The Farming Livestreamer: I Don't Want to Inherit Billions!-Chapter 345: What Is Rare Metal?

"Mr. Liao, that’s the situation. But rest assured, I’ll definitely get to the bottom of what’s going on here for you!"

Gou Dan finished explaining but didn’t hear a response from the other end, so he kept assuring repeatedly.

After a while, the voice came through the receiver again, "I trust your abilities; otherwise, I wouldn’t have entrusted such an important task to you, right?"

"I understand, Mr. Liao, rest assured!"

After hanging up, Gou Dan felt a huge relief.

He knew Mr. Liao was his benefactor; it was meeting Mr. Liao that gave him the opportunity to develop himself!

On the other end, Liao Lei hung up the phone, gave a cold snort, and picked up another phone, dialing out, "Check what happened today at Phoenix Mountain, see who it really was!"

It’s been almost a month!

The matters at Phoenix Mountain still aren’t resolved!

He drank the wine in his glass in one gulp; the longer this drags on, the more irritated he feels, yet also more excited!

What does this imply?

It suggests there’s a real possibility that rare metal exists here in Phoenix Mountain!

Otherwise, why would that group of country bumpkins be so desperately guarding it?

They must know about the rare metals, that’s why they are acting this way!

"Rare metals? What is that?"

Chi Youyou just happened to hear these words from Song Shiyu’s mouth.

"See for yourself."

Song Shiyu handed her the phone, which displayed a message posted on the dark web stating there might be rare metals in Huaxia. It didn’t specify where, but from the description, it seems a lot like Phoenix Mountain!

Rare metal is just a general term, meaning rare metals.

The rarer the metal, the more expensive it is; some are even beyond monetary value.

"Are you saying this Liao Lei heard about this, which is why he’s so unusually eager to buy the village?"

"Yes, I had someone look into it this afternoon. A lot of places similar to Phoenix Mountain have encountered such incidents. Many villages weren’t as lucky as Phoenix Mountain; after signing the agreement, they were kicked out of their villages."

"Who’s spreading this story! How could Phoenix Mountain have such a thing? If it did, wouldn’t they have gotten rich ages ago!"

No way...

Wait!

Chi Youyou had just closed her mouth when a bad idea occurred to her, and she walked out of the room.

Song Shiyu didn’t ask, he just followed her out.

Jiang An was completely puzzled as to why Miss Chi suddenly walked out.

Hmm...

He thought back to what she had just said and suddenly had a bad feeling.

"This is Amber."

"This is crystal."

"Is this a diamond?"

"This is jade."

...

She didn’t go anywhere else but to the back of the house, which looked like a place to store feed, but upon going further in, there was a secret passage beneath the pile of straws!

When Jiang An stepped in, he was dumbfounded, or rather, his brain froze as soon as he heard Miss Chi’s voice.

"You go outside and stand guard first."

Song Shiyu thought about it and decided to have him wait outside.

Since there had just been such a commotion in the village, the other party was likely probing for information about them.

It’s always good to be cautious at times like these.

Jiang An was a bit muddled, but upon hearing Song Shiyu’s voice, he snapped back to reality and hurriedly went outside to stand guard.

"Is this the rare metal you’re talking about?"

Chi Youyou thought about it; compared to their family’s belongings, it should be this kind, right!

Of course, if she said this, Song Shiyu would probably roll his eyes since everything in their house was quite valuable.

The furniture was made of huanghuali wood, even the footstools were made of lignum vitae.

And those household bowls and plates, they were all antiques!

Chi Youyou was favorably inclined towards agronomy, ever since she was a child, she felt that after having enough to eat and wear, it was crucial to have more delicious food!

So she loved agriculture, learning it from her father, alongside animal husbandry. Spending every day with the family’s animals, she even became somewhat knowledgeable about veterinary science, running around in the mountains and learning to identify various herbs.

But she never paid much attention to anything else; if you told her something was an antique, she might not even recognize it.

"These aren’t it."

Song Shiyu glanced around the room; it was packed with all sorts of things and could even be described as a treasure vault.

Is this the legendary ’hiding in plain sight’?

People throughout Phoenix Mountain wouldn’t have guessed there were such treasures in their village.

Yet upon second thought, aside from gold and silver, these items might seem ordinary to them.

Diamonds?

They truly wouldn’t recognize them.

"You’re just bringing me to your family’s cellar? Aren’t you afraid I’ll clean it out?"

"Huh?"

Chi Youyou was trying hard to contemplate rare metals when she suddenly heard him say that. She looked up and their eyes met.

The cellar was large, but with items piled up to the brim, their movement space was limited.

And most crucially...

In this entire enclosed space, at this very moment, it was just them!

Chi Youyou, under the dim light, looked up at the man, the warmth of the yellow light softened his features a lot; her heart suddenly began to race faster.

"Hmm?"

"You are the heir to the Song Group! Known as Mr. Song in Imperial City, oops, Huaxia’s top wealthy family! You wouldn’t be interested in these things!"

Awakened by Song Shiyu’s deep voice, she turned her head, casually making up an excuse, "That post must be a hoax! If there were really rare metals, they’d definitely be in the cellar! Let’s go!"

Then she turned around and hurriedly walked away.

She walked while gently pressing her chest with her small hand, have some dignity!

Song Shiyu watched her flee and his lips curled into a slight smile.

He...

He seems to have found something interesting!

This reaction of the young girl wasn’t the first time; every time they were alone, whenever they got closer, she would inexplicably get angry.

Before, he never gave it much thought, but just now, he was quite certain that her ears turned red, and he might have even heard a rapid "thump thump thump", her heart racing!

He raised his hand to touch his face; it seemed his face still had its lethal charm.

Thinking about this, he felt even better; suddenly the person who issued the rare metals bounty didn’t seem so hateful. Once he finds the source, he won’t torture them.

"Be careful, why are you in such a hurry?"

Song Shiyu followed behind her; Chi Youyou was so flustered she didn’t watch her step, stumbled upon something, and nearly fell, but he reached out and caught her.

"I’m fine, no, I have to go back to the village again! We need to warn Grandpa Hai and the others to be careful!"

Chi Youyou’s line of sight met once more with Song Shiyu’s; her barely-calmed heart began to race again. She had no choice but to concoct another excuse to flee.

How utterly embarrassing!

"Wait, I’ll come with you!"

If he hadn’t said that, it would have been fine, but with those words, Chi Youyou ran even faster!

The smile on his lips grew bigger, taking long strides to catch up with her.

Jiang An: ...

I should just bury myself in the dirt!