I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 221 - 219 Preparing to Dig for Treasure

Chapter 221: Chapter 219 Preparing to Dig for Treasure Chapter 221 -219 Preparing to Dig for Treasure Wan Xiaozhou woke up!

He stared at Taotie with an expressionless face, “Who are you?”

“Why do you look so annoying!”

Taotie: “…”

Tom: “…”

With a single sentence from Wan Xiaozhou, both Taotie and Tom were rendered silent. They looked at each other, speechless. A few seconds later, Tom burst into laughter, “Hahahaha…”

“Exactly, he does look annoying!”

“Hahaha…”

Tom laughed so hard he doubled over.

He laughed till tears streamed down his face.

The happier Tom laughed, the darker Taotie’s expression became.

Taotie now somewhat regretted not strangling Wan Xiaozhou to death back at the hotel.

If he had strangled Wan Xiaozhou then, he wouldn’t be mocked by Tom now.

Taotie, with a dark face, glared at Tom, “Have you laughed enough…”

“Cough, cough…”

“Not at all～”

Tom playfully winked at Taotie.

After speaking, Tom waved his hand at Taotie, signaling enough of the teasing, and turned his attention to Wan Xiaozhou, “Let me introduce myself, my name is Tom, the butler of this villa. This big guy is Taotie, the… bodyguard. You are our villa’s maid, and together, we serve Princess Your Highness!”

Hearing Tom call him a big guy, Taotie shot him a glance and muttered, “You’re the big guy, your entire family is big guys, you’re just jealous because I’m taller and more handsome than you!”

Tom and Wan Xiaozhou simultaneously looked at Taotie with disdain.

Seeing the look in Tom and Wan Xiaozhou’s eyes, Taotie felt insulted.

Wan Xiaozhou recalled for a moment and then said, “I remember you, I am very pleased to become a member of the villa.”

Wan Xiaozhou smiled warmly at Tom, unlike his cold, standoffish expression towards him.

When planting the mental seed in Wan Xiaozhou, Fang Xiaocao had tweaked her memory a bit.

Among them were the things Taotie had done to Wan Xiaozhou.

“Butler, is there anything I need to do now?”

Wan Xiaozhou ignored Taotie completely and asked Tom with a smile.

Tom gave Taotie a smug smile and then told Wan Xiaozhou, “You can go to the kitchen now and prepare some food. It’s almost noon, and Princess Your Highness should have her meal soon!”

Wan Xiaozhou nodded, “Alright, I’ll go cook right now.”

Saying so, Wan Xiaozhou headed towards the kitchen.

“You know, Princess Your Highness is seriously awesome!”

Watching Wan Xiaozhou busy in the kitchen, Taotie moved closer to Tom and whispered.

“Naturally, that’s our Princess Your Highness, of course she’s impressive!”

Tom said, beaming with a smile.

“What are you talking about me for?”

Fang Xiaocao opened her eyes, revitalized, and hearing Tom and Taotie mention her, asked in confusion.

“Princess Your Highness, Tom and I were just praising how amazing you are.”

Taotie said with a laugh.

Fang Xiaocao smiled, but didn’t say anything.

Instead, she fetched the treasure map for herself, specifically the one behind the villa.

“I have a treasure map here. The location of the treasure is within the mountain behind our villa. It’s said to be extremely dangerous. Now that you’re all here, we should discuss and see if we can unearth the treasure.”

Fang Xiaocao handed each of Taotie and Tom a printed copy of the treasure map.

Upon hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, both Taotie and Tom became interested and carefully started examining the treasure maps they received.

Looking at the treasure map in his hands, Taotie frowned and said, “Princess Your Highness, by the markings on this treasure map, it seems the treasure is within the mountain. You mentioned dangers—are you suggesting there are mechanisms like those in Ancient Tombs, and the dangers aren’t from people but from these traps?”

Heeding Taotie’s words, Tom nodded and added, “My thoughts align with Taotie’s. Besides the mechanisms, I think we should also consider the environment and wildlife, such as perilous terrains or venomous insects and fierce beasts.”

“Though this mountain is in the suburbs, not too far from the urban area, it’s rarely visited by people and there’s no record of any development, so I think it’s very likely that there are unknown venomous creatures or fierce beasts.”

Taotie nodded in agreement, “I concur with Tom. We indeed need to consider these aspects. I think the human threat is minimal, but the risks from mechanisms and venomous creatures or beasts are the highest, followed by dangerous terrains. If we go treasure hunting, we should primarily bring equipment for these issues, and we might carry fewer weapons for dealing with people.”

“Even if we encounter people, given our skills, it wouldn’t be hard to handle them without weapons. So carrying just a gun and some knives should suffice.”

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Fang Xiaocao was impressed by the expertise and analysis of Taotie and Tom.

Before hearing their analysis, Xiaocao hadn’t considered these aspects at all. She simply thought someone might have buried treasure in the mountain, or it could be a depot of some force.

Hot Noodles’ mentioned danger could have just meant guards protecting the treasure.

Now, hearing Taotie and Tom’s analysis, Xiaocao realized she had been a bit naive and should have considered what she hadn’t, and she hadn’t missed out on unnecessary considerations.

“It’s good that I showed you the treasure map. Otherwise, I would have blindly led you there, and who knows how we might have died. Let’s prepare the supplies as you’ve suggested, and we’ll head into the mountain tonight to dig out the treasure.”

Fang Xiaocao decided then and there that they would embark on their journey that night to hunt for the treasure.

“Alright, let Taotie prepare the equipment.”

“I’ll prepare some explosives, just in case.”

“If we get trapped, we’ll blast our way out.”

Upon hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Tom nodded.

“Alright, no problem. I’m going to have someone prepare this kind of equipment right away. We have all these things in the Blacklist’s storeroom.”

Tom asked Taotie to prepare the equipment, and Taotie had no objections since he didn’t need to buy these items; they were all available in the Blacklist’s warehouse.

“That’s settled then!”

“Let’s eat first. After the meal and a rest, you can each prepare what you’ll need. We’ll leave after supper.”

Seeing that neither Taotie nor Tom objected to the decision to hunt for the treasure tonight, Fang Xiaocao firmly decided.

“Yes!”

Taotie and Tom answered in unison.

“Princess Your Highness, dinner is ready. You can come and eat now.”

From the dining room, Wan Xiaozhou’s voice called everyone to eat.

“Alright, we’ll be right there!”

Fang Xiaocao replied politely, turning to Tom and the others, “Let’s go eat!”

“Finally, time to eat! I was starving~”

Taotie said with a laugh.

Tom gave Taotie a sidelong glance, “Such a disgrace; even Princess Your Highness didn’t complain of hunger.”

“Haha, I’m hungry too, let’s go have dinner.”

Fang Xiaocao said with a chuckle.