"But you have a house in the city."
Tian Mengyao giggled, "I think the location is quite good, and it's right by the road. We can hang a big sign on the window to make it visible."
"Besides, you have such a good relationship with Chairman Zhou of Xinghe Group. You can ask her to help get an advertisement board."
"Actually, changing to a ground-floor unit should be fine, right?"
As Tian Mengyao finished speaking, Lin Fan gasped.
He slapped Tian Mengyao's little head, "Are you planning to take everything and leave me with nothing?"
Tian Mengyao was stunned by his slap and said indignantly, "Don't hit my head! I'm the village party secretary!"
*Slap, slap!*
"I'm hitting you!"
Lin Fan gave her two more light slaps on the head, "The house isn't mine, it's lent to me. Is it appropriate for me to lend it out again to the village committee?"
Seeing Tian Mengyao remain silent, Lin Fan thought for a moment and suggested, "However, I noticed there are some vacant small commercial units outside the community. I'll ask her next time I see her and see if we can rent one at a discount."
Tian Mengyao pouted and huffed, "Rent? Why rent? Didn't you say you could borrow it? It's much better to borrow it first!"
"Borrow?"
Lin Fan took a deep breath, thinking, "That's a commercial unit. The rent would be six or seven thousand a month. Are you planning not to pay anything?"
He looked at Tian Mengyao's resentful face and said helplessly, "Alright, alright, I'll try to borrow it."
He figured with Zhou Yi's wealth, she wouldn't bother with such a small matter.
Tian Mengyao stood up, patted Lin Fan's head, and declared loudly, "I don't want you to try, I want you to borrow it!"
Lin Fan chuckled, "Sure, sure!"
Seeing that Tian Mengyao was still upset, he had no choice but to agree.
Tian Mengyao pouted and huffed, "That's more like it."
Lin Fan smiled and teased, "Look at you, your mouth could hang a kettle."
"You!"
Tian Mengyao didn't expect him to be so mischievous and was so angry that she picked up her folder to hit him.
He was quick on his feet and dodged aside, "You're the village party secretary, you're not allowed to assault villagers!"
"I'll hit you alright!"
Tian Mengyao, holding her folder, rushed out from behind the desk.
Lin Fan hurriedly retreated to the doorway, and just then, the door opened.
He leaned back, almost bumping into Wu Lei.
"Village Chief Wu."
Tian Mengyao quickly hid the folder behind her back.
"What are you guys up to..."
Wu Lei first glanced at Lin Fan, then at Tian Mengyao, whose expression was slightly awkward.
The more he looked, the more he felt like they were flirting.
It's over!
Wu Lei thought to himself, "A perfectly good rose is about to be planted in this pile of manure, Lin Fan."
This can't be!
It shouldn't be!
What makes Lin Fan so special? What is so outstanding about him?
"Ahem."
Tian Mengyao faked a cough and said to Wu Lei, "Village Chief Wu, we just had a small misunderstanding, but it's okay. It's all about work, you don't need to worry."
Wu Lei snapped back to attention and stammered, "Ah, then, then I'll be going."
He was already disheartened.
What else could he do?
What could compare to whispered words in bed?
He turned around, glanced at Lin Fan, and thought, "This kid is really blessed after surviving a disaster!"
His life was getting better and better, more and more comfortable.
After he left, Tian Mengyao glared at Lin Fan and chided, "It's all your fault, you're so improper!"
"Alright, alright, it's all my fault."
Lin Fan walked back and sat in his chair.
Seeing Tian Mengyao drinking water, he asked, "Aren't you going to pour me a glass?"
"Pfft~"
Tian Mengyao couldn't help but spray the water she was drinking onto the floor as she turned her head, "You really don't treat yourself as an outsider."
"Pour it yourself."
Tian Mengyao tilted her head away, not looking at him.
He didn't stand on ceremony and poured himself a glass of warm water.
"Hmph."
Tian Mengyao huffed, "I'm going to hold a village meeting tomorrow to announce the establishment of the cooperative. You'll have to give a speech then."
"Me?"
Lin Fan pointed at his nose and refused, "How can I do that? I can see patients, but you should find someone else for speeches."
Tian Mengyao gave him a sidelong glance and muttered, "You're usually quite eloquent."
"What did you say?"
Lin Fan didn't clearly hear her muttering and asked.
