Chapter Ninety-Five Heart Traces

  When I returned to the plantation, it was already dark. Today, Wangcheng had been raining all day, and the weather was very cold. All employees had gone home early to rest.

  Entering the plantation, there was only one room with its lights still on.

  No matter how hard it is in her heart, life has to go on. Since Duan Yitong has chosen this path, she can't change it and can only follow her own way.

  Back in the room, Qin Kexiu was indeed sitting on his bed, still holding a book and reading under the dim yellow light, which was the only source of brightness in the entire plantation.

  Cheng Zihan looked at Qin Kexiu sitting on the edge of the bed, the lamp light casting a warm yellow glow over him, making his entire person appear soft and gentle.

  "What? Missing me?" Seeing Qin Kexiu, Cheng Zihan couldn't help but tease, and the heavy feeling suddenly felt much lighter.

  There seems to be someone like that, who can say nothing at all, just sit there quietly, and yet you can feel a deep warmth.

  Qin Ke Xiu is this kind of person.

  Qin Ke closed the book in his hand, looked up at Cheng Zihang, and still had a faint smile on his lips. "Yeah, I don't know why, but I suddenly thought of you. Since I couldn't see you, I came to your room to smell your scent."

  Cheng Zihan burst out laughing, kicked off her shoes and walked over to Qin Kexiu, plopping herself down beside him with a thud. She asked bluntly, "You can't have really fallen in love with me, can you?"

  Qin Ke's expression stiffened, he didn't say a word, but looked at Cheng Zihan with a serious face, hesitated for a moment, then said: "En, it seems I've really fallen in love with you, what do you think we should do?"

  Cheng Zihan didn't expect Qin Kexiu to answer like that, and was clearly taken aback for a moment before bursting out laughing, "Haha, you fell in love with me? Don't try to fool me! How could I possibly believe that! Alright, it's late, hurry back to your own room and go to sleep!"

  Cheng Zihan said as she rudely stretched out her foot and directly kicked Qin Kexiu.

  Qin could see that his body was light and floating, suspended in mid-air, looking down at Cheng Zihang. From this angle, Cheng Zihang was no longer the eight-year-old little girl, but the person who had always been in his heart.

  "Really ruthless, I came to find you for something." Qin Ke Xiu shook his head, shaking off that strange feeling in his heart, before speaking with a serious face.

  Cheng Zihan looked at Qin Kexiu with some curiosity. She didn't need to raise her head, she just needed to look straight ahead to see Qin Kexiu floating on the ceiling.

  It wasn't until now that she suddenly remembered, Qin Kexiu was a soul. She recalled that Mang Xiang had told her before that the existence of souls in this world was fraught with danger. In nature, there existed a mysterious power that could decompose their essence, and eventually they would disperse into thin air.

  Qin Kexiu has been here for almost a year now, and during this time he has lived like a normal person, to the point where Cheng Zihuan is about to forget his true identity.

  That sentence is really heartless, it seems like a very fitting scolding.

  All along, she seemed to have forgotten to consider Qin Kexiu's situation, not thinking that he might suddenly disappear, or she had been wanting to deceive herself all the time, not wanting to admit this possibility.

  Qin Kexiu will die and thoroughly disappear from this world.

  "What's wrong?" Everything was too heavy, Cheng Zihans mood, which had just barely calmed down, became heavy again.

  She still had many things to face, just like Duan Yitong's transformation, the cause and effect of her past life, Qin Kexiu's physical body, and the future of everyone around her.

  "You're about to have your final exams soon, and after the exams are over, let's take a trip to Yunnan." Qin Kexiu looked at Cheng Zihan's expression and already understood what she was thinking.

  This girl is great in every way, it's just that she thinks too much.

  "Yúnán? What are you going to Yúnán for?" Chéng Zǐhán was somewhat perplexed.

  Henan South is a bit far from Nan City, even if you take a plane, it takes more than four hours. After arriving at Henan South Airport, it still takes 5-6 hours by car to reach the city center of Henan South.

  Yunnan is one of the most developed cities in southern China, located in northern Yunnan Province. The region is rich in jade and timber, both of which are among the best in the country.

  In addition, the wild animals in southern Henan are also among the best in the country.

  Cheng Zihan was somewhat unsure of Qin Kexiu's thoughts in his heart. What is he doing going to Yu Nan for no reason?

  "There's a large jade trading fair on the other side before Chinese New Year, don't you want to go treasure hunting? And the flower market there won't be smaller than Dong Province's, who knows, we might even be able to open up a new market there." Qin Kexiu slowly floated down, smiling faintly at Cheng Zihan.

  Cheng Zihan's eyes lit up.

  She had read about it in books and seen it on TV before, but she had never actually participated. She had always wanted to try the thrilling experience of gambling.

  Gambling on stones is just like any other form of gambling, it's all about luck and guts. Some people can make a fortune, while others may lose everything. This has a lot to do with one's personal luck, but more importantly, it depends on the participant's courage and willingness to take risks.

  The odds of winning and losing are even, and it's very likely that the stone you buy is just a useless rock, or maybe, with little money, you can buy a jade worth a city.

  Yunnan has many more tree species than the eastern provinces, because it is located in a tropical and subtropical region, with a patch of original tropical rainforest, so the variety of trees and flowers is much greater. Moreover, there are various primitive tropical animals, and in Yunnan, there is a very famous scenic spot, which is the Primitive Forest Exploration.

  In the primeval forest, there are all kinds of dangers and opportunities. Countless people from all over the country are willing to come and enter that mysterious area to explore.

  There are also people who discover treasure and become rich overnight, but naturally there will be no shortage of unlucky ones who die in the primeval forest.

  When she heard that Qin Kexiu was going to take her there, Cheng Zihan naturally got excited.

  "Okay, I'll go. Who else is going with us?" Cheng Zihan's enthusiasm had been stirred up, and her earlier disappointment and loss had all disappeared. She sat up straight away, looking at Qin Kexiu eagerly.

  Qin Kesou smiled helplessly, "If Han Yi is free at that time, he should go together with you, and also the Serf you brought back. The others won't go, or you can bring a few more."

  "Alright, I know. You go back to sleep, I'm going to bed too." Cheng Zihan now wished that time would pass quickly, until the day of the Spring Festival arrived, when she could fly with Qin Kexiu and Han Yi to southern Henan, to participate in the thrilling stone gambling game, and explore the mysterious and unpredictable primeval forest.

  The next day, Cheng Zihan got up early.

  After washing up, she directly shouldered her school bag and headed back to school.

  Because she went to Germany, so she didn't catch up with New Year's holiday.

  The Spring Festival is approaching, and the flower market has started preparing.

  This year's flower market was naturally taken care of by Qin Kexiu alone.

  Wangcheng has a vacant square that is used for the annual flower market. The construction team has now entered the site and started work.

  Qin Kexiu combines modern principles with current technology to create the world's first flower market.

  The entire flower market in Wangcheng is now almost entirely occupied by Yihuan Garden, which can be said to be a monopoly. Even in Nanshi, there are only a few flower farms that can compare with them.

  During this period, under the iron-blooded means of Qin Ke, he also acquired and merged many small flower markets, integrated resources, and further unified and standardized the market.

  However, some of them also belong to certain large families, and Qin Ke Xiu couldn't handle it for a while, so the dream of occupying the entire Nan City market will probably take some time to come true.

  Qin Ke Xiu's goal, however, was not just a small flower market in Nan City, but the entire country and even the world's flower market. And he was convinced that with hard work, this dream would definitely come true.

  There is only one week left before the final exam, so all the students in Class 11 have entered a crazy review.

  They went to the bookstore and bought a large number of exercise books back, except for class time, they were doing various exercises frantically.

