Chapter 508 - She Loves You
Chapter 508: She Loves You
‘According to Charlie, Socot Island is actually quite famous in Honolulu, but only the local seniors know about it.
‘The locals also nicknamed the island as “Shark Island” because of a group of sharks that lives near it.
‘However, no one knows why there are sharks nearby.
‘An old man tried to explain from a scientific perspective that there are a lot of fish nearby, so sharks would come here from time to time to hunt for food, causing sharks to appear here all year round. However, because there were no famous scientists who actually did a study on this, no one knows whether this is true or not.’
After Su Yang heard Charlie’s explanation, he confirmed his guess. ‘There’s indeed something wrong with this island!
‘Well then… I now have a bargaining chip.’
After Lillian hung up the phone, Su Yang took out another USD 20 note from his pocket and placed it on the counter. Then, he waved his hand and said, “Thank you, pretty lady.”
With that, he turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, before he could turn around, Lillian picked up the money on the table and waved at Su Yang. “Wait a minute. Have you had dinner? Are you interested in having dinner with me?”
Su Yang looked at Lilian in shock. He realized that the lady was not joking and looked at Janet to ask for help.
Unexpectedly, Lillian followed his gaze and looked over. After a pause, she smiled and asked, “Hello, are you his girlfriend?”
Janet looked at Su Yang. ‘I can’t understand what she’s saying.’
Hence, Su Yang could only explain, “She’s my assistant.”
Lillian nodded and said, “Then, the 3 of us can eat together.”
Then, she looked at Janet again. “Is that alright with you?”
Janet was speechless.
Previously, Su Yang had witnessed Hawaii’s passionate hospitality from those middle-aged men. Now, he was also witnessing a Western girl’s directness and passionate hospitality.
He hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.
Lillian smiled with happiness written all over her fair face. She was very interested in Su Yang because no Asian had ever made her feel so comfortable and affable. Furthermore, her childhood upbringing told her that if she was interested, she should try to get to know him better.
That was the difference between the East and the West in terms of love.
She put the money into her pocket and picked up the pen again. Then, she said to Su Yang, “Just a moment. We can leave after I settle my accounts here.”
Su Yang nodded and stood aside to watch her close her accounts.
After watching for a while, Su Yang was speechless. ‘Could it be that this girl didn’t even graduate from primary school? Why does she have to use her phone for such a simple math problem?’
Then, he offered. “Why don’t… I do it?”
Lillian raised her head and looked at Su Yang with her blue eyes. She blinked for a moment before finally nodding her head.
Su Yang picked up the pen and took the piece of paper that he had written earlier before flipping it over and started calculating.
In less than two minutes, the accounts for the day were settled. Su Yang returned the accounts book to Lillian, who was filled with amazement.
She looked at the final amount. ‘It’s the same amount of money that I have counted earlier, which means that the accounts are probably correct.’
She looked at Su Yang with sparkling eyes and gave him a thumbs up. “You’re so awesome.”
Su Yang grinned. ‘Her compliment feels a little weird… It’s as if I had just brought glory to my country.’
After that, Su Yang and Lillian left together and locked up the store. Then, they strolled down on Waikiki Beach with Janet following behind them.
The two of them chatted as they walked and they slowly got to know each other. At the very least, they now knew each other’s names, so they did not need to refer to each other as “you”, “sir” or “lady” anymore.
In order to obtain information as soon as possible, Su Yang had activated the [Friendly Aura] when he was asking the middle-aged men. However, he did not expect that he would be met with a beautiful encounter in a foreign country.
Lillian was the type of girl that Su Yang had never come into contact with before. She had the passion, open-mindedness, and curiosity towards new things that Westerners had.
That was different from the girls in China. Even the most extroverted Xu Lu liked to use techniques or subtle words to hint at Su Yang instead of saying it out loud.
But Lillian was different. She did not hide her curiosity about Su Yang, about the Eastern culture, also… Her lack of knowledge.
According to her, in America, due to the media and various movie and television promotions, everyone had a demonized understanding of the East.
For example, Chinese men were short, had a small stature and are all nerds.
As for Su Yang’s country, everyone thought that it was a high-pressure society that was filled with dictatorship, oppression and poverty.
Even though there were many visitors at Honolulu, she had not come into contact with many of them or thought that this was an exception, so she had not changed her impression of them.
Unexpectedly, when Su Yang appeared, she realized that things were not as she had imagined.
There were also tall and handsome Eastern men. Also, because of their long history, they were more low-key, mysterious and noble…
Su Yang listened quietly to Lilian’s feelings for him. His only thought was ‘Oh my God! Is [The Devil’s Angel Halo] so awesome?!
‘I don’t even have my [Verbal Cannon] activated!
