After the press conference, the legend about Murong Xue once again swept across A province, but of course, it was only in A province.

The celebrities and dignitaries in the capital didn't pay attention to a small province like A province.

It had been half a month since Murong Xue came back to A province, and Lin Hong truly managed to impress Murong Xue. Murong Xue also gradually handed over the affairs of Murong Group to Lin Hong. Actually, Murong Xue wanted to transfer 0.5% of her shares to him. Of course, no one could take her father's shares, but Lin Hong rejected the offer. He said that it was because of Murong Fenghua that he had this kind of life today, which was already the best thing he could get.

The reason why Murong Xue wanted to give him the shares was just to keep him in the company. After all, people would work harder once there were profits. That was what she thought. But when Lin Hong said that, the light in his eyes flashed, which amazed Murong Xue.

However, Murong Xue couldn't be assured if she completely handed over the company's affairs to one person, so she asked Gu Ming to assign another person who could be trusted to monitor in case there was anything unusual in the company.

Rise Group's plan to focus on rural areas first and then the cities developed very well. After Murong Xue arranged all the affairs of Murong Group, she planned to go to the villages and towns to see the cultivation base established by Rise Group and how the company was doing.

She tried the vegetables grown outside in her villa before, which could hardly compete with what was grown inside the Space, so she diluted 1,000 portions of spiritual water and tried to water the vegetables. As a result, she actually reached a pleasant effect. Although the vegetables grown in this way were not as sweet as those in the Space, they were not much worse, so she planned to collect fields in the rural areas of various development routes and then to establish an agricultural base for soilless cultivation where she could cultivate vegetables without pesticides.

The spiritual water needed would only be allocated to the main directors who poured it into the water that would be used to water the plant every day, and then the workers would water the vegetables. Each worker needed to be checked whether he or she took away anything in the base, including a drop of water.

Since the salary given by Rise Group was much higher than that of ordinary enterprises and factories, many farmers working at home were willing to go to work at the base of Rise Group, doing vegetable cultivation they were familiar with. Hence, there was no shortage of manpower.

Murong Xue, Long Yi, and the others set off directly to the villages, taking the unique bulletproof car of Loong Pavilion's base.

In the car, Murong Xue looked at her cell phone countless times. She called Huangfu Yi several times, but he never picked up and didn't reply to any of her messages. But Long Yi said that Huangfu Yi asked him about work every day.

But why did he not answer her phone only?

Murong Xue inexplicably felt panicked.

But before she left, the two of them were just fine. They had already confessed their feelings to each other. She thought that the two of them were getting closer. Was it her illusion?

She originally wanted to go back to the capital to ask him what happened, but Long Yi said that Huangfu Yi had gone abroad to deal with business affairs. He wasn't sure where he was right now because Huangfu Yi might travel around several countries. Hence, Murong Xue decided to go back to the capital after she checked on the development of Rise Group. She thought that Huangfu Yi should have returned to the capital by then.

Maybe he was too busy to reply to her. Murong Xue kept comforting herself.

However, she still felt uneasy as if she had been about to lose Huangfu Yi.

Murong Xue didn't understand what happened. Neither did Long Yi, who had to report to Huangfu Yi every day. Huangfu Yi suddenly asked Long Yi not to tell Murong Xue everything about him, but he still worried about Murong Xue, and he even asked specifically how much food she ate every day.

However, Huangfu Yi didn't allow Long Yi to tell Murong Xue that Huangfu Yi was worried about her.

Long Yi wanted to ask when Huangfu Yi could stop being so stubborn. Could he be normal one day? After all, the two of them were finally together happily, but why did Huangfu Yi suddenly ignore Murong Xue now? Was he playing hard to get?

Every time Murong Xue looked at her phone with such a sad look, he could barely resist the urge of telling her that Huangfu Yi asked about her every day, but he didn't have the courage to disobey Huangfu Yi's orders.

But Huangfu Yi said that Long Yi couldn't let Murong Xue go back to the capital now. He asked about the reason curiously, but unfortunately, Huangfu Yi was unwilling to tell him.

