171: Chapter 169 All Settled 171: Chapter 169 All Settled After the incident where Chen Hai returned to fulfill his promise to the Thousand-year-old Tree Spirit in Yangshuo, Zhu Fang didn’t insist on him going since he wasn’t willing, after some consideration.
After all, with Chen Hai’s ashen face, it was obvious to anyone that his body was in a great deal of trouble.
When she had casually mentioned the idea of him going to Yangshuo with her, it was just something she said off the cuff.
Hearing Ye Qingqing’s words and seeing Chen Hai’s condition at the moment, Zhu Fang felt that her request had indeed been a bit too much!
In truth, Chen Hai had helped her to the extent that he truly could be considered to have done all in his power.
“Alright then, Chen Hai, you really should rest well!”
“This afternoon, I’ll find a car and call a few people to go to Yangshuo with me,” Zhu Fang said, nodding her head.
Her house might look like a simple three-bedroom, two-living room dwelling, hardly a luxury villa,
but be it power or wealth, her family lacked for nothing.
The reason they didn’t live in a luxury villa but instead in a simple three-bedroom home was simply because families like theirs needed to be mindful of their public image.
After all, her husband, Tian Jifeng, was an official in the system.
Among the political heavyweights of Haizhu City, Tian Jifeng ranked within the top few, with jurisdictions over public security, judiciary, and political and legal affairs.
With such an illustrious background, she wanted to find some people to accompany her to Yangshuo in Yuexi.
A single phone call would be enough to have a crowd vying to assist her.
Seeing Zhu Fang mention this, Chen Hai and Ye Qingqing looked at each other, nodded, and said nothing further.
Considering Zhu Fang was in a hurry to go to Yangshuo to fulfill her promise, they did not linger any longer.
After exchanging pleasantries with Zhu Fang, Chen Hai and Ye Qingqing got up and left.
Over the next two days, Chen Hai didn’t go anywhere and just stayed inside the hotel to rest and recuperate.
As for Ye Qingqing, she was at his side without rest, taking care of him with all her heart.
To her, being by Chen Hai’s side seemed to be the greatest happiness.
When Chen Hai closed his eyes, seemingly falling asleep but in reality experiencing a soul departure,
He saw more than once the contented Ye Qingqing quietly staring at him, lost in thought.
Even thinking that Chen Hai was sound asleep and unaware, she discreetly stole several kisses from him.
Fortunately, she kissed his somewhat darkened cheek, not his mouth directly.
Otherwise, Chen Hai, watching all this from above, might really have considered returning his soul to his body and giving her a taste with his tongue.
Resting and recuperating in the hotel room, every morning at sunrise,
Chen Hai’s cultivation would naturally continue as usual.
The decline in cultivation efficiency caused by the loss of some essence had mostly returned by the third day.
Knowing this, Chen Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At eighteen or nineteen years of age, during the prime of his vigor, naturally, he didn’t want to become a eunuch if it could be avoided.
Looking at the current situation, intimacy with women did affect his cultivation, but as long as it wasn’t too frequent, it should still be within a controllable range.
Unfortunately, early that morning, Ye Qingqing rushed to Yang City to catch a flight to Capital City.
She was returning today, something she had decided long ago.
After all, she was still a student, and her school had already started quite a few days ago.
Although she had a sick leave excuse, she couldn’t stay here with Chen Hai indefinitely.
Otherwise, Chen Hai might really take the opportunity to celebrate properly with her.
After three days of rest in the hotel room, Chen Hai’s physical condition had actually improved significantly.
With the Undying Characteristic within him, he, who seemed hardly able to walk steadily a few days ago, hadn’t fully recovered but at least looked little different from a regular person at a glance.
In the afternoon, a little after one o’clock, the room’s telephone rang.
“Chen Hai, I’ve already returned from Yangshuo.
Thank you; Yu has indeed fully recovered!” The caller was Zhu Fang.
Though he couldn’t see her, Chen Hai could hear the thick joy in her voice.
“It’s good to hear everything is fine.
To be honest, after fulfilling the promise, would Yu really recover completely?
At most, I had about 80 percent confidence!”
“The truth is, I had never encountered a situation like Yu’s before and had very little experience!”
“Now it seems that my guess was indeed viable!”
“Sister Fang, congratulations!” Chen Hai responded with a laugh.
He had stayed in Haizhu City specifically to wait for news from Zhu Fang’s side.
Now that there was a result, Chen Hai could also heave a sigh of relief.
“Chen Hai, in the next two days, I’m planning to take Yu out to some amusement parks nearby to have fun!”
“Also, at his age, he can already start pre-school education.
