Chapter 59: Peak Villa Estate

  Half an hour later, only forty contestants remained. The forty contestants moved to one side, and the host said: "The final round of sea election, please follow the number, one by one to the rostrum."

  Ye Zhan stood up and walked to the front of Lin Guan's house. Lin Guan took out a piece of paper and said, "Please answer three questions. The first question: How many children are outside the gymnasium? The second question: Among the children, how many are boys and how many are girls? The third question: What color clothes is the child wearing who has a green wristband?"

  Ye Zhan slightly narrowed his left eye, and the invisible glasses in his left eye displayed a prompt on the butler's hand. The marks on the front of the paper appeared on the back. Ye Zhan replied: "Five people, three men and two women, wearing green clothes."

  Lin Guan nodded, and a female volunteer said: "Please go this way, these are your personal belongings, please take care of them."

  He came out later and gave the same answer, and was also led away from a side door by a female volunteer.

  "Five, three women, wearing blue clothes."

  The butler wrote on a piece of paper: "Please wait for a moment."

  The following answers were all over the place, with some unable to answer and becoming angry, while others shouted loudly. These troublemakers were immediately taken away by security guards. Nai Qiu was also eliminated.

  In front of Lin Guanjia were twenty-two people, all of whom had either answered or remained silent to one question. Lin Guanjia counted the number and nodded: "Welcome to participate in the treasure hunt game, please follow me."

  Two large buses were prepared on the side of the gymnasium, Ming and Ye Zhan sat in No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, after others got on the bus, the bus left the gymnasium and headed for the suburbs.

  Shen Wan's residence is called a villa, which is not ordinary in size. However, no one expected that this villa was actually built on top of a mountain peak. The big bus left the main road and headed towards a side branch road. As it went up, it drove for about twenty minutes before a building appeared in front.

  Here is a small square, with eight security guards in uniform at the entrance. Two security guards guide the car to park. Yu Ming and others get off the bus, and the security guard leads them forward. In front of them is a 25-meter-long, 10-meter-wide cement suspension bridge. Under the bridge is an abyss. The security guard said: "The suspension bridge can only be crossed by small vehicles, so you need to walk to the villa."

  From this side of the bridge, you can vaguely see a corner of the villa in the woods. As everyone crosses the bridge, one guy whispers: "Rich people are just awesome, building this bridge must have cost at least tens of millions."

  Li Fudao said: "I always thought that such a manor house was unique to Britain."

  "This estate was indeed built by a British nobleman. The estate was founded before World War II. The mother of this Briton was Chinese, he came to China and fell in love with it, so he built this estate. During the Second World War, this place was once the residence of an intelligence agency of the Allied forces. Because the owner of the estate destroyed the bridge, it has been well preserved since the reform and opening up. The old master bought this estate 40 years ago and built a suspension bridge. Only ten years ago did he build this new suspension bridge."

  Yu Ming asked: "Does your old man have many enemies?"

  "Haha." Lin Guanjia laughed: "The young man is really imaginative."

  Ye Zhan sneered, "From a poor boy with nothing to his name, to having a family worth tens of millions in just five years. It's strange if there isn't any resentment towards him." Calculating the tens of millions from back then, after investing, it would be worth tens of billions now, which isn't strange at all.

  Lin Guanjia smiled and didn't answer. He continued to introduce: "This manor is in the style of an English castle, three stories high, with a total of 387 rooms..."

  "Hey, what else you got?"

  Are we close? Ye Zhan didn't respond. Yu Ming poked him again: "Say something."

  Reclashing, Ye Zhan flashed open, and Yu Ming stumbled, Li Fu hurriedly supported him.

  Ming gritted his teeth, and Ye Zhan walked in front of him, saying leisurely: "Shen Mou, also known as White Shark. He was a sailor of the most ruthless pirate group in Southeast Asia at that time. Two years later, he led a mutiny and killed the captain to become the new captain. After three years as captain, he disappeared in the waters of Southeast Asia."

  Lin Guan's head turned around, his eyes with a few points of murderous intent sizing up Ye Zhan: "Not invited?"

  "Leaf War." Leaf War fearlessly met Lin Guan's gaze with his answer.

  The people nearby heard Ye Zhan's words and started whispering to each other. Lin Guanjia said, "No matter what the old master used to do, he only has a little over a month left to live. Today, I invited all of you here to look for something. Whoever is not satisfied can leave now, and a reward of 10,000 yuan will be handed over."

  Right, mind your own business. Actually, many people are interested in studying how Shen Wan became rich. A small person with no background and no funds suddenly becomes an investment tycoon, it's natural to arouse everyone's interest. Among the several versions circulating, being a pirate leader is one of them. Shen Wan never clarified or explained. People who do business with him don't care about his past. Those who don't do business with him can't even see him. So rumors remain rumors. Moreover, pirates generally operate in international waters, and investigation, evidence collection, and judicial jurisdiction were all very vague at that time.

  As we walked to the front of the manor, everyone couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. This was indeed a British-style castle. However, some exterior and wall decorations had undergone secondary renovations, losing a bit of nobility and gaining a hint of nouveau riche flavor. The estate's security guards were numerous, all wearing uniforms, with some standing guard at their posts and others walking dogs on patrol around the castle. On either side of the castle was a row of two-story houses that appeared to be dormitories.

  Zhang Nuonan and Du Qingqing were chatting on the second floor viewing platform of the castle, saw Yu Ming and Li Fu, waved. Yu Ming and Li Fu responded with a wave.

  Entering the castle, it is a large hall. Luxurious chandeliers, a fifty-meter-long wooden table in medieval European style. The tablecloth has been laid on the table, and eight women dressed as waitresses are setting up the tables. There is a corridor at both the north and south ends of the hall, with stone steps leading upstairs at the end of each corridor and in the center of the hall.

  "What a pity," said Li, "after putting carpets on these stairs, there is no cultural atmosphere at all."

  Yu Mingxiao: "At least with the carpet laid down, we don't have to worry about falling. Li Fu, have you noticed that on the other side of the bridge there are two helicopter landing pads, but no helicopters?"

  Li Fu hadn't even opened his mouth to respond when Lin Guanjia said, "Everyone must be hungry, right? Please take your seats according to your numbers. The first and second floors have restrooms that correspond to your numbers. Please don't go to the third floor, that's where the old master rests. On the first floor of the castle, there is a gym, a movie room, a swimming pool... Behind the castle, there are also basketball courts and tennis courts. After dinner, everyone can move around freely. However, today's weather forecast says there will be heavy rain, so please take shelter in time."

  As they spoke, the 20 people who had been directly admitted, including two police officers, Zhang Nuo and another, came down from the central staircase. A male contestant walked by and loudly asked: "Housekeeper, when will the treasure hunt begin?"