  Cheng Zihan almost thought she had walked into the wrong place as soon as she entered the classroom, everyone was buried in their work, where was the original class eleven she saw when she first came?

  She sat back in her own seat and took out her textbook, placing it on the desk with a pretentious air.

  She didn't take the middle school entrance exam seriously.

  At this time a small note was secretly passed over, Cheng Zihan opened it and frowned.

  I didn't expect that during her absence, many things happened.

  Qian Momo has been expelled from school, and after a few days of loss, her classmates have also accepted this fact.

  Qian Momo was expelled and her family members blamed her. At this time, losing the teaching profession is absolutely an unwise thing to do.

  Qian Momo's boyfriend's family originally thought she had a stable job, and the teaching profession has good benefits and treatment, so they accepted her as their daughter-in-law. Now that they see her unemployed, they immediately kick her when she's down and pressure her boyfriend to break up with her.

  Qian Momo's boyfriend was forced by family pressure and finally reluctantly chose to break up with Qian Momo.

  Qian Momo suffered a double blow of unemployment and lost love.

  But heaven didn't let her off, a set of indecent photos were wildly spread out just a few days after she was fired, almost all of them were photos of her being intimate with the principal of Wangcheng Middle School.

  The next day after the photos were taken, the principal's wife came to her doorstep and beat Qian Momo, directly accusing her of being a fox spirit and shameless.

  Qian Momo's family was deeply ashamed and directly threw her things out of the house, announcing that they would cut off their relationship with her.

  Jin Mu is nowhere to be found now.

  Classmates initially thought it was a pity that Qian Momo had left, but after seeing those indecent photos, they were extremely angry and directly thought she was a shameless woman who hooked up with the principal, so they didn't bother to care about her anymore.

  Cheng Zihan had asked the little monkey in the class to pay attention to Qian Momo's affairs when she left, so as soon as she came back, the little monkey immediately told her all the relevant news.

  He crumpled up the piece of paper in his hand and the class bell rang.

  Early self-study, everyone is crazily studying, and all I can hear around me are the sounds of pens scratching on paper.

  Cheng Zihan propped her chin with one hand, but in her heart, she was thinking about how to help Qian Momo.

  She is now clearly being framed, and the person who framed her should be the principal of Wangcheng Middle School.

  The principal, Huang Longquan, was a man in his forties or fifties, with a bald head and a big belly. His teeth were yellowed and blackened from years of smoking, giving him the appearance of someone who wasn't a good person at first glance, and seemed even more sinister upon closer inspection.

  He estimated that after Qian Momo left, he was afraid that Qian Momo would report his sexual harassment of the female teacher, or use his position to coerce the female teacher into having sex with him, so he took the initiative to send out those photos first and ruin Qian Momo's reputation.

  At this age, a woman's reputation is the most important thing. Qian Momo lost her job and her love, and now she has been accused of sacrificing her dignity to climb up the social ladder. Moreover, Huang Longquan's wife personally came to their doorstep, and even the people in the Qian family acknowledged that Qian Momo had done something shameful and drove her out of the house.

  She has no one to rely on, where can she go at this time?

  Calculating the time, it seems that there are only two or three days left before her suicide. It looks like I must find Qian Momo first.

  Cheng Zihan immediately wrote a small note and threw it back to the little monkey.

  Xiao Hou's surname is Hou and his name is Zhibin, but all of his classmates call him Monkey.

  His family is a genuine underworld family, so the news is more agile than ordinary people. It's precisely because of this that Cheng Zihang asked him to help find someone.

  The little monkey replied quickly, but his answer was very disappointing for Cheng Zihang.

  Because Xiao Hou said that since Qian Momo left the Qian family, she had lost contact, and even his people couldn't find her.

  This is going to be troublesome.

  Qian Momo has suffered such a huge blow, her mind must be abnormal at this time, where can she go?

  Cheng Zihan furrowed her brow and gazed out of the window.

  Outside the window is a tall kapok tree. At this time, all the leaves of the kapok have fallen off, leaving only the bare trunk.

  The sky outside is very blue and clear, much better than yesterday's weather.

  As soon as the class was over, Cheng Zihan immediately stood up and directly dragged Xiao Hou out of the classroom.

  "Tell me, where has Qian Momo been during this time? When did she disappear? What was she doing before she disappeared, and was there anything unusual?" Dragging Xiaohou to the rooftop, Cheng Zihan directly trapped him between her hands, looking down at Xiaohou with a cold gaze, questioning in a low voice.

  One question after another, left Little Monkey stunned for a long time before reacting.

  "Ever since she was kicked out of the house, she's been wandering around the neighborhood. On the day of the incident, she went to see her boyfriend, but I don't know what they talked about. Afterwards, she came out looking very dejected. Later on, she went to a supermarket and seemed to have bought something. I saw her eating and thought she had come to terms with things, but then she suddenly ran out like a madwoman, rushing into the crowd, and we lost track of her. After that, I sent people to look for her, but no one found any sign of her. It's as if she vanished." Little Monkey furrowed his brow, recalling every detail without missing a single one.

  After finishing speaking, he looked at Cheng Zihuan with a puzzled face, "Cheng Zihuan, why are you so concerned about her? This shameless woman, it's best if she died."

  Cheng Zihan glared at him fiercely, "Who said she was that kind of woman? You believe what others say? How has she treated us, don't you have eyes to see? Do you think she's that kind of person?"

  Cheng Zihan asked a series of questions in a row, leaving Xiao Huan speechless. He thought carefully and seemed to think that Qian Momo was not that kind of person.

  She is very frugal, almost all of her salary is handed over to her parents, and she rarely buys new clothes. She doesn't like dressing up either. Otherwise, she would definitely be the most attractive teacher in Wangcheng Middle School.

  In addition, she is usually very good to them. The little monkey thinks that he has been studying for over ten years and has never seen a teacher as kind-hearted and genuinely good to students as her.

  Is there still something hidden in this matter?

  The little monkey looked up at Cheng Zihan with a puzzled expression and asked weakly, "Then, is there something else that's not quite right?"

  "Nonsense! Your family has a wide network, no matter what method is used, she must be found within two days! If it's too late, I'm afraid we can only see her corpse! You go back and help me ask for leave now, I'll go out for a bit." Cheng Zihan nodded, with a serious expression, then patted Little Monkey's shoulder, gave him an instruction, and hurriedly went downstairs. When she reached the corner of the stairs, she turned around to look at Little Monkey again, "Remember, you all should focus on reviewing well, don't worry about anything else, let me handle everything."

  After leaving school, Cheng Zihan went straight back to the plantation.

  Qin Ke Xiu seemed somewhat surprised, Cheng Zi Han should be in school at this time, how did he come back?

  He thought of him and walked over, pulling Cheng Zihuan and asking: "Zihuan, what's wrong? Why are you back?"

  Qin Ke Xiu could see the anxiety on Cheng Zi Han's face.

  "Do you still remember our English teacher?" Cheng Zihan pulled Qin Kexiu's hand and asked hastily.

  Qin Kesou was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it and nodded, "En, there were many reports in the newspapers a few days ago, so I have some impression. What happened to her?"

  "Find someone right now and go find her! No matter what method, she must be found!" Cheng Zihan's tone was somewhat urgent. If they delayed for one more day, Qian Momo would be in even greater danger.

  This time, apart from Momo being affected, another person was also implicated.

  That person is Huang Longquan.

  He originally just wanted to use these photos to make Meng Meng's reputation ruined, so that no matter what she said, no one would believe her, and everyone would only think that she was seducing Huang Longquan but failed, so she slandered Huang Longquan.

  Huang Longquan never thought that after his wife saw these photos, she would directly go to Qian Momo's house and beat her up without saying a word. Afterwards, she immediately went to the Education Bureau to report him, and he was dismissed from his position. Now he is idle at home, feeling extremely depressed.

