Hell's Handbook

Chapter 417

“Of course there is. This is your hometown, so it’s definitely a good place for development. We’ve already made all the preparations. For the first phase, we’ll pump in $27 billion to replace and upgrade the basic facilities here, then we’ll decide how much to pump in for the second and third phase after that,” said Tracy with a straight face.

Su Jin nearly threw up blood. He was frustrated as he said, “Please guys, that’s ridiculous. $27 billion is enough to buy not just this village but all their ancestors before them! You’re using it to replace and upgrade the facilities here? Even if you placed tiles on every square inch of land here, you would still have money leftover!”

“That’s not a problem. If there’s leftover, we could give it to the residents. How about $1 million USD per person? Or more?” suggested Murray.

“That’s ENOUGH! If you’re going to be like this, I’m going to make all of you leave the country!” Su Jin warned them with a nasty glare before walking away to deal with a different problem.

Yup, Su Jin’s problem wasn’t only these owners from the other side of the world, but Situ Jin as well. Situ Jin made Su Jin some outstanding young entrepreneur of sorts and got him several plaques and medals. There were so many along the lines of Top Ten Young National Talents, and while the local government didn’t know what these medals were all about, they did not doubt Situ Jin and supported him in any way they could.

Su Jin found Situ Jin and said, “And what are YOU trying to do? I don’t think the resources that a department assigned to protect the country from otherworldly forces was meant for such matters.”

“This is just to express the nation’s gratitude to you. After all, if not for you, our country would have been overrun either by those owners from the other side of the world, or Shen Wu’s robbers!” said Situ Jin with a big grin on his face.

Su Jin waggled a finger at him, then turned to talk to Xu Ran who was right next to Situ Jin. “And what about you? Why in the world am I an honorary elder of the Daoist order now?!”

“It’s just part of the fun!” Xu Ran spoke so confidently, Su Jin didn’t know what else to do besides glare fiercely at him.

Su Jin then moved toward an elegant-looking man. This man was none other than Daitengu, who had spent barely more than a month in Japan. He had actually managed to get the CEO of a huge Japanese corporation to invest in Su Jin’s hometown.

“Come here!” hissed Su Jin and Daitengu immediately came running over. Su Jin asked, “And what’s your deal? Just wanted to be part of the fun too?”

“Your hometown is important to you, so I’ve got to show my utmost support too,” said Daitengu without missing a beat.

Su Jin frowned and said, “You haven’t spent a lot of time in Japan, have you? How did you get this CEO to do this? I hope you didn’t threaten him or something!”

“Don’t worry, I didn’t do anything bad to him. I revealed my true self to a family that worshipped me, so they’ve been willing to give me anything.” Daitengu looked so proud of himself, Su Jin felt the urge to slap him.

Daitengu went on, “And I’m not the only one here to support you. Bifang is hibernating, but Su Mei is here!”

“Su Mei? Oh, right! The Nine-tailed Fox!” Su Jin slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten about her? She had entered a competition recently and instantly became a hit. She had fans not only in China, but in Asia and even beyond this continent. Nobody could escape her charm and a lot of people had gone crazy over her. He also heard that her fanclub had exceeded 10,000 members, and this was only because the fanclub had extremely strict conditions for those who wanted to become a member. Without those strict conditions, who knew how many would have joined by now?

Also, Su Jin had heard that Hollywood had made her several movie offers, and she was quite interested in trying them out. Su Jin felt that she might end up ruling the world in this manner.

Just seconds after he had spoken, Su Jin heard shrieks and the sound of crying in the distance. He scanned his surroundings with his psychokinesis and realized that the Nine-tailed Fox had arrived.

Within moments, many of the magnates and government officials at his door went rushing toward the Nine-tailed Fox. It turned out that a lot of them were huge fans of hers too.

She was now known as Su Mei, and carried herself like a real superstar. And very surprisingly, while her fans were really crazy about her, they were all really rational. Or at least there was no fan who tried to pounce on her or try to harass her. Everyone actually automatically formed teams to protect her and helped her to make sure that everything was orderly.

The Nine-tailed Fox walked through the crowd very easily, approached Su Jin and immediately hooked her arm around his with an adoring look on her face.

That scene made so many hearts break. Su Jin didn’t need to use his psychokinesis to figure out what everyone was thinking. But to his surprise, everyone quickly recovered from that moment and even looked like they were happy for her and willing to quietly protect her happiness.

“You’re going to get me into so much trouble,” Su Jin sighed and shook his head.

But the Nine-tailed Fox covered her mouth with one hand and giggled as she said, “Don’t worry, I’ll make sure that everyone will be giving us their blessing and nobody will give you any trouble.”

“And if they find out that their most beloved and revered celebrity isn’t my girlfriend at all, would they think that I’d abandoned you or that I’m some jerk or something along those lines? Are you sure they won’t come after me if that happens?” asked Su Jin.

The Nine-tailed Fox pointed at her own mouth and looked shocked as she said, “I didn’t think that far ahead!”

“Alright, alright, just clean up your mess later on, don’t add to my troubles.” Su Jin sighed heavily. He had just wanted to show off a little to his parents, but things had gotten way out of hand, like he had flown too close to the sun.

A huge crowd had been prevented from getting any closer to Su Jin’s house, so the local government had no choice but to create some temporary rest zones or paid the surrounding neighbors to provide some space. It would be too crowded if they were all gathered right outside Su Jin’s house.

Meanwhile, Su Jin’s parents were drowning in bliss. They had always hoped that their children would be successful enough for them to boast about. Their dream had come true, and it seemed like… their dreams had even been surpassed.

“Jin, what’s going on?!” Su Qing just stared in disbelief at all the people inside and outside the house. And when she saw the Nine-tailed Fox next to her brother, she even instinctively took a step back in shock as she stuttered, “S-Su… Mei!!”

“Is it really THAT shocking…” Su Jin used his psychokinesis to say to the Nine-tailed Fox, “Don’t you dare use your charm skills on my friends and family, you hear me?”

“I never did that!” The Nine-tailed Fox felt aggrieved by that statement.

Su Jin sighed, then used his psychokinesis to help Su Qing become more mentally resilient, and she calmed down a little. A smaller sized girl next to Su Qing timidly spoke up, “Brother Su, long time no see!”

“Oh! It’s you, Mengmeng! It’s been a really long time,” said Su Jin with a smile. The girl next to Su Qing was Yang Mengmeng. Su Jin had helped her before, but after that, they never saw each other again.

Yang Mengmeng nodded excitedly as she said, “Brother Su, my mother wants me to help her to thank you!”

“No worries. When I get the chance to, I’ll visit her myself,” replied Su Jin with a smile. After that, Su Jin spent the rest of his time dealing with all the guests in the house, which totally made him regret the childish plans he had.

He stayed home for seven days, and his parents dragged him to meet with every relative they could. After he had finally satisfied their need to feel like they had made it in life, he had to leave.

“Dad, Mom, you don’t have to scrimp and save anymore, I can provide well for the family.” Su Jin held his parents’ hands tightly. Once he left this time, he might not have the chance to return, unless he won the final battle.

“With such a successful son, your parents aren’t going to be stingy with themselves anymore! Don’t worry about that!” Su Jin’s father laughed heartily. He felt like this was the best day of his life.

“That’s great. I don’t have to worry about you guys then.” Su Jin chatted with his sister for a while, then left his hometown and returned to his house in S City.

After coming back to S City, Su Jin’s emotions continued to go on a rollercoaster ride. It took him three whole days to finally calm himself down and prepare himself mentally. From now onward, Su Jin was going to put his heart and soul into the challenges of the future!