Chapter 72: Cheng Zihan's Sinister Intentions

  "Zi Han, someone has arrived from the capital, reportedly a central government official in charge of procurement." Just as Zi Han had entered the plantation, Liang Han immediately came over.

  Cheng Zihan raised an eyebrow, unexpectedly the person she had been waiting for so long finally arrived. She smiled and nodded, following Liang Han hastily to the newly built reception hall.

  The living room is recommended, with a few armchairs and a long table, only about ten square meters in size.

  Cheng Zihan arrived, and the other party was already sitting there. The morning sunlight poured in from the window and shone on his face, making him look exceptionally refreshed.

  Liáng Hàn had someone serve him tea. The hot tea was placed on the tea table to his left, steaming with heat, but the other party didn't seem to want to drink it.

  Cheng Zihan took one glance at the person and immediately judged that he was from which family, looking at his eyebrows and eyes, they were 50-60% similar to Han Yi's, so naturally he was someone from the Han family.

  The corners of her mouth naturally rose, revealing a smile, and she walked towards him.

  Hearing footsteps, he also turned his head and looked towards the direction of the door.

  Cheng Zihan was wearing only a white short-sleeved shirt, a straight pair of jeans, and had casually tied up his ponytail, with a warm and radiant smile on his face that made his eyes light up.

  "You're Miss Cheng?" The other person seemed somewhat puzzled, looking at Cheng Zihan and sizing her up several times before attempting to ask.

  "I am, and you are from the Han family?" Cheng Zihan nodded, already walking to the front of the other person. Fortunately, the other person was sitting in a chair, so Cheng Zihan didn't have to look up at him, and they were able to gaze at each other on an equal level.

  "My name is Han Xuanyan, Han Yi's father." Han Xuanyan originally wanted to stand up and shake hands with Cheng Zihan, but thinking of Cheng Zihan's height, he gave up and directly stretched out his hand towards him.

  Cheng Zihan didn't mind these things, after all, Han Yi's father was also her elder, so she naturally couldn't argue with him about these things. She generously stretched out her hand and lightly shook his.

  "This time Mr. Han came over, it should be about the batch of flower seedlings needed for National Day, right?" After some small talk, Cheng Zihang also got straight to the point and asked directly.

  Han Xuan Yan looked at Cheng Zi Han with satisfaction, "I said why my Xiao Yi would like you so much, praise you to no end, even my proud brother likes you so much, you are indeed clever and intelligent."

  "Mr. Han, you're overpraising." Cheng Zihan said with a faint smile towards Han Xuan Yan.

  "Don't be so formal, you're my adopted niece, just call me Uncle Han." Han Xuanyan said with a wave of his hand and a smile.

  Cheng Zihan naturally wouldn't be polite.

  "Uncle Han, let's talk about the main thing first. After we're done, I'll treat you to dinner and then we can chat slowly about other things." Cheng Zihan still had that batch of flower seedlings on his mind, which was a big order, at least for now, it was a substantial income for him.

  "Haha, what's the hurry? If Qin Hongtao can't deliver the goods, this order is naturally yours." Han Xuanyan naturally understood what was worrying Cheng Ziheng in her heart, but seeing her anxious appearance, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Cheng Zihan smiled slyly and didn't say a word.

  "Alright, let's get down to business then. We'll discuss official matters first and personal matters later." Han Xuan Yan said, no longer teasing Cheng Zi Han.

  "Are those flower seedlings really going to be given to me?" Although it was basically already settled, Cheng Zihuan couldn't help but ask.

  "Well, in addition to the 1,000 peony seedlings that were originally agreed upon, there are also 40 red mutant flower seedlings, and some other additional flower seedlings."

  "How much?" This was still what concerned Cheng Zihan the most.

  "This time, the peony seedlings we need are of higher quality, they must be top-grade. Although it's not a rare or expensive variety, the quality is guaranteed, so the price won't be low either. One seedling costs 50,000 yuan, as previously quoted to Qin Hongtao. However, since I'm in charge of this procurement, I can offer you a slightly higher price, but no more than 60,000 yuan.

  The mutant peony flowers are already blooming seedlings, priced at 300,000 yuan each. These 40 seedlings are for foreign guests, so there can't be any issues with them. Apart from this, all the other seedlings we need will be purchased from you. We require a variety of types, including chrysanthemum, which is essential for decorating Tiananmen Square during National Day celebrations every year. The streets in Beijing also need to be decorated with flowers, so the quantity needed is substantial, at least tens of millions of seedlings. However, the price won't be high, 10 yuan per seedling. For now, I'll place an order for 20 million seedlings with you. I'll send someone over with the rest of the list and prices, please arrange accordingly."

  Han Xuan said this in a straightforward manner, without any ambiguity, his serious expression causing Cheng Ziheng to unconsciously straighten up.

  This is really a great piece of news for Cheng Zihan, it's like winning the lottery! The first cooperation with the country is such a big order, although Han Xuan said that he helped secretly to give himself some benefits and advantages, but it's enough to make Cheng Zihan happy.

  With that, there will be a large batch of land for sale in Wangcheng next quarter. Now with this money, it will be much more convenient to buy land when the time comes.

  "Uncle Han, you really did bring me the best news ever! Haha." Cheng Zihan couldn't stop smiling with joy, pulling on Han Xuan's hand as she excitedly said.

  Han Xuan looked at the smiling Cheng Ziheng, momentarily stunned, and couldn't help but ask: "Ziheng, are you really the eldest daughter of the Cheng family? Or should I say, are your parents really your current parents? Are you perhaps a child adopted by the Cheng family?"

  Cheng Zihan's heart was filled with excitement, but it instantly disappeared when Han Xuan Yan said this. His words really made her unhappy.

  How could she not be the daughter of Cheng Hai and Li Lan? Raised for eight years, plus twenty-six years from her past life, so many years of nurturing kindness, plus Cheng Hai's love for her, although Li Lan was sometimes a bit harsh, but still very good to her, this feeling, how could it be fake?

