong couldn't help but lick his lips.

Su Xuewei's soft cherry lips, those bouncy white rabbits...

And that perky...

He was lost in his fantasies again.

He felt this was the most beautiful encounter in his thirty-plus years of life.

Their deep connection had nothing to do with money or transactions.

It was purely mutual appreciation.

He hadn't added Su Xuewei's contact information.

Just as Su Xuewei had said yesterday.

"Brother Long, let this beautiful encounter be like a wonderful dream, etched deep into our memories. If we are truly fated, Heaven will soon arrange for us to meet again. And if we meet next time, we'll..."

Gao Zilong wasn't married yet. To be honest, he was truly moved this time.

In his eyes, Su Xuewei was intellectual, generous, gentle, and kind.

She was simply the perfect candidate for a wife, tailor-made for him by Heaven.

Ultimately, he decided to respect Su Xuewei's wish and leave everything to fate.

The next time they met, he, Gao Zilong, would pursue her regardless of the cost.

Next time?

Would there even be a next time?

Only Heaven knew.

To be more precise, Su Xuewei should know, and Chen Su definitely knew.

No matter who knew, as long as Gao Zilong didn't... Chen Su, who held the threads of this dark fate, was currently driving to town to buy "farm-raised" wild pheasants.

He planned to take the 30g Wild Ginseng he had picked from the abandoned graveyard on the back mountain yesterday to stew it and have a taste.

He was in luck today.

The wild pheasant "breeder" in the corner of the market had a stall set up.

However, the wild pheasants today weren't as large as those from two days ago; the biggest was only one and a half jin.

Chen Su bought one that was one and a half jin and another that was one point two jin... "We just had Lingzhi Soup this morning, and now you want Auntie to stew Wild Ginseng? Won't that be too nourishing?"

In the passenger seat, Li Chuxia asked.

Since she arrived at Xiulin Village, Mother Chen had been stewing different soups for her every day.

Every single one was highly nourishing.

She was a little worried about gaining weight here.

Thinking of this, she subconsciously touched her stomach.

No fat—thank goodness.

"No, you're so thin. Take this chance to nourish yourself well. Once we're back in Maple City, you won't be able to buy this even if you have the money," Chen Su laughed... There were five Wild Ginseng plants in total. Chen Su planned to keep the 120g one for Father Chen and Mother Chen to nourish their bodies.

The 100g one would be vacuum-sealed after it was dried and aired out, so Li Chuxia could take it back to her grandparents.

He would keep the 80g one for now to see if anyone needed it urgently.

He could use it to gain a favor.

The total value of these Wild Ginseng plants was at least over five million.

Century-old Wild Ginseng was something that could only be found by luck.

Chen Su certainly wouldn't be willing to sell such good stuff; wouldn't it be better to keep it for himself?

Besides, he wasn't short on money now.

When you have good stuff, you might as well enjoy it to the fullest.

"It's all your fault, always making your mom stew this and that. If I get fat, just you wait and see how I deal with you," Li Chuxia glared at Chen Su.

"My lady, you're wronging me. She's the one stewing it for you. My three-day 'grace period' for returning home is long gone. If you weren't here, I'd be greeted with plain porridge and pickles, or rice and a cold shoulder."

"My mom—no, from what I know, most moms are like this. From when you leave home for school to when you work outside, your mom is always caring on the phone, telling you to come back often. But once you actually return, her smiles last for three days at most. After three days, everything you do is wrong. She'll either nag about you sleeping late, or about you not making the bed, or not washing the dishes after eating."

"If you stay at home for more than a week, you reach the next level: mutual annoyance~"

Chen Su said with a laugh as he drove.

"When you're at home, does Auntie really act like that?"

"I don't have a mother," Li Chuxia whispered softly.

"What?"

"My mother passed away when I was five," Li Chuxia said in a low voice.

"Sorry, I didn't know she had passed away."

Chen Su's chest felt as heavy as if it had been struck by a ten-thousand-jin boulder.

His mind reeled. "Damn, look at my big mouth. I'm a total idiot!!!"

The car fell into an eerie silence, and it was Li Chuxia who broke it first.

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

It would have been better if Li Chuxia hadn't said anything; hearing that made Chen Su feel even more like a jerk.

Chen Su, whose composure had crumbled, felt as if his usually silver tongue had been sealed with cement.

He couldn't say another word... Not long after Chen Su and Li Chuxia returned to the village.

Zhang Kai's car also slowly drove into the village and stopped in front of his house.

Zhang Ping, Li Gui, and Wang Yong, whom he usually looked down on in the village...

received a surprising invitation from Zhang Kai to go to his house for drinks.

These men were the type who would freeload whenever there was food and take leftovers home.

Naturally, they were more than happy to go to Zhang Kai's house for drinks.

They all knew Zhang Kai was making big money in the city, so if he was treating them, there would surely be plenty of good food.

Zhang Ping and the others couldn't help but swallow their saliva as they thought about it... The sun gradually set, and the aroma of food in Xiulin Village spread through the settlement with the evening breeze.

Inside Zhang Kai's house.

"Brother Ping, Brother Gui, Brother Yong, let me start with a toast to you."

Zhang Kai said to them, raising his glass.

He had prepared a very lavish dinner tonight.

He had specially ordered it from a hotel in the city, and they had delivered it.

It had cost several thousand yuan.

"Akai, you're too kind. Come, come, let us toast you as well."

Zhang Ping and the others were also quite sensible and immediately returned the toast to Zhang Kai.

They chatted and laughed as they ate.

"Brothers, to be honest with you, I've run into a bit of a problem with my business lately."

"What problem?"

After a few drinks, Zhang Ping and the others felt like they could rival Zhuge Liang in wisdom and Guan Gong in martial prowess.

Rolling up their sleeves, they were ready to give Zhang Kai some advice.

With a look of melancholy, Zhang Kai said, "My company has a project near the border of Yun Province that's about to start. I'm planning to hire three Supervisors for thirty thousand a month, but I'm struggling to find people I can trust."

Here comes the main point!!

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