078: It’s Up To You

In the evening, Wang Cheng took the initiative to call Chu Yifeng and explain his affairs from earlier. In fact, when he previously told Papa Wang that he had asked his boss to act with him, he was lying. He had never told Chu Yifeng about his situation, but he believed that with Chu Yifeng's ability, he would definitely not need to voice this cooperation.

In any case, he did not dare to tell this to Papa Wang. If it was before he had confirmed their relationship, he could rightly tell Papa Wang that they were friends. Now, he was guilty and afraid that Papa Wang would find out their relationship with this little seed planted.

"Boss, are you busy?"

"Not busy, you can explain." In his apartment, Chu Yifeng held a mobile phone in one hand, while the other was moving a wireless mouse to browse the web pages on the screen. Obviously, there was a big discrepancy in saying that he was not busy and his actions.

As soon as Wang Cheng heard his answer, he knew that Chu Yifeng was waiting for his phone call. He briefly explained the daytime events to him.

"Since you don't like your uncle's family, why not just bring them down?"

Chu Yifeng's proposal was really simple, straightforward, and harsh. If things were so simple, Wang Cheng would not mind doing this at all. However, with the old lady’s character, she would definitely desperately find him, and she would go around to slander his parents. He himself didn’t care, but he was worried that his parents would be affected.

"I haven't reached that point yet, and I need to continue to take care of my parents. Everyone is living in the same village now, and we will definitely meet again in the future. There is no need to take that step for the time being." Wang Cheng raised his legs in bed. Some things really could not be done regardless of the consequences.

He said so, and Chu Yifeng said nothing more.

"By the way, Boss Chu, I contracted a mountain, and Secretary Guan also gave me a fruit mountain. This season happens to be a good season for harvesting fruit."

"And?" Chu Yifeng heard his tone.

Wang Cheng took care to be subtle but was guilty because he wanted to discuss a certain something with him. "I plan to hire some people to pick the fruits in the mountains. The fruit mountain is quite large, and the fruits are almost mature. I think I can't finish it in a short time, so I might have to postpone going back for a while."

The other end of the phone was silent.

Wang Cheng played a drumroll in his heart. There was still about a month before his agreement with Chu Yifeng expired. If he was still only an employee of Chu Yifeng, he would definitely not mention this, but now that their relationship was different, he could think for himself more often. In the beginning, he felt that three months were too long. Later, he became an employee of Huaying Real Estate. After learning of work related to Fengxia Mountain, he knew that the request he made to Chu Yifeng had no effect on his plan at all.  At that time, it was not easy to say anything about it. Just blame him for being so stupid that he believed their agreement to be true. When he thought about it, he became more confident.

"Are you sure you want this?" Chu Yifeng asked casually.

“Then do you agree? I’m telling you, you can object, but I can't guarantee what will happen after you object."

"You are threatening me like this, do I dare not agree?" Chu Yifeng’s hand stopped and he exhaled slowly. In his 30 years of life, only Wang Cheng dared threatened him. Now he could completely imagine Wang Cheng's rogue-ish appearance over the phone; it was really novel.

Wang Cheng laughed, "Don't say that, Boss Chu, how terrible is this threat? I'm obviously discussing this with you."

"If the consequences of the discussion are not satisfactory, will you break up with me?"

Wang Cheng jumped up and complained, "Boss Chu, don't wrong me, how could I do such a terrible thing."

"Who is the one who just threatened me?" Chu Yifeng pointed out the evidence slowly.

"Boss Chu, you're a man, so why bother? Let me tell you, I didn't mention breaking up, it's because you misunderstood me. This has nothing to do with that." Wang Cheng refuted that they would break up if he didn’t succeed. It was not his first time playing the scoundrel.

"I've never seen someone so shameless."

"Then you have seen it now, and I have helped you broaden your horizons. You should thank me for it."

Chu Yifeng laughed.

The two talked for more than an hour and saw that it was ten o'clock. Mama Wang called from outside the door that he and Wang Ziyu should go to bed earlier, and it ws only then that Wang Cheng stopped their conversation.

"No more, my mother is shouting for me to sleep. You go to bed early, don't stay up too late. If you want to eat late at night, go and cook dumplings, there are quick frozen foods in the refrigerator."

"Okay, good night."

Hanging up the phone, Chu Yifeng closed his computer, got out a cigarette, and took a deep breath. The smoke that was emitted obscured his face. This was the first time he had talked with someone for more than an hour on the phone. However, what he felt most deeply was that he hadn’t made a bad bargain. Wang Cheng had taken advantage of him, but he was not displeased in his heart. Instead, he felt a willingness to be taken advantage of. This feeling was both fresh, and leaving him wanting more.

the new house was finally cleaned under the joint forces of Wang Cheng's family by the next morning. Although something like that happened yesterday, it did not affect the mood of their family. What should be done was done today, the same as if nothing had happened. 

The neighbors were surprised. The old lady's nature was seen as early as when Papa Wang was young, at the time of his marriage. It was thought that Granny Wang would not be able to give this fight up. Some gossiping aunts and wives waited, moving their stools to come and watch. The sky was calm and nothing happened.

