Demons Beside You

Chapter 279: Barbecue

“Chen, you won’t disappoint them, will you?” Risfar looked at Chen Zhao.

“Maybe when I’m free. I’m quite busy these few days,” Chen Zhao said.

“Chen, you can guarantee their safety, right?” Lora was still rather worried.

“Rest assured. My pets won’t hurt people.”

“Risfar, are you the chairman of GDB Ocean Shipping?” Winnip found Risfar somewhat familiar, but she could not confirm.

Winnip was operating a supermarket chain whose stores were distributed among four cities in California. There was a store in Los Angeles too.

Of course, she was not as rich as Risfar. They also had no business relations with each other.

Winnip found Risfar familiar because Risfar had appeared on a few business magazines before.

“Ms. Winnip, I know you’re the owner of a supermarket chain. I actually agree with your business philosophy a lot. Maybe we can cooperate in the future if there’s a chance.”

Risfar was just being polite. Ocean shipping and opening a supermarket were almost totally irrelevant.

Although supermarkets also needed to import items, most of it was done via the air or the land, not the ocean.

Super firms like Walmart could use ocean shipping, but not Winnip’s supermarkets.

“How did you know Chen?” Winnip asked.

“My wife was unwell. Chen healed her illness.”

“Huh? Lora doesn’t look like she was sick.”

Lora smiled and took down her wig. “It’s hair loss.”

Lora’s head was still quite bare, but there was already a very short layer of hair.

“Chen, I’ve also been experiencing hair loss recently. At my age, can I still be treated?” Winnip asked.

“From your look, it’s probably caused by too much stress at work. It’s not a big problem and can be treated easily. I have some self-made medicine. Try it. It should solve the problem.”

“Winnip, let’s not use such a non-standard medicine,” Laurent interrupted.

After holding in for an entire night, Laurent finally argued with Chen Zhao again.

“Laurent, your hair loss is caused by sex dysfunction. I can’t really do much about that.”

“Who has sex dysfunction? Stop bullshitting!”

“Alright, stop. We just thought you’ve already fixed your relationship today. After a bit of alcohol, you’re starting again.”

Luckily, Chen Zhao and Laurent stopped and did not worsen their conflict.

They were both very careful, worried that what they had done to each other would be exposed.

During the barbecue, everyone ate and drank together. The kids played freely at the place.

Everyone had fun. Kane, Karim, and Howard did not drink.

While they seemed to be very timid before Chen Zhao, they were actually professional bodyguards.

When the party ended, they drove Dell and Risfar home.

Chen Zhao and Fali had to clean up the mess. They worked until ten at night.

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The next day, Chen Zhao went to the construction site at Mirror Lake to check the progress of his new house. Felwood Cisco came out to welcome him.

“Mr. Chen.”

“Felwood, how’s the house?”

“We’ve already finished the main body, which is supposed to be fast, but we need more time for the external and internal constructions, as well as the decorations.”

“Just tell me how long you need. You know that my old house was burnt down. Now I’m staying at my friend’s place, so I hope you can make it quicker.”

“Mr. Chen, I can’t make it any quicker, because I need to guarantee its quality first. After all, the house is beside the lake. If its quality is substandard, the entire building might be in danger, so we need to do it slowly.”

“I know. Just tell me straight how long you need.”

Chen Zhao was quite anxious. Even though his relationship with Rasfa and Zola was really good, it was still not his own house.

Fali had the same feeling. No matter how good the hillside villa was, they could not treat it like their home.

They felt more like staying in a hotel.

“At least two months.”

“Alright.” Chen Zhao glanced at the main body of the building. It could not even be considered as an undecorated house.

Chen Zhao’s new house had a unique design. Its main material was not bricks and mortar but rather carbonized steel and glass.

These materials were as strong as steel and also had higher plasticity.

They were lighter than steel reinforcements and could also avoid getting struck by lightning.

Of course, there still had to be bearing walls to support the main building.

Both Chen Zhao and Fali preferred modern buildings. Therefore, the house which Robio had designed for them looked really modern and technological.

At the lakeside, there was a wooden bridge that was over ten meters long. A small dock had already been built.

The dock should be the easiest part of the project.

Nevertheless, given Mirror Lake’s depth, only small ships would be able to dock here. Medium ships might not even be able to come in.

The water engineering team that Risfar had hired had also started to widen and deepen the water channel.

While Chen Zhao really hoped that the new house could be finished as soon as possible, it was not made of Legos. He could only wait patiently.

Moreover, Chen Zhao also had to earn more money in the meantime. Furniture and electronic sets would not be cheap.

For example, a high-class home theatre cost about eighty to ninety thousand dollars.

A kitchen set also cost about ten or twenty thousand, so did a bathroom set.

Chen Zhao did not calculate the exact amount, but he estimated that he needed about three hundred thousand.

In terms of furniture, Chen Zhao had agreed that he would get customized ones from Bant and his friend’s wood workshop. It similarly cost twenty or thirty thousand.

Chen Zhao’s current saving was actually more than enough for electronic devices and furniture.

However, he felt that since he had built a dock, he might as well buy a yacht.

Chen Zhao would rather get a second-hand yacht.

A new yacht would cost three to four times as much as its second-hand counterpart.

As Chen Zhao’s new home was under construction, Blackie was building his new house too. Chen Zhao had no idea what Blackie’s progress was.

Chen Zhao had been to the old space crevice twice. Hellhound was somewhat depressed because Blackie was not around and Chen Zhao had also not brought their playmates with him.