  Huang Longquan's mind wandered outside as he casually flipped through the newspaper.

  The mother-in-law at home is not only unattractive in appearance and figure, but also has a personality that is difficult to accept.

  At first, if it weren't for her identity, he wouldn't have sacrificed his lifelong happiness to marry this woman back.

  But the arrow shot from the bow has no way of returning, and even if Huang Longquan wanted to take it back, it's too late.

  Epic Swallow sat across from Huang Longquan, elegantly eating the beef patty in front of her with a knife and fork. She occasionally raised her head, gazing at Huang Longquan with a faint smile, unable to help but sneer coldly.

  At the sight of Huang Longquan's restless appearance, Shi Yanyan couldn't help but mock him: "What? Can't bear the loneliness? Want to go find your little demon outside?"

  Huang Longquan hastily smiled and said, "Wife, you're wronging me with these words. How could I think of that little demon? Having you is enough for me."

  Huang Longquan suppressed the disgust in his heart and forced himself to speak insincerely.

  The epic swallow snorted, coldly laughed, then put down the knife and fork in his hand, and lazily said: "After staying at home for so many days, I think you should have figured it out. Today, I'm going back home for a while. You'd better stay at home properly. If you want to go out, that's fine too. But if I find out you're going out to look for some little monster, don't blame me for being impolite!"

  Huang Longquan kept nodding in agreement until Shi Yanyan walked out of the door, and only then did he let out a long sigh of relief.

  Looking at the back of Shiyan, Huang Longquan let out a loud "hiss" and then went to take a bath, changed into a clean set of clothes, before hastily rushing out the door.

  He had been cooped up at home for four whole days, and he was already fed up. Especially when he thought of that little beauty being locked in his small golden house, he couldn't wait to rush over and indulge in a romantic tryst with his beloved.

  Huang Longquan went out of the door and drove his own car directly, heading straight to a small village in the suburbs of Wangcheng.

  The population of Longhu Village is very small, with only a dozen or so households living here. Most young people have gone out to work on ordinary days, leaving behind only a few elderly people who are inconvenient to move and a few children.

  Huang Longquan's car stopped at the entrance. He looked around to make sure no one was following, then hastily got out of the car and entered the village.

  The villagers all knew him and when they saw him coming, they just lazily closed one eye and opened the other, without saying a word.

  Huang Longquan has a house in this village that was secretly built two years ago, and even Shi Yanyan doesn't know about it.

  The house is a two-story bungalow, and the anti-theft door at the entrance was just installed recently.

  Huang Longquan arrived at the door, hastily took out the key to open it, and then quickly locked it again before rushing towards the main gate.

  There was no light inside the house, and all the windows around were sealed and couldn't be opened. After Huang Longquan entered the house, he turned on the light with a wave of his hand, and the sudden brightness dispelled the darkness in the room.

  "Little beauty, I'm tired." Huang Longquan rubbed his hands together, smiling and walking into the house.

  The first floor hall was empty. Huang Longquan searched the rooms, bathroom and kitchen on the first floor but didn't see anyone's shadow. He then headed upstairs.

  There are only two small rooms upstairs, and the balcony door has been locked, so it can't be opened at all.

  Huang Longquan opened one of the rooms and found Qian Momo hiding inside.

  Qian Momo looked extremely haggard, her hair was disheveled and scattered on her shoulders, her eyes were bloodshot, when she heard the sound of the door opening, she jumped up in fright, staring at Huang Longquan at the door.

  "Who are you? Don't come over here!" Qian Momo shouted frantically at the man standing in the doorway.

  Huang Longquan rubbed his hands together and walked over to Qian Mo, "Mo, my good Mo, don't be like this, don't be tense, I will take good care of you."

  "Ah - don't come over! Get out! Get out!" Qian Momo covered her ears, shouting sharply and waving her hands frantically, as if she had gone mad.

  "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Huang Longquan pounced on her, pinning Qian Momo underneath him. As he comforted her emotions with his mouth, his hands unceremoniously reached for her chest.

  Qian Momo struggled desperately, her sharp fingernails scratching towards Huang Longquan's cheek.

  "Suck." Huang Longquan felt a stinging pain and his face flushed with a burning sensation. He slapped back with a loud smack.

  Qian Momo was beaten until she saw stars, and a buzzing sound came from her ears.

  Huang Longquan cursed as he reached out and tore open Qian Momo's clothes, but she was like a dead person, without any reaction.

  "Big sister, it's right here." Downstairs, Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu hastily brought people to hurry over and had already arrived at the bottom of Huang Longquan's house.

  Cheng Zihan raised her head and looked towards the rooftop, with a lingering sense of unease in her heart.

  "Open the door!" Qian Mu Mu thought that if she was really locked in here by Huang Longquan, that beast, it would be a disaster.

  "Yes." The leader was a lock-picking expert from the plantation, named Lai Guosen. He used to be a drug addict, but after quitting, he couldn't find work anywhere due to his record and was also ostracized at home.

  It was because of an accidental event that Qin Ke allowed him to stay in the plantation as a security guard.

  Lai Guosen used to steal at home to collect drug money when he was taking drugs, so he had a good set of detective and anti-detective skills. After quitting drugs, he really wanted to change his ways and start anew because Qin Kexiu took him in, so he was very grateful to Qin Kexiu and worked hard for him.

  Lai Guosen took out a piece of iron wire and inserted it directly into the keyhole. After fiddling with it for a few moments, the door opened.

  Cheng Zihan walked in with big strides, Qin Kexiu closely followed behind her.

  Apart from them, there were also a few staff members from the plantation who came together.

  A group of people swarmed into Huang Longquan's home, and many nearby villagers gathered around curiously.

  "Search for me!" As soon as they entered the doorway, Cheng Zihan gave an order and everyone rushed into the house to start searching.

  Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu went directly upstairs. As soon as they went up, they heard a muffled hum.

  This voice was completely familiar to Cheng Zihan.

  She strode forward with big steps and kicked open the door of the room at the stairway entrance.

  Inside the door, Huang Longquan was lying on top of Qian Momo's body, pressing down with his body, working hard.

  Cheng Zihan was furious at first glance!

  Unexpectedly, Qian Momo was insulted by this beast in the end!

  Qin Kesou took a step forward before Cheng Zihan, grabbed Huang Longquan and kicked him to the ground.

  Cheng Zihan had covered Qian Momo's body with a bed sheet in the past, and looking at Qian Momo's lifeless eyes, her heart ached.

  The people downstairs are coming up right away, they helped Qin Ke Xiu to subdue Huang Longquan together, Cheng Zi Han had already wrapped Qian Mo in a sheet.

  "Hurry up and send her to the hospital!"

  Qian Momo was finally rescued, but she had suffered a great shock and had previously received a huge stimulus, so her mind was unclear. After waking up, she went crazy, and Cheng Zihang sent her to a mental hospital.

  Huang Longquan was caught, and Cheng Zihan directly sent someone to invite Shi Shiyuan over.

  Huang Longquan's body was wrapped in tattered cloth and he was thrown to the ground with his hands and feet bound.

  Shi epic Yan came when he fiercely stared at Huang Longquan for a moment, then sat down opposite Cheng Zihang.

  "Tell me, what do you want?" Epic Swallow didn't beat around the bush with Cheng Zihan either, directly getting to the point.

  Cheng Zihan lazily held a cup, swirled the contents, and smiled cruelly, "What do I want? I want justice."

  Epic Yan furrowed her brow, coldly gazing at Cheng Ziheng, "Justice? What justice is there in this world? She's just a small teacher, even if she died it wouldn't be worth mentioning. Although my man was wrong, he actually took a liking to that little wildflower and caused so much trouble. But, he's a man, men are like that, they always have moments where they can't control themselves."

