A trip out, and they brought back a young lady. Hua Rong Mansion was immediately in an uproar. Many old men and women came to watch. Hua Thirty-Five had once again broken the rules of Hua Rong Mansion.
However, Lu Fan still gave Hua Rong Mansion some face. After entering the capital, he had Zhuge Xian blindfolded.
"Miss! Is... is this brat bullying you?" Hua Laoda, seeing Lu Fan bring back Miss Zhuge Xian, asked in alarm. If Zhuge Xian had been bullied by Lu Fan, he would have fought the kid to the death today. This could easily ruin his future.
"I wanted to come back with him!" Zhuge Xian said somewhat shyly.
"What? Miss, what do you mean by that!?" Hua Laoda looked at Zhuge Xian in surprise. This felt like eloping!
"Hua Laoda! I need detailed information about the Shadow Organization." Before Zhuge Xian could answer Hua Laoda, Lu Fan said from the side.
"Shadow?" Hua Laoda stared at Lu Fan in surprise.
"Don't look at me like that. The Zhuge family head asked you to do this. Just do as you're told!" Lu Fan added.
"Yes, my father said so!" Zhuge Xian also said from the side.
"Alright! I'll go prepare!" Hua Laoda quickly turned and left.
Not long after, Hua Laoda returned, holding a small slip of paper. The slip of paper only contained a name, an address, and contact information.
There were also two passports.
"Hua Thirty-Five! Here's what you wanted!" Hua Laoda handed the small slip of paper to Lu Fan, then said, "These are temporary identities for you and the Miss. Kid, I implore you to take good care of the Miss. You absolutely cannot let anything happen to her!"
"Damn it... just a name? Are you kidding me? I want all the information on Shadow!" Lu Fan ignored what Hua Laoda was saying and almost roared as he looked at the slip of paper.
"Hua Thirty-Five, this is the extent of my capabilities! I can only help you this much!" Hua Laoda shrugged and said.
Lu Fan rolled his eyes. It was possible there was no useful information, or perhaps those old fogeys wouldn't allow it. Fine! He'd find this person first. If necessary, he still had soul-searching techniques. At worst, he'd find some people to search! Hmph!
The passports were for ordinary overseas travel. The two of them needed to take a plane to Country M tomorrow.
That evening, Lu Fan picked some small vegetables in the courtyard, took out a small wild chicken from his storage ring, and some ingredients bought on the way back. He prepared to make a hot pot.
Seeing Lu Fan magically produce so much delicious food, Zhuge Xian's eyes widened. She was somewhat horrified. Could the things he conjured really be eaten? However, after a moment, smelling the aroma of the wild chicken, she couldn't wait any longer. She eagerly picked up a piece of chicken and put it in her mouth.
"Mmm... Hua Thirty-Five! This tastes just as good as the food we ate at the restaurant that time!" Zhuge Xian said excitedly after eating a piece of chicken. She hadn't tasted this flavor for many days.
"Eat more if you like it!" Lu Fan nodded and said.
"Mhm!" Zhuge Xian stopped talking, her chopsticks creating a whirlwind.
The next day, the two boarded the plane to Country M.
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Country M, Los Angeles. Lu Fan and Zhuge Xian slowly walked out of the airport. Listening to the gibberish spoken around them, they exchanged glances. Damn it! Foreign languages were the worst subject in school.
"Uh... Taxi, yo!" Lu Fan shouted at himself on the street.
"Yes... yes... Sir! Where to? I have a vehicle." A voice came from a distance, and then a plump fellow pulling a rickshaw ran over.
"What the heck... a fellow countryman!?" Lu Fan's face lit up with surprise. The person running over was Chinese. He didn't expect to meet a fellow countryman as soon as he landed in a foreign country.
"Brother! Chinese?" Lu Fan asked joyfully.
"Used to be Chinese! I got a green book to get by better. Damn it, I was fooled. I still have to make a living pulling a rickshaw. I heard this isn't done by anyone back home anymore. Sigh! Shameful!" the chubby guy chuckled.
"Alright! Brother, take us to this address. How much will it cost?" Lu Fan handed the prepared address to the chubby guy.
"Don't worry, we're all fellow countrymen, I won't charge you much! Two hundred yuan will do!" the chubby guy said with a smile.
Lu Fan and Zhuge Xian got into the rickshaw, and the chubby guy pulled it away. About ten minutes later, the rickshaw stopped in front of a hotel.
"We're here already?" Lu Fan was slightly taken aback, but said nothing. He took out two hundred yuan and handed it to the chubby guy.
"Brother! This isn't enough. Two hundred US dollars. Forget it, you probably don't have it on you. Just give me fourteen hundred yuan!" the chubby guy said suddenly, looking at the two hundred yuan in his hand.
"Damn it! That's highway robbery! It's true that when countrymen meet, they don't just shed tears, they'll make you cry!" Lu Fan's eyes widened.
"Heh heh! Can't be helped! Business is tough. Besides, people like you who can afford to travel abroad aren't short of money!" the chubby guy said with a cheeky grin.
"Alright!" Lu Fan took out another twelve hundred yuan and threw it over. Then he suddenly thought and said, "By the way, we don't understand the language. Why don't you be our translator? Name your price per day! It's better than pulling a rickshaw, right?"
"Really? That would be great! We're all countrymen, so I won't charge too much! Five thousand a day, how about it? How many days do you plan to stay here?" the chubby guy said excitedly.
"We plan to stay for half a month! That's seventy-five thousand! Alright, I'll give it to you now." Lu Fan said, then opened the bag on his back. Inside were neatly arranged twenty bundles of... money!
The chubby guy's eyes immediately lit up!
"Oh... no, if I give you the money, you might run off, and where would I find you! How about this, we settle the bill daily. You come every morning, and we'll settle in the evening, I'll give you five thousand. How about that?" Lu Fan suddenly put the money away and said.
"No problem! No problem!" The chubby guy's eyes gleamed as he looked at Lu Fan's bag. He immediately nodded.
"Okay! Then today, even though it's not a full day, I'll count it as a full day. I'll give you five thousand in the evening." Lu Fan said readily.
"Alright! Just tell me what you want to do, and I won't let you down!" The chubby guy was so happy he almost jumped up.