Tian Mengyao took a breath and replied impatiently, "I said we need someone the villagers know and trust to stand up and promote it, to reassure them."
Lin Fan pointed to the office next door, "Find the village chief. He'll be happy to do it."
"It's... not very convenient for him."
Tian Mengyao felt embarrassed to reveal Wu Lei's past.
When Cao Dewang was alive, Wu Lei was almost always the one who fronted the projects that harmed the common people.
If he were to promote something now, even good deeds might turn into bad ones. xxs壹贰
"Is it really only me?"
"It has to be you!"
Tian Mengyao squinted at Lin Fan and teased, "What's wrong? You're not some sheltered young lady who never leaves the house. Why are you so bothered about giving a speech? Tsk tsk."
Lin Fan chuckled, "If I have to give it, I'll give it. What's the big deal? It's just saying nice things."
Tian Mengyao nodded with satisfaction, "That's right."
"Alright then, you go back and prepare. I don't want to see you before tomorrow."
Lin Fan stood up, took a deep breath, and then glared at Tian Mengyao indignantly, "You're just discarding me after I've served my purpose!"
Tian Mengyao was about to say, "Yes, I am," when Lin Fan's phone rang: "The big windmill turns with a creak, creak, creak..."
Lin Fan took out his phone and saw that it was Su Yurou calling. He walked out while answering, "Sister Yurou, why are you calling?"
"What, can't I call you?"
Su Yurou huffed, "You little scamp, have you forgotten me after you've gotten what you wanted?"
Lin Fan chuckled, "Of course not. I meant, didn't we... last night..."
"Stop the nonsense, I have something serious to tell you."
Su Yurou took a deep breath and suddenly lowered her voice, "Xiao Fan, don't you find Chairman Zhou's secretary very strange?"
Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, "Who?"
"Xiao Zheng, Chairman Zhou's secretary, don't you remember?"
"Oh, I remember now."
Lin Fan tried to recall Xiao Zheng and then asked, "I didn't think she was strange. What's wrong?"
Su Yurou replied quickly, "This afternoon I went to the herbal medicine market. I was planning to see if there were any good herbs I could buy to start the beauty business with herbal medicine."
"But as soon as I reached the entrance of a herbal medicine shop, I heard Xiao Zheng telling the boss: 'The Scarlet Blood Ganoderma is an ancient plant, bright red inside and out, with a faint腥 odor. It only grows in extremely yin and extremely yang locations, on cliffs with abundant water molecules... But this so-called Scarlet Blood Ganoderma of yours is just a Scarlet Ganoderma that's been around for a bit longer.'"
Hearing this, Lin Fan interrupted, "What's so strange about that? Sister Zhou must have tasted the benefits of the Scarlet Blood Ganoderma and asked Xiao Zheng to see if she could buy some."
"No, no, no." Su Yurou's tone was clearly agitated, "Why are you so dense? Think about it. You can't even find Scarlet Blood Ganoderma online. How could Xiao Zheng know so much?"
Lin Fan scratched his head, "That's not a big deal, is it? I remember when I sold you that small piece of Scarlet Blood Ganoderma, an old man seemed to know these things too."
Su Yurou lowered her voice again, "One of my friends just found some personal information about this Xiao Zheng on Twitter abroad."
"Don't let her young age fool you. Not only is she an archaeology doctor, but she's also skilled in many martial arts, like Judo, Tai Chi, darts, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, and more. She's very famous abroad. Why would someone so accomplished come back to be a secretary for the boss of a real estate company?"
Lin Fan chuckled, "Sister Yurou, are you going crazy? Why are you bothering yourself with her?"
"Even if she were the president, she still has to earn a living!"
"Archaeology probably doesn't pay as much as being Sister Zhou's secretary!"
"Don't say that to Sister Zhou, I just owe her a favor..."
Before Lin Fan could finish, Su Yurou interrupted, "I'm not stupid. Even if I don't consider you, I have to consider my own beauty salon!"
"I just... how do I put it? It's not curiosity, but I just feel something is very wrong... In short, be wary of her and don't let her get too close to you."
Lin Fan laughed heartily, "Alright, alright, I know. My dear Sister Yurou!"
After hanging up, he thought to himself, "Sister Yurou is really something. Although that Xiao Zheng is decent-looking, she's too cold, like a block of ice. She gives off such an air of pretentiousness. I wouldn't like her even if you killed me!"