  "That woman is already like this now, and she won't care about her reputation or anything. I'll just compensate her with some money, how much do you want?"

  The Epic Swallow's attitude thoroughly enraged Cheng Zihan, she coldly smiled, "You're very rich? You think money can solve everything? That's really embarrassing, my money is many times more than yours! Qin Ke Xiu, bring me the money! Smash this shameless woman to death! And this damn man!"

  Cheng Zihan had never seen a woman like this before, her own man was having an affair and did something so shameless, yet she could still maintain it! It's simply losing face for all women!

  Does she still want to use money to bully people? Looking at her tone, it seems like she thinks that with her vast wealth, even if she kills someone, she won't have to pay the price!

  Qin Kes mouth twitched, but he still obediently listened and went to get the money.

  Bag after bag of money was carried in, and to achieve the effect of killing people with money as mentioned by Cheng Zihang, Qin Kexiu also specially brought in 100,000 one-yuan coins. I estimate that several bags of coins here are enough to kill Shi Yanyan and Huang Longquan, these two cheap people.

  Cheng Zihan stood up, looking at the furious Shi Yan, and said coldly: "Shi Yan, don't think that having money can solve all problems in this world. I tell you, there are many people who have more money than you! Do you think the dirty things you've done can be covered up with money? I'm waiting for the moment when you'll fall from grace and lose everything! I'll make you know what it means to be worse off than dead! Smash them for me!"

  Cheng Zihan finished speaking with a heroic tone and walked out directly.

  Soon, a wail came from inside the house.

  Qin Kexiu also followed behind Cheng Zihan and went out.

  "What's it like to be splurged with money?" Sunny and bright, Qin Kesu looked at the side of Cheng Zihan's face under the sun and asked with a smile.

  Cheng Zihan turned around, looked at Qin Kexiu with a glance, and smiled, "Not bad. You go contact the newspaper company, you know what to do, I want to clear Money Momo's name, and can't let Huang Longquan this scum get away with it, he should receive the punishment he deserves, even if he's dead, he should be condemned by the world. As for Shi Shiyanyan, this woman, you handle her as you please, I have no opinion about her."

  This kind of woman, Shi Yanyan, really left Cheng Zihan speechless. She thought to herself, if she were in Shi Yanyan's shoes, she would never tolerate Huang Longquan's behavior like that.

  "There's something not quite simple about this epic swallow behind her, she is a person of the Qin family." Qin Ke Xu furrowed his brow, glanced at Cheng Zi Han, and hesitated before speaking.

  "Qin family?" Cheng Zihan raised an eyebrow and looked at Qin Kexiu.

  "Yes, she is Qin Xiangyu's granddaughter." Qin Kexiu nodded.

  "In any case, it's already impossible to be friends with the Qin family, so what's the point of being afraid of offending a mere granddaughter-in-law like Qin Xiangwei?" Cheng Zihan snorted coldly.

  It turns out that she was relying on someone behind her back, no wonder she was so arrogant, and even wanted to use money to crush her, it's simply ridiculous!

  Qin and Xiang Yu didn't even take her seriously, so why would she be afraid of a mere Shi Yanyan?

  "I'll go deal with it then." Qin Kexiu had long expected that Cheng Zihuan would react this way, so he simply spread his hands and went into the house.

  The next day, all the newspapers reported that Huang Longquan had used his power to coerce his subordinates into having an improper relationship with him, and there was also a forensic appraisal by the judicial authorities, proving that Qian Momo had been sexually assaulted, and everything pointed directly at Huang Longquan.

  Later, several female teachers who had been intimidated by Huang Longquan also came forward and recounted their experiences of being persecuted. As a result, the incident became widely known, and people began to focus on this event rather than Qian Muzi's indecent photos incident.

  Huang Longquan was suspended and investigated, while Shi Shiyuan was also implicated, and even the Shi family behind Shi Shiyuan was involved. It just so happened that someone from the Shi family worked in the municipal education bureau, and Huang Longquan was transferred to Wangcheng through connections. During his tenure, not only did he use his power to coerce female subordinates, but also cases of corruption and bribery were exposed.

  Wangcheng Middle School was affected by this incident and temporarily suspended classes. All teachers were caught up in the investigation storm and could not escape.

  The final exams which were originally scheduled have also been temporarily cancelled due to this incident.

  Due to the Huanglongquan incident, many school leaders of Wangcheng Middle School were also implicated and many leaders directly stepped down. As a result, this year's winter vacation at Wangcheng Middle School arrived ahead of schedule, starting on January 10th.

  The Huang Longquan thing made Cheng Zihang fairly satisfied. At least Qin Kexiu's efficiency was pretty good, and he was ruthless enough.

  Most of the students in Class 11 live on campus and have been dismissed early, but their parents were not notified and no arrangements were made for them to be picked up.

  As soon as the holiday began, everyone packed up their things and surprisingly didn't know where to go, but they all consistently thought of Cheng Zihans plantation.

  There are still some vacant staff dormitories in the plantation. They had also visited them before, and the environment was not bad. At least they could temporarily borrow a place to stay.

  A group of classmates discussed and decided, then directly dragged their luggage to the entrance of the plantation.

  The security guard at the door saw this and immediately went in to tell Cheng Zihuan.

  Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu were studying the sales plan for the second phase of Yu Jingtai in the office, as soon as they heard the security guard's words, the two immediately put down their work and rushed to the door.

  "Zi Han, sorry about this. We didn't mean to just show up without warning you first." Bu Jiawei was the first to speak up when she saw Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu arrive.

  Looking at the cute little chubby in front of her, Cheng Zihan smiled and led them all in before asking somewhat puzzled: "Why did you all come to my place? Don't you go home for vacation?"

  "Everyone who lived in Wangcheng has gone back, but we're not from here, and even if we went home, no one would know. The school dorms can't be stayed in anymore, the administrators have already kicked us out, we don't have anywhere to go, so we thought of coming to your place to stay for a few days, we'll help you with work." Bu Jiawei explained hastily, thinking that Cheng Zihang was unhappy.

  "Who wants you to work? You just don't make trouble and that's fine. It just so happens that the farm on my side is about to open, you can go play first and give some opinions, see what else needs improvement, we'll come back later to improve it, you just live here and don't be polite." Cheng Zihan gave Bo Jiawei a white eye, then thought for a moment and said to the group of people.

  Cheng Zihan knew that these people were proud, they didn't like others to give them charity, otherwise they wouldn't have asked to help with chores to offset the accommodation fee.

  They actually have money and giving them money is not out of the question. It's just that for them, receiving money would be an insult to this friendship, so they'd rather work instead.

  Cheng Zihan didn't mind these things, having more people at home made it lively, anyway she was on holiday, and when she returned to the plantation, she helped with the work, some people came to accompany her which wasn't bad.

  "Really? That's great, let's take a rest first and go to your farm tomorrow to help out." Bo Jiaqi heard Cheng Zihan's words and immediately jumped up excitedly.

  Cheng Zihan silently stared at him, somewhat speechless, while Xiao Pangzi jumped up and down, trembling all over.

  Everyone settled in and went to rest, while Cheng Zihan followed Qin Kexiu back to the office to study sales plans.

  This time, the main residential area is a high-end residential district. The house price is much higher than that of the first phase. The focus is on luxury houses, whether it's the supporting facilities in the community or the materials used for construction and decoration, all are top-notch.

  Cheng Zihan's goal is to create the country's first and largest luxury mansion community, where eating, living, and transportation are integrated, with educational software in all aspects, even in Beijing, it's hard to find a neighborhood that perfect.

  Outside the community is a large park, and there is also a main road connecting to Nanshi. Both transportation and environment are absolutely first-class.

