Chen Mu's plan to trick Shen Yan had been a good one, but unfortunately, it ultimately failed.
Old Ghost Shen had once been a supervisor. Chen Mu did not care, but Hong Xiu and Shi Dechun dared not ignore him. No matter how Chen Mu tried to persuade them, it was useless.
What cowards!
Late at night, Thousand Lantern City was brightly lit.
The barracks expanded once more. Besides the original two hundred-plus Wooden Towers, another three hundred elegantly designed new Wooden Towers had been completed, lining both sides of the central street.
"Are you really planning to build a tower for every single person?" Chen Mu found Shen Yan, who was acting as a foreman, and asked with raised brows.
"You get to live alone. Why can't they? Is your face somehow more important than everyone else's?" Shen Yan replied calmly, leaving Chen Mu feeling stifled.
Ever since he had stopped caring about consequences, Old Ghost Shen seemed to have awakened some strange trait. Every time he spoke, he always seemed determined to choke someone to death with his words.
"Unfortunately, that's only wishful thinking. At most, three to five people can live in one building." Shen Yan shook his head. "We don't have enough raw materials."
"So you know we're short on materials." Chen Mu curled his lip.
He would have loved for someone to rebuild Thousand Lantern City, but the timber and earth he had brought in before were nearly exhausted.
Now that he was in Camp You, he was busy all day without his feet touching the ground, and people were everywhere nearby. Once the materials were used up, he had neither the chance nor the time to replenish them.
"How about digging up some earth from underground and bringing it in? I'll have them raise