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Treasure Hunt Tycoon - Chapter 23

Published at 27th of March 2018 12:46:42 PM


Chapter 23

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Ah Meow recovered quite nicely, so after the doctor visit, his cast was replaced with simpler aids, allowing him to walk, though with some difficulties.

However, there were still some parts that hurt when he moved, so he was kind of comfortable with crawling. So, when they returned home, he still couldn't fully stand up, and after a while of crawling around, he ended up collapsing on the fluffy sofa.

Later in the evening, Hans came back drunk and directly went towards the sofa as soon as he went through the door.

Seeing this, Li Du exclaimed, "Ah Meow is there!"

"Ge, I, ge, I've already seen him, do you think that, ge, I'm drunk?" Laughed Hans letting out occasional burps.

With his arms holding his body up beneath him, he didn't crush Ah Meow.

At this position, Ah Meow soon smelled the stench of alcohol and immediately jumped off the sofa. He started sneezing, as he wobbled towards Li Du with his legs that had yet to fully recover.

And just like that, motivated by the stink of a drunk Hans, Ah Meow learned how to walk again…

Hannah, who had been rescheduled for the day shifts recently, soon got off work and found the drunk Hans and complained, "Hans, can you not drink so much?"

Hearing this, Hans, who was snoring in peace just a moment ago, immediately woke up and protested, "Sh*t, I'm not simply drinking, but working! I was trying to get some information about other auctions!"

"Yep, I really do rely on Hans for this type of work, but I thought you were sleeping," Li Du nodded as he came out

"There's beer here, fresh beer!" grumbled Hans pointing towards the bag that Hannah was carrying.

At this, Hannah could roll her eyes, and sure enough, Hannah was carrying two cases of beer, or more specifically, Chinese draft.

They soon started eating dinner that consisted of fried fish, fried chicken, blueberry and melon salad, along with a homemade pizza. While Li Du and Hannah enjoyed their bottle of beer, Hans could only eat yogurt.

"You should watch out for your liver and stomach, I don't want to see the day where you die of alcohol poisoning," Hannah chided as she once again stopped Hans from stealing a beer bottle.

"There is no meaning to a life without alcohol!" moaned Hans as he collapsed on the table.

"What have you heard today?" Li Du asked while eating his fruit salad.

"February 22nd, there's an auction at Havasu. I think there should be some good stuff that we can find there," Hans said.

"How many storages? Since it's on the 22nd, we should start preparing right away.

"There's a total of eleven storages this time, but I think that when the time comes, it will be good if seven or eight of them are put on auction," Hans replied, "There's almost always people who will extend their lease at the last minute."

This was actually quite common for storage auctions.

To the west and northwest of Flagstaff was the world famous Grand Canyons. While Grand Canyons is the name that refers to its entirety, in truth, the gorge is dotted with smaller ravines.

One of them happened to be the Havasu Canyon, which was also the namesake for the town of Havasu that was situated next to it.

"Compared to the Grand Canyons, the Havasu Canyon, while smaller, is a lot more charming. Between the cliffs lies a deep blue stream and a series of beautiful waterfalls. During summers, it becomes the greatest place for a swim," Hans introduced on the road.

"There's a total of four falls near the canyon with small villages and trails connecting them. It is truly the picture of the perfect vacation spot, attracting tens of thousands of tourists each year."

"As a result, there is often a lot of hiking tools that can be found at these storage auctions. If we are lucky, we might even be able to find a mountain bike or ATV since these vehicles are often a necessity for the terrain near the canyon.

"Why do they not take them home?" Li Du asked with a puzzled expression.

"Maybe it's because hard to transport, or perhaps it's the willful nature of the wealthy, bought solely for the time they spend at Havasu."

"That's quite the quirk," Li Du commented.

American's wasteful habit often made Li Du quite speechless. These people really knew how to live their life to the fullest, not only the wealthy but the poor as well.

After a while, Hans continued, "You need to prepare. The temper of the people there is quite bad, every time I went there, I would often get into fights."

While saying that, he showed him a military knife hidden under his belt.

"Sh*t, why do you have enemies everywhere?" Li Du said as he rolled his eyes.

As the rugged mountain and bumpy road passed, the sight of a quaint town soon came into their sights.

There are around four or five hundred families there, and most of them relied on the tourism industry for a living, whether it was a small inn, restaurant, café, or bar.

They soon arrived at an inn called 'Papa Smith.' However, just as they stopped, a motorcycle passed and the biker spat on the ground cursing, "Yellow bastard, get out of our territory!"

As this was clearly a form of discrimination, Li Du still subconsciously asked, "F*ck, are they cursing at me?"

"Although I often lie out in the sun, I'm still a white person, so they are clearly saying that to you."

As the bike had already left, Li Du could only spit on the ground cursing, "Bast*rds, with that type of culture, no wonder they are still so poor!"

"Do you now understand why I always get into fights here?" Hans laughed.

Yes, that's right, Li Du actually wronged Hans this time for Hans really didn't have any enemies here in Havasu.

"I don't get into fights, but I'm going to carry away all of the valuable things from these storages!" Li Du vowed.

At this, Hans let out a radiant smile.

The company responsible for the auction this time was called 'Western Grand Canyons Public Storage Inc.". When they got to the site, the eleven storages had already been reduced to ten, and they were all mini ones.

For American storage firms, storages came in five sizes, extra large, large, medium, small, and mini.

The first auction Li Du attended was a medium storage with an area of more than a hundred meters squares. The last time they went to a small storage with around fifty meters squares. This time, the storages were even smaller, where even a twenty meters squared storage was considered to be quite good.

That made him very disappointed as the stuff there were very messy. Although there were bikes, boots, coats, and other such items, most of them could be considered to be trash and thus worthless.

He noted down numbers 56 and 75, the first had two Segway and a laptop, while the later one had a rubber boat and a very well-crafted set of fishing gear.

On the morning of the 22nd, they woke up early, as usual, to check out their competition.

However, what they didn't anticipate was that in that small town, everyone also woke up quite early, so even though it's only seven thirty, there were already more than twenty people waiting in front of the company.

After Li Du and Hans got their numbers, they went into the auction square in high mood. At this time, a buffy black guy wearing sweaters stopped them and asked, "Hey, are you here for the auction as well?"

"Yes," smiled Li Du.

At this, the buffy buy only smirked, "Ching-Chong, the monkey is actually trying to do business."

As mocking laughter surrounded them, Li Du's smile slowly disappeared.





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