An hour later, Li Qianqian closed the file. She was quite impressed with Li Haochen. "His character and all aspects are good, and he's barely acceptable for Murong Yanran. If the Chen family were to find out about Yanran's existence, then..."
Li Qianqian immediately called her elder brother, Li Yulin. "Brother, erase Yanran's traces."
"Are you afraid of the Chen family?"
"Yes!"
"Alright."
Two days passed in a blink. At Li Haochen's villa, Li Qianqian arrived by car early in the morning. The black Wraith showcased her considerable influence.
"Auntie, please sit for a moment. I'll go up and get something, and then we can leave."
After seeing Murong Yanran go upstairs, Li Qianqian looked at Li Haochen and said calmly, "Your villa's environment and decorating style are quite nice, but it's too small. It doesn't quite suit our Yanran, don't you think?"
"Oh? Then according to Aunt Qian, how large would be suitable?"
"Ten billion!"
Although Li Qianqian was very impressed with Li Haochen, it didn't mean she agreed with them being together. Her family's standards were very high.
In her opinion, Li Haochen had only set up a bamboo product factory, planted many coconut trees, and also that "Yeqinxiang." At most, he earned only twenty to thirty million a year, which was not presentable.
Therefore, she quoted a number that would be unattainable for an ordinary person in their lifetime, intending to make Li Haochen retreat. Of course, if he could achieve the goal, she would consider it.
Just as Li Haochen was about to say something, Murong Yanran walked down. "Auntie, I'm ready."
Li Qianqian gave Li Haochen a meaningful glance and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you outside!"
Seeing Li Qianqian leave the main door, Murong Yanran immediately hugged Li Haochen and gave him a passionate kiss.
A few minutes later, the two reluctantly separated. If Li Qianqian wasn't waiting outside, they would have continued.
"I'm leaving. Remember to report via video call every day on time, or you'll be sleeping on the floor when you get back."
"Don't worry. You, on the other hand, it's cold in Yanjing now, so be sure to keep warm."
After a little more lingering, they walked out together. Li Haochen put Murong Yanran's luggage in the trunk of the car and walked forward. "Aunt Qian, Yanran, everything is loaded. Have a safe trip!"
The Wraith disappeared from sight as quickly as it had appeared. Li Haochen watched the direction the car had gone, clenching his fists. "A hundred billion... that's not just difficult, is it? Heh!"
Li Haochen stood by the sea, gazing at the vast expanse of the ocean. After a long while, he smiled faintly. "Time to work hard and make money."
Half an hour later, Li Haochen appeared at Huang Haibo's stainless steel shop. When he left, he startled Huang Haibo. One hundred thousand steel pipes? What kind of concept was that? A business worth tens of millions. If this deal went through, he would truly be able to "lie flat."
As soon as Li Haochen left, Huang Haibo mobilized his entire family to rush back, preparing to work 24 hours a day.
Leaving Huang Haibo's place, Li Haochen went to the fishing tackle shop. What else could it be but to order fishing nets? He ordered both fine and coarse mesh nets.
Li Haochen's target was not just fish; shrimp and crabs were also on his list.
In addition, Li Haochen bought several hundred large buoys and some wooden boards. He planned to build a super-large floating platform in the sea within his space to store the steel pipes and fishing nets that would soon be delivered.
After completing these tasks, Li Haochen rushed back to Butterfly Bay without delay. He deployed over a dozen ground traps and then entered his space to start cultivating seedlings.
Although he had been cultivating seedlings every day during this period, the numbers were not large, only one to two thousand plants a day. But now time was pressing, and he couldn't continue at this pace.
Li Haochen set a goal for himself: to complete three thousand coconut seedlings daily, attach five hundred bamboo poles for mussel cultivation, and install five aquaculture nets. As for the remaining time, he would naturally focus on increasing the density of species within his space.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening. Li Haochen emerged from his space but did not rest. There were still over a dozen ground traps waiting for him.
The sky was dim. If he were to pull out and process all the ground traps, it would be around ten o'clock at night. To save time, Li Haochen dragged the ground traps into his space. It took less than a few minutes to bring over a dozen traps inside.
Perhaps it was because he had been deploying ground traps frequently recently, but the catch was not very large, though the quality was good. Over a dozen ground traps yielded seven groupers weighing four to five pounds each, as well as over a dozen sea bass. There were also some croakers, yellow croakers, and flower-bodied chicken fish, but not many.
Li Haochen only took the groupers and sea bass to his net pens to raise them. The rest were all released into the sea for free-range cultivation.
After dealing with the ground traps, he brought them out again and deployed them in Butterfly Bay. He would collect them tomorrow morning.
It was already seven o'clock when he returned home. He checked his phone and saw two missed calls, one from Xie Baolian and the other from Murong Yanran.