Chapter 175 - 118: Robbing Li Yuan Farm?

Chapter 175: Chapter 118: Robbing Li Yuan Farm?

The caller ID read: Senior Brother Chen Xin!

This was the very same senior brother he always consulted for legal matters.

’He must have called because he saw the video about Senior Sister Lin, right?’

When Senior Sister Lin had started working here, this senior brother had made a special inquiry. He’d even wanted to find a time to visit the farm and asked him to invite Senior Sister Lin to dinner under the lovely pretext of an "alumni get-together" (Chapter 83).

He answered the phone and asked teasingly, "Senior Brother Chen, what gives me the honor of a call from you today? Did you miss me?"

"Junior brother, stop messing with me," Chen Xin said before getting straight to the point. "Is it true that Lin Muxue is going to perform a hot dance?"

"It’s true," Zhang Lin said with a smile. "Are you surprised, Senior Brother?"

Chen Xin was indeed surprised. "I am. In my mind, Lin Muxue has always been a dignified, elegant, beautiful, and classy woman. The words ’hot dance’ don’t seem like they should even be in the same sentence as her name."

Hearing this, Zhang Lin could only conclude that Chen Xin was seeing her through a distorted lens.

When he was recruiting his senior sister, his impression of her had been similar to Senior Brother Chen’s. But after knowing her for a while, he discovered she was completely different from what everyone assumed.

Sure, she could be dignified and elegant, but she was also open-minded, cool, and at times, had a bit of a rascal in her.

Damn, that time she’d asked him, ’Junior brother, take a guess: when we go to a nightclub, do we order male escorts or not?’—the question had nearly made his jaw hit the floor.

Still, he had to admit that his senior sister was an excellent friend and subordinate.

’If this senior brother is trying to pursue her, I think his chances are slim.’ For some reason, he felt that his senior sister was somewhat jaded when it came to romance. He wasn’t sure if she preferred being single or if she had been hurt too deeply in the past.

"Junior brother, about Lin Muxue’s hot dance... do you have a video of it?" Chen Xin suddenly asked, a hint of urgency in his voice.

Zhang Lin heard this and teased, "Senior Brother Chen, showing your true colors now, are we? I don’t have a video, but it’s going to be posted on the farm’s account, so you’ll be able to see it soon."

"What a shame," Chen Xin sighed. "Junior brother, once I’m done with the case I’m on, I plan to visit your farm. You have to help me with the arrangements."

"I get it, Senior Brother. I’ll be sure to invite Senior Sister Lin, and we can have a little alumni get-together," Zhang Lin replied with a teasing smile, his mind already starting to work on an idea.

He had always gone to Senior Brother Chen for legal matters because he was genuinely skilled. Besides, he was a good person. Otherwise, out of all the seniors and juniors from their university club, why would he have only stayed in touch with him?

As the farm grew, it would definitely need legal services.

More importantly, with fame comes controversy, and the same was true for a popular farm. The Black Bear Spirit’s fruit stall had already been reported by some moronic parents and trashed by some moronic "artist." Who knew when some brainless, wannabe-famous influencer would show up to cause trouble?

The internet was full of idiots like that. When they appeared, the best solution was to unleash the hounds... that is, have a lawyer sue them, sue them into oblivion, and maybe even get them thrown in jail.

If you don’t plan for the future, you’re bound to have problems in the present, right?

It was better to be prepared.

’As for whether the farm could poach Senior Brother Chen, well, you never know until you try. Besides, he could always start with a honey trap... by unleashing Senior Sister Lin, right?’

Just as Zhang Lin was lost in thought, two acquaintances arrived for a visit: the director of the Agricultural Bureau, Wei Yuan, and a young woman named Lin Mengxi.

"President Zhang, sorry to bother you again," Wei Yuan said with a smile the moment he walked in.

"Director Wei, welcome! It’s been a while!" Zhang Lin immediately went to greet him. It was true; he hadn’t seen the director in some time.

"President Zhang," Lin Mengxi also greeted him politely.

She was very grateful to President Zhang for what he had done for her younger sister, Lin Mengyao.

"Please, have a seat. We can talk over some tea," Zhang Lin said, leading the two of them to the tea table.

Hearing that there were guests, Zhong Miaoying immediately came over from her office across the hall.

The office across the hall was one Zhang Lin had specifically set up for the secretarial department, though for now, Zhong Miaoying was its only member.

"Mr. Wei," Zhong Miaoying said, a little surprised to see Wei Yuan. She greeted him respectfully, then took the initiative to sit at the tea station and prepare to serve them.

"Ah, Miaoying. So you’re working at Li Yuan Farm now?" Wei Yuan recognized her, of course; he and her father had been in the same department for a long time.

He wasn’t surprised to see her working at the farm; it was similar to how Lin Mengxi had arranged for her sister to join Li Yuan Farm.

Their country ran on personal connections, and in a small place like a county town, such relationships were even more deeply ingrained.

Besides, Li Yuan Farm was genuinely a great place to work.

"Mhm, I’m the manager of President Zhang’s secretarial office now!" Zhong Miaoying nodded, already starting to boil the water and clean the tea set as she spoke.

Hearing this, Wei Yuan shot Zhang Lin a knowing smile.

It wasn’t hard for him to see that President Zhang had gone to some trouble to accommodate Old Zhong’s daughter. He knew a little about the girl’s personality, after all.

The young woman, Zhong Miaoying, was quite skilled at brewing tea. She strained and rinsed the leaves expertly, and she even knew the custom of filling the cups only seventy percent full.

After taking a sip of tea, Zhang Lin turned to Wei Yuan and asked, "Director Wei, I’m sure you didn’t come all this way just to see me. Is there something I can help you with?"

Wei Yuan quickly waved his hands. "I wouldn’t dare give you any orders. I actually came to ask a favor of you, President Zhang. Previously, using the farm’s account to help farmers sell their fruit yielded excellent results. Thanks to Mengxi’s efforts, our own Agricultural Bureau account has also started to attract some traffic."