"Thick-skinned is my default, I like it, I'm happy, and what can you do about it?"
Hearing Matsuki Chiyoko's words, Soryoi Yukiko was stunned. She thought coming to China to find Cheng Xiaofan was already shameless enough.
She never expected that in front of Matsuki Chiyoko, she was nothing compared to a big witch!
This woman was the true model of thick-skinned shamelessness!
"Let me go, please!"
Sakai Kyoko saw a hint of murderous intent in Matsuki Chiyoko's eyes and couldn't help but panic. She pleaded, "Chiyoko, as long as you let me go, I won't stop you from being with my father!"
Matsuki Chiyoko coldly chuckled with a ferocious expression, "Junior sister, I'm sorry, on the way here, I've already started considering whether to eliminate you from this world!"
"Because I want to have a child with Father. As long as you are not in this world, you won't be able to compete with my child for inheritance rights!"
She leaned close to Sakai Kyoko's face and said, "Please don't worry. Considering our past relationship, I won't let you die painfully!"
With that said, Matsuki Chiyoko unexpectedly threw a sleeping pill into Sakai Kyoko's mouth.
Sakai Kyoko wanted to spit it out, but Matsuki Chiyoko pinched her mouth and forcibly poured water down her throat.
A moment later, Sakai Kyoko fell unconscious.
At this time, Matsuki Chiyoko found a piece of cloth and stuffed it into her mouth, so that if she woke up, she wouldn't cry out and alert anyone.
Immediately after, she shoved the other person under the bed.
"Kyoko, once the components of this sleeping pill spread through your body, even if you wake up, you won't live past a whole day!"
Matsuki Chiyoko said sinisterly, "Please don't resent me. Who made me your father's woman? It's often said that only ruthless men can achieve great things, and sometimes, ruthless women can too!"
She stood up, went to the bathroom, washed her hands, and smiled slightly at her reflection in the mirror, saying, "Chiyoko, from now on, you can become Kyoko!"
She raised her hands and wiped her face, instantly changing her appearance.
The woman in the mirror had completely transformed into Sakai Kyoko.
"Haha, my disguise skills are truly amazing!"
Facing Sakai Kyoko's appearance in the mirror, Matsuki Chiyoko couldn't help but smile proudly and muttered to herself, "There's probably no one who can change their appearance in an instant as well as I can!"
Matsuki Chiyoko walked out of Suite No. 2 on the seventh floor and said to a service staff member at the counter, "I'm going out to visit a friend. I might not be back today. While I'm away, please don't let anyone enter my room!"
The service staff member quickly replied, "Please rest assured, until you check out, we will absolutely not let anyone enter your room!"
After leaving the Xinyi Hotel, Matsuki Chiyoko received a call from Sakai Kazuo.
Sakai Kazuo asked, "Chiyoko, have you arrived in Jinbao Town?"
Matsuki Chiyoko immediately adjusted her emotions and replied with a smile, "Reporting to Mr. Sakai, I've just arrived in Jinbao Town, but I haven't contacted Miss Kyoko yet!"
Sakai Kazuo heard this and smiled, "You don't need to contact Kyoko for now. Just keep a close eye on her from the shadows and find a way to assist her in capturing Cheng Xiaofan."
"Kyoko has always had a strong sense of self-esteem. If she finds out I sent you to Jinbao Town again, she'll think I don't trust her and will further exacerbate the conflict between us father and daughter!"
Matsuki Chiyoko sneered inwardly. After today, your daughter will be a cold corpse.
At that point, separated by yin and yang, your conflict will be irreconcilable forever.
"Mr. Sakai, Chiyoko understands. Please rest assured, I will definitely assist Miss Kyoko well and bring Cheng Xiaofan to your side!" Matsuki Chiyoko vowed.
...
In the morning, Cheng Xiaofan received a call from Bai Yiling, informing him that the gastrodia seeds he had purchased online a few days ago had arrived.
He intended to plant these gastrodia seeds on the terraced mountain.
Cheng Xiaofan went home to get the seeds, then immediately got on the Potian Eagle. In just over ten minutes, he arrived at the terraced mountain by Bai Mang Lake.
Generally, planting gastrodia requires cultivating mycelium.
For example, one would dig trenches, cover them with humus soil and leaves, then place wooden blocks in the trenches and lean the Armillaria mycelium branches against the wood.
Subsequently, the gastrodia seeds would be placed in the middle of the wood and mycelium, and finally, a thick layer of soil would be covered on top.
The process of planting gastrodia is very complex, and any step missed is unacceptable.
However, when it came to Cheng Xiaofan, it was incredibly simple.
The terraced mountain, after being tilled by the groundhogs and the soil processed by the earthworms, was extremely fertile.
Cheng Xiaofan could plant the gastrodia seeds directly into the ground and then water them with a spiritual rain.
This spiritual rain was far more potent than any mycelium.
As for sowing, he didn't even need to do it himself; the groundhogs could handle it.
These groundhogs were not only experts at tilling barren land but also skilled sowers. All they needed was to be taught how to sow and what the spacing between seedlings should be.
By the time Cheng Xiaofan reached the mountaintop, the nine fiery red groundhogs were already waiting in the pavilion.
Cheng Xiaofan took out half a sack of gastrodia seeds from his spatial dimension and immediately began sowing.
To prevent the grown gastrodia from competing for spiritual energy, Cheng Xiaofan planted the seeds about a foot apart.
The nine groundhogs watched Cheng Xiaofan's every move intently.
"Squeak!"
"Squeak!"
"Squeak!"
Before long, the little darlings started to chirp excitedly in unison.
Master, we've learned it! You can go and rest in the pavilion. We'll handle the sowing from now on.
"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you!"
Cheng Xiaofan clapped his hands and sat down in the pavilion.
The groundhogs gathered in front of the sack, cupped the seeds with their front paws, and put them into the pouch on their chests.
Once their pouches were full, they lined up from top to bottom in a straight line and began to sow the gastrodia seeds in an orderly fashion.
The gastrodia seeds were extremely tiny, resembling chive seeds, but under the groundhogs' paws, not a single one was lost.
Furthermore, these little darlings sowed at a very fast pace.
"With groundhogs like you, I, Cheng Xiaofan, am so much more leisurely!" Cheng Xiaofan looked at the groundhogs with a happy smile.
In fact, with these groundhogs around, the large area of land on the back mountain wouldn't need Luo Yang and Feng Xigua to till it at all.
Even the harvesting and sowing could be handled by the groundhogs.
However, Luo Yang and Feng Xigua had been very close brothers with Cheng Xiaofan since childhood.
Coupled with their less fortunate family backgrounds, Cheng Xiaofan could only let them do some work on the back mountain, indirectly helping them earn some income.
Besides, groundhogs couldn't do everything. Some tasks absolutely required manual labor.
For example, picking and processing tea leaves. Even if groundhogs were highly intelligent, they couldn't accomplish such tasks.
Boom!
Just as Cheng Xiaofan was admiring the groundhogs sowing, a loud noise, like thunder, suddenly came from Bai Mang Lake.
Cheng Xiaofan hurriedly turned his head to look, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble, his eyes wide with shock!