In the afternoon, the desert was scorching hot. Every grain of sand was scorched by the sun. Walking on it was extremely painful. Jack, who was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, felt that his hands were about to be sunburned and peeled.

The three women following behind him, Ada, Elsa and Taozi, also put on headscarves to block the direct sunlight.

Gulu!

Drinking the last sip of water in the leather bag still couldn't relieve Ada's thirst for water.

After climbing over a hill again, she couldn't help but ask, "Taozi, why haven't we reached the tribe you mentioned yet? Did we go in the wrong direction?"

"No, I've been there many times." Taozi had been to a tribe near the Bukilaoqi base and exchanged supplies for many handicrafts, so the direction must be right.

The journey was difficult this time, mainly because I don’t know who took away the supplies at the campsite.

They only found a leather bag with half a bag of water in it. Even if they drank it sparingly, it was far from enough to meet the needs of an adult.

"How long will it take?"

"About three or four hours."

Taozi said a despairing number.

By now, I was extremely hungry and thirsty. It was difficult for me to endure even thirty or forty minutes, let alone three or four hours.

"Everyone, stop talking and keep going!"

Jack knew very well that chatting in the desert and in the scorching heat was a luxury that wasted energy.

They now had to save their energy and get to the tribe near the base as quickly as possible. Since there were people living there, it meant they could find water and solve the water problem.

But plans can never keep up with changes.

Just as the group passed a hill, a bullet flew past Jack, scaring him so much that his soul almost flew away.

“Hahaha~~” Two members of a certain organization who had dealt with Jack and his group before said excitedly: “Thank God for sending you back to us! If you want to survive, you must lead us to the Buki Laoqi base obediently, otherwise you will bear the consequences.”

"..."

Jack, Ada and others looked as pale as death.

I was already thirsty and tired, and now I was caught by two crazy people.

There is no way to survive at all!
But life had to go on. Jack, who was strong and healthy, was forced to act as the camel's horseman, while Ada and the other two girls hung behind them, walking weakly.

I don’t know how long it took.

A parasol suddenly appeared in front of us, with tables and chairs placed under the umbrella. A handsome man in white clothes with a long straw in his mouth was reading a book while sipping watermelon juice on the table.

In the scorching desert, there is actually such a leisurely person, looking like he is on vacation at the beach.

This scene really shocked Jack and his companions.

"Mr. Cheng?"

The sharp-eyed Ada recognized the man lying on the beach chair at a glance. It was Cheng Long who saved her from suffering last night, so she ran over excitedly.

Elsa and Peach followed closely behind.

They were not excited about seeing men, but because there were a lot of fruits and vegetables on the table.

Watermelon, grapes, cantaloupe, peaches, apples, everything you can think of.

There are even iced drinks with condensation.

"You guys are a little late! I've been waiting here for an hour." Looking at Ada who ran to him first, Cheng Long picked up a piece of watermelon and handed it to her, "Eat a piece of watermelon to quench your thirst!"

"thanks, thanks……"

At this moment, Ada no longer cared about her image. She took a large piece of watermelon from Cheng Long and started to eat it.

That silly look is just like Zhu Bajie stealing melons.

"Mr. Cheng, can you..."

"Sir~~"

Without waiting for Elsa and Taozi to finish their words, Cheng Long interrupted them with a wave of his hand: "Eat whatever you want, it's all prepared for you."

"Shut up!"

boom!
Along with the shout came a bullet, which landed steadily at Cheng Long's feet, scaring Taozi and Elsa so much that they shuddered violently.

Soon after, two members from a certain organization came quickly under the parasol and said, "Boy, you are unlucky to have met us. These things belong to me."

Cheng Long chuckled and said, "Can you finish eating?"

One of them said disapprovingly: "If you can't finish it, you can save it for tomorrow. The fruits and water in the desert are more precious than gold."

Another person retorted on the spot: "No, this is someone else's property. We can buy it, but we can't steal it, otherwise people will think we are terrorists."

"We are almost dying of thirst, who cares about this!"

"That won't work either. Don't forget that the purpose of our organization is to restore our country, not to burn, kill and rob!"

"..."

Before Cheng Long could say much, the two members of the organization started arguing.

What a perfect pair!
Jack, Elsa and Peach, who were extremely hungry and thirsty, took the opportunity to join the watermelon-eating team. Each of them held a piece of watermelon and ate it without paying attention to anything else outside, frantically replenishing water and sugar.

It looks like he is really thirsty.

As for the two members of a certain organization who had started the quarrel, they finally reached an agreement after arguing for several minutes.