The scenery outside the car window was flashing quickly. The road in the village was rough. It was a bumpy ride even if they were sitting in the fine hand-made car. But it was still better than other cars.

Long Yi didn't know why it was unusually quiet in the car. It seemed that it was because Murong Xue was too quiet. In the past, the atmosphere in the car was always pleasant because Murong Xue would tease him occasionally. This was the first time she was so quiet. Long Yi didn't get used to this.

It should be because of Huangfu Yi that Murong Xue had been holding the phone in her hand. She never even put down her phone.

Murong Xue and the others did not go directly to the agricultural base but went to check on the branch of Rise Group in the town first.

Of course, the development of the town was not as prosperous as that of a provincial city. Only the road surface of the national highways was smooth. The streets in the town were unbelievably narrow. It was a bit difficult to drive there. There were many people on the street, who were setting up stalls and hawking.

They could hear the bustle. Pedestrians on the street walked in twos and threes, and many people walked directly to the middle of the road, completely ignoring the traffic rules. The members of Loong Pavilion were doing fine because they had been to such an underdeveloped village when they were on a mission before.

It was the first time that Murong Xue visited such a place. Whether it was in her previous life or this life, it was the first time she had come to such a place.

She looked at the street from the car window. The plainly dressed people pointed at their car from time to time as if their cars had been magical. In fact, there were many cars in the town. But this was the first time that people in the town saw such a hand-made and high-end car. Hence, it was inevitable that they were a little curious.

Murong Xue saw that there were many people on both sides of the road driving tricycle-like cars, which were full of clothes. They used a piece of cardboard that seemed to be torn from a cardboard box, and the edges were uneven. A few words were written crookedly on the cardboard ―"Big Sale! 18 yuan per piece!"

She widened her eyes and looked at the crooked words over and over again in disbelief. "18 yuan per piece? How is that possible?" Murong Xue thought. She even asked Long Yi, who was next to her, "Long Yi, have you seen the words on the cardboard over there? Did I read it wrong?"

Long Yi's eyes followed Murong Xue and then couldn't help laughing. He knew why Murong Xue was surprised. How could someone whose clothes were never less than 10,000 yuan understand the life of ordinary people? "Miss Murong, you're right. It's 18 yuan per piece!"

"How is this possible? How can they get back the production cost and the cost of labor?" Murong Xue stared wide-eyed as if she had encountered a very miraculous thing. She was full of curiosity. She couldn't figure out how they could reduce the production cost to such an extent.

"Not everyone can live a full life. There are still many people in this world who are willing to work day and night for a meal. As for the cost, not every piece of clothing is made of pure cotton. There is something called synthetic material." Long Yi said faintly. He was not being ironic. After all, they were people of different classes. It was normal that Murong Xue didn't understand.

After listening to Long Yi's words, Murong Xue lowered her head. She recalled what Huang Xiaofei had said. Huang Xiaofei seemed to have said something similar back then.

But Murong Xue didn't think there was anything wrong with herself. If being born with a silver spoon in her mouth was her fault, what could she do to make Huang Xiaofei feel that they were equal? Did she want Murong Xue to demean herself? What Murong Xue didn't understand was why Huang Xiaofei blamed their broken friendship on her high-quality life. Didn't they end up like this because Huang Xiaofei was too self-abased?

There were still a lot of people on the sides of the road. She saw that one man was sweating a lot because he was hawking in the scorching sun. He wanted to wipe off the annoying sweat with his sleeves, but the woman next to him was faster than him. She wiped the sweat off his forehead and then handed the man a bottle of water. The man took it. They smiled at each other.

Who said that happiness had to be related to money? Murong Xue felt that the couple on the street were very happy. Their smile seemed so bright and pure.

Long Yi thought that what he just said was too heavy. When he was about to explain, he found that Murong Xue looked out of the window with a slight smile on her face. Murong Xue had her own thought. She wouldn't change her mind with a few words like that.

After a while, they arrived at the branch of Rise Group in the town. The branch was not as fancy as the headquarter in A province. It was a detached building of about 2,000 square meters. There were several big characters on the signboard on top of the building ― Rise Group Branch!