‘Even if it was activated, I didn’t even say a word. So, I actually managed to get this girl so infatuated with me with just [The Devil’s Angel Halo]?
‘Well, I guess that’s how girls are. Also, during my conversation with her, I realized that although Lillian looked about the same age as I do, she’s actually only 16 years old.
‘Western women do hit puberty early indeed.
‘Regardless, the effects of [The Devil’s Angel Halo] has completely outperformed my expectations on Lilian.’
As he listened to Lillian talk about her curiosity about him, he thought about the reason why that special item of his was so effective.
He felt that there were two possibilities.
‘1. Demons and angels are from the West, hence they are more effective against Westerners?
‘2. Westerners’ personalities are different from those of the East and their emotions are easily amplified. Furthermore, Westerners’ views on love and friendship are different, hence the effect is much stronger.
‘Hmm… The second possibility is more likely.’
After that, Su Yang, Janet, and Lillian had a meal together. After they were done eating, Su Yang wanted to pay the bill. After all, there were 2 people on his side. However, Lillian was the one who rushed to pay the bill. Furthermore, she looked as if she would have fallen out with him if he did not allow her to pay.
Therefore, Su Yang could only take back the money in his hand resentfully, lamenting that the female’s power in the East was indeed different from the West.
‘I wonder if the female boxers in China would feel ashamed if they came overseas.’
During the meal, Su Yang registered a Facebook account under Lillian’s guidance and added her as a friend. The 2 of them also added each other on Wechat, the international version. That way, it would be much more convenient for them to chat since there was no need to download.
After sending Lillian back to her neighborhood, Su Yang and Janet waved goodbye to her.
On the way back, Janet, the blockhead, suddenly spoke up out of nowhere. “She loves you.”
He used an affirmative tone with a low voice, as though he was very sure of himself.
Su Yang shook his head. “She’s merely taken a fancy for me, the love culture in the West is different from the East.”
He explained, “In our country, we usually take a fancy on each other first, then build up our feelings for each other before finally going on dates.”
“On the other hand, Westerners will try dating the moment they find someone they fancied. After the date is over, they will then confirm if they are suitable for each other before they decide if they are going to continue dating, until the point when they confess their love for each other and be together.”
Janet looked at Su Yang and said calmly, “You studied it?”
Su Yang shook his head. “No, I saw it on a public account.”
Janet. “She loves you.”
Su Yang was speechless.
‘Fine, I can’t get through to him.
The next day, Su Yang went to Xiao Fang’s hotel again. Xiao Fang received Su Yang downstairs and started to talk to him about the situation of the island’s seller, the tax situation and the process of transfer.
Listening to Xiao Fang’s serious and responsible explanation, Su Yang suddenly felt that perhaps Xiao Fang did not know that there was something wrong with the island.
Therefore, he asked, “Xiao Fang, have you told me the details of this island? Did you miss anything?”
Xiao Fang had a confused expression on his face while Su Yang’s [Space Traversing Eyes] showed slime notifications. [Confused], [Confused], [Confused].
After a while, Xiao Fang seemed to recall something and then said, “There shouldn’t be any. I have a good memory. If I’ve missed anything, I would definitely remember it. I’m sure I’ve introduced all the information to you.”
[Space Traversing Eyes] judged him to be [Honest].
Su Yang was now certain that it had nothing to do with Xiao Fang.
Therefore, he took out the information that he had collected and placed it before Xiao Fang. Then he briefed him as he said, “Xiao Fang, this is the information that I got someone to investigate. You’d better take a look at it. It’s filled with the impressions the local residents of Honolulu had of Socot Island.”
Xiao Fang was a little surprised as he picked up the documents. He probably did not expect Su Yang to have such strong recon abilities in Hawaii.
He looked down at the information and was shocked. “This! How is this possible! Shark Island? There are sharks around Socot Island?”
“How… how is this possible?”
Actually, it was no wonder that Xiao Fang was so surprised.
Because the presence of sharks would greatly affect the value of the island.
What was the purpose of buying an island? A holiday resort or a tourist spot.
What else could they do on the island? Other than taking care of the island and touring the island, they could only swim.
There was not much vegetation on Socot Island to begin with, so there was nothing for them to play around with. They could manage the island, but it would cost a lot of money to build it up. That alone had already greatly reduced the value of Socot Island.
However, the island had a good geographical location, it had seawater and a beach which made for a good environment, hence it had a certain value to it.
Now that they realized that there were sharks around the island, plus it was not just for a short period of time. Who would dare to go into the sea now?!
That was not like the shallow seas around the continent where sharks could not swim over. The island was in the middle of the ocean with deep seas surrounding all over, hence it was very likely that sharks would swim to the shallower parts of the islands and possibly hurt people.
If that is the case… The island would completely lose all value!