Chapter 1000 Satisfaction (1/2)
Li Du had long prepared his answer. Pointing to the clock in front of him, he said, ”I'm
studying this. If I'm not mistaken, this is a Harry Winston product?”
Good responded casually, ”Perhaps. I'm not too certain. This was a present from a
Hong Kong friend. He was doing business in our country and met with some trouble. I
helped him resolve it, so he gave me a couple of gifts.”
Li Du was very tempted to retort, Damn it, you were the one to cause all the trouble in
the first place, weren't you?
Of course, he was not dumb. He knew better than to say that aloud.
Good invited him to take a seat and crossed his hands on the table. He smiled. ”So tell
me, Mr. Li, regarding Remonin's diamond mine. What do you know about it?”
Li Du complied and answered, ”I always had a black scarf over my eyes when I entered
or left the place. On my way there, I was unable to see much. Just in the mine, you
guessed right, I noticed an underground river which is the source of yours. It is located
right in Remonin's territory.”
Good nodded, ”Keep going.”
”Is there no coffee?” Li Du asked.
Good laughed heartily. ”Of course, of course, I have been careless in the treatment of
my guest.”
He pressed something on the table and turned to face what looked like a mousepad
resting by his elbow.”Arrange a pot of coffee, Kenya Arabica,” he said
A few seconds after the command was given, the doorbell rang. Several maids hurried
in, carrying a coal stove, a clay pot, mortar and pestle, and some other tools.
Good smiled. ”Here, we drink coffee not like they do in America. We observe the
traditional way of brewing coffee. The method includes a complicated ritual, so I hope
you have the patience to wait. However,” Good went on, ”Believe me, coffee made
using this traditional method will fill the room with aroma and you will love it even before
tasting it.”
”That sounds amazing, I can't wait to try it,” Li Du said.
Good nodded at him and said, ”Why don't we do it this way – I assume you have never
seen our traditional coffee brewing method. We can chat and enjoy it at the same time.
You're Chinese, right? Your country has some sort of tea practice, am I correct? It's the
same as how we brew our coffee, then. It's also a form of art.”
The maids started the preparations. One of them washed the exquisite clay pot. It was
placed over the warm, burning coal stove.
As the clay pot was being heated, another maid was in charge of washing the coffee
beans. She skillfully removed the parchment skin and dried husk from the surface of
each bean. Then she placed all the beans together to wash them.
Another maid was looking after the fire. She added a little rosin, filling the air in the room
with a light pleasant scent.
After the coffee beans were all cleaned, the maid placed a pan above the fire and
poured the beans in. Then, she roasted the beans, stirring them with a metal shovel. A
few minutes later, there was a crackling noise and the coffee beans began to turn light
brown.
Li Du was focused on watching the maids brew coffee. It was an opportunity for him to
avoid talking about the situation at Remonin's diamond mine.
However, while he pretended to be absorbed in the process of the coffee-brewing, he
was actually letting out the little bug so that it could continue studying the office
surroundings.
The focus of his search this time was the bookshelf behind Good. He believed that there
was a safe behind the bookshelf.
However, he was wrong. There was no safe, but a metal door with a touch-screen and a
passcode pad. The door required both a passcode and fingerprint to unlock.
This door could not, however, stop the little bug. It managed to fly in, and Li Du saw a
series of intricate compartments behind the door. There were bullets, a bow and arrows,
and fuel.
Li Du almost fainted at the sight of this. Does Good suffer from paranoia? Does he think
he is Emperor Qin? Does he really think that someone would come to his office to steal
from time to time?
The wall behind the bookshelf was very sturdy and served to store defense weapons,