Chapter 182 - Insomnia at Midnight

Returning home, Chen Yang found that Nizi was not in the clinic.

Just as Chen Yang wondered where Nizi had gone, he suddenly smelled the aroma of food.

He immediately understood that Nizi must be cooking in the kitchen.

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Yang walked into the inner room with ice cream, he saw Nizi serving up several dishes of delicious-looking food on the table.

Upon seeing Chen Yang and Wu Kexin, Nizi immediately smiled and said, “Chen Yang, village chief, you’re back.

Go wash your hands and let’s eat, I’ve got everything ready.”

“Yes, alright, I’m going now.”

Since this wasn’t the first time Nizi had cooked, Chen Yang wasn’t surprised.

After handing the ice cream to Nizi, he went to wash his hands and prepare to eat.

But Wu Kexin was really surprised.

“Nizi, you’re amazing.

Did you cook all these dishes?” Wu Kexin asked with a surprised face.

Nizi chuckled, “Yes, I made them all.

Village chief, go wash your hands and eat, or else the dishes will get cold.”

Wu Kexin was surprised inside, but didn’t say much else.

After going into the inner room to wash her hands, she started eating.

Chen Yang and Wu Kexin enjoyed their meal very much.

But Nizi didn’t start eating.

She continued to eat her ice cream instead.

Although Chen Yang knew that eating too much ice cream wasn’t good, he didn’t stop Nizi.

As long as she was happy eating, it was fine.

Soon, everyone finished lunch, and there was nothing much to do at home after that.

Wu Kexin left first and returned to the village administration.

After seeing off Wu Kexin, Chen Yang didn’t sit idle but immediately went to the greenhouse construction site.

Someone had to watch over the construction site because if something went wrong, it would be hard to find people.

Chen Yang hurried to the construction site.

Upon seeing Chen Yang, Manager Lin came up cheerfully.

After this morning’s incident with the wild mushrooms, Manager Lin was extremely impressed with Chen Yang.

Even his tone of speech had become very respectful.

It wasn’t like before when he acted like a seasoned senior.

“Manager Lin, what do you think, when will this greenhouse be ready?” After some small talk, Chen Yang suddenly asked.

Manager Lin turned his head, surveyed the construction site a few times, and then said, “About four or five days, by then it should be nearly done.”

“Four or five days?

That’s pretty quick!” Chen Yang nodded.

“Of course, we are professionals, so naturally, the construction is quick,” said Manager Lin cheerfully.

After a few more words, when the weather cooled down a bit, Manager Lin started directing his workers to begin construction.

The site was bustling with activity.

Chen Yang lay under the shade of a tree, eating his ice cream and overseeing their work.

Manager Lin’s construction team, truly professional as they were, worked very quickly.

There was no slowdown in work, which Chen Yang was very pleased about.

The afternoon passed quickly.

Chen Yang really spent the entire afternoon under that tree, suffering quite a bit.

The sun was enormous, and though he hid in the shade, it was still sweltering.

“Looks like I need to hire a couple of people to keep an eye on things.

After all, once the greenhouse is built, I’ll still need the manpower!

Hiring them a day earlier or a day later doesn’t make much difference,” said Chen Yang as he fanned his shirt to cool off.

The day quickly turned to evening.

The construction crew also stopped their work.

Manager Lin came over to Chen Yang, said a few words about coming back tomorrow to continue, and then left with his crew.

Chen Yang then returned to the clinic as well.

After dinner, having taken Nizi back home, he took a hot bath and prepared to go to bed.

But tossing and turning, he couldn’t sleep, so he reached for his phone from the bedside to check it.

Initially, Chen Yang just wanted to play around on his phone before going to sleep.

But seeing that Wu Kexin was still online late at night made him curious.

“Village chief is still awake this late.

What’s he doing?

“Should I send a message to ask?”

The moment he thought of it, he immediately took action.

He composed a message and sent it straight away.

“Village chief, it’s so late and you’re not asleep, what are you up to?”

Wu Kexin replied quickly, but with only three words.

