The village beauty and me!

Chen Huan's expression was almost on the verge of collapse. "What happened in the village now?"

"Why can't such a small place be peaceful?"

At this moment, Zhao Jingjing glared at the fat man and said, "Why do you have to bring up this kind of topic when we're having such a happy time?"

The fat man scratched his head. "Sorry, I just blurted it out."

"However, if Chen Huan doesn't want to listen, it's not too late; I'll just stop talking."

Chen Huan sighed, "Stop beating around the bush. Now that we know something's happened in the village, we can't just ignore it."

"At least I grew up there, and my sister-in-law still lives there now."

The fat man glanced at Zhao Jingjing again and found that she just rolled her eyes at him and didn't say anything.

Then, with a forced smile, he said, "Actually, it's not a big deal, but it's somewhat related to you."

"Xu Huifang, do you still remember her?"

Chen Huan grinned. "I knew it was him right away."

"Lotus Village has been quiet for many years, and there has never been any major problem."

"But ever since that Village Chief Xu left, there hasn't been a single day of peace."

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"So, what happened this time?"

The fat man scratched his head. "Actually, we can't really blame Village Chief Xu this time. It's impossible to guard against someone who went to great lengths to set a trap."

"Stop keeping me in suspense." Chen Huan's face had already fallen.

The fat man didn't dare to be negligent and quickly continued, "Some time ago, Village Chief Xu started that agritainment business, which has gradually started to take off and brought a lot of changes to the village."

"Later, I don't know where we found an investor who said he wanted to rent a large number of villagers' houses and directly industrialize and develop agritainment."

"That's basically the gist of it."

"Jingjing knows this too."

Zhao Jingjing sighed beside her, "When Xu Huifang brought in the so-called investors, my father and I earnestly advised her to be careful about this matter."

"But they wouldn't listen. They said it was for the good of the village and that we couldn't let this great opportunity slip by. I got angry and ignored them."

"Later I heard that the investor had already signed contracts with many farmers in the village to rent houses, but I don't know about the rest."

The fat man clicked his tongue. "What do you mean by renting houses? Those damn investors are after our village's land and the resources underground."

"There are tricks in the contract. They rent the farmer's house for thirty years and give him the right to develop it. To put it bluntly, they can do whatever they want with it."

"Now their true colors have been revealed; they want to build a mineral water plant on the land they've rented from those farmers."

"It happened this afternoon. I heard it from someone when I went back to the village to buy ingredients."

The fat man was quite direct this time, but Chen Huan became more and more confused as he listened.

Frowning, he asked again, "What mineral water factory?"

"Building a factory in a village? Isn't that absurd?"

The fat man shrugged. "The gist of it is that someone detected a component that is very beneficial to human health in the well in our village."

"And we don't know when they secretly conducted a series of tests and analyses."

"The final conclusion was that our village's groundwater could be used to make top-quality mineral water."

"Isn't this the start of the scheme?"

"Now that investors have contracts in hand, and with the power of capital to smooth things over, who knows, one day the originally quiet and peaceful Lotus Village might really turn into a mineral water factory."

Zhao Jingjing was also dumbfounded. "No wonder my dad said there must be a trap here. It turns out it was all for the groundwater."

"It's strange, but for generations, our village has been drawing water from underground for cooking and washing, and no one has ever discovered any top-quality mineral water."

"However, the well water has indeed become better than before recently."

Chen Huan gritted his teeth. "Where has the matter progressed to now?"

The fat man scratched his head and said, "You don't need to be too anxious. Xu Huifang is currently arguing with the investors, so they won't dare to start construction anytime soon."

"Let's make sure to serve Jin Jing a proper farewell drink today. I'll go back to the village with you later and see if we can find a solution."

Chen Huan nodded, "Okay, remember to remind me later."

The group entered the restaurant and stopped talking about the previous topic.

The private room was prepared in advance, and Qiao Lingling personally led the people to serve the dishes and drinks.

She looked energetic and spirited. After avenging her great grudge, she had a touch of gentleness and charm in her eyes, no longer as boisterous as before.

Chen Huan immediately saw the problem and asked directly, "Lingling, are you and Fatty...?"

Before Chen Huan could finish speaking, Qiao Lingling blushed.

Then he glanced at the fat man next to him who was grinning dryly, his expression slightly embarrassed.

Chen Huan then turned to the fat man and said, "Well done, you have to treat us to dinner today. The cost of this meal will be deducted from your salary."

The fat man grinned, "Fine, fine, fine, you're the boss, so whatever you say goes."

Qiao Lingling and Fatty finally got together, and Chen Huan was genuinely happy for them.

By the time the drinking session ended, it was almost midnight.

Chen Huan said goodbye to Fatty and the others, and drove directly away from Zhao Jingjing.

"Where are we going next?" Zhao Jingjing asked, her face slightly flushed, as if she already knew the answer.

His eyes kept scanning the surrounding small hotels.

Chen Huan did not stop when he passed the small hotel.

He said with a grin, "I'll take you to a great place, I guarantee you'll love it."

Zhao Jingjing covered her mouth and giggled, "What, you've actually started playing mysterious?"

"I'm really looking forward to seeing where you'll take me."

When Chen Huan drove to the villa area, Zhao Jingjing's eyes lit up.

"Could this be the so-called rich neighborhood? I heard that a villa here costs at least tens of millions, and the people who live here are all very rich and powerful."

Chen Huan calmly replied, "It's just a house, it's really nothing."

As Chen Huan entered the residential area, the security guards in the duty room recognized him and all rushed out.

They stood in a straight line, bowing and greeting each other with serious expressions, looking quite solemn.

Zhao Jingjing looked on curiously, "The places where rich people live are really different; even the security guards at the property management are so professional."

Why do they look so nervous, like they're afraid of you?

Chen Huan grinned. "I beat them up last time I came here, so they remember me."

Zhao Jingjing's expression was strange. "Really?"

Before he finished speaking, a man in a suit and tie, who looked like a property manager, suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

He bowed and scraped to Chen Huan very attentively through the car window.

Then, following the car, she arrived at the gate of Chen Huan's villa, immediately opened the car door, and called out, "Mr. Chen, you're back?"

"What do you need? I'll get someone to do it right away."

This guy was none other than the property manager who tried to usurp Chen Huan's position and show off last time, only to get a severe beating in the end.

This time, they learned their lesson.