Ziyan's Nervousness

Ziyan nodded, picked up her bag, and fumbled for her phone. "I'll call Emily," she said.

When the topic of the little girl came up, Zhou Fei's mood brightened. She shot Ziyan a look. "Sister, how can you be at ease leaving Emily with that sloppy guy? If she gets sick from the poor hygiene, you'll regret it."

"Emily is his daughter, after all. He... he should be careful, right?" Ziyan said uncertainly, pulling out her phone and dialing Zhang Han's number.

"Ring... ring..."

The phone rang for over ten rings before it was answered, and her daughter's young, cheerful voice came through: "Mum, I miss you so much."

Hearing her daughter's voice, Ziyan's irritation vanished. A smile, rarely seen by outsiders, appeared on her face. She said softly, "Emily, are you having fun with your Daddy these past few days?"

"Uh? Hmm... you, you called the wrong person, I'm not Emily!"

"Then who are you?" Ziyan asked with a smile, thinking her daughter was joking.

"I am... Zhang... Yu... Meng, Mengmeng... Mengmengmeng," came Mengmeng's cheerful voice from the phone.

Ziyan's expression froze. A sense of panic washed over her: Zhang Yumeng? Did he give Emily a new name? Was he trying to take Emily away from her?

"Why did you change your name?" Ziyan asked, suppressing her emotions.

"Because I'm Huaguo, Emily is a foreigner, I don't want it."

"Oh, so have you had fun these past few days?" Ziyan asked after a moment's pause.

"Very, very happy! I'm enjoying life with Daddy."

Enjoying life? She'd be lucky if she wasn't suffering with him! Ziyan muttered to herself.

From the little girl's tone, she could tell she was quite attached to her down-on-his-luck, bad-tempered, stubborn father!

"So how are you enjoying life?" Ziyan asked.

"Hmm... Daddy, Mommy is asking how we're enjoying life..."

Mengmeng didn't know how to answer and quickly turned to her father for help.

Soon, Mengmeng's childlike voice returned to the phone: "Daddy said, we're going to eat the best, drink the best, play the best. Hmm... we're going to ride a big bird later too. Mommy, gotta go, Daddy and I are going to enjoy life now."

After saying this, Ziyan faintly heard a few words from her phone: "Hello, departing from Shangjing for..."

Then the phone was hung up.

Ziyan was stunned.

Her daughter hung up on her?

Enjoying life?

Zhang Han was really good at sweet-talking children. How could he enjoy life when he was so down and out?

What did that automated voice at the end mean? Was he at a station? An airport? Or somewhere else? With his stubbornness, would he leave Shangjing?

"Sister, Sister, Ling'er sis?"

Zhou Fei called out several times before Ziyan turned to look at her, her eyes still filled with confusion.

"What's wrong, Sister? Did Emily say anything? Is she tired of staying there?" Zhou Fei asked curiously.

"She didn't say anything," Ziyan replied, snapping back to reality. She lowered her head, feeling very uneasy.

In the past, when she called her daughter, it was always she who had to coax her daughter to hang up. Now, the little girl had hung up without even asking. This change made Ziyan feel terrible.

"It's getting late, let's go back," Zhou Fei said, glancing at her watch.

At this moment, Ziyan looked up. "I'm not going back. Xiao Fei, book the fastest flight to Shangjing right now!"

"Huh?" Zhou Fei was taken aback. "But the company has two meetings tomorrow, and I promised Young Master Li dinner tonight."

"Cancel them all! We need to go pick up Emily quickly. She..." Ziyan took a deep breath. "She's learned bad habits!"

"Oh, okay." Zhou Fei nodded. She knew that when it came to the little girl, Ziyan was always resolute. She quickly took out her phone to book the tickets.

In reality, Ziyan had misunderstood. Mengmeng wanted to chat with her mother more, but the plane was about to take off. Zhang Han reminded her, and after the little girl said goodbye, he took the phone and hung up directly, which greatly displeased her.

"Okay, Mengmeng, we're going to ride the big bird. We'll talk to Mommy again when we get there, alright?" Zhang Han said softly.

"Hmm, ride the big bird, talk to Mommy when we get there," Mengmeng said, dancing in Zhang Han's arms.

The little girl quite liked flying, simply because she could see the clouds outside the window that looked like cotton candy.

But this time, she couldn't see the clouds because it was already dark.

At 9:30 PM, the flight landed on time at Hong Kong International Airport.

Zhang Han, carrying luggage in his left hand and holding the little girl in his right, walked towards the airport exit. On the other side, at the airport entrance, Ziyan, wearing a mask and sunglasses, was hurrying towards the waiting lounge with Zhou Fei. Her trip to Shangjing was destined to be in vain.

As he walked out of the airport, Zhang Han's gaze swept around, finally settling on a woman in the crowd.

The woman's appearance bore a slight resemblance to Zhang Han, but her eyebrows were willow-shaped, and her nose and lips were much smaller. She was Zhang Li, 1.7 meters tall, with an appearance rating above 80 points.

Zhang Han smiled and walked over. As he approached, Zhang Li looked at Zhang Han, who was neatly dressed and clean, with a hint of his former demeanor. Her eyes reddened.

"Brother."

Zhang Li called out softly and took two quick steps forward, throwing herself into his arms.

