TARGET FOUR Suspect target: handsome man coming out of the bath! Part 5
The golden sunlight slowly retreats from the horizon, the red sunset glows all over the sky, and in the late summer evening, the breeze with just the right temperature brings up the fragrance of flowers.
I stood in the maids' changing room, along with all the other maids, being inspected by the goateed supervisor.
The goateed butler was still wearing thick bandages, but his facial features were exposed, revealing his arrogant look and distorted expression.
He walked up to me, his eyes showing extreme dissatisfaction, and threw a bag of things to me. He said, "This is your reward, take it and leave!" He snorted coldly, probably still holding a grudge, and didn't want to pay any more attention to me.
"Sir!" I saw him about to leave, so I took two steps forward and said to him sincerely from behind, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
I sincerely want to apologize. After all, I didn't do it on purpose, and I didn't intend to turn a normal person into a mummy covered in bandages, even though this guy's words and expression really deserve a beating.
"Hmph!" He let out a sound of indignation that was difficult to conceal, then turned around, pointed at my nose and yelled angrily, "Take your wages and get out! And don't come here again. I tell you, you will be blacklisted here! In this life, the next life, and the next life! Forever!"
He roared with all his might, and was a little short of oxygen. The skin on his face and neck was purple-red, and the saliva rain like flowers scattered by a fairy instantly sprayed all over my face.
After yelling, he stomped his feet, walked away angrily, and took away the maids and servants who were sneering and watching the show beside me.
I frowned and wiped my face vigorously with my sleeve. I pouted and threw the small bag he threw to me on the table with disgust. The sound of the metal coins colliding in the bag seemed a little dull through the bag.
"Give me my wages, I'm not here for the money!"
I pouted, made a face at the door, and then left Dougezeye's manor under the cover of the dim sky.
I have to admit that this is a huge manor. I walked through the paths, crossed the gardens, and passed the pavilion. It took me a long time to finally walk out of Dogezeye's house.
After exiting the metal gate, I saw the figure standing under the lit street light.
The dim street lights illuminated the person underneath them. He turned his head and looked at me without saying a word.
It's Duverger, he's here, is he here to pick me up?
I immediately put on a silly smile and walked over quickly: "Hey! Why are you here?"
"I'm here to pick you up." He said coldly, then turned around and walked ahead. He really is not a considerate person!
I smiled foolishly and hurried to catch up, saying as I walked, "Duverg, the bracelet is broken!"
"You idiot!" Duverger sighed helplessly, "Those who damage equipment without reason will be penalized by having points deducted."
"Not for no reason, not for no reason!" I quickly grabbed him and said excitedly, "I used this bracelet to discover a big secret! I found a secret room in Dougezeye's house. In addition, I found a set of masked clothes from the Middle Ages in Europe on display in the secret room! And I also found Chikeyaro in Dougezeye's house, wearing Baron Shiloh's masked clothes!"
I finished speaking in one breath, waiting to be rewarded. After all, this great discovery would certainly offset my fault for damaging the instrument, and I cleverly lied that I had discovered the great clue by using the bracelet, although this lie might not have been very clever!
"What?" Duverg immediately looked around vigilantly, and quickly pulled me under a cherry tree.
Although the pink cherry blossoms are no longer in bloom, they are still blooming beautifully, and the slightly thin branches appear elegant and peaceful in the faint light of the garden lights.
"You mean, you found a secret room? And Baron Shiloh's masked outfit?" Dufoge couldn't hide his excitement. He took a deep breath and said, "Then it's basically confirmed. Daugeze is also a major suspect. In other words, there is an 80% chance that he is Baron Shiloh's masked outfit."
The moment Dufoge's words brushed past my ears in the night wind, I heard the name of Dougezeye, and my heart was inexplicably flustered, but soon, I suppressed the throbbing in my heart, blinked my big eyes, and said, "But it's not certain. I also saw Chikeyaro appearing at Dougezeye's house wearing the clothes of Baron Shiloh's mask. Maybe it's a frame-up!"
Duverger frowned, his bronze features covered with a layer of doubt. After a moment, he said, "Tell me in detail what you experienced."
Under the dim garden lights, under the tree with cherry blossom petals rustling, I told Duverg exactly what I had experienced, and at the end, I vividly described how I tried to repair the bracelet and send a message to the headquarters, but my efforts were ultimately fruitless. Of course, I automatically omitted the plot of myself falling into Dougzeye's bathtub and the ambiguous hand holding with Dougzeye on a sunny afternoon.
Dufoge waved his hand and said, "It's just a communication bracelet, it's no big deal. On the contrary, the intelligence you obtained this time is indeed very valuable. I don't know how you did it, but it's a big harvest!"
I grinned my most naive smile and said, "So can I pass the test with a high score this time?"
"Well, there will be rewards for merit." Dufoge stroked his strong chin and said while thinking: "If a secret room was found in Dogezeye's house, then he is a big suspect, but you also saw Chikeyaro wearing a mask of Baron Shiloh, so Chikeyaro's suspicion cannot be ruled out..."
It was obvious that he was not focusing on rewarding me.
I curled my lips, threw the reward out of my mind, and joined the discussion: "Yeah, I think so too, but I think if Chikeyaro is really Baron Shiloh in disguise, many girls' dream prince image will be shattered!"
