What are you doing? "
Luffy's question was like a bolt from the blue exploding in her ears. Sophia was so scared that she trembled all over, and the amulet between her feet fell to the ground again.
"No … nothing. Uh, my back is a little itchy. Yes, my back is a little itchy. I rubbed it to stop the itch."
Sofia subconsciously stepped on the amulet and explained incoherently. She even pretended to use her back to rub against the seat with force.
Luffy stared at her suspiciously from the rearview mirror. He felt that something was wrong, but he could not figure out what it was, so he did not continue to ask. However, he became more vigilant and stared at her more frequently, so Sophia did not dare to act rashly anymore.
What she did not notice was that the old yellow amulet under her feet had an almost undetectable spiritual light. However, it only flashed for a moment and returned to normal in the blink of an eye.
In the first branch of the Pavilion in the Air, Ding Ning's eyes moved. He stood up and said apologetically, "I have something to do, so I have to go first. You guys enjoy your meal."
"What's wrong?"
Xun Er realized that something might have happened and asked subconsciously.
Ding Ning smiled and shook his head, "Nothing. You guys go home first after the meal. Don't run around."
Xun Er understood the meaning in his words and nodded obediently. She said calmly, "Be careful and come back early."
"Okay!"
Ding Ning smiled and rubbed her head. He nodded at Old Master Wen and the others and left the restaurant in a hurry.
After leaving the restaurant, he did not take the elevator downstairs. Instead, he went directly to the top floor. After checking that there was no one around, he jumped downstairs as if he was committing suicide.
In the night, there was a flapping sound and a black shadow disappeared into the sky like a flash of lightning.
Sofia did not know how long the Volkswagen Leisure had been turning left and right. Her forehead was covered in beads of sweat. She bit her lips and looked at the talisman under her feet from time to time, thinking about how she could get it.
However, Luffy was obviously suspicious and watched her too closely, so she had no chance to get the amulet.
Suddenly, the car began to slow down and slowly drove towards the manor-like buildings.
Sophia's heart tightened. Oh no, they were almost there. She did not have much time left.
Perhaps the heavens had opened their eyes. It was obvious that this was the first time Luffy had been to this place. He had only been trying to identify the direction and had accidentally gone astray, almost crashing into a rock on the road. He suddenly braked, and the car shook violently. Sophia's eyes lit up, and she used the momentum to roll off her seat, letting out a scream.
"Shut up. What are you screaming for?"
Luffy cursed impatiently and subconsciously looked at the rearview mirror. He suddenly realized that Sophia's figure was nowhere to be seen, and he was frightened out of his wits. He hurriedly turned his head around and saw Sophia kneeling in the gap between the seats with her butt in the air. He then heaved a long sigh of relief and angrily shouted, "Your hands are tied, but not your feet. Don't tell me that you can't even get up?"
"Oh!"
Sophia responded in a nasal voice. Like a maggot, she wriggled for a long time before sitting up again. However, there was an obscure excitement in her eyes.
Luffy did not care. His gaze continued to wander, searching for the house numbers that the clan leader had told him in front of the manor gates.
Sophia's eyes flashed. She was worried. After all, Luoxue had told her that the amulet would only be effective if it was torn apart, but she really could not tear it apart. She could only eat the amulet.
However, she had already tried her best. Whether it was effective or not, she could only leave it to fate.
Leisure and holiday farms. These were the characteristics of the rich in Ninghai in the past two years.
It was a relatively popular new form of leisure and entertainment.
After all, they had worked hard for most of their lives and were busy making money all day long. They could not keep a tense mind all the time. Occasionally, they had to relax.
Therefore, under the planning of a very business-minded real estate developer, this leisure and holiday farm that catered to the tastes of the rich came into being.
At a very low price, they contracted a large piece of deserted land in the southern suburbs of Ninghai. Using the natural rivers and woods here, they built a leisure and holiday farm that was like a group of villas, so that the rich could feel the relaxed atmosphere of returning to nature here.
The farm could grow vegetables, raise flowers, walk dogs, fish, hunt, hold bonfire parties, and so on. They had to do everything themselves, so that the rich could reminisce about the bitterness and the sweetness, and reminisce about the ordinary life before they started their own business.
Of course, the operation of the farm was more flexible. They could buy it or temporarily rent it. Furthermore, they also provided professional security and housekeeping services. After all, the rich were used to living a comfortable life. It was okay for them to occasionally do things themselves, but if they had to do everything themselves, they would probably lose interest.
It had to be said that although this operation model was very creative, there were only a few Shenzhou people who were willing to buy a farm as a holiday villa. Most of them rented a farm for a short period of time when they were free to relax. On the contrary, foreign businessmen were very fond of this place. They did not hesitate to pay a high price to buy it as a place for leisure and relaxation during holidays.
This was probably a phenomenon caused by the different values between China and the West. After all, in the eyes of Shenzhou businessmen, this farm group was a barren land with little room for appreciation.
However, Westerners did not care about whether there was room for appreciation or not. They cared more about having an absolutely relaxing private space after the intense work.
This is a headache for real estate developers who want to rely on the development of farms to make a lot of money. Although foreigners spend money to buy farms, they like to do things by themselves. They never use the security and housekeeping services provided by the real estate developers.
Their plan to make money in the long run fell through.