The house was surrounded by people, and no reason was discussed amongst them. They finally left in the end.

However, Zhang refused to give up. The eldest uncle and Wang Cheng were fighting. She was the most willing to see it. She even wished to stir up the flames to make the fire more powerful. So she ran to the eldest uncle's house a few times and finally learned what happened.

One didn't know if they didn’t hear. Once she heard, she was shocked. Zhang couldn't help thinking of the words that Mama Wang had warned her with that day. Fortunately,, she didn't fall out with Guan Lanfang, otherwise, Wang Cheng might have threatened them along with the others.

Wang Cheng didn't know that his invisible behavior made Zhang fearful and cautious, and she was afraid to make a fuss for a while.

After solving the problem of the new house, Wang Cheng turned his face to the contract.

The duration of the contract was 20 years, originally only 15 years. Secretary Guan looked at the relationship between the two of them: Wang Cheng did help him solve a big problem, so that matter helped them raise the duration for another five years. The price didn't rise much.

Although he was actually headed to the fruit mountain, the medicinal plants in the other mountain would not be left behind. Fortunately, he paid his money; since Secretary Guan had announced to the others that he contracted the two mountains, the villagers no longer went up the mountain to pick medicine and fruits. However, not all villagers were so conscious, some people with more savage tempers didn’t care at all, and some children would go up the mountain to pick plants under an adult’s instructions.

"Hire a few more people. I saw that the fruit mountain was very large, it is impossible for the few people in our family to finish the picking." Papa Wang proposed.

"Your dad is right, this matter can't be dragged out anymore. If some fruits are picked too late, they will rot." Mama Wang also had no objections. Some of the fruits grew very tall, and since they were not professionals, it was troublesome to pick them.

Wang Cheng nodded. "That said, let’s hire a group of people to try it first."

"It's better to have more professionals." The Guan’s Village did not lack such people.

"In addition, the medicinal plants in the mountain also need to be processed." Papa Wang was most concerned about the medicinal plants. After all, fruits were not as valuable as medicinal plants.

"I know, dad, you can rest assured." Wang Cheng had already outlined a part of the plan last night, and after confirming, started recruiting workers.

After the news came out, there were quite a lot of people applying for it. Wang Cheng was not surprised. Most of the villagers in the Guan’s Village farmed, but they didn’t always have plants to grow. Often, they were idle at home. So as soon as Wang Cheng's family was recruiting workers, many immediately came over to sign up.

Wang Cheng made a rough calculation. There were fifty or sixty applicants, but he did not plan to recruit so many for the time being so he hired only half of them. Most of them better at picking the higher fruits, they were both men and women. Those who weren’t hired were disappointed. Fortunately, Wang Cheng told them that they would recruit again in the future, and everyone dispersed.

Wang Cheng told them to gather at the foot of the mountain at 7:30 tomorrow morning and then let them depart.

In the afternoon, in order to prepare the tools for tomorrow, he and Papa Wang went to the market. Mama Wang and Wang Ziyu went to choose furniture. When they moved, they abandoned a lot of old furniture. Now, their new house was empty and needed a lot of new furniture. With the four people working together, life was busy and fulfilling.

After hearing the news, Zhang told the eldest uncle and Li (his wife) in an instant.

After Granny and Grandpa Wang returned home from the third son’s house, the eldest uncle and Li learned that their parents were threatened. Wang Cheng’s family was targeting their construction company, so the whole family hated Wang Cheng.

The son quarreled with his girlfriend because of this incident, and Lisa ran home angrily, refusing to meet with Wang Ningkai and threatening to break up with him. He finally climbed the high branch of Lisa. Wang Ningkai couldn't easily give up. However, he could no longer please Lisa. He came back and quarreled with his family in a fit of anger. Now the father and son were at a stalemate, and Li scolded Wang Cheng every day.

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T/N: I think I forgot to mention this earlier but words like Xiao, Er, and Ah are terms/prefixes of endearment. If those of you that read less Chinese novels saw the ‘Xiao Yu’ a few chapters ago, and thought it was someone else, that was Wang Ziyu’s nickname.

Refresher: Family

Li ~ eldest aunt

Wang Hongwei ~ eldest uncle

Wang Ningkai ~ eldest cousin

Zhang ~ second aunt

Wang Honwen~ second uncle

Wang Ningxian ~ cousin (second family’s daughter)

Guan Lanfang ~ Mama Wang

Wang Hongxin ~ Papa Wang

Wang Ning’an ~ older brother

Wang Ziyu ~ younger sister

                Non-Family

Yuan Xia ~ friend from driving school

Wei Dandan ~ childhood classmate he met in a hotel

Shen Yuan ~ Chu Yifeng’s friend

Zheng Jingen ~ the dude Wang Cheng apparently looks like

Luo Sheng ~ the person that mistook Wang Cheng as Jingen

And his co-workers and family on his mom’s side and sister’s dormmates and other characters. The End. (of this chapter)

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