  Moreover, there are no factories or pollution nearby. Cheng Zihan even had a moat dug around the residential area and all the surrounding greening facilities were also fully equipped.

  When the second phase of Yujingtai is completed, it will be a garden-style community, surpassing the first phase in every way.

  Moreover, the funds invested in Phase II are much more than those in Phase I. Since the housing prices in the community cannot have a substantial surge in a short period of time, the developer is not in a hurry to develop the residential area. Instead, they started with the construction of peripheral facilities such as green spaces, parks, large shopping malls, pedestrian streets, kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools, and high school teaching buildings. The land for the residential area has already been allocated, and all aspects of future development have been well planned and arranged.

  At the same time, the roads of the entire Wangcheng are also under construction. In addition to the roads, the greening projects related to Wangcheng have also started.

  The plantation has recently introduced new products, in addition to the flower seedlings and tree seedlings that have been planted all along, it has also introduced Italian turf, which will be used in large quantities for road greening projects in the future. The median strips on the roads will also need to be planted with this type of turf. In addition to the turf, there are also a large number of tree seedlings and flower seedlings.

  Because the government invested little money, most of it was funded by Cheng Zihan himself, so he was particularly cautious in selecting tree and flower species. The number of trees and flowers needed for the greening of Wangcheng is astronomical, not just one or two.

  Wangcheng is connected to the national highway trunk line and multiple provincial roads. Three national highways pass through Wangcheng, making transportation here quite convenient.

  However, because the government has not emphasized road repairs for a long time, the roads here are impassable. Coupled with slow economic development and no large-scale industrial parks being introduced, there is nothing to export or sell, so it cannot attract foreign businessmen.

  Cheng Zihan has taken over here, she will not allow any factory to enter Wangcheng, this place must not be affected by any industrial pollution, currently most of the land already belongs to her, and the remaining small number are scattered in different people's hands.

  Wangcheng currently has only three factories, one of which is a heavy industry that deals with aluminum materials and is located in the central area of Wangcheng. It was introduced two years ago. The other party's map is here because the land rent is cheap, and there are special supports for foreign merchants, tax-free for the first ten years, and only half of the tax needs to be paid for the next ten years, which is already an intangible asset for enterprises.

  Without the burden of taxes and with almost zero land rent, they developed naturally like a fish in water.

  Apart from this one, there is only one food factory and one textile mill. There are currently only three factories in Wangcheng.

  The pollution from the food factory is not too serious, but the pollution from the textile mill and aluminum plant is visible.

  Textile mills not only produce dust, but also a large amount of wastewater discharged directly every day. The current wastewater treatment system is very poor, and generally small factories will not use these at all. Wastewater is directly discharged, causing serious pollution to the surrounding water quality and soil.

  But these factories have signed contracts with the government for over 20 years, and it's impossible to ask them to move away unless the government is willing to compensate them for breach of contract, otherwise they will stay here forever.

  Apart from these three, in the neighboring Van City of Wangcheng, there is a heavily polluted cement plant that emits an astonishing amount of dust every day, making life unbearable for residents living nearby.

  For these pollution giants, Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu also had a countermeasure in mind, planning to take on the government's required penalty for breach of contract and let them leave. However, this idea was not implemented in the end.

  Because there are still many vacant lands in Wangcheng, the government will definitely introduce more factories in the future. They can compensate one or two, but do they need to help compensate hundreds?

  The government has no awareness of environmental protection, they only think about developing the local economy, so they do not care about the consequences and costs, blindly introducing heavily polluting factories that have been driven out, causing immeasurable harm to Wangcheng.

  It's just the beginning now, and there aren't many factories in Wangcheng yet, but in the future, Cheng Zihang knows that the entire Wangcheng will become an industrial zone, with countless factories moving in and polluting the environment and air here.

  What's even more outrageous is that many factories are located right next to residential areas, emitting large amounts of exhaust and wastewater. What's worse, some heavily polluting factories are situated right near sources of drinking water, completely disregarding the safety of local people's lives.

  It wasn't long before this situation changed, after 2000, the Wangcheng government began to develop into a national key industrial zone, and a large number of heavily polluting enterprises that were driven out by other cities were all arranged to come here. The reason is simple, it's just because there are a lot of state-owned land here, 960,000 hectares of state-owned land, which can't be found in any place in the country. Moreover, there are not many local residents here, totaling less than 30,000 people, so even if it is polluted, it will not harm the interests of too many people.

  There were still ten years, but Cheng Zihan knew that this kind of situation would never happen again.

  Because she now has half of the land in Wangcheng under her control, and recently Wangcheng wants to develop into a domestic advanced city, seeking political independence, separating from Nan City and even separating from Dong Province, so it needs a large amount of funds to develop local enterprises.

  Cheng Zihan's plantation is developing so well that it will definitely become a key enterprise to be cultivated, and she now has enough funds in her hands, even if she buys the entire Wangcheng, as long as she walks through relationships and back doors, Wangcheng will soon be hers.

  Cheng Zihan and Qin Kexiu's discussion didn't last long, everyone already had a bottom line in their hearts, so naturally there wouldn't be any quarrel, and the future sales plan was smoothly confirmed.

  The super luxury house plan is officially launched, and the second phase of Yujingtai, which has been planned for a long time, has also entered the construction stage. It was previously in the planning stage, but now the drawings have finally been finalized and made.

  Cheng Zihan looked at the drawing he had just drawn and sighed in his heart. This is what it means to have skills! No wonder they are professionals.

  Busy time always passes quickly.

  The morning was over in the midst of busyness.

  At noon break time, Cheng Zihan walked out of the office. The classmates who came to borrow accommodation today all followed the car to the breeding farm side, and now I don't know what the situation is like.

  Qin Kesou took one glance and saw what was worrying Cheng Zihan, walked over directly, pulled up her small hand, "Let's go, we'll take a look at the breeding grounds."

  Cheng Zihan lifted her small face and smiled at Qin Kexiu, and the two of them held hands and set off together to the breeding farm.

  The farm was filled with joyful songs and laughter, which was not as chaotic as Cheng Zihang had imagined.

  Entering the farm, Cheng Zihan was stunned, a group of people were actually playing games with cows and sheep?

  When they saw Cheng Zihan coming, a group of people excitedly ran over to him. "Zihan, this place is amazing! I've never seen such a fun place before! You can fish by yourself, pick vegetables in the field by yourself, and even pick fruits in the orchard by yourself. Look over there, the sugar oranges are so good, so sweet."

  "Yes, yes, Zihan, it's amazing that we can even cook our own meals here. There's a private kitchen where you can cook if you want to. It's so great! This place is definitely going to be popular!" Bu Jiawei also ran over, her face beaming with joy like a flower.

  Cheng Zihan covered her mouth and smiled secretly, "Do you like it here?"

  "I love it, I love it so much! We all want to move in and never leave! The hotel over there is so beautiful and natural! I want to roll around on that bed. You guys have a hot spring here too, I wanted to sneak in and soak today, but your dad said it's not open to the public yet, so the water is still cold. Otherwise, I would've jumped right in naked!" The speaker is Liu Xing.

  "Just like that, when I open my place here, you're all welcome to come and play. During the holidays, go back and give me some free publicity, and when you come next time, it's on the house. Of course, for the people you bring along, I'll have to charge them, haha." Cheng Zihan smiled slyly, looking like a businessperson.

  "Haha, okay okay, when are you opening for business here?" A group of people were excited beyond measure, today they even rode on cows and played hide-and-seek with the cattle and sheep together, this was the most fun they had ever had in their lives.