The Shenzhou people who rented the farm for a short period liked the services provided by them, but the problem was that they only rented the farm and did not buy it. It was not bad if they could rent the farm two or three times a year. Most of the time, the farm was empty. Just the annual maintenance of the farm cost a lot of money. After careful calculation, this genius idea could not make any money at all.
Therefore, the developer decisively began to dump the burden. With all his efforts, he finally found a sucker and successfully dumped the burden with a meager profit.
This sucker was Li Jingcheng, the son-in-law of the richest man in Ninghai. Although Zhang Yubin had fallen, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse.
After all, it was not the past where the whole family would be implicated. After Zhang Yubin's accident, although many people in the second generation of the Zhang family were implicated, there were not many people who really participated in those shady things. At least, Zhang Yubin's daughter, Zhang Xiuqian, was not implicated much.
And Li Jingcheng, the son-in-law, was naturally safe and sound. He even benefited from the disaster.
Not only did he resolutely divorce Zhang Xiuqian, but he also made meritorious contributions because he reported the illegal and criminal acts of many people in the Zhang family. Therefore, he had the convenience to embezzle the Zhang family's assets. After nibbling away some of the interests that originally belonged to the Zhang family and doing some under-the-table operations, Li Jingcheng successfully reached the peak of his life. He became the biggest shareholder and the chairman of the board of directors of Jinhua Group.
However, although Li Jingcheng was ambitious, he had great ambition but little talent. That was why he took over this mess under the deception of the farm developer. It became the first failed investment case after he took over Jinhua Group and became the laughing stock of all the people in Ninghai's business circle.
This made Li Jingcheng very anxious, but he could only break his teeth and swallow it. After all, he was fooled by the developer and was immersed in the beautiful future described by the other party. That was why he took over this regardless of all the objections of the group's board of directors.
A mess.
It was not easy to be the son-in-law of the Zhang family. He had lived a useless life for decades and wanted to make achievements to prove himself. He did not expect that he would become the laughing stock of everyone when he took action for the first time. It made him extremely angry.
But now, a turning point had come. The people from Medicine King Valley had contacted him through the phone and wanted to ask him to help with something. As long as he did a good job and won the satisfaction of the person behind Medicine King Valley, he would be able to get in touch with the Rothschild family. A mere farm project was nothing.
In fact, he did not even know what Medicine King Valley was. Why would they call his phone? He was also confused. At first, he thought someone was playing a prank on him.
But after he heard about the Rothschild family, he was immediately tempted. Wasn't it just poaching a chef? It was no big deal. If he could get in touch with the Rothschild family because of this, he could make a lot of money from them. It was even possible for him to become the new richest man in Ninghai.
Although the Zhang family had fallen, a rotten ship still had three nails. The Zhang family's network was definitely not just for show. It was very complicated both at home and abroad.
Therefore, Li Jingcheng immediately understood that this Medicine King Valley must be the previous network of the Zhang family. They probably did not know about Zhang Yubin's accident. That was why they called his phone after knowing that he was the current chairman of Jinhua Group.
If Medicine King Valley, which he had never heard of, asked him to do something, he naturally could not be bothered. But since it involved the Rothschild family, he naturally spared no effort to curry favor with them.
It had to be said that the identity of the Zhang family's son-in-law was really useful. It allowed him to make many connections. He immediately sent someone to investigate who the head chef of the Pavilion in the Air was.
Coincidentally, Sophia entered Li Jingcheng's line of sight and became the legendary Goddess of Cooking. He didn't know whether it was because his intelligence network wasn't detailed enough, or because his subordinates didn't do their job well, or because Luoxue rarely went to the main store anymore.
Knowing that Sophia was the ex-boyfriend of Luffy, a collateral descendant of the Lu family who was not valued, Li Jingcheng was instantly overjoyed. He immediately rushed to the Lu family and had a secret talk with the head of the Lu family.
The Lu family that Luffy belonged to happened to be a small family that relied on Jinhua Group to make a living. The head of the Lu family did not dare to be negligent and immediately contacted Luffy. That was why the previous scene happened.
"He is already at the door. When can you come?"
Li Jingcheng looked at the electronic surveillance and saw Luffy's car slowly driving into the manor. He immediately called Sun Yaoxin and spoke politely.
Although he did not take Medicine King Valley seriously, he still had to maintain a superficial respect for someone who could work for the Rothschild family.
"Very well, I'll be there now. It will take at most an hour."
In a branch of the Pavilion in the Air, Sun Yaoxin hung up the phone and looked at Jorgensen, who was eating heartily. He said happily, "Jorgensen, the head chef of the Pavilion in the Air is already waiting. Let's go and talk face to face now."
"Really? That's great."
Hearing this, Jorgensen's face lit up and he reluctantly put down the knife in his hand. Shenzhou food was good, but it was too troublesome to use chopsticks. Fortunately, there were many foreign diners in the Pavilion in the Air and Western-style tableware was also prepared.
However, it was really difficult to use a knife to eat peas. Well, the spoon was still better, but it was a bit too embarrassing. Many people were looking at him and snickering.
"Millie Xue, come with us?"
Jorgensen looked at Millie Xue and asked for her opinion.
Millie Xue thought for a while and nodded. "Okay, I also want to see what the head chef who can make such delicious food looks like."
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