Although Gou Wen recognized Gou Qi and let him work in his company, Gou Qi only held a position and had no important decision-making power. He was just a tool in Gou Wen's hands. What Gou Wen truly valued was his son with Debra. After all, their son was growing up in the best educational environment, and the Smith family would always support their bloodline.

In short, most of the time Gou Wen and Gou Qi only talked about business. Even if Gou Qi would ask about Gou Wen's recent situation, Gou Wen would just say a few indifferent words such as "okay", "nothing", "usual", etc.

After a few years of this situation, Gou Qi got used to it. He thought that Gou Qi wanted to train him, and he felt very happy.

However, this is also why Gou Qi's eldest son broke off relations with him and changed his surname. Gou Wen only found out about this from Gou Qi half a year later.

Of course, if Gou Qi were to explain now, he would not directly say that he had been harsh on the child or something like that. He would just vaguely say that the child was unfilial and liked to beat people, and that he had run away and changed his surname on his own, so he severed ties with the child.

It was not a lie. Liu Ben did leave on his own, but he did not say how Gou Qi, Zhu Qian and Gou Er abused Liu Ben.

Gou Wen frowned after hearing this. He was not someone to be fooled and naturally knew what was going on, but he didn't care about that. Gou Wen only cared about his own company.

"You mean you've affected the company's image just because you had a conflict with your son? That's ridiculous!"

Gou Wen got angry again, and Gou Qi stood trembling by, with his head down, not daring to speak.

After a while, Gou Wen finally stopped and looked at the useless Gou Qi next to him. He became more and more annoyed. He closed his eyes and waved his hand: "You go away. I'll find someone to check it out and deal with it."

Gou Qipi didn't dare to let any of them go, and left quickly in a timid manner.

Gou Wen paused, took out his cell phone, and instructed his assistant to investigate Liu Ben.

Unexpectedly, when the assistant heard this, he didn't expect Liu Ben to be Gou Wen's grandson. Instead, he asked in surprise: "Is he the one who opened the Aben Agricultural Products Store?"

"Aben's agricultural product store? What?" Gou Wen was puzzled. He had long forgotten what his assistant and the others had mentioned.

"He's the owner of the store we previously suspected was involved in the customer's cancellation of our products. His name is Liu Ben."

Gou Wen's eyes twitched, and he finally felt that there was something wrong here, so he asked his assistant to explain in detail.

Previously, Gou Wen hadn't considered that the customers' return of their high-end nutritional supplements had anything to do with a small farm produce shop. He assumed the customers must be eating high-quality vegetables from high-end farms, so he hadn't wanted to know any details about the small farm produce shop. Now, after asking, and from the assistant's detailed description, Gou Wen finally understood the scale of this farm produce shop with a rather unassuming name.

There is indeed only one physical store, but after the expansion, Aben Agricultural Products Store has become quite presentable. In addition, there are a constant stream of customers every day. From opening in the morning to closing at night, no matter what time it is, the store is full of people. The prices of the goods in the store are relatively expensive, and the daily turnover is definitely not small.

Online stores are even more impressive. Even though there's a limit on how much each ID can buy, if someone wants to buy something, they can get everyone in their family to buy it together. And the limit is per day. If they don't buy enough today, they can buy more tomorrow. I heard that Aben's produce store is trying to join group buying. The prices are a little higher than in-store, but they can deliver to your doorstep the next day, which is very convenient.

Look at the sales volume of the online store, with monthly sales of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. It is definitely not the agricultural product store that Gou Wen thought it was, where farmers grow and sell their own products and it is not presentable.

Moreover, the owner of this store also knows the owner of Guoyan Youpin. The assistant spent a lot of effort to get the photo taken, so it is absolutely real.

In addition, two domestic and one foreign high-end restaurants also placed orders with Liu Ben...

When Gou Wen saw the videos and photos sent by his assistant, although he didn't feel particularly familiar with them, when he compared them with the photos Gou Qi had given him a long time ago, he found that he was really his grandson!

I spent a lot of time, effort and money looking for this person but couldn't find him. It turned out to be my own!

No, now he has changed his last name!

Others might be happy that such a capable person is related to them by blood, but Gou Wen is not a fool, he just feels a headache.

