Chapter 460: Clearing the Mind

So-called travel is simply going from a place where you are bored to a place where others are bored to take a look.

Luo Quan, whose studies at the academy ended early, went to the UK alone after receiving the degree certificate specially issued to her by the principal and saying goodbye to her classmates and roommates.

The new semester at the university would not start for nearly half a year. If she stayed holed up at home during this time, she was afraid she would become useless from just lying around.

Out of a desire to adjust the mental laziness caused by her long-term "salted fish" lifestyle, Luo Quan planned to go out and wander around to clear her mind, and incidentally, to see the birthday gift her grandfather had given her in London.

For this itinerary, Luo Quan only notified her grandfather in London, asking him to send a car to pick her up to the location of the castle.

As for her parents, they were still drifting on the ocean, and she didn't know where they had traveled to on their world tour.

As for the others, they all had their own jobs or studies, so there was no need to mention them now.

Among her friends and family, Luo Quan could be considered the most leisurely one. Her music career was famously "fishing for three days and drying nets for two," and as for her studies, she had only seriously attended the first month of the semester. Now, just after returning to school, she had obtained her graduation certificate, and in the blink of an eye, she had left school again.

Therefore, once a person becomes lazy, it is truly terrifying. Luo Quan did not want to spend the rest of her life as a lazy dog or a parasite on society, so this time she also took the initiative to leave her comfortable and familiar home to go abroad and get some fresh air.

After a flight of more than ten hours, Luo Quan got into Butler Ma Er's car immediately after leaving the airport. After driving for more than an hour, they arrived at a small town called Pujite.

This small town was far from the hustle and bustle of big cities. Many households in the town owned their own orchards, mainly apples, strawberries, and pineapples. Although the scale was not particularly huge, because many people grew them, large companies would come to the town for collective procurement every year when they matured, and business was quite booming.

Besides fruit, the small town also had a very famous barbecue festival. A barbecue festival was held in the middle of April every year, at which time everyone would gather at the town's memorial square to hold a grand barbecue party.

At the beginning, it was just the town holding it itself, but later, after being reported by some media in New York, the fame of the barbecue festival gradually grew. Every year, there were tourists who came for its reputation, and the number of people was increasing.

Becoming a tourist attraction was definitely of great help to the local development, so the town mayor increased the promotion and organization of the barbecue festival every year. After years of effort, the barbecue festival of Pujite town had gained a certain degree of fame in a small part of Europe.

Because the main industry here was fruit planting, the protection of the environment was quite good, and there were almost no signs of industrialization, so the scenery was quite good.

After it became famous, even if it wasn't the barbecue festival, tourists still came to see the scenery.

Of course, the farmers' orchards were nothing to look at; the place where tourists mainly went to see the scenery was the back mountain of the town.

There was a manor covering twenty acres, with a lavender sea stretching for hundreds of meters in front of it, and a castle with a history of more than two hundred years in the center of the manor.

This was just the main area of the manor. Behind the manor, there was a forest of over a thousand acres, and in the center of the forest, there was a quiet and pure lake. The surrounding environment could be described as lush with greenery and filled with the fragrance of birds and flowers.

For urbanites accustomed to concrete jungles and the roaring of cars, coming to this manor was simply a purification of the soul, as if all the disputes in the world had nothing to do with them.

Besides these natural landscapes, the castle in the manor was also open to the public, and it offered accommodation to a maximum of five tourists every day.

Except for a few rooms belonging to the owners and rooms storing valuables, most of the rooms in the castle could be visited and photographed.

And this castle was also a must-visit place for many internet celebrities in the UK after arriving in Pujite town.

Under normal circumstances, this castle was open to the public every day, but today, a sign at the entrance of the manor showed that the castle was closed to visitors.

Other scenery in the manor could still be viewed, but the castle in the core area could not be entered, which made many tourists who came for its reputation very disappointed.

Confused tourists asked the manor staff and learned that the owner of the castle was coming to stay for a few days. Since the owner had returned, her home certainly could not be entered by outsiders at will.

