Miracle Island...
Dong Miaomiao was busy managing the medicinal herbs in the herb garden with Hao Yun by her side. She would occasionally ask about the medicinal effects of the herbs, but her focus was still on something else in the distance.
Over there, Little Green and Little Grey were teasing Little White. They surrounded Little White and prodded at it occasionally, causing Little White to roll on the ground nonstop. The pair of wolves and the tiger were all enjoying the game.
âTheyâre just bullying Little White while they can. When Little White gets bigger, their roles would be reversed.â Hao Yun chuckled, then stated enviously, âI wonder how God Ye trained them to be so intelligent. Iâm so jealous.â
âItâs not just the animals. Look at how well these herbs are growing. Their development in a single day is almost as much as a year in the wild. Look at this patch, these herbs are extremely picky about their surroundings and would die with the slightest mistake. However, look at how well full of life they are now. None of them had any issues. This is a miracle!â Dong Miaomiao exclaimed in shock.
Right then, Little Green and Little Greyâs ears perked up, then stuck out their tongues excitedly and howled as they ran toward the same direction...
Little White was not to be left behind. It rolled around once more and got up on its feet, then excitedly followed the wolves.
âCould it be...â
Dong Miaomiao and Hao Yun exchanged looks and quickly dropped what they were doing, slowly walking over.
For Little Green and Little Grey to be like that, it must be their masterâs return.
As expected, as they neared the shore, a cruise ship was slowly approaching.
âLittle Green, Little Grey, did you miss me?â
The sudden voice stunned Little Green and Little Grey, stopping them in their tracks as they looked around in surprise.
âWhy are you stupefied? Come over here!â
The voice rang out once more, causing the hair on their backs to stand on end as they looked toward Ye Lingchen with absolute surprise.
âSob sob sob.â
âDaddy, are you speaking?â
âThatâs right, itâs me.â Ye Lingchen smiled. The systemâs dog Language was quite accommodating. It did not require Ye Lingchen to bark like a dog. He only had to move his lips to communicate, avoiding the awkwardness.
âWow! I can finally hear daddy speak!â
Little Green and Little Grey howled excitedly, then ran around Ye Lingchen, rubbing at his thigh repeatedly with their heads.
âDid you maintain your practice all these while?â Ye Lingchen asked in a stern tone.
âYes, yes! We maintained our training every day. Weâre not very strong.â Little Green and Little White answered eagerly, then added, âItâs Little White thatâs being lazy. He would always run off and play. Hmph, so disobedient!â
Right then, Little White still did not know that he was being ratted out by Little Green and Little Grey, running along and looking at Ye Lingchen innocently, wanting to jump into his embrace.
âHm, not bad.â
Ye Lingchen nodded and carried Little White in his arms, caressing its head.
Little White narrowed its eyes, absolutely enjoying Ye Lingchenâs caress. Meanwhile, Little Green and Little Grey were giving Little White envious stares. They were already fully grown and were unable to be carried in Ye Lingchenâs arms like Little White.
âGod Ye (President Ye), youâre back,â Dong Miaomiao and He Yun came right after, greeting him. However, their eyes and mouth were opened wide with shock immediately as they saw him.
âAh!â
Dong Miaomiao screamed and jogged over.
She directly bypassed Ye Lingchen and looked at the items being unloaded from the cruise ship. âT-t-this is red Lingzhi?!â
âAnd this is...dried human placenta[1]!â
âAh! Thatâs knotweed! Such a big one. It must be at least 70 years, right?â
Dong Miaomiaoâs face was flushed red as her body shook in excitement. She could not believe what she was looking at.
Although she was born in a pharmaceutical family and was considered well learned, they had never seen any of those herbs before her. Just any one of them would be enough to have her go through great lengths to acquire.
They were just too rare. Moreover, they were all well-aged, making them extremely rare.
âBe more gentle! Donât hurt the herbs!â Dong Miaomiao could not help but warn the staff unloading the goods, carefully watching over the herbs.
âP-p-president Ye, these herbs are all ours?â Until then, she still could not believe her eyes.
âThese are gifts from friends,â Ye Lingchen gave a casual reply, then added, âOur herb garden is still quite empty. You make some arrangements and transplant these herbs there.â
âOf course! Iâll take good care of them!â Dong Miaomiao guaranteed.
âWow! Such a big piece of narra timber!â Next was Hao Yunâs turn to be surprised. She lacked knowledge in medicinal herbs, but her family worked in the field of construction. Her knowledge of decorative items was legitimate. With that, her breath was taken away by what she saw.
âIf you find a master wood sculptor, he can sculpt something extraordinary!â Hao Yun caressed the narra wood, then her focus shifted to something else. âAh, what a big piece of blood coral! Itâs even bigger than my head. Iâve never seen one so big!â
âThereâs so much ebony here. Your place will look grand if you make furniture with them!â
Hao Yunâs eyes glowed as though she was seeing a luxurious mansion.
