41: Heavy rain and ice storm

She wasn't the only mistress to a high-ranking official.

Usually, everyone turned a blind eye, but who told her to get exposed this time?

And it was at an important event where the Chairman was present.

Due to the video scandal at the Prosperous Heaven mid-year conference last night, Tiansheng Group's stock price plummeted today.

If they didn't punish someone to make an example, it wouldn't make sense.

Jian Hannuo became that unlucky chicken... She stayed up too late last night gossiping and browsing forums.

Chen Su slept until noon.

The system was upgrading, so he had nothing to do today.

After lunch, he rode his electric bike to the Cold Chain Logistics Park to check on the preservation of the peaches.

Maple City was unusually muggy today, the heavy air pressing down on every Maple City resident; everything seemed to be quietly brewing for tomorrow's heavy rain.

Chen Su went home after checking on the peaches. In that short time he was out, he had already broken a sweat, his clothes sticky and rough against his skin.

He felt uncomfortable all over, unable to stand or sit still.

After returning home, he took a cold shower in the bathroom and turned on the air conditioning in the living room, which slightly alleviated the discomfort brought by the muggy weather.

At four in the afternoon, a few gusts of wind, neither too strong nor too weak, blew outside the window, mixed with some sporadic drizzles... By eight in the evening, the rain could no longer be contained and poured down from the thick clouds in the sky.

Chen Su stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of his large apartment, watching the drizzling rain outside.

While watching the rain, he pondered where the peaches

would be sold in a few days.

The various farmers' markets and major supermarkets in Maple City should be able to handle this volume.

At this moment, Chen Su didn't know that all the conventional channels he had considered for selling peaches in Maple City had already been blocked by Liu Tianchuan.

An unknown outcome awaited him... System update countdown.

00:00:10

...00:00:08

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00:00:03

...00:00:01

[Daily Intelligence System upgrade complete.]

[System Level: LV2 (Pushes two pieces of intelligence to the Host daily, with a small chance of obtaining A-grade intelligence)]

[Today's Intelligence 1 (D-grade): Lu Lin, who lives in Fanghua Residential Area, is a hotel hostess with countless simps. Tonight at 7 PM, her #1 simp will send her a bouquet of roses and a set of cosmetics. She only kept the cosmetics, and the roses were casually thrown into the community trash can. Note: The roses are stuffed with 52 hundred-yuan bills.]

[Today's Intelligence 2 (C-grade): Zhang Lili is determined to divorce Liu Tianchuan because he is keeping a mistress, and she demands he leave with nothing. Liu Tianchuan is secretly transferring marital assets.]

Upon seeing the first piece of intelligence, Chen Su was delighted. It had been a long time since such money-picking intelligence appeared.

It's rare for someone these days to stuff money into roses.

The second piece of intelligence was about Liu Tianchuan. Since the last time he caught him cheating, there had been no information about him, leaving Chen Su with no way to get revenge.

Now he had it; not only could he spite him, but he could also make a small profit.

He immediately took out his other phone and sent a message to Zhang Lili.

"Interested in another deal? (Witty)"

"Tell me, what kind of deal?" Zhang Lili on the other end replied instantly.

"I'll provide you with information about Liu Tianchuan's recent actions, absolutely beneficial news for you..."

Before Chen Su could finish speaking, his phone received a deposit notification.

Fifty thousand yuan!

Zhang Lili transferred him fifty thousand without even asking what it was about.

"Is that enough?" Zhang Lili's message was simple and direct.

"More than enough, more than enough."

It's good to deal with rich people.

"Liu Tianchuan is secretly transferring assets behind your back."

Zhang Lili didn't reply instantly this time. After a while, she sent a message.

"Okay, I understand."

Turning off his phone, Chen Su, with the newly earned fifty thousand yuan, happily drifted off to sleep... The next day at six, Chen Su was woken by a series of crackling sounds outside the window.

He opened his eyes and saw hailstones as large as beans mixed with the heavy rain, forcefully smashing against the ground.

Looking closely, a few hailstones even reached the size of an egg.

If someone walking on the street got hit by one, they'd surely end up in the ICU.

He walked to the window and looked down.

Broken branches were strewn haphazardly along both sides of the road.

The small cars parked by the roadside also suffered, their windshields shattered by the egg-sized hailstones.

The car roofs were also dented here and there... Returning to bed, Chen Su tried to go back to sleep, but tossed and turned, unable to.

Helpless, he got up, turned on the TV, and watched the morning news.

"On the morning of June 28th, our city experienced sudden heavy rain accompanied by hail. Most counties and districts were severely affected, and the extent of losses is still being compiled. Our city has urgently initiated the 'three stops and onestop' policy (work stoppage, production stoppage, class suspension, market closure). Dear citizens, for your personal safety, please do not go out unless absolutely necessary..."

He opened his phone, and besides Maple City, as the intelligence stated, several southern provinces were severely affected.

Just then, the Village Chief of Ge Shan Village called.

"Boss Chen, thanks to your earlier reminder, the last batch of peaches from our village was picked and sold yesterday. Otherwise, our village would have faced famine this year," Ge Zhicai said excitedly.

The people of Ge Shan Village were simple and kind. Hearing that they had managed to sell all their peaches before the heavy rain and hail, Chen Su also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's good that they sold. Village Chief, your area has many mountains, which are prone to landslides. Remember to remind the villagers not to go out."

"I used the brigade's broadcast system early this morning, and it's playing on a loop now. Don't worry."

After chatting with Ge Zhicai for a few more minutes, Chen Su hung up the phone... Unlike the joy of Ge Shan Village's narrow escape, the atmosphere in Pinghu Village was extremely tense.

Village Chief Tian Sen sat on his sofa, his face gloomy.

"It's over, it's all over. With such large hailstones, the peaches on the mountain must all be ruined."

Tian Sen's wife paced anxiously beside him.

As the village chief, to set a good example, their family alone occupied 30 mu of the 100 mu of new peach varieties planted.

A while ago, they were immersed in the joy of double income from selling peaches and repurchase.

A while ago, they were immersed in the joy of double income from selling peaches and repurchase.

This morning, the heavy rain and hail slapped them back to reality.

"It's all your fault! That Boss Chen wanted to buy 100,000 catties, but you wouldn't sell to him. You insisted on selling to that sharp-faced, monkey-chinned Gao Zilong from Tiansheng Group. Go sell them now!"

"Shut up! You were the happiest when you heard about the one-dime commission per catty. Now you're being a Monday morning quarterback. Don't you think I'm more upset than you?"

...Tian Sen and his wife started arguing back and forth.

At this moment, Tian Sen also wished he could slap himself twice, but there was no medicine for regret in this world.

From the moment he unilaterally broke the contract, this outcome was already destined.

People will never earn money beyond their understanding...