Yang Kai took a closer look and found that he actually recognized this person.
He had been in the servants’ house for less than three months, so he hadn’t come into contact with many people, and he didn’t know many of them, but the one in front of him was definitely one of them. It was the same one who had chased Die You to the marketplace and intercepted him outside.
Yang Kai had only met this man twice and had only interacted with him once, but this man gave Yang Kai the impression that he was simple minded and domineering. In other words, this fruit garden was Xiang Yong’s territory?
Why did Zhou Zheng bring him here? Yang Kai couldn’t understand.
On the other side, Xiang Yong also saw Yang Kai, his eyes widening as he rubbed his head and pointed at Yang Kai, “You… you… I think I’ve seen you somewhere before!”
Yang Kai smiled, “The marketplace!”
With this reminder, Xiang Yong suddenly understood, “Oh, right, it’s you, I remember now.”
“Know each other?” Zhou Zheng, who had been observing from the side, heard this and glanced back and forth, a subtle smile appearing on his face.
“I don’t know!” Xiang Yong shook his head and turned to Zhou Zheng, “What instructions does Manager Zhou have for coming here?”
Zhou Zheng put his hands behind his back and said lightly, “This manager came here to inform you that from today onwards, Yang Kai will take over this fruit garden.”
As soon as these words came out, Xiang Yong’s jaw dropped, as if he could stuff a fist into his mouth as he stood there dumbly for a long time.
Yang Kai was also stunned for a moment, thinking that there was such a good thing?
This was a good thing for any servant. The area of the fruit garden he had previously managed was too small, and there were too few fruit trees. If he were to move to any other place, he would be able to make a huge profit, and the reason he had asked Old Fang to give him a gift was also for this reason.
However, he had offended Zhou Zheng so badly, so how could the other party let him off so easily? Even if he didn’t do anything to him openly, he could still secretly do something to him.
Could it be that there was something wrong with Xiang Yong’s plot of land? As this thought flashed through his mind, he suddenly realized that there was nothing wrong with Xiang Yong’s plot of land. Zhou Zheng’s actions had a deeper meaning!
On the other side, Xiang Yong hesitated for a moment before scratching his head, “Hehe, Manager Zhou, what did you just say? This Xiang doesn’t seem to have heard you clearly.”
Zhou Zheng spoke one word at a time, “From today onwards, this piece of land will be taken over by Yang Kai. Do you understand now?”
Xiang Yong immediately looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, the veins on his forehead bulging as he pointed a thick finger at Yang Kai, “Him? Why?”
Zhou Zheng glanced over coldly, “Because this is this Manager’s order, is that enough? What, are you not putting this Manager in your eyes?” As he spoke, the aura of an Open Heaven Stage master slowly spread out.
Feeling this pressure, the enraged Xiang Yong also sobered up a bit and put on a smile, “No, Manager Zhou, how could this Xiang dare not put you in his eyes? Is there some kind of misunderstanding here? What did this Xiang do wrong? Why did you suddenly let someone else take over my territory?”
“None of your business.”
Yang Kai also cupped his hands and said, “Manager Zhou, since this Brother Xiang is so reluctant to part with the land, how about we just forget about it? My piece of land is quite good, there’s no need to exchange it.”
Zhou Zheng sneered, “It’s not up to you to decide if you want to trade or not, this Manager won’t hide it from you. Senior Brother Du was the one who asked me to do this, so today you have to trade no matter what!”
Yang Kai was speechless, wondering why this small matter of the fruit garden was related to Du Rufeng. Wasn’t he the Consul Disciple of Fire Spiritual Land? However, since Zhou Zheng had said so, it couldn’t be wrong. Could it be that because he had helped him collect the Scarlet Clouds Golden Flame a few days ago?
Xiang Yong blinked several times and asked, “Did Senior Du specifically ask him to take over my territory?” If that was the case, he had nothing to say and could only blame himself for being annoyed by Du Rufeng.
Zhou Zheng replied, “No.”
“Then why should he be here?” Xiang Yong was unhappy, and after speaking, he grabbed Zhou Zheng’s arm and pulled him far away, whispering something to him.
Yang Kai couldn’t be bothered to eavesdrop. If he were to eavesdrop, he would definitely be discovered, so he didn’t know what they were talking about. All he saw was Xiang Yong muttering non-stop while Zhou Zheng shook his head from time to time. From time to time, Xiang Yong would turn to look at Yang Kai, his eyes filled with a fierce light.
To him, today’s matter was an undeserved catastrophe. Manager Zhou’s strength was higher than his, and his status was higher than his own. Since he couldn’t do anything to him, he could only put this debt on Yang Kai.
With his hands behind his back, Yang Kai looked up at the sky from time to time, lowering his head to look at the ground, but he didn’t look at Xiang Yong, nearly angering him.
Since Zhou Zheng had brought Yang Kai here today, it meant that he had already made arrangements. Xiang Yong was afraid that no matter what he said, there was nothing he could do.
Sure enough, after the two of them talked for the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Xiang Yong’s expression became uglier. At one point, he abandoned Zhou Zheng and rushed towards Yang Kai, punching him in the face as he said fiercely, “Boy, if you know what’s good for you, hurry up and explain to Manager Zhou that you don’t want this piece of land, otherwise this Xiang will teach you a lesson.”
