"Dude, it's not that bad. Let's both stop and take a break."

“If we both stop, it’s the same as if neither of us stopped. Don’t you think that makes sense?” Wang Lei said, sitting on the ground.

He didn't mean any harm; he just wanted Chen Feng to rest.

He felt resentful seeing Chen Feng still working while he couldn't keep up.

Both of them need to rest so they can rest in peace.

Chen Feng listened to his suggestion, thought about it for a moment, and it seemed to make sense.

"Are you sure you're not going to cause any more trouble? Let's both take a break?" Chen Feng asked, turning around.

Sometimes it's all about sheer willpower; if you keep going, you can keep going for a while longer, but once you stop, it's hard to keep going.

"Rest, really rest, didn't you see I've already sat down?" Wang Lei nodded quickly.

"Okay, let's rest for a while then. You should have said you wanted to rest earlier, this bread made me choke."

Chen Feng sat down, took out a bottle of water from his bag, and gulped it down.

"It's so good to be young. You're really amazing. I've never seen a gold prospector as skilled as you before," Wang Lei exclaimed sincerely.

"It's alright." Chen Feng took out a sausage.

"Which school did you graduate from? Why have I never heard of you before? Who was your advisor? Your geology is so advanced, you must be someone important, right?"

Wang Lei finally voiced his doubts.

"I didn't take the postgraduate entrance exam, so where would I get a supervisor?" Chen Feng said, somewhat speechless.

Do I look like a graduate student?

Besides, what geology? I don't know anything about geology at all; I studied accounting in college.

At the time, Chen Feng was thinking of finding a place to further his accounting studies after graduation, but he later discovered that the best place in China to study accounting was Tilanqiao Prison.

Those who can get in there are all top figures in the financial and accounting fields.

Chen Feng had no way to get in, so he gave up.

This is why Chen Feng gave up on himself.

He thought that after graduation, he would become a powerful tycoon, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, casually signing deals worth hundreds of millions, and controlling the company's economic lifeline.

It was only after graduation that I realized I only had a few dozen yuan worth of invoices to fill out every day.

"Ah, you don't have a tutor? Then who did you learn geology from?" Wang Lei was completely bewildered, his eyes full of confusion.

"Self-taught."

Chen Feng said it casually.

He knew that Wang Lei must have some knowledge of geology to have been able to find this place; otherwise, he wouldn't have asked such a question.

This perfectly explains why I'm so good at finding products, so why not?

Chen Feng had no idea how much of a blow his casual remark would have to Wang Lei.

"He actually taught himself..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Lei was stunned, as if struck by lightning. His eyes glazed over, and he muttered to himself.

Could this be what genius is?!

He learned geology to this extent through self-study without any teacher.

Good heavens, are you trying to kill us?

He braced himself with his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, trying to calm himself down, but unexpectedly bumped into the detector.

Upon seeing this, Chen Feng, who had a sausage in his mouth, immediately tensed up and grabbed the detector.

"What, you want to tear up the agreement and start shopping, don't you?"

You little rascal, you're really up to no good. You're still messing with me even now, aren't you?

"I...I didn't, I didn't mean to."

Wang Lei was speechless and looked aggrieved. He simply pushed the detector away, as if it were a hot potato.

"Don't touch things randomly, behave yourself." Chen Feng saw his actions and then put down the detector.

They're now like the nuclear deterrence between the two countries: we promise not to be the first to use the detectors, so you better behave yourself.

Anyone who makes any small moves will arouse the other party's vigilance.

The two chatted idly for a while, and after eating and drinking their fill, they lit a cigarette.

"I didn't realize it until now, but after resting, I found that I can barely lift my arm. What about you?" Wang Lei said, taking a drag of his cigarette.

"It's alright, just slightly sour," Chen Feng said, exhaling a puff of smoke, trying to sound relaxed.

Actually, his arms were also incredibly sore and swollen, but how could he back down at this point? A man can't say no.

"Actually, I'm fine, it's just a little strenuous, but not that serious," Wang Lei belatedly added.

"Yeah, I know." Chen Feng had a look on his face that said, "Guess if I believe you?"

Wang Lei: "..."

I didn't need to say that, damn it.

After resting for about half an hour, the two stood up and continued browsing for goods.

Wang Lei actually wanted to rest, but seeing Chen Feng stand up, he couldn't back down and had to grit his teeth and join him in his antics.

Of course, Chen Feng's digging speed was greatly reduced this time. He could no longer swing the shovel like an electric fan; he could only dig one shovel at a time.

Wang Lei is even more impressive; he's now become someone who can only shovel half a spadeful at a time.

After another twenty minutes or so, Wang Lei couldn't hold on any longer. He glanced at his phone and said to Chen Feng, "Brother, I give up. I give up completely."

"Li Kaichun is picking someone up nearby. I'm going back now. Are you going back too?"

"I'm fine, you can go now, I'll work a little longer." Chen Feng stood up and turned back to him.

"Keep it up, it's all yours now," Wang Lei said weakly.

About seven or eight minutes later, Li Kaichun came over and took Wang Lei away, while Chen Feng continued to squat on the ground browsing for goods.

After watching Li Kaichun's car drive away, Chen Feng threw down his shovel and lay down on the ground in a spread-eagle position.

Go to hell, he's actually too old to do anything anymore.

Now this whole area belongs to him, and he can finally rest easy.

After resting for a while, Chen Feng struggled to sit up, took off his bag, and took out everything except gold and silver.

He had long wanted to know exactly how much stuff he had bought.

After taking everything out, Chen Feng looked at the contents of the bag at the bottom and almost grinned from ear to ear.

"Holy crap, this is really a windfall! Hahaha."

Chen Feng separated the gold and silver in the bag and then estimated how much the pile of silver was worth.

After seven or eight minutes, Chen Feng roughly understood the situation.

"There are over 20,000 taels of silver alone. Hehehe, this huge pile of silver, once refined, can make a pair of silver handcuffs."

I don't know what kind of weird thought process Chen Feng has. Everyone else associates it with necklaces and bracelets, but he associates it with handcuffs.

It seems his original intention hasn't changed; he still wants to go to Tilanqiao for further studies.

When it came to the main event—the gold—Chen Feng examined each piece one by one.

He kept adding numbers on his phone, and when he finally reached the end, Chen Feng couldn't stop smiling as he looked at the numbers on his phone.

"Holy crap, there are 140,000 of these goods?!"

"Does that mean I made 160,000 in just one afternoon?!"