I am not afraid that there are talented people in my family. I am afraid that the talented people originally belong to my family, but later make enemies and become my enemies.

This assistant was quite reliable. Since he'd brought it up, it was a done deal. He had to think about it carefully. While it would be nice to be able to take the connection away from Liu Ben, Liu Ben had been running the shop for so long. If someone capable could be poached, they would have already done so. So many people were ordering from him, weren't they? Among them were some with powerful status; any one of them would be more than enough to overpower Liu Ben.

But until now, Liu Ben has been monopolizing the big market, which shows that he is really powerful, or he has a backer that no one can afford to offend.

According to the assistant's analysis, not only did their company's previous customers cancel their nutritional supplements because their health improved after eating Liu Ben's dishes, but Liu Ben was also very likely to cooperate with You Guoguo, and You Guoguo's new products were made from ingredients ordered from Liu Ben.

The dishes in Liu Ben's hands are really of very high value.

"Try to contact him first. Don't mention our company, but place a large order and see what he says."

The assistant agreed and contacted Liu Ben immediately. He had already found out Liu Ben's phone number, so it should be easy to contact him.

"Hello, the user you dialed is out of service area..."

Assistant: "What's going on?"

Normally, when Liu Ben was farming, he would bring his phone into his space to check the time. There would be no signal in his space, so calls to him would be impossible. However, the system would disguise the phone's status with various messages, such as "The number you dialed is busy," "The person you dialed is already on a call," "The person you dialed is sleeping," "The phone you dialed has fallen into the toilet," and so on.

But this time, it was not the case. Liu Benzhen was not in the service area.

The Liu family didn’t know what Liu Ben was doing, because when he left, Liu Ben told them that he was going to the research institute to discuss new varieties.

You Ying didn't know much about it either, because Liu Ben told him that he was going to travel the world with a sword.

Liu Ben: "I'm going to go out and do good deeds for a while. You may not be able to contact me then, but don't miss me. I'll be back soon."

You Ying: ...

If he didn't know that Liu Ben really had that hobby, he might think that Liu Ben should go to a mental hospital.

You Ying: "Where are you going to be a hero?"

Liu Ben: "I'm going to the most chaotic place! Maybe it's at the end of the world, or maybe even beyond the ends of the earth. Let me spread the gospel to them and physically liberate their enemies. Amen."

Oh, it's the border.

You Ying: "...then can you speak foreign languages?"

Liu Ben: "No, but I can use Gudu Translation."

You Ying held his forehead: "Then be careful."

Liu Ben: [Niuniu likes this.jpg]

In the past two days, Liu Ben seemed to be on the road and probably had nothing to do, so he chatted with You Ying on the phone every day. After those two days, his phone could not be reached, but You Ying could still receive Liu Ben's WeChat messages every night.

First day.

Liu Ben: "Wow! Leeches are growing on the trees here!"

You Ying: "It's a leech. Be careful not to get sucked dry."

Liu Ben: "Ah...it can't bite my skin, but it's disgusting."

the next day.

Liu Ben: "The people here are so weird. They eat a certain plant, and after they finish eating it, they look like they've ascended to heaven."

You Ying: "Then you want to try it too?"

Liu Ben: "They're growing them. I just saw some people collecting the little round lumps of chrysanthemums growing on their butts. But it shouldn't be a big deal if I steal one to try."

You Ying: "! Don't eat it! That thing is %&*@#..."

Liu Ben: "What!? Then they won't wake up tomorrow morning."

Day 3.

Liu Ben: “Wow…”

You Ying: "What's wrong? Were you okay yesterday?"

Liu Ben: "I don't understand. I did something last night... and today the people here started smearing me with paint. It's so weird."

You Ying: “?”

Liu Ben: [Picture]

It is an arm painted with many colorful patterns.

You Ying: "Look, are they still placing fruit in front of you?"

Liu Ben: "Yes, how did you know?"

You Ying: "Maybe they think you are a god."

Liu Ben: “Oh hahaha!”

Day 4, day 5, day 6…

You Ying could get a lot of interesting information through chatting with Liu Ben every day. Liu Ben also seemed to have let himself go, running up and down in the jungle every day, like a fish in water, as if he was born to live here.

