After hearing Dao Dahai's words, Lu Shengming gave a wry smile. This Director Lu was quite stubborn!
"Director Lu, Cheng Xiaofan said that you are the only one he can turn to for this matter. If you don't handle it for him properly, he'll demand the Happy Wine back, including the one you gifted to headquarters!"
Dao Dahai had no choice but to relay Cheng Xiaofan's words. "He also said that if the Happy Wine has been drunk, then you'll have to compensate him!"
"At the price it fetched at the World Famous Wine Auction, one hundred billion per bottle. Not a cent less!"
"What? One hundred billion per bottle? Why doesn't he just rob a bank?"
Lu Shengming shivered all over, his face turning pale. "This Cheng Xiaofan is truly pushing his luck, saying such things!"
Dao Dahai chuckled, "There's no other way. Cheng Xiaofan is sometimes like a mischievous child, exceptionally willful. He says what he wants and does what he wants."
"Director Lu, please give me some advice. He's waiting for my reply."
"If you anger him, he's capable of making good on his word!"
"Alright, alright! Tell that surname Cheng that I'll arrange for Sakiko Sakai and Teresa to settle in Zhuxi Village immediately!"
Clearly, Lu Shengming was also intimidated.
Where in the world could you find such a shameless person!
Demanding back something that was already given away?
Although the Bureau of Jianghu Affairs had ample funds, they couldn't possibly spend it on compensating for wine!
Lu Shengming also instructed Dao Dahai, "Tell Cheng Xiaofan to stop playing these childish games. We're all adults now!"
"Okay, I'll tell him!" *As if I dare.*
After hanging up, Dao Dahai was about to reply to Cheng Xiaofan when he noticed that Cheng Xiaofan had sent him a text message at some point.
He opened the message and saw just a few lines: "Director Dao, no need to call me. I believe Director Lu has already agreed to help me with the settlement of Xiangzi and Teresa. He has no other choice!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Director!"
"..." After reading the message, Director Dao was truly speechless!
This person was a true master of strategy, having already calculated the outcome once he laid out his terms.
...
Meanwhile, Cheng Xiaofan was busy preparing a feast to welcome Bai Goddess's sisters.
He had caught a particularly large lobster from the lake, about 1.7 meters long. After peeling off the shell, the meat was exceptionally tender and plump, making one want to devour it raw.
He also fetched two divine fish from his spatial dimension.
Deep-sea lobster and spiritual water fish, a perfect combination!
Cheng Xiaofan asked Po Tianying to catch a wild chicken from the deep mountains. He plucked it, chopped it into pieces, and prepared to stew it with energy water and fresh mushrooms.
Could people in the city ever taste such a delicacy?
To conquer a woman's heart, one must first conquer her stomach. Was this classic, timeless quote from the Analects?
Never mind which book it was from, Cheng Xiaofan felt a surge of pride for being able to procure such rare ingredients.
He also took out some wild boar meat stored in his spatial dimension, minced it, and seasoned it with ginger, cooking wine, and scallions to make a large plate of meatballs.
He couldn't just prepare meat; a vegetarian dish was needed.
His spatial dimension was planted with chili peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, and green beans.
Using the Shennong spatial dimension to grow these common vegetables was indeed a waste of precious resources. These vegetables were specifically meant for his family.
The vegetables in his spatial dimension were rich in spiritual energy. Coupled with nourishing tea, health-preserving dishes, and the premium Happy Wine, even an immortal might not enjoy such treatment.
Today, these benefits were being extended to the sisters of Bai Goddess.
He worried that if they ate too well, they might not want to leave Zhuxi Village.
What if they all became infatuated with him, leading to a conflict with Bai Goddess?
*Damn it!*
He belonged only to Bai Goddess.
No one would ever snatch him away from her side.
In this day and age, he might be the sole guardian of love!
While lost in his eccentric fantasies, Cheng Xiaofan did not forget his current tasks.
He stir-fried a plate of "tiger skin" green peppers, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, braised eggplant, and green beans with shredded pork.
Just then, Cheng Xiaofan received a call from Bai Yiling: "Xiaofan, my friends have arrived in Zhuxi Village and will be here by helicopter soon."
Cheng Xiaofan smiled, "Great! I'm almost done with the cooking. Once you arrive, we can officially start eating!"
Bai Yiling chuckled, "Thank you for your hard work. Should I bring some Happy Wine?"
Cheng Xiaofan replied with a smile, "No need, I have plenty of Happy Wine stored here!"
Bai Yiling said, "Alright, we'll be there shortly."
*Ding!*
Shortly after the call ended, Bai Yiling sent Cheng Xiaofan a text message: "Xiaofan, my friends can be a bit difficult to please, please don't mind them. If they say anything unpleasant to you, for my sake, please don't hold it against them! After they leave, if you're still angry, you can take it out on me!"
"..." *My dear, how could I possibly take it out on you?*
"Don't worry, Yiling. No matter what they say, I'll treat it as wind passing by a donkey's ear, entering one ear and exiting the other. Believe me, my cultivation is very high."
"I neither strike back nor retort."
"Rest assured, Yiling. With my charisma, your friends will probably kneel and sing 'Conquer' the moment they see me. How could they possibly show me a bad attitude?"
"You know me, who have I ever feared?"
He then sent the text message back.
At that moment!
Bai Yiling was seated in the cockpit of the helicopter.
As she saw Cheng Xiaofan's reply, her expression changed instantly.
*This scoundrel!*
How could he not understand her message!
What kneeling and singing "Conquer"? Don't actually cause a rift with my friends when we meet!
The helicopter had already taken off.
She couldn't text back now.
"Yiling, you're investing billions of funds in the development of such a small mountain village. Aren't you regretting it at all?"
"Sigh, Yiling, how did that Cheng Xiaofan bewitch you like this? You abandoned Bai's Group to come to such a remote, desolate place?"
"I heard that Cheng Xiaofan is some kind of divine doctor. In my opinion, he's just a quack doctor who travels around. Such people are the most dangerous, able to talk a dead man into a living one."
"Yiling, to be honest with you, we've organized this trip today to expose Cheng Xiaofan's true face in front of you!"
"That's right. In C City, we can't do without you. You absolutely cannot spend your entire life in such a place!"
"Bai's Group in C City awaits your rebuilding!"
...
These women were all around Bai Yiling's age, and each was stunningly beautiful. In C City, their appearance on the street could instantly cause traffic jams.
Their purpose in coming to Zhuxi Village today was to persuade Bai Yiling to return to C City.
"Bai Yiling, you will always belong to C City, not this seemingly poor and backward Zhuxi Village!" said a woman named Lu Yinshuang, enunciating each word clearly.