Soon, Li Ran received a call from the staff.
"Hello, is this Mr. Li?"
"Yes, speaking."
"Hello Mr. Li, we are from Shuntong Express. We've followed the directions to Shiyu Mountain and have been climbing for over ten minutes, but we still haven't found your house. Have we taken a wrong turn?"
"You haven't taken a wrong turn; this is the right r Keep going up—about another half hour and you'll get there. Keep it up!"
"……"
[Frustration points +20 from Pang Wei, money +100]
[Frustration points +20 from Han Xiaoqiang, money +100]
[Frustration points +20 from …]
Li Ran hung up, suddenly feeling uneasy. He glanced around and immediately realized—
"Where's Hanhan? Where has he run off to now?"
Earlier, he'd been busy copying addresses inside and hadn't paid attention to the creature's whereabouts.
If the delivery staff saw a giant panda hanging on the orange tree right by his door, it would be quite a scene…
He immediately activated the "Live Monitoring" feature on drone #3 and found Hanhan gnawing on cucumbers in the vegetable garden.
The few cucumbers that had just begun to grow on the trellis were torn off. Nearby on the ground lay some discarded green and red peppers…
Li Ran felt a bit worn out, grabbed a bamboo stick, and ran outside to scold Hanhan.
"Have I ever said you can run around like this?"
"Have I ever said you can pick these things?"
"Have you grown wings and hardened your skin now?"
"Are you planning to clear another patch of land or what?"
Every time Li Ran scolded, he gave a light tap, but didn't hit hard.
Hanhan's skin was thick; it seemed like he barely felt it. Instead, feeling guilty, he looked up weakly with an innocent face and handed the last remaining cucumber to Li Ran.
Li Ran immediately couldn't bring himself to continue.
"Look at you all muddy—if I didn't know better, I'd think you were just a black ball!"
"Go wash up by the waterfall, and don't come back unless you're clean!"
Hanhan nodded and slowly crawled toward the back door.
"Wow, the streamer just now scared me!"
"Totally immersive—reminded me of my mom…"
"Same here, I just scolded my kid not long ago!"
"…"
"Hanhan's so cute, why is the streamer so harsh to him?"
"Exactly! If I had a giant panda like that at home, I'd want to cuddle it every day!"
"Here's a question—who's cuter, Hanhan or the streamer?"
"Of course Hanhan's cuter; the streamer's the handsome one!"
"You're such a little smartass…"
Not long after, a few young men in blue work uniforms appeared nearby.
Li Ran quickly called out, "You're from Shuntong Express, right? Come on up, it's right here."
"Mr. Li, didn't you say it'd take another half hour to get here?"
"That was just a joke to give you a little surprise. Now that you don't have to climb as far, aren't you much happier?"
"……"
[Frustration points +20 from Pang Wei, money +100]
[Frustration points +20 from Han Xiaoqiang, money +100]
[Frustration points +20 from …]
This was a big order, and five people had come.
Following Li Ran's advice, each brought two small buckets. This way, the buckets only weighed a few kilos each and were easier to carry downhill.
Li Ran led the staff inside and divided the over 100 pounds of crayfish into ten buckets.
"Here are the delivery addresses. After you carry the crayfish down, divide them into fifty packages—two pounds each, no big differences."
"Mr. Li, don't worry. We've brought electronic scales and fifty oxygen-preserving seafood boxes in the car down the mountain. We'll weigh and pack everything carefully. No mistakes!"
Li Ran nodded. "How much in total?"
"We have different fees depending on the area. Within the province…"
"Don't bother with the details, just give me the total price."
"Oh… total is 3,126 yuan."
Li Ran scanned the payment QR code and sent them off.
"It rained today, so the mountain path is slippery. Be careful."
"Thanks, Mr. Li. We deliver and pick up goods regularly, so we're used to it."
Li Ran looked puzzled. "I meant, be careful not to damage the crayfish!"
"……"
[Frustration points +20 from Pang Wei, money +100]
[Frustration points +20 from Han Xiaoqiang, money +100]
[Frustration points +20 from …]
After they walked away, they began quietly talking.
"Ah Wei, did you think that Mr. Li was a bit strange just now?"
"Yeah, one minute he's funny, the next cold. Hard to read."
"I don't mean that… didn't you guys notice the big vegetable garden in front of the house?"
"We're not blind, of course we saw it!"
"Right, there were vegetables and fruits—watermelon, grapes, loquats… looks nothing like an ordinary household!"
"And who spends over three thousand yuan to ship a hundred pounds of crayfish? The shipping alone costs more than twice the crayfish!"
"Plus, he paid so easily, no hesitation. Not like those millionaires who always haggle for discounts."
"Looks like we've found a reclusive big tycoon!"
"But that house looks so old?"
"Maybe the rich just like that kind of style…"
…
In the capital city, Yanyuan.
Inside a graduate school's handicraft workshop, a group of elite students gathered around a photo carefully examining it.
The photo showed a delicate small bamboo basket, clearly woven from fresh bamboo, exquisitely crafted.
Someone measured it with a ruler; another took notes. Others flipped through yellowed , while some created 3D modeling diagrams in their note.
More than a dozen people, all focused and serious, as if working together to solve a world-class challenge…
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