America: The neighbor's wife is so incredibly hospitable!

On a late autumn afternoon in Montana, the forest behind the mountain was unusually noisy.

But this anomaly was neither the sound of gunfire nor the roar of a wild beast.

Instead, it was a deeper, more powerful roar of mechanical operation.

A massive hydraulic drilling rig is operating on a rocky platform 200 meters away from the "Devil's Throat".

Diamond drill bits relentlessly cut into the earth's surface, then bring out deep rock cores and mud.

Dr. Evans, wearing a hard hat, stood guard beside the sampling tube like a miser.

Every time a core sample is extracted, he immediately scans it with his instruments.

"The pressure in the brine layer here is greater than I imagined!"

The doctor shouted excitedly, his voice drowning out the diesel engine, "Mr. White! Chen! Look at this data!"

"We drilled through the impermeable layer 300 meters underground, and the lithium content here... reached 1200 ppm!"

"This is the kind of quality you only find in the top salt flats of Argentina!"

Robert White stood beside Chen An. Even though the old man was usually very composed, his hand holding the test report was trembling slightly.

"Chen, we've struck gold!"

Robert took off his goggles, his eyes filled with complex emotions as he looked at Chen An. "No, it's energy blood that's more valuable than a gold mine."

"Based on the current reserves, once this well is opened, even if we're just lying in bed sleeping, we'll be seeing US dollars gushing out from underground every day."

Chen An looked at the murky mud, but his expression was much calmer than that of the two old men.

Of course he knew this was a gold mine.

But he also knew that great wealth often comes with great trouble.

Although Red Rock has collapsed, such a large piece of meat will eventually attract the attention of Wall Street's sharks.

"Seal the well and keep it a secret."

Chen An calmly issued the order, "Before this winter is over, I don't want a fourth person besides us to know this specific ppm value."

"Dr. Evans, your report can only state that the mineral water source is of exploitable value."

"But..." The doctor was taken aback.

"Do as he says." Robert interrupted the doctor, giving Chen An an approving look. "That kid's right."

"Our mining permit in Washington has not been fully approved yet."

"If we reveal our reserves now, we'll only be asking for trouble. We need to sneak into the village quietly, without firing a shot."

Chen An smiled and turned to look down the mountain.

The farm was bathed in golden light at sunset, peaceful and beautiful.

With the two hundred million US dollars underground, and possibly even more to cover the shortfall, we have a safety net.

Then life on earth can be lived more freely.

………………

Six o'clock in the evening.

When Chen An returned to the main house covered in mud, he was greeted by a series of exaggerated wails.

"Ouch...it hurts...I'm going to die..."

In the living room, Jessica was sprawled on the sofa, her legs propped up on the coffee table without any regard for her image.

Her "workwear hottie" look today is completely ruined.

Her once stylish ponytail was now a mess, and her face was covered in mud.

Those hands, accustomed to holding paintbrushes and microphones, were now bright red.

Sarah was sitting beside her, gently massaging her shoulders with a pained expression.

"Alright, stop yelling," Sarah said helplessly. "It's just a few truckloads of dirt and a few boxes of goods, is it really that big of a deal?"

"Mom! You're made of iron, but I'm made of flesh!" Jessica cried.

"I feel like my spine is broken, and my hands are going to be useless. Look, I've got blisters all over them!"

She stretched out her right hand, and there was indeed a transparent blister the size of a coin in her palm, which looked rather alarming.

"let me see."

Chen An walked over, and the cold wind emanating from him lowered the temperature in the room by several degrees.

Jessica flinched in fright, but still didn't dare to dodge.

She now has a natural fear of this stepfather/boss who is only slightly older than her.

Chen An grabbed her hand.

The girl's fingers were long and slender, with black nail polish on her nails, but her palms were rough.

"A typical disease of affluence."

Chen An commented, then pulled a folding knife from his pocket, the blade gleaming coldly under the light.

"What are you going to do?!" Jessica screamed in terror.

"You're going to chop off my hand? Just because I wanted to take a day off?!"

"Pierce it. Otherwise, you'll be in so much pain tomorrow you won't be able to hold a spoon."

Chen An ignored her screams and used a lighter to disinfect the tip of the knife.

"Bear with it. If you move around and the needle misses, don't blame me."

His strong hand gripped Jessica's wrist tightly, giving her no chance to struggle.

"Ugh...no...Mom!" Jessica cried out to Sarah for help.

Sarah simply turned her head away, refusing to look at her: "Ann is doing this for your own good. Just bear with it, it'll pass."

This mother and daughter... they really have no love left!

next second.

"hiss--!"

Jessica gasped, tears welling up instantly.

But the expected excruciating pain didn't last long. As the blister was popped, the swelling and pain actually lessened considerably.

Chen An put away his knife and took out a bottle of dark brown medicinal wine from the cabinet.

That was the same liniment he had bought from a traditional Chinese medicine shop in Chinatown; it had an extremely pungent smell.

"What is this? It stinks!" Jessica pinched her nose.

"If you don't want to be crippled tomorrow, you'd better behave yourself."

Chen An poured some medicated oil into his palm, rubbed it to warm it, and then pressed it onto Jessica's swollen shoulders and neck.

"Ouch! It's hot! Be gentle! Are you trying to strangle me?!"

Jessica squirmed on the sofa like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Although it was rough, Chen An's technique was very professional.

His large, hot, and powerful hand penetrated her skin and directly injected the medicine into Jessica's stiff muscles.

At first, it hurt, a burning pain.

But a few minutes later, the heat spread out.

My shoulders, which had been aching like they were filled with lead, miraculously felt much better.

"Well……"

Jessica's screams changed into a kind of nasal groan.

"Hmm... a little to the left... it hurts there..."

Her face was buried in the cushion, and her voice was muffled.

Chen An looked down at her.

The girl's slender neck turned pink under his large hands' caresses.

Because of her prone position, the loose cargo pants accentuated the curves of her firm and perky buttocks.

Unlike Sarah's mature and voluptuous figure, Jessica's body is full of youthful elasticity and vitality.

Sarah watched this scene from the side, her eyes holding a somewhat subtle expression.

She wasn't jealous; instead, she felt a strange...sense of reassurance?

Perhaps in her view, Chen An was willing to treat her daughter's illness.

This shows that he has already considered Jessica as part of the family or as part of the property.

"alright."

Ten minutes later, Chen An patted Jessica's butt.

"Get up. Remember, don't wash this medicinal wine off within two hours."

"Wait two hours, then wash away this sweaty smell."

Jessica rolled over like a lump of mud, her face flushed, her hair disheveled, and her eyes glazed over.

That ten-minute massage was more tiring and more...stimulating than an hour of working out at the gym.

The comfort that came from being forcefully controlled and forced to endure pain left her mind blank.

"Oh..." she obediently replied, completely losing her previous arrogance.