Chapter - 146

Zeke shook his head. “Hmm… I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“What? Why?” Lacey Hinton asked.

“Because,” Zeke paused. “The Hill village has already been demolished.”

Lacey frowned. “Are you kidding me? Dawnie negotiated with them the entire day yesterday! It was fruitless.”

“And you’re telling me that you, a careless man, settled it in one night?”

Zeke handed Lacey the pile of thick demolition contracts. “See for yourself.”

“What is this?” Lacey accepted the documents and took a glance. “Oh, my God!”

These are demolition contracts!

And they’re all signed!

She hurriedly counted them carefully. There were three hundred and two copies.

In another word, every family from the Hill village had signed the contract. Except for one family, Jayden’s.

However, that wasn’t a problem anymore.

“You… You’re amazing!” Lacey hugged the demolition contracts and was so excited that she almost cried. “How did you do it?”

“Dawnie had dealt with them for a whole day yesterday with no results. But you’re saying that you had them all signed after drinking for one night?”

“It’s called enlightening with affection and motivating with reason,” Zeke said.

Lacey rolled her eyes. “What a load of nonsense.”

Dawn came to Zeke’s rescue. “Lacey, why do you care so much?”

“The most urgent thing right now is to contact the demolition team and get started.”

Dawnie was unfazed.

With the Great Marshal springing into action, nothing is unsolvable in this world.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah!” Lacey swatted her head. “Contact the demolition team. Quick, before they change their mind.”

“Uh…” Zeke suddenly uttered. “I don’t think that’s necessary.”

“What do you mean?” Lacey asked curiously.

“The villagers have consciously demolished their own houses,” Zeke replied.

What?

“They demolished their own houses?” Lacey echoed in disbelief.

Just then, Lacey’s phone rang.

It was a call from Mia, her assistant.

“Something’s wrong, Ms. Hinton,” Mia sounded frantic over the phone. “Something’s really wrong.”

“The villagers from the Hill village are demolishing their own houses without even removing the furniture.”

“I highly suspect they are planning to frame us for forced demolition.”

“I’ve already sent someone to record them in action as evidence.”

Dawnie glanced at Zeke in surprise. She then took a deep breath and recollected herself, reigning in her emotions.

“What’s with the fuss?”

“It’s just a small demolition plan. I can get it done with just a phone call.”

Zeke and Dawn were rendered speechless.

Her ostentatious response had caught them off guard.

Hanging up the phone, Lacey grabbed Dawn’s hand and ran out.

“The demolition is complete. The project can finally start.”

“Zeke, stay home and don’t go anywhere. I’ll make you something delicious tonight.”

Zeke was speechless. Do I look like a child to you?

Daniel and Hannah, however, were full of smiles.

They couldn’t remember when Lacey had smiled so brightly.

“Dad,” Zeke suddenly called Daniel. “Do recruit more medical staff for the clinic. I’m planning to expand the scale.”

“How many?” Daniel asked.

“The more the merrier,” Zeke said.

Daniel was silent at his words.

It’s just a small clinic. Even if the scale is expanded, could it be bigger than a regular hospital?

Having five to six staff is good enough.

Isn’t the more the merrier’ a little exaggerated?

Little did he know that Zeke was preparing to get him started on that herb plantation business.

That herb plantation was an inexhaustible treasure.

Just a little grass at the corner of the plantation was enough to make Daniel prosperous for several generations.

“Zeke,” Hannah said. “It’s Lacey’s twenty-third birthday tomorrow.”

“According to the rules from our hometown, the twenty-third birthday must be a lavish celebration.”

“Friends and relatives will be here, so remember to contact a hotel.”

Zeke nodded. “Don’t worry, mom. I’ve been thinking about this all the time.”

“I’ll call the hotel now.”

“Alright.” Hannah nodded.

Once Zeke left, Daniel tapped his head as something struck his mind. “Ah, I forgot to remind Zeke to prepare a gift for Lacey.”

“Oh, please,” Hannah said impatiently. “Zeke is ten thousand times more thoughtful than you. How can he not think of what you can think of?”

Daniel chuckled foolishly. “Right, I worried too much.”