The Lucky Southern Cross Club's legitimate main business was the collection and appreciation of alcoholic beverages, with an illegal rhode cards casino only operating at night.
According to Bei Ya Si, yesterday afternoon, the Orthodox Church and Leedweich Field conducted a joint search here, but found no clues.
Due to the club's connections with powerful nobles, a comprehensive search was the limit.
As a newcomer to the police department, she believed she possessed certain special investigation abilities that might help her obtain clues.
Xia De guessed that Bei Ya Si might have some Miracles related to investigation, which reminded him of his own spell, “Echo of Blood,” which he had used in the club last time.
He knew Bei Ya Si's true identity and didn't understand why she was actively investigating like this.
The young girl didn't seem like someone who sought credit, so he could only assume for now that she had other connections to Mercury Blood.
Bei Ya Si was a newcomer to the “Police Department,” and no one here knew her identity, so the two could walk directly into the club.
Their disguised identities were young merchants who had come to purchase fine wines for entertaining distinguished guests.
Therefore, after receiving a warm welcome, they were led by a club maid to a reception room on the second floor to wait.
“Detective, you are responsible for keeping the club's people occupied and negotiating business with him.
I will use the excuse of going to the restroom to conduct my investigation.
That's your entire task, and I think there shouldn should be no problem.”
Before the club manager on duty today arrived with the wine catalog, Bei Ya Si instructed Xia De, who had very few objections to this simple plan:
“Keeping him occupied isn't a problem, and since you're the employer, I'll naturally listen to you.
But I don't understand wine, so it's inevitable that I might reveal something.”
“It's fine, you just need to find an excuse to keep him occupied.”
Bei Ya Si shook her handbag:
“I'm paying you to employ you, so you naturally need to be valuable.
The longer it takes, the more I'll pay you.
At least keep him occupied for 20 minutes, and don't let him suspect me leaving the room.”
“I'm not even sure I can do it.”
“It's fine, even if your identity is exposed, it won't land you in jail.”
Bei Ya Si patted Xia De on the shoulder.
She looked very confident.
The reception room was decorated with excellent taste; all the furniture was made of dark brown solid wood, and half of the floor was covered with a red carpet, which Xia De suspected was wool.
Soon, someone pushed the door open.
It was a man in a black formal suit, with a serious expression, holding a red booklet...
“It's you?”
The man who entered recognized Xia De immediately, and Xia De also recognized him immediately.
It was none other than Mr. Nite, whom he had encountered the night he came here to pick up Little Franklin and discovered the sneaking Detective.
Such a re-encounter greatly exceeded Xia De's expectations.
The other party knew his identity was not that of a wealthy merchant buying wine.
But fortunately, when Xia De accepted Bei Ya Si's commission, he had already prepared.
He originally didn't want to mix the two matters and agreed to pretend to be a businessman, but now that he had been exposed, he didn't care about those minor things anymore.
His thoughts became more active than ever at this moment, his expression changing from relaxed to serious, and Xia De lowered his voice and spoke first:
“It's truly not easy to meet you.”
“Hmm?”
Mr. Nite and Miss Bei Ya Si both questioned simultaneously.
Only then did the latter realize that the two knew each other.
“Detective, what are you doing here again?”
Mr. Nite asked, looking at the two people's attire inside the room:
“You're not here to pick someone up this time, are you?
The casino isn't open during the day.”
“Of course not, I want to see The Lady.”
He said, taking out his personal notebook and pulling out three rhode cards from it:
“Last time I heard that The Lady was also collecting rhode cards, and I happen to have some good ones.
I've already written a letter informing that I'll be coming this evening... oh, it seems a bit early, never mind, if The Lady isn't here, I can wait a bit.”
The Lady had told Xia De in her letter not to say that she was looking for him, so Xia De casually made up an excuse.
As for why he was dressed as a wine merchant when coming to see The Lady, Xia De didn't mention it, but Mr. Nite didn't care, because as soon as The Lady was mentioned, Mr. Nite suddenly became nervous:
“You want to see The Lady?
No problem, I'll go upstairs right away and ask if the distinguished Lady is willing to see you now.”
“Hmm?”
Now it was Xia De's turn to be surprised.
He didn't know that The Lady was actually here now.
Their agreed meeting time was two hours later.
“But it doesn't seem to matter.
She wanted to see me anyway; I can use this excuse later.”
His mind gradually settled, and he glanced sideways at Bei Ya Si, who was confused by the recent conversation:
“This is my female companion.
I think The Lady probably doesn't want to see strangers.
Please find a room for her to rest, and don't disturb her.”
He deliberately reached out and patted Lu Wei Ya of Long Hair's shoulder, showing their intimacy.
Mr. Nite also didn't suspect:
“Of course, since she is your companion, she is naturally a distinguished guest of the club.”
Then he found a maid in the corridor and arranged another reception room for the two, instructing that after tea and snacks were served, no one should disturb the guests.
Mr. Nite, meanwhile, went to the third floor to find a maid to inquire about the situation while the maids prepared tea and snacks.
He was not even qualified to see The Lady, or even to knock on her door.
Soon, Mr. Nite returned with the answer that Xia De could go upstairs, giving Bei Ya Si and the Detective no opportunity for a private conversation.
Before they parted, Xia De pretended to smooth the wrinkles in his clothes after standing up and quietly gave the young Sorceress of the Orthodox Church a wink, signaling her to be extremely careful.
But Bei Ya Si clearly misunderstood, because she actually quietly gave Xia De a thumbs-up, which in this world also means praise.
“After this is over, I will definitely demand a large sum of payment.”
With this thought, he was led to the third floor by the familiar plump maid.
It was still the room with the wall-to-wall bookshelf, and it was still a conversation with The Lady inside the room through the door.
Only this time, Xia De was allowed to sit in the study, and the maid even prepared tea and snacks for him.
The room temperature was normal, and there were no strange things on the coffee table, indicating that this meeting would be normal.
“You did well at Lakeview Manor.”
After the plump maid closed the door from outside, “The Lady”'s first words were this.
Since she helped the five members of the group escape suspicion, it was impossible for her not to know that they were on the third floor at the time.
However, Xia De was not sure if she knew that The Masked Man Under the Silver Moon was him.
“Speaking of which, we agreed to meet in the evening, and I'm here for something else.
So, is your early appearance just a coincidence?”
The woman asked, and judging by the normal room temperature, her mood today should be quite good.