Chapter 117 Souvenirs

Country C dared not detain Lu Xiwen; he was released almost as soon as the test results were satisfactory.

As for the series of troubles that have arisen, they are all left to Fang Xiao to handle.

Because he had received a lot of benefits and even became sworn brothers with that government official, Fang Xiao felt that Lu Xiwen was partly shielding him from trouble. Fang Xiao became even more motivated. Lu Xiwen called him several times, but he was drunk. Helpless, he could only invite Guan Yan and Fang Xiao to go to the Lake Keslag Caves.

Guan Yan had tried something similar before, but his interest was so-so. Chu Lin, on the other hand, was like he had discovered a new continent. From the moment he boarded the boat, he kept making "hissing" sounds. Guan Yan sat to the side with an air of elegance, looking like all he was missing was a glass of red wine.

Lu Xiwen, wearing sunglasses, leaned back in the recliner opposite him. "Can't you be a little more dignified?"

Chu Lin: "I've never seen this before! When I was making a living, I was always out at night and didn't work during the day. Traveling was out of the question. This is definitely the first time I've seen such scenery. Wow, Guan Yan, the lake water over there is blue!"

"Where?" Guan Yan glanced at Lu Xiwen while offering his support.

Following Chu Lin's pointing, there was indeed a sunken basin, and the lake water had a rare blue color due to the special minerals in it. "If you like it, I'll take you to see it up close."

The captain accepted the order for the four of them, but upon hearing this, he shook his head repeatedly and said in broken Chinese, "No, the current and the whirlpools will trap us inside."

"It's alright, it's good to take a look." Chu Lin didn't care much.

Guan Yan patted his head and asked the captain, "Aren't there any souvenirs?"

The captain shook his head.

Pei Wu brewed tea at a small square table. It wasn't anything special, but she was in a wonderful mood.

"Oh, by the way," Guan Yan changed the subject, "Do you guys still remember Lai Si?"

Lu Xiwen: "...Who?"

Pei Wu: "How is he?"

"He was tied up in the basement and was only discovered the next day when the army searched the Chaconott Estate, and I heard him cursing all the way there."

Lu Xiwen: "Insulting me?"

Pei Wu continued, "It should be an insult to me."

Guan Yan chuckled.

The cave was already visible, with visibility only two or three meters at the entrance. Further inside, it was pitch black. According to the captain, the ceiling was four or five meters high, so there was no need to worry about bumping into it when standing up. Almost as soon as the ship was swallowed by darkness, a cold air followed. Pei Wu was still recovering and subconsciously moved closer to Lu Xiwen. Just then, Lu Xiwen opened his coat and pulled her into his arms.

Inside the cave are glowing scales, which at first glance look like the walls are covered with fireflies.

"Can we break off a piece of this thing?" Guan Yan asked.

The captain had barely said "no" when Chu Lin had already broken off a piece.

A small light was on on the ship. After a moment of silence, the captain lowered his voice and said, "Put it away, don't let anyone see it."

Chu Lin cooperated and stuffed it into his pocket.

Because they had given so much, the captain broke off another piece and handed it to Pei Wu, saying, "A souvenir."

Lu Xiwen was indirectly pleased and said, "I'll give you more money when I get out."

The atmosphere was very light and cheerful.

Emerging from the cave, the boat remained on Lake Caislaga. On the opposite shore stretched vast expanses of white reeds, a scene so picturesque in still air that it resembled a realistic oil painting—perfect for taking photos. But the next second—

"Bang!"

The stern was hit hard.

"Hey!" The captain was very dissatisfied and stood up to argue with the people behind him.

The other party emerged from the cave a few minutes earlier and kept circling around, probably trying to get a better angle for taking pictures. They were shaking the steering wheel wildly on the boat without paying any attention to their surroundings. There were seven or eight young people, men and women, and the boat they had hired was slightly larger than theirs. The collision directly dented the stern of the boat.

These people, judging by their clothes, were clearly well-off. They laughed and joked at the captain's questioning, completely ignoring him. After a few more words, a young man with orange hair got annoyed and sprayed a stream of pheromones onto the captain's face.

The captain took a half step back and hurriedly wiped it, which caused a burst of laughter from the other side.

Guan Yan's expression turned slightly cold as he asked Chu Lin, who was standing to the side, "Look at his hair color, does it look familiar to you?"

"Don't wrong me." Chu Lin stood up: "Even if I were a bad person before, I would never do such a thing."

Chu Lin patted the captain on the shoulder, gesturing for him to lean back, then asked the orange-haired man, "Having fun?"

The person on the other end couldn't understand Chinese and rattled off a bunch of nonsense.

Guan Yan translated: "He said if you keep talking, he'll beat you to a pulp."

Pei Wu: "?" Wasn't the person on the other end asking Chu Lin, "What are you going to do?"

Chu Lin acted decisively without hesitation, reaching into the water with one hand. Soon, bubbles rose to the surface of the water with a "glug-glug" sound. As the group of young people came to look curiously, the boat seemed to have been blown up from the bottom, rising half a meter into the air before capsizing.

Immediately, the sounds of falling into the water and screams rang out simultaneously.

“Let’s go,” Guan Yan said.

After a quick group photo in the reeds, the four left Lake Keslaga.

The captain chuckled and looked back to see that the group of rude people had just climbed ashore.

*

Amos requested to see Lu Xiwen while in prison, but Lu Xiwen refused.

“Given his danger level, he’ll be stuck there for life. Meeting him would probably leave me with a criminal record.” Lu Xiwen helped Pei Wu pack her things, still furious about the trip to Country C. If they invited him to come and beat up Amos, he would gladly accept.

Since they had nothing else to do, they planned to leave first thing tomorrow morning.

Guan Yan's private jet was more spacious and comfortable. The next morning, a white line streaked across the sky, and everything that had happened on this land finally came to an end.

This resulted in a delay of a week. When Pei Wu returned to the company, she almost didn't recognize Lan Zhe.

The elite and upright Assistant Lan from my memory is gone forever. His hair is unkempt, too long, and he's even skipped styling, looking a bit frizzy. He also has dark circles under his eyes. When he saw Lu Xiwen and Pei Wu, he even laughed out loud.

"..."

Even Lu Xiwen felt uneasy. "Here's what you'll do," he said, "take a taxi home and sleep for as long as you can. No one will bother you."

"No, I'm going to fight those old fogies at the shareholders' meeting to the death!" Lan Zhe was clearly obsessed. "They said they'd vote to weaken my power. Hahaha, with you gone, anyone can jump around like that."

“We’ll handle this.” Pei Wu stepped forward, put her arm around Lan Zhe’s shoulder and helped him turn around. Then, as she carried him downstairs, she said, “I’ll take over your work. We’ve always helped each other like this before, haven’t we? Get a good night’s sleep. When you wake up, there will be fried small fish, big rice balls, and stir-fried crispy pork.”

Lan Zhe: "You're buying it?"

"I'll make it, buddy. Don't you trust my skills?"

Lan Zhe took a deep breath and murmured, "This is all I deserve."

Lan Zhe's mind went blank as soon as he got on the bus. He managed to stay awake until he got home, and then went straight to bed.

Pei Wu then organized the documents and rushed to the conference room with Lu Xiwen.