20 years of restarting life

Chapter 4033 Severia
Because Zhao Chang'an was accompanying them, Qi Peng, who had originally planned not to lead the parents of these high-quality potential clients on a tour of Zhao Chang'an's villa because the gatekeeper couple were old-fashioned and difficult to talk to, happily changed his mind.

Furthermore, this visit is made the highlight of the entire trip, allowing participants a day and a night to experience what it's like to own a lakeside estate in a foreign country. The hope is that these potential customers will be able to empathize with the experience and actively make a purchase.

Qi Peng and You Lin bought a lot of picnic ingredients and charcoal grills in advance, and invited the parents to have a barbecue party at the lakeside pier of Zhao Chang'an's villa. They also bought enough small tents and sleeping bags to set up a screen and show an open-air movie at night.

In early April, the nighttime temperature on the north shore of Lake Ontario is only around ten degrees Celsius, mosquitoes are still dormant, and the fences and electric fences provide excellent protection for outdoor activities at night.

Bananas, apples, grapes, watermelons, dragon fruit, cherries, various dried fruits, butter, cheese, lamb, baby pigeon, beer, ice wine, red wine—

All kinds of delicious food are available.

A two-story villa with a pure wood structure, a cellar stocked with wine, and a private cinema on the basement floor.

The garden was filled with blooming flowers, an outdoor swimming pool, a tennis court, and private yachts moored on a small dock. There was also an open-air pit shooting range that offered live-fire shooting with AKs, Desert Eagles, Black Star rifles, M16s, and smoothbore shotguns, which made the men's eyes light up.

The elderly couple consisted of a retired surgeon at a large private hospital in Waterloo, a retired police officer who spent his entire career at the Waterloo Police Department, a son and daughter-in-law who now run a private hospital in Toronto, and a granddaughter named Severia who is a senior at the University of Toronto's medical school.

Zhao Chang'an had previously heard Qi Peng say that the old couple's granddaughter was blonde and blue-eyed, delicate and petite, and that she was the kind of girl most Chinese people would consider beautiful. Unlike his favorite girl, You Lin, who was over 1.8 meters tall, slender but had very thick legs, Zhao Chang'an felt that she could kick a cow to death with one kick.

At this time, Severia was still at school, so Zhao Chang'an naturally didn't get to see the beautiful woman that Qi Peng had praised so highly.

Although Canada does not ban guns, it has strict regulations, especially after the incident in its southern neighbor's house last September. The review process for obtaining a PAL (gun license) and especially a RPAL (restricted firearms license, such as some handguns and short-barreled rifles) has become even more stringent.

Logically, these tourists, without permits, had no right to shoot. However, the old man, Ike, believed that having worked at the Waterloo Police Department his entire life, he could personally supervise and guide them without any problems.

Besides, the nearest residential area is three or four miles away, so even if the gunshots were heard, they would be very faint and wouldn't disturb the peace.

Moreover, Ike used rubber bullets on them, and the target practice was changed to shooting at colored balloons. So as long as they weren't hit in the face at close range, they wouldn't be hurt at all.

Initially, Ike was afraid that these people would think it was rubber bullets and protest. However, he obviously did not understand the peace-loving Chinese. The gun contained metal bullets, and he was terrified that it might accidentally go off and miss the target.

If you hurt someone or yourself, your life is over.

Using rubber bullets is both exciting and cool, and it's also very safe. Shooting at a brightly colored balloon that you can see at a glance is naturally more exciting than shooting at a large target where you can't see the bullet hole.

So, not only the male parents, but also the female parents lined up to play with the guns and had a great time, even having their friends take pictures of them looking dashing. As a result, Ike had to have his wife drive to town and buy out all the small-caliber rubber bullets from that gun shop.

Lake Ontario is teeming with fat fish, and the April peach blossom season is when the fish are at their peak. Qi Peng, being a fishing enthusiast himself, knew exactly what these anglers were thinking and prepared fishing gear for the parents to use.

The retired old man was a seasoned angler. Along with Qi Peng and Zhai Shaobai, the three of them were fishing by the lake. Although Qi Peng came from a prominent family and Zhai Shaobai was also wealthy despite his less privileged background, the old man was a prominent figure in the local city before his retirement. As they chatted, fish would occasionally bite, making the three of them very excited.

In the evening, we had a free-for-all barbecue and watched "Titanic" at the small pier by the lake. Although the movie was released five years ago, it is still very attractive as a classic romance film.

Qi Peng spent three thousand US dollars to screen this film. At first, everyone thought it could be used as a backdrop for a self-service barbecue, since it was all in English and they couldn't understand it, and there were no Chinese subtitles. Moreover, they had all seen the film before. It wasn't until some scenes that were cut from the domestic version were shown that everyone realized the film was more interesting than they had thought.

After showing this film, Qi Peng showed another film, "When Peach Blossoms Bloom," which was also uncut.

Contrary to Zhao Chang'an's expectations, the parents watched with even greater interest. Even the retired grandfather watched intently and enthusiastically, his eyes filled with a critical gaze.

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they are well-fed and clothed, they know honor and shame. This group of people has clearly passed the stage of needing to eat, drink, and be respected, and has begun to move towards a higher level of enjoyment.

When it came time to spend the night, Zhao Chang'an, as the host, naturally couldn't sleep in a tent. Qi Peng and You Lin would like to sleep in the villa for some comfort, but to set an example, they had to squeeze into a small tent together, demonstrating to these potential clients how to do what they love in a small tent and the fun of camping at night.

Even the retired elderly couple entered the small tent with great interest.

Only Zhao Chang'an, Shan Qiang, Zhai Shaobai, and Chi Ruoxue moved into the villa, while the gatekeeper couple had a separate wooden building at the entrance of the manor and kept two golden retrievers.

In the darkness of night, Zhao Chang'an and Shan Qiang stood on the open-air balcony on the second floor, gazing at the lake view in the distance.

The lake surface shimmered, and the tides pulled by the moon's gravity gave the lake a lively vitality, emitting a soft gurgling sound, which reminded Zhao Chang'an of Zhang Ruoxu's poem "Spring River Flower Moon Night".

On the oak floor of the small dock by the lake, a dozen or so small tents were set up, and some of them were still lit with a warm yellow light, illuminating the graceful figures inside.

Clearly, the couple was careless, assuming that if the lights were on and the inside couldn't see outside, then the outside couldn't see inside either.

The two were standing in the shadows where the moonlight was blocked by the two-story house. Shan Qiang leaned against Zhao Chang'an, and the two were pressed tightly together.

Zhao Chang'an sensed a significant change in Shan Qiang while in the car yesterday. If she used to have a shell of defiance and resistance towards him, now she had completely opened that hard, thin shell and accepted him with overwhelming submission.