  "What do you mean by this, Uncle Han?" Cheng Zihan asked coldly with a straight face.

  Han Xuan Yan knew he had misspoken, and hastily explained: "No, Zi Han don't be angry, I just...I just think you look very much like someone I used to know, that's why I asked that question."

  "Is it really him? He looks very similar?" Cheng Zihan asked with some doubt.

  "Yes, it's very similar." Han Xuan Yan stared at Cheng Zi Han without blinking, nodding his head.

  Cheng Zihan furrowed her brow, glanced at Han Xuanyan, and saw that he was being serious, not like he was telling a lie. Could it be that she really did resemble the person he had mentioned?

  But thinking about it, people may be similar, maybe just look similar, I guess Han Xuan thought too much. Cheng Zihan smiled and skipped this topic directly.

  "Uncle Han, thank you for bringing me this big business. I'll treat you to a meal as a thank you. As for the order, just arrange for someone to discuss it with Qin Ke Xiu later. He's in charge of these business matters now, and I'm just in charge of spending money."

  Han Xuan Yan nodded, he came to the plantation alone today and did not bring anyone else, but after all, he was an official, even if it was just a small matter, he would still have one or two bodyguards by his side, let alone someone as high-ranking as Han Xuan Yan.

  The dining location was arranged at a large restaurant, which although looked simple, the food was better than even the big hotels outside. It was used to entertain Han Xuanyan, and although it looked a bit shabby, it was not impolite at all.

  "Uncle Han, don't look at the simple appearance of this place, the food here is actually very delicious." He led Han Xuan to sit down and saw that he was looking around the store's environment. Cheng Ziheng smiled and said.

  Han Xuan Yan turned his head and glanced at Cheng Zi Han, "Don't be so polite, I also came from those bitter days, how could I look down on this place?"

  "Hehe, it's poor here, so the environment is a bit worse. When this place develops in the future, you can come again and it will be super five-star treatment." Cheng Zihan smiled proudly with a face full of longing for the future.

  For the planning of Wangcheng, she had already counted it in her heart. She wants to develop Wangcheng into a paradise for vacation and leisure entertainment, where rich people from all over the country and even the world will flock to in the future.

  Here is a place with all-natural green food and the best environment in the world, nourishing both body and soul, naturally attracting countless people.

  But now, her goal is still very far away. When the day comes that she has all 960,000 hectares of land around Wancheng under her control, it will be the moment when her goal is achieved.

  It's just that now she has only received a small portion, and it is still far from her goal. It will be very difficult to recover all the land here. The country's policy determines her success or failure, and the country cannot sell such a large state-owned land to private individuals, let alone allow one person to own such fertile land and become a local landlord.

  But Cheng Zihan knew that no matter how difficult it was, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, she would never give up.

  Whether by purchase or rental, she was determined to bring all of this land under her control.

  Cheng Hai, Li Lan and Qin Kexiu also came together during dinner time.

  A few people ate happily and chatted happily.

  After dinner, Han Xuan said he wanted to go for a walk and take a look at Cheng Zihans plantation, so Cheng Hai took him there.

  Cheng Zihan looked at Han Xuanyan's back, seemingly lost in thought.

  Li Lan looked at her and felt a little strange in her heart, then asked: "Zihan, what's wrong?"

  "Mom, I think Uncle Han is a bit strange. He seems to have something he wants to say to Dad alone, so he deliberately said he wanted to take a look at my garden and specifically asked Dad to take him there." Cheng Zihan furrowed her brow, unable to shake off the strange feeling in her heart.

  Li Lan also thought that Cheng Zihan was right, Han Xuan's attitude was indeed a bit strange, and Li Lan felt that Han Xuan seemed somewhat familiar, as if she had seen him before.

  She looked towards the direction of the door, lost in thought.

  Cheng Zihan saw Li Lan's reaction and frowned again, "Mom? Mom?"

  She called out twice, but Li Lan didn't respond, still staring blankly at the door, and the strange feeling in Cheng Zihans heart grew heavier.

  "Mr. Cheng is really lucky to have raised such a good daughter." Han Xuan and Cheng Hai strolled through the lush forest, with Han Xuan sighing as he spoke.

  Cheng Hai smiled faintly and looked at Han Xuan-Yan, "Mr. Han is overpraising me, my daughter has always been that clever."

  When it comes to Cheng Zihan, Cheng Hai has an unspeakable sense of pride. What Cheng Zihan brings him is not only surprise, but more shock.

  At a young age, she possesses wisdom and cleverness that ordinary people don't have. To have such a daughter, he feels it's the blessing of his several lifetimes.

  "Is she really your daughter?" Han Xuan's mouth slightly curved up as he gazed at Cheng Hai with a faint expression.

  Cheng Hai felt his heart skip a beat, he turned around and looked at Han Xuan Yan with one glance, making an effort to calm down the excitement in his heart. After a long while, he finally let out a slow sigh and said to Han Xuan Yan: "Zi Han is naturally our daughter."

  These words were somewhat evasive, and Han Xuan's heart was clear, but he didn't continue to ask.

  On the road ahead, the two of them didn't speak again, each lost in their own strange thoughts, unsure what the other was thinking.

  Han Xuan Yan had walked through the entire plantation before leaving.

  Cheng Zihan was not in the garden when he left, so naturally he didn't go see him off.

  "I guess recently, Qin Hongtao will definitely come to make some trouble." Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu have now climbed to the top of a small hill in the garden, where the peonies are already half open, with bright colors, and each flower is extremely large, looking like fresh blood.

  Cheng Zihan glanced at Qin Kexiu next door and spoke in a light tone.

  Qin Kesou nodded, "En, recently I will arrange for someone to increase the intensity of patrols, absolutely cannot let him have any opportunity."

  "Mr. Han should bring the contract tomorrow, and the flowers will be transported to Beijing next month. We need to be extra careful on the road, especially with these 40 mutant red peonies. They require even more care." Cheng Zihan squatted down and gently touched the emerald green leaves.

