Long Xiao asked Liu Si a few more questions and then let him leave.
After Liu Si entered the dance floor and shook his body wildly to the music, Xue Hu asked, "Brother Long, don't you really want to see what the islanders are up to?"
Long Xiao looked at Zhao Xintian and said, "I really don't want to see them. As long as they don't bother me, I won't bother them."
The Zhao family was cooperating with the islanders, and Long Xiao was stating his attitude, using Zhao Xintian to relay a message to the islanders.
They had a few drinks at the bar and chatted for a while before preparing to leave.
Zhao Xintian left first. Zhao Xintian's father had told him that if he couldn't afford to offend Long Xiao, he should try to win him over, and if he couldn't beat him, he should make him his friend.
On this chance encounter, Long Xiao was indifferent to Zhao Xintian, but Zhao Xintian endured it and left after having a few drinks with Long Xiao.
After Zhao Xintian drove away, Lin Xuan asked, "Long Xiao, don't you really want to see what that electric car factory is doing?"
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "To be honest, I really don't want to see it. I'm very busy lately."
Long Xiao didn't want to tell Xue Hu and Lin Xuan about dealing with the Taihe Overseas Development Company to avoid causing them trouble.
Xue Hu went to the Xue family's manor in Donghai. After Long Xiao sent Lin Xuan back to the Xuan Xiao Company, he drove to Xinglin Caotang.
Finding the location of the buildings surrounding the Jun Dao Building, Long Xiao decided to visit them one by one to verify his ideas.
Regarding the electric car factory, Long Xiao called Ye Mei and asked her to send people to investigate thoroughly and decide how to deal with it after understanding the situation.
Before starting the investigation, Long Xiao reviewed the urban planning map again, confirmed the location of the eight buildings, and then opened the electronic map's street view to carefully study the five completed buildings and the three construction sites.
Finally, Long Xiao decided to start with the Haolilai Hotel to first understand its purpose.
Haolilai Hotel was a specialty restaurant, famous for several Hunan dishes in Donghai. People would travel halfway across Donghai City or drive hundreds of miles from other places to eat these dishes.
When Xiao Ming heard that they were going to eat at the Haolilai Hotel, he jumped up with joy. He had long wanted to eat at the Haolilai Hotel, but because he had to queue up, he had never been.
They booked a table on the first day. At noon the next day, they took a taxi to the entrance of the Haolilai Hotel. Long Xiao observed carefully and found that the two hotels were built very elaborately, forming a Feng Shui formation of "Five Ghosts Transporting Wealth."
The "Five Ghosts Transporting Wealth" formation was a Feng Shui formation for attracting wealth and gathering Qi. Doing business in such a place would lead to rapid wealth.
"There are capable people who have actually set up a Five Ghosts Transporting Wealth formation," Long Xiao murmured.
Xiao Ming, who didn't understand Feng Shui, saw Long Xiao looking at the building without going in and said, "Brother Long, we're here. If we're late, our table will be taken."
The two entered the hotel. The receptionist asked, "Which hall did you reserve?"
The Haolilai Hotel had five halls set up according to the five directions of the elements, with thirty tables in each hall, arranged according to the five elements.
"We reserved the 'Chun Fa' hall," Xiao Ming said.
The receptionist checked the reservation records and said, "It's Mr. Long. Please follow me."
The 'Chun Fa' hall was in the wood position. The two followed the receptionist into the hall, which was already full of people, all sweating profusely from eating.
As soon as Long Xiao and Xiao Ming entered the hall, they felt a force trying to absorb their life Qi. Because their life Qi was very strong, they were not absorbed by this force.
They followed the waiter to an empty table in the center of the hall, and the waiter said, "Please order your dishes."
Each table had a tablet computer, which served as the menu.
The menu provided detailed descriptions of each dish. Long Xiao picked it up, flipped through it, and handed the tablet to Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming swiped a few times and said, "Bring me a copy of everything."
The waiter didn't understand. Xiao Ming handed him the tablet and said, "Serve all the dishes on the menu."
"There are forty dishes on the menu, you two can't eat that much."
Xiao Ming said unhappily, "Just serve the dishes as I say. Don't worry about whether we can finish them."
The waiter, having been rebutted by Xiao Ming, left unhappily with the tablet.
In this strange hall, Long Xiao dared not casually use his life Qi. After the waiter left, Long Xiao asked Xiao Ming to wait for the dishes and began to wander around the hall, looking for something special.
According to Long Xiao's own prediction, there was another building below the Haolilai Hotel, with the same structure as the Haolilai Hotel.
Long Xiao wandered around for a while but found no passage to the basement.
He walked out of the hall and began to wander around. Soon, someone noticed him.
"Why are you wandering around instead of eating?" A plump middle-aged man in a custom-made suit stopped Long Xiao and asked.
Long Xiao looked around and said, "I went to the restroom and can't find which hall I'm in."
"Are you lost?" the middle-aged man asked with a smile.
Long Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, I'm lost."
The middle-aged man found it strange and said, "Young man, are you alright? You're lost inside a restaurant while eating."
Long Xiao said unhappily, "It's too chaotic here, with doors everywhere. How would I know which hall I'm eating in?"
"Which hall did you book? We have five halls here, it's easy to find," the middle-aged man asked.
Long Xiao thought for a moment and said, "I forgot."
The helpless middle-aged man took Long Xiao to the front desk, asked a server, and then brought him to the 'Chun Fa' hall where Xiao Ming was.
After Long Xiao sat down, the dishes were served one after another. Xiao Ming asked in a low voice, "Brother Long, did you find anything?"
Long Xiao shook his head and said, "I didn't find anything, and they thought I was lost."
Xiao Ming chuckled and said, "Getting lost while eating? Brother Long, you're too talented."
A large table of dishes was placed in front of them. Xiao Ming went into an eating frenzy and quickly finished most of the dishes.
After eating for a while, Long Xiao pretended to be tired, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes. He decided to take a risk and send out his five-element Qi to test if it worked.
As soon as Long Xiao's Qi was emitted, the suction force appeared, and Long Xiao's five-element Qi followed the suction force into the ground.
The Qi did not feedback, which could only mean that the suction force underground was too strong and the emitted Qi was absorbed.
Long Xiao stopped emitting Qi and said in a low voice, "I still need to find the door leading underground."
Xiao Ming, who had almost finished eating, said, "Brother Long, why don't we cause some trouble? While it's chaotic, we can look around, and maybe we'll find the door to the underground."
"Cause what kind of trouble?" Long Xiao asked in a low voice.
"Set a fire. It's very convenient to use 'Crimson Flame Worms' to start a fire."
Long Xiao thought that setting a fire was a good idea. He gently patted his shoulder and said, "'Crimson Flame Worms', come out and start a fire."