"Where is it? I really don't see it?"
"I'll give you two minutes to turn around and come back."
Two minutes had passed. Jiang Yao glanced at the intersection and realized it would take another two minutes to reach the U-turn point. "Ciyuan, I..."
The other end of the phone had already hung up, so Jiang Yao had no choice but to walk to the nearest intersection and turn around.
As he got out of the car, Xiang Ciyuan was smoking by the roadside. "Why are you hiding when you see me?"
"I didn't see it,"
"I didn't see how we found this place."
"After making a U-turn, there's a straight road ahead. Your car..."
"Come on."
Jiang Yao smiled a little awkwardly and asked, "Is there something you need? I just came back from seeing Zhizhi. The child is really cute and well-behaved."
"It's nothing."
Why would I ask her to turn back if there's nothing wrong with that?
"Go back and pack your things. I'm going abroad to play cards for a few days. You'll come with me."
"After all these years, you're still gambling?"
"Mind your own business, go pack your things, you'll be staying for a few days."
This means he's treating her like a bed partner, leaving whenever he wants and spending time with her whenever he wants.
"I'm too busy with the teahouse to leave. You should find someone else. There's a long line of women in the ancient city who want to be with you, and it's not my turn."
"Don't refuse when I tell you to go; I won't treat you unfairly."
Jiang Yao felt inexplicably wronged. All she wanted was to start a business, make some money, and live a peaceful life. Why was it so difficult?
“If Nanzhi knew, she would think that I was hiding something from her and being ambiguous with you. I don’t want that.”
I won't sleep with you.
As if knowing what she was worried about, Xiang Ciyuan took the initiative to make it clear that he was only accompanying her abroad and that he wouldn't sleep with her.
Jiang Yao was taken aback. He chuckled and added, "You're dreaming."
Jiang Yao blushed at these words. "That's not a good idea. You should find someone else. Make sure to agree on the price beforehand."
"Okay, then let me ask you, what's the price for playing cards with someone?"
When Xiang Ciyuan joked with her, Jiang Yao suppressed her grievances. Knowing what kind of person he was, how could she dare to go against his wishes?
"Okay, what time are we leaving?"
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At the hospital, Shen Shixun stayed with his mother while contacting labor service companies throughout the city to help recruit people specifically for breeding.
Rooney was completely confused. Without the few Han Chinese people he had previously worked with, he couldn't make contact. When Shen Shixun was communicating with him, he couldn't help but think of Xiang Nanzhi.
She said that he sometimes seemed like someone from ancient times, and at that moment, Shen Shixun also felt that Rooney was like a savage who didn't understand anything.
However, for men on the grasslands, as long as they can hunt and support their families, they don't really need to know too much about the outside world.
Rooney got impatient. "You come, I'll take care of Mom, it's the same."
“As long as her emotions are stable, I can take good care of her. The situation here is really giving me a headache. I can't understand what those people who came here are saying. I don't understand anything…”
"They also talked about units of measurement, but what are units of measurement?"
"Rooney, calm down first, I'll explain it to you slowly."
"I can't calm down. I quit. I'm going to the hospital to take care of your mother. I'm not staying here!"
Letting him do business is like taking his life. From the depths of their grasslands outwards, there is a field that is closer to the outside world, with some human activity, but it is not part of their vast grasslands.
The place where Rooney is now helping Shim Se-hun with his breeding is a place called Mancheong, which is also a tourist destination. There are many businesses and a lot of people there.
Everything city dwellers need when traveling can be found here.
Rooney didn't feel comfortable here; he felt like the place was imitating a "fake grassland."
The tasks Shen Shixun asked him to do became increasingly difficult, to the point that Shen Shixun himself was at a loss for what to do.
"I'm waiting for the bus. I'd rather go to Latour than deal with those people!"
Rooney grumbled, "My head hurts, talking to them gives me a headache!"
Shen Shixun glanced at his mother, who had probably overheard their conversation and asked, "What's wrong?"
“Mom, Rooney said he’s coming over to take care of you.”
Mother Shen didn't react much, nodding, "Alright, then go ahead."
After she finished speaking, Shen Shixun returned with water a while later and saw that his mother was staring at her.
"Mom, do you want some water?"
"Ah Yuan, don't go!"
Mother Shen gripped her arm tightly. "Didn't you say you liked it here? Didn't you say you wanted to stay?"
Shen Shixun: ...
——
Rooney arrived quickly, eager to escape business matters, and headed straight to Latour.
Latour is a place where culture is very concentrated; you can see business people in suits, locals wearing felt hats, men and women in traditional clothing, university students visiting the area, couples...
Rooney didn't have many coins on him, and when he arrived at Latour, he got hungry and wanted to eat a bowl of noodles before looking for a place to eat.
As soon as he sat down, Rooney spent twenty dollars on a bowl of noodles. As soon as he arrived at the hospital, he complained to Shim Sehun that Latour's businessmen were crazy, making money off their own people.
"Their original intention was to make money off outsiders."
"That's terrible. Twenty yuan. He essentially robbed me of twenty yuan and gave me a bowl of noodles as a gift."
Shen Shixun laughed, "No businessman is without guile."
"These business people have no conscience; you can do a lot with twenty yuan."
Prices in Lathu are the highest in Saigon. Lathu has Saigon's only airport, so tourists must transit through Lathu first. Other cities are mostly high-altitude grasslands with poor signal, limited information, and inadequate transportation.
A few years ago, Lat Thu was similar to this place. With the rise of tourism in recent years, too many people are willing to travel to Saigon, which has driven up prices in tourist areas of Saigon where outsiders often come.
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