Chapter 727: It Turned Out to Be the Enemy (2/2)

He put his luggage on the conveyor and wanted to move on, but the machine suddenly went red and whiuard and the staff around hiathered around Brooks Someone picked up a backpack and said, ”Whose is this? Open, check!”

”My backpack,” said Brooks without thinking, ”has nothing but clothes and purses”

The officers didn't say anything Someone tried to force open the backpack

At this point, Brooks hurriedly stopped hiold abalone harvesting per this, Li Du, who had been about to leave, suddenly realized why Brooks was always targeting him!

It should have occurred to him that Brooks was friendly at first until he asked why Li Du was going to Australia When he said he had coold abalone, that's when Brooks had suddenly turned on hiold abalone harvesting perold abalone fisherman They were in competition with each other!

Li Du did soold abalone before he came In Australia, abalone harvesters had poor relationshi+ps with each other, and the coovernold abalone Only a few tons a year could be harvested in the summer and autuovernment's ban went into effect

This cap was the total amount, not the quota per person So the fisher business from each other every time they harvested

The more one fisherman harvested, the more they would earn, while the ones who harvested feould earn less The competition was direct The bad blood between competitors in the field ell known

Li Du didn't think he would be so unlucky so soon There weren'tpermits left He did not expect to meet a competitor before he had even set foot in Australia

Brooks was trying to get Li Du into trouble, but now Brooks was in trouble hi pere wallet When he opened his backpack, he tried to take out his wallet One of the security officers stopped him and said coldly, ”Sorry sir, we'll have to check that first”

Brooks, accustorabbed his wallet ”I have a black gold abalone harvesting permit in here Do you kno rily

As soon as he started to uards came over and pinned him down

The scene then was thrown into confusion, and the inspection lane was closed The passengers at the back of the lane had to wait

Li Du waved and said, ”Let's go”

It was none of their business The inspection was over, and it was time for them to leave

Hans was so excited about it that he said reluctantly, ”Don't leave now Let's see how the bastard is getting on Ha, what's that in his backpack? Are all of them detained?”

Li Du smiled It would not be easy for Brooks to leave He put spices like star anise and prickly ash in his backpack He supposed that the spices had spread all throughout his backpack by now

Once they were out of the airport, they went to the hotel they had reserved in advance After a 20-hour flight, even in first class, they were still tired

Hans had not reserved a room at a luxurious hotel, but rather at a far waters on the outskirts of Canberra

The scale of the fah to accoroup

The proprietors of the hotel were a couple in their sixties—Astaff—so they were fros were had all around Hans had cootten to know thestaff such as golden cheese and farhed as he picked up a string of fares ”I'm pretty sure this is from Peter's family farm The taste is familiar”