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Just as he finished speaking and looked up to ask Gao Qilan what she planned to do with the car here, he saw that all three of them were looking at him with stern faces.

This gave the driver a bad feeling, and he quickly asked:

"What's wrong with you all? Why are you all looking at me like that? Did I say something just now?"

“You didn’t say anything wrong. You’ve driven the car here enough. Why don’t you go and rest in the car for a bit? I need to trouble you with something later.”

Gao Qilan immediately explained in response to the driver's question.

At this moment, Gao Qilin followed the village chief and casually picked up some fruit from the vicinity and put it on the car.

To verify the village chief's words, the three of them got into the car together and asked the driver to drive off.

"You made me drive here just so I could pick you up? If that's the case, you could just walk a little further. Do you know how difficult this road is?"

Upon hearing that he had to drive back, the driver couldn't help but start complaining.

Although he wasn't driving his own car, he had driven it for a long time and had developed a certain attachment to it, so he couldn't bear to see anyone mistreat it.

"Alright, Xiao Liu, stop complaining. There must be a reason why we asked you to do this. Just do as we say."

Seeing that the driver kept talking, Gao Qilan, who was standing to the side, looked very impatient.

If there weren't other people in the car, she probably would have yelled at the driver right now.

"I just wanted to ask a question, I didn't mean anything by it, please don't misunderstand."

That was Gao Qilan's personal driver, so he knew her temper well. When he heard her say that, he knew she was angry and didn't dare to say anything more.

Following Gao Qilan's instructions, the driver kept the car facing outwards.

At this moment, all three of them were focused on the fruit beside them.

As time went on, the fruits kept bouncing up and down, even though there were things around them holding them in place to prevent them from falling.

However, their constant movement caused them to collide quite a bit, and many fruits spoiled before they even reached the halfway point of their journey.

By the time they reached the road, all the fruit was damaged; not a single piece was intact.

"What did I just say? There's no way to transport this fruit out of this road. You didn't believe me before, but do you believe me now?"

After inspecting the fruit, the village chief spoke confidently, appearing reassured.

He knew that this way, Gao Qilin and the others would stop bothering him about poverty alleviation.

“I think he makes a good point. If we want to get these fruits out of here, a good road is key. Why don’t we apply to our superiors in a few days to get a road built here?”

At this moment, Gao Qilan also realized this and told Gao Qilin her thoughts.

However, Gao Qilan spoke quite loudly, which was overheard by the village chief, who couldn't help but tease her:

"You guys dare to apply to higher authorities? Don't joke with me. I, the village chief, have applied countless times to higher authorities without any results. How could you two young people whose identities we don't even know have gotten approved?"

"Just because you don't have the ability doesn't mean others don't. You'll see if we can get it approved. Anyway, getting it approved will only benefit your village, not harm it, right?"

Chapter 413 Worried about road construction

“You’re right. I’ll see in a couple of days whether you can actually get the application approved for this road.”

Only then did the village chief realize that what they were fighting over was entirely for the good of his village, so he didn't say anything more. After joking around with Gao Qilin for a while, he got out of the car and prepared to walk back.

Although it wasn't far from the orchard, it was still quite a distance, and it was evening now. The village chief had to walk back, and Gao Qilin, watching from the side, was a little worried. So he said to him:

"Why don't you get in our car? We'll take you home, that way you won't have to walk so far."

"There's no need for that. After all, this road is so difficult to travel. What if you damage your car? Don't worry about me. I'm a native of this area, and no one knows the surroundings better than me, so there won't be any problems."

Seeing that Gao Qilin was worried about his future and even looked embarrassed, he hurriedly left after saying those words.

"Alright, since they don't need our help anymore, let's not stay there. Let's go back and think about what to do next. Applying for a highway is not a simple matter."

Seeing that the village chief had already walked away, Gao Qilan, who was in the car, called for Gao Qilin to get in.

Keep in mind that it's a two-hour drive from here to Qiangsheng Group. If we leave now, it will be past ten o'clock by the time we get back, and if we go any later, it will be even more uncertain.

Upon hearing Gao Qilan's greeting, Gao Qilin immediately got into the car.

Because they had been busy with poverty alleviation work for a long time today, the two of them didn't talk much in the car, both of them thinking about how to get the road approved.

"Why don't we ask Old Zhong? With his abilities, getting approval for a road shouldn't be a problem."

Just then, Gao Qilan suddenly thought of something and immediately voiced her thoughts.

"Professor Zhong might not be able to come over very soon, but I'll give it a try anyway, maybe it'll work."

After hearing Gao Qilan's words, Gao Qilin thought about what had happened a couple of days ago. He didn't even know what kind of life Zhong Lao was living now, so it was really inappropriate for him to ask for help.

But upon closer examination, there was no other way to use besides that method, so Gao Qilan had no choice but to agree.

