The two exchanged pleasantries for little while.

Chief Engineer Hu then looked at Feng Yuxiao beside him, his face finally no longer displaying that humble yet arrogant demeanor.

Instead, he bowed slightly like an old butler, speaking in a gentle tone: "Sixth Miss."

Feng Yuxiao remained calm, revealing a natural and arrogant demeanor.

She nodded slightly: "It's been a long time, Uncle Hu. I didn't expect you to come so suddenly this time. I didn't even receive any advance notice."

"I didn't expect your third uncle to personally name the investment location in Fenghai City last night. Uncle really loves his niece."

Upon hearing this, Feng Yuxiao's eyes flickered, but she offered no further explanation.

He just smiled bitterly to himself: Uncle dotes on his niece? Ha...

From an outsider's perspective

Kazami Kawawa placed this project here to support Feng Yuxiao and ensure she wouldn't be bullied in Fenghai.

After all, ordinary people don't know how powerful the Feng family is; sometimes fearlessness stems from ignorance.

But only Feng Yuxiao herself knew that this third uncle would never stand up for her.

It seems they've struck some kind of deal with Liu Kai again.

Liu Kai, who had been spying from the top of the water tower, had more on his mind than Feng Yuxiao.

Liu Kai was still somewhat surprised.

I never imagined that the Feng family would still be making investments when the world is in such a dire state.

In his view, Kazamigawa's move was very interesting, with at least five objectives.

First, it's a legitimate investment that earns a lot of positive word-of-mouth in the eyes of survivors and unsuspecting local officials;

Secondly, it's a show of force, demonstrating the Feng family's strength to survivors and grassroots officials, preparing for infiltration and placement of forces later, or even after the cold wave.

Presumably, Qiu Xingzhou and other high-ranking officials were aware of and tacitly approved of the Feng family's investment; after all, who wouldn't want free labor?

As for certain side effects, there are probably ways to deal with and resolve them.

Qin Luofei bringing Feng Yuxiao over was most likely at the behest of those above.

By showing his face, Chief Engineer Hu dared not neglect him.

Next is Kazami River's third objective: to provide cover for transporting the grain needed by Liu Kai;

The fourth is to help Fenghai solve its food crisis.

Helping Qin Luofei is the same as helping Liu Kai, so it's a convenient way to do someone a favor.

The fifth and final point is somewhat cryptic.

Two days ago, Liu Kai revealed to Feng Jianchuan that Feng Yuxiao had disobeyed orders and performed divination.

It further revealed that the direction of the divination was to solve the food shortage in Fenghai.

Right after Feng Yuxiao performed the divination, Liu Kai went to Feng Jianchuan and demanded food from him.

As owners of the family's crystal privileges, they all enjoy the crystal's confidential protection.

Even though Kazamikawa is the head of the family, he can't possibly know what Feng Yuxiao actually divined.

We can only guess.

Such a coincidence made it difficult for him not to guess a relatively correct conclusion:

It seems that the solution to the food shortage that Feng Yuxiao divined was to have Liu Kai extort money from Feng Jianchuan.

Kazamikawa, with his riddle-solving, superior-like bad temper, often doesn't say things outright, but rather makes you guess.

Therefore, building a cold-water fish farm in Fenghai is most likely a way of putting Feng Yuxiao in his place.

He subtly told her, "I already know what 'good deeds' you've done. I won't pursue it this time, but you'd better behave yourself in the future."

Unfortunately, Feng Yuxiao had no idea what the "riddle" meant.

Because her divination result was not that Liu Kai should extort money from Kazamikawa, but that "the solution lies within Liu Kai himself."

As Liu Kai pondered, the conversation continued.

Chief Engineer Hu turned to Qin Luofei again.

"What arrived today is just some building materials. We can only start construction tomorrow morning when the construction machinery arrives. I feel bad that Director Qin made this trip for nothing."

"It's alright."

Qin Luofei waved her hands repeatedly in response.

Then, in a polite manner, he asked, "So, Chief Engineer Hu, are you currently resting in a refugee camp?"

Chief Engineer Hu looked around and shook his head slightly.

"Director Qin is very busy. You should go back and get back to work. The construction plan was finalized rather hastily. We plan to go to the site again to investigate the geological conditions to ensure that the construction goes smoothly."

“That works out. The guesthouse is ready. Contact me when Chief Engineer Hu is done with his work, and I will send someone to pick you up.”

After speaking, Qin Luofei looked at the 100 heavy trucks parked in the open space.

He added, "Do you need someone to help unload the goods?"

Upon hearing this, Chief Engineer Hu narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something.

Seeing that Qin Luofei's expression was sincere and normal, he stopped doubting her.

He immediately refused, saying, "No need to trouble Director Qin. There are construction robots on the vehicle that are dedicated to doing manual labor."

...

Qin Luofei left with her entourage.

Only after the plane disappeared into the horizon did Chief Engineer Hu give a wink to the people behind him.

As the group took out their remote control devices and began operating them, the last truck carrying about 200 six-legged bionic construction robots was activated.

They moved with great precision and method as they navigated among the other vehicles to begin unloading, carrying bag after bag into the spacious Tobacco Bureau Warehouse No. 18.

Without exception, all the bags that were unloaded contained rice that Liu Kai had disguised as ultra-low temperature cement.

Even if the robots are far more efficient than humans, 30,000 tons of rice is still too much.

The sorting of all the rice was not completed until noon.

They are now neatly stacked in the warehouse, reaching all the way to the ceiling.

It's clear that Kazamikawa takes the false information provided by Liu Kai very seriously and is satisfied with it.

Therefore, they did not neglect the rice issue.

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