Li Yuan's emotionless eyes fell on him, and the village chief shuddered instantly, quickly saying, "Our house is just ahead, around the corner."
Gu Yibei said, "Dad, let's sit down and talk."
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The bodyguards continued to guard that spot, while Gu Yibei and the others followed the village chief home.
The village chief was extremely nervous when several important guests suddenly arrived at his home. He told his wife to brew his treasured Longjing tea, and his son and daughter to wash and cut fruit.
Li Yuan sat in the main seat of the hall, while the village chief bowed and smiled obsequiously beside him: "Sir, please have some tea."
"Eat our fruit! It's all homegrown, pesticide-free, definitely cleaner than the fruit in your city!"
"..."
Li Yuan didn't reply. The village chief was talking to himself, and eventually he felt embarrassed.
The village chief swallowed hard, bent over, and secretly glanced at Li Yuan out of the corner of his eye before cautiously asking, "Excuse me... what brings you to our village?"
Li Yuan remained silent. Charleson, carrying a box, approached and placed it on the table, opening it under the village chief's puzzled gaze.
"hiss--"
Everything in front of him was a bright red, and the village chief's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
This...this...
Charleson looked at the village chief, who, despite having a very distinct Western appearance, spoke fluent Chinese.
"Here is 500,000. We have no ill intentions in coming here. We just want to get some information out of you. If you answer well, this money is yours."
The village chief snapped out of his daze and kept bowing, saying, "Please feel free to ask me anything. I'll definitely tell you what I know, I'll definitely tell you..."
Charleson nodded in satisfaction and asked, "Twenty years ago, didn't a man and a woman come here and stay in the village for a while?"
"Huh?" The time was too far in, and the village chief didn't react for a moment.
Charleson didn't say anything more, but instead placed a photograph on the table. It was a photograph that Old Master Ji had kept tucked inside a book, which was later discovered by Ji Zhinan.
Charleson pointed at Shiloh: "Have you seen this before?"
Upon seeing Xi Luo's face, the village chief's eyes widened, and memories that had been sealed in his mind for many years surged up all at once.
The village chief, somewhat agitated, nodded quickly and said, "I know, I know!"
Charleson immediately looked at Li Yuan and saw that Li Yuan's expression changed.
Charles took out a stack of money from the box, about twenty or thirty thousand, and pushed it to the village chief.
The meaning is simple: the money is his now.
Upon receiving the money, the village chief was so excited that he was incoherent. He knew that after a year of hard work, they might only earn a few tens of thousands of yuan. He never imagined that he could earn tens of thousands of yuan in the blink of an eye just by saying a few words.
He quickly stuffed the money into his pocket, and the village chief spilled out everything he knew.
"I know this young lady. When she came to our village, she was accompanied by a middle-aged man who was older than her, probably old enough to be her father, with black hair and single eyelids, right?"
The village chief was referring to Grandpa Ji when he was young.
Seeing the man nod, Charleson gave him another ten thousand and said, "That's right. Could you please explain the details of their arrival in this village?"
The village chief hurriedly put the money away, saying, "Yes, I remember!"
Even though so many years have passed, Shiloh is still incredibly beautiful; their little village has never seen such a beautiful woman before.
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