The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

Although Li Shanze had no way of knowing the reason for the time being, he could use it to fully bargain and did not need to worry too much about the breakdown of the negotiations.

However, this did not prevent Li Shanze from preparing for the worst.

Li Shanze had already planned everything, including how to control this woman who seemed to be quite capable of fighting, how to take her hostage, how to escape, how to negotiate with the police, and how to get away after exchanging conditions.

Such worst-case scenario plans can be shelved, but they cannot be eliminated.

However, as if she had noticed what Li Shanze was thinking, Kate Mackenzie showed a confident smile on her face: "I suggest you don't refuse, Mr. Li."

After saying that, Kate's right hand left the gun. She picked up the coffee that Mr. Robert had poured for her, took a sip, and seemed to have completely relaxed.

"I don't know what your request is, Officer Mackenzie." Li Shanze ignored the female police officer's gesture.

Kate, however, looked at the cross on the wall of Mr. Robert's house and asked slowly and leisurely, as if chatting casually, "Let's talk about your first impression of Fern Town, Mr. Li. You've traveled across most of the United States. In comparison, what do you think of this town?"

"I just drove through this town, so I can't say I have any impression of it." Li Shanze didn't know what Kate was up to, so he answered very cautiously.

"I'm curious, how does this small town in Pennsylvania compare to the ones you've visited in the Midwest?" Kate said calmly, as if she were genuinely chatting, her eyes full of curiosity. "You've been to California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and so many other states."

But during the casual chat, he described Li Shanze's whereabouts along the way in detail, and there was no lack of warnings in his words.

"At least Fern Town is still prosperous. There are far more bars than churches." Li Shanze answered as if he was just casually.

Hearing Li Shanze's answer, the female police officer showed undisguised displeasure on her face, and her eyes suddenly became sharp.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, until the blonde policewoman took a deep breath and spoke again.

She leisurely asked a seemingly unrelated question: "Mr. Li, what do you think of gods? Do you have any faith?"

Li Shanze frowned. Since he already knew that there was a "god" named Buchaska in the town of Fern, he concluded that the female police officer had something else in her words.

But he decided to play dumb: "I'm sorry, I'm neither a Catholic nor a Welfare member."

The female police officer nodded slightly and then changed the subject, as if this was indeed just small talk.

"Fern Town's only industrial pillar, the Goodfellas herbicide factory, closed down after a leak five years ago. Farmers here, like Robert and his wife, live in poverty. They can't even afford a television and still rely on the radio for information." Kate Mackenzie sighed compassionately. "Don't you wonder where this prosperity came from?"

For no reason, Li Shanze, who was originally concentrating on testing each other with Kate Mackenzie, suddenly felt that the compassionate temperament displayed by the female police officer after her anger was very charming.

Maybe I'm too tired, and I'm inexplicably distracted at a time like this. Is it because I haven't slept much since traveling through time, or is it because I'm short of women?

Li Shanze laughed at himself in his heart.

In order to cover up this sudden trance, Li Shanze blew out another puff of cigar smoke. The swirling smoke formed a thin veil, covering up any trace of his true thoughts.

"I'm sorry, as you can see, Officer McKenzie." Li Shanze calmed himself down, spread his hands, and replied in a mocking tone, "Thanks to you, I've already done everything I can to avoid the police. I don't have the energy to think about economic issues."

Kate Mackenzie didn't seem to take Li Shanze's sarcasm seriously, and said, "If I were you, I would go to the seemingly abandoned Goodfellas herbicide factory."

After going around in circles, we finally got to the point. Li Shanze perked up and casually placed his cigar on the coffee table.

"Is that what you're asking for, Officer McKenzie? I don't see any need for the police to intervene." Li Shanze tried to get more information.

"This is a test. Only if you can actually sneak into the herbicide factory can our cooperation officially begin." Kate said concisely.

It's either so dangerous that the police are unwilling to sacrifice manpower; or there is some unknown detection mechanism that can identify real police officers... It is definitely not a simple drug base.

No matter which possibility it is, it will be a big trouble.

Li Shanze frowned slightly.

Seeing that Li Shanze remained silent, Kate Mackenzie drank the coffee in her cup and stood up. "Good luck, Mr. Li. I am looking forward to your performance."

"You seem to have forgotten one thing, Officer Mackenzie." Li Shanze smiled and pointed at the witch who remained silent. "You have to pay the deposit first before I can start working, right?"

Kate Mackenzie looked at Li Shanze, then at Xia Li, and smiled. "It will take me three days to verify the files. During this time, please ask Ms. Butner to stay with me."

