In the main hall of a large villa in the provincial capital, Old Master Liu, Liu Qiannian, sat on a large sofa, glaring at his eldest son, Liu Chifeng, with disappointment. Liu Chifeng sat on the adjacent sofa, his head bowed, not daring to meet his father's gaze.
Opposite Liu Chifeng sat Liu Lanfeng and the elder who always accompanied him. Wang Cheng stood by, head hanging low, as there was no place for him to sit.
"Chifeng! She's your daughter, go and bring her back!" Liu Qiannian said angrily.
"Father! Ruyan has had a strange illness since childhood and has been spoiled by me, developing a princess's temper. Even if I go... she might not come back!" Liu Chifeng said with a troubled expression.
"Big Brother! Ruyan is your daughter, does she dare not listen to you?! Humph! In my opinion, you just don't want her to come back!" Liu Lanfeng shouted angrily from the side.
"Second Brother! You... you took people there, and you didn't bring her back either!" Liu Chifeng swallowed and said in a low voice.
In the Liu family, although Liu Chifeng was the eldest son, his personality was somewhat weak, and he always spoke and acted without confidence.
Liu Lanfeng, though the second son, had been favored by the Old Master Liu since childhood. As he grew up, he was even more valued by the Old Master and had a smooth career in officialdom, rising rapidly. His current position far surpassed his elder brother. Therefore, his status at home also increased, far exceeding that of his elder brother, Liu Chifeng.
"Humph! Big Brother! If you can't make Ruyan break up with that kid, I'll have to use my methods. But, you know, this is what we least want to use!" Liu Lanfeng glared at his elder brother. If he had known that kid was so powerful, he wouldn't have personally gone to discipline his niece. As a result, he was disgraced and truly embarrassed!
"Alas! Ruyan is still young after all and doesn't understand things. But her life cannot be wasted in such a small mountain village! Chifeng! Think of a way to make her break up with that kid in the mountain village. When she becomes successful in the future, she will be grateful to you." Liu Qiannian said, looking at Liu Chifeng.
"Alas! Dad! Then... I'll think of a way to try!" Liu Chifeng sighed, stood up, and left. Wang Cheng followed him out.
"Dad! Look at my elder brother's pathetic state! Can that Ruyan girl listen to him? Otherwise, I'll have someone deal with that Lu Fan kid..." Liu Lanfeng cursed angrily, watching Liu Chifeng's retreating back.
"No!" Liu Qiannian waved his hand hastily before Liu Lanfeng could finish and said, "The reason I let her start from the lowest level is that I don't want her to be discovered by others. Therefore, we cannot use the methods you mentioned."
"Dad! With our Liu family's huge foundation, do we really have to rely on her, a little girl?" Liu Lanfeng asked with disbelief.
"Since the Grandmaster said so, we have no choice but to believe! No one dares to disbelieve what Old Master Ma on Jigong Mountain said!" Liu Qiannian said with a furrowed brow.
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On the other side, Liu Chifeng and Wang Cheng left the villa and got into a black car.
"Wang Cheng! How is Ruyan living now? Has her illness relapsed?" Liu Chifeng suddenly asked after getting into the car.
"Ruyan's illness is cured!" Wang Cheng suddenly said.
"What? Ruyan's illness hasn't shown much effect after more than ten years of treatment, how could it suddenly be cured?" Liu Chifeng asked in disbelief.
"It was that kid named Lu Fan who cured Ruyan's illness. Moreover, the eldest lady has become very powerful. That slap almost knocked my teeth out. But I know she was helping me; if she hadn't used force, I wouldn't have been able to explain to Second Master!" Wang Cheng said, smiling slightly and shaking his head.
"According to you, he is indeed helping you. If she hadn't used force, she really couldn't have escaped my second brother's eyes. But how did this child suddenly become so powerful?" Liu Chifeng said, frowning.
"The eldest lady's illness is now cured, and she is living happily and joyfully in that small mountain village. I am also very happy to see it. But why doesn't the old family head allow Ruyan to fall in love? Even if the eldest lady enters officialdom in the future, it shouldn't affect her marriage!" Wang Cheng asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Alas! Not long ago, the Old Master met a Grandmaster. That Grandmaster cast a divination for the Old Master and said that the Liu family's prosperity and smooth sailing over the years were all due to the Old Master's good fortune. If the Old Master were to pass away, the Liu family would surely face a great disaster. And the person who can resolve this disaster is Ruyan!" Liu Chifeng said, shaking his head slightly.
Liu Chifeng did not believe in such things. But the Old Master believed it, and his second brother also believed it. Therefore, they made arrangements for Liu Ruyan's life. Since Liu Ruyan had become the hope of the Liu family, they naturally did not want her to be involved with a poor boy from a mountain village.
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For several days, Lu Fan commuted between the county town and Twelve Gully Village. The fruit supermarket hired a new female employee, and Wang Yan returned to the village to help Lu Fan develop the cultivation of vegetables and medicinal herbs. Almost everyone in the village began to plant vegetables and medicinal herbs with Lu Fan.
Moreover, to plant more, many families had already started calling back family members who were working elsewhere. Every household was working hard to live in a villa. Regardless, the vision Lu Fan painted for the villagers was too tempting.
The incubation of Taohua also gradually expanded. There were now over five hundred chicks hatched. And these chicks were growing rapidly. With the automatic incubator, Taohua was also much more relaxed. She took time every day to help Zhao Rongrong with housework with Xiao Hu, acting completely as if she were part of the family.
The rabbits had also given birth to several litters of baby rabbits, and now there were about a hundred, large and small. It seemed that in a short time, Yixiang Pavilion would have a few more specialty dishes.
However, one thing was bothering Lu Fan. His second senior sister had been acting strangely these past few days. She kept grunting and wanting to go out, and wouldn't let Li Jingjing ride her anymore.
Later, based on Wang Laowai's experience, he finally noticed a clue: the second senior sister wanted to find a boar to have baby piglets! What the heck! Where could he find one?
"It seems I need to take the second senior sister into the mountains!" Lu Fan thought of the pine forest where he first saw his second senior sister. Perhaps he could even bring back a second senior brother.
"Brother Fan! I'll go with you too!" Li Jingjing said, blinking her big eyes.
"Why would a young lady like you follow to watch something like this? Stay home and behave." Lu Fan said righteously.
"Brother Fan! I'm going to help you raise pigs in the future! This is also pig-raising technology, so I naturally need to understand it." Li Jingjing said matter-of-factly.
"Understand what nonsense! Stay at home." Lu Fan's face darkened. It was difficult to explain such things in detail. A more direct approach was simpler and more effective.
"Humph!" Li Jingjing stuck out her tongue and ran away.
Lu Fan prepared himself, packed some things, and then called the second senior sister to head towards the back mountain. However, as they climbed halfway up the back mountain, a figure blocked their path.
"Hehe! Brother Fan!" Li Jingjing ran over with a smile and then rode on the second senior sister's back.
Lu Fan was immediately overwhelmed. Didn't this child know the danger?