Chapter 1725 - 1719: Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed Local
But whether it was psychological or not, once the waterways were filled with water, Chen Yang always felt a sense of elation.
This feeling came from deep within, and it was very clear.
"Old man, aren’t you settling down here too?" Chen Yang replied with a smile.
"Heh heh, that’s true, but the main beneficiary of this feng shui setup is still your village, isn’t it? Poor me with nothing, I just want the feng shui setup to look pleasing." The Taoist said.
To this, Chen Yang did not respond.
It was indeed true.
This large feng shui setup is a great thing for both him and the entire Liuhua Village, as well as the surrounding areas.
The area that benefits is indeed much larger than what the Taoist receives.
"Alright, young friend, the feng shui has been established, let’s wait for tonight when the setup becomes fully active."
The Taoist turned and walked towards the almost-completed Taoist temple.
Chen Yang followed him over.
With the construction efforts, the Taoist temple was nearing completion.
The construction rate of the entire temple had reached over ninety percent, with only some exterior walls needing paint and a few floors needing installation.
It seemed that at most in a day or two, it would definitely be completed.
"Old man, since the temple is about to be completed, you might as well move in as soon as possible." Chen Yang suggested after looking around the temple.
During this time, the Taoist had been staying at his house, and although two men living together wasn’t particularly inconvenient.
Still, Chen Yang hoped the Taoist would move into his own temple as soon as possible.
"Heh heh, young friend, are you so worried I might disrupt your plans? Don’t worry, I’ll move in tonight, okay? I certainly won’t get in the way of you and the lady."
Chen Yang didn’t mean anything by it, but the Taoist just had to think that way.
Chen Yang was quite helpless.
He didn’t say anything more, but suddenly pulled out thirty thousand yuan in cash from his pocket, which he had prepared earlier, and handed it to the Taoist.
"Young friend, what are you doing? Are you trying to use money to shut me up?" The Taoist laughed.
Chen Yang really wanted to give this guy a kick, not knowing what he was thinking.
"The temple is newly built and lacks many things. This money is for you to purchase incense burners and various other items, old man, what are you thinking?" Chen Yang said with knitted brows in a cold voice.
"Oh, oh, so that’s how it is—my bad for overthinking!"
The Taoist chuckled awkwardly and quickly took the money.
Then, without saying much else, he and Chen Yang descended the mountain, left the mountain peak, and returned to the clinic.
Once home, the Taoist hurried to pack his things.
He was very satisfied with the temple and keen to move in first.
Chen Yang didn’t concern himself with that, opening the door for him and letting him pack his things.
He himself turned and went back to the company.
He wanted to understand whether yesterday’s accident had caused any extremely negative impact online today.
Such an incident was bound to be well-exploited by someone with ulterior motives.
Upon investigating at the company, Chen Yang found out he had guessed correctly; there indeed were many videos and comments targeting their company’s scenic area.
Fortunately, because of Chen Yang’s swift intervention yesterday, he not only saved the hostages immediately.
Moreover, the subsequent series of follow-up actions and compensations.
All of these left a positive impression on people about the scenic area, so there were actually quite a few people online strongly defending the area’s reputation.
"Manage things well; aim to minimize the damage to the reputation. Also, recently, work on improving the service quality of the tour guides and shops in the scenic area!"
Regarding the others online, Chen Yang couldn’t think of a solution for now, so he could only focus on improving the services of his scenic area.
"Yes, Mr. Chen, we’ll do our best."
"Alright."
Chen Yang didn’t say much more, nodding before leaving the company.
After leaving the company, he leisurely strolled around the scenic area.
He noticed that the area’s popularity had noticeably dropped since the incident the day before.
Normally, it wouldn’t be a sea of people, but at least it would be crowded.
But today it was quite mediocre; neither too many people nor too few, just average business.
"Let’s head to the drifting area and the reservoir for a look."
While the situation in the village was like this, the situation above was unclear.
Chen Yang subsequently went to both the drifting area and the reservoir.
The drifting area was about the same, neither too hot nor cold.
However, the reservoir was bustling.
Many middle-aged and elderly people were fishing by the reservoir.
At a hundred and fifty yuan an hour, they were all quite enthusiastic about fishing.
"It seems yesterday’s incident did have quite an impact."
Chen Yang took a quick look around and didn’t ponder much before planning to head downhill and leave.
But just then, a figure walking along the road uphill caught Chen Yang’s attention.
"Lisa? Why is she here?"
Chen Yang was a bit surprised but didn’t think much about it and approached her.
Today, Lisa looked much the same as when they first met, in climbing gear, with what looked like a badminton racket bag on her back.
She seemed like a hiking enthusiast, with the badminton bag for sport.
But Chen Yang knew well what was inside were two extremely sharp steel katana.
"Chen Yang!!"
Chen Yang had just taken a few steps and hadn’t even gotten a chance to greet her.
When Lisa suddenly looked up, spotted him, and spoke first.
"Lisa! What a coincidence."
Chen Yang replied with a smile and a nod.
"Yeah, really, such a coincidence. What are you doing here? Are you here to play as well?" Lisa asked, full of wonder!
She never expected to run into Chen Yang again while out playing; this luck seemed almost too good.
"I’m not. I live nearby."
Chen Yang also found it quite coincidental; he really didn’t expect them to meet again.
"So you live nearby." Lisa chuckled.
"Yes, and why are you here? Didn’t the task finish, and you were supposed to return to the provincial city? Didn’t Deputy Director Ma tell you to stay for anything else?" After completing the task that day, Chen Yang thought Deputy Director Ma would surely take them back.
He didn’t expect that after a day or two, Lisa would still be here.
"No, Chen Yang; Director Ma, Xiao Hu, and the others already returned to the provincial city. I have some personal matters to attend to, so I didn’t go back with them," Lisa shook her head and said.
"Personal matters? What matters?"
Chen Yang was slightly puzzled. If she had things to do, why come to the scenic area?
"Well...it’s a long story. Let’s find somewhere to chat; besides, I’m not familiar with the place, and there are some things I’d like to ask you," Lisa pondered for a bit and then said.
"Alright."
Chen Yang nodded and agreed, then led Lisa to the pavilion by the lake.
The pavilion’s first floor had a restaurant and a café.
Chen Yang led Lisa to a spot near the lake to sit.
"Sir, miss, what would you like to drink?"
A waiter approached.
"I’ll have a latte," Chen Yang glanced at Lisa, "What about you?"
"Um... I’ll have a latte too," Lisa said.
"Alright, please wait a moment."
The waiter left.
"You drink lattes too? Foreigners usually aren’t used to this and prefer pure American coffee, don’t they?" After the waiter left, Chen Yang asked with a smile.
Lisa rolled her eyes slightly, "Who says I’m a foreigner? I’m a local, born and raised!"
Pfft.
Chen Yang nearly couldn’t hold back a laugh.
A local? A blonde-haired, blue-eyed local?
"Don’t be fooled by my appearance; I’ve actually grown up here since childhood, and my parents are locals too!" Lisa quickly explained, noticing Chen Yang’s expression.