However, it was getting late, and it was not really appropriate to ask now, so Gao Qilin decided to ask the question the next day.

By noon the next day, Gao Qilin began to contact Mr. Zhong.

Since Gao Qilin hadn't called during this period, when I saw that Gao Qilin was calling, I assumed something had happened to him, so I answered immediately.

"Did something happen to you? Did Zhao Ruilong cause you trouble again?"

Before Gao Qilin could explain his purpose, Zhong Lao began asking questions on the phone, appearing very worried.

“He hasn’t caused me any trouble. He’s been unusually quiet these days, so you can rest assured about that. But I did call you this time because I need your help to apply for a road. It’s not long, just a few kilometers. Is that alright?”

Seeing that Elder Zhong had misunderstood, Gao Qilin immediately explained and stated his purpose for coming.

"This……"

Upon seeing that Gao Qilin had come to apply for road access, Old Zhong looked quite troubled. After hesitating for a moment, he reluctantly said:

“It’s not that I don’t want to help you with this, it’s just that I don’t have the ability right now. You probably heard it on the phone that day, Zhao Dong and I don’t get along well, and applying for a road requires his approval, so… you’d better figure out a way to do this yourself.”

When Mr. Zhong said these words, he looked very embarrassed, as if the failure to obtain the road permit was entirely his responsibility.

"It's nothing. Even if the road application doesn't go through, so be it. I'll think of another way. I think with my current connections, someone should be able to take over this."

Upon seeing that Zhong Lao had begun to blame himself, Gao Qilin immediately explained the situation.

"What you need to do now is take good care of your own side. There's nothing to worry about with 793, so you can rest assured."

"I trust you to do things, but you'd better be careful in everything you do, since we're a thorn in Zhao Dong's side right now."

When Mr. Zhong said this, he lowered his voice very much, as if afraid that the people around him would hear him.

But just as he finished speaking, someone walked in.

Although this person had no grudge against Zhong Lao, he knew that he should try to keep his affairs to himself as little as possible.

So when he saw someone come in, his expression immediately turned serious, and he said to Gao Qilin:

"Alright, if you don't have anything else to do, I'll hang up now. I have some things to take care of."

After saying that, Mr. Zhong hung up the phone.

Just as the call ended, Gao Qilan walked in and, seeing that Gao Qilin had just finished the call, asked:

Chapter 414 You Have to Rely on Yourself

"How is it? Have you found out the details? Is Elder Zhong willing to help?"

"Old Zhong has also encountered some problems, and given the current situation, there's not much we can do to help. So, we'll have to rely on ourselves for everything from now on."

Gao Qilin explained the current situation and appeared quite helpless.

He desperately wanted to protect the people around him, but in the end, it was always others who worried about him.

"Since he can't help much, let it go. I'll think of other ways. At worst, we can pay for it ourselves. It's just a road, how much money can he possibly ask of us?"

After saying that, Gao Qilan started contacting her friends who worked in engineering, but after asking around, her expression froze.

"What did you say? More than ten million per kilometer? Are you sure this is a highway project and not robbery? It's just putting some cement on the road, how can it cost that much?"

Upon hearing the price quoted, Gao Qilan immediately threw her phone to the ground and repeatedly pressed her head with her hand to calm herself down.

"It's normal for the price to be so high, after all, so many people pass through every day. If the price were cheap, there might be an accident one day. Could you afford it then? I think you must have seen quite a few accidents on highways caused by shoddy workmanship."

“I understand all of that. What I’m angry about is that we simply don’t have that much money. It costs over ten million per kilometer, and if we want to do everything properly, the whole set could cost close to a hundred million. Do you think we have that much money to come up with?”

Faced with Gao Qilin's explanation, Gao Qilan directly brought up the matter that was troubling her, and appeared quite helpless.

"This……"

Needless to say, Gao Qilin was well aware that they simply didn't have that much money to offer right now.

"Does this mean we really lack the ability to alleviate poverty? Does this mean all our previous efforts will be wasted?"

At this moment, Gao Qilan looked helpless, feeling that it was because of her lack of ability that things had turned out this way.

"That's not necessarily true. I should have another way."

Just as Gao Qilan was feeling down, Gao Qilin suddenly thought of Zhao Hu. He had said before that no matter when, she could always turn to him for help whenever she encountered difficulties.

"Do you have a solution? Do you want Chen Kun and the others to help you?"

Gao Qilan's first thought was of Cheng Kun and his group, after all, they were the ones who stayed by Gao Qilin's side when the incident happened a few days ago.

"They'd have to have that ability to help me. Alright, you stay there and keep an eye on Qiangsheng Group. I'll go find someone to handle the immediate issues."

After saying that, Gao Qilin left directly, leaving Gao Qilan standing there dumbfounded.

Although she was very curious about Gao Qilin's method, she obediently waited for him to return after learning that Gao Qilin did not allow her to move.