Compared to the bustling night, the FS discotheque during the day looks strangely deserted. The parking lot only has a few employee cars.
After Kelvin finished calling, a tall and agile man came out to welcome him and Erina. As soon as he saw them, he bowed politely.
“Hello, I'm John, warehouse manager of FS discotheque.”
“Hello, I'm Kelvin, and this beautiful girl's name is Erina Gudono.” Kelvin smiled gently, taking the initiative to shake his hand.
“The general company has already informed me, so if you two need to check anything, please just let me know.” John still maintained a solemn expression and said.
Next, at Kelvin's request, John took him and Erina to the warehouse right behind the famous dance hall.
Erina walked in a daze, trying to imagine the identity of the man beside her. How powerful and noble was he that the head office had to contact John directly? At first, she thought he had friends who were managers at this discotheque.
The door opened slightly, and Erina and Kelvin quickly entered. In front of her eyes are countless types of wine from many different famous brands.
“All imported wines are stored in cold storage, you two can look freely.”
John said as he led the two of them to the steel shelves on the right side, where the wine cases produced by Young Market company were placed.
Taking out a bottle of red wine, Erina carefully observed the external characteristics and shook it vigorously to see the bubbles.
“We import goods directly from the distribution branch located by the parent company in this country, not through any retail agents. Miss Gudono, please rest assured about the quality.”
Hearing John's commitment, Erina felt a little embarrassed as if she had been caught red-handed. How could he be so sharp-eyed? He was standing with Kelvin over there and yet he could see over here.
Seeing her uncomfortable expression, Kelvin turned to John and whispered a few words into his ear. He nodded and quickly bowed, walked out, and left the cold storage for the two guests to freely explore.
“Please continue. Don't you want to shake all the bottles of wine here?” Kelvin put his hands in his pockets, slowly approaching Erina.
“There are a lot. Kelvin, please help me. But… we can stand in here indefinitely, right?”
Looking at the confused round black eyes of the girl from country X waiting for an answer, Kelvin couldn't help but burst out laughing. Could it be that the lovely girl wanted to check all the wine here?
However, he still obeyed her wishes. The two of them quickly took out each bottle of wine and shook it.
Because Erina was not experienced enough, sometimes there were a few bottles of wine that she looked at until her eyes bulged but she still couldn't distinguish, so she had to ask Kelvin to help her.
After two hours, he and she had selected about fifty bottles of poor-quality wine mixed in with the real wine. Some boxes were 100% real wine, some boxes contained about one or two bottles of fake wine, and some boxes contained almost half of the product was fake wine.
- Let's put it back, I'll take you to other places to see. - Kelvin said and quickly returned the wine bottles to their original place.
Erina obediently did as he said. She guessed that if she shook all the bottles on the shelf, the number of fake wines would not stop at fifty. But looking at the appearance of the guy named John, he did not look like a greedy guy, his face looked quite decent.
Leaving the FS discotheque, they continued to visit four more major discotheques and bars. The results they got were almost the same, not much better.
Seeing the beauty dizzy and constantly squeezing her head and forehead, Kelvin stopped taking her to investigate and took her to a roadside restaurant to eat, then drove her straight to the park to get some fresh air. He was afraid that if he took her to see more entertainment spots, she would explode.
Walking on the road covered with rows of beautiful green trees, listening to the wind rustling through the dense foliage, Erina felt much more comfortable. She felt like Kelvin had gathered all the good points to form an extremely perfect person.
“Kelvin, do you think the problem comes from the Young Market company? Not all those places may be related to the fake wine supplier.”
After saying that, Erina bent down to pick up the fallen leaf, rolling her two fingers back and forth to rotate it back and forth. Now she was thinking about Louis. She suspected that he was involved in a network supplying fake wine to the FS discotheque as well as other places.
“You suspect your branch manager, right? If so, just go straight to the cold storage to check.” Kelvin replied calmly, conveniently removing the small leaf that had fallen from her long hair.
“I'll check it out at the beginning of the week, now... let's go cycling together.”
Her sudden change of attitude surprised Kelvin a bit. She looked like an actress who had quit her role.
Looking at her eyes as clear as the surface of an autumn lake sparkling in anticipation, he happily nodded in agreement and took her to rent two bicycles.
