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"It has to be you, kid, to even think of elderly care projects."

Zhao Hu looked very pleased after hearing what Gao Qilin said.

Upon hearing his words, Gao Qilin knew that things might be going well, and his attitude became much more proactive than before, constantly explaining the benefits, which made Zhao Hu quite tempted.

"Don't talk about that now. Actually, there's something else I haven't told you yet."

However, just as Gao Qilin was getting into his speech, Zhao Hu suddenly interrupted him with something he said.

This puzzled Gao Qilin greatly, so he asked:

Is there anything else on your end?

"Zhao Ruilong called me today; he now knows about our relationship."

Zhao Hu sighed and finally spoke out about what he had been keeping to himself.

"What? How did he know about us?"

Gao Qilin appeared quite surprised upon hearing Zhao Hu's words, as he did not recall ever publicly acknowledging his relationship with Zhao Hu.

"You haven't contacted me during this time, have you? Zhao Ruilong isn't stupid. If you contacted me so frequently, he would naturally notice something was wrong."

After hearing what Zhao Hu said, Gao Qilin fell into deep thought. At this moment, he no longer cared about the orchard and focused all his energy on dealing with Zhao Ruilong.

"But don't worry, even though he found out about us, I'm still in the same boat as you. But when he called me, he said he wouldn't let you go. Although I can help you suppress some of the pressure, I still can't completely control Zhao Ruilong, so you'd better be careful these days."

"I'll be careful these days. Thanks for the reminder, Tiger. If you hadn't told me, I probably wouldn't have known about this."

At this moment, Gao Qilin's voice became noticeably lower and deeper.

"Don't you have some orchard cooperation you want to talk to me about? I'm quite interested in that now. When do you have time? We can discuss it properly."

Zhao Hu noticed that Gao Qilin was acting strangely, so he immediately changed the subject and asked him about what he had just said.

Upon hearing Zhao Hu's words, Gao Qilin finally remembered the purpose of his visit and immediately came to his senses.

"I don't think there's anything left to discuss. Didn't we already agree on the price and everything else? And I've taken care of everything over there. As long as you agree, just send a car to pick it up."

"I admire your thoroughness; since you've said so, I'll arrange for someone to pick you up right away. Remember to receive them."

Chapter 423 Coming to Pick Up Goods

Zhao Hu looked very satisfied after hearing what Gao Qilin said.

After reminding Gao Qilin to be careful recently, he hung up the phone.

"How did your negotiations go? Did the other party agree?"

After Gao Qilin hung up the phone, the surrounding villagers immediately gathered around, looking on with great anticipation.

"The other party has agreed and will send people over to pick it up now, so you'd better get busy."

"They're coming now? That's great! We're all about to be eaten. Let's get the tools ready and get to work. Let's try to pick all the fruit here before those people arrive."

Upon hearing Gao Qilin's words, the village chief could no longer contain his excitement and ordered the villagers around him to get to work. Before long, they arrived at the top of the hill and began to work in the orchard.

Because the fruit here hadn't been picked for a long time, there was an abundance of it. A group of people worked for over an hour and only managed to pick less than a third of it. This quantity greatly surprised Gao Qilin, who exclaimed from the side:

"With so many fruits, how much money can you make in one go?"

"It doesn't matter how much you pay, just don't forget that the money is for them; they need it more than we do."

After hearing Gao Qilin say that, Gao Qilan felt that Gao Qilin had taken pity on him, so she began to remind him.

"I didn't say I wanted that money. I was just making a comment. What, are you saying I can't even speak now?"

When Gao Qilan started scolding him without even asking what happened, Gao Qilin became very impatient.

However, just after he finished speaking, he remembered what Zhao Hu had said on the phone, so he called Gao Qilan aside and went to a secluded place.

"What's wrong with you? Why didn't you just say it right there? Why did you come here?"

Gao Qilan looked completely bewildered after seeing Gao Qilin's actions.

"I'm just afraid the villagers will hear. Let me tell you, Zhao Ruilong has already discovered that I'm in contact with Zhao Hu, so I think the next period of time will be quite dangerous. You should be careful."

"We've fought Zhao Ruilong before, and we still made it through, so I don't think we need to pay special attention. Just do our own thing and ignore them. If they dare to cause trouble, we can just beat them back, right?"

After hearing Gao Qilin say this, Gao Qilan did not take it to heart. She felt that this time was the same as before, just sending some people who were not very capable to cause trouble.

“We’ve never faced Zhao Ruilong head-on before, or rather, we’ve never really fought him, which is why we thought he was so easy to deal with. But I think this time is different because I’ve taken Zhao Hu, who has been working with Zhao Ruilong for a long time. So he’s likely to cause us a lot of trouble. And there are so many things to deal with in this village right now, so we’d better be careful.”

"I understand all of that. I'll take care of it on my end, so don't worry."

Although Gao Qilin spoke so earnestly, Gao Qilan didn't take it to heart and spoke casually about it.

Just as she finished speaking, a car horn sounded from the side. Looking into the distance, a series of trucks were driving over. At the same time, Gao Qilin's phone rang.