Li Shanze quite agreed with this suggestion. In his opinion, the untrained witch lady might be in danger if she acted with him. It was naturally a better choice to follow the female police officer.

But before Li Shanze nodded in agreement, the witch, who seemed to have sensed that she was about to agree, finally stopped remaining silent and loudly denied it, "No, I want to follow Li!"

Li Shanze was not surprised by Xia Li's choice.

After all, he and Xia Li have been through life and death together and have a strong comradeship.

As for the police, perhaps her experience of being mistaken for a suspect by the Ohio police had instilled in her an instinctive distrust of the police, which was why she didn't dare to follow them.

Li Shanze believes that Xia Li is innocent and is definitely not a murderer.

Looking at Kate Mackenzie's fierce eyes, it was obvious that the female police officer was very dissatisfied with Charlie's choice.

"Please believe me, Ms. Butner. Isn't it safer to come with me than to stay with an 'ogre'?" Kate tried to persuade her. "Even if you spend more than ten years in prison, it's much better than being eaten alive, right? You are still young, Ms. Butner."

It seems that Kate does not quite believe Li Shanze's confession that he is "not an ogre and does not eat people."

"Please watch your words. I'm not an ogre." Li Shanze protested dissatisfiedly.

"You heard me, Officer McKenzie. Besides, Li Ke is much more reasonable than you police officers!"

Charlie looked at the female police officer without fear. She put her hands on her waist, looked angry, and turned up her nose. She was almost making a face at the female police officer.

Finally, Kate gave up. She looked at Xia Li deeply, then said to Li Shanze, "Okay, I look forward to your good news in three days, Mr. Li."

"Wait a moment, Officer Mackenzie." Li Shanze stood up and, as if by magic, pulled out a business card. "Let me introduce myself. I'm an investor in Fern Town looking for investment opportunities. I'll inevitably be dealing with officers like you in the future. Please advise me."

Kate was stunned at first, but after taking a look at the "Li's Science Investment Group" on the business card, she immediately realized what Li Shanze meant.

However, she didn't seem to be willing to compromise. Instead, she angrily shouted, "I refuse to participate in any conspiracy or lies!"

"No, no, no, there's neither conspiracy nor lies here." Li Shanze said with a smile, "I am indeed the owner of Li's Science Investment Group. This is legally registered with the US government. You can check with the state of Nevada."

Li Shanze selectively ignored the fact that this was just a shell company registered casually by taking advantage of loopholes in local regulations and there was not a single cent on the books.

Kate looked at Li Shanze deeply, her eyes filled with boundless anger. It seemed that she understood Li Shanze's subtext very well.

Li Shanze also looked at Kate without fear, sneering in his heart: You have some inconvenient things to do when you have to make a deal with me, the "cannibal" you look down upon, and why are you still pretending to be righteous here?

Eventually, Kate McKenzie relented.

"I hope you can do something good for Fern Town, Mr. Li. Please be sure to control your mouth, as this is the basis of our cooperation."

After issuing the warning, Kate turned around and strode out of the living room, her golden ponytail bouncing.

It seems that Officer McKenzie is very angry.

Li Shanze joked in his heart.

Then he heard the witch's impatient question: "It seems that she has made up her mind to let us sneak into the herbicide factory. What should we do?"

The witch's big eyes blinked, and the momentum she had just had in the confrontation with the female police officer disappeared, and she looked confused.

017 Plans and Dreams

Looking at the witch's ignorant eyes, Li Shanze suddenly laughed happily.

Li Shanze looked at her innocent appearance and even felt that the fatigue of fleeing all the way was about to disappear.

Xia Li didn't understand what was going on. She was bewildered by Li Shanze's sudden smile and quickly took out a small mirror from her arms.

Li Shanze's laughter made her face red. She checked her face to see if there was something on it, and asked while stamping her feet, "What are you laughing at?"

"Mr. and Mrs. Robert don't know your true identity, right?" Li Shanze asked in a low voice, then made the shape of "wizard" with his mouth.

"You mean, ah!"

Charlie nodded in sudden realization, her attention diverted. She closed the small mirror with a snap and put it in her arms.

Then the witch shook her head again and again, saying, "I don't know, I don't know. They thought that the teacher and I were both devout believers."

Li Shanze nodded, then looked at the now-calm Miss Witch and suddenly asked again, "Then why did you choose to trust me instead of Officer Kate McKenzie? I think she is indeed a decent police officer."

"You, you, I, I..." Charlie was speechless for a moment.

Of course I trust you more.

As a well-educated lady, Charlie didn't think she could say this directly.

