Er Gou, life in the countryside is so carefree!

Su Qing gracefully put down her chopsticks, her usual aloof expression returning.

At this moment, however, she had an unnatural blush, and even her beautiful eyes were filled with a layer of mist.

"call……"

She gently exhaled a breath of warm air, feeling a warm current rush down her throat to her stomach, and then quickly spread to her limbs and bones.

The stomach chills and migraines that had plagued her for days miraculously disappeared under the wash of this warm current.

An unprecedented feeling of comfort washed over my entire body.

"Brother Er Gou..."

Su Qing's voice was softer than usual, and she looked at Chen Ergou with a slightly unfocused gaze:

"This melon...it's amazing. I feel completely refreshed; it's even more nourishing than ginseng and bird's nest."

Chen Ergou leaned back in his armchair, toying with the empty teacup in his hand, and chuckled.

"President Su has a good eye. This jade dragon melon is grown by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Not only does it taste amazing, but it can also detoxify and beautify the skin."

"Nourishing Yin... well, that, strengthening the body, it's only because it's you, President Su. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't be willing to take it out."

Su Qing is indeed a powerful businesswoman; after a brief moment of embarrassment, she quickly seized the business opportunity.

She took a deep breath, leaned forward, and the collar of her beige suit opened slightly, revealing a glimpse of her fair skin:

"Brother Er Gou, how many of these melons do you have? I'll take them all! Name your price, I only have one request: exclusive supply to Yuntian Hotel."

She knew in her heart that as long as she had this dish, not to mention getting a five-star rating, it was even possible to make Yuntian the number one restaurant in the province!

Chen Ergou shook his head, his fingers rhythmically tapping on the table:

"Mr. Su, exclusivity is no problem, but I won't sell outright. Let's collaborate and hold a Dragon King Banquet auction. I want to use your platform to skyrocket the fame of this gossip!"

Just as the two were preparing to delve into a business deal worth hundreds of millions,

"Bang!"

The heavy, carved mahogany door of the private room was rudely kicked open from the outside.

"Su Qing! Are you inside? I can hear your voice!"

Immediately afterwards, an annoying, hoarse voice, tinged with arrogance and smugness, rang in.

Chen Ergou frowned and looked back.

There stood a man in a white Armani suit standing at the door, his hair so styled that even a fly would have to do a split.

He was holding an exquisite sandalwood box in his arms, with two obsequious followers behind him.

It was Zhao Tai, Chen Ergou's "old friend".

"Please have a seat, I'll go take care of something."

Su Qing got up and asked Er Gou and the others to sit and wait for her for a while.

I just went out.

Zhao Tai's eyes were fixed on Su Qing, whose face was flushed, a glint of lust flashing in them:

"Qingqing, I knew you were here! I heard you were worried about the provincial judging panel?"

"I specially asked a friend to airfreight the finest 'Yubari Melon' and 'Dream Cucumber' from Hokkaido, Japan!"

As Zhao Tai spoke, he strode over and slammed the sandalwood box onto the table.

"This is a variety exclusively supplied to the Japanese Imperial Family; one stick costs eight hundred yen! It'll definitely impress those old guys on the judging panel!"

Zhao Tai, with a look of smug satisfaction, opened the box:

"With this treasure, let's see who dares to say our county doesn't have good ingredients! As for the wild vegetables that country bumpkin surnamed Chen brought before, are they even fit for human consumption? They'd be too cowardly to feed pigs!"

Su Qing's face instantly turned cold, colder than the snowy weather outside.

She hated Zhao Tai's uninvited and foul-mouthed behavior the most.

"Zhao Tai, who let you in?"

Su Qing's voice was icy: "Also, please call me President Su. I'm not familiar with you, you're not welcome here, take your things and get out."

"Qingqing, don't be so heartless!"

Zhao Tai grinned and leaned closer, saying, "I'm doing this for your own good. Our two families have been friends for generations. Would I cheat you? This is genuine imported goods, unlike some people..."

Before he could finish speaking, his gaze inadvertently fell on Chen Ergou, who was sitting inside Su Qing's room.

Zhao Tai's smile froze on his face instantly, as if he had swallowed a dead rat whole.

"Chen...Chen Ergou?!"

Zhao Tai pointed at Chen Ergou and screamed as if he'd seen a ghost: "What are you doing here?!"

Chen Ergou slowly stood up, took out a Hongtashan cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep drag, and then blew a standard smoke ring towards Zhao Tai:

"Hey, isn't this Young Master Zhao? What's up? Your face's all swollen back? You're out here causing trouble again?"

Enemies meeting are bound to be filled with hatred.

Zhao Tai recalled the time he lost ten million at the jade gambling market and was beaten by his father when he got home. Old and new grudges surged into his heart.

"Oh! So it's you, you country bumpkin, here!"

Zhao Tai glanced at Chen Ergou's camouflage pants, then at the snakeskin bag that had been pushed to the side, and his face instantly radiated contempt and a sense of superiority:

"Su Qing, you'd rather invite this peasant for tea than see me? Look at that shabby thing he's carrying? A snakeskin bag? Doesn't he care about getting your carpet dirty!"

Zhao Tai pointed to the two beautifully packaged Japanese cucumbers on the table, lined with yellow silk, his face full of arrogance:

"This piece of trash dares to compare himself to my imported goods worth thousands of dollars? What a joke!"

"Qingqing, don't be fooled by this country bumpkin! Anything he digs up from the ground is full of bacteria and pesticides!"