  "It'll probably be around ten days later." Cheng Zihan calculated the dates, and it should be just right to open before the new year. Opening on the 20th, about half a month after opening, it will be New Year's. Before the new year, most people are willing to travel with their families, as long as the promotion is done well, there will definitely be customers coming.

  "Really? Then we'll go back home in a few days, and after that I'll definitely bring my parents here to play!" Liu Xing was extremely excited, but as soon as he finished speaking, everyone's heads drooped down in disappointment.

  Liu Xing also realized that he had misspoken.

  Cheng Zihan looked at the atmosphere which had suddenly turned bad and felt puzzled.

  Why are these kids as changeable as the weather? They were just excited and cheerful, but suddenly they're depressed to death.

  "What's wrong with you guys?" Seeing the people in front of her who were on the verge of dying, Cheng Zihuan felt a bit displeased and asked gruffly.

  "Zi Han, I'm sorry, we might not be able to invite many people." Liu Xing lowered his head, looking apologetic.

  Cheng Zihan was taken aback, she thought it was something big, she didn't expect them to bring any guests anyway, she was just joking around. This kid is really cute.

  "Alright, I was just kidding you guys, how could I really make you go pull customers? Am I that kind of person? You love to play, so just have fun, my place is always open for you!" Cheng Zihan said with a smile and a bit of annoyance as she patted Liu Xing's shoulder.

  "Really?" Liu Xing seemed somewhat incredulous.

  "Nonsense! Of course it's true. Have you had enough fun? Are you tired of playing? Do you want to eat?" Cheng Zihan gave him a white eye and asked again.

  She could see that everyone's mood was still a bit down.

  It should be because of their family.

  Most of the children here are lacking in parental love. They were originally excited, thinking that they could travel and play together as a family, but suddenly realized that their parents would not be able to accompany them, and naturally felt a sense of loss.

  Cheng Zihan also felt helpless about this.

  Other people's family affairs are really none of her business, and she is not a professional expert in resolving family conflicts.

  "I'm starving! Let's eat! Today we caught fish, picked a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits, and over there is the lotus pond, where we dug up some lotus roots!" As soon as they heard about food, everyone was excited and started shouting.

  Cheng Zihan was speechless about them. Children are just children, one moment they were sad and lost, the next moment they were excited and cheerful again.

  "Bring your labor achievements, let's go have someone cook for us." Cheng Zihan looked at the person in front of her with a face full of youth and a bright smile, her own face speechless.

  "Zi Han, can we do it ourselves?" Lin Jing asked cautiously, holding a bucket with several fish inside.

  Cheng Zihan was taken aback and looked at them with distrust, "Are you sure you can cook?"

  Lin Jing and others nodded seriously.

  Cheng Zihan had no choice but to follow them, hoping they wouldn't get food poisoning.

  To be on the safe side, she still had Cheng Hai prepare some stomach medicine and so on.

  To cook for oneself, starting a fire is a big problem. These young ladies and gentlemen have never done such things at home. Moreover, most households now use gas, so it's not necessary to start a fire by oneself.

  Several people crouched in front of the stove, looking at it for half a day, getting their faces covered with black soot, but still couldn't get the fire going.

  Several people were disappointed and looked at the black stove, looking at Cheng Zihang for help.

  Cheng Zihan's mouth twitched, looking at that group of adorable black-mouthed dogs, wanting to laugh but unable to.

  "Let me!" he shouted at Yuan classmate, and stepped forward bravely.

  I have to say, our little friend Xiangyuan really has a talent for starting fires. After messing around for half an hour, he finally managed to get the fire going.

  Looking at his dark face, he turned back to Cheng Zihuan and made a victorious gesture. Cheng Zihuan finally couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

  The fire was finally lit, and now it's time to cook. The boys and girls worked together, carefully adding oil, salt, and vegetables. It looked like they were doing a good job, but soon Cheng Zihang caught a whiff of something burning.

  One look at the pot and a good dish had all turned black.

  Lin Jing, who was cooking, scolded Xiang Yuan for the first time in an un-ladylike manner: "Xiang Yuan, you idiot! Why did you make the fire so big? My dishes are all burnt!"

  "You're an idiot!" Yu Xun raised an eyebrow, scolding people with a particularly cool and stylish tone.

  Cheng Zihan couldn't help but laugh and really couldn't bear it anymore, so she directly walked out.

  The last group struggled for an entire afternoon and still couldn't get the meal done.

  Cheng Zihan was hungry, so she started eating first. While eating, she listened to the noisy sounds coming from the kitchen, and her mouth corners were always curved upwards, with a smile hanging on her lips.

  After struggling for four hours, everyone finally gave up and walked out of the kitchen with a dejected face.

  Cheng Zihan covered her mouth and smiled slyly, "How is it? All the great chefs, is the meal ready yet? I'm still waiting to eat."

  "Good riddance! Not a good bird!" Bu Jiawei glared at Cheng Zihang with a fierce stare, his temper having become somewhat irritable after going hungry for an entire afternoon.

  Cheng Zihan was still smiling secretly, pointing to the table of dishes in front of her, "You guys didn't do well, I have all my dishes ready here, how about it? Want to come and eat?"

  "Charge!" A group of people let out a wolf-like howl and pounced over like hungry wolves, starting to eat voraciously.

  Qin Kexiu had already gone back a long time ago, and only a group of mischievous kids were left making noise. Only Cheng Zihan, who still has a childlike heart, was thoughtful enough to watch for half a day.

  Cheng Zihan is really happy. She has never enjoyed such a carefree and joyful life before, now she can finally enjoy it thoroughly, which is truly one of the greatest pleasures in life.

  Looking at the people with dirt still on their faces, they probably also have very few opportunities to enjoy such a life. The smiles on their faces are so unpretentious that it makes one feel envious.

  Everyone was full and tired, so they all went back to rest.

  Got on the big bus going back, everyone sang happily along the way, and returned to the plantation in high spirits.

  A group of classmates all went back to sleep, Cheng Zihan looked at the time and still had a bit, so she went to the office to take a lap.

  Qin Kexiu is not here, probably went to Yu Jingtai Phase II for supervision.

  He hasn't had many chances to see him recently, he should be planning to arrange everything as soon as possible and prepare to set off with Cheng Zihang to Yunnan Yuannan.

  Let me calculate the days, there are still five days left before the originally scheduled trip.

  Han Yi has also disappeared from sight for some time now, seemingly because something happened on the Han family's side and he was urgently summoned back.

  Currently, the Han family is temporarily led by Han Xuan Yan. After Han Bo Zun suddenly fainted, the Han family was in chaos. Fortunately, Han Jing Chen stepped forward to suppress their riot and quickly made a decision, allowing Han Xuan Yan to temporarily take over as the head of the household and become the acting head.

  Han Bozun and the heads of three other families are now in the hospital, and the doctors are also at a loss. No matter how they examine them, they can't find any problems with their bodies.

  Their physical indicators were all normal, but they remained unconscious, which made it really incomprehensible what the reason was.

  Foreign experts also came for a consultation, but the result was still the same.

  The current heads of the four major families are Han Xuan Yan of the Han family, Yan Qi of the Yan family, Situ Ye of the Situ family, and Qin Jia Sheng of the Qin family.

  Situ Yan and Qin Jia Sheng Cheng Zi Han do not know each other, and it is estimated that they are also hidden forces within their respective families. It's unlikely that someone who can represent the family would be simple. Moreover, the Qin family has some grudges against Cheng Zi Han because of Qin Hong Tao's matter. Originally, the Qin family thought Qin Hong Tao had made a name for himself and could bring glory to the Qin family, so they planned to take them back into the main house. However, due to Cheng Zi Han's involvement, the business ultimately fell through, and Qin Hong Tao became disheartened. The Qin family was also implicated in this matter, so naturally, they have some opinions about Cheng Zi Han.

