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Chapter 126 Li Zhenguo's Urgent Call

Stir-fried cabbage with vinegar?

Upon hearing Lin Fan's words, everyone in the courtyard froze in shock.

Fang Qingxue stood there, mouth agape, unsure how to respond.

Sir, this...this is a precious vegetable formed from the essence of a divine dragon! Every single leaf contains terrifying energy enough to transform a mortal and allow a cultivator to break through their cultivation level!

You...you're actually going to use this...to make stir-fried cabbage with vinegar?

This is simply...a terrible waste!

On the other side, the gardeners kneeling on the ground looked at each other, their faces filled with heartache and reluctance.

In their eyes, these dozen or so Dragon Blood Treasure Vegetables are their children, a miracle they cultivated with their own hands.

Now, the man actually wants to eat their "child"?

Although they knew that the gentleman grew them for food, this was still... way too fast!

Even Old Wang, who was still peeking out from the top of the wall, shuddered upon hearing this and almost fell off the ladder.

Using that divine vegetable to make stir-fried cabbage with vinegar?

Old Wang felt like his heart was bleeding.

That thing, even if you just boil a single leaf into soup, it could probably prolong your life and keep you free from all diseases, right?

That kid Lin is such a spendthrift!

However, Lin Fan, the instigator of all this, was completely unaware of this.

He looked at everyone's constipated expressions and was a little puzzled.

"What's wrong? Why do you all look like that? I grow vegetables so I can eat them, right?"

He said it with a straight face.

"Or perhaps you don't like stir-fried dishes with vinegar? Garlic is fine too. Or, I remember there's some pork belly in the fridge, how about we make pork stew with cabbage?"

Lin Fan stroked his chin and began to seriously study the recipe.

Fang Qingxue finally snapped out of her shock.

She took a deep breath, trying to accept her husband's unusual thought process.

Yes, what kind of being is this gentleman?

What she considered a divine object might just be an ordinary cabbage in her husband's eyes.

It's because my perspective is too narrow.

"Yes, sir," she replied respectfully, then walked heavily toward the vegetable garden.

She felt that what she was about to do next was not to pick vegetables, but... to kill a dragon.

She walked up to the largest, most translucent, and most perfectly shaped dragon-like treasure vegetable and stretched out her trembling hand.

Just then.

"Ring ring—!"

A sudden, urgent phone call shattered the eerie atmosphere in the courtyard.

The old-looking satellite phone, which was on the stone table, rang.

This was left by Li Zhenguo for Lin Fan, specifically for emergency communication.

"Who is it? It's so early in the morning, can't a person have a proper breakfast?"

Lin Fan muttered something to himself, a little annoyed, and walked over to pick up the phone.

"Feed?"

"Mr. Lin... good morning! I'm Xiao Li! Li Zhenguo!"

On the other end of the phone came Li Zhenguo's incredibly enthusiastic, even slightly obsequious, voice.

"Oh, it's you." Lin Fan's tone was indifferent. "What is it? If it's nothing important, I'll hang up. I'm about to cook."

"No, no, no! Sir! Something terrible has happened! Something extremely serious!" Li Zhenguo's voice trembled with anxiety when he heard that he was about to hang up.

"It's like this, sir! Do you remember? A couple of days ago, you showed some interest in 'renovation materials,' didn't you?"

"Hmm? Is that so?" Lin Fan thought for a moment, and it seemed so.

"Yes, yes!" Li Zhenguo quickly replied, "We held a meeting overnight to study and thoroughly understand the spirit of your instructions! In order to better serve your retirement life, our senior management has unanimously decided to establish a top-level special task force, codenamed 'Luban'! The sole task of this task force is to search the world for the finest living and building materials that best suit your needs!"

Lin Fan was taken aback.

What is that?

Lu Ban Group?

Globally?

Just because I casually mentioned it a couple of days ago?

Aren't these people a little too idle?

"So?" Lin Fan asked.

"So, we've found the first 'material' that we think might meet your requirements!" Li Zhenguo's voice was filled with the excitement of taking credit.

"In a secret laboratory in North America, we discovered the core of a meteorite from outer space, which we call 'Stellar Black Gold.' This metal has an extremely high density, is resistant to all high temperatures, and contains unique stellar energy. Weapons made from it are indestructible!"

"We did some research and decided that this thing must have excellent heat conductivity and is absolutely non-stick. Making a wok specifically for you... tailor-made for you, would be perfect!"

Lin Fan: "..."

He felt that he and these people were not on the same wavelength.

They use those high-tech strategic materials to build spaceships, mechs, and star destroyers.

You guys are something else, the first thing you thought of was making me a wok?

Isn't your thinking a little too...home-oriented?

"Okay, where's the pot?" Lin Fan asked casually. He just wanted to hang up the phone as soon as possible; his stir-fried cabbage with vinegar was waiting for him.

"Uh... well..." Li Zhenguo's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became somewhat awkward, "Mr. Lin, there's... there's a small problem here."

"That piece of 'Starry Black Gold' is a top secret in North America; they treat it like the apple of their eye. We...we sent people to negotiate, hoping to exchange it for our third-generation fighter jet technology, but...they refused."

Li Zhenguo's voice grew softer and softer as he spoke.

He felt that he had failed as a "project manager".

The very first project stalled.

"Oh." Lin Fan didn't react much after hearing this. "I understand."

After saying that, he was about to hang up the phone.

"Wait! Sir!" Li Zhenguo cried out anxiously, "You...you mustn't panic! We're thinking of another way! We're preparing to activate Plan B, sending our top agents to infiltrate..."

"No need," Lin Fan interrupted him.

"That's too much trouble."