Chapter 198

After Wu Lanzhi’s matter was settled, the meeting officially began.

Mu Qinghuan sat in the seat of honor, her small face solemn. "In this meeting, I’d like to discuss the future development of Taohua Village.

"Taohua Village is simply too poor. In this day and age, we don’t even have a decent road. I’ve looked at the data from neighboring villages. While they aren’t exactly wealthy, their situations are much better than ours.

"Some of those villages have even produced several successful businessmen, which has significantly driven their economic development. If Taohua Village doesn’t change, it will only get poorer.

"If any of you have ideas today, feel free to share them here!"

Having finished her speech in one breath, Mu Qinghuan took a sip of water and scanned the few people in the room.

"Secretary Mu, we know Taohua Village is poor, but we’re all just farmers. What can we possibly do?" an elder with high seniority in the village sighed.

Wu Mengmeng said indignantly, "Taohua Village was already poor, and all the government funds over the years were embezzled by that bastard Li Dahai. Developing the village won’t be that easy!"

Hearing this, the others nodded in agreement, unable to come up with any ideas.

Mu Qinghuan frowned and turned to Lin Meng. "Village Chief Lin, do you have any good ideas?"

"I don’t have any at the moment." Lin Meng shook his head, unable to stop himself from grumbling inwardly.

If he didn’t already know Mu Qinghuan was just here to pad her resume, he might have actually believed this meeting was genuinely for the development of Taohua Village. She had only been here a few days, yet she couldn’t hold back anymore and exposed her true motives.

"Village Chief Lin, are you sure you don’t have any?" Mu Qinghuan’s gaze turned sharp. "As far as I know, you do business in the county town and have made a lot of money. You’ve also contracted a lot of land in the village. This proves that you are entirely capable of leading everyone in developing the village."

"Secretary Mu, those are my private affairs. They have nothing to do with this, right?" Lin Meng asked, displeased.

"Of course they do. Since you have the capability, you should lead everyone to get rich together!" Mu Qinghuan said expressionlessly. She made it sound as if it was only natural for Lin Meng to do exactly as she said.

A curse almost slipped past Lin Meng’s lips. This woman really had no shame. She lacked capability herself, so she decided to scheme against him. That was bad enough, but she also maintained such a condescending attitude. Did he owe her something?

"Secretary Mu, my abilities are only enough to make a little money for myself. There are so many people in Taohua Village, yet you want me to lead them all to riches? Who do you think I am, Ma Huateng?" Lin Meng completely lost his patience.

Mu Qinghuan maintained her cold demeanor. "You grew up in Taohua Village. Now that you’ve struck it rich, you’re ignoring the people of your own village. As the village chief, don’t you think that’s too selfish?"

Lin Meng completely lost his temper. He slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly. "Secretary Mu, what I do is my own business! If you think I’m unfit to be the village chief, I can always resign!"

"Xiaomeng, I’m sure Secretary Mu didn’t mean it that way. Calm down," Wu Mengmeng hurriedly tried to smooth things over after seeing the explosive tension between them. "Secretary Mu, Village Chief Lin’s ability to make money is his own skill. It really has nothing to do with being selfish."

She found it incredibly strange. Why was it that every time these two had a meeting, they were instantly at each other’s throats?

"Since that’s the case, let’s end the meeting here," Mu Qinghuan scoffed lightly, shooting Lin Meng a fierce glare. "Mengmeng and Lanzhi, come with me. I have some tasks to arrange for you. As for certain people, I hope they can broaden their horizons and stop thinking only of themselves in everything they do."

That last sentence was clearly aimed at him.

Lin Meng ignored her completely, getting up and walking straight out. He didn’t know who had arranged for this woman to come here. She only wanted to pad her resume and refused to put in any effort, yet she acted so domineeringly. It was impossible to like her.

As Lin Meng walked out of the village committee compound, he thought about what had just happened, getting angrier by the second.

"It seems being a village chief isn’t as easy as I thought. I haven’t seen any benefits, but I’ve certainly swallowed a lot of anger," he thought. "If worse comes to worst, I’ll just talk to Sister Xueqing and quit. Even without those perks, I can still build my factory in the future."

He had never been one to just grin and bear it. If she wanted to use him to pad her resume, he would just wash his hands of the whole thing and see who suffered in the end!

"Oh? Who bullied my good little brother? You’re so angry you didn’t even notice me standing here."

Suddenly, a familiar voice drifted over.

Lin Meng froze for a moment. He turned his head and immediately revealed a pleasantly surprised expression. Under a large tree nearby, Zhao Lingshan and Zhu Yan stood with faint smiles on their faces.

"Sister Lingshan, Sister Yan, why are you here?" Recovering from his surprise, Lin Meng jogged over to them.

"You haven’t been to the county town in a while. Zhu Yan, this horny little minx, missed you so much she was practically dying for a scratch, so she begged me to bring her here to find you," Zhao Lingshan teased with a playful smile.

Hearing this, Lin Meng couldn’t help but look at Zhu Yan beside her. Seeing her voluptuous figure wrapped in a form-fitting cheongsam, he swallowed hard.

"Lingshan, what nonsense are you spouting!" Zhu Yan rolled her eyes and huffed. "I’m looking for Xiaomeng for actual business! It just so happened you were heading back to the village, so I tagged along to take a look."

"So, you’re saying you didn’t miss Xiaomeng’s big package?" Zhao Lingshan asked with a wicked grin.

"I..." Zhu Yan opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. Finally, she stomped her foot. "You shameless hussy, you’re getting worse and worse. Every sentence is a trap! I can’t out-slut you, so I’m just going to ignore you!"

Watching the two great beauties playfully bickering in front of him, Lin Meng felt his mood improve significantly. "Sister Lingshan, Sister Yan, let’s talk about the actual business. Why did you two come looking for me?"

"Xiaomeng, I’ve heard people saying over the past two days that you sent Li Dahai and Li Dabiao to jail, and that you’ve become the village chief of Taohua Village. Is that true?" Zhao Lingshan asked, blinking her eyes.

"That’s right." Lin Meng nodded gently.

Zhao Lingshan tutted in admiration. "My good little brother is getting more and more impressive. It seems I was right to lend you money back then, otherwise I would have missed out. If that had happened, I’d probably cry myself to death from regret!"

"Sister Lingshan, isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration?" Lin Meng felt light on his feet from all the praise.

"How is it an exaggeration? A man who is both capable of making money and incredible in bed is one in a million. Don’t you agree, Yanyan?" Zhao Lingshan gave a seductive smile. As she asked Zhu Yan, she reached out and gave Lin Meng’s crotch a firm squeeze.