Xia Xiaolan’s tone was filled with admiration:

“Harold, you have an eye for investment! The golf course will make you money!”

The beautiful woman’s heartfelt compliment pleased Harold.

He didn’t care about ordinary beauties.

This was a beauty who had always been cold towards him, and not just some empty-headed blonde.

This morning was truly wonderful.

Harold unconsciously forgot his initial purpose and gave Xia Xiaolan a thorough tour. Of course, he still maintained his self-control – mentioning the golf course was fine, but there was no need to show off the specific profit details in front of Xia Xiaolan.

If Xia Xiaolan knew Harold’s thoughts at this moment, she would cough blood.

What was vulgar about discussing money?

She was eager to hear more about Harold’s investment plans.

After all, knowing both yourself and your opponent is the key to winning every battle.

If not for this purpose, why would she waste her time walking with Harold?

Harold wasn’t Zhou Cheng, after all.

Strangely enough, Ji Jiangyuan wasn’t following Harold today.

Given young Ji’s dual role, he should have been inseparable from Harold in such situations.

After walking for an hour, Xia Xiaolan checked her watch and took the initiative to end this chance encounter: “I’m sorry, I have some other matters to attend to. We’ll have to end our chat here, Harold. Talking with you has been very enlightening. I look forward to our next meeting!”

Harold blinked, “I hope you haven’t thrown away my contact information. You know where to find me.”

Xia Xiaolan smiled: “Of course!”

She might not have time for flirting with him, but even if she was busy, she’d make time to gather business intelligence.

They slowly walked back to the roadside, where Xia Xiaolan waved goodbye and got into her car.

The car was rented from a taxi company, nothing comparable to Harold’s luxury vehicle.

Watching the car disappear into the distance, nobody around Harold spoke. Well, when the big boss skips his morning sleep to chase women, deliberately arranging what’s meant to look like a chance encounter, what could they do but play along with the boss’s act?

While Bill was lost in thought, Harold suddenly asked in a deep voice:

“Bill, have I lost all my charm lately?”

Bill looked bewildered.

What?!

Realizing the big boss was waiting for his answer, Bill quickly gathered his thoughts: “Boss, if you were to extend a dating invitation, all the socialites of the Upper East Side would go crazy for it. Saying such things would break the hearts of all the ladies you’ve dated before…”

“Then it’s strange. I talked with Xia for so long – at first she seemed distracted, but gradually her attention focused on me. She listened carefully to everything I said, and I could feel her becoming more relaxed and cheerful. But in the end, I couldn’t get a single useful piece of information from her.”

Bill’s expression turned serious.

This wasn’t normal at all.

Mr. Harold always managed to obtain useful information from conversations.

Others might engage in small talk, but Mr. Harold never did.

Had Miss Xia completely ignored Mr. Harold’s charm?

Anyone who felt even slightly attracted to Mr. Harold would have let something slip.

Bill felt oddly sympathetic towards Harold.

And yet, why did he also want to laugh?

A bodyguard dragged over a thin Chinese man:

“Boss, this Chinese man has been lurking and spying for a long time.”

Harold glanced at the Chinese man – hunched posture, reeking of alcohol early in the morning, with an undeniably sleazy aura.

He wouldn’t associate with such an insignificant person.

Harold got into his car, which quickly drove away.

Bill stayed behind to handle the situation: “What’s going on here? Is he a threat?”

The man trembling under the bodyguard’s grip was Luo Yaozong.

He had originally been spying on Xia Xiaolan and Ge Jian, but unexpectedly saw Xia Xiaolan talking to a foreigner, and the two of them walking around nearby. Luo Yaozong cursed Xia Xiaolan in his heart – he’d been beaten half to death for touching his waist, yet here she was, all smiles and laughter with a foreigner. This woman truly worshipped foreigners and pursued vanity.

Without paying attention, Luo Yaozong had gotten too close.

Harold’s bodyguards had spotted him long ago, but since the Boss was trying to charm a lady, they wouldn’t interrupt with such matters.

Only after Xia Xiaolan left did the bodyguards grab Luo Yaozong.

While Luo Yaozong cursed Xia Xiaolan for worshipping foreigners in his heart, face-to-face with actual foreigners, he was as meek as a mouse. These foreigners were distinguished guests, not someone a village chief’s son could afford to offend.

When Bill had the translator question him, Luo Yaozong didn’t dare tell the truth:

“I… I’ve never seen so many foreign guests before, I was just curious… just curious, I didn’t know I couldn’t look.”

The translator relayed Luo Yaozong’s words, adding his interpretation: “He seems to be a local villager who was attracted by Mr. Harold’s impressive presence and wanted to take a peek.”

Bill nodded.

He’d been handling things on site these past few days and had indeed seen many villagers watching from afar.

This one had just accidentally gotten too close.

“Check his identity, if there’s no issue, let him go.”

The bodyguards had already searched him – Luo Yaozong carried no weapons. His weak physique suggested he truly posed no threat.

Luo Yaozong felt as if granted amnesty.

The translator, seeing his fear and feeling sympathy for a fellow countryman, kindly advised: “Mr. Harold is the foreign investor who bought this land. He’s a very important person, and his bodyguards are strict. If you see Mr. Harold again, don’t get this close!”

Luo Yaozong nodded vigorously.

The foreign investor who bought this land… that demon was acquainted with the foreign investor who bought this land?

Fortunately, he hadn’t mentioned he was following the demon, or these people, being associated with her, definitely wouldn’t have let him off so easily.

Luo Yaozong congratulated himself on his cleverness.

His identity was easy to verify.

After being released, Luo Yaozong limped his way home.

It wasn’t even noon, but his grandfather was already drinking. Small dried fish with alcohol became more fragrant the more one drank, and it stirred up Luo Yaozong’s alcohol cravings.

No, no, thinking of those 200,000-plus yuan, Luo Yaozong needed to focus on important matters first:

“Grandfather, didn’t you say before that everything belonging to the Luo family would be left to me?”

Old Village Chief Luo nodded, “My good grandson, it’s all yours, I won’t even give it to your father.”

Even if he gave it to Luo Degui, it would still pass to his precious grandson, so he might as well skip the middle step. After all, he only had one grandson, Luo Yaozong, along with several granddaughters. What if his son Luo Degui lost his mind and distributed the Luo family’s money to outsiders?

Luo Yaozong was overjoyed:

“Grandfather, then I want to sell that piece of land in Stinking Bamboo Gully!”

Old Village Chief Luo slammed down his chopsticks: “No way! That place has gold flowing from the ground, it’s our Luo family’s feng shui treasure land. Everything else can be sold, but not that. Your grandfather had someone divine it – that place brings good fortune to both children and grandchildren. Sure enough, I became village chief, then your father became village chief, and in the future, you’ll become village chief… Wait, my good grandson, you’ve never cared about these things before. Why did you suddenly ask about this piece of land last night? Is someone trying to deceive you?”

There were good-for-nothing like Luo Yaozong in this world.

Though registered as a rural resident, he couldn’t carry anything heavy or do any work. Called a farmer’s son, he didn’t even know about his family’s private plot.

Yet Old Village Chief Luo still had high hopes for such a good-for-nothing, becoming muddled whenever it came to his dear grandson. But regarding other matters, Old Luo remained quite sharp!