After listening to Yang Feilong's words, Li Yufei lost much of her interest in the storage ring. Instead, she became worried about Yang Feilong's safety.
Although Yang Feilong's strength was considerable, whether the enemy was the Hei He Group or the Ye Ren Group, if they dispatched masters, they would possess extraordinary power!
"Don't worry so much," Yang Feilong said with a smile to comfort her. "You know, this is Long Country. They'll have to act with extreme caution. Without absolute certainty, they won't make any rash moves. And my strength is growing at an astonishing rate every day. Instead of worrying about these useless things, it's better to make yourself even stronger!"
"Mm," Li Yufei nodded. After a pause, she said, "You've brought back so much jade this time. Our company will need to hire more people!"
"Naturally," Yang Feilong agreed.
Now, the jade in his storage ring was practically innumerable, valued at billions.
Some was brought by him, while some was purchased at great expense by the Hei He Group and the Ye Ren Group. While on the plane, Yang Feilong had used his divine sense to scan the contents and roughly estimated the value of the jade alone to be over eight billion. This did not even include the value of the spirit stones. If those were included, the total would be well over twenty billion. After all, a single high-grade spirit stone was worth tens of billions. Mid-grade and high-grade spirit stones, when converted to cash, were also worth billions!
"Tomorrow, will you accompany me to the talent market to recruit people?" Li Yufei looked at Yang Feilong. "Lan Hai City is having a rather high-end job fair tomorrow. Our company needs to grow and requires some highly skilled talent!"
"Is that so?" Yang Feilong rubbed his chin. Seeing Li Yufei's expectant gaze, he nodded. "Alright!"
...
After parting ways with Li Yufei, Yang Feilong returned to his villa in Le Hai Garden.
He needed to rest.
As for the plan to have Li Yufei meet Luo Yujiao and the others, it was still not time. Although Li Yufei was his girlfriend, she was different from Luo Yujiao and Lou Yimo. Firstly, they hadn't been intimate yet. Secondly, she still had some reservations about Yang Feilong's other girlfriends, much like Han Yun.
Han Yun was still at home and hadn't returned to Lan Hai City. However, according to their phone conversation, she planned to return a day or two before university began.
"Husband." Seeing Yang Feilong, Lou Yimo eagerly pounced on him like a kangaroo, hanging onto him.
"Where's your Yujiao sister?" Yang Feilong kissed her alluring lips and asked with a smile.
"Yujiao sister is at the second store. Yu Jiao sister and I were together earlier, but when she heard you were back, she sent me back first to accompany you," Lou Yimo giggled.
She had just become intimate with Yang Feilong a few days ago, and then they were separated for several days. Luo Yujiao knew how much Lou Yimo missed Yang Feilong, so when she learned Yang Feilong had returned, she let Lou Yimo come back first to be with him.
"When will the second store open?" Yang Feilong asked.
"It's still under renovation. As discussed with Yujiao sister, we're planning to pick an auspicious date, around Teacher's Day in September!" Lou Yimo got off Yang Feilong, linked her arm through his, and walked into the house. As they walked, she continued, "Oh, and we've already chosen the location for the third store. Once the second store is renovated, we'll start preparing for the third one."
"Mm," Yang Feilong nodded. "You two handle it."
All three stores were purchased outright.
Mainly because Yang Feilong was not short of money. Even if the stores didn't make a profit, buying the properties meant they would appreciate in value in the future, not to mention that while the stores weren't making a fortune daily, their profits were not low.
Although the jade business was more profitable now, Yang Feilong's heart was still set on developing the pharmaceutical industry.
First, he would open physical stores. Later, with more capital, he could directly integrate production and sales, selling the manufactured medicines in his stores. Once the medicine business was successful, the profits would far exceed those from jade. Primarily, medicine was a "necessity," while jade was a luxury item.
Even a poor person who fell ill would generally need medicine, unless they were unwilling to spend the money and decided to tough it out.
"I'll give you a physical examination later," Yang Feilong said as he embraced Lou Yimo and sat them both on the sofa.
"It's daytime, and you want that right after you get back. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?" Lou Yimo blushed upon hearing this.
Yang Feilong was initially taken aback, then seeing Lou Yimo's flushed face, he couldn't help but laugh. "I meant a real physical examination. Not *that*."
"Ah, a real physical examination!" Lou Yimo's face turned a deep shade of red, and she nearly buried her head in Yang Feilong's embrace.
"I never thought you'd be that kind of person," Yang Feilong teased with a smile.
"You're terrible!" Lou Yimo said with feigned annoyance. "You deliberately misled me."
"Uh, okay, my bad, my bad!" Yang Feilong quickly admitted his fault.
"Why did you suddenly think of giving me a physical examination?" Lou Yimo finally regained her composure and asked weakly, "Did you notice I have some subtle illness?"
"I just want to check, don't overthink it," Yang Feilong said with a reassuring smile.
In reality, he wanted to see if Lou Yimo had the potential to awaken supernatural abilities. He didn't say it directly because he worried that if he told her and it turned out she couldn't awaken any abilities, or not yet, it would only lead to disappointment.
"Okay!" Hearing Yang Feilong's explanation, Lou Yimo nodded. "Then what should I do?"
"Go wash up first. You don't need to wear clothes later."
"Ah?" Lou Yimo scoffed. "Didn't you just say it was a physical examination? You're such a hypocrite."
Yang Feilong: "..."
Yang Feilong felt rather helpless. He truly wanted to examine her body, not to do *that*. However, seeing her rosy complexion and her face as radiant as peach blossoms, Yang Feilong's heart couldn't help but race. As his cultivation grew stronger, his self-control in this area seemed to decrease rather than increase. Perhaps he was simply in the prime of his youth.
"Then we'll give you an injection first," Yang Feilong coughed.
"..."
Lou Yimo gave him a look that said she saw right through him. She then sent Yang Feilong a lingering glance and gracefully walked towards the bathroom. Yang Feilong heard the sound of running water from the bathroom, hesitated for a moment, then also took off his clothes and followed her in.
Soon, a gasp, filled with nervousness and shyness, came from the bathroom.
"Why did you come in? Get out!" Lou Yimo's voice trembled.
"Cough, cough. I'll help you scrub your back. You can't reach it yourself," Yang Feilong said with a mischievous grin.
"I didn't realize you were that kind of person." Lou Yimo's face turned scarlet.
"It's too late now that you know," Yang Feilong chuckled.
"..."
The sound of water in the bathroom continued for a very long time, accompanied by the rhythmic patter of rain on banana leaves, and the sounds of low moans and pleading surrender.