  Xīng Zhāi Jiā Chéng Zǐ Hán zhī jiàn guò Xīng Zhāi Jìng, yīn wèi Xīng Zhāi jiā zú de tài du xiē yǒu huì huì, suǒ yǐ tā yě gǎo bù zhǔn duì fāng dà dǐ huì bu huì zhēn duì zì jǐ.

  After all, at the beginning of the land auction, they were consistent with other families and wanted to suppress Cheng Zihang.

  The Yan family doesn't even need to be mentioned, as soon as Yan Qi becomes the head of the household, he will definitely take action and come looking for trouble with Cheng Zihuan.

  Cheng Zihan is still quite comfortable now, but this comfort will probably disappear after the new year.

  Cheng Zihan sat on a swing under a big elm tree in the garden, gently swaying back and forth. The wind blew from behind her, carrying a chill that pierced to the bone.

  The weather is getting colder, especially in the south where it's freezing and unbearable.

  Unfortunately, there was no floor heating at this time, so I had to endure it.

  But as he blew in the cold wind, Cheng Zihan felt that he had become a lot more clear-headed.

  At least she was not deceived by the calm appearance in front of her. She knew that the calmer it is now, the more dangerous it will be when it explodes in the future.

  She can cope with one person, two people, but she cannot cope with countless people.

  And behind those people, there is a big government of China. If the government wants to suppress an enterprise or an individual, you basically have no way to live well here.

  Cheng Zihua's current situation is still very dangerous. She cannot overthrow the current regime and become the chairman to manage a country, Cheng Zihua admits that she does not have the courage to do so and does not want to worry about the world's affairs.

  Now is a modern society, it's a democratic society, but also an autocratic society. The regime of the great China, Cheng Zihang can only sneer at that, those people, now may be watching Cheng Zihang develop well, but once she owns everything and some people have evil intentions to lay hands on her, it is also an easy thing to do.

  Sometimes you can't help but be on guard.

  Qin Ke came back and saw Cheng Zihan closing her eyes, holding the two sides of the swing with both hands, gently swaying.

  He curiously walked over and stood in front of Cheng Zihan.

  Cheng Zihan felt a layer of dark shadow shrouding her body, and the not-so-warm sunlight was abruptly cut off. She opened her eyes and saw Qin Kexiu standing in front of her at once.

  "Are you back?" She smiled and asked Qin Kexiu.

  Qin Kesou nodded slightly, staring at her in a daze, "What are you thinking about?"

  "I'm thinking, my future is indeed full of ups and downs." Cheng Zihan still smiled, with a somewhat careless expression.

  Qin Ke Xiu hooked up the corner of his mouth and pulled Cheng Zi Han down, opening his own coat to wrap her in his arms.

  After blowing for more than an hour, Cheng Zihan's body was full of cold air. When she first stuck it to her body, even Qin Kexiu was frozen by the cold air emanating from her.

  He should have felt nothing at all, but he could feel the cold.

  Subconsciously lowering his head, he looked at the girl who was nestled in her own coat and raised her small face to look at him, Qin Kexiu's heart violently trembled.

  Cheng Zihan couldn't help but laugh with her hand covering her mouth, "Haha, Qin Kexiu, has anyone ever told you that your blushing face is really adorable?"

  Cheng Zihan smiled and crawled out of Qin Kexiu's arms, running away quickly.

  Qin Kexiu felt empty and lost inside his body, full of despair. He stretched out his hand to grab something in the air, but he couldn't grasp anything.

  Bitterly smiling, he chased in the direction of Cheng Ziheng, "I'm faceless, how could I possibly blush?"

  Qin Kexiu's words made Cheng Zihan's footsteps suddenly stop, she stood still, turned her head to look at Qin Kexiu who was running towards her, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Qin Kexiu, will you disappear?"

  Qin Kexiu was also stunned, seemingly not expecting Cheng Zihan to ask him such a question suddenly. After a slight daze, he had already arrived in front of Cheng Zihan, stretched out his hand and rubbed her head gently.

  Cheng Zihan felt a cold wind blowing over her head, and her hair became disheveled.

  Yes, Qin Kexiu is intangible, but sometimes he can hold her in his arms. However, every time he holds her, his body will be weakened for a long time afterwards.

  Ghosts don't have faces, how can they blush?

  But just for a moment, Cheng Zihan really saw Qin Kexiu's red face.

  "As long as you still need me for one more day, I won't disappear." Qin Ke Xiu looked at the worry in Cheng Zi Han's eyes and felt a pang of reluctance. He wanted to reach out and touch her face, but his hands passed through her body when they made contact.

  Cheng Zihan's tears gushed out.

  Qin Kesou had just started to appear and help her when she could still touch and feel, but in just a few months, he became so weak that he couldn't even touch his own face?

  "Qin Ke Xiu, don't leave me!" Cheng Zi Han wanted to go hug Qin Ke Xiu, but her hands only hugged the air. The feeling of emptiness filled her heart, making her feel so much pain that she almost suffocated.

  "No!" Panting heavily, Cheng Zihan finally woke up from her nightmare.

  The charcoal fire in the room was still burning, making a crackling sound, and the whole room was warm and cozy. However, Cheng Zihang felt a bit cold. She wrapped herself tightly in her quilt, hugging her knees tightly and burying her face between them.

  That dream just now was so real, she really felt like Qin Kesu was leaving her, that feeling of losing something in her heart made her feel empty all over.

  Cheng Zihan had never thought about her feelings for Qin Kexiu, it seemed that from the moment he followed her back to eighteen years ago, she had subconsciously relied on this man, and many problems were solved with his help.

  But Cheng Zihan had never thought about what kind of feelings he had for this man.

  Does she like him? In the simple interactions of these days, she has slowly gotten used to having someone around. He doesn't need her to say anything to understand what's on her mind, and he doesn't need to say anything for her to know what's on his mind. Sometimes she doesn't even need to ask him to do something, and he'll proactively do everything he can for her. He just exists like that, without making her feel awkward or out of place. But if he were to suddenly disappear, she would find it very hard to adapt.

  It's so simple to get used to being alone. He had already unknowingly seeped into your life, and even your soul.

  If it weren't for this dream, Cheng Zihan might not have understood her own heart clearly, but now that she does, she feels a little melancholy.

  Fear was a feeling she never had before, but now she's starting to feel it.

  Afraid of getting used to being alone, afraid of relying on someone, afraid that the person who has always been there will suddenly disappear.

  "Qin Ke Xiu! Qin Ke Xiu!" The sky outside had already darkened, and Cheng Zihan let out a somewhat uncontrolled roar towards the door.

  The door was quickly opened, and Qin Kexiu seemed to be in a hurry, with some wind and dust on his body. It seemed that it was raining outside, and when Qin Kexiu came in, he brought in a chill and dampness.

  "Zi Han? What's wrong?" Qin Ke Xiu asked with some concern, looking at Cheng Zi Han who was sitting on the bed with a flustered expression.

  Cheng Zihan just looked at him crying and didn't say a word.

  Qin Ke wanted to hold Cheng Zihan in his arms, but he was afraid that his cold demeanor would make her catch a chill, so he could only stand by helplessly and watch as she silently wept.

  "What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Looking at Cheng Zihan who didn't say a word, just kept crying, Qin Kexiu somewhat flusteredly took out tissues to wipe away her tears.

  Cheng Zihan sniffled and rubbed her nose, then stretched out her hand to randomly wipe her face, ending up with a dirty face.

  Qin Kesou looked at her with a smile, but seeing that she had finally stopped crying, he was relieved and sat down beside her.

  "What's wrong? You rarely cry so sadly." Even the things about Duan Yitong didn't make her cry that sadly, Qin Kesu was really curious, what kind of person or thing in this world could make Cheng Zihuan so sad.

