The sudden sight of Lu Fan's anger left the dozen or so villagers momentarily stunned.
This was illogical! Lu Changfu's family had always been known as kind-hearted people, always willing to help anyone in the village. Almost everyone owed them medical fees, yet they never aggressively demanded payment. Not even when Lu Changfu had his car accident!
"Lu Fan! How can you talk to the villagers like that! You have no manners." Lu Changfu quickly tugged at Lu Fan from the side. If the villagers truly opposed them, his son's villa might indeed not be built.
"Hmph! I speak human language to humans, and ghost language to ghosts! I, Lu Fan, am not short of money, nor do I lack favors. If I'm happy, I can lead the village to prosperity. If I'm unhappy, I can also return them to their original state, or even worse. If anyone dares to threaten me? I can beat them so badly their own mothers wouldn't recognize them! All of you, get out!" Lu Fan roared again.
The dozen or so people finally snapped back to reality, and one by one, they slunk away dejectedly.
"Xiao Fan! What if the villagers unite and refuse to sell us that piece of land?" Zhao Rongrong said with some worry.
"Hmph! The saying 'a measure of rice given creates kindness, a bushel of rice creates enmity' has indeed been proven true by these people. It's not an empty saying. I led them to prosperity, and they took it for granted. Hmph! Tell Sister-in-law Wang Yan to reduce the planting of mountain wild vegetables and herbs for these families by half." Lu Fan's expression was icy. Sometimes, being too kind truly backfires. When you give too much, they never learn to be grateful!
Zhao Rongrong and Lu Changfu exchanged a look and remained silent. It seemed their son had a point.
"Brother Fan! Brother Fan! Don't bother with them. Their limited vision only sees petty gains, and they will never achieve anything. How can they compare to my Brother Fan! Brother Fan! Let's go play in the mountains! Hehe!" Li Jingjing suddenly grabbed Lu Fan and said with a giggle.
She still wanted to see those wild people in the mountains. Besides, the feeling of riding on Lu Fan's shoulders was really fun.
"Uh..."
"Uh..."
Lu Changfu and Zhao Rongrong were immediately speechless. This girl was already sixteen or seventeen, a young lady! Why did she have to drag their son to play? And go into the mountains? What if something happened, who could explain it?
As soon as Li Jingjing mentioned going into the mountains, Lu Fan's brow furrowed. Yan Menghan and Elder Chang had already gone into the mountains earlier. He really needed to check on them and prevent them from discovering the wild people's dwelling place.
Seeing Lu Fan leave, holding Li Jingjing's hand, Zhao Rongrong looked worried: "Old man! Is this child not content with what he has and still looking for more? What will happen if Ruoyan finds out?"
"Can you blame my son for this? You can only blame my son for being too much like me, for being too handsome!" Lu Changfu said with a grin.
"Pah! You're handsome? Why aren't there several beautiful women flocking around you? People say sons take after their mothers, and daughters after their fathers! My son looks just like me, but... neither of us is particularly charming, are we? Who did he take after in this regard?" Zhao Rongrong pouted, then said with a puzzled expression.
"Huh... what do you mean? Are you trying to tell me Xiao Fan isn't my biological son?" Lu Changfu suddenly exclaimed, his eyes wide.
"Scram..."
...
Li Jingjing, with her hand held by Lu Fan, felt her pretty face blush, her cheeks growing warm. However, she pretended to be unfazed, skipping along with Lu Fan towards the back mountain.
"Brother Fan! Let me tell you a secret, Sister-in-law Wang Yan taught me an immortal longevity technique! Hehe!" Suddenly, Li Jingjing whispered mysteriously into Lu Fan's ear.
"Uh...?" Lu Fan was speechless. Wang Yan... alright!
"Hehe! Actually, I know you taught Sister-in-law Wang Yan. Brother Fan! Do you also like Sister-in-law Wang Yan? I can see it in her eyes; when your name is mentioned, a fire seems to ignite within her!" Li Jingjing suddenly added.
"Children shouldn't talk nonsense! Let's go, we need to get into the mountains quickly!" This girl understood mind-reading, and Lu Fan didn't dare to look her in the eye. He crouched down, letting Li Jingjing ride on his shoulders, and then quickly dashed into the mountains.
"Hehe!" Li Jingjing's face was instantly filled with a little happiness. She grabbed Lu Fan's ears with both hands... Hahaha! This is so much fun.
"Huh? There's movement over there!" While galloping through the deep mountains, Lu Fan suddenly heard a sound in the distance and leaped in that direction.
*Swish...* Lu Fan suddenly put Li Jingjing down from his shoulder, covered her mouth with one hand, and darted behind a large tree.
"Mmm!" Li Jingjing, with Lu Fan's large hand covering her mouth, looked confused. Could Brother Fan have some intentions towards her?
"Shh... Don't make a sound!" Lu Fan pointed ahead and whispered into Li Jingjing's ear in a low voice.
Li Jingjing immediately felt a warm breath caress her earlobe, tickling her, causing ripples in her heart.
Following Lu Fan's pointing finger, she saw that not far ahead, behind two large trees, stood two people. It was Yan Menghan and Elder Chang.
And further in the distance, several male wild boars were attacking a person in night-vision clothing, who was holding a dagger.
That person had good skills, but under the siege of several wild boars, they were somewhat flustered. And not far away, another wild boar was watching this human-boar battle from afar. It was Second Senior Sister!
Behind Second Senior Sister, not far away, a group of wild boars of various sizes were also spectating.
"It looks like a battle for the wild boar king. Whoever kills the intruder into their territory will become the new wild boar king. And the mastermind behind this is undoubtedly Second Senior Sister, who was enlightened by spiritual energy from Lu Fan," Li Jingjing whispered into Lu Fan's ear.
Feeling the soft, warm breath by his ear, Lu Fan's heart pounded wildly.
"Hehe! Exciting, isn't it?! Is this what they call a fluttering heart?" Li Jingjing said with a sly smile in her eyes.
"You dare to tease me? Aren't you afraid I'll take care of you in these deep mountains?" Lu Fan gave Li Jingjing a sideways glance and said.
"Hehe! There's no evil glint in your eyes, so you can't scare me! Hmph!" Li Jingjing snorted, tilting her nose.
"Uh..." Lu Fan was exasperated. It seemed he really couldn't do anything about this girl.
*Thump thump thump...* Suddenly, Second Senior Sister, who had been watching, had a glint in her eyes. She suddenly charged forward, and with a *bang...* she knocked the person in night-vision clothing flying.
The male wild boars next to her immediately rushed forward and began to violently headbutt and gore the person. The male wild boars had tusks and were much more lethal than Second Senior Sister. In an instant, the person in black fell to the ground, covered in blood, and stopped moving.
"Second Senior Sister discovered them, or perhaps us, and suddenly launched an attack," Li Jingjing said softly, pointing at Yan Menghan and the other two ahead.
"Second Senior Sister has become so smart?" Lu Fan was inwardly surprised. He remembered when he first encountered Second Senior Sister, it seemed to be different from other wild boars, knowing to search for mushrooms with spiritual energy. He just didn't expect it to have human-like intelligence! Who always said someone was as stupid as a pig?