Chapter 420 Insider Information (2/2)

Zhang Kai shrugged his shoulders. ”Who knows? Maybe he's rich. The tenant was a rich foreigner. He fished in Lake Powell for two months. I believe he was here for a vacation, and he left this place afterward.”

Some wealthy people leased storage units as a temporary storeroom. When they were done with their vacation, they would usually bring along items that they liked with them, but not necessarily the most valuable items.

Common folk could not understand the lifestyle of wealthy people. If the rich foreigner had returned home straight from Page, it could have required some troublesome arrangements to take the fishing machine along with him.

To them, the time and effort could be better spent making money to buy a new one.

Zhang Kai revealed some other information that he knew. But compared to the two more valuable items, the worth of the other units did not interest him.

Li Du recorded down all that Zhang Kai had told him. As they finished their meal, they also finished talking about business. Hans went to foot the bill and the group left the restaurant.

While walking out of the restaurant, Zhang Kai was so full that he could not walk properly and his stomach looked bloated.

Hans had saved a serving of roast beef and some fried fish. Zhang Kai had relished these two dishes during the meal; it was therefore apparent that the two dishes were his favorite.

Zhang Kai was elated to receive the food, but he seemed embarrassed as well. ”No, Brother Li, there's no need to give me more food—that's more money. You're too kind.”

”It's okay, just take it,” said Li Du. ”You can warm it up to eat tomorrow. Brother Zhang, there's something I'm uncertain about telling you.”

Zhang Kai accepted the food and replied readily, ”Just say it.”

”After getting to know you more,” said Li Du, ”I realized that you're someone who's capable, competent, and detailed. However, it seems to me that your life doesn't seem to be as good?”

Zhang Kai smiled bitterly. ”Brother Li, first of all, you think too highly of your Brother Zhang. Secondly, this is the United States. It's already tough enough to be able to earn enough to get by, let alone to live comfortably?”

When the topic shifted to his situation, Zhang had a self-deprecating smile and his facial expression looked miserable.

Li Du asked, ”Brother Zhang, when did you come here? Why did you come here in the first place?”

”This is a long story,” Zhang Kai puffed a helpless sigh. ”We can talk about this later. I really had no choice but to come over here. I couldn't stay there.”

Seeing that Zhang did not want to talk about it, Li Du knew he should not probe further. They shook hands, said their goodbyes and went back to the hotel.

Soon after they went back to the room, there was a knock at the door. Turis and some others appeared at the doorway, carrying beer, sandwiches, grilled sausage, fried fish and meat. They were grinning happily. ”Big Li, want some supper?”

Li Du had just finished his meal. He could not eat any more food. Moreover, it was eight o'clock in the evening. They were obviously here to get information from him in regards to the units.

He could not reveal all the information he knew because he needed to win the bid for some units and give Zhang Kai his due. He could not expect the others to pay Zhang a percentage of their earnings. If he could not get at least one of the two units that were specially told to him, he would break his promise to Zhang.

Hence, he held back information on unit 54 and unit 68 and told them news on other units.

One could not say that he was not loyal to his fellow treasure hunters; the treasure hunters had tagged along as they wanted to get units that could enable them to make some money, and that was enough for them. Moreover, they knew that Li was only interested in units that could bring him greater profits.

On the morning of September 17th, when Li Du got out of bed, Hans was still sleeping soundly. After washing up, the three of them accompanied him to Glen Canyon Storage. Li was ready to check out what was inside the units.