Chapter 572: Chapter 571: The Person by My Side is Her
A winding road stretched along the steep cliffs into the vast valley below.
Upon reaching the valley floor, the two of them instantly felt that the climate here was much milder than outside, and the air quality was even higher than in the outer world.
Yang Fei was secretly delighted.
The luck on this trip was indeed great, having stumbled upon such a geomantic treasure spot so quickly.
Hu Lizhong, less sensitive to the spiritual power of heaven and earth compared to Yang Fei, also found the valley scenic and the climate pleasant and couldn’t help but remark, "If I retire in the future, I could settle down here."
Yang Fei laughed and said, "Let’s see, if you’re lucky, you could come here ahead of schedule."
Hu Lizhong’s mouth twitched.
What do you mean by that?
Are you suggesting I retire early?
And you call that good luck?
At this moment, barking came from ahead, and soon several middle-aged stout men walked out from the houses, one of them loudly asking, "Who are you, and what are you doing here?"
Yang Fei responded, "Just passing by, we saw such a spiritually beautiful place and came in for a look."
"Leave quickly, this is a medicinal base and it’s not open to the public, no tours allowed," the man waved his hand and said.
Yang Fei took out a pack of cigarettes from the car, tearing it open as he approached the middle-aged men, scattering cigarettes worth a hundred yuan a pack, and said with a smile, "Could you brothers spare us a small favor? I saw the scenery in the valley from the cliff, and it was so beautiful, I had to take a proper look since I’ve come this far, to justify my trip."
Initially wary at the appearance of strangers, the middle-aged men in charge of guarding the area relaxed when they saw that there were only two of them, and the young man in his twenties was so amiable, smilingly accepting the cigarettes.
But the steward who had spoken earlier still shook his head, "Sorry, little brother, it’s not that we aren’t accommodating, but the company has rules. Only company personnel are permitted, so..."
"Can’t you make an exception? It’s just the two of us, we just want to take a look and snap a few photos as a keepsake," Yang Fei said with a smile.
"Brother Zhou, they just want to take a look, and it won’t cause the company any harm. Besides, I heard that this medicine land might be repossessed. It’s not even certain if we can continue cultivating medicinal herbs here, let’s do them a favor," said one.
"Yes, they’ve come all this way, like the scenery here, and just want to look, it won’t cause any loss," said another.
Suddenly, two people were speaking up for Yang Fei.
Convinced by his colleagues’ persuasion, Steward Zhou glanced at the two men and couldn’t refuse Yang Fei the favor, nodding and saying, "Alright, you can go in and have a look. Remember, don’t touch anything inside, especially do not damage the medicinal herbs, which are very precious."
"Haha, thank you Brother Zhou, don’t worry, we’ll just look around and will definitely not harm a single plant or flower inside," Yang Fei said with a laugh.
Steward Zhou, having temporarily no other matters, personally accompanied Yang Fei and Hu Lizhong toward the medicinal base in the valley.
As they walked, Yang Fei displayed his extensive knowledge of various medicinal herbs, which greatly surprised Steward Zhou. He said, "I didn’t expect a young fellow like you to have such a profound knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine. What did you study?"
"I studied traditional Chinese medicine."
"That’s rare."
During the conversation, they quickly became friendly. Steward Zhou, whose name was Zhou Fu, was a local from Bear Mountain City. His ancestors and parents had been medicinal farmers going into the mountains to gather herbs, and he was quite familiar with medicinal herbs. In recent years, he had been employed by the company to manage the medicinal base.
"Brother Zhou" Yang Fei began, "I heard from your colleague earlier that this piece of medicine land might be repossessed. What’s that about?"
Zhou Fu pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that a foreign mogul has taken an interest in this land and has invested a lot of money in Bear Mountain City, so the city government wants to repossess the medicine land from our company and transfer it to that foreign mogul."
Yang Fei said, "This valley is a geomantic treasure that’s especially suitable for cultivating medicinal herbs. Wouldn’t your company be at a loss if it gives it up? Forgive my bluntness, if you lose this land, your company will find it difficult to locate another base as suitable for cultivating medicinal herbs, and the quality of the herbs grown in the future may not be as good as those here."
"Indeed, I’ve been in these deep mountains and forests for many years, and there are quite a few medicinal bases here, but none compares to our company’s in terms of the efficacy of the herbs. I’ve also reported the situation to the company, but with the city government wanting to repossess this land, our company is no match for them. It’s just a shame to let such a good piece of cultivation land go to the foreigners, and I fear they might disrupt the geomantic harmony here," Zhou Fu said.
Seeing his worried expression, Yang Fei couldn’t help but smile slightly, "The foreigners might not necessarily get their hands on this land."
Zhou Fu sighed and said, "I hope so. But our boss is not a local from Jiangbei County, and with the city government intent on repossessing this land, I’m afraid our boss might not be able to keep it."
Driven by curiosity, Yang Fei couldn’t help but ask, "Who is your boss?"
"Tong Jinchuan." Zhou Fu said.
Tong Jinchuan?
Yang Fei indicated he had never heard of him.
In reality, among those big bosses within Divine Continent Country, Yang Fei had only heard of a few top legendary figures.
However, the surname of this Boss Tong did remind Yang Fei of Tong Yunshu.
Last time, he had promised to spend more time with her before joining the Military Department, but after Umekawa Taro’s incident and a trip to Japan, he had immediately joined the Military Department.
Alas, he ultimately felt somewhat sorry for her; the time he spent with her was too little.
"Buzz... buzz buzz..."
A buzzing sound came from the sky.
This area was a basin, and the sound that entered was deafening.
Several people looked up and saw a helicopter emerging from a mountaintop, then, the helicopter actually flew towards the valley.
Zhou Fu’s expression changed, and he hurriedly said to the two men, "It might be the company’s big boss arriving, let’s leave this place quickly."
He was worried about senior management blaming him for allowing outsiders to visit.
Yang Fei expressed understanding and quickly walked out of the Medicine Land with Hu Lizhong and Zhou Fu.
After leaving the Medicine Land, Zhou Fu said to Yang Fei, "How about you two hide in a room for a while?"
Yang Fei smiled and said, "You’ve gone to trouble, Brother Zhou, but if the person on that helicopter is really your boss, he must have already seen us by now; hiding would be pointless."
Zhou Fu thought about it and could only nod, "I hope the boss won’t blame me."
Yang Fei consoled, "Don’t worry, even if your boss blames you, I won’t let you lose your job."
Zhou Fu looked at him, thinking this young man was a bit boastful.
You might look like a wealthy person, but you’re a foreigner, can you really influence our boss?
At that moment, Yang Fei suddenly sensed something and looked up towards the direction of the helicopter.
Hu Lizhong also showed a surprised expression and looked towards the helicopter.
They both sharply sensed an extraordinary gaze just now falling on them.
The helicopter was still more than fifty meters above the ground, from this angle, it was impossible to see the people inside.
Yang Fei was stunned.
His Divine Thought reached out, and he actually saw someone he hadn’t expected.
How could she be here?
Damn, he had just thought of her, and now he had run into her so soon; what a fate.
While thinking this, he heard Hu Lizhong’s voice, "Little Brother Yang, there is actually a Grandmaster Realm expert on this helicopter."
Yang Fei looked at Hu Lizhong, his expression changed.
This guy was a man of Qin Yanyang, he mustn’t be allowed to discover anything suspicious.
At the same time, Tong Yunshu on the helicopter showed a look of surprise on her face.
How could Yang Fei be here?
Just then, she heard Yang Fei’s voice in her ear, "She has someone by my side."