  Qin Kexiu looked at Cheng Zihan and also squatted down, stretching out his hand to cover hers, but not touching her fingers.

  Cheng Zihan turned around and gave him a glance, rolling her eyes. "Qin Kexiu, you're really boring. I'm still young, and you're a ghost, a useless one at that. It's impossible for me to like you."

  Qin Kexiu's mouth twitched and he said, "You're thinking too much." He awkwardly withdrew his hand and turned his face away.

  Cheng Zihan didn't bother to respond, got up and walked down the mountain.

  Coming down from the mountain, the two of them walked along the newly built cement road, now the land here is all connected. For convenient transportation, Cheng Zihang had a flat cement road built.

  Because there are still many lands around that are in a state of abandonment, the Wangcheng government also has no intention to rent or auction them off, so Cheng Zihang can only wait.

  In front of us was a large field of sugarcane, which had already grown to about one meter high and looked like a lush green carpet.

  Here is a large plantation, with a drainage ditch dug on the edge and surrounded by barbed wire, completely isolating it from the outside.

  The garden is now a building site, after a period of rush work, the first floor of the house has been built, although it still looks like countless curved steel bars and scaffolding, you can see workers wearing safety belts and hard hats busy at work.

  The sunlight stretched out Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu's shadows very long.

  After walking for a while, the two of them went back to the plantation directly.

  There's nothing much to be busy with at the construction site, so Cheng Zihan only occasionally takes time to go over and take a look, checking on the progress of the project and whether the materials used are of high quality.

  But this engineering team is absolutely trustworthy, and anyone introduced by Han Xuanzhao will not be someone with poor character.

  Han Xuan Yan's speed was very fast, and soon after he went back, someone brought over the contract and shopping list. On it were listed all sorts of flowers, their quantities and varieties, but Cheng Zi Han didn't carefully examine them because they were all ordinary flowers that could be found in a nursery. What she was most concerned about was the number at the very bottom - the total cost of this batch of goods.

  After counting the zeros, the total number of flower seedlings in this batch is actually 11.1 billion! An astronomical figure, even for Cheng Zihang, this is an absolutely astronomical figure.

  Even she couldn't help but curse, damn it, the country is so good at wasting money! They're using taxpayers' money to show off and squander. Just for National Day flower purchases, they spent over 100 million yuan, what about other expenses? In this era, holding a 40th anniversary National Day celebration, just the cost of buying flowers reached 100 million, it's simply wasteful to the extreme!

  Even if peonies are the national flower representing the country, it's still not that serious! It's really too much to bear.

  Cheng Zihan happily accepted the astronomical sum of money while secretly criticizing the country's extravagance.

  Hua Miao is now in a hurry because Qin Hongtao delayed for a month, and it's about to enter July. It takes about two days to transport Hua Miao from Wangcheng to the capital city. After arrival, there are special personnel responsible for maintenance. By September, all flowers will be arranged on the streets of the city.

  This batch of flower seedlings, together with those 40 peony seedlings, must be delivered to the capital before August.

  If it were someone else, this would indeed be a big problem, but for Cheng Zihuan, such a small amount of money is not a problem at all.

  This batch of 5 million seedlings is the largest single order received since the nursery was established!

  Apart from the flower seedlings, all the flower seedlings must be equipped with flower pots, especially those forty high-priced peony flowers, which need to be matched with a high-end flower pot.

  Just flowerpots alone would require buying back five million flowerpots, Cheng Zihan thought, and his head started to hurt.

  Think about it, there will definitely be many more orders like this in the future. If we have to go buy flower pots every time, how many can we buy?

  It seems that a factory specializing in the production of flower pots is needed, but if a factory is really to be built, it would contradict Cheng Zihan's original idea of not allowing any industrialized factories in Wangcheng.

  Qin Kexiu entered the greenhouse and saw Cheng Zihan squatting on the ground, drawing circles with her brow furrowed, seemingly worried about something.

  He walked over curiously and found that Cheng Zihan was indeed drawing circles. He squatted down, tilted his head to look at Cheng Zihan, "Cheng Zihan, what are you doing?"

  Cheng Zihan looked up and glanced at Qin Kexiu, "Oh, I was thinking of where to buy 5 million flower pots back."

  Cheng Zihan finished speaking and lowered her head to continue drawing circles.

  "Five million flower pots?" Qin Kexiu was taken aback, thinking for a moment before remembering that it was the batch of seedlings that needed the flower pots.

  "This quantity is too large and it's really hard to buy back at one time."

  "I want to build a factory here that specializes in making these flower pots, but if I do, the flower pots will all be made of ceramics, and the ceramic factory will definitely cause a lot of pollution. This goes against my idea of building an unpolluted city. What should I do?" Cheng Zihan looked up again with worry, looking at Qin Kexiu.

  Qin Kes' eyebrows furrowed, "This is simple, isn't there a kiln on the other side of Danzao? Let's go over there and find a long-term cooperative partner, or simply acquire a ceramic factory to bring back, problem solved?"

  "Alright! I'm leaving this matter to you! You have one month to deliver 5 million flower pots! Go quickly!" The requirement of 5 million flower pots is not high, ordinary ceramics will do. However, the 1,040 peony seedlings need high-quality flower pots, so Cheng Zihan still needs to go to an antique store to buy some back.

  Qin Kesou rolled his eyes, why did he suddenly think his workload was huge? Was Cheng Zihan going to squeeze out the last bit of value from him now?

  "Cheng Zihan, can I protest?" Qin Kexiu quietly raised his head and looked at Cheng Zihan with a weak tone.

  "What are you protesting?" Cheng Zihan didn't understand and looked up at Qin Kexiu with a questioning gaze.

  "Can't you find me an assistant? You're now handing over all the big and small matters to me, do you want to exhaust me to death? It's going to be a case of 'exhausting oneself to the point of collapse'." Qin Kesu said with a resentful gaze at Cheng Zihuan.

  "Hmph." Cheng Zihan burst out laughing, then looked at Qin Kexiu, "Haha, Qin Kexiu, don't wrong me, 'death from exhaustion' will absolutely not be my problem, I just made you work, didn't make you..."

