Thinking of this, Zhao Lang gave a slight smile, "Alright, pedaling the wheel, huh? It’s simple, I’ll do it."
[Aaaaaah Jiang Yan, do you know what you’re doing?! You’re actually making the future richest man do grunt work!]
[I bet the young master would slap himself twice after seeing the replay.]
When Zhao Lang seriously began pedaling, Jiang Yan turned around contentedly, raised his eyebrows at the others, his face saying "Still got to rely on Yours Truly."
The others all gave him a thumbs-up.
They had already taken a dislike to this man who had suddenly appeared!
Bai Lu: What the heck, daring to steal the spotlight from my idol!
Shang Shuyue: This man, with his dyed hair and lack of clothes, obviously isn’t a decent person. The Jiang Family already has one indecent person; we can’t let him lead the reformed Jiang Li astray.
Yu Li: Looking at his face, you can tell he’s overworked. He must have loads of health problems. He wouldn’t feel secure giving Miss Jiang to someone like that; better he handles it himself.
Jiang Cheng: Green tea! Green tea! Damn green tea!
Seeing several people lined up in a row, Jiang Li furrowed his brows.
"What’s the matter? All of you free?"
The group quickly scattered like birds.
Zhao Lang energetically pedaled the wooden wheel. His speed was fast and his strength evident, but the raft was simply too large. Moreover, with the people and items on it, it barely moved all afternoon.
As evening approached, some people watched Zhao Lang still leisurely pedaling the wheel, dumbfounded.
Jiang Cheng was gobsmacked, "Isn’t he tired? It’s been a whole afternoon."
Jiang Yan was even more shocked, "I didn’t know, isn’t this thing supposed to exhaust someone after an hour?"
Shang Shuyue snorted coldly, "Since he’s not tired, just let him continue pedaling, let’s go eat first."
"Exactly, exactly," Bai Lu patted her stomach, "It’s already five or six o’clock, I’m starving."
Speaking, they gathered around Jiang Li.
"Yeah yeah, what’s there to eat?"
"The fish from lunch must be all gone by now, right? Do we have food for tonight? It seems like we also don’t have any points left to exchange for food."
Jiang Li closed the book in his hands.
Jiang Li looked towards Zhao Lang at the stern of the boat, "Isn’t there ready-made food right there?"
Zhao Lang, smiling, handed over the last serving of grilled steak and rice to Yu Li.
"If it’s not enough, just say the word, we’ve got some drinks here that you can have."
Bai Lu’s eyes widened.
There was actually cola?!
How long had it been since she’d had cola!
The moment the soda hit her stomach, Bai Lu was nearly moved to tears.
"This is the best cola I’ve ever had!"
Zhao Lang smiled and handed her another bottle of cola, "Well, Miss Bai Lu, drink up."
Seeing his attentiveness, Bai Lu suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
In the afternoon, she had been so rude to him, making him work all afternoon, and now he had effortlessly spent five to six hundred points on a meal. Despite that, he had no complaints and maintained a good attitude from start to finish.
"Isn’t that a bit too much?"
Bai Lu cleared her throat and put a piece of steak into Zhao Lang’s bowl.
"Mr. Gu, you should eat too. You fell into the water only this afternoon. You need to replenish your energy."
As she spoke, she gave everyone a meaningful look.
But Jiang Yan was so busy showing off his meal that he didn’t pay any attention to her, only Yu Li gave a light cough.
"I have some herbal medicine. I’ll brew some for you later to help get rid of the cold."
Yu Li’s eyes widened instantly, puzzled under everyone’s curious gaze, he asked, "How do you know my nickname?"
Zhao Lang, calm as ever, fiddled with the food in his bowl, "Mr. Yu might not have seen me, but I have seen Mr. Yu quite a few times. When I was young, Mr. Yu and his father often visited my house. Due to restrictions on going out, I could only hide far away and sneak a few peeks."
Hearing this, Jiang Li glanced over, his eyes slightly meaningful.
Yu Li was even more shocked and stood up abruptly.
He was actually from the Gu family!
But why was he here?!
Noble families are no ordinary places, especially families like the Gu family with deeply entangled interests. He remembered his grandfather mentioning something about this when he had been taking Old Sir Gu’s pulse, so Gu Yu must have his reasons for being here.
Thus, Yu Li silently sat back down, acknowledging Zhao Lang with a nod.
He had actually treated the future heir of the Gu family like that in the afternoon...
If his grandfather knew about this, he would likely enforce the family rules.
After all, the Gu family had helped them a lot when they were in dire straits.
Thinking of this, Yu Li was even more upset.
"Rich families’ kids do all know each other.";
"Right, both their families are among the top-tier circles in the Capital, it’d be strange if they didn’t know each other."
"My teacher is a friend of the richest man’s grandson; rounding up, I’m friends with the richest man."
Others, however, didn’t understand the riddle between the two.
Bai Lu also looked confusedly at Jiang Yan.
"So Mr. Gu and Dean Yu know each other, and they are friends, but—"
"How is that possible?" Jiang Yan said disdainfully, "What kind of person is Yu Li, what status does the Yu family have? How could this poor wimp be friends with Yu Li? It must have been Yu Li’s dad taking him on charitable visits that he had gone to that kid’s house. Didn’t you hear what he said? He always had to watch from a distance, what does that tell you? It tells you not only is his family poor, he’s also not warmly regarded. Maybe his family has dozens of siblings."
"Tsk, tsk, it’s quite a sad life for him, probably because his family is poor, that’s why he took on such a job, quite pitiable."
Bai Lu suddenly realized, "So that’s it, now I understand, no wonder he’s Young Master Jiang."
The live stream viewers went silent.
"Can we not have these two idiots together, originally there was not much intelligence, now it’s gone into the negative."
"You... I... I have nothing more to say anymore, I wish these two people success."
After listening to Jiang Yan’s analysis, Bai Lu felt even sorrier for Zhao Lang.
After the meal, those who initially had a poor impression of him changed their faces, showing compassion and warmth towards Zhao Lang.
Bai Lu and Shang Shuyue took the initiative to take on the task of cleaning up and washing dishes.
Jiang Yan was offering tea and water.
Yu Li led Zhao Lang into the houseboat and personally cooked Chinese medicine for him, even bringing out some cherished herbs he had discovered long ago and had been reluctant to use.
Even Jiang Cheng actively went to ask Zhao Lang about a problem, even though it was a basic multiplication and division problem, as simple as could be.
Jiang Li was utterly baffled.
Had these people taken the wrong medicine today?