Chapter 85 85: Heading To The Mountains.

Leo and Lily pacified the volatile Snow, and the young man realized that his wife didn't eat gunpowder, but she was menstruating. He sighed as he wondered why women would always have such weird reactions during this period. However, the way the human mind and hormones worked was too complex for Leo to understand. The family finished the dinner, and life continued on. Percie Hibiscal was surprised when Leo told her that he would be heading out on a road trip. She found it odd, and Leo told her about the engagement with the Utopia Research Center. Percie Hibiscal was even more shocked when she heard this, she couldn't understand how Leo managed to acquire the stakes in the research center. At the same time she was curious as to what the project was to which Leo smiled and didn't answer. She understood that Leo didn't want to divulge it, and just when her imagination was running wild, the young man said, "When the time is right, you would be the first person to know. At the moment, we are just in the research phase and keeping more people in the loop is not wise, the professors asked me to maintain the secrecy of the matter for as long as possible." The day came to an end, Leo handled the formation of the new company Silence Protection. He held ninety percent shares, after all, he injected a lot of his personal capital in the project, and it was his men who were training the goons about how to be a guard. Simon Silence didn't have any rejection because he has been dealing closely with Kyle and Jock. He knew that compared to these people he was just an ant that could be squashed whenever necessary and won't be missed. Simon had accepted his fate not because he wasn't strong, but because he wasn't smart either. Leo had issued high rewards for the guards, and they were all bought over to his side. The goons were all people who worked as petty thugs because they had no qualification to get a proper job. However, Simon wasn't too worried, he knew that as long as he did his duty diligently Leo wouldn't discard him. While some were feeling that Leo was their savior, some people were hating on him. One such person in Angkor City was Carlos Elliot. The man was sitting in his office, and was thinking about how Leo has that aura of superiority. He hated Leo from the moment when he confronted the latter at school. He also hated the fact that Leo rendered him speechless and made his son, Wayne, apologize to him before all the teachers. This whole thing made Wayne lose his original behavior. Carlos thought that his son was being silent and depressed, he never thought how Wayne had become sensible these days and didn't create any trouble for them. He clenched his fist, and suddenly the door of his office was knocked and Wayne entered. Carlos smiled and rushed to meet his son, as he asked, "Wayne, this is a pleasant surprise. How did you come here today?" Wayne replied, "Mum brought me over." Carlos raised his eyes and found his wife coming in as well. The lady sighed and said, "Honey, look at him. Now he wants to go camping because of that girl." Carlos furrowed his brows and asked, "Which girl?" Wayne replied, "Lily. Miss Verse was asking all of us what we would do during the vacation, and Lily said that her family is going to the mountains up north for camping. I want to go camping as well." Carlos was surprised and he thought about something and said, "Well, then how about we go to the beach? We will stay there for seven days as well, and you can learn how to snorkel?" Wayne shook his head and said, "Why the beach? Why not mountains?' Carlos sighed and said, "My boy, your mum has asthma, if we go to the mountains in this weather, she will fall sick. Also, the beach in Goma City is farther than the mountains." After a good to and fro, they managed to coax Wayne into going to the beach. Carlos then called in his secretary and said, "Alam, arrange a few men to rob someone in the mountains." Alam was surprised but he nodded left after receiving his instructions. … The week passed away, and Leo had just finished his session in the virtual realm. Tomorrow morning, they would be leaving the house to head to the mountains, and before that, Leo and Snow had finished packing everything. The young man, however, had another thing to deal with. Last time when he took Lily to the amusement park, he had received a lottery wheel from the system and he had been holding back his urge to use it. He wanted to use it only when it was necessary or special. So, he took a deep breath while laying in the bed, and the lottery wheel manifested before his gaze. The young man took a deep breath and thought, start. The lottery wheel was divided in three sections, white, red, and silver, and a fine hairline streak of gold between the three colors. The system had told him that he had the maximum probability of drawing something from the three big sections, however, the golden barrier lines were also prize sections but the probability of ever unlocking them was less than .000001 percent. After a few moments, the young man said, 'stop.' The wheel slowed down, and gradually it came to a stop. While Leo was not being overly optimistic about drawing a gold prize, he was also praying to not get the lowest of them all, the white grade prizes. The lottery wheel stopped at the red section. The needle was really close to touching the golden partition and Leo sneered thinking, 'Fate sure knows how to tease people.' The system chimed, 'Ping: Host, you have occupied danger perception skill. This skill will allow you to vaguely detect the intention that other people have against you.' Leo found this skill somewhat useful, and he nodded. The night passed by fleetingly, and in the morning the couple was raided by a little goblin that dashed in their room, and burrowed between them as she said, "We are getting late, you elderly people are so slow." Lily was very excited and forced to wake up, the couple looked at each other thinking if this kid even went to sleep. Leo and Snow got out of bed, and they began to prepare for the outing. Apart from one pair of clothing, and thermal clothes, the rest have been packed and placed in the SUV. They had so much stuff that Leo had to fold half the back seat and place the stuff inside with Kyle's help. After having breakfast, the trio got in the car, and Lily asked, "Hmm, Baba, Uncle Kyle and Uncle Jock are not coming with us?" Leo shook his head and said, "Since we are going for a vacation, they should also get a vacation, no?" Lily nodded and said softly, "Baba, you are so kind." Snow rolled her eyes and said, "Sweet mouthing your father in the morning. Such a charmer you are." The two of them loved to bicker with each other over Leo, and the young man smiled as he drove the car. His speed was stable and his senses were sharp. However, when they were about to exit the city, Leo sensed someone gazing at him. He looked outside the window and found that from the otherside, Carlos Elliot was gazing at him. He didn't know what it was about, or how this guy ended up here at this time. Looking at his stance, he was obviously waiting for someone. Leo didn't think much and continued on his way. On the way, Lily and Snow were singing some travel songs before the car reached the highway, and the little girl fell asleep. Leo looked at Snow and said, "You should catch some sleep as well, because the drive will take about ten hours before we even reach the foot of the mountains." Searᴄh the ηovelFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Snow shook her head and replied, "How about this, you let me drive now, and then after five hours, I will give it to you, this way, you will be fine in the mountains, and then I will rest. You know I get dizzy up there." Leo smiled and then he parked the car in the rest zone on the highway before he got down the car and changed seats with Snow. The two had a lot of plans for their trip, they wanted Lily to have the best experience and also enjoy the trip themselves, after all, it had been ages since they left Angkor City. However, they didn't know that someone had lain a trap for them in the mountains and it was about to be triggered.