NOVGO.NET Chapter 764: Deliberate
Chapter 764: Chapter 764: Deliberate
Lin Chuxia kept giving Gu Peng meaningful glances.
If this guy really had been reborn, surely he would understand her hints.
But Lin Chuxia felt like she was throwing flirtatious glances to a blind man. After blinking for quite a while, Gu Peng looked puzzled and asked her, “What’s wrong with your eyes? Did something get in them?”
Lin Chuxia: “…”
That was just the start; Gu Peng even opened the door for Yu Fei and said, “I haven’t washed up yet. You can come in and wait for a bit. We’ll go out and eat together later.”
Lin Chuxia: “…”
He did it on purpose, this guy was definitely doing it intentionally.
Even though they’ve been in contact with Yu Fei for several days, and despite Yu Fei treating them nicely, Gu Peng always wore a cold expression, handling everything strictly by official procedures.
Yet today, he seemed to have had a revelation and invited him to breakfast together.
Lin Chuxia closed her eyes, wondering how she should explain to Yu Fei when he saw that person.
As soon as Yu Fei entered the room, she didn’t hear the commotion she imagined would occur.
Instead, it was just the two people chatting normally.
She didn’t believe it and pushed the door open to enter, and she saw the room was empty, and there was no one on the bed.
The entire room contained only Gu Peng and Yu Fei.
Seeing her enter, Gu Peng asked her, “Is there something urgent that Mr. Lin needs to instruct? Oh right, is there something that Mr. Lin wanted me to handle early? I completely forgot, maybe Mr. Lin can remind me again?”
Lin Chuxia looked at his face, desperately wanting to scratch it.
She glared at him fiercely, then turned and went back to her own room.
She got up in a hurry and had yet to wash up either.
The guesthouse had a cafeteria serving white rice porridge, small pickles, boiled eggs, and staple food like buns and pancakes.
Lin Chuxia ate a bowl of rice porridge, a boiled egg, and half a bun.
Sitting across from her, Gu Peng finished his food and, seeing Lin Chuxia put down her chopsticks, reached out to take the other half-bun she had left.
Over the past few days eating out together, Gu Peng always collected the buns that Lin Chuxia left behind.
After all, buns were just split open and set aside.
In those days, grain was scarce, and nobody wasted food.
Lin Chuxia didn’t think there was anything inappropriate about this behavior.
But today, before Gu Peng could take the bun, Lin Chuxia picked it up first and, under Gu Peng’s confused look, ate it bite by bite.
Gu Peng chuckled slightly and put down his chopsticks directly.
On the way back, Lin Chuxia was so full she kept burping.
Yu Fei wanted to buy some things and asked them if they wanted to take a stroll in the county, which Lin Chuxia refused.
Passing by the door to her room, Lin Chuxia pulled Gu Peng inside as she returned.
Finally, just the two of them were left, and Lin Chuxia asked, “Where’s that person? Where did you hide him?”
“I didn’t hide him, he left.”
Lin Chuxia clearly didn’t believe him.
He was so badly injured, how did he leave?
Gu Peng shrugged, “Believe it or not, he woke up in the middle of the night. His injury isn’t going to heal with just that bit of medicine you have; it might even get infected if not treated in time, so I just let him go to the hospital himself.”
“He went to the hospital himself?”
Gu Peng looked at her coldly, “If he doesn’t go himself, am I supposed to take him there? Oh, right, I should have woken you up, since after all, Mr. Lin has a heart of gold. If Mr. Lin personally took him to the hospital, maybe you could even gain a great deal of favor. I think that person isn’t ordinary, maybe he’s someone important…”
He spoke more seriously, “Hey, why don’t we go find him at the hospital now? There’s only one big hospital in the county, maybe we can find him, don’t let Mr. Lin’s favor go to waste…”
“Get out,” Lin Chuxia said irritably, pushing him out again.
This person was really getting more and more infuriating.
……………
Today they didn’t have any plans, and Lin Chuxia planned to rest well before visiting other places.
On their way here, they passed an area that also grows medicinal herbs. The area is closer to the transportation hub, making it more suitable for establishing a medicinal herb plantation or a pharmaceutical plant compared to Qingyan Village.
However, it turned out that the area not only didn’t belong to Qingyan Town, but it wasn’t even in the county they were in.
And that place only started growing medicinal herbs in recent years, even Yu Fei wasn’t too familiar with it.
Gu Peng suggested that since they had their eyes set on it, they should go directly to negotiate with the leaders there.
This matter didn’t even require Lin Chuxia to get involved, he could handle it himself.
Lin Chuxia knew he was displeased with the inspection trip to Qingyan Village.
When the plan to open a pharmaceutical plant was proposed, Gu Peng had some opinions on it.
In his view, if you want to open a pharmaceutical plant, just open one. If there’s buying, there’s selling.
Especially in a market economy, if there’s demand, is it hard to collect herbs?
She worried about the quality of the herbs, but in his view, it wasn’t a problem at all.
Strict quality control; any herbs not meeting standards would not be used.
To meet standards and sell for better prices, those herbal farmers would naturally cultivate properly. There’s really no need to build a separate herb plantation.
Lin Chuxia at that time felt unable to explain to him.
The growth process of medicinal herbs directly affects their potency; two seemingly identical herbs could have drastically different properties.
If she couldn’t explain it, she simply wouldn’t. Besides, Gu Peng was her assistant; whatever she wanted to do, he just had to follow orders.
But before they could make a move, someone came looking for them.
The guesthouse owner brought someone to Lin Chuxia and introduced him, “This is Vice County Magistrate Zhang Liang, who is responsible for agricultural production in Yuncheng County.”
Yuncheng County was exactly the county they intended to visit, and upon hearing the title of the Vice County Magistrate in front of her, Lin Chuxia guessed the reason for his visit.
As expected, he had found out somewhat that Lin Chuxia and her team intend to establish a medicinal herb plantation here, and even have plans to build a pharmaceutical plant, so he specially came to visit.
Sending a vice county magistrate to discuss showed sincerity in their approach.
They immediately presented generous terms and indicated that if Xiyang established a medicinal herb plantation in their Yun City, he would personally lead and preside over this matter as the vice county magistrate.
Just this one condition greatly tempted Lin Chuxia.
When they went to Qingyan Town, they had informed the local government, yet only a village chief from Qingyan Village accompanied them.
Lin Chuxia knew that the leaders of Qingyan Town and even the county leaders were likely waiting for her to make the visit.
In comparison, the difference was clear.
What’s there to hesitate about?
Lin Chuxia immediately arranged a time with Vice County Magistrate Zhang to visit them.
Vice County Magistrate Zhang was impulsive and eager for Lin Chuxia to pack her bags immediately, promising they had prepared accommodations at the guesthouse.
However, since Yu Fei helped connect them to Qingyan Town and had business dealings here, Lin Chuxia wanted to ensure there was a proper explanation for Yu Fei to Qingyan Town before leaving, so as not to leave abruptly.
No matter Qingyan Village’s attitude, she couldn’t allow Yu Fei to be in a difficult position over this matter.