"Wuwuwu..." Mengmeng, who was already watching the woman who made eye contact with her dad with vigilance, started crying as soon as she saw them hugging.

"Oh my, what's wrong, Mengmeng?" Zhang Han let go of his sister and quickly comforted the Little Princess.

Zhang Li only noticed Mengmeng at this moment. Looking at her cute and wronged little face, Zhang Li smiled and asked, "Mengmeng, don't cry, be good. Will Auntie take you to eat something delicious later?"

As Zhang Li spoke, she wanted to pick up Mengmeng, but the latter raised her little hands in protest:

"Go away, bad woman. Daddy is for me and Mommy, no one else can hug him."

"Pfft..." Zhang Li was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.

Zhang Han explained to Mengmeng for a long time, trying to make her understand what "Auntie" meant. Only after she learned that Zhang Li was Daddy's biological sister did the Little Princess's emotions gradually improve.

Zhang Li originally wanted to treat them to seafood, but Zhang Han directly refused. Firstly, he thought eating seafood could easily cause diarrhea in children, and secondly, he wasn't at ease with restaurants outside. If they were to eat seafood, he'd rather make it himself.

When it came to cuisine, Zhang Han's standards were already extremely high. He planned to personally cultivate ingredients for Mengmeng after planting the Thunder Sun Tree. Until then, Mengmeng would just have to endure.

In the end, Zhang Han chose a noodle restaurant. During the meal, he learned that Zhang Li worked as a DJ in a bar in Tongluo Bay and only had Sundays off each week.

Not only was the DJ job tiring, but the environment wasn't great either, with all sorts of people. Zhang Han didn't want Zhang Li to do it, but she said it was her hobby.

His persuasion was fruitless, so Zhang Han didn't say anything more. After the meal, it was nearly eleven o'clock at night. The Little Princess was drowsy. Zhang Li called a taxi. She wanted to invite Zhang Han to live in her rented apartment, but Zhang Han gave up the idea when he learned his sister was sharing it with others.

He booked rooms for Zhang Li and himself at the Fuji Hotel in Tongluo Bay.

Of course, adhering to Zhang Han's principle of enjoying a quality life, he paid a deposit of 500,000 and checked into the presidential suite, which cost 180,000 per day.

This made Zhang Li pause for a moment.

It seems my brother's situation isn't as bad as I thought.

But then she felt a surge of annoyance:

Well, I've been sending him 5,000 every month, and now he can casually whip out 500,000. How is this 'leaving with nothing'? It seems the Zhang family did have some conscience and left him some money.

After entering the room, Zhang Han first settled the already asleep Little Princess in the master bedroom. He then returned to the living room and briefly explained the racing matters, which was how Zhang Li learned the source of the money.

It had been several years since the siblings had seen each other, so they naturally had a lot to talk about, chatting until past one in the morning.

During their conversation, Zhang Li asked about Mengmeng's mother, but Zhang Han didn't give a clear answer. Zhang Li didn't press the issue and went to the second bedroom to rest when she felt sleepy.

Although Zhang Han was sleepy, he had more important things to do. He roused himself, walked to the computer desk, and turned on the computer.

He picked up a pen from the drawer and began to ponder.

Once the Thunder Sun Tree is planted, it can treat a mountain as its territory and nourish it, turning the land into spiritual soil. Besides planting other seeds, it can also grow fruits and vegetables. However, the area needs to be considered. The larger the area, the thinner the spiritual energy in the soil. I need to think about what I need, or rather, what Mengmeng needs.

Zhang Han picked up a pen and started writing on the paper:

"Mengmeng needs to drink milk, so we'll need to raise a dairy cow. Not only that, but also chickens, ducks, and fish to eat. So this will be the poultry area."

"Mengmeng's staple food, rice and flour, requires planting rice and wheat. Adding those fruits and vegetables, we'll need to set aside planting areas."

"The mountaintop, besides the Thunder Sun Tree and Yuanqing Tree needed for cultivation, won't need any planting. It will be reserved as the residential area."

"The planting area and poultry area will be on the back mountain. Oh, right, we should also raise some pets for Mengmeng to play with, and reserve a pet area."

"On the front mountain, in front of the residence, we'll reserve an area for playing, build a swimming pool, a golf course, and the like."

"Aesthetics shouldn't be neglected either. We need to set up an ornamental area, plant flowers and trees with high ornamental value, maybe get a giant fish tank to keep rare fish, and create a pond with lotus flowers, build a waterside courtyard, which would be great for sightseeing."

"It would be best to also create a seawater area, but that's a bit difficult and not something to consider right now. We'll leave two vacant areas at the connection between the front and back mountains as backups. That should be enough."

After writing all this down, Zhang Han read it from top to bottom and was stunned.

"Poultry area, planting area, residential area, pet area, play area, ornamental area, seawater area, backup area!"

Putting aside the last two, just the first six were too many. The project was too massive, and the Thunder Sun Tree didn't have that much energy!

After the Thunder Sun Tree is planted, it will treat the mountaintop as its territory and release its first wave of energy to transform the land. The land will then recharge the Thunder Sun Tree. Once saturated, the Thunder Sun Tree can release a second wave of energy to transform it. This process will repeat until the Thunder Sun Tree and the land are integrated, becoming a blessed land.

However, there were only three opportunities for this transformation!