The Beautiful CEO's Dragon Blood Bodyguard-Chapter 708 - 0: Trouble at Home

Lin Yingying was stifling a laugh on the side, extending her hand beneath the table to covertly give a thumbs-up, with an expression like she was looking at a hero.

Eating a meal felt like ingesting poison.

Long Fei thought of Wang Xiaoya and mused that of all the women he knew, she made the best food.

Lin Shanshan and Bai Jie’er beamed with pride, utterly lacking in self-awareness.

Long Fei teased, "Aren’t you going to try some?"

Both shook their heads and said, "No thanks, we’re on a diet."

Lin Shanshan urged her sister, "Sis, you should have some too!"

Lin Yingying, sipping her drink, shook her head repeatedly, "I’m on a diet too."

Lin Shanshan said, "Then let’s just give it all to brother-in-law. He’s got a big appetite anyway, this won’t be a problem for him!"

Long Fei felt like he was spitting blood, thinking that women sure found it easy to come up with excuses.

He wanted to lose weight too, but nobody would believe him if he said it out loud!

Bai Jie’er asked them, "When do you plan on leaving?"

"Tomorrow."

Although Capital City had many fun places, Long Fei didn’t have the time to go there.

It was already close to the end of the year, and after being away from home for a year, he needed to return to his hometown to prepare for the New Year celebrations.

This year, the Chinese rose project in Longjiawan Village had already started, and the village chief had called him several times to come back.

A flicker of reluctance crossed Bai Jie’er’s face as she touched her long hair, "Go back then, it’s almost New Year’s, it’s best to be with family."

Her only family was Bai Xiaochun, and the two of them didn’t get along on an everyday basis, not even spending New Year’s together.

Lin Yingying suggested, "Jie’er, if you have nothing else planned, why don’t you come back with us for the New Year’s?"

Lin Shanshan added, "Yeah, Elder Miss Bai. Let’s all go back to Binhai City to celebrate, it’s livelier with more people."

"We’ll see."

Bai Jie’er was inclined towards that, staying with Long Fei with nothing else to do, and she could also ask him about some cultivation techniques.

She just lacked a pretext, afraid Long Fei would disdain her for her unrestrained behavior.

She used to be a very open woman, conducting herself entirely according to the Fox Clan’s standards.

Now, around Long Fei, she had become exceedingly demure.

The four of them chatted while they ate, and bottle after bottle of red wine was consumed, making the three women slightly dizzy and tipsy.

Actually, by circulating the energy in their Dantian, they could expel the effects of the alcohol.

But they felt that drinking this way was no fun, reasoning that there was no point in drinking if they didn’t get drunk.

In the end, it was tough on Long Fei, as he had to carry each of them back to their bedrooms one by one.

Lin Yingying was not too bad, as he was already familiar with her scent and her body; carrying her didn’t provoke much desire.

Lin Shanshan and Bai Jie’er were more challenging—their bodies each had their unique scents. When he held them, these two were incredibly fidgety, clinging to him with yelps and caresses, their faces full of seductive charm.

If Long Fei hadn’t deliberately controlled himself, he really might have succumbed that night.

After he settled all three women in their bedrooms, he sat outside by himself and finally enjoyed some quiet.

Sometimes, he even impressed himself.

Ever since he started his path of cultivation, he had been living more and more like a gentleman.

The next day, Lin Yingying was the first to get up. As she stepped outside and saw Long Fei meditating, a satisfied smile appeared on her face. She leaned over to his ear, teasing him, "Not bad at all, you didn’t do anything naughty last night."

With a twitch of his eyelid, Long Fei ceased his meditation, his face almost touching hers as he said, "Doesn’t that mean you should reward me a bit?"

"We’ll talk about that when we get back!"

Lin Yingying bit his lips playfully, a small reward for him.

Binhai City, Longjiawan Village, and Village Chief Li Fugui, whose back used to stand tall and straight, bent over once again recently.