  Cheng Zihan said with a hint of sarcasm and glanced at Qin Kexiu, the meaning was very clear.

  Qin Kesou twitched the corner of his mouth fiercely, and indeed he couldn't say such things to Cheng Zihan, this unscrupulous guy.

  He let out a sigh and stood up resignedly, just about to leave when he heard Cheng Zihan's slightly sarcastic voice coming over: "Qin Ke Xiu, I'm really starting to suspect how you got that MBA degree of yours."

  Qin Kexiu looked back at Cheng Zihan with an inexplicable gaze.

  "If you're really an MBA master, how can you be so stupid? You can't even handle your own work and don't know to find a few assistants to share the workload?" Cheng Zihan blinked her eyes and teased Qin Kexiu.

  Qin Ke Xu almost spat water all over Cheng Zi Han's face.

  That's his problem now.

  Qin Kesu let out a sigh and resignedly walked away.

  Cheng Zihan covered her mouth and smiled secretly.

  This time the number of flower seedlings needed is too large, and it's not a problem for Cheng Zihuan to plant them out, but the problem is that there aren't so many varieties of flowers. After Qin Kexiu left, she rushed to buy flower seeds and also bought some flower pots on the way back.

  Of course, Cheng Zihan is smarter than Qin Kexiu. She directly found two colleagues Tao Ke and Li Yuan who were in charge of administrative logistics to accompany her.

  Wangcheng has only one flower and bird market, all kinds of flower seeds and seedlings are basically concentrated here for sale.

  Cheng Zihan rushed straight to the flower and bird market with someone.

  Her goal is clear, peony seeds, chrysanthemum seeds, jasmine seeds, rose seeds, and also carnation seeds. Chrysanthemum needs several colors, so the quantity to be purchased should be more. She has been familiar with the flower shops here, and relatively familiar with them. After entering the flower and bird market, she directly entered the flower shop where she usually buys things.

  The shop owner was a man in his fifties named Wu Zhe, who was short and stout, wearing a pair of old-fashioned glasses with some hunchback, usually dressed in an old-fashioned black Tang suit, and liked to hold a small fan in his hand to pretend to be a literati.

  As soon as she entered, Cheng Zihan saw Wu Zhe lying on the recliner with his eyes closed, and his posture was indeed extremely leisurely.

  "Wu Bo." Cheng Zihan called out, seeing that the business in the store today seemed bleak, and not a single person was in sight. Wu Zhe didn't even turn on the lights, the entire store was dimly lit, only the water in the goldfish tank made some noise.

  Wu Zhe heard the sound and opened his eyes, took a look at Cheng Zihan, and hastily closed them again. "Zihan, go away, there's nothing you want here."

  Listening to Wu Zhe's voice, with a hint of panic, he hastily said without daring to look at Cheng Zihan.

  Cheng Zihan felt puzzled in her heart and walked over to squat down beside Wu Zhe, "Uncle Wu, I haven't spoken yet, how did you know there's nothing I want?"

  Wu Zhe has the most complete variety of flowers here, and many rare flower varieties can be bought here. This is also one of the reasons why Cheng Zi Han often comes to patronize this place, because sometimes you can buy some very valuable flower varieties, and the price is not expensive, the most expensive time Cheng Zi Han only spent ten yuan to buy a flower variety.

  Now Cheng Zihan took a look at Wu Zhe's appearance and knew that he must have been threatened by someone.

  Wu Zhe reluctantly opened his eyes and looked at Cheng Zihan again, "Zihan, don't make things difficult for me. You'd better leave quickly, I really don't have the kind of flower you're looking for. To be honest, just before you arrived, someone came and bought all the flowers here."

  "Who is it?" Having heard Wu Zhe's words, Cheng Zihan sneered in her heart. Sure enough, someone really wanted to make things difficult for her.

  Who is so bold? Is it Qin Hongtao?

  "Don't ask anymore, I won't be able to tell you even if you ask. Just leave, please, I'm begging you." Wu Zhe said with a sorrowful face, pleading with Cheng Zihan.

  Cheng Zihan sighed and got up, taking Tao Ke and Li Yuan with her as she left.

  One after another, she asked several flower shops, and the other party all said that there were no flower varieties for sale. Cheng Zihuan smiled coldly, this was obviously someone intentionally making things difficult for her, coming ahead of time to buy out all the flower varieties, just to make it so that she couldn't buy any flower varieties, and couldn't deliver on time.

  Or perhaps his mind was made up, and he might want to let Cheng Zihuan come to him to beg for the flower species at a high price.

  It's simply unbelievable!

  "Zi Han, now they don't sell flower seeds to us, what should we do?" Tao Ke and Li Yuan both had worried faces, having already visited over a dozen flower shops, but the other side all said they didn't have any flower seeds. If they really couldn't buy any flower seeds, then how would they deliver the goods?

  It was already difficult to plant all the seedlings within the prescribed time, and now that flower seeds can't be bought, it's even more troublesome.

  There are quite a few chrysanthemum seedlings in the garden now, probably over 10 million, which is still far from the 20 million required by the order. As for peony seedlings, Cheng Zihuan has enough seeds in hand, but the seeds she holds are all high-end varieties that she bought from Wu Zhe at a high price, and she will not use such expensive products to deliver goods.

  "What's the worry? If we can't buy it in Wangcheng, there are still Sanshui, Taicheng and Fangcheng nearby. There are over a dozen cities around here, I don't believe he can buy up all the flower varieties. Let's go back and call Qin Kexiu, we'll go buy some flower varieties together." Cheng Zihan let out a cold hum, waving her hand in a nonchalant manner.

  Even if she really couldn't buy a single flower seed, she wasn't worried in the slightest. If she couldn't buy it, would she not just steal it?

  Since someone has bought so many varieties of flowers, they must be concentrated in one place. At that time, just go and steal them. Even if the other party suspects it's her, but there is no evidence, what can they do to her?