Duverg glanced at me and said, "Including you?"
"No, no, no, that doesn't include me!"
I quickly put on a big smile, turned a blind eye, and began to seriously analyze Chikeyaro's eccentric behavior. "Chikeyaro is a very strange person. He always thinks that he is so handsome that no one can surpass him and that he is perfect. He always talks to the mirror about why he is so handsome. He also always acts as if anyone who approaches him is coveting his beauty. Maybe he is really a narcissist... If he is the mask of Baron Shilo, do you think he will show his face? The reason is that he firmly believes that he is the most handsome man in the world."
"But I heard that Chikeyaro told everyone you were obsessed with him." Dufoge said coldly, "I didn't have much time to see him when I went to investigate Chikeyaro's family. I heard that he went to Dougzeye's house to attend a masquerade party."
"Well, yes, I also saw him at Dougzeye's house."
He cleared his throat and continued, "I finally saw him go home this evening. I didn't expect that as soon as he got home, he picked up the phone and called Little Jackson, saying that he was sure that you were very obsessed with him, so obsessed that you had to use extraordinary means to get close to him. His hand was the proof... Oh! I don't quite understand why he said his hand was the proof? And I don't quite understand why he didn't hold the phone himself, but had to let the servant hold the phone in front of him and turn on the speakerphone? What's wrong with his hand?"
I laughed awkwardly, swallowed my saliva, and said, "I broke it... "
Duverg stared at me with his eyes wide open, which scared my heart so much that it started pounding. I was very worried that he would give me a failing grade for hurting the investigator!
So I quickly explained: "Because he wanted to hold my hand, and I asked him to let go but he refused. And before that, he dressed up as Baron Shiloh and insisted on giving me roses. It's not my fault. I really didn't know that I broke one of his hands with just one move! Oh! No, both hands!" I was talking nonsense and almost didn't know what I was saying.
After such a desperate silence, Duverger burst into thunderous laughter: "Hahahaha - you... you did a good job!"
I was stunned by his sudden behavior, thinking to myself, it's all over, this guy has gone mental this time, I might really be finished!
"Don't worry, you did a great job, I will give you a high score..." He tried to hold back his laughter for a long time before he forced himself to stop. Finally, he wiped the tears from his eyes and made his final statement, "You are very good at protecting yourself like this, and you should keep doing it in the future."
Why did he care about whether I protected myself or not? I was confused by him and didn't know what to do next when I suddenly heard little Jackson's voice.
"Hi! Graya, Duverg, what a coincidence!"
Then, footsteps began to sound from far behind us.
When I turned around, I was visibly frightened.
Under the dim street lights, with cherry blossoms dancing and drizzling in the rain, the person walking with little Jackson was Chikeyaro, who had both his hands broken!
I saw him with his arms crossed around his neck. But he still looked intoxicated, his flamboyant red hair fluttering gently in the night breeze. Because he lost his hands, he used his head to lift up his hair, and... he was holding a bright rose in the corner of his mouth!
The reason I was frightened was that his actions were full of affection and his eyes were radiating high-voltage electricity. It was so scary... This guy even had a plaster cast on and he still remembered to look cool!
He walked a few steps towards me, shook his head at me, put his mouth holding the rose close to my face, looked at me with sparkling eyes, and shook his eyebrows at me.
I was scared, but in order to make him quickly retract his face, I slowly raised my hand and tentatively took the rose from his mouth.
"My dear girl, do you like it?" He straightened up, but still looked into my eyes affectionately, "I give you the most beautiful flower in the world, I hope you understand my feelings."
"I understand...I understand..." I smiled awkwardly, quietly took a step back, kept a safe distance, and said, "Why are you still not sleeping so late? Do you want to take a walk?"
Little Jackson next to him pushed up his big round glasses, shrugged and said with his hands spread out, "We were originally here to discuss the Autumn School Festival, but this guy found you and suddenly dragged me to the flower garden, picked a rose, and then ran a long way around, running in front of you for a long time, pretending to meet you by chance." As he spoke, he also glanced at Chikeyaro and said, "Even though he had no hands, he insisted that I pick flowers for him. After picking the flowers and running so far, I was exhausted like a dog. Before seeing you, I waited for a while to adjust my breathing before pretending to meet you by chance."
"Jackson! Shut up!"
Chikeyaro was about to fly into a rage, but because of his handsome image, he couldn't let it go, so he turned around quickly, leaned against the cherry tree in the most handsome posture of his life, and said affectionately, "Graya, you know, for a man as beautiful as me, it's normal for me to have many admirers around me, but I don't know why my feelings are so uncontrollable that I actually fell in love with you, an ugly duckling..."
While Chikeyaro was still chattering, Duverger, Little Jackson and I decided to leave together and discuss the preparations for the upcoming Autumn School Festival.
A bright moon appeared in the night sky. The three of walked in the night breeze, chatting and laughing as if we were real classmates taking a walk. The person who was intoxicated behind us suddenly came to his senses and shouted at us from behind: "Don't leave, discuss the theme of the autumn school festival. If you don't discuss it, I will make the decision!"
Let him make the decision. We didn’t want to continue to argue with him, so we all walked away quickly without making any response.
