After his companions left, Zhang Lisheng wanted to stay in the cabin and cultivate the secret method to kill time. Unfortunately, things did not go according to his wishes. Before he could return to the cabin, he was held up by Xiong Zhuangming in a tragic way.
This young man who looked similar to his father, the kind of young man who looked especially mature when he was young and vigorous when he was old, never left Zhang Lisheng's side ever since he began to talk to him on the ship's side. He had been talking until night time.
Zhang Lisheng was forced to find out from him that the ship's boss was Xiong Mulin. His ancestral home was in Jiangsu. One could say that he was born in a family of scholars. His ancestors had a few Juren and a bunch of Xiucai since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. His grandfather taught at Yanjing University during the Republic of China while his father was a high school teacher after liberation.
According to the family tradition, Xiong Mulin should be a scholar or a teacher when he grew up. Unfortunately, he encountered the unprecedented Great Red Revolution when he was a young man!
In just one night, Xiong Mulin's values of being kind to others, being a modest gentleman, and being gentle as jade were shattered into pieces. In order to protect his grandfather and father, who had turned from a respected teacher to a stinky ninth brother, from being killed by the fanatical revolutionary young generals, he had no choice but to forcefully organize a group of young men who had the same background and threw themselves into the wave of revolution as well.
Ten years had passed. When the catastrophe that shocked Shenzhou ended, the fate of Xiong Mulin, who used to be a teenager and was already a young man at that time, could no longer return to its previous track.
"Later on, my dad started a self-employed business. First, he sold electronic watches in the South. Then, he sold leather shoes for foreign trade. Later, he contracted a toothpaste factory, exchanging toothpaste for Russian steel. Slowly, his business grew bigger and bigger.
In the end, he opened a furniture factory. He was the first in China to cut wood in the Amazon forest to make furniture.
Speaking of brains, he's pretty smart but he's too rigid. He wouldn't let me study abroad no matter what. He said he's afraid that I'll be bad. In reality, I don't need to study abroad if I really want to be bad, don't you think so? "
"That's right. But brother, it sounds like you admire your father a lot," Zhang Lisheng said casually while looking at the jungle in the dark while standing on the deck blankly.
"You heard it, hehe. That's why I can only tell you these things on the ship. If the people around my dad knew about this and it reached his ears, he would definitely be more strict with me in the future.
You don't know how bored I was in the Amazon these past few days. I didn't even have anyone to talk to … "
"Is that so?" Zhang Lisheng smiled wryly.
"Yes.
Eh, why is it so late already? Lisheng, I didn't expect that I'd forget the time while we were chatting. "Xiong Mulin yawned as he spoke." It's time to sleep. Let's talk tomorrow, good night. "
"Good night, Brother Xiong." After saying goodbye, Zhang Lisheng walked to his cabin. Before he entered the door, he turned his head to look at Xiong Mulin's tiny silhouette that was disappearing soon with the help of the bright moonlight. Clenching his teeth, he mumbled, "Brother Xiong, how beautiful would it be if you're a bad guy who has bad intentions towards me …"
The young man was decisive and merciless when he encountered someone who threatened him. However, he was easily defeated by people with gentleness. He stayed on the ship for another day and night. Xiong Mulin kept talking to him until he was annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.
In the end, he managed to endure until the ship docked at Rukututu City's port. He pretended to call Hatton and pretended that his American friend had booked a room for him at a hotel in Rukututu City. Finally, he managed to escape to peace.
Rukututu was the most important city in Tatetutu apart from the capital, Tuikano. Due to the fact that it was backed by the ocean, it had an extremely convenient shipping condition. More than 90% of the international trade of natural resources in Tatetutu was done in this city.
The unique geographical condition allowed Rukututu's city construction to be more advanced than the capital, Tuikano, to a certain extent.
At night, the lights were lit. Zhang Lisheng, who declined Xiong Mulin's offer to send him off, sat in the taxi. He looked at the hotels that were lit up on the spacious streets through the window and said casually, "I can't believe Rukututu City is so prosperous. There are so many hotels …"
"What's the use of them, sir? These are all business hotels. They're for the small employees of foreign companies. Even ordinary Tatetutu people can walk around the entrance.
Only the resort hotel, the Grand Ocean, that I'm bringing you to can be considered as a hotel, "The native driver said while smiling while showing his white teeth.
"So, only hotels that don't allow ordinary Tatetutu people to get close to are considered as hotels to you?" Zhang Lisheng asked, stunned.
"Of course, sir. That's why I only thought of the Grand Ocean Hotel when you said we're going to the best hotel," the driver said proudly.
The native driver's twisted way of thinking was very sad. However, Zhang Lisheng did not say anything. "Since you said the Grand Ocean Hotel is so good, then drive faster. I'd really like to see what's the difference between it and the Paradise Hotel in Tuikano."
