"And this is…?" Jiang Shaoliu asked after walking for a little while.
There was a giant oval building ahead with a door that was over 30 meters wide and more than 50 meters tall. When they entered, the room was extremely wide with plenty of light inside. There were also many exotic plants, some of which had green fruits that smelled a little fragrant.
"This is the ecological garden that was built by the military, and it's been decorated properly to welcome you and the monkey king." Lin Yuetao pointed at the plants and smiled: "This is a new plant cultivated with a sampling of the rare fruits, however, it's a pity that we cannot get them to maintain the same function as the other rare fruits using our current technology, so we just use them for decoration."
Jiang Shaoliu nodded and felt a little surprised.
Previously when he had gone to pick up Jiang Xiaoyun, the security guards from Li Xiang had used special bullets filled with juice, Jiang Shaoliu felt a little suspicious and had doubts about how they could acquire so many rare fruits, but now he understood that these must have been artificially cultivated rare fruits from the Hongfa Group, just like the military was doing.
The Hongfa Group focused on biotechnology and therefore must be more advanced in rare fruit cultivation.
"The rare fruits are a gifted treasure from God. It's rather difficult for humans to cultivate them, and it's quite impossible to become successful in a short period of time." Xu Jianjun shook his head and sighed: "Even the domestic biology enterprises have suffered some scientific difficulties, and it's only due to the joint efforts of a group of scientific personnel that we have reached such a level of progress."
Jiang Shaoliu agreed by nodding silently.
The rare fruit was a new species of plant that came about during the great changes. There were different varieties with different effects, and it would be a significant advance to artificially cultivate them.
Following Jiang Shaoliu, Jiang Xiaoyun stared at the plants for a while. She smelled them and the scent made her feel good.
The monkey king and Xiao Bai walked around, showing no great interest. These rare fruits were not as good as the genuine ones and they would not have as good of an effect as a result.
As they walked to the dining table, which was more than 20 meters in diameter, they started noticing the fragrance of various kinds of delicious foods.
An entire roasted monster was served. According to its shape, it seemed that this monster had two bronze life rings. It was roasted to a golden brown and covered in different seasonings which smelled so appetizing that it made their mouths water.
"Shaoliu, you should try this, we have great cooks in our kitchen." Lin Yuetao smiled and said: "Only the military and the 'Wan Yao Restaurant' in the Yungang League can make this dish in the whole city. Other attempts are not as good, even the ones from the Hongfa Group."
Hearing this, Jiang Shaoliu felt a little surprised.
What was the Wan Yao Restaurant? Were there any good cooks serving Chi Xiao? And how could others be so bad compared to the military?
The monkey king and Xiao Bai were sitting next to Jiang Shaoliu, staring at the food and drooling. Jiang Xiaoyun was also hungry, but she restrained herself and didn't eat.
"Be polite…don't say…" The monkey king couldn't wait, it pointed at the table with a finger and kept saying: "Eat, eat, the wine…"
Xiao Bai nodded, stared at the entire roast monster and he was about to reach out his claws.
"Doctor Jiang, does the monkey king mean that we should stop talking and start eating?" Xu Jianjun looked at the monkey with an increasing level of surprise: "I just figured the monkey king and Xiao Bai would start eating, I never expected that they were waiting for us!"
With a smile, Jiang Shaoliu grinned and said: "I told them on the way here to be polite and not only focus on eating. The monkey king has only recently learned to speak and he's trying to say exactly what you just said."
"Aha…" Xu Jianjun grinned and said: "Well then, let's eat now."
The three men were drinking from bowls as Jiang Xiaoyun drank the red wine from a goblet. The monkey king and Xiao Bai held big jars of wine while indulging in the feast. It was not long before they finished the food completely.
"The cook really has good skills, it's more delicious than anything we ate in the valley." Jiang Shaoliu patted his stomach and smiled in embarrassment: "The only pity is that there wasn't more as I'm not stuffed yet."
Lin Yuetao grinned as he spoke: "It's not enough that we called all the cooks into work just to make enough food for you?"
Jiang Shaoliu smiled and looked at Lin Yuetao: "Let's go. We can send Xiaoyun to the villa, I have something to deal with later."
"No problem." Replied Lin Yuetao.
Xu Jianjun looked at them and smiled: "I also have something to do in my office, so I won't be joining you."
"All right." Lin Yuetao stood up as they got ready to go.
…
The Qingyun Villa in the city center of Yungang.
More than 10 detached villas were built along the lake more than 2 kilometers apart from each other. Rockeries and green trees were everywhere, which made the place very beautiful.
