Chapter 1140: Chapter 1140: You! Say! It! Again!

This reservoir, once completed, would be several hundred meters deep!

Everyone was excited, but there were two issues that hindered progress. The first was the construction funds and the second was the need for some residents to relocate. Luoshan County was poor, barely able to afford a pond, let alone the funds for a reservoir.

They simply couldn’t come up with the money.

The members of the expert group were sympathetic and wanted to do something tangible for the people of Luoshan County, so they turned to Zhou Hengguang. Everyone knew that he had significant authority, and if he were to apply for the project, it might actually get approved.

The idea to dam the mountain to create a reservoir originated with Zhou Hengguang, and now that they were seeking his approval, it was hard for him to refuse.

After the funds were approved, the people from Luoshan County went back to haggle with the other eleven counties, since everyone stood to benefit once the reservoir was built. It wasn’t fair for only Luoshan County to hustle and bustle.

So everyone at the central command center knew about the situation in Luoshan County, and now that they heard Zhao Wei was being transferred there, they really couldn’t say much. They could only look at her with sympathy. It was a predicament of her own making.

Once there, it would be years before she could return.

Zhou Hengguang had arranged her transfer, and with his influence, nobody dared approve her return.

The experts from the Capital exchanged knowing glances with one another in silent accord.

Here it comes again.

Just recently everyone was saying something was amiss, feeling like something was lacking, and now they suddenly realized.

Wasn’t it precisely this current situation that was missing? In the past, wherever the third young master of the Zhou family went, such incidents were not uncommon.

Zhou Hengguang returned to his room expressionlessly, took a hot shower, dressed in a silk robe, and walked barefoot to sit in the armchair by the floor-to-ceiling window. He was dozing off when Ji Fang finished dealing with Zhao Wei’s affair and finally came back.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he still forced his eyes open.

“Is the person sent off?”

“Yes! The people from Luoshan County happily took her away.” Ji Fang had treated his cracked lips with some medicine from a doctor at the command center, took some anti-inflammatory pills, and then took the tearful Zhao Wei away.

Professor Zhao was so angry he didn’t even go to see her off.

For the people of Luoshan County, the current Deputy Director was like a savior, and they were naturally enthusiastic about accepting the person he sent to be an accountant.

Ji Fang didn’t bother with any more tricks; someone like Zhao Wei wouldn’t be able to handle the hardship there anyway.

Zhou Hengguang leaned on the sofa without speaking further; the tea on the coffee table in front had cooled completely, without a trace of warmth.

Ji Fang silently poured a cup of hot water, placing it down and pondering how to bring up another matter to the Deputy Director.

“Deputy Director.” Finally, Ji Fang spoke up with some difficulty.

“Hmm?” Zhou Hengguang opened his eyes, and because he had taken off his glasses after the shower, his gaze was unabashedly direct as he looked at Ji Fang, the hostility in his eyes sending a chill through Ji Fang.

“What is it?”

“Are you feeling better? Should I call the doctor to have a look?”

“I’m fine.”

Seeing that Zhou Hengguang was about to close his eyes again, Ji Fang hurriedly said, “Oh, Deputy Director, the big boss mentioned another thing when he called. He said… he said he wanted to introduce a few talented young men to his sister for matchmaking.”

Zhou Hengguang suddenly sat up straight, enunciating each word, “You! Say! That! Again!”

“The boss’s wife asked him to find suitors for her sister.” Ji Fang blurted out everything in one breath.

For a long while, the room was pervaded with a terrifying, suffocatingly low pressure.

Zhou Hengguang kept the same posture he had adopted earlier, his body tense, and after what seemed like ages, he let out a low, hoarse laugh.