Chapter 1217 Confused (1/2)

The plane finally landed at the provincial airport. Li Du did not need to call a cab this time, as he had someone to pick him up.

His old classmates, Yao Zhibo and Du Hang, were there. Yao Zhibo drove a minivan, while Du Hang had a business car from his company.

The news of Li Du's return was only announced to the group of his high school classmates. As soon as they knew, several people wanted to come to pick him up, but Li Du refused them. Finally, Yao Zhibo and Du Hang were too enthusiastic for him to turn down.

All this attention was unsurprising. Everybody wanted to be close to the rich, after all.

Li Du came with a lot of luggage, which all fit in Yao Zhibo's minivan. He had only bought this minivan recently, and the vehicle was well maintained, though it was not new.

”It seems that the vegetable greenhouses and vegetable delivery work are really hard. Not only the people would be tired, but the car would be affected too,” Li Du patted the dark-skinned Yao Zhibo's shoulder and sighed.

Du Hang smiled happily and said, ”Why would the car be affected? Yao cherishes it like he would cherish his wife, and washes it every day.”

Yao Zhibo stared at him. ”Are you kidding? You will see how I'll cherish my wife when I have one.”

Li Du said, ”Your car needs some maintenance. Didn't you just buy it?”

Yao Zhibo smiled embarrassedly and said, ”I bought a second-hand car. I just started this business and need some money to run it. A second-hand car is enough. Hang found someone who sold me this one.”

Li Du finally understood. ”Oh, no wonder.”

Sophie was at the back, negotiating with the customs to get the little ones out. She was the last of their party.

Without their pets, they could have had a simple and easy journey. However, when they were about to leave, the little ones didn't want to be separated from them. Instead of staying in the car, they were smart enough to claw at their luggage or to follow them around, refusing to be shaken off.

Li Du's parents felt pity seeing this and asked Li Du to take the animals along.

So the trouble came. It was very difficult for them to go through customs. They had to declare a month in advance and take the animals to be inspected every day. Because this time they had a honey badger and a kangaroo, which were species not found in China mainland, the customs procedure became more difficult.

Fortunately, Li Du recalled that he and Sophie had helped Liu Jinlong, the exchange student who had suffered a gunshot, and both sides would contact each other occasionally.

Liu Jinlong's parents, Liu Jianguo and Zheng Fengrong, were officials of the Beijing customs. They found a way for him and used their contacts. That was how they were able to bring along the little ones.

Seeing Sophie, Du Hang exclaimed, ”So this lady is Li's wife? Really, there's no other way to describe her, she looks like a Hollywood movie star.”

Yao Zhibo nodded and said, ”Hmm, she is really beautiful and elegant.”

Li Du introduced them to each other, loaded their luggage and belongings into the trunk, and they got into the car.

The villa in the rose garden had a hired housekeeper who was supposed to take care of it and maintain it in a livable condition.

The car drove into the villa's underground parking lot, and Li Du took some milk products with him as he rode in the elevator. He had planned to stay in the villa for a few days after he bought it last time he was in the country, but he was called back by Lu Guan to attend the Garbage Master's warehouse auction in Australia.

However, thanks to his participation in the auction, he was able to get a license to catch black gold abalone. Otherwise, there would have been no trip to Australia, no Lightning Ridge Mine, and no Seagull Island.

Li Du was stunned when he used his card to pass through the double security door.