  Tao Ke responded with a sound and then hurriedly went back to find Qin Kexiu.

  However, Qin Ke Xiu took people to Dan Zao, so no one was in the plantation, Tao Ke could only find administrative manager Liu Zhen Ke.

  Liu Zhenke drove up in the small van from the plantation, with a silly grin on his face. This big man had two small dimples when he smiled, which was very cute. What's even cuter is that he was particularly shy, and whenever he talked to girls, his face would turn red. Cheng Zihang liked to tease him when she had nothing better to do.

  "Miss Cheng." Liu Zhenke always addressed her this way.

  Cheng Zihan glared at him, "Call me Miss Cheng again and I'll have Qin Ke Xiu fire you."

  Cheng Zihan threatened viciously, but this threat had no effect on the overly honest Liu Zhenke, because every time she threatened him, he just smiled foolishly and then continued to call Cheng Zihan "Miss Cheng" next time.

  Cheng Zihan didn't bother to argue with him anymore and got on the car with Tao Ke and Li Yuan.

  The one closest to Wangcheng is Sanshui.

  The flower and bird market in Sancai is not as prosperous as that in Wangcheng, with only about a dozen flower shops, and the variety of flowers is also relatively small. Most of the shop owners here cooperate with Cheng Zihan, but they don't take many goods, just occasionally taking more than ten seedlings.

  Cheng Zihan didn't hold out much hope and was too lazy to get off the bus, so she instructed Tao Ke and Li Yuan to go ask.

  Two girls pulled Liu Zhenke along, asking door-to-door together.

  The flower seeds were indeed not bought at all, but these people didn't know Tao Ke and his friends, so they told them the truth. The flower seeds had already been sold out yesterday.

  Taokui and his men returned empty-handed, with some disappointment on their faces.

  Cheng Zihan couldn't help but laugh at them, "What are you doing with that look? Hurry up and leave! We'll continue on our way."

  As a result, Cheng Zihan and Tao Ke ran through more than a dozen nearby towns that day, but they didn't buy half a grain of flower seeds. All the flower seeds were bought out by people yesterday.

  Taokui felt that something was strange, so he asked more about who bought the flower seeds, but the other party just shook their head in horror, and no one dared to say who it was.

  It seems that people who buy these flower seeds are really not simple.

  Isn't it Qin Hongtao?

  Cheng Zihan was filled with doubts and led Tao Ke and others back to Wangcheng.

  Qin Ke Xiu is back, looking like he's had a good harvest. He successfully acquired three ceramic factories and all the flower pot orders have been arranged. The requirements aren't high, they're all low-quality goods, and ten million can be produced in just one day. Within a month, the three ceramic factories can definitely complete an order of 50 million.

  Qin Kexiu saw that Tao Ke and Li Yuan's faces didn't look too good, and couldn't help but feel a bit curious. "Hey? What's wrong? Who made our big sister unhappy?"

  Qin Kexiu is a very easy-going person and is also used to teasing with a group of young girls.

  Cheng Zihan gave him a white eye, too lazy to care about it, and turned around to leave on his own.

  Tao Ke sighed, "I think Zi Han's mood is even worse than mine. We've been running around all day and haven't bought a single flower seed."

  Qin Kexiu was somewhat surprised by the words and turned his head to glance at Cheng Zihan's back before asking Tao Ke again, "What's going on?"

  "I don't know. All the flower varieties in the flower shops have been bought out, and now I estimate that there are no more flowers to buy in the entire southern city. What can we do? This batch of seedlings is urgently needed, but now it's not even enough to meet the delivery quantity." Tao Ke frowned, looking at Qin Kexiu and asked.

  Qin Ke raised an eyebrow and said, "No wonder you saw Cheng Zihan so unhappy, it was because of this reason."

  "I know, you all go back first, I'll handle this matter." Qin Kexiu waved his hand at Tao Ke and Li Yuan, sending them away before walking in the direction where Cheng Zihan had left.

  Cheng Zihan directly entered the greenhouse, and the greenhouse was now full of flower seedlings, but they were not the flower seedlings needed for this order. Cheng Zihan had not yet transplanted them out.

  Qin Kexiu followed behind Cheng Zihan and came in, seeing that Cheng Zihan's face was indeed not very good, and hurriedly approached him, "Cheng Zihan, this doesn't seem like your personality, how can such a small difficulty make you so unhappy?"

  Cheng Zihan gave him a cold glance, "What? Not going to flirt with the little sister anymore? How do you have time to come and flirt with me? Uncle."

  Qin Kes mouth twitched slightly, and suddenly felt that Cheng Zihan's bad mood didn't seem to be because of the batch of flower varieties, but rather because of himself.

  Is Cheng Zi Han jealous?

  Qin Ke Xiu suddenly felt a little proud of himself.

  "Are you jealous?" Qin Ke Xiu smugly leaned in closer.

  Cheng Zihan slapped over and pushed Qin Kesu away, "Get out! Who wants to eat your vinegar? Shameless!"

  Qin Kexiu was slapped in the face, but the smile on his face did not diminish.

  "This batch of flower seeds, don't you think it's a bit suspicious?" Qin Kexiu put away his playful smile and asked Cheng Zihan seriously.

  Cheng Zihan nodded, "Even an idiot can see that something's off, do you think I'm stupider than an idiot?"

  "Almost." Qin Kesou glanced at Cheng Ziheng faintly and muttered.

  Cheng Zihan rolled her eyes and stared at him, "This time's person, probably didn't come with the intention of targeting me, his goal is likely Han Xuanyan."

  "Why?" Qin Kexiu was somewhat puzzled. If it was about the past regarding Cheng Zihan, because the other party had bought the flower species that Cheng Zihan needed, but Cheng Zihan said it was about Han Xuanfan, he couldn't understand it.