  "What's it to you! I'm just bored and my body has too much water, can't I just cry a bit to vent?" After crying, Cheng Zihan returned to her usual tomboyish self.

  Qin Kes mouth twitched slightly, and he silently looked at Cheng Zihans eyes, somewhat speechless.

  "Alright, I'm fine now. You can go rest, you must be exhausted after a long day?" Cheng Zihan looked at Qin Kexiu and hurriedly sent him away.

  "You forgot? I'm a ghost, no need to rest." Qin Kexiu looked at Cheng Zihan with a smile, his voice somewhat melancholic.

  Cheng Zihan was stunned again.

  "Qin Kexiu, will you disappear? Will you suddenly disappear without even having the chance to say goodbye?" Cheng Zihan asked softly, staring at Qin Kexiu steadily.

  "Fool, what are you thinking? How could I possibly abandon you and disappear on my own? Unless you never want to see me again, otherwise, I won't leave you." Qin Kexiu felt a bit helpless, but finally understood why Cheng Zihan had cried so bitterly just now.

  It seems this silly girl is afraid of leaving her.

  Feeling needed, Qin Ke Xiu had a sense of pride and satisfaction in his heart.

  "But Mang Cang said that you are a spiritual body, and will be decomposed by the natural forces of nature. He didn't say that there was a way to give you a new body? What exactly is the method? Ah, yes, the Ice Jade Pearl!" Cheng Zihan muttered to himself, and suddenly took out the Ice Jade Pearl from his storage ring.

  This bead originally had some black air inside, but that day when fighting with the Blood Dragon, it was inexplicably purified to be spotless. Now it is a crystal clear bead.

  Cheng Zihan had just come out, and Qin Kexiu felt a surge of clear spring water deep in his soul, gradually nourishing his limbs and bones. He felt a wave of comfort throughout his body, so comfortable that he couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

  Cheng Zihan's mouth twitched violently as she shot Qin Kexiu a glance, "You, can you not be so... enthusiastic?"

  Qin Kes face turned red and he hastily snatched the Ice Soul Pearl from Cheng Zihan's hand, then quickly ran away.

  He returned to his room, his breathing still not calm. Just now when he saw the Ice Jade Pearl, he suddenly had a very strange feeling, as if at that moment, his body had all the feelings of ordinary people.

  When he returned to his room, Mang Cang was already sitting on his bed.

  "What's wrong?" Qin Kexiu was somewhat surprised.

  "I've been waiting for you for a long time." Mang Cang looked at Qin Kexiu and spoke lightly.

  Qin Kes face suddenly turned serious and he walked over to Mang Cang, sitting down beside him.

  "You're looking for me, is there something going on?" Mang Cang rarely came to find himself with such a serious expression, this time he did, definitely because of something very important.

  "I've calculated that in a month's time, there will be an extraordinary astronomical phenomenon. At that time, you'll have a chance to seize the opportunity, but as for the success rate, I dare not guarantee it."

  What Mang Cang said was good news for Qin Ke Xiu, but he had a feeling that Mang Cang still had something to say.

  Qin Kexiu remained silent, not responding, waiting for Mangcang's next words.

  "You should also know that the probabilities of success and failure are relative, you may succeed or fail. If successful, there is an aftereffect, you will forget everything from the past, including yourself. If failed, there are two possibilities, one is to vanish into thin air, the other is to maintain the original state. Of course, you may also be unlucky and encounter some special accidents during the process of seizing, as for what it will become, haha, I don't know." Mangcang smiled, his tone seeming to relax a lot, even with a hint of schadenfreude.

  Qin Kes mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but feel that this time's body-snatching was a bit of a scam.

  Man Tian didn't continue saying anything and directly returned to the Tree Spirit Space.

  Qin Kesou thought for a moment and felt relieved.

  That night, with the help of the Ice Jade Pearl, Qin Kexiu felt that his whole body was filled with strength.

  The next morning, Qin Kesu directly threw himself into work. He was busy for a while and needed to arrange everything in the shortest time possible so that he could go out and play with Cheng Zihan with peace of mind.

  Han Yi arrived at the plantation that afternoon, accompanied by a familiar face, Han Jingchen.

  Cheng Zihan is still playing with classmates at the farm, experiencing farm life, and having a great time.

  As soon as she returned to the plantation, seeing Han Yi and Han Jingchen, Cheng Zihan excitedly rushed over.

  "Korean Yi, Uncle Han, how did you come?" Cheng Zihan originally thought that Korean Yi would stay in the capital for the New Year and was a little disappointed.

  "What's wrong? Aren't we welcome?" Han Yi habitually reached out to rub Cheng Zihans head, saying with a smile.

  Cheng Zihan smiled and said, "Of course not, I'm very welcome. You'd better come and stay, don't leave."

  Cheng Zihan's group of fans behind her almost popped their eyes out when they saw Han Yi and Han Jingchen, each one drooling as they stared at them with wide eyes.

  Han Jingchen furrowed his brow, seemingly unimpressed by this group of young flower enthusiasts.

  Cheng Zihan saw Han Jingchen's face was not good, turned her head to take a look, and found that the little slag girl in her class was staring at him with drooling eyes, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  A group of prostitutes suddenly looked embarrassed and dispersed in all directions.

  "You've come at this time, are you planning to accompany me to Yu Nan?" Cheng Zihan asked while pouring tea for Han Yi and Han Jingchen as they sat down in the office upstairs.

  Recently, Qin Ke Xiu introduced tea plants into the garden and now drinks his own home-grown tea. Since he doesn't know what variety it is, he only supplies it internally and does not sell it externally.

  "En." Han Jinchen's words were always concise.

  "Uncle Wang is a master at gambling on stones, he once used 10 yuan to gamble out a piece of purple jade worth tens of millions. This time with him accompanying you, you don't have to worry about being cheated." Han Yi looked at Cheng Zihan with some excitement.

  Cheng Zihan rarely saw Han Yi like this and also showed a curious expression, pulling Han Jingchen to tell him stories.

  "Uncle Han, quickly tell me how you did it back then."

  Han Jingchen's mouth twitched, seemingly not too pleased, but facing Cheng Zihans' expectant gaze, he couldn't refuse and slowly began to tell his own story.

  Cheng Zihan and Han Yi listened carefully, occasionally cheering and applauding, their hearts also fluctuating with Han Jingchen's words.

  Han Jingchen may not like to talk, but when it comes to telling stories, he is vivid and interesting, even more powerful than professional storytellers.

  The story ended, Cheng Zihan arranged for Han Yi and Han Jingchen to rest, and they had dinner together again in the evening, with a lively atmosphere at the dinner table.

  Time flies, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

  This morning, Cheng Zihan was already ready to go, and Qin Kexiu and others had also packed everything up and were preparing to set off.

  Cheng Zihan's little classmates lay one by one on the corridor in front of the dormitory door, watching Cheng Zihan. When they saw them leave, they waved goodbye.

  This time there were only six people who went: Cheng Zihan, Qin Kexiu, Han Junchen, Han Yi, Cheng Hai and Li Lan.

  The plane was a 10:00 flight, so at 8:00 in the morning, the group set out from Wangcheng and headed to the airport in Nanshi.

  After a series of procedures including ticket collection, security check, ticket inspection and boarding, the group finally boarded the flight to southern Henan.

  The moment the plane took off, Cheng Zihan looked out of the window and saw the city below gradually getting smaller. When the plane flew over Nanshi, Cheng Zihan's heart suddenly started racing.

  The entire southern city was shrouded in a layer of dark clouds, and that phenomenon was indeed extremely eerie.

  Digression

  Gambling on rocks... Hmm, let's ask Baidu (a Chinese search engine) about it!