The Chinese rose that had been thriving in the greenhouses recently withered away inexplicably.

This situation had occurred previously during experimental cultivation by agricultural experts.

Later, Long Fei found a geothermal spring and used the Tai’a Sword to release the geothermal pressure, restoring the thermal balance underground.

As a result, the Chinese rose could be grown all year round, and whereas the normal growth cycle from germination to blooming was fifty days, it only took thirty days in Longjiawan Village.

In recent days, the Chinese roses had already been sold in one batch.

The wallets of every household in the village had grown considerably, and before they could enjoy their prosperity for long, problems arose again with the greenhouses, reverting to their previous state.

The experts from the city’s Agricultural College hadn’t even gone home for the New Year, spending all their time here researching.

In the end, after ruling out all other possibilities, the problem’s root cause was still attributed to the geothermal issue.

In these days, the originally gushing spring hardly ejected any hot water.

It was as if the valve in a pressure cooker was blocked, with a substantial amount of thermal energy accumulating underground once again.

Li Fugui felt hesitant to tell Long Fei the truth, fearing it might affect Long Fei’s important affairs elsewhere. So every time, he would just say that the villagers missed him and wished for his early return for the New Year celebrations.

When Long Fei, Lin Yingying, and Lin Shanshan returned to Binhai City, it was already noon.

Lin Yingying’s family had not yet returned, so she had Long Fei accompany her to her company.

She planned to sort out the thoughts in her head and create a detailed planning proposal to enter the Secret Realm.

Su Qi, upon learning of her return, immediately came over and reported the situation at Longjiawan Village to her.

The manager responsible for the Chinese rose project had already reported the situation.

Su Qi originally thought it was a minor issue, so she sent a few agricultural experts down, hoping that they would resolve the problem and that would be the end of it.

But several days after the experts went down, they hadn’t found the root cause of the problem.

After hearing the report, Lin Yingying immediately went out with Su Qi and briefed Long Fei about the situation.

To be honest, the Longjiawan project was not very profitable and was primarily carried out as a poverty alleviation effort.

But because it concerned Long Fei’s village, Lin Yingying didn’t dare to be negligent.

Long Fei’s brow furrowed as he listened, and suddenly, he realized why Village Chief Li Fugui had been urging him to return these past days. It turned out that a tricky problem had arisen.

After Su Qi left, Lin Yingying asked him, "Do you know what the reason could be?"

Long Fei said with self-deprecating humor, "I’m not an immortal, how would I know that."

His face didn’t show any signs of tension, even more indifferent than Lin Yingying herself.

Lin Yingying raised her eyebrows and said, "That’s not a very proper attitude. If the problem really can’t be solved, our Chinese rose project will be finished."

Long Fei reassured her with a smile, "Don’t worry, ’when soldiers come, block them with generals; when water comes, cover it with earth.’ There can only be a few issues. You deal with the company’s matters, and we’ll head back tonight."

"Alright!"

Lin Yingying nodded her head, understanding that worrying would be of no use now that the issue had arisen.

She returned to her office and first dealt with the backlog of files that had accumulated over the past few days.

As night fell, the two of them left the building together, driving her jeep back to Longjiawan Village.

On the way, Mayor’s Son Geng Xiaojun suddenly made a phone call to Long Fei.

He mentioned that the master-apprentice duo, whom Long Fei had driven away last time, had come back with people a few days ago.

The first person these people contacted was Geng Xiaojun, who helped them find a place to stay in Suburb County.

Geng Xiaojun felt that something was off, so he stabilized them first and then immediately alerted Long Fei.

After Long Fei hung up the phone, he said to Lin Yingying with a grave voice, "It seems we’ve found the cause of the problem."

"Hmm?"

Lin Yingying looked at him curiously, thinking how quickly he had changed his tune. Hadn’t he just said he wasn’t an immortal? Now, even before they had reached Longjiawan Village, how had he found the cause of the problem?

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