  "Hmph, the only one who would dare to oppose me is Qin Hongtao. He's struggling to save himself, where does he have the energy to oppose me? In Wangcheng, apart from Qin Hongtao, there's only one person who would dare to cross me, and that's Yan Han. But after what happened last time, Yan Han didn't dare to openly oppose me again. However, this time he's being so blatant in opposing me, it means the person he wants to deal with isn't me, but Han Xuanfan. Han Xuanfan just arrived in Wangcheng for this batch of orders, and he gave them to me at a high price on purpose. The four major families of the capital city may seem harmonious, but they're actually full of intrigue and infighting. Yan Han must have some conflicts with Han Xuanfan, and if he can cause trouble for me this time, making it hard for me to deliver on time, then he can also take down Han Xuanfan at the same time, killing two birds with one stone. I've thought about it, and only a despicable person like Yan Han would do something like this." Cheng Zihan curled up the corners of his mouth and coldly smiled as he analyzed the situation to Qin Kexiu.

  "So that's how it is." After listening to Cheng Zihan's analysis, Qin Kexiu suddenly enlightened.

  There must be infighting among the big families, and although the Yan and Han families seem harmonious on the surface, there are definitely many behind-the-scenes struggles. So it's entirely possible that Yan Han would do something like this.

  Although it is said that not delivering goods is a problem of Cheng Zihang, and it seems to have nothing to do with Han Xuan, but the official who signed the order with Qin Hongtao last time was removed from office because of this matter. The National Day celebration is not just a simple celebration, especially since it is also the 40th anniversary of the founding of the country. In order to show off our military and economic strength to foreigners, the state spent a huge amount of money on a grand celebration this year, and invited leaders from many countries to attend the ceremony.

  All officials responsible for this celebration bear a great responsibility. Once any mistake is made, it will affect the national honor, so naturally no one can afford to make mistakes. Imagine if on National Day, the capital city is empty and desolate, not even a flower can be seen, without any festive atmosphere, wouldn't that be a loss of face for the country?

  This Yan Han is really ruthless, I reckon he didn't just buy all the flower varieties in Nanshi, probably the whole Dong Province can't even get a single one.

  Cheng Zihan, however, didn't show any signs of worry or anxiety, and instead, a faint smile appeared on his face, with a hint of slyness.

  Qin Kexiu looked at her and saw that the corners of her mouth twitched violently. "Cheng Zihan, have you come up with something?"

  "Hmph, Yan Han wants to harm me and wants to harm Han Xuan Yan. How could I let him get away with it so easily? It seems that the lesson I taught him last time was not profound enough, so he couldn't bear the loneliness and wait for my next move!" Cheng Zi Han said viciously, gritting his teeth.

  Qin Kexiu suddenly felt a chill on his back.

  He thought to himself, if he were the one who had been screwed over twice in a row, his butt would be totally ruined. He probably wouldn't even dare think about opposing that person for the rest of his life.

  This Yan Han doesn't know whether he's too mentally strong or just plain stupid, daring to provoke Cheng Zihuan, this pervert.

  Qin Ke couldn't help but silently mourn for him.

  Cheng Zihan stretched and went out to let people come over to transplant all the flower seedlings in the greenhouse, vacate the greenhouse, she still wants to plant other flower seedlings.

  The plantation is now divided into three parts, one is the forest area, which is in charge of Liang Han, the flower garden, which is in charge of Dong Jie, and the medicinal herb garden, which is in charge of Xu Pei. There are forty people on the side of the flower garden, as soon as Cheng Ziheng shouted, they immediately put down their work and came over.

  "Move all the seedlings out of the greenhouse, and finish it today if possible." Cheng Zihan instructed Dong Jie with a sentence, then left the greenhouse.

  Others have long been accustomed to the fact that plants grow faster in greenhouses than outdoors, and when they first see a greenhouse, they naively think that it is probably because of the fast growth of plants inside the greenhouse. For some uncultured farmers, these inexplicable things will be thought of automatically.

  Qin Kexiu followed Cheng Zihan out of the greenhouse.

  "Zi Han, what are you going to do?" Qin Ke Xiu caught up with Cheng Zi Han and asked hastily.

  Cheng Zihan turned around and looked at him, smiling brightly and warmly. The harmless smile on that person's face made Qin Kexiu feel a little cold.

  "What do you think?" asked Cheng Zihan without answering.

  "Are you going to burst his chrysanthemum again?" Qin Kexiu guessed.

  Cheng Zihan gave him a cold glance, "If you've done something twice and it didn't work, do you think doing it a third time will have any effect? Besides, I can see that Yan Han is really enjoying the feeling of being exploded now, how could I possibly satisfy him?"

  "What do you want to do then?" Qin Kexiu was somewhat perplexed again.

  "You'll know tonight, now come with me to a place." Cheng Zihan pretended to be mysterious.

  Cheng Zihan took Qin Kexiu to Master Gen's place.

  The outside of the small wooden house was filled with all kinds of tree roots, which had not been carved yet. However, inside, there were many finished carvings, each one vivid and lifelike.

  The two of them walked along the small path and entered. Cheng Zihan sat down directly on a chair carved from red wood as soon as she came in.

  "Uncle Lin, I've come to visit you all again." Cheng Zihan said sweetly as she sat down in front of the three elderly people.

  These three old men are three brothers, Lin Jing Tang, Lin Han Tang and Lin Dong Tang.

  They were all top-notch root carving masters, but the thing is that there are very few people who can appreciate root carvings. They didn't want to go to furniture factories to be carving masters, so they have always been hiding in the mountains and forests. Cheng Ziheng also discovered them by chance.

  "Zi Han, how come you have so much free time? What do you want to get from me this time?" Lin Jing Tang looked at Cheng Zi Han and asked with a smile.

  They had no children of their own, so they treated Cheng Zihan as if she were their own granddaughter.

  "Hey, Uncle Lin, don't be so serious. I really do have something to ask you about. Last time, I remember you telling me that there's a plant that secretes a liquid that can stick everything in the world together. What's that plant? Can we find it around here?" Cheng Zihan giggled and went over to hug Lin Jing Tang's arm, acting like a little girl throwing a tantrum.

  Lin Jing Tang was visibly surprised, not expecting Cheng Zi Han to suddenly ask about this plant.

