Chapter 215: I Acted Too Quickly

"Have I been officially recognized?"

Looking at the message,

Chen Jianhai felt as if he could hear the flowers blooming,

Even though it was night, it felt like he was bathed in sunlight,

Surprised, doubtful, and then calm again.

Langai Hotel Chen Jianhai: "Thank you all for accepting me, thank you!"

After sending this message, Chen Jianhai exhaled deeply,

The dark cloud that had been weighing on his chest for so long finally dissipated.

From the moment he set foot on the island until now, he had endured countless grievances with his passion, too many to count.

Even he didn't know how many times he cursed himself as "cheap",

But in the end, the result was good; he was finally accepted by the island.

Now, he just had to wait for the system to complete the Starlit Coastal Path.

Since they had already accepted Chen Jianhai, the group returned to its usual banter and gossip.

Chen Jianhai was happy to lurk and see what the islanders were up to.

Curious, Chen Jianhai clicked on "Jian Ku Fen Dou's" profile picture.

Hey...

This island owner is quite confident!

He even made ten photos visible to strangers!

Let me see if I've ever seen you on the island!

In the first post, there were four photos.

By the blue sky and clear sea,

An old man wearing a white tank top and a straw hat was bending over,

Holding a broom, squatting on the beach picking up trash.

"This old man looks familiar."

"It seems I've seen him during the Love Island Day, cleaning the beach."

Chen Jianhai curiously clicked on the picture and zoomed in.

The next moment,

Seeing the old man in the straw hat, Chen Jianhai's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but shout:

"Damn!"

Isn't this the same old man in the tank top!

Turns out the island owner is him!

...

That night.

Fishing boats returning to port slowly approached the dock.

In the distance, the horizon was beginning to lighten, with a few stars still hanging in the sky,

A faint blue mist was floating on the water,

The dock was filled with returning fishing boats, and the air was thick with the smell of fish.

Lao Yan stood on the dock, bending over to rub his stiff legs, pulling a cigarette from his pocket and taking a deep drag.

Getting old,

It's really getting harder.

Recently, the fish market has been pressing prices too hard, though the fishermen on the island said they didn't want to work anymore, not wanting to be exploited.

But without fishing, what would they eat?

They couldn't just stand at the crossroads drinking the northwest wind.

So, to maintain their income, they had to fish until nearly dawn before returning.

Fortunately, tonight's catch was good, so the hard work wasn't in vain.

"Dad, let's go home." Xiao Yan tied up the boat and jumped onto the beach.

Initially, they could walk directly along the coastal path to the island's living area, a straight line home.

But due to the coastal path's long disrepair, the island's frequent bad weather, and years of trampling,

The coastal path had long been eroded and dilapidated,

Their direct route home was blocked off with blue barriers, no longer passable.

So they had to walk along the beach, taking another route.

Walking on the beach by the sea is a leisure activity.

But for those who had worked hard all night, walking on sand was another kind of toil and torment.

By the time they got home, their calves would feel weightless and empty.

"This road..."

As they walked, Lao Yan suddenly pointed ahead, his eyes filled with confusion.

Xiao Yan followed his father's pointing finger,

Through the blue mist, they saw a winding colorful ribbon stretching along the island's coastline.

Beautiful lamp posts adorned both sides of the path, emitting a soft light.

From a distance, it looked like a starry ribbon laid on the beach.

"When was this road built?"

Lao Yan murmured, he hadn't heard anything about the island leader building a road.

Doubtful, they walked off the beach and onto the coastal path.

The island's beach had no streetlights, so they usually used flashlights to go home.

But this path was brightly illuminated, clearly showing the way, with no need to worry about stepping into pits or uneven ground.

"This path is beautiful..."

Xiao Yan took out his phone, snapped a photo, and sent it to the group.

Having been out at sea all night, he hadn't heard about Chen Jianhai building the path,

After sending the photo, Xiao Yan put his phone back in his pocket and helped Lao Yan home...

At the island hotel.

Chen Jianhai was sprawled on the bed, sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, a familiar and cold voice rang in his mind.

"Ding!"

The sound jolted Chen Jianhai awake, making him shiver all over, his heart racing and cold sweat breaking out.

What's going on!

Chen Jianhai panted heavily, his eyes wide with fear, looking around.

"The Starlit Coastal Path has been completed. The hotel's environmental improvement progress has increased by 30%."

The system's voice echoed in his mind,

But Chen Jianhai, startled awake and with his heart pounding, was too blank to process it.

It took a good ten minutes for his cold sweat to gradually disappear,

He glanced at his phone, 4:21 a.m.

Chen Jianhai got up, took a sip of water, and gradually calmed down.

Damn, why did the system have to freak me out so early in the morning!

Couldn't it wait until daytime to notify me!

Even though Chen Jianhai was usually good-tempered, being suddenly woken up made him extremely irritable.

Wait...

The system had given the hotel many good things before, but it had never given a notice in the middle of the night.

Why was it so unusual this time?

Something's not right...

Chen Jianhai pulled up the system panel and opened the system messages.

He selected the latest notification.

"The hotel's environmental improvement progress has increased by 30%..."

Chen Jianhai stared at the message for a long time,

"Isn't this for the hotel's city landmark building task!"

Chen Jianhai felt a bit dizzy.

Langai Hotel's upgrade from a high-end hotel to a luxury hotel required completing the city landmark building task.

The task conditions included the hotel's cultural and humanistic impact, expanding its social influence,

And the last condition was to improve the environment around the hotel.

Previously, Chen Jianhai had been puzzled about how to enhance the hotel's surrounding environment,

After all, Langai Hotel was located in Nanjiang, known for its beautiful scenery, clear waters, and fine, soft sand,

With Lao Chang and others helping out, there really wasn't much to improve.

Chen Jianhai had even considered purifying the sea.

But he never expected that by accident, he would advance the task condition on Xiaomajia Island!

"Right..."

"Building the Starlit Coastal Path on the island is indirectly improving the hotel's environment!"

"I... I regret it!"

"If I had known the task was this simple, I wouldn't have thought about purifying the sea!"

"I should have waited until the island was covered in cow dung before building public restrooms and trash cans!"

"I acted too quickly on this step!"