At the foot of the mountain.

There are only a hundred or so households in this small town, and there are no buildings here. The buildings are only a few rows of small bungalows next to each other.

Jiang Chen and others quickly arrived at the door of one of the houses, opened the door and walked straight into the courtyard.

When they arrived at the door, Jiang Chen was about to reach out and open the door, but suddenly stopped, and then actually took a step back.

The next moment.

The door in front of them was pushed open from the inside, and an old man with a vicissitudes of life instantly appeared in the sight of Jiang Chen and others.

Facing this sudden "encounter", Jiang Chen and others reacted quite well, but the old man who wanted to go out was obviously stunned.

After a few breaths, the old man finally came to his senses and looked at Jiang Chen and the others with some vigilance.

"Who are you? Why did you come to my house?"

Jiang Chen naturally saw the old man's vigilance, and immediately showed the softest smile in his life and asked softly.

"Old man, don't worry, we are all tourists going up to the mountains for fun, and there is no harm in coming to your home."

"When we were halfway there, a few of us suddenly felt a little thirsty. We originally planned to find a shop to buy some water, but we looked around the town and didn't see any place to buy water."

"We came to your house just to ask you where to buy water!"

While Jiang Chen was speaking, Li Wen and others behind him also showed kind smiles in a cooperative manner, expressing their kindness toward the old man.

After listening to Jiang Chen's story, the old man did not believe him immediately. Instead, he looked at Jiang Chen and the others with some doubts, from head to toe, and then from toe to head.

After a while.

After carefully looking at Jiang Chen and the others, the wary look on the old man's face disappeared, and was replaced by a simple and kind expression.

Although the old man has never been to a big city, "tourists" like Jiang Chen and others come here occasionally.

Through the way Jiang Chen and others dressed, as well as the free and easy aura they exuded unintentionally, the old man still reluctantly let down his guard.

Of course, I just "reluctantly" let down my guard.

"Our place is not one of those scenic spots. We don't have that many people coming here at all. How can there be a place selling water?!"

As he spoke, the old man moved half a step to the side, making way for the doorway, and pointed toward the inside of the house.

"There is no water that I can buy with money, but I have a lot of free water at home."

"What we drink here is spring water from the mountain behind. If you don't mind, you can come in and drink as much as you like!"

Before coming here, Jiang Chen had already anticipated several reactions the old man would have, and had also thought about how he should respond. When he heard the old man inviting them in to drink water, he suddenly showed a look of surprise and surprise.

"Really? Thank you so much!"

"It's different if it's free. We can pay for drinking water!"

The old man was slightly startled, then waved his hands and refused.

"I just came in for a drink of water. What's the point of charging me money?!"

"Stop talking and come in quickly."

The old man rejected Jiang Chen's proposal without hesitation, and then made a gesture to invite Jiang Chen and others into the house.

"In that case, thank you uncle!"

Jiang Chen and others thanked the old man together, then filed into the house and followed the old man to the living room.

"You guys sit down and rest for a while. I'll go get you some water right away!"

"Okay, thank you, uncle!"

Jiang Chen and the others thanked the old man again and sat down on several bamboo chairs in the living room. The old man gestured to them and then turned around and went out.

Seeing the old man leaving, Chen Juxing leaned forward to Jiang Chen and spoke in a low voice.

"Jiang Chen, do you want me to wait a minute..."

As he spoke, he reached out and made a gesture of counting money. He knew that Jiang Chen came here to inquire about something, and he immediately thought of his tried and tested money offensive.

Jiang Chen did not respond immediately to Chen Juxing's proposal. He thought for a moment before speaking slowly.

"Don't be impatient. Let's take a look at it later. If I'm not mistaken, your method may not work on this old man."

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Chen Juxing suddenly felt unconvinced and rubbed his neck and said.

"Jiang Chen, I believe in your ability to judge people, but you should not underestimate human nature."

"Even though I am young, I have seen too many different kinds of people."

"There have been many people with lofty ideals who have repeatedly said that they regard money as dirt, but in the end they have broken their guard here."

"It's not that they are not really greedy for money, it's just that the temptation they face is not big enough. If one thousand doesn't work, then ten thousand; if ten thousand doesn't work, then one hundred thousand, one million, ten million..."

"I don't believe it. You can't pry open their mouths even if you have money!!!"

Jiang Chen and the other three: "........................"

Chen Jiuxing's "trendy spirit" at this moment made the other three speechless for a while. This guy really did things worthy of his status as a "rich second generation".

Jiang Chen shook his head helplessly and whispered.

"Okay, I guess what you said makes sense."

"However, since you can't afford to spend so much money here, you'd better just look at my eyes and act accordingly."

After hearing Jiang Chen's answer, Chen Juxing still had some objections in his heart, and he was ready to continue speaking.

However.

At this moment, the door was pushed open.

"Squeak!"

After the door opened, the old man stepped in. He was carrying a kettle in his right hand and several water glasses in his left hand.

Seeing the old man come in, Chen Jiuxing had no choice but to swallow the words that were on his lips and immediately sat up straight.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Chen immediately stepped forward and took the kettle from the old man's hand. The old man grinned, and then placed several water glasses in his hand on the table in front of several people.

"This is the mountain spring water we usually drink. You can drink it as you like. If it's not enough, I'll get it again!"

After Jiang Chen and others thanked him again, they poured water and started drinking. They all pretended to be thirsty and drank two glasses of water before stopping.

Jiang Chen picked up the kettle and filled the cup with water, but he did not drink it immediately. Instead, he held the water cup and naturally chatted with the old man about home affairs.

"Uncle, we just walked around the town, but we didn't see anyone."

"And before we came to your house, we also went to several other houses, but found that there was no one in those houses."
Chapter completed!