The witch blushed and could only stamp her feet: "Anyway, anyway, I don't believe her! The police, huh, yes, the police are all bad guys!"

"Well, it seems that you have indeed been wronged."

Li Shanze looked at Xia Li's face which had turned red to her ears, and felt that if he continued to tease her, this lovely lady would explode, so he chose to stop in a good mood and changed the subject.

"Hmph, that's right! They always wrongly accuse people!" Xia Li's attention was successfully diverted. She loudly complained about her grievances and then started talking.

"I was just buying a newspaper! I saw the newsstand vendor lying there as if he was asleep."

"I wanted to leave the money and go, but I was worried it might be stolen. He was wearing only a ragged shirt, and I was afraid he might catch a cold, so I pushed him, trying to wake him up and pay him."

"Who knew? Who knew he was already dead? I pushed him a few times, and his body fell to the ground, blood gushing from the bullet hole in his chest! And the police didn't catch the real murderer, but inexplicably mistook me for the murderer and started hunting me down!"

"This is so, so abominable!" Charlie waved her fist angrily.

Li Shanze frowned. This sounded too confusing. There must be something else going on. It couldn't be that simple, at least not as hasty as Xia Li said.

After all, the police even reported on the radio what type of gun Charlie was carrying.

However, Li Shanze currently has no more information about this matter and cannot further explore the truth of the matter.

All Li Shanze could do for now was to comfort Miss Witch and let her vent her anger.

What Li Shanze has to do now is to abide by the deal with the female police officer and find a way to sneak into the "Good Buddy" herbicide factory. Obviously, this is not an easy task as it sounds.

Charlie, having calmed down, quickly realized this. Blinking her eyes, she repeated her previous question with some worry, "What should we do?"

"You can continue to stay as a guest at Robert and his wife's home, try to help Buchaska, and continue to fulfill the ancient covenant between witches and gods." Li Shanze said.

"What about you?" Charlie asked.

"Me? I can't hold on any longer. I need to get some sleep first." Li Shanze yawned loudly. "Then, my identity as an investor will come in handy."

Li Shanze forced himself to stay awake and declined the food served by Robert and his wife. At Robert and his wife's invitation, he did not return to the car, but stayed at Robert and his wife's home.

In a sense, the salad served by Robert and his wife was the reason why Li Shanze decided not to eat and go straight to sleep.

That's white people's rice! Li Shanze, who had the privilege of tasting white people's rice a few times before, declined the offer. After all, Li Shanze, with his Chinese appetite, had no interest in eating green belts.

However, after rejecting the generously prepared meal prepared by Robert and his wife, Kate Mackenzie looked at Li Shanze with increasing suspicion. It was obvious that she thought Li Shanze wanted to save his stomach for the real prey, and she looked worried.

Li Shanze was too lazy to pay attention to such crazy ideas. If she wanted to worry about him and scare himself, then let her do it, as long as she didn't torture him.

Li Shanze yawned loudly. After reaching a preliminary agreement with Kate Mackenzie, his tense nerves suddenly relaxed and he fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.

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"Honey."

"Dear husband."

The alluring, affectionate and soul-stirring female voice echoed in Li Shanze's mind.

Ah, here it comes again, this damn nightmare, Li Shanze thought irritably.

Ever since I was forced to sign a soul contract with this devil out of desperation, I haven't had a good night's sleep.

Negative emotions continued to accumulate in Li Shanze's heart.

Soon, the tone of deep affection turned to plaintiveness: "My dear husband, you are such a philanderer. You've only been out for a few days, and you've already attracted two beautiful girls. Is it because I can't satisfy you?"

Along with the mournful voice, a graceful figure appeared.

The shadow has a slim figure, with the right curves and bends, and looks perfect.

But this shadow also has a long thin tail.

Li Shanze frowned and couldn't help but tighten his black windbreaker around him.

Humph, you are being unreasonable.

"Why don't you say anything, dear?"

"Answer me, dear."

"Is it because I can't satisfy you, my dear husband?"

"Is it because I can't satisfy you, my dear husband?"

"Is it because I can't satisfy you, my dear husband?"

Along with the questioning, there were also various gentle and seductive moans.

"Have you had enough of this, devil?! We signed a soul contract! I only sold my soul out of desperation, I'm not marrying you!"

Obviously, for Li Shanze, getting married is much more terrifying than selling his soul.

"But who told you to sign the marriage application without noticing?" The voice was obviously pleased with Li Shanze's anger. She chuckled and said, "We are now a legal couple protected by the laws of the United States of America!"