This car was a reward Li Xiangdong received in exchange for the US dollars he handed over.

Li Xiangdong had wanted a car for a long time, but he had only thought about it and hadn't actually decided to buy one yet.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Santana was launched, Liu Donglai arranged one for him.

Li Xiangdong guessed that it must be that Liu Donglai and his big shots felt a little embarrassed seeing that he had contributed both money and effort.

In truth, he deserved the car.

However, even though he thought this way, he still pretended to decline for a long time with the person who came to deliver the car.

The person who came was none other than Yu Shi.

Yu Shi laughed and said, "What's wrong with that? It's what you deserve!"

His attitude was friendly and natural. Compared to when he was in Changchun, he spoke much more intimately this time, as if he were one of their own.

Li Xiangdong wanted to treat him to a meal, and Yu Shi made a direct request.

"I've heard that your hot pot chicken is quite famous. I don't eat anything else, just get me this."

Li Xiangdong understood the meaning behind his closeness to him.

These days, people only make demands on you if they consider you one of their own; otherwise, they'd have to handle things strictly as business!

People like Sun Zhiqing, Xu Guangheng, and Xie Yong, who came to investigate Lijiapo before, refused to eat a single bite of food or drink a single drop of water from Lijiapo or Li Jin's house.

"Hey, eating hot pot chicken is easy! This is our own business!"

"Oh? This is also part of your business?"

Yu Shi looked at him seriously for a few moments.

Hot pot chicken suddenly appeared in Beijing a few months ago and was immediately popular with the people.

Delicious, cheap, large portions, great value!

I never expected that this deal would actually belong to Li Xiangdong.

Li Xiangdong scratched the back of his head. "It's not mine. This business belongs to my older sister."

Yu Shi suddenly realized, "Then I'm in for a treat today! We've finally found the source!"

Li Lan personally cooked for them.

The pot of chicken was full of chicken legs and wings, and it smelled incredibly tempting.

Yu Shi didn't stand on ceremony and started eating with his chopsticks, while Li Xiangdong and Zhou Hongsong kept him company.

Don't be fooled by how refined Yu Shi's eating manners are; he eats incredibly fast, and soon there's a pile of bones in front of him.

Seeing how much he was enjoying his food, Zhou Hongsong also started to eat heartily.

Before long, the hot and spicy food caused all three of them to break out in a sweat.

Li Lan served them three bottles of Arctic Ocean soda, the caps of which were open and plastic tubes were inserted into them.

Zhou Hongsong took out the plastic tube, tilted his head back, and gulped it down in one go.

"Cool!"

He shouted and then burped.

Yu Shi followed suit and did it all at once, and it was indeed very enjoyable!

Before leaving, Li Xiangdong handed Yu Shi a card the size of a business card made of cardboard.

"This is our original gold card for our hot pot chicken restaurant. With this, you can eat as much as you want, no matter how many times!"

Yu Shi refused, "That won't do!"

Li Xiangdong shoved it at him, saying, "How much is a chicken worth? Even if you eat chicken every day, you'd only have 356 a year."

Yu Shi smiled, no longer refusing, and took it, putting it in his pocket.

The car was about to leave when Yu Shi suddenly waved to Li Xiangdong, who was seeing him off. Li Xiangdong quickly ran over.

"What's wrong, Brother Yu?"

"I forgot to ask earlier, is there anything you want to bring to Yanjing?"

Li Xiangdong was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "Look at my memory, it really is good! Brother Yu, wait for me a moment!"

Li Xiangdong ran to the kitchen of the hot pot chicken restaurant, took out a bag of braised dishes, and then hurriedly returned.

"Brother Yu, could you please take some braised dishes to Minister Liu for me? He really loves them."

Yu Shi gladly accepted it.

The car started and soon disappeared at the end of the road.

Zhou Hongsong asked Li Xiangdong, puzzled, "What does it mean when Brother Yu asked you to bring something?"

Li Xiangdong turned around and walked back. He had eaten a bit too much at noon, so he strolled back to the village to digest his food.

What do you think?

Zhou Hongsong clicked his tongue, "Brother Yu's attitude this time is much more friendly than last time."

When we were in Changchun, although he treated us very politely, you could sense a distance between us from that politeness.

This time, Yu Shi completely lowered his pride.

"yes!"

This time, Yu Shi probably realized that Liu Donglai was treating him differently.

His seemingly sudden action later on was probably not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Although Li Xiangdong had never been an official in either of his two lives, he believed that whether one was an official or a person, choosing the wrong side or the wrong stance would be a disaster.

Yu Shi must be very capable to have been chosen by Liu Donglai.

As it turns out, this person was both literate and skilled in martial arts, ruthless in his actions, and definitely a capable individual.

However, the reason for this trouble was Li Xiangdong and Liu Junbo's private speculation: if it went well, great; if it didn't, it had to be kept secret.

Therefore, Li Xiangdong initially thought that Yu Shi was one of Liu Donglai's men.

That idea was rejected just a moment ago.

Yu Shi was not one of Liu Donglai's men, but he wanted to be one.

Li Xiangdong never shied away from the idea that someone had used him as a stepping stone.

On the contrary, he would be quite happy to do such a small favor for this kind of person and make a good connection with them.

After sharing his guess with Zhou Hongsong, Zhou Hongsong said, "That's pretty much what I thought!"

Then he exclaimed, "She's so cunning! As sharp as a sieve!"

Who in this world is entirely luminous?

For example, when Liu Donglai was first reinstated, he spent a lot of money to buy Li Xiangdong's top-grade Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonum multiflorum.

Of course, this is how Li Xiangdong made his fortune.

China is a great nation with countless intelligent and capable people.

And the opportunities are too few.

Therefore, it's too difficult to get ahead.

Some might say that this is a loss of integrity, but even the recluse Zhong Nanshan, who appears serene and unassuming, is merely using it as a means to enter officialdom.

Li Xiangdong and Zhou Hongsong strolled back to the village, where they were surrounded by villagers who had come to watch the commotion, leading to the scene that just unfolded.

Li Xiangjie didn't know the price of the car, so Li Xiangdong had to answer himself, "This car? It didn't cost any money."

The crowd erupted in a frenzy, boiling like water.

Li Xiangdong didn't allow anyone to speculate further, saying, "This is a reward we received for assisting the authorities in handling the case."

As for what kind of case it is, that's a state secret, and no one can ask.

Li Xiangdong finally managed to escape the crowd by making an excuse to go refuel his car.

He opened the car window, and the wind outside blew Li Xiangjie's bangs into a V-shape.

He squinted, sensing the car's speed. "Second brother, when I have money, I want to buy a car too. Driving around is so much fun!"

Zhou Hongsong said casually, "It would be even more fun if I could take Xiaopei for a drive."

Li Xiangjie nodded, "Of course... Ah! How did you know Xiao Pei!"

Li Xiangjie looks like a cat whose tail has been stepped on.