Yangqu County Resort.

This is the most popular special resort near Dingjing, famous for its various characteristic buildings, and popular with tourists.

Under Chen Jiaqiang's guidance, Jiang Chen and the others drove straight into the resort, first arriving at the resort's hotel, ready to arrange accommodation.

"Hey, Xiaoqing, did you miss me?" Chen Jiaqiang greeted the front desk familiarly.

The receptionist Xiaoqing smiled slightly, "Jiaqiang, you haven't been here for several days."

"Yeah, I've been a bit busy lately. I've brought a few friends over, can you check if you can arrange some rooms for us?" Chen Jiaqiang winked at Xiaoqing and raised his hand to point at Chen Jianlin and others, deliberately pausing slightly on Jiang Chen and Gong Yue.

Xiaoqing nodded understandingly, looked down at the computer, and then looked at Chen Jiaqiang with an apologetic face, "Sorry, Jiaqiang, we're running out of rooms at the resort. Your single room is still reserved, but there are only two double rooms and one experiential farm cottage left."

"Is that so!" Chen Jiaqiang turned to look at everyone with a regretful expression, "There's no helping it, there are no rooms left. I'll do the allocation then, Zhi Yan and Fang Fang will share one, Jian Lin and Jian Chang will share another, and for the farm cottage... Jiang Chen, since you're an unexpected addition, you and your little aunt will have to stay in the farm cottage!"

Chen Jianlin pursed his lips with a smile, a teasing look in his eyes as he watched Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen glanced at Chen Jiaqiang and then at Chen Jianlin, suddenly understanding the situation.

Gong Yue also noticed something and glared fiercely at Jiang Chen. However, she was unfamiliar with these people and couldn't fight for herself, so she could only bow her head and stew in silence.

"Chen Jiaqiang, how can you do this? With such a large resort, can there really be no rooms left?" Lin Zhiyan frowned and spoke up.

Chen Jiaqiang shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "Zhiyan, you heard it just now, there really are no rooms left!"

"What about over there? I noticed when we came in that the villa outside the hotel seemed unoccupied!" Lin Zhiyan pointed to a luxurious villa outside the hotel.

Chen Jiaqiang glanced over to where Lin Zhiyan was pointing and a cold smile appeared on his face, "Zhiyan, that villa, let alone someone like Jiang Chen, even if the head honcho from the city came, they wouldn't be allowed to stay. That's reserved for our boss, and even if your dad, Uncle Lin, came, it wouldn't be possible for him to stay there!"

"Your boss? Who is your boss?" Lin Zhiyan asked, frowning.

Upon hearing Lin Zhiyan ask about his boss, Chen Jiaqiang smiled slightly and proudly said, "My boss is none other than Yangqu County's big shot, Li Wujiang, Boss Li!"

"Boss Li?!"

"That Boss Li is a tough character indeed!"

"Yeah, in Yangqu, his word is law!"

"That's right, even Uncle Lin has to be polite in front of Boss Li!"

As soon as the words "Boss Li" were mentioned, it caused a murmur of admiration among the crowd. Even Lin Zhiyan had to admit that Boss Li's reputation was indeed formidable, and even her own father had to approach him with respect.

A mischievous smile appeared in Chen Jianlin's eyes as he turned to look at Jiang Chen, with a sigh he said, "Sigh, those who are too eager are never favored. Look, even the room doesn't like you!"

Jiang Chen didn't respond to Chen Jianlin but turned to look at Lin Zhiyan, "Zhiyan, it doesn't matter."

Lin Zhiyan looked at Jiang Chen apologetically; it was she who had invited him, but she had let him be treated this way, and she felt somewhat guilty.

Gong Yue looked at Jiang Chen with a huff, about to scold him, but, noticing the other people around, she swallowed her words. Jiang Chen didn't have such a good temper when facing her; if she angered him in front of so many people and he ended up spanking her, that would be utterly embarrassing!

After the rooms were assigned, everyone went to put their belongings in their respective rooms.

Jiang Chen and Gong Yue arrived at the farm house, grateful that it had two rooms, but it was both shabby and old. This place was meant for city dwellers to experience rural life.

"Jiang Chen, are you really this useless? Going out with you and we end up staying in this dump while others get luxury suites? Look at this place, how can anyone live here?" Gong Yue began to complain as soon as she entered, pointing at Jiang Chen's nose and scolding loudly.

Jiang Chen glanced at Gong Yue and began to pack his things without responding to her.

Gong Yue, fuming, glared at Jiang Chen and reluctantly started to pack her things as well.

After they had finished, the two joined Lin Zhiyan and others in the hotel lobby to meet up.

"Jiang Chen, why did you two take so long? You made everyone wait for such a long time," Chen Jiaqiang looked at Jiang Chen and his companion with dissatisfaction.

Lin Zhiyan frowned and glanced at Chen Jianlin. She knew very well that Chen Jiaqiang targeting Jiang Chen must be related to Chen Jianlin. Chen Jiaqiang had never had any interactions with Jiang Chen before, so he couldn't possibly have a reason to be so deliberately difficult.

"We stayed further away than you!" Gong Yue retorted.

Chen Jianlin gave Gong Yue a look and disdainfully said, "Then you could've chosen not to come. Did we invite you?"

Gong Yue felt a stifling sensation in her chest and turned her head away, upset.

"Here's an idea, you can carry the bags for everyone as compensation for making us wait," Chen Jiaqiang declared with feigned generosity.

Lin Zhiyan's eyebrows shot up, ready to speak, but Jiang Chen beat her to it, "It doesn't matter."

"I can take care of myself!" Lin Zhiyan took the lead in slinging her own bag over her shoulder.

Liang Fangfang and some others noticed Chen Jiaqiang was deliberately making things difficult for Jiang Chen, yet Lin Zhiyan's attitude was the complete opposite, always aiding Jiang Chen. After weighing the pros and cons, they decided not to ask Jiang Chen to carry their bags. After all, they were all from Dingjing and were different from Chen Jiaqiang.

In the end, only Chen Jiaqiang and Chen Jianlin threw their bags onto the sofa.

"Let's be real, we all came out together, carry your own bags," Liang Fangfang said softly after glancing at Lin Zhiyan.

Chen Jianlin's expression changed, and he looked over at Lin Zhiyan, who was now visibly upset. Feeling annoyed yet resigned, he picked up his own bag.

Chen Jiaqiang's eyes darted around, and he nodded, "Alright, we'll carry our own bags. Jiang Chen, you go to the storeroom and bring out the barbecue grill, as well as the charcoal. We'll have our own barbecue for lunch outdoors."

Jiang Chen looked at Chen Jiaqiang expressionlessly, then turned and walked toward the hotel storeroom.

Lin Zhiyan glared at Chen Jiaqiang and followed Jiang Chen.

"Hey, Zhi Yan!" Chen Jianlin called out, but Lin Zhiyan didn't pay him any attention!

Gong Yue watched this unfold and, with a spin of her eyes, followed them as well.

The expressions on Chen Jianlin and Chen Jiaqiang's faces immediately darkened, while Liang Fangfang and the others showed embarrassed looks.

That afternoon, worried that Lin Zhiyan was genuinely upset, Chen Jiaqiang and his companion didn't make things too difficult for Jiang Chen. But when evening arrived and it was time to return to the hotel for dinner, Chen Jiaqiang reverted to his old ways, once again asking Jiang Chen to return the barbecue grill.

Meanwhile, Chen Jiaqiang and the others directly went to the hotel's private dining room and started ordering dishes without waiting for Jiang Chen!

Just after finishing ordering, the door to the private room opened, and a burly man walked in.

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