"Most of the villas here are empty." Said Lin Yuetao: "Liu Guang only has a standard house worth 10,000 contribution points outside the villa group. It takes at least 100,000 contribution points for one of the villas here."
Jiang Shaoliu was quite surprised.
He thought the villa that Liu Guang had was the most luxury one, now it was obvious those 100,000 points were not enough at all.
There were two military soldiers standing guard every 100 meters in the villa area, and they all must have had two bronze life rings judging by their imposing manners. The area was perfectly protected by electronic monitoring equipment on each corner.
"And this is your villa here." Lin Yuetao led the way and then stopped in front of a yard: "It's been selected by the colonel and decorated in a combination of Chinese and Western styles, I've chosen the furniture for you and you can change it at any time if you feel dissatisfied with anything."
Two masters with two silver life rings were standing and guarding the villa on both sides. He saluted and said hello to them.
They returned their greetings, glanced at each other and went to the villa.
Leading up to the villa was a wide road paved with cobblestones, growing along the sides were various kinds of plants. There were also strange stones in particular positions and places, which showed a great sense of art.
They continued to walk and the road opened ahead. There was a huge rockery in the center of the stone basin with water running along the hill. Chinese zodiac statues were pouring the water and 3 sightseeing cars were parked at the end of the road with simple decorations.
The monkey king and Xiao Bai jumped into the pool and enjoyed the water.
"Wow, that's so big." Jiang Xiaoyun walked to Jiang Shaoliu, she looked up at the three-layer townhouse behind the water pool and felt surprised: "How much did it cost before the great changes occurred?"
Lin Yuetao smiled and replied: "There were no villas like this in Yungang city before the great changes, they were all built afterward."
As he said this, Lin Yuetao took them around the water pool and into the house. He walked into the living room and pointed at the glass: "Ultra high-strength and bulletproof, you can also adjust the transparency so you don't have to worry about anyone peeping."
After touring the house inside and out, they went back to the first floor and rested on the wooden sofa.
"Brother, I love this place so much." Jiang Xiaoyun sat next to Jiang Shaoliu and smiled: "I can take our parents here too, and that will be better for them."
"Good idea." Jiang Shaoliu smiled and looked at Lin Yuetao: "Mr. Lin, this is a big place, and it will be time-consuming to clean it when she lives here alone. I've also noticed that you've focused on security so much while there's no supermarket at all, it's not so convenient for shopping."
"Don't worry, there'll be service deliveries from the military shopping channel, you'll be feeling absolutely safe here. Even the housekeeping employees have been audited, besides…" Lin Yuetao turned around and looked at Jiang Xiaoyun with a smile: "I've also collected some contact information for some friends in the city, you can call them to come over if you're feeling bored."
Hearing this, Jiang Shaoliu felt so warm.
The military was even more considerate than he was, now Jiang Shaoliu didn't need to worry about her at all while he managed his own things.
"Shaoliu?" Lin Yuetao looked at Jiang Shaoliu with a mysterious smile: "Guess what other good news I have."
Jiang Shaoliu looked at him with curiosity. Besides his sister, it was his parents he worried about the most, so what was this good news he mentioned?
"Aha..." Lin Yuetao grinned and said: "The former monitor of Mr. Xu is now the major general and he's currently working for the military in Shanghai city. He's promised to take good care of your parents as requested by Mr. Xu."
Jiang Shaoliu felt so appreciative and stood up.
Even though he was so strong and he was living well now, it was rather hard for him to take good care of his parents. It was good of the major general to help for the sake of Mr. Xu.
"Mr. Lin, please thank him for me." As he said this, Jiang Shaoliu patted Jiang Xiaoyun on the shoulder and looked at Lin Yuetao: "Thanks so much for your help and troubles."
Lin Yuetao frowned and asked him: "Shaoliu, you've mentioned that you have something you're going to deal with, but we've already helped you to take good care of your parents and Xiaoyun, so…"
"The three great powers…" Jiang Shaoliu clenched his fist and said in a low voice: "Chi Xio and Yin Manshu plan to hunt Xiao Bai with Bai Long. I want to settle this with them once and for all."
Jiang Xiaoyun felt a little nervous, she reached out and took Jiang Shaoliu by the hands, her face filled with worry: "Now you and Xiao Bai are safe, why not just forgive them, I worry so much, you know?
"It's ok." Jiang Shaoliu turned back and smiled: "I'll be safe enough with the monkey king and Xiao Bai accompanying me. You stay here."
But Jiang Xiaoyun was still worried, she didn't want him to go.
Staring at Jiang Shaoliu, Lin Yuetao thought for a moment and said slowly: "Shaoliu, I don't agree with you wanting to take revenge on those three great powers."