Chapter 427 - Intermediary

The medicinal herbs were brought back, so Chen Yang’s current task was to make medicine, which was why he didn’t go to the village office to find them immediately.

Instead, he quietly joined Yang Ruoxi in moving all the herbs from the car to the storage room at home.

“Chen Yang, are you going to make medicine this afternoon?”

After moving everything, Yang Ruoxi looked at Chen Yang and asked.

Chen Yang nodded, “Yes, your dad’s arrangements must be almost done, and they will certainly send someone to pick up the medicine tomorrow.

Before that, I need to make as much as I can.”

“Oh, okay then, I won’t stay at home to keep you company, I’ll go out and play with my sister and the others.”

Yang Ruoxi said cunningly.

“Mhm, you go, just remember to come back and cook dinner,”

Chen Yang smiled and waved his hand, watching Yang Ruoxi head to the village office before he himself entered the storage room alone to focus on making medicine.

The medicinal ingredients for the medicinal meals were not complicated to process but there were many of them.

It required a lot of patience to keep making them over and over again.

It was just like an assembly line, extremely monotonous.

But to make money, there was no other way; he just had to keep his nose to the grindstone.

In the blink of an eye, evening came.

After the three women returned in the evening and learned that Chen Yang was making medicine, they didn’t bother him and instead started to prepare dinner together.

Wu Kexin knew how to cook, so she was given the task of cooking,

while Yang Ruoxi and Li Han didn’t know how and just helped out with odd jobs, like cutting ingredients and washing vegetables.

After a while, the three of them managed to prepare a table full of delicious food.

Knock knock.

“Chen Yang, come out for dinner.”

Once dinner was ready, Yang Ruoxi knocked on the door of the storage room.

Chen Yang, who was in the middle of making medicine, heard the sound and immediately stopped.

“Alright, got it, I’ll be right out.”

Saying this, Chen Yang got up and opened the door.

He then went to have dinner with Yang Ruoxi.

During dinner, Chen Yang asked what Li Han and Wu Kexin had been busy with at the village office in the afternoon.

Wu Kexin answered, “Li Han and I researched where to best build the Gu Family’s building.”

“Building?”

Chen Yang was startled and then immediately looked towards Li Han, “Did your dad agree?”

“Not currently,”

Li Han shook her head.

“Then why are you rushing to pick a location?

Li Han’s dad hasn’t agreed yet.” Chen Yang wondered.

Wu Kexin gave Chen Yang a disdainful look, “What are you saying?

Just because Li Han’s dad hasn’t agreed, do you think we can’t go check it out?

Regardless of his agreement, the Gu Family will be building it, okay?”

Chen Yang laughed at the response, thinking it made sense.

Regardless of the agreement, the Gu Family would be building it anyway—after all, such a large mine really needed a place for offices, accommodations, and dining.

After chuckling awkwardly, Chen Yang turned to Li Han again.

“Li Han, what exactly is your father’s attitude?”

Since Chen Yang wanted to be a mediator, he had to get Li Han’s father on board, which was why he was concerned about Li Han’s father’s thoughts.

Li Han looked at Chen Yang and then answered while eating,

“The Gu Family’s project is a good one and if it were any normal time, my dad would definitely agree straight away.

But now it’s different; he has quite a grudge against the Gu Family.”

“Why does he hold a grudge?

Is it because of your kidnapping?”

Chen Yang followed up.

Li Han continued to answer calmly, “That’s one of the reasons, but it’s not the most direct one.”

“The most direct reason is still that the Gu Family used disgraceful tactics to forcibly snatch away the highway project from my dad.

So my dad is very reluctant to work with the Gu Family because the way they do things is not great.”

Li Han’s words reminded Chen Yang of that incident.

In the past, the highway that passed by Zhang Xueying’s house was to be built by the Li Family’s corporation.

But then, it was taken over by the Gu Family.

At that time, Chen Yang had even asked Li Han why that happened.

