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"Can't push it?"

The girl, Su Qing, instantly raised her voice by eight octaves, her beautiful eyebrows furrowing into a knot.

This was the first time in her life she had ever heard such a confident and assertive refusal.

Especially since the other party was just an ordinary-looking villager.

Su Qing suppressed the urge to kick him.

Her limited-edition Air Jordan sneakers were completely turned into muddy shoes, which made her heart ache.

She walked up to Jiang Chen, took out her wallet from her small bag, deftly pulled out two brand-new red banknotes, and handed them to Jiang Chen.

That gesture was like dismissing a beggar on the street.

"Not enough?"

Su Qing's tone was full of impatience and a hint of disdain.

"You don't need to push it yourself."

"Go and call a few villagers over for me."

She pointed with her chin in the direction of the two hundred yuan.

"This 100 yuan is a deposit. I'll give you another 500 yuan after it's all done!"

In her opinion, seven hundred yuan to have a few villagers help push a cart is already an exorbitant price.

However, Jiang Chen didn't even lift his eyelids.

He smiled as he looked at the two banknotes trembling slightly in the wind.

His current net worth, let alone calculated by the second, is worth more than the value of a single heartbeat.

Jiang Chen did not take the money, nor did he even have the desire to reach out.

He simply raised his hand and pointed to the pink iron lump that was already halfway stuck in the mud not far away.

"Girl, I advise you not to waste your energy."

"This isn't about money."

Jiang Chen spoke calmly, as if stating an objective fact.

"Look at this hole you've created! You've been pressing the accelerator really hard; it's almost dug out a three-bedroom apartment."

"The wheels are suspended in the air, and the entire chassis is resting on the mud. This is called 'bottoming out,' understand?"

"In this situation, let alone calling the whole village, even if you called over a reinforced company of strong men, you still couldn't lift it by manpower."

Su Qing was speechless for a long time after hearing Jiang Chen's words.

She had no idea about supporting or bailing out someone; all she knew was that she was trapped, and this ordinary-looking guy in front of her not only didn't help, but was also making sarcastic remarks!

A surge of immense resentment and anger welled up in her heart instantly.

She secretly drove away to escape her family's ridiculous arranged marriage.

She wanted to find a quiet place to relax, but the navigation led her to this ghostly road.

If the car isn't moved out before dark, the bodyguards sent by the family will definitely catch up!

The thought of being taken back and facing that emotionless "fiancé" brought tears to Su Qing's eyes.

"So what do you mean?"

Su Qing's voice trembled slightly with a sob, but her tone remained sharp.

"Fine, don't bother helping! Do you find it amusing to just stand here and watch me make a fool of myself?"

"Do you believe I'll report you... Oh wait, you're a villager, you have nowhere to report me..."

By the end, she herself felt deflated, like a defeated little rooster.

Jiang Chen sighed inwardly as he watched her, who was on the verge of tears but was desperately trying to maintain her pride.

Although this girl has a fiery temper and is arrogant, she is essentially just a spoiled young lady who has never experienced the harsh realities of society.

He's not exactly a bad person.

He dropped his spectator expression and took his phone out of his pocket.

"Alright, alright, take the money back."

Jiang Chen's tone softened somewhat.

"I don't need your two hundred dollars."

"Stand back and wait, I'll call some reinforcements for you."

Su Qing was taken aback. Looking at Jiang Chen's actions, she subconsciously thought he was going to call the villagers.

She was thinking to herself: Didn't he just say that calling someone was useless? Now he's changed his mind? Why is this person so fickle?

However, what Jiang Chen said next completely brought her to a standstill.

All I heard was Jiang Chen speaking into the phone in an extremely casual tone, as if he were telling someone to come downstairs to pick up a package:

"Hello, is this Lao Zhang?"

"Yes, it's me, Jiang Chen."

"Could you drive your XCMG 750 excavator over here, and bring a sturdy tow rope with you?"

"Yes, it's on that dirt road outside the back mountain road, yes, yes, that's the one I'm planning to pave."

"There's a kid over here who got stuck in the mud while playing. It was quite a commotion."

The phone hangs up.

The whole world fell silent.

Su Qing stared wide-eyed for a full three seconds without blinking.

Her brain was processing the information she had just heard at lightning speed.

Child?

Playing in the mud?

Are you trapped?

When she realized what was happening, her pretty face instantly turned bright red, like a ripe apple.

"Who's the child?! You're the child! Your whole family are children!"

But this humiliation was quickly overshadowed by another, more impactful word.

"Wait a moment!"

Su Qing's voice changed tone.

"What did you just say... call over? A... excavator?"

She pointed to her bright pink Mercedes-Benz G-Class, her voice trembling.

"You're going to use an excavator to dig up my car?!"

"Are you crazy?! You'll scratch my car completely!"

"Do you know how much this car cost? Over three million! Even a small scratch on the paint will cost tens of thousands to repair!"

Jiang Chen glanced at her with an expression as if she were an idiot, the meaning of which was quite clear: Is this girl not quite right in the head?

"Hey young lady, are you still worried about that little bit of paint on your car?"

Jiang Chen put his phone back in his pocket and crossed his arms.

"If you feel bad about it, that's fine too."

"Then why don't you stay here and experience the original rural life?"

He paused, then slowly added a sentence.

"Just a friendly reminder."

"The ecological environment in the mountains behind us is exceptionally good; wild boars often come down from the mountains to roam at night."

"And, it seems that recently... it's the mating season for male wild boars, so they're all a bit more irritable."

"A... a wild boar in heat?"

Su Qing shuddered in fright, and images of wild boars using their tusks to overturn cars flashed through her mind.

She subconsciously looked around at the dark woods, feeling as if countless green eyes were staring at her.

Su Qing immediately shut her mouth and dared not mention the car paint again.

She looked at Jiang Chen's handsome yet incredibly irritating face and silently hardened her heart.

Wait!

Once I'm out of this mess, I'll definitely shower you with money until you're dizzy!

Let me show you what the wickedness of society is! Let you pay the price for your words and actions today!

She was secretly gritting her teeth.

Less than five minutes.

A loud rumbling sound came from afar.

The ground began to tremble slightly and rhythmically.

A massive yellow steel behemoth, much larger than her Mercedes G-Class, roared as it slowly emerged from around the corner ahead!

Inside the driver's cab, a driver wearing a safety helmet leaned out and shouted loudly in Jiang Chen's direction.

"Boss! What do we do?"

"Should we dig it out directly, or hang it up?"

Su Qing was completely dumbfounded.

She stood there, stunned, staring at the "villager" who was wearing shorts and slippers and walking a stray dog.

He... he actually summoned a brand new, huge excavator?

Moreover, the excavator operator even addressed him respectfully as "boss"?