Yang Kai sighed as he glanced over at Xiang Yong and saw Zhou Zheng’s sinister smile. He knew he was right, this Zhou Zheng was trying to use someone else to hurt him!
Since he wanted to use someone else to hurt him, Yang Kai naturally couldn’t let him do as he wished and immediately said, “Brother Xiang, there’s nothing I can do about this matter. I’m innocent. When Manager Zhou pulled me over just now, I had no idea what had happened. However, since Manager Zhou has already made his decision, it’s probably impossible for him to change his mind. How about this, I’ll take care of this piece of land for you. If there are any benefits or contributions to this land, I’ll put them all on you, how about it?”
“No!” Xiang Yong’s saliva flew everywhere, “This place is old master’s Feng Shui Treasure Land, no matter how many benefits you give me, I won’t exchange it.”
Yang Kai almost choked to death. What kind of Feng Shui Treasure Land was there in the garden? It didn’t matter where it was, it was all about size.
“The income from my piece of land is also yours!” Yang Kai added.
Xiang Yong waved his hand and almost swept it across Yang Kai’s face, “This old master has already said that no matter how many benefits you give, i won’t be able to exchange them. You should hurry up and settle this.”
Yang Kai was so angry that he couldn’t help laughing. He felt that he had already made enough concessions and was willing to give up two pieces of land in order to keep the peace. This black bear really had the head of a black bear. He didn’t know why he was so obsessed with this piece of land.
With such an attitude, Yang Kai couldn’t be bothered to waste his breath.
“What are you blabbering about? If you don’t have anything to pack, follow me!” Zhou Zheng urged from nearby.
Xiang Yong turned his head and wanted to say something, but seeing Zhou Zheng’s cold expression, he knew that it was useless to say anything, so he could only resign himself to fate and glare at Yang Kai, “Just you wait, this old master will return.”
As Zhou Zheng left, Yang Kai looked back at him threateningly until the two of them disappeared from sight.
Zhou Zheng’s move was quite good. Using Du Rufeng’s name, he had offended someone for no reason, and it was someone who seemed to be quite difficult to deal with. Even if this matter were to be spread out, he would still be able to justify it. After all, to a servant, this was already a great favor, so no one could say anything about it.
But in reality, Yang Kai didn’t want to change his territory at all. The hidden dangers of his original territory had already been resolved, and with the God of Fortune Great General Si Chen, he didn’t need to rely on the harvest of the garden like the other servants. In comparison, he preferred his own small plot of land, which didn’t require much effort to take care of. The most important thing was that he was next to Old Fang. When he had nothing to do, he would drink with Old Fang and play chess.
But now that things had come to this, he could only take things as they came.
This fruit garden was much larger than his previous one, and there was also a thatched cottage next to it. It was exquisitely built, and Yang Kai could tell at a glance that it was definitely not the work of Xiang Yong. It was probably left behind by a servant who had taken care of this fruit tree previously.
Old Fang also had his own house. The reason Yang Kai didn’t have one before was because the area of the garden was too small and there was no place to build it, otherwise he would have built one himself.
After all, the servants had spent nearly a month in the fruit garden. Although it wasn’t a big deal to eat and sleep in the open, having a place to stay was naturally better.
Pushing open the door, Yang Kai nearly choked on the dust.
Seeing this scene, Yang Kai was speechless. How long had it been since that black bear entered this house? The dust inside was three inches thick, so after using a spell to clean up the house, Yang Kai took out some tables and chairs from his Space Ring. The small house now looked quite decent.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Yang Kai took out the token and held it in his hand.
Before Zhou Zheng left, he exchanged his and Xiang Yong’s tokens. The tokens in each territory were different, and only by refining the tokens would one be able to understand the details of this fruit garden.
Yang Kai naturally refined the token as soon as possible. Today’s events had given him a sense of vigilance, so he felt he should be more careful in the future, lest Zhou Zheng catch him off guard again.
The token was specially made for the servants by the Fire Spiritual Land. Because it often changed its owner, it was not difficult to refine.
In less than two hours, the token had been completely refined and Yang Kai’s Divine Sense poured into it to investigate.
It seemed that Xiang Yong had been doing quite well in the past. Although this fruit garden wasn’t particularly large, it was about half the size of Old Fang’s, with more than half of the fruit trees.
Inside the token, Yang Kai couldn’t see the details of each fruit tree, so he could only check them one by one to see if there was anything he needed to pay attention to.
After leaving the house, Yang Kai went to his fruit garden and began searching through the fruit trees one by one. As he did so, Yang Kai discovered that Xiang Yong was quite sloppy in taking care of the fruit trees. There were many places where he didn’t do a good job, Yang Kai didn’t know how he had managed to obtain such a large territory.
If Old Fang were to take care of the same garden, it would definitely be much better than Xiang Yong’s.
Yang Kai had no choice but to slowly correct his mistake. After a day of hard work, Yang Kai was extremely busy and missed his own small plot of land. Fortunately, the number of fruits on the fruit trees was correct and there was no shortage of them.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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