"Very well, Sir. Please rest assured that the Grand Ocean Hotel will not disappoint you."
"If that's the case, my tip won't disappoint you, Mr. Driver."
Zhang Lisheng's last sentence lifted the native driver's spirits right away. "I'll speed up now sir, I'll speed up now.
It's really strange today. It's like there are a few more passengers in the car. The same gear, the same accelerator, but the car can't move. "
As he spoke, he stepped on the accelerator pedal to the maximum. The old car rumbled and emitted black smoke as it sped down the main street in the center of Rukututu City.
After walking for four to five minutes, the taxi finally staggered to a stop in front of a hotel whose lobby was decorated with pleasing light green vines and soothing light blue waves, one on the left and the other on the right.
"The style is indeed different." He took out a 50 dollar bill from his backpack and gave it to the native driver before getting out of the taxi. "That's right," Zhang Lisheng mumbled as he looked at the hotel that was not ostentatious but vaguely grand and comfortable.
Naturally, a waitress greeted him as he walked into the hotel. Surprisingly, she asked in English, "May I know if you're Mr. Zhang Lisheng?"
"I am," Zhang Lisheng was stunned. He touched the backpack on his back and said while smiling.
"You're alright, Mr. Zhang. Ms. Tina Douglin has booked a room for you. You can check in after you register.
She even left a message for you to give her a call if you're checking into the Grand Ocean Hotel. "
"Is there an international phone in the lobby?" Zhang Lisheng thought about it and asked.
"Of course, please follow me." The native waitress wearing a blue dress brought Zhang Lisheng to the spacious rest area where some tourists were sitting in groups of twos and threes. Pointing at a sofa with a cordless phone on the coffee table, she said, "Please help yourself."
"Thanks," Zhang Lisheng sat on the sofa and looked around the elegant environment. He then called Tina's phone.
"Lisheng, is that you?"
"Tina, who else would call you from Tatetutu other than me?"
"Y-You're at the Grand Ocean Hotel?"
"That's right. How did you know to book the Grand Ocean Hotel for me?"
"Because you won't feel bad if you have the money. Of course, you'll stay in the best hotel."
"Is that so? Have you returned to America?"
"I just returned to New York two hours ago. I'm grounded now. It's fortunate that my phone is still with me."
"You should be grounded. Trish must be worse than you.
Oh yeah, how are Sheila, Walter, Hatton and the rest? "
"I don't know, they've been sent to NYU Langone Medical Center. They should still be in the diagnosis stage now. I hope they'll be fine," Tina's tone became very deep right away.
"Yeah, I hope they'll be fine," Zhang Lisheng said casually, "Alright, I'm going to rest now. I'll contact you when I return to New York. Bye Tina."
"Lisheng, can you talk to me for a while? I'm …"
"Didn't you just return to New York? You've been on the plane for so long, you should take a good rest. Let's not talk anymore. Bye," Zhang Lisheng, whose scalp tingled when he heard the word 'talk', hung up the phone as he spoke.
He stood up and waved his hand to summon the attendant who was waiting by the side. "Miss, please bring me to register."
The Grand Ocean Hotel was slightly smaller than the Paradise Hotel. It did not give off the vibe of the civilized world and the primitive jungle in the hotel. Instead, it won the customers' favor with its magnificent rainforest scenery and charming ocean scenery.
Tina booked a luxurious viewing room for Zhang Lisheng. The entire room was decorated in a blue ocean style from the floor, walls and ceiling.
The furnishings in the room were all handmade from Amazon's precious sandalwood. It did not go through any industrial processing, so it naturally had the natural fragrance of the wood.
The room was facing the ocean with a small viewing balcony. When Zhang Lisheng stood on the balcony, he breathed in the fresh rainforest air that was slightly salty.
Gazing into the distance, what entered his eyes was a tranquil ocean that rippled with jade waves. This instantly caused him to feel a type of exquisite style, and he couldn't help but blurt out. "This place is really too unique and too beautiful."
"This is one of the rooms with the best view in the Grand Ocean Hotel. You'll have a different feeling when it's raining."
"Thank you, this is indeed a great room." Zhang Lisheng gave a five-dollar tip to the attendant. "I'd like two room service. Give me one of your hotel's best set meals.
Then, I'd like to have my clothes sent to the laundry urgently. Get me a jacket, including my underwear. "
"Yes, sir," The attendant left quietly after taking the tip.
Zhang Lisheng dragged his clothes on the floor of the room and went into the bathroom to take a hot bath. By the time he came out, his dirty clothes had already been taken away and his clean clothes were placed on the bed. There was also a big silver plate with a baked lobster in the middle and straw mushrooms, worms, and bamboo shoots that were soaked in a thick black sauce on the coffee table beside the sofa.
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