Upon seeing that it was Zhao Hu calling, Gao Qilin didn't dare to delay at all and answered the phone immediately.

"The people I sent have already gone over there, you should have seen them by now. The rest is up to you. Remember to bring me some good fruit, or I won't let you off the hook if you bring over a pile of rotten fruit."

"Don't worry, this is a business between the two of us. Why would I bring a bunch of rotten fruit to fool Tiger? The fruit I picked out for you is of excellent quality, so you can rest assured."

Seeing that Zhao Hu was worried about this, Gao Qilin immediately began to explain. As he spoke, the cars stopped in front of him and began to look him up and down.

After a brief confirmation, I went up to ask 803:

"You must be the Gao Qilin that Tiger Master mentioned, right?"

"That's right, I'm the one in charge of the coordination. The fruit has been picked almost completely, and all that's left is to load it onto the truck. Thank you all for your hard work."

In response to the question, Gao Qilin immediately answered and called over the village chief to discuss the allocation of the truckloads.

After some discussion, the village chief selected a group of people from the crowd and asked them to stand near the vehicle. When the fruit was transported out, they would be responsible for loading it onto the vehicle.

Although this is much slower, it's the only way given the current situation.

It took about four or five hours to load all the trucks, but there was still a lot of fruit left to load.

Upon seeing this, the driver couldn't help but say:

"There's so much fruit here! It's already filled five trucks, and there's still so much left. Looks like I didn't bring enough; I'll bring more next time."

Chapter 424 I'm still worried

"It's hard to say what will happen next time. After all, there's only one orchard here, and the fruit has been picked almost all this time. There probably won't be any more. If you want to come again, you'll have to wait about a year."

When the other party said they would come again next time, Gao Qilin immediately explained, afraid that the other party would think that there were still many left.

"Oh, I see. Then we'll head back first. I'll arrange for two more cars to come over later and take the rest of the fruit away. That should solve everything."

After learning about the situation, the other party was relieved, since everyone wants to have less workload.

"But what happened here? It's only been a short time, and there's already a new road. I remember last time I came here, it was all dirt roads. I was so worried about my car when I drove here back then."

After arranging everything, the driver couldn't help but sigh. As a frequent driver, he naturally understood the importance of a particular road.

"This village will be developing its fruit and vegetable industry in the future, so this road was specially built to facilitate transportation. With this road, it will be much easier for you to travel, and it will not shake too much, so that the fruits and vegetables on the truck will not rot on the way."

Faced with the other party's confusion, Gao Qilin began to patiently explain, giving the impression that he was one of them.

"Oh, I see. It seems the village chief is quite diligent. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now. It's getting dark, and if I linger any longer, the road will become really difficult to travel."

At this moment, the other party glanced down at his watch, then immediately ordered the others to get in the car and drove off.

The village chief was afraid of being disliked by them, so he only dared to come to Gao Qilin's side after they left.

At this point, the village chief could no longer contain his excitement and asked directly:

"So, did they say when they would pay us?"

"You don't need to worry about the money. I've contacted a very reliable person this time, and the money should be transferred to you soon."

As soon as Gao Qilin finished speaking, a text message came through on his phone.

"Ten million yuan has been deposited into your account. Please check your account."

"See, what did I tell you? He would transfer the money in no time, and now the money has arrived."

After saying that, Gao Qilin showed the contents of the text message to the village chief.

Although the village chief is one of the wealthier people in the village, he doesn't have a mobile phone and doesn't know what a digital bank is.

"He said ten million, so it's ten million? You have to see the money first, what's the use of just talking about it?"

Upon seeing this, the village chief realized the text message was a scam and began to complain.

Gao Qilin realized this only after hearing his complaint, and immediately explained:

"The money is already in my hands, but there's nowhere to withdraw it here right now, so I can't let you see it. Don't worry, I'll go back now and bring the money back to you first thing tomorrow morning. How does that sound?"

"No, I have to go with you. What if you run away with all that money? It's our hard-earned money."

Seeing that Gao Qilin was going back alone, the village chief immediately refused, thinking that Gao Qilin would run away with the money.

After hearing what the village chief said, Gao Qilan looked angry and said directly to him:

"What are you saying? We've built schools and roads for you, and we don't know how much money we've spent. Do you think we care about that little bit of money? If we cared about that little bit of money, we wouldn't have done so much for you."

"Well... it's not that I don't trust you, it's just that there's so much money involved, and I'm genuinely a little worried. After all, it involves the entire village. We already made a mistake once before, and I don't want it to happen again this time."

Faced with Gao Qilan's questioning, the village chief looked very troubled, after all, he didn't want things to turn out this way either.

“I know what you’re worried about, and I understand how you feel. Don’t worry, I’ll make you wait for me to go back together, and I’ll let you watch the money being withdrawn.”

Seeing the atmosphere turn out this way, Gao Qilin immediately spoke up, and then directly asked Gao Qilan to contact Xiao Liu to pick them up and escort them.