Sometimes You Ying really couldn't understand what was going on with Liu Ben. How could a person change so much in just half a year!

Just like a comparison picture he had seen on the Internet before, on the left was a blond, fat man, and below it was written that this was Bob from a year ago; on the right was a blond, muscular man, and below it was written that this was a fitness coach who had nothing to do with Bob.

It seems to be related, but actually it is not.

Just like Liu Ben, he seemed the same as before and like this now. You Ying also saw the process of change in the middle, but when comparing them directly before and after, they are two completely different people!

Although Liu Ben did not elaborate on what he had done in the WeChat message, You Ying was certain that those were things that were very dangerous for ordinary people.

When You Ying was worried, he would search for various news on the border, but there was no clear news about Liu Ben.

Liu Ben didn't leave for long. The vegetables he left in the warehouse were only enough for ten days at most. In order to ensure that the store did not run out of vegetables, Liu Ben had to go home within the deadline no matter how much he wandered around.

Sure enough, Liu Ben came back early in the morning not long after.

The first person Liu Ben went to see when he came back was You Ying. He knew that You Ying would be worried about him, and the Liu family didn't know what he was going to do, so of course he had to reassure You Ying first.

"Lang is back." You Ying looked at Liu Ben standing at his door with amusement.

Liu Ben was the same as before, not much had changed. He hadn't gotten any darker, hadn't grown any more unshaven, and didn't look haggard. He didn't look like someone who had just spent a few days in a harsh environment.

That was normal. Liu Ben had already placed some simple daily necessities in the space, such as a razor, spare clothes, pots, buckets, basins, and sleeping bags...

There is a well for bathing, an alcohol stove and wood collected from outside for cooking. In short, everything is safe in the space.

There is also food all over the floor that can replenish your energy and nourish your body, so you don’t have to worry about anything. It’s great.

As soon as Liu Ben returned, he gave You Ying a big, warm hug: "I'm back!"

Liu Ben's body was warm, and his muscles were soft when he was not exerting any strength. It was very comfortable to hug him. You Ying was greedy for this touch and could not help but hug him tighter.

The tip of my nose seems to smell like Liu Ben, and also like the smell of the sun, which makes people feel safe and happy.

There is no smell of blood or sin as described in the novel. Come to think of it, if someone takes a shower every day, they would really have that smell, which would make it much easier to catch the criminal.

When You Ying and Liu Ben were hugging each other at the gate of You Ying's house, they were seen by Zhu Qian who was wearing sunglasses and a mask.

She took off her glasses and looked carefully, then narrowed her eyes. It was disgusting that these two people had such a relationship!

Zhu Qian wanted to curse loudly at the two of them, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she touched the wound at the corner of her mouth, making her hiss.

Previously, Zhu Qian and Gou Er had fought each other after being poisoned by the Miaoxian mushroom. After nearly two months, all other injuries on his body had healed, except for a big cut at the corner of his mouth caused by a fork, and it still hurts when he opens his mouth a little.

The pain made Zhu Qian sober up a little. If it was really Liu Ben who hurt her like this and he was not caught by the police, then it was possible that Liu Ben would do it again or several times. It would be better for her to avoid provoking Liu Ben.

And I wonder what kind of people live up there. They must be someone you can't afford to offend.

However... Zhu Qian turned around and thought with some pride: Humph, that wolf cub is not doing very well now. He actually works as a gigolo, and serves men. It's really... Hahaha!

Liu Ben had no idea what Zhu Qian was thinking. It was still early, so he said something to the Liu family on the phone and went into You Ying's house.

You Ying usually arranged for the chef to come over to cook lunch and dinner, and then all he had to do was wait and eat. But it was still early in the morning, and he was just about to have breakfast before coming to open the door.

Liu Ben had actually already eaten on the way, but You Ying invited him to eat together, so he felt that he could eat a little more.

Having been here so many times, Liu Ben was very familiar with every corner of You Ying's house. Walking into You Ying's kitchen, Liu Ben picked up the pine nut oil on the side, poured some into the pot, took out two eggs from the space, and cracked them into the pot.

"Where did the eggs come from?" You Ying followed him in and smelled the aroma of fried eggs.

