Chapter 1025 Acquainted (2/2)

Li Du was offering at least five thousand US dollars, and this was not a small amount for these mine workers who lived at the bottom of society.

The big hunk looked at him but he didn't dare accept the money. He was afraid that Li Du was playing tricks.

Li Du smiled. He walked over and stuffed the money into his hands as he said, ”Just take it as medical expenses and the expenses for losing work time. My pet bit your friend, so of course I should compensate you.”

The big hunk's pants were already torn, the wound on his calf was turned outwards and blood couldn't stop flowing from it. It was actually quite terrible.

As Li Du seemed sincere, the big hunk leader accepted the money and said, ”Thank you. You are a reasonable person.”

”Alright then, the misunderstanding has been resolved. Now I have a few questions that I hope you can answer. What happened to this mine? How long has it been abandoned? Does this mean anyone can come here to look for diamonds?”

The big hunk nodded. ”Yes, anyone can come here. It went bankrupt and was abandoned over four years ago. Just as you can see, this place used to be a diamond mine. There weren't many diamonds left in the end, so there is nobody here to guard it anymore.”

Li Du said, ”Not many diamonds? There should be quite some harvest here, right? Or else why would you guys stay?”

The big hunk sighed helplessly. ”We wanted to leave, but where can we go? There are still some diamonds here. The harvest is little, but we can still earn ten to twenty thousand dollars in a year. It's enough to keep our family alive.”

Li Du nodded. He reached out his hand and said, ”I'm Li, nice to meet you. Don't worry about us, we're not here to take away your diamonds.”

”My name is Buick.” The big hunk reached his hand out in a friendly manner. ”I'm sorry, Mr. Li. We were too aggressive just now, and we mistook your identities. We shouldn't have done that.”

With both the parties opening up and clearing the air, the conflict was considered resolved.

However, it was still not over for Little Flathead. It was snuggled in Sophie's arms, but both its little eyes were staring at the big hunk—it still wanted to fight.

The big hunk was afraid of it; he called out, ”Can anyone please take this honey badger away?”

Sophie asked, ”Which leg did you use to kick it?”

The few black men tensed up again when they heard her question. When someone asked such a question, it was generally implied that the person in question would have to lose that leg. The gangster movies and dramas were always showing that anyways.

Moreover, there were Godzilla and Big Ol behind Sophie. It made her look like a mafia godmother.

The big hunk, Buick, who was the leader, reached out his hand and said, ”Hey, lady, there's no need for that, right?”

Sophie said, ”Whichever leg he used to kick it, he has to give me the shoe on that leg. Or else my honey badger is just going to keep hunting him down.”

The few black men suddenly realized that they had misunderstood her words earlier.

The black man who was bitten couldn't wait any longer. He took his broken shoe off and passed it to her. Sophie passed the shoe to Little Flathead, who grabbed it and tore it apart violently.

In the evening, Li Du saw that the weather didn't seem too good, so he wanted to strengthen his tent. Buick walked over and said, ”Mr. Li, looking at the sky now, there will be a storm tonight.”

Li Du raised his head to look. ”Are you sure?”

Buick nodded. ”My experience tells me so. What I mean is, your tents won't hold in this storm. You must stay in one of the houses.”

Li Du shook his head. ”The two remaining houses are too filthy, we can't go in there.”

Buick laughed, ”I will squeeze in with my brothers, and we have two available houses. If you guys don't mind, you can go and have a look.”

The two houses that they had offered were also very small, but it was very clean inside.

Just like that, it was as if there had been no discord in the first place. Li Du's gang and Buick's gang had become friends.