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    “Daoyu, your words aren’t right. I’ve always admired you and of course, I have your number saved.”

    Wang Zhanhang’s tone was calm, yet it made people feel incredibly warm and reassured.

    “Young Master, you flatter me. I’m just an ordinary person.”

    Li Daoyu said humbly.

    “Daoyu, let’s get to business. If there’s anything I can help with, I definitely won’t refuse.”

    “Young Master, there’s… nothing. I just called to say hello.” But when the time came, the resentment in Li Daoyu’s heart had mostly dissipated, and he swallowed the words he initially intended to say.

    “Daoyu, really nothing? Would you call me if there was nothing? Come on, speak. Why be so polite with me?”

    Wang Zhanhang pretended to be dissatisfied.

    “This…” Li Daoyu hesitated before speaking, eventually biting the bullet and telling Wang Zhanhang the situation.

    After listening, Wang Zhanhang laughed heartily and said, “Daoyu, oh Daoyu, you’ve been wise all your life, yet confused at this moment. You’re so caught up you don’t see the chance right in front of you…”

    After hearing Wang Zhanhang’s guidance, Li Daoyu’s eyes shone brighter and brighter.

    “Daoyu, just follow what I said. Whatever happens, I’ve got your back.”

    Wang Zhanhang gave Li Daoyu plenty of confidence.

    Hearing this and comparing it to Wang Sheng’s earlier attitude, Li Daoyu felt incredibly moved. “Young Master, whenever there’s a place you need me, I’ll give my all, until my dying day.”

    “Alright, alright, no need to exaggerate. I just genuinely appreciate you, Daoyu. I have some matters to attend to, so I’ll hang up now.”

    Wang Zhanhang hung up the call, then said to the young man beside him, “Where were we? Let’s continue.”

    The young man didn’t answer but instead asked a question, “Boss, that Li Daoyu seems ordinary to me. Is it worth humbling yourself to win him over?”

    “You, oh you, can’t you see something so simple?” Wang Zhanhang shook his head.

    The young man bent slightly, “Please instruct me, Boss.”

    “Li Daoyu is indeed an ordinary person, but he is a trusted guy to the second brother. His ability isn’t important, but his position is crucial.”

    Wang Zhanhang lightly tapped the table, a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

    The youth’s eyes instantly brightened, “Boss, I understand what you mean. I was short-sighted. You see much further.”

    “Hahaha, don’t flatter me too much. Just do as I instructed.”

    Wang Zhanhang laughed, although he said not to flatter, he clearly enjoyed it.

    Yunquan County.

    After the call with Wang Zhanhang, Li Daoyu’s face was filled with a sinister smile.

    Xu Shaochen, oh Xu Shaochen, you handed the opportunity to me.

    If I don’t seize it, wouldn’t it be too heartless to your well-intended effort?

    “Boss, did something good happen?”

    The middle-aged man with a side part carefully approached.

    “Smack!”

    Lost in thought, Li Daoyu was startled and instinctively slapped him.

    “Ah!”

    The middle-aged man with a side part cried out, holding his face.

    “Make more noise when you walk. You scared me.”

    Li Daoyu said, annoyed.

    “Yes, yes, Boss is right. It’s my fault, I scared you.”

    The middle-aged man with a side part nodded and bowed, hiding the burning pain on his face.

    “Go find some cars.”

    Li Daoyu said.

    “What? Find… cars?”

    The middle-aged man with a side part was dazed for a while, clearly not keeping up with Li Daoyu’s train of thought.

    “Find cars to haul strawberries.”

    Li Daoyu’s face turned into a sinister smile.

    ………………

    The next day.

    Xu Shaochen accompanied by the Yunquan County government revisited the schools and hospitals built by Lotus Charity.

    Xu Shaochen also gave a speech. Media interviews were arranged by Yunquan County, even Yunzhou City’s head came to meet Xu Shaochen personally.

    After all, Xu Shaochen had seen what he needed to. Today was just a formality.

    In the afternoon, Xu Shaochen prepared to return to Jiangzhou, having completed his tasks in Yunquan County.

    Now, opening any website, the media were all praising the great philanthropist Xu Shaochen.

    “Boss, Li Daoyu is here.”

    Xu Shaochen was in the hotel waiting for Yuxiu and others to pack when Long Yi reported Li Daoyu had arrived.

    “Let him in.”

    Xu Shaochen said.

    Moments later, Li Daoyu entered and handed Xu Shaochen a bank card. “Mr. Xu, this is the final payment for the strawberries. The password is the last six digits of the card number. I heard you’re leaving this afternoon, so I’m delivering it in advance.”

    Xu Shaochen took the bank card, looking at Li Daoyu with interest. “I don’t believe you have no resentment at all. How come you’re so proactive?”

    “Even if I have grievances, it doesn’t matter. If I’m not proactive, you’d still trouble me, wouldn’t you? Anyway, I know I have to buy those strawberries.”

    Li Daoyu gave a self-mocking smile, as if seeing through everything.

    “Smart move. I’ll take the payment. If there’s nothing else, don’t delay me.”

    Xu Shaochen started to chase him away.

    “Alright, then I wish Mr. Xu a smooth journey. I’ll leave first, the strawberries at Liushu Township aren’t fully collected yet.”

    After saying this, Li Daoyu turned and left without a moment’s hesitation.

    Xu Shaochen played with the bank card, watching Li Daoyu’s back, feeling something was amiss.

    The kid is too proactive. Even if he understood everything, the attitude difference from yesterday is too big.

    After leaving the room, Li Daoyu’s mouth curled into a successful plotting smile.

    He reached into his coat.

    “Clang!”

    At that moment, the elevator door opened, and someone stepped out, bumping into him.

    It was Wu Changyun, owner of Yunquan Hotel.

    “Damn, don’t you have eyes?”

    Li Daoyu cursed.

    “Sorry, really sorry.”

    Wu Changyun kept apologizing. Li Daoyu clearly wasn’t an ordinary person.

    Moreover, only Xu Shaochen was staying on this floor, so anyone here must be related to him.

    “In such a hurry to die?”

    Li Daoyu grumbled and got into the elevator.

    When the elevator closed, Wu Changyun was about to leave when he noticed something on the ground. Picking it up, it was a recorder.

    Thinking about Li Daoyu who just entered the elevator, and looking at the room number of Xu Shaochen’s room not far away.

    Wu Changyun licked his dry, cracked lips and mumbled, “It shouldn’t… can’t be.”

    He played the recording; it was the conversation between Xu Shaochen and Li Daoyu, but he didn’t notice anything unusual.

    Thinking it over, he briskly walked to Xu Shaochen’s room.

    No matter what, that guy brought a recorder to meet Mr. Xu. He must have had bad intentions.

    Handing the recorder to Mr. Xu might earn his favor.

    Chapter Summary

    Li Daoyu calls Wang Zhanhang, hesitates, but reveals his concerns. Wang advises him, boosting Daoyu's confidence. Meanwhile, Zhanhang explains to a young man why Daoyu is strategically important. Later, Daoyu meets Xu Shaochen, delivering the final payment, masking his true intentions. Afterward, he encounters Wu Changyun, who finds a recorder on the ground, suspecting Daoyu's intentions and plans to inform Xu.

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