Spend money to buy the fruit and drinks on the table.

"You don't have to buy it. Just put down your guns and you can eat as much as you want."

Cheng Long had no ill will towards the two members of the Restoration Jihad Organization in front of him. Instead, he felt a little sympathetic towards their plight, because they were all poor people whose homes were taken away by a certain ethnic group. The land they lived on was shrinking year by year, and even the holy city of Jerusalem was divided in half...

"Put down your guns? Impossible, don't even think about it. They are my prisoners and we still need them to lead the way!" said the more irritable member of the Restoration Party ferociously.

"Really?"

Cheng Long's mouth corners slightly raised, and his spiritual consciousness quietly surged out. The eyes of the restoration soldier holding the gun suddenly became confused, and then he dropped the Glock in his hand with an "ah".

"Why did you throw away the gun?" another person asked in confusion.

"Snake, snake, it wants to bite me..." The man who threw the gun had a terrified face. In his eyes, the gun on the ground was one of the most poisonous snakes in the world.

If you are bitten by a rattlesnake with bared fangs and spitting tongue, you will definitely die.

In the desert, they had no chance to rush to the hospital in time to get antivenom.

"You're crazy. That's clearly a gun. When did it become a rattlesnake?"

"Nonsense, that's clearly a snake, are you trying to trick me into getting bitten?"

“That’s a gun!”

"It's a snake!"

The two talented young men started arguing again.

Jack took the opportunity to pick up the Glock on the ground, quickly pointed the gun at the two men, and said with a smile: "If you two don't want to die, take two bottles of water, two apples, ride on the camel and leave here, otherwise I don't mind making a few bloody holes in your body."

"..."

The attack and defense changed, and the two restoration fighters looked at each other and decisively chose to leave.

These two are funny characters in the movie, serving as the source of jokes, but in reality, they are indeed poor people who deserve sympathy. Although Jack, Ada and others were captured, they did not blame each other, and even gave them a few more fruits when they left. "Mr. Cheng, how did you appear in this deserted desert?"

Ada ate three large pieces of watermelon in a row, successfully satisfying her hunger and thirst. She grabbed a glass of cold drink, took a sip, and asked curiously.

"I said I was here for vacation, do you believe me?"

"..."

Ada twitched her lips.

He looked at Cheng Long as if he were a fool.

"Actually, I came here to say goodbye to you."

"Goodbye?"

Jack's face lit up with joy. If Cheng Long didn't leave, the chance of him hooking up with Ada and the others would be almost zero. Now that his rival had taken the initiative to leave, didn't it mean that Ada, Tao and Elsa would soon fall for his charming big nose?
"That's right. After all, we have known each other for a while. I have to say goodbye when I leave."

When Cheng Long went to the hotel to watch the fun, he had already taken away 240 tons of gold, so there was naturally no need to make another trip. However, Jack and his friends came here with a purpose to find gold, and they would not give up unless they took a tour of the base.

So, before leaving, he brought some supplies to Ada and the others.

Although these people are the protagonists in the movie and would not die of thirst even if they did not prepare supplies of their own, they still suffered just as much.

"Mr. Cheng, how are you going to leave?" Ada asked reluctantly.

"You'll know in a moment." Cheng Long kept it a secret.

"Mr. Cheng, can I come find you later?"

Elsa, who is tall, also has a special affection for Cheng Long, the man who saved her. If possible, she really wants to escape from this desert world with him.

Unfortunately, my grandfather’s body has not been found yet, so I have to say goodbye with great pain.

"Of course. My personal phone number is on the business card. Call me before you come and I will arrange food and lodging for you..." Cheng Long said goodbye to the two women and turned to look at Jack. The two men looked at each other, as if they had a lot to say, but also seemed to have nothing to say.

In the end, Cheng Long could only ignore Jack and said to the slim and cute Taozi, "Taozi, you are out all year round and it is easy to run into criminals. Before you leave, I will give you a talisman that can protect you three times."

"Mr. Cheng, I want one too..."

Ada didn't know what was going on. When she saw Cheng Long take out an amulet and give it to Taozi, she felt a little uncomfortable. It might be because others had it but she didn't.

"Okay, I'll give you one too."

Cheng Long took out another amulet and handed it to Ada, who was blushing.

Since I already have Ada and Peach, Elsa is naturally indispensable, so I just give them both.

Next, Jack took the three women into the Bugky base. It was indeed dangerous. Bullets have no eyes, and you never know what will happen if you are hit by a volley of bullets.

