The military comes calling

After chatting with the others for a while, Su Ye's mother went home, saying she needed to cook dinner for the builders.

Su Ye and Zhang Erhu went to help snip the irregular branches off the orange trees with pruning shears.

That night, Su Ye locked himself in his room and flashed into the Immortal Spirit Space.

Fresh, tender shoots had sprouted where he had picked the tea tips last time. It looked as though he would be able to harvest another batch of spirit tea leaves before long.

The nameless spirit fruit planted in one corner was almost completely red and not far from ripening.

Su Ye walked over to one side and carefully harvested a stalk of mutated ginseng. He swallowed a small piece and hurriedly sat down cross-legged to absorb the spiritual energy inside it.

The next day, Su Ye drove into town and hired several greenhouse specialists to install steel-framed greenhouses in the vegetable fields.

While the workers installed the greenhouses, Su Ye and Zhang Erhu went to water and prune the orange trees.

The orange trees had basically grown to around one and a half times their former height, and their trunks had grown considerably thicker. Watered with the diluted spiritual energy water, they were growing at a tremendous pace.

Three days passed like this before the greenhouses were finally finished. All ten mu of vegetable fields were now enclosed in greenhouses, at an enormous cost of nearly a million yuan to Su Ye.

During that time, Su Ye found an excuse to visit Little White and Little Black on Mount Jiuhua. To his surprise, the two had already broken through to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining, entering the Middle Qi Refining Stage.

When they saw Su Ye arrive, the two beasts clung to him like children and refused to let go. Su Ye had to leave each of them a few more stalks of mutated ginseng before he could get away and head back down the mountain.

That day, Su Ye and Zhang Erhu were busy in the fields as usual. Now that the greenhouses were finished, they needed to plant the fruits and vegetables as soon as possible.

"Erhu, did that girl ever come to see you after I left?"

Su Ye suddenly asked Zhang Erhu.

Su Ye's sudden question caught Zhang Erhu completely off guard. He stood there for a moment before saying dejectedly, "She never came!"

Su Ye was taken aback, seemingly surprised by the answer. He had clearly told Zhao Lang to let her go that day. Had Zhao Lang agreed to his face but defied him behind his back? Or was the woman simply heartless?

After a moment, Su Ye comforted Zhang Erhu:

"It's all right, Erhu. Stick with your Brother Ye, and what woman won't you be able to get in the future? Why do you care so much about a worn-out shoe like her?"

As he spoke, Su Ye's phone rang! He took it out and saw that Xiao Qiujun was calling, so he immediately answered.

"Elder Xiao, what did you call me about?"

On the other end of the line, Xiao Qiujun paused before saying:

"Little friend Su, people from the military have come calling!"

Su Ye was startled to hear that people from the military had come calling. Then he began to regret it. If only he had kept a lower profile! Why had he gone and produced all those fruits and vegetables? Now someone had noticed him, and he couldn't hide even if he wanted to!

As Su Ye fell silent, Xiao Qiujun thought the call had been disconnected. He held the phone in front of his face and checked, but the call was still connected!

"Hello? Little friend Su? Are you still listening?"

Su Ye composed himself and replied, "I'm listening, Elder Xiao!"

"Don't be so nervous. It's a good thing!"

"A good thing?"

"That's right! They're already on their way to Lingnan to discuss a partnership with you. This time, I couldn't stop them even if I tried. Sorry, little friend Su!" Xiao Qiujun explained with a bitter expression on the other end of the line.

Su Ye asked Xiao Qiujun, utterly baffled:

"A partnership? What kind of partnership?"

"It's about the kind of watermelon you grew last time. It can improve the physical condition of ordinary people and even Houtian martial artists, and the military has taken notice. They're probably going to discuss this matter with you!"

Su Ye chatted with Xiao Qiujun for a while longer before hanging up. On the other end, Xiao Qiujun looked regretful. He knew the military was destined to snatch this juicy piece of meat from his hands.

After ending the call, Su Ye fell silent and thought for a while. Then he sighed and thought, Since they're coming, I'll make the best of it.

Su Ye sat for a while before driving toward Lingnan County. There were some things he didn't want to involve his family in yet.

As soon as Su Ye drove out of Nanping Town, he called Xiao Qiujun and got the details of the military representative who had come looking for him.

After hanging up, Su Ye called the man and told him that if they wanted to work together, they would have to wait for him in Lingnan County.

Su Ye arrived downstairs at a hotel in Lingnan County. After parking his car in the underground garage, he looked up at the hotel and headed upstairs!

Su Ye came to a door on the third floor and knocked. It opened immediately, and the young man in sunglasses who answered looked somewhat familiar.

Su Ye thought back and recognized him. Wasn't he responsible for protecting Xiao Qiujun? Why was he here?

Ziliang wasn't surprised at all to see Su Ye, because he had met him before when he was responsible for protecting Xiao Qiujun on a trip to Lingnan.

"Ziliang, hurry up and let Mr. Su in!"

A middle-aged man's voice came from inside the room. Ziliang then stepped aside and said to Su Ye:

"Please come in!"

Su Ye entered the room. It was a double room, and a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses and light blue clothes sat in a chair in front of the television, leisurely sipping tea. His hair was cut in a crew cut.

After bringing Su Ye before the middle-aged man, Ziliang turned and left the room, closing the door behind him.

"Mr. Su, please have a seat!"

The middle-aged man spoke to Su Ye quite politely.

Su Ye pulled over a chair, sat down opposite the middle-aged man, and asked:

"How should I address you?"

"Brother Su, you've accomplished so much at such a young age. You truly are a rare talent! My name is Li Guodong. If you don't mind, Mr. Su, you can call me Brother Li or Guodong!" Li Guodong replied.

Su Ye asked again:

"Brother Li, may I ask what brings you here to see me?"

At Su Ye's question, a serious expression appeared on Li Guodong's face. He said to him:

"Brother Su, would you be willing to join the military for further training? As long as you're interested, I swear in my own name that your achievements in the future will absolutely surpass mine!"

"I'm not interested in that for the time being," Su Ye replied. After all, if he really joined the military, he wouldn't be able to use many of his methods, because the military was famously strict. Besides, the military unit Li Guodong was talking about might not be an ordinary one. Su Ye had actually sensed a trace of danger from Li Guodong. Could he really be an ordinary person?