After confirming that Hu Xiaobei was staring at her chest with desire, Murong Qingqing, her anger making her teeth itch, placed her hands on her hips and stamped her foot, "You wolf, you big pervert! Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death!"

"Uh..."

Although he wasn't concerned about her threats, Hu Xiaobei still felt a bit guilty and averted his gaze!

Seeing that Hu Xiaobei was no longer looking at them, Murong Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief and then waved her pink fists at him.

After that, she looked at the two barren hills closest to Xiaohe Village and asked, "Xiaobei, why do those two hills look so bare?"

Upon hearing Murong Qingqing's curious question, Hu Xiaobei glanced at the hills and quickly shook his head, "I don't know, it seems like there's something wrong with the soil over there. Our village has always wanted to make use of that land, but we couldn't manage to do it, so eventually, it just turned into wasteland!"

After looking at them, Hu Xiaobei explained this to Murong Qingqing!

Those hills, being the closest to the village and not particularly steep, would be prime locations for terraced fields if developed...

That's why many people in the village had always been looking for ways to exploit them!

However, no matter what they tried, nothing planted on the hills would sprout, leaving them helpless and eventually leading the village to lose interest in the hills!

Hearing Hu Xiaobei's explanation, Murong Qingqing sort of understood, "If the soil is problematic, that's truly a pity."

"Yeah!"

As he nodded, Hu Xiaobei's eyes suddenly lit up...

Hu Xiaobei had always been troubled by the lack of additional land available for the village's expansion, but they could choose those!

What might be problematic soil for others shouldn't be a problem for himself, considering his Nine Wood True Qi could transform the soil quality...

Thinking this way, Hu Xiaobei felt quite enthusiastic!

Hu Xiaobei knew he hadn't made a breakthrough yet, so the Nine Wood True Qi within his body was limited.

Therefore, the current issue of land scarcity wasn't that severe...

But once he truly made a breakthrough, the amount of True Qi in his body would increase exponentially!

By then, the number of seeds he could improve would double, creating an actual shortage of land, so he really had to find a way to get his hands on those hills!

Just as he was about to ask something else, Murong Qingqing suddenly noticed Hu Xiaobei deep in thought and curiously asked, "What's on your mind? You look so serious."

Seeing her curious gaze, Hu Xiaobei smiled and said, "Nothing, it's getting late. Let's go down, your colleagues might have arrived!"

"Yes, you're right, it really is getting late. Let's go down!"

And so, the two of them made their way down the mountain together...

Due to the previous incident, both were extra cautious...

And because of that, although descending was more difficult than climbing up, they made it without any mishaps...

"It's really best to be standing on solid ground!"

After getting back on solid terrain, Murong Qingqing murmured to herself, and then her phone suddenly rang.

"It must be my colleagues!"

As she spoke, Murong Qingqing took out her phone to check, and indeed it was...

Twenty minutes later, Hu Xiaobei met her colleagues. To be honest, he was somewhat surprised; he had thought that a live broadcast would require a big team, but there were only three people!

Noticing Hu Xiaobei's puzzled expression, Murong Qingqing chuckled and asked curiously, "What's the matter? You look confused?"

Hearing her curious question, Hu Xiaobei waved it off, "Nothing, I'm just wondering, is this the entire crew?"

"Yes, a cameraman, a prop master, and a makeup artist. Isn't that enough?"

"Oh, so that's all that's needed for a live broadcast?"

Murong Qingqing couldn't help but laugh in response, "Did you think we'd need an OB van and dozens of people?"

"Yes!"

"That's all in the past. Now, we rely on network transmission, so very little is needed, just a signal will do!"

"I see!"

"Yes, alright, let me introduce you."

"Okay!"

When Hu Xiaobei agreed, Murong Qingqing took the initiative to introduce them. Hu Xiaobei soon found out that the makeup artist was Wang Yan, the prop master Sun Chengwu, and the cameraman Miao Yu.

"Hello, my name is Hu Xiaobei."

Upon hearing Hu Xiaobei introducing himself, their eyes widened, "What? You're Hu Xiaobei? Is this Xiaohe Village?"

Seeing their baffled expressions, Hu Xiaobei said with some confusion, "Yes, what's the matter? Is there a problem?"

"Yeah, is there a problem?"

"This..."

Seeing them fumbling for words, Murong Qingqing frowned, "What's going on? Is there something you can't talk about?"

"Not really, and there's no need for us to say anything. Murong Qingqing, just go on Lake Water County's forum and you'll see!"

Hearing this, Murong Qingqing quickly pulled out her phone and went to the Lake Water County forum. After glancing at it, she immediately furrowed her brows.

She found that the entire forum was filled with posts insulting Xiaohe Village and Hu Xiaobei!

Having seen it herself, Hu Xiaobei noticed it as well.

After confirming that those posts were made by Zhao Datong, Hu Xiaobei couldn't help but let out a scornful laugh.

When he first met Zhao Datong, Hu Xiaobei thought he was a somewhat narrow-minded individual, but now it seemed he was wrong – it was more than just narrow-mindedness, the man was utterly petty!

To spread such disgusting and false reports... he truly didn't deserve to be a journalist!

After quickly putting down her phone, Murong Qingqing asked, "Xiaobei, are these reports true?"

Hearing the question, Hu Xiaobei emphatically shook his head.

"Then..."

Seeing Murong Qingqing's surprised expression, Hu Xiaobei explained, "Zhao Datong came here before, and we had some unpleasantness. It's probably because of that he's making up all sorts of false rumors online!"

"That's despicable, I need to call him and talk about this!"

Knowing those reports were all Zhao Datong's fabrications, Murong Qingqing couldn't hold back her anger...

Having interviewed with Zhao Datong before, she had thought he was an okay person. Only now did she realize what it means to judge a book by its cover...

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