The villainous second male lead at the beginning? No! He's the white moonlight!

Three days later, when the first batch of fifty tons of gold from the Thousand Sun Kingdom arrived in the Dragon Kingdom, dozens of trucks lined up at the airport in the capital, loaded with glittering gold bars.

This scene drove the onlookers absolutely ecstatic!

"Holy crap! I've never seen so much gold in my life!"

"Me too! How much is this worth?"

"At least seven billion US dollars!"

"Seven billion US dollars?! That's a lot! I've never even seen seventy US dollars!"

"Upstairs, your perspective is too narrow. What's a mere seven billion US dollars? Don't forget, our Dragon Country holds 7000 billion US dollars in American treasury bonds. To be honest, gold is more meaningful than US dollars; that's called a national strategic reserve!"

"Haha, you're right! Who cares about the reserves? It's just fun to look at!"

In the airport's administration office, Li Mingyuan stood by the window, watching the gold being continuously unloaded, his face beaming with joy.

Since the defeat in the Opium War on August 29, 1842, which led to the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, the first unequal treaty in modern Chinese history, between the Qing government and the British Empire, China has been plunged into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society for a century, frequently ceding territory and paying indemnities. The signing of the Tokyo Peace Treaty marks the first time China has signed an unequal treaty with a foreign country, and this time, China has reaped a heavy harvest from the former Japanese Empire, which had caused profound suffering to the Chinese nation!

This has enormous historical significance!

No, this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, I have to record it!

"Come on, Secretary Zhang, take a picture of me. I want to post it on WeChat Moments!"

"Huh? Taking photos? Minister, isn't that inappropriate?"

"We've done nothing wrong; this was offered to us by the Thousand Sun Kingdom. What's inappropriate about it? Besides, I'm just recording history!"

Li Mingyuan stood in front of the gold and made a peace sign.

"Okay, send it out!"

Meanwhile, as various short videos and photos taken by the surrounding crowd were posted online, the entire internet in China exploded in an instant!

"Brothers, the gold from the Thousand Sun Kingdom has arrived! A full fifty tons!"

"Holy crap, is this for real? Do you have a picture?"

"Yes! Minister Li personally endorsed it, how could it be fake?"

"Hahaha, Qianri Kingdom has emptied its coffers!"

"Serves them right! They stole from us back then!"

"Exactly! This is called paying back the principal with interest!"

"Today is a good day; all my wishes will come true..."

"Stop singing upstairs, I'm laughing so hard I'm crying!"

"Sing! Why not sing? I'm not only going to sing, I'm going to set off firecrackers too!"

"Brother, calm down. It's daytime now, setting off firecrackers will disturb the neighbors."

"Shall we put it on tonight?"

"It disturbs the neighbors at night too."

"Then I'll put my mind at ease!"

At this moment of national celebration, on the other side, in the major ports of the Dragon Kingdom, cargo ships were being loaded with all kinds of relief supplies, including food, drinks, daily necessities, medicines, and so on.

But if you look closely, you'll find that these things all have something in common.

These are all items from China's stock that are about to expire!

"Are these supplies really okay?"

Looking at these supplies that would expire in at most four or five days, a white reporter couldn't help but ask the person in charge in English.

"Of course, no problem, they're all within their shelf life."

The person in charge smiled as brightly as a blooming chrysanthemum.

"But I think the earliest it will expire is the day after tomorrow, and the latest is ten days later."

"Then tell me if it's within its shelf life."

"......yes."

"That's settled then. It's just that it's almost due, but it's definitely still edible and usable."

"That's true... Okay, then why not give them the supplies produced recently?"

The person in charge patted the white reporter on the shoulder, his smile undiminished.

"New? New ones cost money. Besides, this is our free support. The Thousand Sun Kingdom didn't give us any money. We're already being generous by giving them something that's about to expire."

For a moment, the white reporter was speechless, unsure of what to say.

Seeing the white reporter remain silent, the person in charge straightened his expression and spoke righteously.

"Moreover, what did they bring us back then? Killing and exploitation. Now we are willing to provide them with supplies that are about to expire for free, which is already an act of kindness on our part."

For a moment, the white reporter fell silent, because there was really no way to refute those words.

............................

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. All two hundred tons of gold from the Thousand Sun Kingdom were transported to the Dragon Kingdom, with a total value of over three hundred billion US dollars. In addition, all the cutting-edge technologies that were promised to the Dragon Kingdom were also brought back.

At this moment, major research institutions went wild!

"Holy crap! Their lithography technology is at least two years ahead of ours!"

"These precision machine tools are also two levels more accurate than ours!"

"There's also this new material. Although we're researching it, it will take at least a year to reach that level!"

"The Thousand-Day Kingdom is giving us a huge gift!"

"What do you mean by 'giving away'? This is called 'paying off a debt'!"

"Yes, yes, pay off the debt! Pay it back with interest!"

The Minister of Science and Technology stood in the laboratory, looking at the technical documents, and couldn't stop smiling.

"Someone, play 'Today Is a Good Day' for me!"

"Minister, are you releasing them again?"

"Release them again? This time it'll be three days and three nights!"

"Alright!"

Just as the whole country was celebrating, Ye Linyuan, the instigator of all this, arrived in Shuicheng with Leng Qinghan and Xiao Ruoxi as their driver.

They should have arrived a few days earlier, but various things delayed them.

Looking at the scenery rushing past the window, Ye Linyuan glanced at the quiet Leng Qinghan beside him and asked with a smile.

"Qinghan, where in Haicheng is your hometown? Is it remote?"

"It's a bit remote, in the countryside. At our current speed, it would take another hour to drive there."

Leng Qinghan looked out the window, her tone gradually becoming nostalgic.

"I wonder how things are at home."

Ye Linyuan was stunned for a moment, then sighed, pulled Leng Qinghan into his arms, and asked softly.

"Qinghan, how long has it been since you came back?"

As Ye Linyuan finished speaking, Leng Qinghan fell silent.

He didn't reply for quite a while.

"I haven't been back since my sister passed away."

"Qingyue hasn't come back since she passed away? Why?"

Leng Qinghan's voice was somewhat hoarse.

"There's no particular reason, it's just because I'm afraid to, I'm afraid of being reminded of painful memories."

Seeing this, Ye Linyuan didn't ask any more questions. He simply held her tightly and watched the scenery recede into the distance.