  He thought for a moment before saying: "There should be some left, but I reckon there's very little. If you want to find it, you might have to go deep into the mountains within the seven villages. What do you want this thing for?"

  Cheng Zihan didn't answer Lin Jing Tang, but continued to ask: "What's that tree called? What does it look like?"

  "We call it the sticky tree, as for its real name, we didn't read many books and don't know. Their trunks are red, the bark bursts open, and the leaves look like a frog's webbed feet, this kind of tree is easy to recognize, once you see it, you'll know it's it. Zihan, what do you want to do with this?" Lin Jing Tang always felt puzzled, this tree's sap was very strange, as soon as it came into contact with skin, it would stick and no matter what method was used, it couldn't be separated, unless the skin was cut off, otherwise there was no way to separate them.

  When they were young, they would often go to get the sap of this sticky tree to play with. Sometimes they would dip a branch in it and put it on someone's chair, which would stick their pants together, and the end result was that they had to take off their pants.

  "What's going on in Qicun? Let's go take a look now." Cheng Zihan stood up, furrowed his brow, thought for a moment before saying to Qin Kexiu.

  But after a while, she turned back and looked at Lin Jing Tang, "Lao Lai, you said that the tree sap will stick to anything and can't be removed. Then what should I use to get the tree sap?"

  "Haha, you actually asked me this! When I was little, we often played with this. Every time we got stuck, we were so anxious. Later on, we started researching what methods could be used to not be afraid of this tree sap and still trick others."

  Later, my elder brother discovered that when this tree reaches a certain age, it will wither, and using the withered branches to touch this tree sap won't make it sticky. Then we also used the fallen branches of the sticky tree to make some small bottles, if you want them, I can give them to you. Also, my elder brother originally made some gloves from the bark of the sticky tree, wearing these on your hands will protect you from the tree sap." Lin Jing Tang didn't hide anything and directly took out the items from a small box and handed them over to Cheng Zi Han.

  "Thank you." Cheng Zihan happily accepted it and took the thing with Qin Kexiu and left.

  Two people drove into Qicun and went straight up the mountain.

  Seven villages are basically big mountains. The population is very sparse because it does not belong to Wangcheng, but belongs to Sanyue, so it has not been developed until now.

  In terms of natural environment protection, Sansui is much better than Wangcheng and attaches more importance to it.

  Two people entered the mountain and climbed along the small road, because the mountain was too big and vast, it was really difficult to find that sticky tree.

  The two of them walked in the mountains for half a day, and it was almost completely dark, but they still couldn't see any sign of the sticky tree.

  Cheng Zihan walked tiredly and sat at the root of a big tree, sticking out her tongue like a little dog, panting heavily.

  "Cheng Zihan, what exactly do you want to do?" Looking at Cheng Zihan, Qin Kexiu still didn't quite understand her intentions.

  She inexplicably looked for this sticky tree, and didn't know what she wanted to do.

  Cheng Zihan still kept it a secret and didn't tell Qin Kexiu the truth.

  The light in the mountain is very dim and can't see the road underfoot. At this time, the sky has almost darkened, and it's estimated that nothing will be visible soon.

  Cheng Zihan rested for a while and then continued to move forward.

  There are still many small waterfalls in the mountains, with the sound of water and wind whistling by my ears, and occasionally I can hear the clear calls of birds.

  If time permits, it's also good to have a leisurely trip along the way.

  The two people continued walking for about half an hour, and Cheng Zihan really couldn't walk anymore. This mountain road was particularly difficult to walk on, with broken stones underfoot that were not stable to tread on.

  Qin Ke didn't have any feeling, looking around with his eyes, trying to find the kind of tree Lin Jing said, unfortunately, he didn't see it.

  Cheng Zihan sat down again to rest for a while, scooped up some water to wash her face, and then continued to pull the rattan forward.

  It had been a while since they stopped and started walking again, the sky had already darkened, Cheng Zihan felt that she could hardly see anything anymore, and her heart was also getting anxious.

  At this time, the snake on her arm suddenly jumped out and shouted loudly: "Cheng Zihuan, what are you doing here? Go back quickly!"

  Cheng Zihan gave him a white eye, "I'm here to find Sticky Tree!"

  "What rotten sticky tree? What kind of ghost thing are you talking about?" She Geng continued to scold loudly.

  "It's a tree that secretes mucus, with leaves like palms and a red trunk." Cheng Zihan explained to She Geng.

  "Secreting mucus? Leaves like palms? And red? Damn it, aren't you talking about that damn snot tree?! Don't go looking for that dead pervert! What mucus! That secretion is just that dead pervert's snot! What use is his snot?! Snake Geng listened to Cheng Zihans account and became even more violent, bellowing at Cheng Zihan."

  Cheng Zihan's mouth twitched slightly.

  "Do you know where it is?" Cheng Zihan asked, glancing at She Geng.

  She knew that Snake Geng must know where the sticky tree was, but according to Snake Geng's words, what did he mean by saying it was a snot tree? Was the mucus its snot? This statement... Cheng Zihang couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

  "I don't know! Hurry back!" Snake Geng yelled in a bad temper, pulling Cheng Zihang to leave.

  "Don't go back! If you don't take me with you, I'll trample you to death and then make snake soup out of you!" Cheng Zihan grabbed Snake Geng's neck and said viciously.

  "Ahh, you're actually threatening me! You're actually threatening the majestic and powerful me! Ahhh..." Snake Geng was pinched on the neck by Cheng Zihan and let out a series of eerie cries. In the end, he still compromised under Cheng Zihan's tyranny and agreed to take him to find the so-called "Nose Tree".

  In fact, "Nose Tree" is just a nickname given by Xiang Gong to it. As for whether the mucus is really nasal mucus or not, Cheng Zihan couldn't be sure either.

  There were snakes on the road, but they managed to find the so-called "nasal tree" before nightfall.

  Cheng Zihan finally understood why Lin Jing Tang said that he would recognize it as soon as he saw it when she saw the tree in front of her.