It was only because he couldn’t walk before that we had to delay it.”
“Since he’s already back to normal, I definitely need to arrange his schooling.”
“Can you stay in Haizhu City for a few more days?
Once things settle down, can we get together and let me properly thank you?”
After exchanging a few words, Zhu Fang tentatively spoke up, asking Chen Hai.
“Sister Fangfang, Qingqing left for the Capital City early this morning!”
“Now that Yu’s issue has been resolved, I’m certainly not planning to stay in Haizhu City for long!”
“Perhaps tomorrow, or the day after, I should be heading back!”
“On the matter of Yu’s issue, I just lent a small hand, but it was you, Sister Fangfang, who went there to fulfill the promise and truly resolved everything!”
“No need to mention thanks.
I haven’t even had the chance to thank you and Brother Feng for helping my friends out of the police station!”
“I own some shares in a factory here in Haizhu City, so I’ll definitely come by often when I have time in the future!”
“If there’s something I really can’t handle, I’ll certainly need to ask for your help, Sister Fangfang, as long as you don’t find me a bother then!”
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Chen Hai laughed it off and replied.
You help me, I help you.
With friends, this cycle of help naturally brings us closer together.
The current development of Huangxin Shoes seems fairly promising.
With Zhu Fang’s connection, if there’s ever an issue at Huangxin Shoes that’s hard to solve, seeking Zhu Fang’s help would certainly make things much easier.
“Alright, Chen Hai, since you’re in a rush to get back, let’s get together another day!”
“Next time you come here, you better give me a heads-up so I can treat you well!”
“If you really encounter an unsolvable problem here, don’t be polite with me, just tell me.”
“As long as you ask, I will definitely not refuse to help if I can,” Zhu Fang said with a slight sense of disappointment but promised with a smile.
A phone call that lasted nearly ten minutes finally came to an end.
Before going back to the Capital City, Chen Hai needed to visit his hometown, Liuyuan County, once more.
Before coming here, he had long thought about using some money to buy a house for his parents in the county town and solve their issue of household registration transfer.
Life in the countryside nowadays could be described in one word: tough.
Securing a non-agricultural hukou and leaping out of agricultural life was a lifelong obsession for his parents.
However, previously, Chen Zhonghua and Jiang Meixian had pinned their hopes on their son, Chen Hai.
But what Chen Hai had in mind was to help them leave their agricultural life behind and become city dwellers.
Although he had already exchanged his 240,000 yuan, he hadn’t spent much.
With this money in hand, resolving his parents’ non-agricultural hukou issue should definitely be enough!
Though remote remittance services were already available, Chen Hai knew without thinking that his parents certainly wouldn’t be able to handle such transactions.
After some thought, he still felt it would be more reliable to go back in person.
Qingqing’s decision to return to the Capital City alone, without waiting for Chen Hai, was partly due to her knowledge of his plans to visit his hometown.
After all, girls are shy by nature.
It already took great courage for her to come to Haizhu City alone to find Chen Hai, let alone accompany him back to his hometown.
For now, she wasn’t prepared for that.
“Never mind, I’ll head back to my hometown in Xiangnan Province first thing tomorrow morning,” he thought to himself, taking out a cigarette and lighting it while sitting in the chair next to the coffee table.
At a little past five in the evening, his pager beeped again.
Picking it up, Chen Hai saw that it displayed a local phone number.
“Brother Hai, where are you?” He grabbed the phone by the bed and called back.
The phone had barely connected when Zhang Yong’s voice came through.
“Still in Haizhu City, what’s up?
Zhang Yong?”
“Nothing much, I just wanted to thank you properly.
You won’t believe it, but this morning, our boss promoted me to warehouse supervisor!”
“I know he must’ve done it because of you.
Otherwise, with what I said that day, if it had reached his ears and he didn’t fire me on the spot, that would already be incredible…”
Zhang Yong’s words were filled with excitement, and his gratitude towards Chen Hai was genuinely heartfelt.
After all, he was clear about his own abilities.
Without the face that Chen Hai had given, it would’ve taken him a decade or more to get a supervisory position at Huangxin Shoes, something he wouldn’t dare even dream of.
“New Beauty Hotel, Zhang Yong, you should know the place, right?
I’m staying in room 1808.
If you’re free, you can come over for a chat!” Chen Hai hesitated briefly before responding.
As a recent graduate, if an old classmate wanted to meet and thank him, it would be rather unkind for him to flat-out refuse.
“Sure, Brother Hai, wait for me, I’ll come over right now!”
After leaving a quick message, Zhang Yong on the other side of the phone had already hung up.