Liu Ben carefully used a spatula to stir the edge of the egg while saying, "I brought these from home. I originally wanted to fry a few every day after returning to the land, but then I found out that they don't even have a pan!"

Of course, there was a pot in the space, but Liu Ben couldn't go in and out frequently in the exposed jungle. Only when it was dark could he enter the space without any pressure, cook some simple meals, and then put them in his backpack. He took food from the backpack during the day. Of course, he ate the eggs, but he didn't have enough time, so he didn't eat as many as he could. He just happened to have two left.

These eggs were laid by the chickens raised by Wang Fengjing. Usually, the chickens were kept in a chicken coop next to Liu's house. Every morning and evening, they would be fed some chopped grass. Occasionally, there would be some leftover vegetables at home, as long as they were not too spicy, they would be given to the chickens. They ate both meat and vegetables happily. After raising them for a few months, each one grew fatter than the other, and a lot of eggs could be harvested every day, and the family could not finish eating them all.

Fried eggs, green milk, and some toast from the supermarket with some smoked meat slices in between makes a simple breakfast.

"This egg is delicious." You Ying picked up a fried egg and took a small bite. It must be said that although Liu Ben can't cook, the egg he fried was pretty good.

The fried egg's crust is lightly golden, with crispy, slightly curled edges, resembling a beautiful golden flower, with hints of red and yellow showing through the center. A bite reveals the tender white inside, while the yolk appears semi-solid, slowly leaking out from the center, about to drip.

Liu Ben: "The eggs are laid by the chickens I raised with my milk. They are all good food. There are not enough to sell outside. I will send you some tomorrow. We can't finish them all at home."

You Ying nodded as he ate, praising her, "You're really good at frying eggs! You're already a good wife."

"Of course not!" Liu Ben said shamelessly, "I am just like that. I can go to the battlefield and go to the kitchen!"

"I told you you're fat and you're out of breath. You can only fry an egg and you say you can't even go into the kitchen."

"I can also make Milky Way mushroom soup."

"Come on, I can do it with my hands."

"I'll keep working hard!" Liu Ben gulped down the milk in one gulp, then said confidently, "Cooking isn't easy to learn. I'm sure I'll be able to do it soon."

"Then I'll wait to eat." You Ying smiled.

After dinner, You Ying went to deal with company affairs first, while Liu Ben went to the game room to play games.

Liu Ben has been very busy during this period. He is different from You Ying who can leave most things to his subordinates and do things on his own. On the surface, the things sold in his store are all shipped from the research institute, and he doesn't need to stay in the village to do anything. But in fact, only Liu Ben and the system know that the only planting staff in this so-called "Agricultural Department of the Space Research Institute" is Liu Ben himself.

So after Liu Ben left the warehouse full of vegetables, he only had so much time to spare and couldn't leave for too long. Of course, he had to rush to do what he had to do. Hey, the rush was more tiring than farming.

So what did Liu Ben do?

This brings us to the new plan proposed by Liu Ben, which was systematically evaluated as "feasible but very challenging."

This plan doesn't have any IQ points, it's just one word: do it!

Indeed, Liu Ben simply searched online for information on the most chaotic area near here. The answer, unsurprisingly, was a border zone with a country with a fragmented political system. There, drug traffickers and criminals roamed side by side, and gunfights erupted almost daily. The suffering people were impoverished and defenseless, yet the government was powerless to do anything. Liu Ben found the relevant information, made some preparations, and boarded a train to the area.

After that, he followed a path that he was very familiar with. Wherever he went, he would pick on the most evil forces in the area and then destroy their lairs. These people were either doing evil or on their way to doing evil all the time. The system reminded him of criminal incidents so frequently that he was too lazy to remind him, because there were criminal incidents everywhere anyway.

To be blunt, what is a disaster place for the local poor is just a field full of chives for Liu Ben.

Liu Ben is like the industrious old farmer with a sickle, harvesting wherever he goes. Do leeks bite? They just scratch him, not causing any pain to Liu Ben.

If it weren't for the lack of time, Liu Ben might have cleared out the entire area.

Of course, he did all this in the form of a half-bull orc.

