Li Hui

These past few days, Ye Yuan had not gone out to fish because the fishing boat was being used in place of the commuter ferry, leaving him with plenty of spare time.

He devoted that time to studying the system space.

Ever since obtaining the system space, he had been constantly on the move and had never had time to properly examine it. Since he had nothing much to do these days, he decided to thoroughly study this cheat of his.

After exploring it for a while, he discovered that the space was far more complicated than he had imagined.

What he used most was the Points Mall, followed by the Spatial Fishery. But he had barely made use of that little island, especially the small lake in its center. Even now, Ye Yuan had not figured out what it was for.

On the island within the space, he reclaimed two vegetable plots and planted them with seeds he had bought in the county. He watered one plot with Spatial Lake Water and the other with spring water from outside.

A few days later, he reached a conclusion: the vegetables watered with Spatial Lake Water had already matured enough to eat, while those watered with outside spring water were still far from maturity.

This showed that under identical conditions, Spatial Lake Water accelerated the growth of vegetables.

Standing in the space, Ye Yuan was drawn to the lush greenery before him. These vegetables were far superior to the organic produce sold outside.

The vegetables were brimming with vitality. When he broke open a tomato, juice spilled everywhere.

The cucumbers were covered in sharp little prickles that still jabbed his hand when touched, and they were a full size larger than ordinary cucumbers.

For now, their appearance far surpassed that of normal vegetables. He just did not know how they tasted.

They would need to be tested before they could be eaten. After all, they had been watered with water from another planet. Who knew what effects they might have on the human body?

He secretly took some samples to a laboratory at his alma mater and had someone run tests on them.

Test results: The water contained a large amount of unknown substances beneficial to the human body. (These substances were confirmed to be harmless.) The vegetables also contained these substances, though in much smaller amounts.

When the test results came out, the professor who conducted them kept asking Ye Yuan where he had gotten the water.

Ye Yuan said it had been given to him by a friend, but he did not explain the details.

The professor even told Ye Yuan to ask about its origins if he had the chance.

"This substance is tremendously beneficial to human health. If it can be used on a large scale in the medical field, it will be a great achievement for all humanity," he went on and on.

Ye Yuan casually agreed, saying that he would definitely help and so on.

Seeing Ye Yuan's attitude, the professor knew that the matter would most likely come to nothing.

No one who obtained something like that would readily hand it over. It was an enormous fortune.

After returning home, Ye Yuan conducted several more experiments and discovered that Spatial Lake Water was also highly effective on external injuries.

He found a rabbit with a broken leg. After it drank Spatial Lake Water, it was completely healed within a day.

He wanted to conduct more experiments, but there were no more suitable test subjects around, so he set the matter aside for the time being. Knowing that Spatial Lake Water was drinkable and beneficial to people was enough.

Ye Yuan had been drinking Spatial Lake Water these past few days, and he could clearly feel that drinking it regularly brought many benefits.

His cultivation speed with the Water Control Art had increased considerably. His strength and reflexes had improved as well, especially his memory, which had reached the point where he could remember anything at a glance.

Everything Ye Yuan's family ate now was grown with Spatial Lake Water. Not only did these vegetables grow quickly and benefit the body, they also tasted excellent. He had never eaten vegetables this delicious in his life.

Niuniu, who had never liked vegetables much, began pestering her grandmother to cook them for her every meal after tasting these greens.

There was a cold storage room beneath Ye Yuan's villa. He stored plenty of spatial vegetables there, so even if he was not home, it would not affect his family eating the spatial greens.

As he gained a deeper understanding of the system space, he grew ever more fascinated by that place whose technology surpassed Blue Star's. He truly wondered just how advanced their technology had become.

After half a month, the newly purchased ferry finally entered official service, and villagers who had long since completed their training also began working at the aquaculture farm.

Looking at the premium dried abalone prepared by experienced workers, Ye Yuan felt as though something was missing. After thinking it over, he suddenly realized what it was: packaging.

Until now, Ye Yuan's seafood had always been sold directly, without any packaging. Now that his aquaculture farm was on track and he had so many workers, he needed to establish a name for himself.

To become famous, he needed his own brand. Otherwise, how would anyone know his seafood was good?

Since the aquaculture farm was called Yuwan Aquaculture Farm, he decided his brand would be called "Yuwan Seafood."

Now that he had chosen a name, he needed packaging as well. He did not know much about that, so he had to find someone to handle it. Thinking about his subordinates, the robots were useful enough for carrying out tasks, but they still lacked creativity.

Dongming Printing was one of Pinghai County's oldest printing factories. Seeing its tightly locked gates, Ye Yuan frowned slightly.

Not far away, a middle-aged woman sitting outside a hardware store and cracking sunflower seeds noticed Ye Yuan standing in front of the packaging factory.

"Are you looking for someone here? This place went under last year," the woman said, tossing the seed shells in her hand onto the ground.

Ye Yuan walked over to her. "Ma'am, I'm looking for Li Hui. Do you know him?"

"What, here to collect a debt?"

"No, I'm his classmate. We haven't been in touch for years, so I came by to see him."

"Ah, your old classmate..."

Perhaps business was bad and few customers came by, or perhaps she simply loved gossip. Either way, the woman began telling Ye Yuan about Li Hui's family.

Li Hui was one of Ye Yuan's high school classmates and had shared a desk with him. The two had gotten along well. (Back in high school, he had shared a desk with a male classmate.)

Li Hui's family's printing factory had done well back then, and they had been considered a high-income family in the county.

Ye Yuan often went to Li Hui's home to play. Li Hui's family had never looked down on him because his family was poor; on the contrary, they treated him very well. Whenever the weather was bad, Li Hui's mother would even have Ye Yuan stay the night. This place held many memories from Ye Yuan's youth.

From the woman's account, Ye Yuan got the general picture: a few years ago, Li Hui's Father had been swindled out of a large sum of money. Li's Father filed lawsuits everywhere, but every case ended in his defeat.

After several such setbacks, Li's Father was angered into collapse. A hospital examination ultimately diagnosed him with liver cancer. Fortunately, it was still in its early stages and could possibly be cured, but treatment required a great deal of money. At first, many relatives lent him money for medical care, but later, seeing him grow sicker by the day and realizing he had no ability to repay them, they all kept far away.

The couple had borrowed every penny they could. Li Hui had been in his third year of university at the time, but he dropped out and returned home because of his father's illness. He took odd jobs while caring for his father.

"Ah, your classmate really is filial. An ordinary child couldn't do something like that." The woman sighed after speaking.

"If you're looking for your classmate, go to the labor market on Blue Island. He usually works as a day laborer there."

In the end, the woman told Ye Yuan where Li Hui could be found.