Ultimate Village Doctor

Long Xiaoshan's eyes flashed with an aura of killing after hearing the conversation between Li Jialin and Situ Hui.

Li Jialin truly dared to betray him.

After listening to Jin Lian's words yesterday, he had only harbored a hint of suspicion, and did not believe that Li Jialin would truly betray him. After all, he had been wholly benevolent and righteous to Li Jialin, giving her 5% of the company's shares, entrusting her with the company's affairs, and her annual salary alone was two million, not to mention the yearly dividends—a definitely substantial amount.

When he met Situ Hui at the company, his suspicions grew, prompting him to leave behind a listening charm.

What he hadn't expected was,

Li Jialin was really in cahoots with the Situ Family.

Now it seemed, Shangguan Baihe's sudden departure from the Lily Hotel and her disappearance could very probably be the work of the Situ Family, who had taken over the Lily Hotel, likely due to their interest in his own company.

After all, the Lily Hotel held a 10% share in Longyang Company.

The Situ Family, the Li Family, and if you add another—currently ambiguous in stance—Guu Family.

Such a large maneuver.

If he really was just a small farmer,

then he would have no chance of resistance.

And Li Jialin dared to be so bold, probably because she saw this point, believing that as long as she got the most crucial medicinal cuisine patents, this small farmer would have no way to fight against her. But doesn't she understand that those medicinal cuisines can only be made with crops that contain spiritual energy from his own farm?

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Long Xiaoshan's mind.

Something's not right.

This situation could be even more complicated.

Now, in order to expand, the farmland in the village had been mostly converted, growing health-nurturing fruits and vegetables, which were the villagers' equity in the farm. With this woman's shrewdness, wouldn't she realize what choice the villagers would make under the temptation of huge profits?

The aura of killing in Long Xiaoshan's eyes receded.

Originally, he wanted to capture Li Jialin directly and teach her a lesson she would regret for the rest of her life.

No matter how much Li Jialin and the others planned and schemed, they would never expect that he was not an ordinary small farmer, but a Grandmaster Stronghold. What could the Situ Family or the Li Family do with their great power? With one slash of his sword, all would be settled.

However, he now thought of more.

Human hearts are unfathomable.

The most changeable thing in the world is the human heart.

For this matter, he couldn't just cut the Gordian knot; he had to wait and see, watching who was involved, who could resist the temptation of profits, considering Li Jialin had already been plotting.

The Situ Family was also involved.

Clearly, this was not something that had happened overnight. So why hadn't he received any news for so long, with only Jin Lian's inadvertent words yesterday serving as a reminder to him?

Furthermore, Li Jialin had just mentioned the Guu Family to Situ Hui.

Gu Jingheng could be counted as his friend now, having given him a lot of support in the past.

And he had given Gu Jingheng sufficient compensation.

Would Gu Jingheng be unaware of this matter?

Now, Long Xiaoshan was also unsure. Honestly, the Longyang Group's businesses were originally started to take care of and develop the village with his then-capabilities.

There are too many ways to make money, such as obtaining jade worth billions of dollars on a single trip to the Southern Ocean.

For someone as powerful as him, making money was too easy.

If he really wanted to make money, why waste the Merit Spirit Liquid on a farm?

This is the most thankless way to earn money.

Now that such an incident had occurred, he wanted to see who would engage in underhanded tactics behind his back, whose hearts were veiled by interests, and all the demons and ghosts that would eventually show themselves.

Thinking of this, Long Xiaoshan also sighed.

With his current cultivation, he could actually ignore these intrigues. If there were trouble, he could simply crush them with absolute power.

Like Li Jialin and the Situ Family, to kill them, he had a hundred methods, and moreover, he could make it seem as though he was not involved.

However, he wasn't such a bloodthirsty person, and coming from a secular background, he couldn't easily resort to killing.

Of course, how things would play out still depended on future developments. If people like Li Jialin truly acted unscrupulously, he would make them understand what regret meant!

A glint of cold light flashed in Long Xiaoshan's eyes.

Elsewhere.

After Situ Hui left, Li Jialin picked up the telephone and dialed a number.

After a while, a deep Hong Kong accent male voice came through, "Amy, it's rare for you to call your cousin proactively. Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Cousin Jingheng, can't I look for you if there's nothing?

"Haha," Gu Jingheng laughed, "Amy, you're still playing coy with your cousin. Haven't I known you all these years? If there's nothing, you would definitely not call me."

"Alright, cousin, you know me well," Li Jialin said with a light smile. "Actually, I really do have something I want to discuss with you, cousin. You know about the Magical Beauty Medicinal Cuisine, right?"

Gu Jingheng paused, "Of course, I know. Now, it's selling like crazy among the upper circles of Hong Kong Island, and it's been hyped to an outrageous price. Isn't that your doing? How could I not know? You're not thinking of bragging to your cousin, are you?"

"Of course not, cousin. What if I told you I'm offering you a thirty percent stake in the Medicinal Cuisine Pavilion?" Li Jialin said.

"Giving me thirty percent? How could that be possible? The profits in this are too great. Brother Xiaoshan would never casually give up thirty percent. He is not short of funds right now... Eh, wait a second!" Gu Jingheng suddenly felt something was amiss and muttered softly, "What are you planning, Amy?"

"Cousin, to be honest with you," Li Jialin said, "I've already got the recipe for the medicinal cuisine, and the patents are in my hands. I can completely set up a company and produce and sell the medicinal cuisine myself."

Gu Jingheng felt cold sweat beading on his forehead as he couldn't help but interrupt Li Jialin, "Amy, what exactly are you doing? Isn't this recipe Brother Xiaoshan's? How could you have gotten a hold of his thing and even secured the patent?"

Li Jialin said indifferently, "Cousin, this is not difficult, especially as you know, Hua Country is a society built on connections. It is very simple to accomplish such things. I'm not afraid to tell you, the other major shareholder of the company, the Situ Family, has already agreed to join forces with me. They are the ones who helped me settle the patent issue, since their family has considerable influence in Xichuan, and they have substantial resources in the political arena."

"You, you're absolutely incorrigible!" Gu Jingheng cursed angrily, "How can you commit such unethical business practices. Brother Xiaoshan saved my life, and he has not ill-treated you either. With just two hundred million, you secured 5% of the shares. Given Longyang Group's ability to make cash, perhaps in a couple of years, your shares could be worth ten billion, or even tens of billions. How can you be so ungrateful?"

"Cousin!" Li Jialin suddenly raised her voice and said, "Do you know the value of this medicinal cuisine? Without me, this medicinal cuisine couldn't have been promoted at all. Initially, when I wanted to buy it, he refused and was only willing to give me 5% of the shares. Should I, Li Jialin, work for a mere farmer for life, letting him do nothing and earn ten times what I do? Why should that be?"