Chapter 645 - 645: Worse Off Than a Pig

"Ea... Eaten? Who ate it?"

Fang Yi's jaw dropped. Though he hadn't seen the other ginseng in person, the fleeting glimpse in the video was enough to tell him it was scarcely inferior to this hundred-year-old, perfectly formed wild ginseng!

Someone actually ate such a precious medicinal herb?

Who could be such a big shot, worthy of something so priceless?

It wasn't just Fang Yi who was shocked; Wen Hua, Song Ming, Jin Wang, and the others all wore curious expressions.

Yang Cai'Er even ventured a guess, "For a ginseng this good and this valuable, the person who took it must be someone of high status, right?"

"Well..."

Zhao Yuan scratched his head. He figured that if he told them the truth, they probably wouldn't believe him. It was better to let them see for themselves.

"Just keep watching the video. The culprit who ate the ginseng is about to make an appearance."

As soon as he finished speaking, two chubby, pink, and incredibly cute pigs appeared in the video.

"Boss Zhao, are these your pet piglets? They're so adorable!" Li Xin was completely smitten by their endearingly clumsy appearance, her eyes practically sparkling.

Fang Yi, however, was in no mood to appreciate how cute the pigs were. He cried out anxiously, "Hey, how did pigs get into your medicinal herb farm? What if they trample the herbs?"

"Don't worry, they're very smart. They won't trample the herbs," Zhao Yuan replied with a smile.

'Are you kidding me? The pigs in the video aren't ordinary pigs, they're the Auspicious Beast, Dang Kang! Not only will they not damage the herbs by running around the medicinal herb farm, they'll actually greatly improve their growth and potency!'

In the video, the two Dang Kang ran over from a distance and circled Zhao Yuan, as if begging him for something.

Then, a scene unfolded that left everyone dumbfounded.

They watched as Zhao Yuan tossed the other ginseng directly to the two little pigs. Then, squealing with delight, the two piglets fought over it, snorting and gobbling until they had devoured every last bit of the ginseng.

The reception room fell dead silent. Everyone turned their heads to stare at Zhao Yuan in shock.

After a long moment, Fang Yi gave a dry laugh and rubbed his temples. "I must have been too busy lately, not getting enough rest. I'm starting to hallucinate. I actually thought I saw you, Chairman Zhao, feeding a priceless ginseng to pigs."

Zhao Yuan shook his head and said, "You weren't mistaken. The ginseng was eaten by those two little pigs."

In front of outsiders, he had to hide the Dang Kangs' true identity, so he decided to go along with their misunderstanding and call them little pigs.

Fang Yi shuddered and exclaimed in disbelief, "What? It wasn't a hallucination? You really fed a priceless ginseng to pigs?"

Zhao Yuan nodded in confirmation.

"What a monstrous waste!"

Wen Hua, no longer caring if he offended Zhao Yuan, said with a pained expression, "Boss Zhao, do you have any idea how good that ginseng was? Even without a closer look, I can guarantee it was an absolute top-grade specimen! It could have easily sold for over a million at auction! And you fed it to pigs? No, I need to calm myself down, or I'm going to cough up blood from the rage!"

'It was just one ginseng. Is it really worth getting so heartbroken over? If you guys knew that the two Dang Kang and the Little Fox who wasn't even on camera dig up and eat hundred-year-old herbs in our medicinal herb farm every single day, you'd probably die from a heart attack on the spot, wouldn't you?'

At that moment, Jin Wang, Song Ming, and the others began to recover from their shock and started chattering all at once.

Jin Wang shook his head in amazement. "Boss Zhao, you're on a whole other level! To be honest, I've seen plenty of big spenders over the years, but I've never met anyone as wild as you. The others just fool around with luxury cars and yachts. Nobody else is out here feeding a million-dollar ginseng to pigs!"

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. 'You could have just called me a spendthrift. Why take such a roundabout way to say it?'

Song Ming, on the other hand, looked at Zhao Yuan with utter admiration. "From now on, if anyone dares to flex on me, I'm definitely going to use your story, Boss Zhao, to shut them down!"

Zhao Yuan let out a stunned laugh. "President Song, you must be joking, right? There are people who can flex on you?"

"Not only are there, but there are lots of them," Song Ming said. "Just the other day, an investor was bragging to me that his cats only eat royal-grade cat food and treats air-freighted from the United Kingdom. It cost a fortune. At the time, I actually thought he had some class. But now, compared to you, Boss Zhao, he just seems petty. It's not even worth mentioning!"

Li Xin also chimed in, "After watching that video, I have only one thought: it's better to be a pig than a person!"

Everyone nodded in unison, murmuring their agreement.

And wasn't it true? Two pigs were eating priceless ginseng worth over a million! That was just too demoralizing!

Zhao Yuan said with a wry smile, "I think you've all missed the point. I showed you this video to prove that this ginseng was truly cultivated at my medicinal herb farm, not for you to discuss me feeding it to pigs."

Song Ming threw up his hands. "Can you blame us? The whole feeding-ginseng-to-a-pig thing is just too sensational."

Jin Wang agreed. "Isn't it? Though, I do think it would make for a great gag. I could write it into a movie I'm shooting in the future."

"I'd have to charge you for the idea then," Zhao Yuan joked.

Jin Wang joked back, "Come on, Boss Zhao. You're already feeding ginseng to pigs. Are you really going to be greedy over my little idea fee?"

"Chairman Zhao, was this ginseng really cultivated at your medicinal herb farm?" Fang Yi asked, finally pulling the conversation back on track.

Zhao Yuan nodded. "Yes. Didn't you just see it?"

Fang Yi grabbed his hair. "I saw it, but I just find it too hard to believe."

Wen Hua nodded repeatedly, feeling the exact same way.

Even having witnessed it with their own eyes, they still found it hard to believe that a hundred-year-old ginseng could be cultivated at a medicinal herb farm that had only been open for a little over two months.

It was simply too sensational, too defiant of all common sense!

Zhao Yuan just smiled, not continuing the topic. Instead, he asked, "So, can this ginseng be put up for auction?"

"Yes! Absolutely!" Fang Yi declared without hesitation. "When the people at the auction house see a ginseng of this quality, their eyes are going to pop out of their heads! You have to understand, an extremely rare and precious herb like this can significantly boost an auction's popularity and reputation."

"That's good."

Zhao Yuan nodded in satisfaction, then pulled several other medicinal herbs out of the black plastic bag.

"Take a look at these, then. Can they go to auction too?"