“Can’t sleep.”

Seeing these words, Chen Yang chuckled, then replied, “What a coincidence, I can’t sleep either.”

After sending this message, Chen Yang thought for a moment and then composed another text to send over.

“Since neither of us can sleep, I’ll come over now and have a chat with you about something.”

On the other side, Wu Kexin shuddered involuntarily when she saw Chen Yang’s message.

She thought, intending to visit her so late at night, his intentions couldn’t be simple, could they?

Despite having this thought, for some reason, she did not outright refuse but replied, “What do you want to talk about when you come over?”

Seeing Wu Kexin’s reply, Chen Yang smirked and said, “We’ll discuss the philosophy of life and the mystery of existence (smirk)”

Wu Kexin’s cheeks flushed instantly upon receiving this message.

“Scoundrel!

I’m not interested in discussing that with you!

I’m going to sleep!

(anger)”

Chen Yang chuckled, then quickly replied, “Just kidding, actually, I want to come over to talk about hiring people and also about what we should do next, since my greenhouse technology has also matured.”

Wu Kexin wasn’t really angry just now, so she hadn’t gone offline.

When she saw Chen Yang’s message, she became serious.

She thought since she couldn’t sleep anyway, she might as well have the chat.

Thinking this, she quickly replied, “I see, come on over then, I’ll be waiting for you in the office.”

Seeing that Wu Kexin had agreed, Chen Yang felt a surge of excitement, but as soon as he saw the word “office,” he calmed down immediately.

“The office it is, better than being bored alone at home,”

Chen Yang rolled his eyes at the air and then quickly got dressed, turned on his phone’s flashlight, and headed straight to the village office.

Chen Yang was fast, and in no more than two minutes, he had reached the village office.

Looking up and seeing the lights on in the office building, Chen Yang went in right away.

Thump thump.

Chen Yang knocked on the door.

“Come in,” Wu Kexin’s voice came from inside immediately.

Only then did Chen Yang push the door open and enter.

Upon entering, he saw Wu Kexin sitting in her usual office chair.

Besides the white T-shirt and the bulk it was forming, he couldn’t see anything else.

Chen Yang’s gaze swept over the area, and then he sat across from Wu Kexin.

“You said earlier you wanted to hire someone?”

No sooner had Chen Yang sat down than Wu Kexin got straight to the point.

Chen Yang nodded, “Yeah, I’m almost unable to manage the greenhouse and the farm by myself anymore, I definitely can’t keep up if I don’t hire someone soon.”

Wu Kexin thought it over and felt it made sense, as the greenhouse and farm were already very busy, so indeed it was time to hire a few people.

So she said, “How many are you planning to hire, I’ll go look for some aunties who might want to help you out tomorrow.”

After thinking for a while, Chen Yang said, “Just two for now, I only need two.”

“Okay, I got it,” Wu Kexin nodded, ready to take care of this matter for Chen Yang tomorrow.

After they finished talking about hiring people, the two of them chatted casually for a while.

It wasn’t until eleven o’clock at night that they stopped chatting.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Yang didn’t linger at the village office any longer and got up to go back home.

Once home, Chen Yang fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.

The next day was business as usual, starting with feeding at the farm followed by harvesting wild mushrooms in the greenhouse, then loading the truck to deliver them to Yang Caiyun.

No sooner had Chen Yang ridden out on his electric tricycle, Wu Kexin arrived at Chen Yang’s house with Wang Hong and Aunt Zhang.

Wu Kexin walked into the clinic and asked Ni Zi, who was reading a book, “Ni Zi, where’s Chen Yang?”

Upon hearing her voice, Ni Zi looked back at Wu Kexin and Wang Hong along with Aunt Zhang, stood up, and said, “Brother Chen Yang went out, he’s gone to the county to sell mushrooms.”

“He went out so quickly.”

Wu Kexin muttered to herself in surprise and then immediately took out her phone and dialed Chen Yang’s number.

Just as Chen Yang, who had just arrived in the town, felt his phone ringing, he quickly stopped to answer.