At the same time, a Rolls-Royce Phantom drove past the crowd. Several internet celebrities saw this luxury car leave and raised their lenses to film it, guessing that the person sitting in the car was likely the so-called owner of the castle...

"All the procedures for the manor have been handled for you, Miss Luo Quan. The manor and the forest behind it are your private property. Usually, there are dedicated people responsible for cleaning and maintenance here."

"In addition, the mayor discussed with the Master before about opening the manor for tourists to visit, saying that it could boost the local tourism economy of the town, and the mayor was also willing to provide a considerable reward for opening it. However, the Master didn't want it, saying that as long as the scenery in the manor was not damaged, they could visit at will."

"Of course, the manor is now your asset, Miss Luo Quan. If you don't want outsiders to come in, you can also call the mayor later to tell him." Butler Ma Er sat next to the driver and said to Luo Quan in the back.

Luo Quan shook her head: "No need. Since it's good for the town's development, opening it up is quite good. Besides, I won't be staying for too long."

While speaking, the group had already driven to the entrance of the lavender sea. There was a path in the middle of the flower sea for cars and pedestrians to walk.

Passing through the flower sea, there was the castle.

"Park here. I want to walk over." For such a flower sea, Luo Quan had always been very fond of it. She had stayed for a long time in the violet flower sea in her grandfather's manor before.

Now that there was a lavender sea in front of her, she certainly couldn't let it go. Besides enjoying it herself, she also had to show it to her fans.

After getting out of the car, Luo Quan turned on the live streaming function of her phone. At the beginning, it was a little laggy, but soon her big head appeared in the lens.

"Everyone, guess where I am now?" Luo Quan pointed the lens at her face, almost filling the entire screen.

Generally speaking, filming like this with the lens pointed at the face was very easy to make it look bad, but it had no effect on Luo Quan's appearance; she was still as beautiful as ever.

"Such a big face, you scared me!"

"Seeing Luo Quan just after waking up from a nap, it's another pleasant day."

"It's all your face, how would we know where you are?"

"Could it be that you went to the UK?"

"How is that possible? Luo Quan is so lazy, why would she take a plane abroad for no reason?"

"You guessed it right, I am in the UK now." Luo Quan said with a smile. Although some fans guessed it, the following answers made her a little embarrassed.

What do you mean I'm so lazy?

"I am in Pujite town in the UK now. I wonder if everyone knows this place?"

The bullet comments answered immediately:

"You really went to the UK?"

"Is the Queen having a birthday again?"

"I have heard of this small town. The barbecue festival there is quite famous. It will start in a few days."

"Why did you suddenly go there?"

Seeing the confusion of the fans, Luo Quan immediately explained: "Didn't I have a birthday a few days ago, and my grandfather gave me a birthday gift? Everyone has been asking me what it was before, and I didn't tell you. Now I'm showing my cards: he gave me a castle, including the manor and forest around the castle, probably more than a thousand acres. Converted, it should be more than four hundred square kilometers."

When the bullet comments heard this, they exploded immediately:

"Damn, worthy of being old money, giving a castle as a gift."

"Just over a thousand acres, listen to you, is that human talk?"

"What is the concept of more than four hundred square kilometers? Can any big shot explain it?"

"The area of the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is 0.44 square kilometers. This is equivalent to the area of one thousand Vatican Cities."

"This example is not vivid enough. Everyone knows the Forbidden City, right? The area of the Forbidden City is 0.72 square kilometers. Everyone can calculate the rest themselves."

"My god! This is more extravagant than the emperors of China!"

"After all, he is the world's number one real estate old man. He has participated in real estate in more than half of Europe, and there is quite a lot in the United States too!"

"Can a person really be rich to this extent? Giving away such a large manor just like that?"

"This is Luo Quan, would you give it away if it were you?"

"If she is willing to be my wife, I am willing to give my world to her~~"

"Quite good love words, it's a pity that it's a bit unrealistic."

"Be bolder, remove the 'a bit'."

In the bullet comments, while the fans were still discussing this birthday gift, Luo Quan suddenly turned the lens to the lavender flower sea hundreds of meters in front of her:

"Actually, the castle and forest are fine, but what I like most about this birthday gift is this flower sea. Look, how beautiful it is."

