Chapter 113: Something Happened to Wang Wei

The next day, Guo Lin drove Lin Meng back to Taohua Village.

Perhaps because Lin Meng had saved his life, the young man was extremely respectful and enthusiastic toward him, practically wanting to worship him like an ancestor.

After dropping Lin Meng off at the village entrance, he left his phone number before driving back.

As soon as Lin Meng returned home, the first thing he did was find his stepmom, who was sweeping the floor. He took out the two hundred thousand yuan he had specifically withdrawn and handed it to her.

"Xiaomeng, did you earn all this money?"

Li Wanrong stared at the tall stacks of cash on the table, her small mouth hanging open in shock.

"That’s right." Lin Meng nodded and smiled. "Stepmom, this is just the beginning. I’ll earn even more money for you in the future!"

Li Wanrong, however, shook her head sternly. "No, you earned this money. I can’t take it."

"Stepmom, you’ve raised me for so many years. It’s only right that I repay you." Lin Meng looked serious, then deliberately flashed a wicked smile and asked, "Besides, with this much money, aren’t you afraid I’ll pick up bad habits and waste it all if you let me keep it?"

Li Wanrong frowned slightly. After hesitating for a few seconds, she finally accepted it. "Alright then, I’ll keep it safe for you for now, but I absolutely won’t spend it. Whenever you need it, I’ll give it back to you."

Lin Meng smiled and didn’t say anything else.

He thought it was just two hundred thousand, yet his stepmom was already this shocked. If she knew he had earned a full five million this time, she would definitely be terrified. This was exactly why he hadn’t told her the truth. In the future, he would just bring out a little more money each time until she slowly got used to it.

"Oh right, Xiaomeng, Aunt Zhou told me about your condition yesterday." Li Wanrong suddenly recalled the matter, a hint of sorrow appearing on her face. "She said your impotence is caused by a severe psychological block. We won’t know the chances of a cure until you undergo a formal course of stimulation therapy."

"Yeah, Aunt Zhou told me about that." Lin Meng nodded, feigning nonchalance.

Inwardly, he couldn’t help but grumble. This Zhou Xinlan sure knew how to spin a tale. Furthermore, as his stepmom’s best friend, it was one thing to examine him in that manner, but to actually lie to her like this? What exactly was going on in that woman’s head?

"Since you know, just make sure you go to her clinic on time for your treatments. I’ve already made an appointment with her," Li Wanrong gently instructed.

Lin Meng could only nod in agreement. Then, he calmly asked, "Stepmom, how did you and Aunt Zhou meet? It feels like she treats our family a bit too well."

"Well, actually, the first time we met was after your father left this family.

"She came here looking for your father, seemingly for something important. When she found out he had disappeared, she seemed extremely disappointed and angry.

"I comforted her a bit, and we interacted a few more times after that. We slowly got to know each other better and ended up with the relationship we have now."

Recalling the past, Li Wanrong wore a faint smile on her face.

Lin Meng fell deep into thought. According to his stepmom, Zhou Xinlan had known his father first. However, the exact nature of their relationship remained unclear. But since she had sought him out here, she definitely wasn’t an ordinary friend. Perhaps he could find out the reason for his father’s departure from her.

Back then, right after his father married his stepmom, he had left behind the Yin Yang Great Dao Skill that night and vanished without a trace. This incident had always been a thorn in Lin Meng’s heart.

Li Wanrong seemed to see through Lin Meng’s thoughts and smiled tenderly. "Xiaomeng, are you thinking about your dad? He truly let you down, but don’t worry. Even if he never comes back, I’ll stay by your side for the rest of my life!"

"No, Stepmom, the one my dad let down is you!"

Lin Meng’s expression turned cold as he said in a deep voice, "Since he married you, he should have taken responsibility for you. But disappearing without a word... what position did that put you in? And how did it make others view you?"

Hearing this, a complex emotion flashed through Li Wanrong’s beautiful eyes, but she quickly masked it. "Alright, Xiaomeng. That was a long time ago, so let’s not bring it up again. I still have some things to do, so I’ll get back to work."

Seeing his stepmom deliberately avoid the topic, Lin Meng became even more resolute. The next time he saw Zhou Xinlan, he had to properly ask her about his father.

After staying at home for a while, Lin Meng went over to Wang Wei’s place.

He planned to use the funds on hand to expand the production of Beauty Liquid. Although five million was a considerable sum, it was still static money. Lin Meng wanted to establish his own business so that in the future, he could earn a steady stream of income even while lying around doing nothing.

"Mengzi, you came at the perfect time. I just got back from gathering herbs on the mountain and was about to bring them over to you!" Wang Wei, who had just come down from the mountain a moment ago, was wiping the sweat off his forehead. Seeing Lin Meng approach, he immediately broke into an honest, good-natured smile.

"Thanks for your hard work, Brother Wei." Lin Meng patted him on the shoulder and smiled. "I came over this time to discuss something with you."

"What is it?" Wang Wei asked curiously.

"Brother Wei, I’ve always felt that going up the mountain to gather herbs for the Beauty Liquid is too inefficient and exhausting.

"So, I want to lease some land specifically to cultivate those herbs. That way, when they mature, we can mass-produce them.

"I didn’t have enough money on hand to do it before, which is why I held off. But I made another sum recently, so it should be about enough. I’d like to ask for your help in setting it up."

Lin Meng laid out his idea.

"Cultivate herbs? That really is a great idea!" Wang Wei’s eyes lit up, but then something occurred to him, and he asked worriedly, "But Mengzi, I heard that most of the villagers’ land has been leased out to Li Dabiao, with Li Dahai acting as the guarantor. If we do this, will those two be okay with it?"

"You don’t need to worry about that. Just directly approach the people willing to lease their land and tell them I’ll add five hundred yuan per mu on top of their current lease price!" Lin Meng wasn’t afraid at all.

"Alright then, I’ll go give it a try later." Wang Wei nodded in agreement.

The two of them chatted about the matter for a little longer, and then Lin Meng headed home with the herbs Wang Wei had harvested. The batch of Beauty Liquid he had delivered to Zhu Yan the day before yesterday would probably sell for a while. Lin Meng planned to take advantage of this gap to produce as much as possible, so he could focus on leasing the land later.

***

By evening, after continuous, non-stop effort, Lin Meng had successfully produced a full five large bottles of Beauty Liquid.

It was also right around dinnertime. After finishing dinner with his stepmom, Lin Meng began to fret.

Treating Guo Lin’s cancer yesterday had consumed more than half of the Yin Qi in his body. He needed to replenish it immediately. But who should he visit tonight?

Pan Qiaolian and Zhao Guilan had served him very comfortably, but it seemed like a long time since he had sought out Sun Shumei and Cheng Xiue.

Alas, having too many women was sometimes a nuisance of its own. How great would it be if he could just get a big house and settle all his women inside!

"Have you all heard? Something happened at Wang Wei’s house."

Just as Lin Meng was lamenting inwardly, a messy flurry of voices suddenly drifted in from outside.