Chapter 287 - 288: Quality Issue

Chapter 287: Chapter 288: Quality Issue

Li Yang chuckled, then said, "I have some good news for you. The... the money for paving the road, I’ve earned it. I’ve already spoken with Manager Liu, and we can probably start work in the next few days."

A blush suddenly spread across Ye Xiu’s face. "You... if you’ve earned enough, you’ve earned enough. Why are you telling me? Are you expecting me to praise you or something?"

"Aunt Xiu, we had an agreement..." Li Yang started to get anxious. "Aunt Xiu, you’re not going to back out on me, are you?"

Ye Xiu stopped and shot him a look. "Is it paved yet?"

"Well, no, not yet..."

"Then there you have it. It hasn’t even started. What are you in such a hurry for?" Ye Xiu asked.

"I..." Li Yang gave a dry laugh. "I was just worried Aunt Xiu might forget, so I wanted to give you a reminder. That’s all I meant."

"Get lost!" Ye Xiu said irritably. "What kind of memory do you think I have? Could it possibly be worse than yours?"

"Yes, yes, yes..." Li Yang finally broke into a smile. "As long as Aunt Xiu hasn’t forgotten, that’s wonderful. I’ll be going then."

"Go where? Stay for dinner!" Ye Xiu said angrily. "Now that you have a manager, you don’t even come to Aunt Xiu’s place anymore, is that it?"

A warmth spread through Li Yang’s heart. He said, "Aunt Xiu, I know you’re at the construction site watching over things every day. I didn’t want to disturb you."

Ye Xiu snorted. "It’s good that you know. Just stay out of trouble. If I find out you’re involved in any funny business, I won’t let you off the hook."

Li Yang’s heart skipped a beat. ’What does Aunt Xiu mean by that?’

But Ye Xiu didn’t waste any more words on him. After dinner, she shooed him away again.

Li Yang returned home and found that Gao Xin Xue had already showered.

"Oh, right, tomorrow’s Saturday, isn’t it? Aren’t you going to pick up Xiaobao?" Li Yang asked casually.

"I want to..." Gao Xin Xue said, sounding a little helpless. "But I’m the only one here right now. If I leave, what will you do?"

"It’s no big deal. If you want to go, just go. There’s not much going on here right now. Aunt Min is here cooking, she can look after things if anything comes up."

Gao Xin Xue thought about it and agreed. She nodded and said, "Alright then, I understand."

Early the next morning, Gao Xin Xue went to the city to pick up her child.

At the same time, Liuwan’s construction team entered the village again and began preparing to pave the road.

The villagers were all very happy about this.

’Look at our Xiaoyang, he’s such a capable person, able to handle things so smoothly.’

Of course, Li Yang was also in a good mood. ’I’m another step closer to my goal.’

But just then, Li Yang received some bad news.

The news came from Qi Nanyan.

"I’m calling to tell you something bad. Our supermarket has been shut down for selling your products. You’d better be prepared."

"What?" Li Yang shot to his feet. "How could this happen?"

"I don’t know either!" Qi Nanyan’s tone was grim. "I’m having people investigate it now, but it won’t be quick. Do you have any connections of your own? If you do, you should reach out to them immediately. I have a feeling someone is targeting you. They’ll probably come to your village next."

"Okay!" Li Yang’s heart sank. He hung up the phone, his expression turning ugly.

’What is going on?!’

Just as he was about to call Shen Xu to ask about it, he suddenly heard a noise from outside.

Several cars drove up and pulled right into the yard of Li Yang’s house.

Several people got out of the cars. Li Yang recognized one of them immediately.

Zhang Qian!

The manager from Quan’an Company. He had come to his house last time, saying he wanted to buy all his vegetables and have his company sell them.

Of course, Li Yang had refused, and they had parted on bad terms.

’I can’t believe he’s here again.’

’Needless to say, this must be his doing.’

"You’re Li Yang?" one of the middle-aged men in a suit asked as he walked up to Li Yang. "I’m here to inform you that your products are substandard. I am notifying you that all of your products are banned from sale."

"Substandard?" Li Yang raised an eyebrow. "Our products have all passed inspection."

"We conducted a spot check!" the middle-aged man sneered. "Your product failed. Therefore, we’re going to have to conduct a large-scale inspection. Until they pass, none of your products can be sold—not until we give the all-clear. Now, if you’ll please cooperate."

Li Yang was about to explode with rage.

’Without a doubt, this is the Quan’an Group’s doing.’

"I don’t accept this."

Zhang Qian started laughing. ’What’s the use of not accepting it? It’s useless for anyone to object now.’

"You don’t accept this?" The man in the suit laughed too. ’Idiot,’ he thought, shaking his head internally. ’It’s useless even if you don’t accept it.’ "You can refuse to accept it. Go ahead, see if you can file a complaint against me. My name is Qian Youli. Remember it."

Qian Youli chuckled. "Alright, everyone, go collect some samples for testing. Then we can head back."

Soon enough, the men had collected their samples.

Meanwhile, Zhang Qian and another young man walked up to Li Yang.

"Boss Li, I bet you didn’t expect we’d be seeing each other again so soon, did you?" Zhang Qian asked, a smug look on his face.