"Sure. Call me when you catch them, and I'll come over to help slaughter the geese."
Lu Ao nodded. "I was just worrying about how to handle such a huge Lionhead Goose. If you can come lend a hand, I'll be relieved. I'll take him over first. Go ahead and get busy—I'll call you later."
After asking where the Lionhead Geese were, Lu Ao led Weng Qian down the mountain.
As they went downhill, Weng Qian glanced back at Old Chen and lowered his voice. "So this is the worker your family hired? The one who's especially good at growing fruit trees? I heard he's quite experienced."
"He really is good at planting trees, but he isn't exactly my family's employee. He just comes by to help when he has time." Lu Ao asked, "What, are you plotting something again? Don't tell me you want to poach someone from me?"
Weng Qian stroked his chin and said with admirable self-awareness, "Even if I wanted to poach him, I probably couldn't."
Lu Ao shot him a sidelong glance. "So if you could, would you really try to steal my talent?"
"You can't put it that way. Only stealing your boyfriend counts as poaching. Recruiting your worker would just be fair competition." Weng Qian bumped his shoulder. "Hey, I've noticed you're pretty possessive."
Lu Ao looked at him impassively. "Why do you say that?"
Weng Qian said, "Look! When I first said I wanted to build a hotel here, your immediate reaction was to object. Not only did you object, you even specifically found a place and tried to drag me over there so I could build the hotel somewhere else and eliminate any future trouble."
Lu Ao said nothing.
The more Weng Qian talked, the more animated he became. "And Dolphin,