At the time, Li Han didn’t tell Chen Yang.

It was only now that Chen Yang found out that the Gu Family had resorted to unsavory tactics.

“The Gu Family’s actions are indeed cause for concern, but I think the mine project can still be done,” Chen Yang said, after a moment of silence.

Li Han looked at Chen Yang, “Why?”

“Think about it, if the Gu Family wants to mine properly and establish a firm foothold in our county, relations with Liuhe Village are crucial!”

“Otherwise, their mine won’t be able to continue, since it’s right under their noses!”

“And think about it, why did Gao Ya ask me to be the mediator?

It’s obvious that she knows your father is prejudiced against them, so she asked me to be the link.”

“This way, both sides can have assurances, do you understand?”

Despite Chen Yang’s explanation, Li Han still didn’t understand.

“Why is there an assurance when you are the link?” Li Han asked, puzzled.

Chen Yang smiled confidently, “First, I have a good reputation far and wide, and the Gu Family can’t afford to offend me easily.”

“Second, I am a villager of Liuhe, and I also have shares in the mine,”

“Third, I have a good relationship with you, and you wouldn’t easily do anything to harm the Gu Family, that’s why Gao Ya would choose me as a mediator!”

The previous explanation was not clear enough.

But this subsequent talk laid bare the core reason why Gao Ya chose him as the mediator.

Chen Yang had significant ties with both the Li Family and the Gu Family, along with vested interests.

As long as Chen Yang was pulling strings at both ends, no one could stir up trouble.

That was the most important point.

After listening to Chen Yang’s explanation, all three women fell silent.

After a long silence, Li Han nodded, “You’re right, with you around, there’s indeed security between both sides, and no one would dare to mess around.”

“I’ll talk to my dad about this situation tomorrow, and then see what choice he makes,” Li Han said.

“Mhm, it indeed needs to be discussed.

One can’t avoid doing business just because of one setback.

We have to try, and I believe the Gu Family won’t cause any trouble this time, I’m sure of it,” Chen Yang said with a laugh.

Li Han looked at Chen Yang, “How can you be so sure?”

“I…”

Chen Yang’s confidence stemmed from his relationship with Gao Ya.

With the kind of relationship he had with Gao Ya, would she set up Chen Yang?

Obviously not.

That’s why Chen Yang could speak so confidently.

However, this reason was something he couldn’t reveal.

“Anyway, I just believe, trust my own intuition!

I’m sure it won’t be wrong,” Chen Yang said, waving his hand.

Afterwards, Li Han didn’t continue the conversation.

After dinner, she made a phone call.

She relayed everything Chen Yang had just talked about to her father.

After Chen Yang had tidied up the dishes and utensils, he locked himself back in his room to continue preparing medicine.

Tiancheng’s men would arrive tomorrow, and it wouldn’t be good to not have a certain amount ready.

Before long, it was twelve o’clock at night.

Chen Yang, who had been preparing medicine all night, was exhausted and kept yawning.

Seeing the completed medicinal materials piled up like a mountain, Chen Yang felt satisfied.

“These should be enough.

I’ll prepare some more in the morning, and then it’ll be ready to hand over,” Chen Yang smiled, then got up, left the room, and headed for the inner chamber.

The inner chamber was where the three women slept.

Chen Yang thought they would be asleep so late, but to his surprise, when he walked over, he found the three women in their pajamas, playing on the bed.

As soon as they saw Chen Yang come in, they all stopped.

“Chen Yang, how’s the medicine preparation going?

Is it all done?” Yang Ruoxi asked, looking at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang waved his hand, “Not yet, with so many medicinal materials, how could it be done in an afternoon and one night?”

As he spoke, Chen Yang went to his wardrobe to find clothes, planning to take a shower.

Hearing that it wasn’t finished, Yang Ruoxi just uttered an ‘oh’, then went back to playing with Li Han and Wu Kexin.

Chen Yang didn’t pay them any more attention and took his clothes to go take a shower in the backyard.