It was obvious that Kingston was from a rich family. He must have been interested in Rachel, so he followed them all the way and even prepared these dishes to win her over.
However, it was a pity that she did not seem to be interested in him. A look of disgust would appear occasionally on Rachel's face when she frowned.
The four of them finished their meal amidst the somewhat awkward atmosphere.
After the 15 minute break, they got back into the vehicle and continued onwards with their journey.
Kingston constantly tried to get close to Rachel in the following journey. However, she hardly responded. In contrast, she took the initiative to chat with Fade.
Fade didn't know whether she was using him as a shield, or because he was one of the only few young people on board.
Her best friend, Hazel, had obviously been bought over by Kingston. Not only did she not help Rachel to reject his advances, she even tried to persuade her. Therefore, it seemed that Fade was the only viable candidate for conversation.
He ended up being blacklisted by Kingston just like that.
The person born with a silver spoon gave him many stern warnings with his glare. Fade ignored all of them though.
Another two hours of driving passed and the car finally entered Mancho City.
The city was not large and it did not have many tall buildings. Nonetheless, compared to the wilderness along the way, this place clearly had much more things going on. There were all types of shops on the side of the road, with many people seen walking by.
After driving for half an hour in the city, the car stopped in front of a jade store at about six o'clock in the evening.
The tour guide led everyone out of the vehicle and they entered the jade store.
Once the roll call was done, the tour guide waved a flag and announced, "Next up, it's the shopping time. Everyone knows that Pagodaland is rich with jade. The jade wares here are of high quality and their prices are cheap. Make sure you guys don't miss out on this opportunity."
"Didn't you say there won't be any more shopping? Why did you arrange a shopping session again?"
"It's past six o'clock. Why do we still need to shop? When can we have dinner?"
"Forget it, it's a cheap traveling group. It's not easy for them as well. Let's just go along with it!"
"That's right. Let's just look around. Maybe well be able to pick up a treasure or two."
Just like that, the tourists entered the store and began to shop.
Fade and Rachel strolled around casually with the rest of the young people.
As they were strolling along, Rachel seemed to have spotted a fancy Buddha pendant. She looked it over in her hand several times.
However, when she saw the price tag labelled with the high price of '4888', she hesitated.
While she was hesitating, Fade glanced at the pendant and simply said, "Don't buy it!"
"Ah?" She was stunned for a moment, and then she turned to him in confusion.
He answered, "The pendant is fake. It's not worth that much."
"Fake? How could it be..." She was shocked.
Hazel, who was by Rachel's side, glared at Fade and protested, "Pagodaland is the jade country, and this is a place that specifically sells jade. How can it be a fake?"
"I'm just saying." It wasn't like they were close at all, so he did not intend to persuade her further.
Hazel glared at him again, and she pulled Rachel along. She said, "Rachel, don't listen to his nonsense. From how I see it, I think he's just bluffing. He's been browsing for quite a while and yet he didn't buy anything. He even said the store's products are fake."
He pretended that he didn't hear them and he was ready to leave.
However, the rich Kingston came over and looked proud. He waved his hand and said to the store assistant, "Wrap this pendant up."
He then handed the pendant over Rachel. His face was filled with tenderness. "Rachel, this is my gift for you."
"I don't want to buy it. I want to leave!"
"That's right. I haven't had dinner yet. I won't buy anything either."
The group of people stormed towards the entrance and were about to leave.
When they reached the door though, the tour guide's initially friendly expression dropped and a chilling expression came over him. He ordered them crisply, "You're not allowed to leave if you spend less than 10,000 yuan."
"All of you must purchase a total of 10,000 yuan for me. If you don't, everyone will be trapped here and will not be allowed to go out."
"What!" Everyone exclaimed in that instant.
"Didn't you say that you won't force us to purchase?"
"This is illegal. I'm calling the police."
"I won't buy it. Let's see what you are going to do about it."
"Let's rush out together. I don't really believe that they would lock us up here."
Amidst the noise, the crowd was stirred up. They even began to break through the entrance.
However, the tour guide had a smirk on his face. He was not afraid at all.
He waved his hand, and a few skinny but tanskinned locals appeared at the door. There were wooden sticks and steel rods in their hands. They were glaring fiercely at the tourists.
This scenario frightened the middle- aged tourists, and they became quiet all of a
sudden.
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