Dong Sanmei knew Su Wei liked to joke, so she laughed and said, "That's good. Call me when you've booked the tickets, and I'll pick her up at the airport."

After ending her call with Su Wei, Dong Sanmei said, "Don't worry, Ruo Xiaoli has been managing the hotel for nine years. She's an expert in this field and a very trustworthy woman."

Yu Feng said, "I have no reason not to trust the person you found. You'll be a hotel owner in the future, so you can decide what to do."

The next day, after breakfast, Dong Sanmei and Yu Feng arrived at the real estate company. Yi Xiaoshuang had not yet arrived. It wasn't until after nine o'clock that she and her secretary arrived with the real estate contract.

Before leaving get off work at noon, she completed the transfer of the hotel's real estate ownership. From then on, the hotel had nothing to do with Yi Xiaoshuang, and she was also freed from all debt disputes related to her deceased husband's estate with Yu Feng.

At Yu Feng's insistence, the hotel's property owner was listed as Dong Sanmei, while Yu Feng's name was listed as a co-owner. Everything he did for Dong Sanmei was out of his unwavering devotion to love; in his view, love was more precious than money.

Afterwards, the two of them went to the hotel with Yi Xiaoshuang to complete the hotel handover procedures. From then on, this hotel belonged to Dong Sanmei and Yu Feng and had nothing to do with Yi Xiaoshuang. From then on, his and his stepmother's property was cleared up, and no one owed anyone anything. All they left each other with was hatred.

In the afternoon, the two went to the airport and picked up Ruo Xiaoli, taking her back to the hotel. They then held a meeting at the hotel. It turned out that the hotel's general manager was Yi Xiaoshuang's cousin. He had been paid his salary and dismissed, and Ruo Xiaoli had taken over as the hotel's general manager.

After the meeting, Dong Sanmei said, "Xiaoli, I'm handing this hotel over to you from now on. You must manage it well for me. The hotel uses the same people as before. If any of them are found to have any connection with Yi Xiaoshuang, they will be fired immediately. Our hotel cannot tolerate any spies."

Ruo Xiaoli said, "Don't worry, I won't let you down."

Dong Sanmei asked, "Xiaoli, haven't you found a marriage partner yet?"

Ruo Xiaoli is 34 years old this year and is still single. She said, "No, mainly because I haven't met the right person."

Women who are not particularly accomplished usually find it easy to find a partner; they can marry a man who is a good match for them. However, it is indeed not easy for outstanding women like Ruo Xiaoli to find a partner. Good men don't want them, and she doesn't want ordinary men either. This is what people often call being too picky and not good enough for anyone.

That afternoon, I bought Ruo Xiaoli a car and an apartment for her in a nearby residential area, and temporarily arranged her personal life.

Dong Sanmei and Yu Feng stayed at the hotel for three days. During those three days, Ruo Xiaoli made a major overhaul of the hotel, adding Sichuan cuisine to the kitchen and a Sichuan hot pot restaurant on the first floor. These two cuisines were very popular with the customers.

The next day, the two said goodbye to Ruo Xiaoli and flew back to the island.

The week-long holiday passed quickly, and none of the four children wanted to go back to their hometown. Dong Sanmei said, "If the children don't want to go home, that's fine. The school and hospital will be completed by the end of the year. Let them transfer to a school by the sea first. I feel more at ease having my eldest daughter, Yuhan, drive all four of them to school."

Dong Qing eventually transferred his four children and nephew to a primary school and bought a car for Dong Yuhan in the city so that she could drive her younger siblings and cousin to and from school every week. After all, Dong Yuhan was an adult, so Dong Qing and his third sister had to worry less.

The principal found Dong Yuhan's age a bit unbelievable; it was really rare to see a twenty-year-old girl in sixth grade.

Dong Qing gave the principal a brief explanation, and the principal understood everything after listening. In the end, he accepted Dong Qing, a sixth-grade student from Daling Elementary School.

There was nothing special going on at the head office, so Dongqing and his wife stayed on the island for the time being.

After the May Day holiday, the more than 30 rescued girls started working again, learning to operate equipment in the workshop under the guidance of their mentors.

In mid-June, the first phase of the offshore hydroelectric power station was completed, and today marks its commissioning.

The filming of "Dongqing" was officially launched with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The staff then started the generator set, and it began generating electricity.

This ended the era of generators on the island, and a hydroelectric power grid was formed between the two islands.

At night, all the streetlights on the roads of the two islands are lit up. When viewed from the sea, the islands resemble two island cities, with the island streetlights shining brightly at night and extinguishing during the day.

In June, Dongqing held a company meeting for its island branch, which was attended by all the company's shareholders via teleconference.

He said at the meeting, "The development of our branch cannot be limited to these two islands. There is an 18-square-kilometer island 8,000 kilometers away from the sister islands. That island is called Fengtai Island. It has two mountains and beautiful scenery. The disadvantage is that there is no fresh water on the island, so we abandoned the development of Fengtai Island last year."

Dong Qing then went on to explain the plan for developing Fengtai Island.

The first step: lay a 500mm thick steel pipe from the sister islands to Fengtai Island, and sail all the ships between the two islands to connect the steel pipes on the ships.

After the steel pipes were connected, they were lifted up by the crane on the ship and lowered to the seabed.

The Sister Islands are higher than Fengtai Island. Once the pipelines are connected, fresh water will be pumped from the Sister Islands' lake to Fengtai Island, forming a freshwater lake on Fengtai Island and changing the island's history of having no fresh water.

The second step: road construction on the island.

The third step is to develop all six surrounding uninhabited islands within ten years, centered on Jiedao Island, and transform them all into islands with freshwater resources, thus forming an island tourism network in this sea area.

Dong Qing said, "Our company will gradually develop tourism at sea in the future. Now, I'm asking you specifically, Li Churan, do you have any objections to this development plan?"

Li Churan said on the phone, "I have no objection; I fully support the chairman's plan."

Dong Qing asked, "Does Li Yuqiu have any objections?"

Li Yuqiu said on the phone, "I have no objection."

Dong Qing asked the question once, and the board of directors unanimously approved it.

Dong Qing concluded, "It's summer now, the perfect time for construction. I've decided to contact a construction team immediately, and we must bring fresh water to Fengtai Island within a month."

Every day, countless freshwater flows into the sea from the islands. We cannot let these freshwater resources go to waste. We must create freshwater resources on other islands. In time, freshwater will naturally be available.

In mid-June, the pipeline connecting Sister Island and Fengtai Island was successfully launched and lowered into the seabed.

This project would not have been feasible in winter, as many tasks required staff to dive down to the seabed. The 8km pipeline cost over 30 million yuan, and the entire pipeline was connected in late June, followed by a pressure test with compressed air.

After pressure testing, there were no leaks in the entire pipeline, and Sister Island opened the valves to release water.

Freshwater was diverted directly to the low-lying area of ​​Fengtai Island, where a freshwater lake will be formed in the future.

A short timeframe won't work. This area is too vast and deep. It won't reach full capacity in less than two months because the initial seepage is extremely high, making it impossible to form a large lake in a short period. This process requires a certain amount of time.