The two of them rode their bicycles along the vast, deep blue lakes surrounded by countless rows of extremely tall palm trees, then entered the small forest to admire hundreds of colorful flowers blooming all four seasons.
The clear, refreshing laughter on the girl's lips made Kelvin temporarily forget the pressure of the upcoming busy week. The higher the position, the more strong winds one has to endure. Not everyone dares to sit in the current position he holds.
When Kelvin brought Erina back to her house, it was already six o'clock in the evening. Waiting for the fancy car to move, she opened the gate and went in. She guessed that at this time in country X, Clement must have woken up.
After taking a shower and changing clothes, Erina immediately took out her phone to call her lover, but before she could do anything, she saw the landline number of Henry's family clearly on the screen.
She hesitated a bit, wondering whether she should pick up the phone or not. She was afraid that the person on the other end of the phone was Henry.
Since the day she went to country B, he had kept his agreement with her, not contacting her to bother her. Could it be that he suddenly changed his mind now?
As soon as the previous call ended, the next call immediately followed. She pursed her lips, reluctantly picked up the phone, and brought it to her ear.
“Mistress, it's me, Lucia.” The older woman's voice clearly showed excitement mixed with joy.
“Oh. I was busy taking a bath just now so I didn't know you were calling. I was about to call back.” Erina breathed a sigh of relief and slowly replied.
Erina secretly thought that heart disease was caused by situations like this. Then, she and Lucia actively asked each other about their health, daily life, etc.
Erina smiled and replied continuously, but she didn't know that on the other side of the phone, there were two human heads, plus four ears, listening as if swallowing her every word.
Lucia kept staring at the piece of paper containing the questions that Henry had painstakingly prepared and read them like an old parrot.
Whenever his finger moved to a question, she immediately read that question. Sometimes he put his finger wrong and she asked Erina the same question several times.
The last question ended, Lucia almost fainted, not because she read too much but because she was nervous, plus Henry put his ear so close to her face that she was afraid that her breath would hit him, so she held her breath until her face turned purple.
“Thank you. Because I miss her so much, I want to hear her voice more.”
After saying that, Henry quickly folded the piece of paper and put it in his pocket, then went straight up the stairs and into his room.
Lucia smiled as she watched the young master's figure. She felt he was so pitiful. He had everything but lacked affection.
Miyeon died when he was too young, Hubert was busy with work, making him lack the affection of both his mother and father. Now his future wife also left him and went to a faraway place, and forbade him from contacting her.
Lucia had just turned to go into the kitchen when Henry ran down, his backpack slung over his shoulder, his face as bright as a plant that had just been watered, making the person in front of him feel even sadder for him.
“I go to the shooting range and then go up the mountain in the afternoon, then come back on the weekend.”
After saying that, Henry rushed out and ran to where the car was waiting. For a week he stayed with Orson to practice martial arts and meditate. He only came home on Saturday afternoons, and on Sundays, he went to the shooting range to practice shooting.
His schedule was almost full, and he had no time to hang out and drink. Because he wanted the person he loved to have a different view of him, he decided to learn how to become an adult.
“Miss Leclerc came to my house the other day and asked me to take her to see you.” Venn glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled.
“Offer a high price, and tell her to exchange her father's shares, each time she meets me is one percent of the shares.” Henry absentmindedly looked out to both sides of the road and said.
Venn burst out laughing and began to calculate how much money he would make if he took her to see Henry ten times. Henry couldn't help but laugh when he heard the driver muttering calculations.
Arriving at the foot of the mountain, Venn said goodbye to the young master and turned back.
Henry quickly walked away. His heart was filled with joy because he heard Erina's familiar voice and hearty laughter. Tonight, he would surely sleep well and have beautiful dreams.
“Erina, time and distance only make me love you more, don't you know?”
Henry whispered and skipped along the road. He saw the sky, the earth, and the surrounding scenery suddenly strangely beautiful.
The sound of the wind lulling the trees is like a gentle love song. The birds chirp happily. The sound of the babbling brook, like a lover's reproach, gently echoed.
Henry agreed that what people said was right: when people are happy, the scene is never sad.