Therefore, the locals, who were not very materialistic, after witnessing him, portrayed him as a god descended, a messenger from the underworld, and within a few days, when Liu Ben left, paintings of him in orc form had even begun to appear in the area. Although the paintings were not particularly lifelike and somewhat biased towards the local painting style, the overall appearance was still very similar to that of a half-bull orc.

And there are still many people who worship him. Liu Ben saw from afar many people in the store, worshiping his portrait with their hands clasped together.

Oh, Liu Ben remembered that he had brought some souvenirs for You Ying, so he hurried down and started taking out his big backpack.

You Ying heard the figure and took a moment to look, and saw Liu Ben taking out a... strange statue from the huge bag that he definitely couldn't carry.

"This was given to you by the locals when I left. It's a souvenir." Liu Ben handed it to You Ying happily.

“…” You Ying took it hesitantly and looked at it carefully for a while.

This is a hand-carved wooden sculpture resembling a Buddha statue. Like other local Buddha statues, it sits cross-legged (or "hoof"), its body draped with various jeweled ribbons. However, it is completely different from other Buddha statues. For example, this Buddha statue is muscular, with fists clenched, the left hand resting on the side of the waist, the right hand raised high. It looks ferocious, as if ready to strike someone at any moment. It must be a fierce deity.

This is nothing, as there are many gods in various sects who are good at using physical means to liberate the dead. But what is outrageous is that the head of this Buddha statue is actually a bull's head. What is even more outrageous is that although it is obviously a fierce god, the expression of this bull's head actually looks kind and gentle.

Finally, I don’t know if this Buddha statue is carved from some special wood, or if it has been specially dyed, but the whole thing is dark red, like blood.

Nima is like an evil god.

You Ying: "...I'll put it away."

Liu Ben: "Why not put it in your living room? It can ward off evil spirits."

You Ying: ...

You Ying thought that no one else would come back to his house, and Liu Ben was half the owner of the house. If he wanted to set up the decoration, then he could do it.

When Liu Ben heard You Ying's agreement, he happily found a shelf to put the Buddha statue on, and then placed a plate in front of it with some fruits on it.

You Ying: ………That’s enough.

How can Liu Ben have the nerve to actually treat himself as a deity!

Today might be the day when You Ying was speechless the most, but the Buddha statue was there, and You Ying got used to it after looking at it.

Later, when the fruits on the table wilted, he naturally replaced them with new fresh fruits, as if he were a devout believer.

Once, when You Guoguo came to You Ying's house to play, she saw this Buddha statue and was stunned. She thought You Ying had a problem with his brain. If You Ying had not beaten her up and then explained that it was a gift from Liu Ben, You Guoguo might have gone to her parents and told them that her brother believed in □□.

Having said that, Liu Ben was a little tired during his trip to the border this time, and the conditions were really difficult, but fortunately, the amount of scumbag abuse value he gained was very considerable. After deducting the loss for eliminating traces, the current available scumbag abuse value was actually 5,000 or 6,000.

Liu Ben: "I feel like I've suddenly become rich again!"

After returning home, Liu Ben happily opened the list and started selecting the redeemable products.

All that can be exchanged now are fruits. Liu Ben flipped through the list and asked the system, "Why haven't any new exchangeable items been added to the system list?"

The system cat lies in the cat bed and eats pine nuts: [Because this system is too lazy to do it]

"You haven't made any new varieties of Yuanyuan vegetables since your last demonstration, right?" Liu Ben asked suspiciously.

[Yes, meow] The system said calmly: [This system is thinking that if we create another poisonous variety, you will blackmail us again.]

"What do you mean by extortion? It was clearly you who proposed it." Liu Ben complained.

The system ignored him and pretended to be asleep.

Anyway, it’s been fun to watch these past few days, but it just won’t produce any new varieties.

Liu Ben rolled his eyes and started to exchange for his favorite fruits.

Spring is here, is it still far before we start eating cool fruits in summer?

The author has something to say:

Liu Ben: You may not be able to gain eternal life by believing in me, but you can witness the mighty dragon with your own eyes.

Thank you to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution for me~

zhl irrigated 15 bottles of apple cider vinegar (*'▽'*)

I don't buy a bottle of wine from the North and South irrigation.

Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!