Following Luo Quan's words, the lens slowly panned from left to right.

This lavender flower sea was obviously well cared for. Even though it was not yet the flowering period of May or June, it still bloomed with purple colors.

Looking horizontally, each lavender plant was separated by a certain distance, stretching side by side into the distance with the castle as the central axis. The overall layout was scattered and orderly, yet lush and dense. Looking at it was indescribably pleasing to the eye.

"It's really beautiful. I once planted a lavender plant myself. It was fragrant and beautiful when it bloomed."

"This is simply the residence of my dreams. I didn't expect to see its existence with my own eyes one day."

"In such a beautiful place, there must be a beautiful princess living there, right?"

"There is no princess, but there is a goddess. However, the goddess is holding the lens for us right now. (Funny)"

It was indeed like this. Luo Quan was holding the lens in one hand and another phone in the other to watch the bullet comments in the live streaming room.

After holding it for a while, she said: "Come on, next we will walk to the castle and show everyone the decoration of my new home."

While walking, she also explained to the fans who were shouting about how "rich and inhuman" it was: "Everyone, don't think it's so extravagant and expensive just because you hear the word 'castle'. Actually, what's really valuable is the forest behind it, those thousands of acres of trees!"

"How much is a castle? The market price is only a million pounds, which is ten million yuan. It's not even comparable to those top luxury houses in Jingcheng or Shanghai. Houses slightly closer to the city center can't compare to it."

"Many things that humans can create themselves are actually worthless. The decades-old or century-old trees in the forest, the clear lakes, the flowing streams, and the cute animals are the truly precious wealth."

The bullet comments asked quickly:

"Then if you have to make a choice, do you want the castle or the forest?"

"Of course it's the castle." Luo Quan said without thinking, "No matter how good-looking the forest is, you can't live in it. The castle can block wind and rain, and it's imposing. Who doesn't like it?"

"Of course, if it were at the cost of destroying the forest to build a castle, then I certainly wouldn't agree. The streamer has a very correct worldview, okay."

Hearing Luo Quan's answer, the bullet comments directly opened the mode of complaining:

"What a 'mouth says no, body is honest'..."

"The most valuable thing here is the forest, it's a gift from nature!"

"But I still want the castle. (Dog head)"

"It fully illustrates the gap between ideals and reality."

"To be honest, if it were me choosing, I would also choose the castle. Who doesn't want to have such an imposing and luxurious big house?"

"If I had such a house, my girlfriend wouldn't have to keep urging me to buy a house and get married."

As they talked, the topic suddenly became heavy.

There is always such a risk when showing off wealth, but when the huge gap is so clearly displayed in front of ordinary people, few people can remain calm.

Money is a good thing. If it can be obtained through proper means, then of course everyone is happy.

But if it is built on the deprivation of the working masses, then it should be severely criticized.

Fortunately, although Luo Quan sometimes likes to show off her wealth, she never shows her sense of superiority like some rich second generations.

In addition, she never feels that she is a person who is rich but unkind. Since her debut, she has done a lot of charity work, so she spends this money with a clear conscience.

Because she had to stop to show the scenery to the fans, Luo Quan walked for more than ten minutes for a straight-line distance of hundreds of meters. During this period, the lens also gave a few shots to Butler Ma Er who had been following her.

The fans were all very interested in this handsome old man with white hair but meticulous dress. Luo Quan also let the butler say hello to everyone in front of the lens.

Originally, she thought the butler was a relatively reserved person, but she didn't expect him to be quite cheerful and smiling when he appeared on camera.

It's a pity that the butler didn't understand Chinese and could only say hello in English.

"Awesome, the English of this butler sounds too authentic."

"Authentic old London accent."

"Hehe, the 'Ye' (Master) in London is really 'Ye', except for eating, he is sleeping... Sorry, I went to the wrong set."

"The butler must have been a very handsome guy when he was young, his facial features are three-dimensional and upright."

Walking and stopping all the way, Luo Quan finally arrived in front of the castle, arrived at her new home. ===== CHAPTER 461 =====