Night Owl walked up to Long Xiao, his face, usually as calm as still water, suddenly breaking into a radiant smile.
"Boss, are you hiring?" Night Owl asked.
Long Xiao smiled and said, "Of course, I'm hiring. If you're applying, shouldn't you tell me what you can do?"
"I can kill people."
"I know that. I can too."
"I can help you build an intelligence agency and get all the information you need."
"Good, you're hired."
"What's the salary, boss?"
"Ten thousand, monthly."
"Not enough, I want fifty thousand."
"Ten thousand base salary, forty thousand performance bonus."
"Fifty million for setting up an intelligence agency."
"I'll give you a hundred million."
"Annually."
"Deal. One month to prepare, and the agency will be operational in thirty days."
"Alright, deal."
After Night Owl finished speaking, he was about to leave. Long Xiao took out a bank card from his pocket and said, "This is for this year's expenses."
Night Owl looked at the bank card in Long Xiao's hand and said, "You trust me not to run off with your hundred million?"
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "I trust you won't run away. If you really did, a hundred million to buy a lesson would be worth it."
Night Owl took the bank card, pulled out paper and pen from his pocket, wrote down his phone number, and handed it to Long Xiao.
Without another word, he put away the pen and turned towards the alley entrance, slowly disappearing into the darkness.
Back in the car, Long Xiao told Lin Xuan about Night Owl's situation, but he didn't mention that he had Night Owl organize an intelligence agency.
Since obtaining the "Dragon Collection," Long Xiao's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, but his opponents had also become increasingly powerful. For his own safety and that of his family, he needed an intelligence agency to know himself and his enemy to avoid being eliminated.
Upon returning to the Lin family, Lin Xuan went to Long Xiao's room and began planning how they would start a company.
According to Lin Xuan's plan, they would first open a small-scale pharmaceutical company and then gradually expand.
Long Xiao listened to Lin Xuan's plan and shook his head, saying, "We might as well go all out. Let's find a suitable large building to rent as our headquarters, then purchase pharmaceutical factories and simultaneously increase production lines in existing ones."
"What about sales? Are you planning to sell yourself, or have someone else do it?" Long Xiao asked.
"Of course, we'll sell ourselves. You'll be the CEO, and Xue Yanmei will be the general manager, focusing on sales."
"What about the battery factory?" Lin Xuan asked again.
Long Xiao pondered for a moment, "For the battery factory, let's buy land and equipment first. Just have Zhao Tongxiang make a list. I'll find him a place to make battery samples and help him apply for patents."
"If we're making batteries, our group company can't be called a pharmaceutical company anymore."
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Let's call it the Long Lin Group, taking both our surnames."
The two of them discussed for an hour and basically determined what they needed to do next.
The next morning, Long Xiao and Lin Xuan drove to Xinglin Caotang.
Long Xiao couldn't get involved in the company's establishment, so Lin Xuan took Xue Yanmei and drove off. Long Xiao stayed at Xinglin Caotang to help with seeing patients.
After a busy morning, Long Xiao saw over fifty people before going to the backyard and checking on Chen Xuan in his ward.
Chen Xuan was the only patient admitted to Xinglin Caotang. Long Xiao pushed open the door and entered the ward. Chen Meijia was peeling an apple for Chen Xuan.
After two treatments, Chen Xuan no longer needed a wheelchair and could move freely.
Seeing Long Xiao, Chen Xuan quickly stood up to greet him.
Long Xiao looked at Chen Xuan's face and said, "Your complexion is good. You can leave now."
Chen Meijia saw Long Xiao and quickly put down her things, standing up and saying, "Thank you, Master Long."
The once arrogant senior sister was now a thing of the past. She looked at Long Xiao with her head bowed, appearing shy.
"You don't need to thank me. This is the result of your filial piety."
"To thank Master Long for treating my father, Meijia is willing to stay at Xinglin Caotang for a year."
Long Xiao looked at Chen Meijia and said, "I don't need useless people here."
Chen Meijia's face flushed all the way to her neck. Having lost all her cultivation, she was indeed useless.
Seeing Chen Meijia looking down and not speaking, Long Xiao said, "Follow me."
Long Xiao opened the door and walked out. Chen Meijia glanced at her father and hurriedly followed.
Long Xiao led Chen Meijia to another ward, closed the door, and said, "Take off your top and lie down on the bed."
Chen Meijia didn't know what Long Xiao was going to do. She looked at him, her face flushing even more.
She took off her top, bit her lip, closed her eyes, and lay flat on the bed.
A large hand pressed on Chen Meijia's lower abdomen, and then several silver needles were inserted around the hand.
Streams of warmth flowed into Chen Meijia's body from the hand and the silver needles. Soon, Chen Meijia felt the qi in her dantian gradually recovering.
A few minutes later, Long Xiao pulled out the needles, put them away, and said, "Get up. Go to the courtyard and perform your Zheng family boxing for me."
Chen Meijia jumped off the bed and moved her limbs, realizing her cultivation had truly been fully restored.
"Thank you, Master Long."
Chen Meijia knelt on the ground, cupped her hands, and thanked him.
Long Xiao didn't even look at Chen Meijia and turned to walk into the courtyard.
Chen Meijia awkwardly got up and went into the courtyard. She looked at Long Xiao and performed the Zheng family boxing she had learned since childhood.
After watching, Long Xiao shook his head and said, "The boxing is practiced well, but it's not taught well. The Zheng family boxing you learned from your father is incomplete. With your shallow cultivation now, continuing to practice it will also lead to paralysis."
Long Xiao took a few steps forward and said, "Watch carefully, only once."
Long Xiao slowed his movements and performed the Zheng family boxing. He corrected all the deviations in the Zheng family boxing.
The Zheng family boxing demonstrated by Long Xiao left Chen Meijia in a state of profound shock that lasted for a long time.
After finishing the Zheng family boxing, Long Xiao said, "Practice it a few times to consolidate. I don't keep useless people here. If you want to stay, you must have sufficient strength."
With that, Long Xiao went to the front courtyard, leaving the utterly bewildered Chen Meijia in the backyard.
Xue Meiqin had been secretly watching Long Xiao practice boxing. Seeing him come to the front courtyard, she quickly ran back into the house, brewed a cup of tea, and brought it out.
"Boss, please have some tea," Xue Meiqin said with a smile.
Xue Meiqin was usually not this attentive. She was too overbearing as a nurse, keeping the patients who came here in line and ensuring everyone waited their turn obediently.
"Why do you have time to make me tea today instead of maintaining order?" Long Xiao asked.
Xue Meiqin pulled up a chair and sat opposite Long Xiao, saying, "Boss, my cousin wants to treat you to a meal this noon."
"Who is your cousin? I don't think I know him."
"Hehe, it's a secret. You'll know when you go," Xue Meiqin said.
Long Xiao picked up the teacup and took a sip, "What if I don't go?"
"If you don't go, then don't drink my tea. Give me back the teacup." Xue Meiqin's expression drooped, and she reached out to snatch the teacup from Long Xiao's hand.
This beautiful woman's mood changed faster than flipping a book. Long Xiao quickly dodged Xue Meiqin's hand and said, "Alright, I'll go, I'll go, okay?"
Xue Meiqin's face immediately lit up with a smile, and she said happily, "That's more like it. We'll leave at eleven-thirty. I need to get back to work."