Chapter 219: Preparing to Dig for Treasure
Wan Xiaozhou woke up!
She stared blankly at Taotie with a deadpan expression and asked, “Who are you?”
“Why do you look so annoying?”
Taotie: “…”
Tom: “…”
Wan Xiaozhou’s comment left both Taotie and Tom speechless. The two exchanged looks without saying a word. A few seconds later, Tom burst into laughter: “Hahaha…”
“Yes, you do look quite annoying!”
“Hahaha…”
Tom laughed so hard that tears started streaming down his face.
The more Tom laughed, the darker Taotie’s expression became.
Taotie regretted not choking Wan Xiaozhou to death at the hotel. If he had done so, he wouldn’t be ridiculed by Tom now.
Taotie scowled and glared at Tom. “Are you done laughing yet?”
“Ahem…”
“Nope~”
Tom mischievously winked at Taotie.
After that, Tom waved his hand at Taotie, signaling him to stop, and turned his attention to Wan Xiaozhou. “Let me introduce myself. I’m Tom, the butler of this villa. This big fool here is Taotie, he’s… a bodyguard. You’re our maid here at the villa, serving alongside us in loyalty to Her Highness the Princess!”
Upon hearing Tom call him a “big fool,” Taotie rolled his eyes and muttered, “You’re the big fool. Your whole family’s big fools. You’re just jealous because I’m taller and better-looking than you!”
Tom and Wan Xiaozhou simultaneously looked at Taotie with disdain.
Seeing their expressions, Taotie felt a little offended.
Wan Xiaozhou thought for a moment and then said, “I remember you, you were very eager to become part of the villa.”
Wan Xiaozhou smiled at Tom, her expression warm, unlike the cold, distant one she had for Taotie.
When planting the spiritual seed in Wan Xiaozhou, Fang Xiaocao had made a slight alteration to her memories.
This included some of the things Taotie had done to her.
“Master Butler, is there anything you need me to do?” Wan Xiaozhou completely ignored Taotie and asked Tom with a smile.
Tom gave Taotie a smug look before responding to Wan Xiaozhou, “Right now, you should go to the kitchen and prepare some food. It’s almost noon, and Her Highness the Princess should be eating soon!”
Wan Xiaozhou nodded, “Okay, I’ll make the food right away.”
With that, she walked toward the kitchen.
“You know, Her Highness the Princess is really impressive!”
Watching Wan Xiaozhou busying herself in the kitchen, Taotie leaned closer to Tom and whispered.
“Of course. She’s our Princess. Naturally, she’s formidable!” Tom replied with a grin.
“What are you two talking about?”
Having regained her energy, Fang Xiaocao opened her eyes. Hearing Tom and Taotie mention her, she asked with confusion.
“Her Highness, Tom and I were just praising you for being amazing,” Taotie responded with a smile.
Fang Xiaocao smiled but didn’t say anything.
Instead, she took out a treasure map, the one for the mountain behind the villa.
“I have a treasure map here. The treasure’s location is in the mountain behind our villa. It’s said to be very dangerous. Now that everyone’s here, let’s discuss how we can dig up the treasure.”
Fang Xiaocao handed a printed copy of the treasure map to both Taotie and Tom.
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Taotie and Tom became interested and took the map to look at it carefully.
Looking at the map, Taotie furrowed his brow. “Her Highness, based on the markings on this map, the treasure seems to be inside the mountain. When you mentioned danger, are you saying there are traps like those in ancient tombs? The danger might not come from people, but from these mechanisms?”
After hearing Taotie’s words, Tom nodded. “I agree with Taotie’s view. But aside from mechanisms, we should also consider the environment and animals. For example, dangerous terrain or poisonous insects and wild beasts.”
“Though this mountain is in the outskirts, not too far from the city, it’s rarely visited, and there are no records of any development. So, I think it’s possible that there are unknown poisonous creatures or wild beasts there.”
Taotie nodded in agreement. “I agree with Tom. We should definitely consider these factors. I think the human threat is the least significant. The biggest danger comes from traps and poisonous creatures. After that, it’s the dangerous terrain. If we go treasure hunting, we should mainly carry equipment for these things and bring fewer weapons for dealing with people.”
“Even if we encounter people, with our skills, it won’t be hard to handle them, even without weapons. So, we’ll only need a gun and some knives.”
Tom and Taotie’s analysis was professional, and hearing it, Fang Xiaocao was enlightened.
Before hearing their analysis, she hadn’t considered these aspects at all. She had just assumed someone had buried the treasure in the mountain, or maybe it was a warehouse of some faction.
What “dangerous” meant, according to Hot Noodles, could just refer to the guards watching over the treasure.
Now, after hearing Taotie and Tom’s analysis, Fang Xiaocao realized she had been naive and had missed some important considerations.
“Good thing I showed you the map. Otherwise, if I blindly led you, we might not even know how we’d die. We’ll prepare supplies based on what you said, and we’ll go into the mountain tonight to dig up the treasure.”
Fang Xiaocao made the decision and set tonight as the night they would go into the mountain to hunt for treasure.
“Alright, then let Taotie prepare the gear.”
“I’ll prepare some explosives, just in case.”
“If we get trapped, we’ll blow a path out.”
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Tom nodded.
“Sure, no problem. I’ll have someone prepare the equipment. These things are all available in the Blacklist’s warehouse.”
Tom instructed Taotie to prepare the gear, and Taotie didn’t object, as these things didn’t require him to buy them; they were all in the Blacklist’s warehouse.
“Alright, it’s decided!”
“We’ll eat first, take a break, then prepare what we need. After dinner, we’ll set off.”
Seeing that neither Taotie nor Tom objected to the plan, Fang Xiaocao gave the final order.
“Understood!”
Taotie and Tom both responded in unison.
“The food is ready, you can come and eat now.”
From the dining room, they heard Wan Xiaozhou calling them to eat.
“Alright, we’ll be right there!”
Fang Xiaocao politely replied, then turned to Tom and Taotie. “Let’s go, time to eat!”
“Finally, food! I’m starving~” Taotie said with a smile.
Tom rolled his eyes at Taotie. “Pathetic. Her Highness hasn’t even said she’s hungry yet.”
“Haha, I’m hungry too. Let’s go eat.” Fang Xiaocao laughed.
(End of Chapter 219)
