Peerless Little Immortal Doctor

"Ah! It's declined that severely?"

Huang Xue said somewhat surprised.

Zhang Qing is currently the manager at Longyun Hotel, and Huang Xue knew that.

She was knowledgeable about the hotel's operations as a whole.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

A direct decline of fifty percent certainly meant that some problem had arisen somewhere.

"Yes, it's really worrying me to death. I came over today just to personally cook a meal for Xia Liu, as a way to make up for the losses incurred since managing the hotel."

Zhang Qing had a way with words; she didn't reveal her real purpose for coming but instead used Xia Liu as a shield.

Her words indeed aroused Huang Xue's sympathy.

Even Zhang Xiaoxue, who knew the reality, almost believed her.

How does that saying go? The older the ginger, the spicier it is. Zhang Qing really had experience.

"Xia Liu is really something, buying two hotels and not managing them himself. If this is the case, it wouldn't matter even if they went under, after all, he doesn't manage them."

Huang Xue couldn't help but pity Zhang Qing, after having done her investigation.

Zhang Qing had never worked in a hotel or in management before, and here they were, making a newcomer take charge of managing a hotel.

It was like they were deliberately making things difficult for her.

But after thinking it over carefully, it made sense. If Zhang Qing managed a hotel in the county, then her chances of being alone with Xia Liu would greatly increase.

And she wouldn't be subjected to gossip. That was a clever move.

"Ah, I feel so ashamed."

"Sister Zhang, don't worry. The boat will straighten out when it gets to the bridge."

Seeing Zhang Qing's genuine acting, Zhang Xiaoxue also played along, "Right, Sister Xue'er, I remember you told me before that you used to manage Longyun Hotel. If you come out of retirement to help Sister Zhang, the sales are sure to skyrocket!"

"Ah! Xue'er, you were a manager at Longyun too?" Zhang Qing widened her flirtatious eyes in surprise.

"Erm, I did manager Longyun for two years," Huang Xue said with a wry smile.

"Xue'er! My savior, you must help me this time. Otherwise, I might become so depressed I'd consider suicide!" Zhang Qing grabbed Huang Xue's arm and said with a mournful expression.

"This, I..."

Huang Xue was at a loss for a moment.

Her visit this time was to secure Xia Liu.

It had taken her plenty of effort to move into Xia Liu's house, and if she agreed, she'd have to leave.

She tallied up her effort to win Zhang Xiaoxue's favor.

She did every household chore; laundering, cooking, sweeping, even trimming the grass at the roadside.

She was on the brink of gradually getting closer to Xia Liu, and suddenly she was asked to leave the house.

Thinking about it was somewhat disheartening, given all her effort.

"Sister Xue'er, just go and help Sister Zhang. If the hotel keeps losing money day by day, Brother Xia Liu will definitely be unhappy too."

"Yes, Xia Liu may smile on the surface, but he suffers in his heart. He just doesn't show it."

"Exactly, last night I even saw Brother Xia Liu sitting at the doorway smoking. I knew he was laden with worries, and I didn't dare to disturb him. Now I finally understand what's been troubling him—it must be the hotel's situation."

Seeing Huang Xue hesitate, Zhang Xiaoxue and Zhang Qing kept talking incessantly.

They exchanged glances, each discerning the other's intent in their eyes; the performance had to continue, they had to suppress their emotions.

Seeing that Huang Xue still hadn't spoken, the two women each took one of Huang Xue's arms.

"Sister Xue'er, please help Brother Xia Liu."

"Xue'er, please help me."

Both women continued to speak while shaking Huang Xue's arms.

"Alright, Zhang Xiaoxue, Sister Zhang, I'll go then. You're going to shake me into a concussion," Huang Xue said, unable to withstand their repeated pleas.

She thought it over carefully. If Xia Liu was truly upset about the hotel,

then if she went over to help get the hotel back on track, he would certainly remember her favor.

"But I must make it clear, this time I'm helping Sister Zhang, not Xia Liu," Huang Xue stated firmly.

"Yes! It's helping me, helping me!" This time, Zhang Qing didn't hide anything, her excitement and joy were all genuine.

"Alright, Sister Zhang, tell me about the situation at the hotel."

...

"Achoo!"

Xia Liu, who was checking the work volume in the distillery, sneezed.

He was wondering if some girl was talking about him when his phone buzzed.

It was a text message from Zhang Xiaoxue.

Just two clipped words: "It's done!"

Seeing these two words, Xia Liu felt a surge of excitement.

With this, Huang Xue would be going to the county town!

In the evening, he and Xiaoxue could sleep alone at home.

"Hahaha..."

Xia Liu, who initially wanted to laugh out loud, saw the workers looking at him with puzzled eyes and quickly stifled his laughter, then handed out cigarettes to the workers and hurriedly left.

He wasn't in a rush to go back, at least not until Huang Xue and Zhang Qing headed for the county town.

Xia Liu wandered around the village, then went to the seaside to check on the harvesting situation.

The villagers were all in the sea, with a few sitting on the beach smoking.

Watching them pop up and then dive back into the water, Xia Liu got interested too.

After greeting the smoking villagers, Xia Liu stripped down to his underwear and dived in.

He didn't go for oyster harvesting but swam towards the deeper and broader sea area.

Releasing a breath, he plunged underwater.

The waters of Osmanthus Village's sea area were incredibly clear, and under the sunlight, they became even more transparent.

But underwater, the visible distance was only about ten meters, anything further down was just darkness.

However, Xia Liu was different because of his cultivation of the Five Elements Mantra.

His senses were beyond that of an ordinary person.

Where others saw only ten meters, he could see fifty.

Just as he dived down no more than five meters, about thirty meters below in the water, a large dark mass appeared.

He looked closely and his eyes widened. If he hadn't been underwater, he would truly have screamed.

That dark mass was neither rocks nor coral.

It was a school of fish!!!

Finding fish in the sea wasn't strange, what was strange was the quantity!

Although there was only one dark mass, under this part of the sea, there were countless blocks of it!

That is to say, under this sea area, there were all fish, with quantities easily amounting to several million tons!!!

Xia Liu watched for a while and then quickly swam upward.

He hurried to shore, didn't say anything to the villagers, and went straight home.

Several villagers saw Xia Liu's face beaming with a smile. They all touched their heads, completely unaware of why he was so happy after swimming in the sea.

Xia Liu was happy because he had found another business opportunity, even though he knew the medicinal liquor could make money.

But the production of medicinal liquor didn't need too many people, and if all the villagers were at the distillery, it would just make them more and more lazy.

To keep the villagers working, it was necessary to develop more industries.

Now that he had discovered this large quantity of fish, wasn't it just perfect for arranging manpower for harvesting operations?

Money can never be earned in its entirety, but since it has been discovered, it must be utilized.