Bai Mei looked somewhat embarrassed as he glanced at Chunyu and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't want you to know about this, which is why I dressed like this, but I didn't expect that you would still find me here."

Chunyu's facial expression faltered, "So where are you planning to go now?"

Bai Mei was clearly a bit lost, "I don't know, I'll just walk around and see."

The dazed look on Bai Mei's face reminded Ling Zhenfei of his arrival time, when he had come to kill Ling Zhenfei but ended up blocking Ling Zhenfei's car and even helped Ling Zhenfei drive away the Japanese assassin.

If Bai Mei really left now, no one would know where this mentally handicapped child would end up.

Chunyu shouted toward Ling Zhenfei, "Brother, why don't we keep Bai Mei? He really is pitiable."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Keep him for what? Are you waiting for him to try to kill me again?"

Chunyu said, "No, Bai Mei knows he can't beat you and won't kill you anymore, right, Bai Mei?"

Chunyu whispered to Bai Mei, "Hurry up and tell my brother you won't try to kill him anymore."

Bai Mei clearly didn't want to leave. Hearing Chunyu say this, he hurriedly replied, "I'm no match for you, and I've already explained it to my grandfather; I won't try to kill you anymore."

Ling Zhenfei thought for a moment. There was of course no problem with Bai Mei staying. After all, Chunyu needed a hand, someone to practice with, and Bai Mei, being so dazed and foolish, was a perfect opponent.

Ling Zhenfei said, "Alright then, I'll listen to my sister; you can stay."

"Oh yay, that's really great." Chunyu was the first to exclaim, while Bai Mei could only smile foolishly.

Having settled Bai Mei's matter, Ling Zhenfei and the others returned to their room, but once back, they no longer had the appetite they had while eating earlier and soon began packing up their belongings.

Chen Qian drank a few more cups of tea in the living room and then went back to his own villa.

People in rural areas go to sleep early, so Zhou Yun and Chunyu prepared to rest.

However, Jiu Jiu, accustomed to city life, usually went to sleep at around eleven or twelve, so she didn't feel like sleeping at all and decided to ask Ling Zhenfei to go out for a walk.

"Are you really going out for a walk? It's winter now, and it's about to snow," Ling Zhenfei asked Jiu Jiu.

Jiu Jiu said with a smile, "It would be nice if it snowed; I love snowy weather."

Ling Zhenfei didn't want it to snow at all because he had very important things yet to do.

He still needed to go to Xianling Mountain to gather Rejuvenation Grass, and if it snowed, that really meant the mountain would be snowbound.

The heavy snow on Xianling Mountain, once it started, would be hard to clear, lasting until the snow completely melted in May of the following year.

But could Hua Nong hold on until then? Ling Zhenfei didn't know; her health situation was extremely worrying.

Ling Zhenfei and Jiu Jiu left the villa and walked along the lakeside. The resort was nearly completed, currently undergoing finishing works along the lake.

Once Ling Zhenfei's restaurant opened, he would focus entirely on the opening of the resort. Once these two projects were successfully executed, future developments would accelerate significantly.

The capital invested previously would be recouped primarily through these two ventures. Of course, the most important of all was marketing the vegetables from Xishan Manor, which was the most profitable venture.

After walking for a while, Jiu Jiu began to feel frightened, clutching Ling Zhenfei's arm tightly.

The countryside was different from the city. Here, although landscape lights had been installed, the street lamps had not yet been lit since the resort was not open for business, and everything was pitch-black apart from the moonlight.

Ling Zhenfei looked into the distance and saw the resort not far away; since the resort had basically been completed by now, there were hardly any people inside.

Ling Zhenfei, with Jiu Jiu in tow, walked into the resort and scanned the premises using Divine Sense. Confirming that no one was around, he then led Jiu Jiu into the manor.

They headed straight to the underwater room. If it were in operation, the price for that room would undoubtedly be very high—a room with three sides submerged in water, the gimmick was just too enticing.

"This room is really great. If it were decorated, it would definitely be very beautiful."

Ling Zhenfei said with a smile, "Of course, but you are the first person to sleep in this room."

Jiu Jiu said with a smile, "As long as you are with me, anywhere feels like home."

When they returned to the villa, as expected, everyone had already gone to sleep. Ling Zhenfei escorted Jiu Jiu back to her assigned room. Now, Ling Zhenfei's villa had many rooms, so accommodating a few more people wouldn't be an issue.

After taking Jiu Jiu to her room, Ling Zhenfei walked to the lobby, but he was surprised to find Chunyu standing at his door looking at him.

"Chunyu, how come you're still not asleep?"

Chunyu said, "I don't need to sleep at night, brother. Didn't you know?"

Only then did Ling Zhenfei remember that Chunyu did not need to sleep at night because she needed to cultivate; she must have heard them when they came back earlier.

"Oh, it's getting late; you should go rest."

Ling Zhenfei also returned to his room to rest, but his mind kept revolving around the words that Chunyu had said—'girlfriend' and 'wife' are not the same.

Chunyu wasn't wrong; a girlfriend and a wife indeed are different, but the girlfriend issue was really giving Ling Zhenfei a headache.

Due to thinking about this problem, Ling Zhenfei got up very early when dawn was just breaking, the most comfortable time to stay in bed during the big winter.

Ling Zhenfei left the villa and walked towards Xishan Manor under the grayish dawn, as Xi Shan had received a lot of orders the day before, so it was sure to be very busy today.

Even though it was still early, there were already quite a few trucks parked at the entrance of Xishan Manor, with workers from the manor busy loading goods.

Ling Zhenfei walked around casually in the manor, while also contemplating the expansion of the breeding farm.

Suddenly, he noticed a figure acting rather suspiciously in the distance and, curious, hurried toward the area.

Since they were only delivering vegetables that morning, everyone was busy in the greenhouse, so a person in another place would seem very conspicuous.

Ling Zhenfei walked over and saw this person loitering around a well with a notebook in hand, recording something.

Now, this well was crucial for Xishan Manor, the water was ordinary, but each time Ling Zhenfei returned, he would pour Xuantian Spirit Spring Water into it, hence the water was not ordinary.

The vegetables from Xishan Manor tasted so good partly because they were grown from seeds that had mutated after soaking in Xuantian Spirit Spring Water, and also because they were irrigated with the water from this well.

This person loitering by the well appeared very strange to Ling Zhenfei, since to anyone else, this well looked like a normal water reservoir.

Ling Zhenfei had recognized him—the person was Sun Liqing's son, Sun Zan.

The previous day while chatting with Ling Zhenfei, Sun Liqing had mentioned that his son had just returned and he wanted his son to contribute to Xishan Manor.

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