"Who can tell me what exactly is going on here? Huh? Who can tell me!"

In Provincial City, Lin Yongqiang, his body trembling, growled with an ugly expression.

Today was Monday, and Lin Yongqiang routinely held a meeting with everyone. As usual, he glanced at the latest weekly financial report, and after looking at it, he became directly infuriated.

This was because the company's performance had declined that week—and not just by a little bit.

Knowing that Lin Yongqiang was really angry, everyone knew that now was not the time to rub him the wrong way!

"Chairman Lin, we are also investigating this matter."

"That's right!"

Hearing them say such meaningless nonsense, Lin Yongqiang frowned directly, "Investigating? Investigate my ass! You can clearly see what's causing this!"

Previously, when reviewing the reports, Lin Yongqiang had noticed that sales at specialty stores close to Lake Heart City had steeply dropped, even with the nearest store seeing sales slashed by two thirds.

So anyone who wasn't blind could see what was happening.

Hearing Lin Yongqiang's words, these people all felt somewhat awkward.

They actually knew that it was because of Hu Xiaobei's involvement, but even with this knowledge, they were reluctant to admit it because they truly didn't want to believe they could lose to a farmer digging in the soil.

Seeing their expressions become extremely ugly, Lin Yongqiang exhaled turbidly and hoarsely said, "Previously, I asked you to investigate Hu Xiaobei and also to look into his vegetables and fruits. Tell me, what have you found out?"

"This..."

Hearing this cold interrogation, everyone's expressions grew even more awkward.

Because previously, they hadn't investigated at all.

They thought of Hu Xiaobei as a mere flea that would soon be fully squashed, so it wasn't worth wasting their precious time.

Seeing everyone looking as if they were constipated, he instantly understood the situation.

With a cold clench of his fists, he growled lowly, "What? You mean to say you didn't investigate before? Did you take my words for flatulence?"

"This...Chairman Lin, we didn't actually investigate properly before, but we have now sent people to buy some fruits."

"Yes, we will be able to taste them very soon. Then, we will surely understand the secret of his fruits' popularity!"

"Yes, I reckon all those customers think Hu Xiaobei's crappy stuff is fresher compared to our fruits, just because they've never tried ours before. After a few tries, all the customers will see the real difference between his produce and ours. They will definitely come back to us then."

"Let's hope so indeed."

After speaking coldly, Lin Yongqiang sat down expressionlessly.

Previously, from all the candidates, Lin Yongqiang had picked a beautiful woman who was great in all respects to be his secretary.

He had been very happy about this, but now discovering such a massive problem on his own side, his happiness was utterly swept away.

As Lin Yongqiang sat there feeling sickened, he heard footsteps outside; turning his head, he saw several people with ugly expressions running in.

Recognizing them as his subordinates, Lin Yongqiang frowned, "What happened to you? Were you robbed?"

He asked this because they looked truly disheveled—their brand-new suits were completely torn.

As Lin Yongqiang asked, the others also frowned and spoke!

"Exactly, what happened? Didn't we send you to Lake Heart City to buy some of Hu Xiaobei's cultivated fruits?"

"Yes, couldn't you manage even this simple task?"

"Yes!"

Hearing such cold questioning, their faces slightly changed.

Afterwards, one of the most bedraggled ones spoke, "Reporting to the leaders, we indeed went to Lake Heart City to purchase Hu Xiaobei's cultivated fruits, but the vegetables and fruits were sold out. We tried to purchase some to complete our task, but we ended up being beaten."

Saying this made them very frustrated.

After arriving in Lake Heart City, they had discovered Hu Xiaobei's vegetables and fruits were all sold out.

Initially, they didn't care much, thinking it was no big deal since they could simply buy from others.

But when they truly tried to spend money to purchase, they encountered a problem—no matter how much money they offered, no one was willing to sell...

They were dumbfounded!

Even offering ten times the price, they still were not agreed upon.