  A tree with a trunk as wide as several people could wrap their arms around stood before them, and on the entire trunk hung transparent, crystalline objects that resembled the trails of snot hanging from a child's nose.

  Cheng Zihan's mouth twitched, and She Geng reminded him again: "If you want its snot, go collect it now! Otherwise, once night falls, it will hide and you won't be able to find it!"

  Cheng Zihan hurriedly took out the small bottle given by Lin Jing Tang, put on his gloves, and then went to retrieve some adhesive.

  As expected, she had just obtained the mucus when that strange big tree suddenly disappeared.

  Cheng Zihan let out a sigh of relief and finally got it.

  "Hey, take us away from here quickly."

  It's getting late at night, and there is a chill in the mountain, Cheng Zihan feels a bit cold.

  The snake twisted its body, clearly unwilling.

  However, seeing Cheng Zihan's fierce and evil appearance, he hastily agreed. With a shake of his body, he transformed into the shape of a giant snake, allowing Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu to sit on his back as he took them down the mountain.

  The two of them came down from the mountain, and the sky had already turned completely dark.

  It was already 9 o'clock in the evening when I returned from Qī Cūn Village to Wàng City.

  Cheng Zihan was also a bit tired, but he was exceptionally excited.

  The snake has turned into a small bracelet in Cheng Zihans hand.

  After dinner, Cheng Zihan was still very excited.

  Qin Kexiu looked at her and felt puzzled in his heart, unable to help but ask again: "Cheng Zihuan, what are you so happy about?"

  "Hey, don't ask me now, you'll know later. Let's go rest first, we'll take action at midnight." Cheng Zihan said and skipped away, anyway there was a small bed in the greenhouse, she could just rest on it for a while.

  Qin Ke could repair it more conveniently and directly enter the Tree Spirit Space to rest for a while.

  At twelve o'clock, Cheng Zihan's eyes flashed with a sharp light and he sat up.

  Qin Ke Xiu also appeared in time next to Cheng Zi Han's house.

  "Let's go and cause some trouble." Cheng Zihan patted Qin Kexiu's shoulder and walked out of the greenhouse.

  There was someone patrolling in the garden at night. Naturally, they saw Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu coming out of the greenhouse, and shouted loudly: "Who is it?"

  Two people came over with flashlights. Seeing that it was Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurried over to greet them: "It's the young lady and Director Qin, where are you going so late?"

  Cheng Zihan glanced at the two of them and smiled, "Nothing much, just can't sleep in the middle of the night, so I came out to take a look at the moon."

  The two of them looked up at the sky upon hearing this, but the sky was pitch black. Where was the moon?

  Cheng Zihan didn't care about them and directly pulled Qin Kexiu away.

  After leaving the plantation, Cheng Zihan didn't go to Wangcheng directly. At 2 am, when people are most tired and usually asleep, she still had to wait a while before going over.

  Tonight there is no moon and even the stars can't be seen.

  Yan Han is no longer living in the Wangcheng Hotel, he bought a piece of land near Wangcheng and built a factory, as for what exactly he does inside, only he himself knows.

  Yan Han lived right in the factory and had a small villa built inside it, where he could enjoy himself.

  Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu strolled around Wangcheng for a while before heading towards the location of that factory.

  The factory had a sign that read "Food Factory", but it was already closed, and there were no lights on inside. The place was pitch black, and from far away, you could hear the occasional bark of a dog, which sounded especially frightening in the dark of night.

  Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu quietly made their way to the side of the wall, perked up their ears to listen, this factory had raised a lot of dogs, feeling that someone was approaching, they all opened their throats and barked.

  Cheng Zihan took out a few pieces of meat and threw them inside, then heard a loud howl, which quickly disappeared without any further sound.

  That meat had added ingredients, even an elephant would be knocked down after eating a mouthful. After knocking down those dogs, Cheng Zihang measured the height of the wall with his hands, thought for a moment, then ran out and came back to get a running start, kicked off the ground with one foot, grasped upwards with both hands, grabbed the top of the wall, and quickly climbed up using the wall as leverage.

  The wall is not high, only about 1.5 meters, sitting on the wall, you can see several black things lying down below, which should be those dogs.

  Cheng Zihan quietly went down, Qin Kexiu closely followed and also came in, he came in much simpler, directly passing through the wall.

  Cheng Zihan secretly envied him for a moment before taking him towards the villa where Yan Han lived.

  There were two more people guarding the entrance of Yanchan Villa, and he was being cautious.

  Cheng Zihan thought for a moment before exchanging a glance with Qin Kexiu, and the two of them split up to sneak away in different directions.

  Qin Kesou quickly took care of one person and turned around to help Cheng Zihuan, only to find that she had already taken care of the other person even faster. The man was now lying motionless on the ground, dead or alive unknown.

  Qin Kesou's mouth twitched violently, this Cheng Zihuan was indeed violent.

  Having taken care of the guard, the two continued on their way forward.

  In the house, several more guards were dealt with before finally arriving at Yan Han's room.

  Cheng Zihan stood at the door and suddenly burst out laughing coldly.

  Qin Kexiu looked at him and felt a inexplicable chill in his heart.

  Two people pushed open the door and walked into the room.

  Yan Han was already asleep at this time, and still snoring.

  Qin Ke subconsciously covered Cheng Zihan's eyes, stretched out his foot to hook up the bed sheet and cover Yan Han, before releasing his hand.

  Cheng Zihan silently looked at Qin Kexiu for a moment before taking out the bottle containing the sticky sap and handing it over to him.

  Qin Kesou looked at Cheng Zihan with a puzzled face, "What are you doing?"

  "Give it to him, pour this into his chrysanthemum tea. Then, you know." Cheng Zihan turned her face away, seemingly too embarrassed to look.

  Qin Kexiu's face twitched violently at the corners of his mouth as he finally realized Cheng Zihans sinister intentions!

  Unexpectedly, they actually sealed off Yan Han's chrysanthemum! Not letting him have any chrysanthemums to explode! How treacherous, too treacherous!