Christina Lu almost choked at her food hearing this.
Gao Rou, on the other hand, had it too late. He was already coughing, having gagged at the news. He then recalled how Hanxi had told him that Andrea was loaded.
"Of course, I have a Maldivian partner. You cannot own an island here under a foreign name."
There was silence in the air. Christina has still not yet recovered from the blow and beside her, she could see the man's poker face. He barely even looked at her after the announcement.
"Explain." Lu Fang requested.
She held him by the hand before narrating everything, "my foster parents brought me to this country when I was a teenager and I instantly fell in love with the Maldives."
"We visited, I think two more times after that and since then, I swore to buy an island of my own and turn it into a resort just the way I wanted it."
