Chapter 45: Playing Hard to Get
After three rounds of drinks, the atmosphere gradually became lively.
What surprised Rock was that bars in 1899 had already started offering French fries as snacks. In addition to French fries, there were also nuts. Rock ordered one of each, and the small table was piled high.
Henry has gradually come out of the shadow of his failed relationship. After two glasses of wine, Henry forgot who Lacey was and began to look for prey with squinted eyes.
Yes, there were women in the bar. Of course, these women were all special workers. Girls from decent families would not come to the bar. Due to the limitations of the times, almost all women were Boers, and their quality was generally not high.
Of course there are exceptions . For example, the most eye-catching woman in the entire Table Mountain Bar is a pure British woman. She is sitting next to the bar and has a conspicuous long gray-brown hair, which matches her lazy hairstyle perfectly with the temperament of the bar.
From Rock's angle, he couldn't see her clearly, but judging from her curvy back, she was at least 90 percent pretty.
"Ada is the most dazzling socialite in the Table Mountain Bar and even in the entire Cape Town. Legend has it that she is the woman of diamond tycoon Cecil Rhodes, but that is not true. She is French from the famous Capet family. Her husband is also a nobleman, but he died in the First Boer War. One thing you have to understand is that she may be the richest woman in the entire Cape Town. Many people want to marry her or become her lover, but no one has ever succeeded. How about it? Do you want to try?" Henry noticed Rock's gaze and instigated him with ill intentions.
This is really magical. This Ada is probably the legendary owner of the Table Mountain Bar and the lover of the brother-in-law of the legendary diamond tycoon Cecil Rhodes. However, according to Henry, those should all be rumors. A wealthy widow has not yet fallen to the point of becoming a socialite to make a living.
From the description of "socialite", we can see that the attitude of Henry and other big pigs towards Ada is probably that they desire her but cannot get her, so they simply use vulgar words to vent their inner unwillingness.
"Forget it, I don't want to be doused with alcohol." Rock didn't want to run into any resistance. If it was just a simple physiological need, Rock had a better goal.
It's not that the quality is better, but it's more convenient and there won't be any trouble.
Just as Henry said, as the most dazzling socialite in the Table Mountain Bar, just as Henry instigated Rock, two lobster officers who felt good about themselves went to chat up Ada.
The result was tragic. Ada was dismissive of the two officers and didn't even bother to pay attention to them. One of them wanted to get involved, but Ada splashed champagne in his face, causing half of the people in the bar to laugh wildly.
Henry knew Ada's background, but the frustrated lobster officer did not. They had just arrived in Cape Town and would soon be sent to the front to meet an unknown fate. Coupled with the stimulation of alcohol, the lobster officer's face turned red in an instant, even redder than the color of his uniform. He raised his hand high, wanting to teach a lesson to this disrespectful woman in front of him.
"stop!"
"Put your hands down, or I can't guarantee that there won't be an accidental discharge."
Several voices rang out at the same time , including Rock's, and also the bartender who looked harmless just now. As soon as the Lobster Officer raised his hand, a loaded shotgun appeared in his hand, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at the Lobster Officer who was about to commit a crime.
"Hey, put down the gun!"
"What the hell are you doing? Are you going to murder an officer in plain sight?"
"Don't force us to do it. Put the gun down."
The other officers in the bar were not to be trifled with either. They were numerous, experienced life and death, and would not be frightened by a shotgun.
"Everyone stop, I'm a police officer, you're going too far."
Henry obviously had no intention of showing up, and maybe even wanted to watch the joke, so Rock had to show up.
"Shut up, little policeman."
"You have no right to speak here!"
"Who are you? Indian? Japanese?"
The Lobster officers were quite well-informed and at least did not think that Rock was a Roman.
This is normal, as British colonies are spread all over the world, and some of them may have served in East Asia.
"Don't worry about who I am, all you need to know is that I'm a policeman." Rock showed his police badge, but was immediately met with a new round of scolding.
Soldiers are really not afraid of the police, not to mention that Rock is not wearing a police uniform, but only a white shirt. It does look good, but it has no deterrent effect and is very informal.
"Shut up! Do you know what you are doing? Her husband is a soldier like you, and he died on the battlefield a few years ago. Why do you treat her like this? Have you ever thought that this kind of thing may happen to your wife in the future?" Rock ignored those guys who were watching the fun and reprimanded the angry officer with righteous words.
The noisy bar immediately fell silent.
Yes, no one wants this to happen to themselves. The lobster officers who had been yelling and cursing just now immediately stopped and looked at Ada with more respect and sympathy.
Or, there is empathy.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know about those things. I apologize to you. I shouldn't have bothered you." The lobster officer with wet hair might be a bastard, but in this situation, he knew what to do.
"It's not your fault. I'll treat everyone to a drink, one glass each. I hope you can kill all those damn Boers." Ada was also a smart person and was very good at adjusting the atmosphere. With just one sentence, she made the atmosphere lively again.
"Yes, kill all those Boers!"
" Thank you, ma'am."
"To victory!"
As expected, they are all simple guys who came to the bar just to have fun. The fact that they have created such a solemn atmosphere is not a good sign. Victory is what everyone desires, and some people have already started toasting to victory.
Rock was not surprised. Anyone who is called a "social butterfly" must be good at socializing, regardless of whether her character is good or not.
and--
Ida's voice is really nice.
"I'll treat you to a drink too. Thank you, officer." Ada turned around and looked at Rock with more surprise.
It was indeed surprising that in a city of 100,000 people, there were only more than 30 Chinese. I was afraid that Ada had never seen a Chinese before, let alone a Chinese policeman.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Rock, the deputy captain of the Cape Town Police Department's commando team. It's a pleasure to serve you, ma'am, and I wish you a nice evening." Rock wanted to retire after his success, and it was not a good idea to leave Henry alone in the corner.
"Wait, officer, why don't you sit down and have a drink?" Ada invited Rock.
Rock was also a little surprised. In all honesty, Rock was not playing hard to get just now.