âYour friends are too rich!â Hao Yun pouted at Ye Lingchen. âWhy donât I have such rich friends.â
âItâs nothing much,â Ye Lingchen replied.
Those things were given to him by the great families in the Sichuan-Tibet region. These families had hundreds of years of accumulated wealth, resulting in very deep pockets. It was not surprising to see some rare treasures.
However, those were nothing for Ye Lingchen for he had the Wood Spirit Constitution. If he needed special wood, he could just plant it himself. Right then, he had already planted several special timbers around his island.
âOh right, God Ye, since youâre back, you should control that workaholic!â Hao Yun stated out of the blue.
âWorkaholic?â Ye Lingchen was mildly surprised.
âFollow me.â
Right then, the people working at the construction site were working their butts off. The results were great. The foundation was laid well and some simple structures were being built.
A figure was standing at the side with a form in her hand, occasionally giving instructions.
âWork faster! You there, youâve been drinking for three minutes!â
âThis frame seems loose. Go adjust it quickly.â
âHey, over there! Your installation is crooked. Canât you see it? Pay attention!ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Hao Yun looked annoyed. âGod Ye, you see it now? Ever since this person came, sheâs been barking orders non stop. Moreover, sheâs even overstaying her welcome. She would rouse the workers for work early in the morning and wonât even let them rest, all in fear of not meeting the deadline!â
Ye Lingchen forced a smile and walked over, âDirector Ouyang, why are you here?â
âPresident Ye.â Seeing Ye Lingchen, Ouyang Qing answered respectfully, âIâve taken some time off to come to have a look as this will be our headquarters after all. However, I noticed that these people are half-assed with their work, so I decided to stay.â
âHmph! Iâm here with my grandfather. How is it possible for them to work with a half-assed attitude?!â Hao Yun retorted. âDo you know whoâs my grandfather? A lot of workers came to us to complain about you. If not for God Ye, they wouldâve quit working long ago!â
âLet them quit then. Iâve got plenty of people wanting to do this!â Ouyang Qing replied coldly, âWeâre paying them to work, not for them to enjoy life!â
âTch, you donât even give them sufficient rest. How will they have the energy to work?â Hao Yun pouted. âYou think theyâre working office jobs? Do you think they can keep going by just drinking some coffee? Bosses like you are slave drivers!â
Ye Lingchen quickly pulled them apart. Ouyang Qingâs work habit was acting up again. The moment her female boss persona kicks in, she would be exceptionally critical. A construction site was different from a companyâs management after all. Moreover, she was only pushing hard because of her desire to have Wanrong Technologyâs headquarters built faster.
âDirector Ouyang, this matter with the construction canât be rushed. You need to let them have sufficient time to rest for them to work hard. You should give them more reasonable rest allocations,â Ye Lingchen suggested.
He did not ban Ouyang Qing from managing. Somebody had to do the supervision. Although Hao Yunâs grandfather was a grandmaster architect, that did not mean the workers would do things properly. In that sense, Ouyang Qingâs approach was not bad, just that she was a little too impatient.
âPresident Ye, since this will be our headquarters, we must be extra careful. If anything happened, it would be disastrous. Iâll have to be in charge,â Ouyang Qing rebutted.
âI understand your concerns, but everything must have a limit. Donât let others turn rebellious,â Ye Lingchen reminded. He then added, âYouâve been here all these while?â
Ouyang Qing nodded. âThere is a lot of space here. I took some projects from the company over since I can do the experimentation here. Oh yeah, President Ye, the intelligent car design that you told us previously has a particular part that just wonât meet requirements.â
Ye Lingchen raised his brows and followed Ouyang Qing to the testing location.
There were a few simple shacks set up as Ouyang Qingâs base of operations. Within it was complete with computers and other facilities. On the outside were some larger experiments. An ordinary-looking sedan was parked outside on the road.
A few employees were fiddling with them.
Managing to set up a base of operations even in a place like that. She did live up to her name as a workaholic.
Wanrong Technology began producing Little Cloud, the smart cleaning robot. Following that, they also produced some water purifiers. With an improved reputation, Ye Lingchen finally started on the bigger technological projects, setting his eyes on the automobile, Wanrong Technologyâs original project.
Wanrong Technology had almost bankrupted because of its failure with self-driving cars. Now, Ye Lingchen finally allowed them to go back to the automotive industry. However, they were not allowed to delve straight into self-driving cars, but instead, start with intelligent system assisted cars!
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[1] Guys, weâre just as surprised as you are when translating this. Urgh...there goes my appetite for dinner. Also, as the story went on, we believe the author just took some names off a list of rare chinese medicine and picked a name as the following plot seems to treat everything as herbs.