Chapter 368 - Incoming Call

But the old man, seeing Chen Yang’s refusal, still wouldn’t give up.

“Don’t say no, Boss Chen, I know we’re doing business, but I’m really grateful to you, and aren’t we friends as well?

Just consider it as this old man inviting you for a meal and a chat, alright?”

Seeing that using gratitude as an excuse didn’t work, the old man switched to another tactic.

And this method did indeed prove effective.

Upon hearing it was simply a meal between friends, and not about gratitude, Chen Yang was somewhat moved.

After pondering for a while, he said, “Since you put it that way, fine, set a time, and I’ll come over directly; I shouldn’t be too busy these days.”

After Chen Yang agreed decisively, the old man was somewhat overjoyed.

“Ah!

Great, then let it be the day after tomorrow, the night you deliver the lobsters, just come straight to my place, and we’ll have a good drink and chat,” said the old man excitedly.

Chen Yang thought about it and figured he shouldn’t have anything on the night after tomorrow, so he nodded, “Alright, the day after tomorrow, then.”

“Good, it’s a deal, then I won’t keep you from being busy, you may go,” said the old man with a smile, stepping aside to let Chen Yang drive away.

“Mm-hmm, goodbye.”

Without much thought, Chen Yang got straight into the car and drove off.

Having left the late-night food stall, Chen Yang intended to drive straight back to Liuhu Village, but ultimately he didn’t head back immediately.

Instead, he went to Lintianxia.

“I wonder how the hotel is doing; I should go have a look,” Chen Yang thought to himself, and before long, he drove up to the entrance of Lintianxia Hotel.

Chen Yang walked straight in, took the elevator up to Li Han’s office.

Li Han was working hard at her desk as usual.

Even as Chen Yang entered the room, she didn’t notice.

It was only when Chen Yang approached her desk that she realized he was there.

At the sight of Chen Yang, Li Han’s face lit up with surprise.

“Chen Yang!

Why are you here?

Why didn’t you tell me before you came?” exclaimed Li Han, surprised.

With a smile, Chen Yang reached out and affectionately pinched Li Han’s face.

“I came to the city to deliver lobsters, just thought I’d stop by and check in.

How’s it been, are the past few days’ revenues good?

Still very busy?”

Chen Yang explained briefly, then immediately steered the conversation toward the topic of medicinal cuisine.

Li Han blushed, slightly embarrassed by Chen Yang’s intimate gesture.

“The hotel’s performance has been growing, especially the medicinal cuisine, it’s selling extremely well!

We’re making a fortune!”

“As for being busy, it’s not too bad.

We’ve hired quite a few new staff members over the past couple of days.”

Li Han gave a shy, simple update on the recent situation.

After listening to Li Han’s report, Chen Yang nodded slightly, “As long as you’re not too busy, I just don’t want you to get too tired.”

Already shy, Li Han felt even happier on hearing this, and her cheeks turned a deeper red.

She gave Chen Yang a playful glare, “Sweet talker.”

“Haha.”

Chen Yang laughed heartily and then embraced Li Han to sit on the couch.

Li Han wrapped her arms around Chen Yang’s neck, sitting on his lap, and after being affectionate for a while, she suddenly said, “By the way, Chen Yang, how’s everything at home recently, is all well?

Has the Gu Family started mining?

And how has Kexin been doing recently?”

“It’s been so long since I’ve seen Kexin, I miss her a bit,”

Hearing Li Han ask, Chen Yang was somewhat surprised.

“What?

You haven’t been in touch with Kexin recently?

You’re coming to me for updates on these things?”

Instead of answering, Chen Yang asked with a smile.

Li Han’s mouth twitched slightly, somewhat displeased as she said, “Kexin was busy during that time, and I have been very busy recently too.

Where would I find the time to contact her?

And ever since Ruoxi’s incident, haven’t I been helping you come up with solutions?

So, there’s been very little contact.”

Hearing Li Han say this, Chen Yang then understood why Li Han hadn’t been in touch with Wu Kexin.

It turned out that they both knew the other was busy, so they hadn’t contacted each other.

“Oh, I see.

The Village Chief has been quite well recently.

These past few days, he must be busy with the matters of the hill mine.”

“The roads in the village are almost fixed.

When the time comes, the Gu Family will definitely be the first to put in a lot of large-scale mining equipment.”

“At that point, it’s sure to be hectic for a while.

If you get the hotel in good order and everything settled, you could also come over to have a look and maybe lend a hand.”

Chen Yang said with a smile.

After listening to Chen Yang’s explanation, Li Han pondered for a bit.

“Indeed, that’s possible.

As long as we hire more people and the hotel situation stabilizes, I’ll come over and help you guys out!” Li Han suddenly said, nodding excitedly.

“Yes, yes!

Let’s decide on that, then.

These next few days, we should indeed hire more people, or everyone will have something to say, being so busy every day,” Chen Yang replied with a smile.

The bustling medicinal cuisine business at the hotel had significantly increased the workload of the waitstaff.

This was very unfair to the employees.

The best solution was to hire more people quickly.

With more waitstaff, the work pressure would decrease, the most it would do is increase operating costs a bit.

However, the popularity of the medicinal cuisine could bring huge profits for Lin Tianxia.

A small increase in operating costs was nothing in comparison.

Chen Yang sat in Li Han’s office for a while, and the two of them grew closer during that time.

Afterward, when Chen Yang saw that it was getting late, he stood up, indicating that he was about to leave.

Li Han knew Chen Yang would not be sleeping there, so she didn’t find this unusual.

“Okay, I’ll see you out.”

Li Han also stood up and then they both went downstairs together.

Only after Chen Yang drove away did Li Han turn back and return to her office.

But no sooner had Chen Yang left with the front foot than Li Han, back in her office with the back foot, her phone rang.

Picking it up, she saw that it was Yang Tiancheng calling!

“Why is Uncle calling me?

Is there something the matter?”

Looking at the phone screen, Li Han hesitated, unsure of Yang Tiancheng’s reason for the call.

But after a slight hesitation, she still answered the phone.

“Uncle,” she greeted as soon as the call connected.

“Hmm,” Yang Tiancheng responded gravely, and then got straight to the point.

“Hanner, I’ve heard that you and that Chen Yang have been quite close lately, and that you have a partnership.

The medicinal cuisine advertisements all over the county are your doing, right?”

Yang Tiancheng’s tone was neither cold nor warm; it was impossible to tell from the screen whether he was pleased or angry.

But Li Han chose to disclose the truth regardless.

Because she knew she couldn’t possibly hide her collaboration with Chen Yang from this magnate.

“Yes, Uncle, I have been working with Chen Yang on medicinal cuisine recently,” Li Han admitted directly.

Yang Tiancheng on the other end of the line didn’t speak immediately.

Instead, after a pause of more than ten seconds, Yang Tiancheng finally asked, “How are the results?”

Li Han understood that Yang Tiancheng was inquiring about the outcome of the partnership and whether they had made money.

So, she replied, “The results are quite good; we’ve achieved quite a bit of success.”

“At the moment, the daily turnover is basically over a million,

“As for net profit, around four to five hundred thousand.

However, I estimate that it will continue to grow.”

Li Han truthfully reported the current earnings and data of the medicinal cuisine to Yang Tiancheng.