"Miss Shan, thank you for your company today."
"You took me to many beautiful spots on the island and helped me rent a yacht and diving equipment."
"Thank you!"
Outside a Spanish restaurant on Paradise Island, Hunter walked out of the restaurant where they had just had dinner, accompanied by Shan, who had a happy smile on her face.
Perhaps because Shan's impression of him had improved greatly during their interactions throughout the day.
At noon, at Shan's insistence, they had just grabbed a casual bite at a fast-food restaurant on the island.
But by evening, Hunter was able to treat her to a meal at a Spanish restaurant where the prices were not cheap.
He naturally noticed the subtle changes during this time.
It wasn't that Hunter hadn't suggested inviting her back to his villa for dinner.
But Shan explicitly refused, clearly having noticed his excessive enthusiasm.
Fortunately, Hunter had already anticipated this.
He therefore suggested they have dinner outside before she went home.
"Just call me Shan, and I'll call you Hunter."
"We are friends now."
Shan carried her backpack on one shoulder, and the oil painting Hunter gave her was held separately in her hand because the canvas tube was too large.
She smiled at Hunter, but her eyes were slightly evasive.
In the past, Shan had dealt with other suitors.
She also knew that her appearance and figure were quite outstanding among her peers.
So even when she was still in school, many people swarmed around her like flies, turning Shan's life into chaos.
Especially after her parents died in a maritime disaster while fishing, those people became even more aggressive.
During that time, if it hadn't been for her childhood friend Jared helping her deal with and teach a lesson to some of the overly aggressive suitors.
She probably would have been driven crazy by those people long ago.
Therefore, when Jared came to pursue Shan after being dumped by his ex-girlfriend, she accepted without hesitation.
Firstly, she genuinely had a good impression of her childhood friend Jared, and secondly, he gave her a sense of security.
So even when her boyfriend behaved terribly later on, Shan never abandoned him.
However, her looks and figure were truly exceptional.
Even though everyone knew Shan had a boyfriend, they still persisted in pursuing her.
It was just that most locals were intimidated by Jared's fiery temper and dared not pester her too much.
Having been pestered by 'flies' around her so much, Shan had gradually developed keen judgment.
Regarding this handsome Asian Youth from Los Angeles, USA, she suspected from the start that he might also be interested in her.
However, he had never acted overly annoying, and Shan hadn't shown her suspicion.
Now, after a full day, although she did feel much more favorable toward this handsome Asian Youth.
She was also more certain that he was indeed interested in her.
That look in his eyes couldn't be faked.
The admiration and liking Hunter showed in his gaze toward her had never been concealed.
If she didn't have a boyfriend, Shan felt she might truly be unable to resist such a handsome, wealthy, and talented suitor.
However, she didn't care much for material pleasures.
Shan sought an ordinary but happy and fulfilling family, so as long as her boyfriend Jared didn't betray her, she would never betray him.
Hunter understood the implication in the words of the Sexy Sweet Girl before him.
However, he just smiled and extended his hand.
"It's great to have another friend!"
Seeing that he wasn't displeased and remained a gentleman.
She smiled and shook his hand!
"Then I'll head back, Hunter."
"Tomorrow, I'll accompany you out to sea. Since you've already obtained your diving certificate, I'll take you around a few nearby treasure diving spots."
"Great, see you tomorrow!"
He watched Shan leave, heading toward the Atlantis Resort.
Her bicycle was there, and she would ride it back to her residence.
Hunter waited until she had walked a little further before quietly following her.
He walked neither fast nor slow, maintaining a distance from Shan that was difficult to detect.
After all, ever since he triggered the Tracking Skill.
Hunter had spent some time leveling it up to LV3.
Shan quickly retrieved her bicycle from the place where she usually worked and rode away.
Hunter continued to follow her slowly and steadily, pretending to be jogging for exercise, maintaining the distance between himself and Shan.
Given his current physical fitness, his short-term explosive power was not much slower than a car or motorcycle that had just started.
If he really started running, Shan wouldn't be able to match Hunter even cycling at full speed.
He was certainly not a pervert; he wasn't stalking Shan for any other reason than to determine the residence of her and her boyfriend Jared.
Especially the latter!
After confirming in the morning that Shan's boyfriend Jared was tracking them.
He finally recalled that the plot he was currently in was that of [Into the Blue].
Hunter deliberately left behind one of Stanfield's treasure hunting maps. That map was one he had compared with a locally purchased map the previous night.
He believed it was the most likely place where 'treasure' might be hidden.
The reason he gave it to Jared was to motivate Jared, who was desperate to get rich through treasure hunting, to take action.
To confirm for Hunter whether the treasure was hidden there.
Once the burial location of the treasure was confirmed, Hunter wouldn't fear any sharks hidden in the seabed.
Nor would he worry about lacking sufficient lifting equipment to salvage the treasure from the seabed.
He only needed to dive to the seabed and collect those items into his private space, and that would be enough.
As for whether the treasure was truly the crashed cargo plane carrying at least several tons of poison, Hunter didn't care.
In the [Into the Blue] plot, that crashed cargo plane full of poison originally went down near a Pirate Ship full of treasure on the seabed.
If Jared truly found it, the treasure wouldn't be far away.
Besides, this was the exact effect Hunter was aiming for.
Jared was already desperate for money. Although he had some conscience, that conscience stemmed from the kind Shan.
In the original plot, if not for Shan's intervention.
When Jared discovered the crashed plane full of poison, he was tempted by his best friend and his girlfriend to secretly take out a few bags of poison and try to sell them.
Shan, disappointed, left Jared at that time and chose to report it to the police alone.
Through various tests during the day's interaction, Hunter had confirmed that Shan was not a woman who could be bought or swayed by material possessions.
The effect of trying to steal Jared's girlfriend by starting with Shan was limited.
Therefore, Hunter prepared to take action against Jared instead.
He was completely unwilling to touch that poison, which was worth at least hundreds of millions of us dollar.
By giving it to Jared, letting him lose himself and commit a great mistake, Hunter would have his opportunity.
Thus, quietly tracking behind Shan.
He quickly crossed a bridge and returned to a remote seaside village on the outskirts of Nassau.
Hunter quickly saw a figure busy repairing a broken fishing boat by the sea in the dim twilight.
It was morning, and Jared had left quickly after getting the map from him...
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