His mother's sudden appearance only created a slight disturbance of Chen Zhao's emotions . He quickly composed himself .

He would fulfill his early promise and donate his bone marrow when his half-sister needed it .

Composing himself, Chen Zhao went to Doman's house .

He'd missed four days of Normans' weight loss training, but she'd been practicing by herself too . She was just less motivated without Chen Zhao there .

When Chen Zhao had left four days ago, Normans had been around 195 pounds . Four days later, her weight had only dropped to around 187 pounds .

“Hey, *sshole, were you afraid that day?” Normans ran side to side with Chen Zhao .

“Yeah,” Chen Zhao replied nonchalantly . “It'll be weird if I wasn't . ”

He'd indeed been afraid, but once you were scared to the max, it wouldn't be that scary anymore . When humans were excited and scared, blood would collect in the brain and result in excessive oxygenation .

Excitement and fear were similar, so Chen Zhao couldn't say if he was more excited or scared . In extreme situations, one might not feel fear . It could be excitement too .

“Right, how's Wouter's training?”

“Not bad . You can take him back at any time . ”

“You finished that quickly? If you're just patronizing me, I'm not going to pay . ”

“As long as you don't have him do math, he should understand your intentions . ” Chen Zhao was quite confident in this . After all, Wouter had drunk the intelligence potion and was smarter than most animals .

“Then I'll go to your place today and take him back . ”

“You better prepare a check first . ”

After training, Normans gave Chen Zhao a check and he went back home to get Wouter . It was another $100,000 in his pockets .

Robio already gave the design and initial budget to Chen Zhao and Fali . Including the cost for two kilometers of asphalt, the total budget was around $1,300,000 . In other words, the building itself needed $1,100,000 .

This had surpa.s.sed Chen Zhao's initial budget, but he and Fali couldn't decide which part of Robio's design to take out . Every part of his design had a specific use or intention .

The entire design was a piece of art . Looking at the mockup, Chen Zhao and Fali had already fallen in love with the house .

“Chen, how much more money do you need?”

“Let me see . ” Chen Zhao picked up his pen . “After buying the land, I had $200,000 left . In this half month, I earned around $100,000 and got another $100,000 today . If Normans successfully loses weight, I'll have another $400,000 . That's pretty much it . ”

“You forgot the money for the movie . The two of us together will be $200,000 . That means we already have $1,000,000 . ”

Chen Zhao thought for a moment . “We still need $300,000 . ”

“How about…”

“Don't ask your family for money anymore,” Chen Zhao said . “This is our home . We'll build it with our own hard work . Plus, I might have an unexpected payment in a few days . ”

“What unexpected payment?”

“Do you remember Pierce South? He wants to collaborate with me . ”

“Collaborate with what? He doesn't look like a good guy . ”

“He said that Trede Pemton divided his wealth in half before dying . One part was the gold which we've already split amongst the villagers . The other part is his collection . It's a bunch of valuable artworks and relics . ”

“Will he go back on you?” Fali's first reaction was about Chen Zhao's safety .

Chen Zhao laughed . He hugged Fali and pressed a kiss onto her . “Dear, it's not me underestimating Pierce . If that old fox dares to do anything, I'll make sure he's stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of his life . ”

The next day, Chen Zhao received a call from an unfamiliar number .

“h.e.l.lo, who is this?”

“h.e.l.lo, I'm Felwood Cisco, Robio's friend . Are you Chen Zhao, Mr . Chen?”

“Oh, yes . What is it?”

“I started a construction company . Robio said you want to build a house, right?”

“Yes . When are you free? We can find time to sit down and chat . ”

“Actually, I'm at the central street of Mountain Town right now . I want to settle this as soon as possible . Can you tell me where to go?”

“Oh, go straight to the left of the supermarket for around a kilometer . My house is on the hill . It looks old and should be easy to see . Oh…there are a few big dogs playing in the yard . ”

“There are so many dogs in this town . Are you sure I won't get the wrong place?”

“You definitely won't . ”

Felwood soon found Chen Zhao's house .

“h.e.l.lo, I'm Chen Zhao . ”

“Hi, I'm Felwood Cisco . ” He looked at the Silly Twins running in and out of Chen Zhao's yard and finally understood what he meant .

They really were too big—incredibly big—dogs .

“Mr . Chen, Robio already gave me the design and budget . The cost is pretty much how he estimated, but there might be a fluctuation of around $100,000 . I can't promise an exact price . I also have to make it clear because you're Robio's friend . He told me to make it clear that if we buy the material, we might have some profit . Of course, if you have your own channels, you can save around $100,000 . I can give you a list of what to buy . It'll just take longer . ”

Chen Zhao thought for a moment . If he bought the material himself, he could save a few thousand dollars, but he would also waste a lot of time . It wasn't really worth it .

After all, building such a complicated house would need hundreds of materials . It wasn't just brick, cement and dirt . It couldn't be done in one or two days, so he felt like it was logical for the company to make a profit while making the purchases .

“I agree for your company to make the purchases, but I hope the budget won't go over $100,000 . Money is tight for me right now . If it's more, it'll give me a lot of pressure . ”

“I'll try my best,” Felwood said . “The fluctuations in market price is really big because it's affected by the environment . I can't control it . ”

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