Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1029 - 556 The Counterattack of the Chrysanthemum Organization

Chapter 1029: Chapter 556 The Counterattack of the Chrysanthemum Organization

"I want to go see your oil field," Aria said coquettishly, revealing her true purpose.

"Doesn’t your brother mind? And, I remember that the religion you follow places very strict constraints on the actions of unmarried women."

Sean Knight really had a headache now.

Many of the things he had done skirted the edges of legality; they were neither serious offenses nor trivial matters. Some things Aria would see were truly not appropriate for her to witness.

"I’ve become a bad omen," Aria said, her countenance darkening as she lowered her head in response to Sean’s words: "Since my engagement was broken off, my family has deemed me unlucky, and as time passed, no one has approached my father to ask for my hand in marriage.

According to my brother Abdullah, I might as well not get married at all. I could, like Western women, seek out my own love—after all, I have already made a sacrifice for the Royal Family once.

Even though I did not end up getting married, I have fulfilled the corresponding obligations."

As she spoke, Aria lifted her head to look at Sean, saying earnestly:

"Now I just want to live freely for myself, to see the wonderful moments this world has to offer, to experience things I’ve never experienced before... Can I?"

Could Sean say no?

He was already labeled a scumbag, and the look of longing and hope in the girl’s eyes could easily vanish with a single word of opposition from him. So how could he bring himself to say that "no"?

He didn’t say it, so he might as well take responsibility.

Being labeled a scumbag Pisces was already public knowledge; he didn’t care about one or two more.

Sean even felt that Aria’s brother Abdullah might have tacitly agreed to his sister Aria’s actions.

Otherwise, would Aria dare to come here so boldly?

"All right. But the journey is definitely going to be tough; can you withstand it?"

"Of course, I can. Even though I haven’t traveled much, don’t underestimate my perseverance," Aria beamed upon hearing this, her tone full of confidence as she looked at Sean.

Two off-road vehicles were traveling on the Desert Highway. Aria dumped Sean’s car, citing poor performance, at the hotel parking lot. In its place, two black, large off-road vehicles were requisitioned from the Royal Family’s convoy.

To Lincoln’s eye, they were nearly brand new.

After the items were loaded, the two vehicles set off for the oil field, one following the other.

The Kingdom was not large in size, roughly equivalent to a province of China. The distance to the oil field was just over two hundred kilometers, only a few hours away by car.

Along the way, Aria insisted on being in the same car as Sean, commenting on the scenery outside from time to time.

"Are those... camels? Why do they look so dirty?"

"Because the camels you see in the King’s Palace are more like pets; they have caretakers grooming them every day. The camels here work for their masters, so naturally, they won’t be as clean,"

"There really isn’t a single blade of grass here... Oh, I wonder if that grass grid method you mentioned for controlling desertification could be successful here?"

"If your brother is willing to invest, it definitely can be," Sean explained. "After all, as far as Chinese People are concerned, as long as there is soil and water, even on the moon, we plan to grow something!"

"Is it really that magical?" Aria obviously didn’t get the joke and asked another question.

Lincoln, who was driving up front, struggled not to laugh out loud.

Amina, seated in the passenger seat, curiously looked at Lincoln.

Being able to leave the King’s Palace and roam freely on this land was also an incredibly good experience for her.

At least she didn’t have to worry about people’s gossip, or if the Princess did something wrong, she wouldn’t have to deal with people troubling her.

But she heard this Mr. Knight already had several girlfriends, what kind of feelings did he hold toward the Princess?

The Desert Highway was not devoid of people; there were many other vehicles on the road.

At the occasional oasis, one could see people settling down or operating gas stations.

Indeed, here, oil was cheaper than water.

When they arrived at the oil field, it was almost noon.

Before reaching the oil field, Lincoln had contacted Elijah so when they arrived, Elijah was already at the entrance to welcome them.

"Hello, boss!" Elijah greeted Sean, and took the initiative to explain, "Douglas is looking after the prisoners, so he didn’t come over."

"Any trouble?" Sean asked.

"No trouble. Our plan is, in a few days, once we have more people on our side, to take these people onto a boat and send them to a neutral country," Elijah replied.

Sean nodded, responding, "Not bad, feasible."

Aria got out of the car, curiously observing the working and living area of the oil field.

This area was surrounded by a college wall, but the tallest building inside was just a small two-story building.

The courtyard was quite large and was also where some engineering vehicles, oil barrel trucks, and other machinery were parked.

This used to be an oasis, but now the trees had a half-dead appearance, which was quite emblematic of a small oasis in this season.

"There is a deep water well here, for all the staff to use. The water supply is fairly abundant, according to the documents left here. The aquifer is deep, with plentiful water, which could be used for other purposes."

"The oil field currently has sixteen oil wells in operation, with a daily output of about 7,000 tons per well—there used to be large oil storage tanks here for storing oil, and not far from here, there’s a small harbor where oil tankers regularly come to haul oil.