"Girls, I'm leaving."

He waved his hand.

Cheng Long's figure gradually became illusory and disappeared on the spot in an extremely strange way.

Seeing this magical scene in broad daylight, not to mention Ada and the other three women, even Jack, a grown man, was so frightened that he rubbed his eyes hard, feeling like he had seen a ghost.

"dong dong~~"

I knocked on the table and it felt real. The fruits and water on it couldn't be more real. But how could Cheng Long, a living person, suddenly disappear?
For a moment, Jack was at a loss for words!
"Ada, is Mr. Cheng a god?"

Taozi, who had been pursuing the 'meaning of life', suddenly came to her senses and her eyes lit up, as if she had found what she had been pursuing all her life.

"Yes, he is a god."

Thinking of how Cheng Long was like a god descending from heaven last night and saving herself and Elsa from the sea of ​​suffering, Ada's heart was pounding with excitement.

At this moment, gold and earldom no longer mattered.

Elsa just felt that she had met God.

Jack wanted to slap himself a few times. He had the chance to get to know Cheng Long, but for personal reasons, he chose to be wary and distant.

In the end, I didn’t even get a business card!

……

Garinan.

In the Cheng family courtyard which covers an area of ​​more than one hundred acres.

A golden mountain made of gold bars flashed brightly under the light, almost blinding the eyes of Nguyen Van Phong, Nguyen Van Hu, and Nguyen Van Bao.

Although the Ruan family is rich, their descendants will never be able to spend all the money in dozens of lifetimes.

But the money in their family is limited after all. If converted into gold bars, it might be less than one-fifth of what is in front of us.

Anyone who sees such a huge fortune will have their heart pounding with excitement.

"Wenfeng, at first I was going to give this gold to you, but then I thought it's not safe to deposit it in the Canaan National Bank, so I want to open a private bank in your name, called Canaan Commercial Bank..."

Cheng Long's purpose of changing his mind was mainly to let Wenfeng control Garinan from both the political and business aspects, so that the country could move towards reform and development while becoming a country that could not do without Ruan Wenfeng and the Ruan family.

Only in this way can Nguyen Van Phuong be pushed to the throne of queen, rather than the current presidential throne with a term of only five years.

This matter must not only be done quickly, but also be sufficiently covert.

"No problem, I'll arrange for someone to organize it tomorrow."

Ruan Wenfeng didn't care how terrible men would become after Cheng Long controlled both the political and business circles of Garinan, because she believed in Cheng Long. With his master's devilish means, it would be unnecessary for him to harm others.

If a mass killing is launched, tens of millions of people in Garynan will die overnight.

No matter where he goes, everything in Garinan will belong to him.
After the discussion was over.

Nguyen Van Hu and Nguyen Van Bao immediately arranged for personnel to transport 240 tons of gold out.

That night, Ruan Wenfeng wore the presidential dress she wore when she took office, and sat on the edge of the bed, saying delicately, "Brother Long, I only have one set of this dress, so you should be more elegant later."

"Hehe~~"

Cheng Long, who had just walked out of the bathroom, sat down next to Ruan Wenfeng, and then impatiently reached out and unbuttoned her clothes...

at the same time.

After going through a lot of hardships, Jack and his crew just accidentally found the Bugky Base. Under the pressure of Adolf and his crew, they risked opening the gate of the base. What they saw were boxes of empty boxes. Not even a gold bar could be found inside or outside the base. If it weren't for the weapons and ammunition from World War II, Adolf would have suspected that he had entered the wrong base.

This was clearly the base he helped build when he was young, and this was clearly the gold they transported in, but now it had disappeared inexplicably.

This made him suspect that someone had entered the base first and stolen the 240 tons of gold inside.

The same is true for Jack, Ada and others.

Without the gold, there was no point in the two groups fighting each other. After searching inside and outside several times, both sides confirmed that the gold had been intercepted in advance, and finally had to leave the base with doubts.

Only Adolf was disheartened and decided to activate the self-destruct device and be buried here with his colleagues in the base.

On the way back.

Jack suddenly came close to Ada and whispered, "Ada, I suspect the gold is with Mr. Cheng..."

"Don't talk nonsense. Mr. Cheng's cutting-edge technology is making a fortune every day. Why would he come here to steal gold?" Ada actually suspected that Cheng Long was an interceptor, but she didn't want to cause trouble for Mr. Cheng because of her irresponsible speculation.

Even if the gold was taken away by Mr. Cheng, that was his own doing. (End of this chapter)