Out of desperation, they resorted to attempted theft, which resulted in them getting severely beaten!

…

"How is this possible? You offered ten times the price and people still wouldn't sell?"

"That's crazy!"

"Yes, yes!"

Seeing their disbelief, those people rubbed their noses, "We know it seems unbelievable, but it's the truth!"

After saying this, one of them stepped forward, "By the way, we didn't come back empty-handed this time; we got our hands on an apple."

During this speech, he took an apple out of his pocket.

As he took out the apple, everyone instantly turned their heads to look at it...

Quickly, everyone's faces were filled with skepticism...

"This is what everyone was fighting over?"

"Just so! It looks very ordinary!"

"Exactly!"

Hearing them talk nonsense, Lin Yongqiang waved his hand and said, "Stop the nonsense."

After saying that, he immediately called for his newly hired beautiful secretary.

Soon, with a 'tap tap' of footsteps, a beauty in a dark purple tight dress came lazily walking over.

"Beautiful!"

Seeing the beauty with burgundy long hair approaching, everyone present could not help but gasp—it couldn't be helped, she was really too stunning!

...

"It looks like Chairman Lin really hasn't been idle these past few days!"

"Seriously, he actually picked such a top-notch beauty!"

"Indeed!"

Lin Yongqiang, hearing their words, smiled proudly.

He was indeed very satisfied with the gorgeous woman with an amazing figure!

Smiling lightly, he looked at her lazy expression and said, "Please handle this apple and cut it into slices for us. We want to have a good taste."

"Alright!"

She agreeably answered in a soft tone, flirtatiously tossing her burgundy hair and sauntering over with a lazy sway of her ample behind, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Seeing everyone excitedly looking at her, the corners of her mouth curved into a faint smile.

Previously, she had worked as a service staff in a club.

This time, having heard that Lin Yongqiang was selecting a secretary, she decided to give it a try.

Her favorite role to play when she was working at the club had been the secretary, so she felt she was quite suitable.

As it turned out, she was right, having successfully beaten everyone else to the position...

...

"Chairman Lin, how should I cut it? Horizontally or vertically?"

Under everyone's gaze, she approached the apple and lifted her head to ask softly.

"Either is fine; just see to it yourself."

"Alright then."

She spoke softly and picked up the apple in her hand.

Soon, under everyone's watchful eyes, she began to peel the skin.

"It smells so good!"

At that moment, everyone could distinctly smell an incredibly intense fragrance, and they were sure it was emanating from this beauty...

...

"When can I have a secretary like Chairman Lin does!"

Seeing such a ravishing beauty belong to Lin Yongqiang, they were truly envious.

But they knew that being envious was useless, so they could only suppress their jealousy.

"Huh? The scent has changed!"

Suddenly, they smelled a very intense fruity fragrance.

"Can perfume actually change scents like this?"

Stunned, they gazed dumbfounded at the voluptuous beauty, noticing that she too was slightly surprised.

Upon closer inspection, they realized that the intoxicating strong fruity fragrance was not emanating from her, but from the peeled apple in her hand.

"What's going on?"

Shocked, they carefully observed it.

In that moment, everyone instinctively swallowed saliva.

At this point, they all dearly wanted to gobble it down whole.

Seeing the expressions of those present looking at the apple change, Lin Yongqiang coldly said, "Continue."

Hearing Lin Yongqiang speak, the beauty nodded and continued peeling. Soon, the apple was completely peeled and the fruity scent intensified instantly.

...

"This fruit really is problematic!"

As Lin Yongqiang pondered leisurely, the apple was carefully cut into a dozen pieces by the secretary. "Chairman Lin, it's done."

"Mhm."

Nodding lightly, Lin Yongqiang's slightly husky voice said, "Alright, let's all try it and see what's special about this apple."

"Yes."

After eagerly nodding their heads, they quickly reached out to grab a piece, impatient to put it in their mouths...

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