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Chapter 1401 - 680: Chen Yingjun Seeks Advice, Bringing Professor Qi Home_2

Chapter 1401: Chapter 680: Chen Yingjun Seeks Advice, Bringing Professor Qi Home_2

If it had been in Chen Yingjun’s hometown, he definitely wouldn’t have asked around so casually. But where he was now, thousands of miles away from there, he asked because he had asked—after all, it was a thing of the past, and he had long since "turned over a new leaf." Besides, he was currently discussing marriage with Professor Shu’s disciple, taking this liberty once didn’t seem too big of a deal, at least he thought so.

Chen Yingjun mentioned this business, and Professor Shu did have some understanding of it. He smiled lightly and said, "As long as your friend has now ’turned over a new leaf,’ that’s a good thing. It’s easy to make amends; before, he earned money on his own, but the loss was to our greater community, so now, taking out that money and doing something beneficial for our community would suffice."

He said it as though he were joking, emphasizing "your friend" with a particular tone, causing Chen Yingjun’s face to turn slightly red. However, Professor Shu’s words struck right at his heart, and he couldn’t care less about the embarrassment, continuing to ask, "My friend feels the same, but he doesn’t quite know where to start or what’s appropriate. Professor Shu, as a senior, could you give my friend some guidance, as if guiding a lost junior..."

"Ha ha!" Seeing Chen Yingjun’s hesitant and nervous demeanor, Professor Shu couldn’t help but laugh. "It’s quite simple. You can look at what our community values most and start by doing those things."

Seeing Chen Yingjun still looking a bit confused, Professor Shu paused to sip his tea and said, "I don’t think your friend can necessarily do what Boss Yan has done, leading a whole village to prosperity. But starting with small actions, doing something tangible is always possible, isn’t it?"

"Like what?" Chen Yingjun subdued his anxiety and pressed for answers.

"Like building a primary school in a nearby impoverished area. Or, if you find that difficult, contributing resources to some schools..."

"Not difficult at all, building a primary school doesn’t cost that much. And how could one be enough? Several would be no problem," Chen Yingjun caught on to the idea instantly, now clear about what he should do. "Besides that, I can also offer targeted assistance to some impoverished teachers and students, these kinds of things..."

As he was speaking, he noticed Xu Xiaoyan and Du Minghui paying attention to their conversation and stopped. But both Professor Shu and Yan Fei already understood that he had found the right path to take.

When the four of them said their farewells to Professor Shu and left, Chen Yingjun said to Du Minghui, "Xiaohui, I’m planning to go back home in the next two days to do something that you’ll definitely be happy to see..."

The man was really in a hurry, but Yan Fei understood that some things were better done sooner rather than later. This might not be able to change past mistakes, but regardless, it was better than never regretting—after all, he was taking action!

So, the next two days became days of Yan Fei and Xu Xiaoyan hanging out together, visiting friends and having fun, until the moment came when Miss Xu Xiaoyan started to feel embarrassed for taking so many days off work, and Yan Fei’s car was finally fixed.

Let’s head home quickly then!

Before they parted, Professor He, transformed into a nagging old man, kept going on at Professor Qi, "Research is important, but your health is paramount. Live another day and you can research another day, but if you tire yourself out... then I’m going to have to burn paper money for you..."

When people get old, some of them really don’t mind certain taboos anymore. Especially for someone like Professor Qi, who had already been through a near-death experience, he truly didn’t care about discussing the topic.

But not minding the topic didn’t mean he had no opinion about the person speaking: "If you keep talking, I’ll haunt your dreams tonight! Better save your breath..."

In fact, it wasn’t just Professor He who had come to see them off; a whole group of university authorities had arrived. Considering Professor Qi’s status, an old professor retiring to the countryside was indeed a significant event!

Everyone who came had words of blessing to share. People had their duties at the university, and some things really were beyond their capacity to help with. Now that Professor Qi had found a place to retire, and it was endorsed by Professor He himself as a fine spot, everyone from the bottom of their hearts felt happy for him.

Leaders even left their phone numbers with Yan Fei, in case of emergencies back in the countryside—they could reach out for help with those contacts. After all, in everyone’s eyes, no matter how good the rural environment or attentive the care, the medical facilities could never compare to those in the Provincial City. And for an elderly person, medical facilities are of the utmost importance.

Yan Fei, this Agricultural University student-to-be that he had already anointed in his heart, hadn’t even started taking the college entrance exams but had already met a whole bunch of school leaders, which was enough to make anyone jealous.

On the way back, the usually heavy-footed Boss Yan, driving the car, actually refrained from overtaking and even stopped every now and then to let Professor Qi get out and stretch his legs. So by the time they arrived at Sancha River Township, it was almost evening.

Once at home, things became effortless. Everything needed for dining and living had already been prepared, and now the farm was in no shortage of space or helping hands, so even cooking special meals for Professor Qi every day was no problem.

However, Yan Fei reckoned that taking care of such hospitality was best done personally. In terms of resource abundance, who could outdo him, the owner of a dinosaur world? He even had a group of hardworking helpers to prepare everything, and he chose the finest mountain spring water for Professor Qi to drink.

Although he couldn’t guarantee this would make Professor Qi as sprightly as a flea, based on the changes he’d seen in those workers from the dinosaur world, Yan Fei believed that at the very least, it would help extend his guest’s health and lifespan.

The first change brought by Professor Qi’s visit was almost instantaneous upon returning to the farm—Senior Brother Liu, who was always obstinately and pompously at odds with him, underwent a complete transformation in the presence of the professor.

Firstly, like a quail, he stopped challenging Yan Fei, at least not in front of Professor Qi.

Secondly, like a dog begging for attention, and quite a clumsy one at that, he tried to ingratiate himself with Professor Qi, struggling to make conversation while wearing a clumsily ingratiating smile. This brought Yanfei such joy—served him right for his bullish behavior all the time. Now next to Mount Everest, this little bump couldn’t play the big shot anymore, could he?

As for Yang Hongqi, when he met Professor Qi, it was like a primary school student seeing their teacher, walking along almost skipping without even realizing it.

Just for that alone, Yan Fei felt that inviting Professor Qi over was an exceptionally right decision.

After settling Professor Qi in, Yan Fei took out the vehicle repair bill and had Heizi arrange for someone to deliver it to Comrade Xiao Zeng.

Looking at the amount on the bill, Heizi gasped, "Brother Fei, aren’t they ripping you off? Painting a car door, and it costs ten thousand yuan?"

"You don’t know the half of it, do you? That’s the price, I made a point of asking around." Yan Fei, busy chatting with his wife, replied absentmindedly. "They say the paint is imported, along with some other miscellaneous things; this price, even if it’s a rip-off, it’s not by much."

Heizi wasn’t as insouciant: "So we just hand the bill over to them, are they really going to pay up without fuss?"

"Just deliver it, will you!" Yan Fei’s fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard. "Whether they pay or not, that’s their problem."

"Don’t we need a backup copy? This is evidence. If we only give them one and they throw it away later and deny it, what then?" Heizi was still worried.

"Have you become a fool managing the farm?" Yan Fei stopped typing, turned around, and gave a look of disdain. "Don’t you know what kind of person that Zeng is? If he wants to smooth things over, he’ll honestly bring the money. If he’s looking for trouble, what good will a backup do you? Are you going to sue him and go to court? Over such a trivial matter, that’s going to waste so much time. Do you still plan on getting any real work done or not?"

Compared with the tasks at hand on the farm, this really was a minor issue. The farm still needed more cattle and there was the business of buying saplings for fruit trees; if they wasted manpower and resources on this triviality, any fool would know it wasn’t worth it.