Whispering Poems.

Chapter 32 "Cheating"

Hearing the fat chef's request, Shade frowned. He looked at the man named "Mr. Nit" who was collecting the money, and the latter shook his head:

"It's between you, the club won't stop him from leaving, but you have to convince Fat Jack."

"I'm out of money."

Shadra took out the pockets on both sides of his coat, and there was indeed nothing but keychains and notebooks, because his money was in the inner pocket:
"I didn't expect that he could owe so much money."

Little Franklin had already stood up, bowed his head and said nothing beside Shard.Although he is a bit of a jerk, he also knows that now he can only leave with this person who doesn't look older than him.

"No money?"

The fat chef angrily bent down and picked up the four scattered Rhodes cards on the ground, and showed Shade the suits, namely Sun 1, Sun 8, Star 13, and Emperor.

The emperor and the queen are independent cards other than the four suits. They are somewhat similar to the big and small kings of the Shade world, but they play a very interesting role in the Rhodes card game similar to "blackjack".

"Draw one out of the four. If you win the emperor, you can take him away. If you don't win, he will keep all your clothes, and you will keep your shirt."

Speaking in a muffled voice, the fat chef started to shuffle his hands behind his back.Then, with his bloody toothmarked hand, he held four cards with their backs forward and fanned out:

"Don't call me a bad guy, he bit me."

He said angrily, motioning for Shade to draw cards quickly.

Shade blinked and reached out to stop little Franklin who wanted to reach out:

"If you're lucky, you won't need me to redeem you here."

As he spoke, the life ring in his soul slowly turned, and the spirit moved the elements, and the elements affected the reality.There were some red marks that were not easy to detect in the right eye, and the echo of the blood reflected the blood marks in Xia De's eyes.

The world in his eyes has changed, and everything has a wonderful halo.Even though little Franklin just sprayed a small amount of blood on the cards just now, and all of them were sprayed on the front, the "Echo of Blood" spell still allowed Shade to see the faint red traces in the air, and the fat Different sheen of red mist around the four cards in the chef's hand.

He just saw that the "Emperor" was sprayed with the highest blood content, so he knew almost immediately that the card he needed to draw was the second card on the left.

"Am I bullying people? It's just like this when I became a ring warlock. This is not right."

He thought absentmindedly, examining his own morals and values.

Then put your finger on the rightmost card.His eyes didn't look at the back of the card, but stared at the fat chef's face. The fat chef immediately tensed his face and tried not to show any expression.

Mr. Nate and little Franklin on the side were attracted by this scene.

"This one isn't."

Shade said softly, put his finger on the second one from the right, and stared at the chef's face for a few more seconds:
"Not this one either."

Shaking his head, he switched to the correct card this time, and after a few seconds, he slowly pulled it out amid the uncontrollable surprise of the fat chef:
"This time it is."

The cards slowly turned over, and it was the "Emperor".

"This should be regarded as bullying ordinary people."

I still think in my mind.

"Damn, I didn't see that you were still an experienced gambler."

The fat chef was surprised for a moment, and then threw the other three cards in his hand to the ground in exasperation:

"Take this damn kid away. Next time he owes money and doesn't pay it back, be careful not to let it fall into my hands."

A relieved smile appeared on the pale face of the accountant's son, while Xia De nodded. He didn't comment on other people's actions, he only knew that the spell [Echo of Blood] really helped the detective career a lot.

The receipt was given to Shard, and in order to prevent Shard and the dejected little Franklin from running around in the club, the man would send the two out of the club.But a group of three people just walked to the stairs on the second floor to go downstairs, when they were stopped.

It was a 30-year-old woman dressed as a maid. She looked mediocre, but she had a good temperament.

She came up the stairs from the third floor:

"The lady wants to see you."

She looked at Shade and nodded slightly to him.

"Is there anyone behind me?"

Shade thought to look behind him immediately, but there was no one behind him:

"I?"

"Yes, sir, please come with me. Your friend can wait for you on the first floor for a while."

The woman said, Xia De did not know why, and looked at the man who led the way, the latter shrugged:

"Tonight there is only one distinguished guest on the third floor. If it is that lady, you'd better follow her. She is a very distinguished lady. As for him, I will help you watch and promise not to let him get close to the gaming table."

As he spoke, he slapped little Franklin on the shoulders twice. The latter was almost knocked down, but he didn't dare to oppose Xia De's departure.

"May I know. Who is that lady?"

Shard asked hesitantly, suspecting that it was someone like the owner of the club, or even Mrs. Lawrence's "mistress" Mrs. La Soya who found him.

But he didn't understand the reason why the other party was looking for him. The previous detective's intersection with the place was only the last time he came to lead him. Apart from that, Xia De had no other social relationship that might be associated with this club.

He was also thinking about having a cat at home and wanted to go home as soon as possible to prevent the newly arrived cat from excreting on his bed or desk.

"The lady is a titled noble and is our most distinguished guest tonight. For her reputation, you cannot know the identity of the lady for the time being."

The woman dressed as a maid spoke in standard Delarion common language, and Shade nodded slightly:

"Then why are you looking for me? Sorry, I don't seem to know such a distinguished person."

"plz follow me."

The woman who led the way turned around and walked upstairs. Xia De hesitated a little, and followed.

Compared with the relatively quiet second floor, the third floor is absolutely quiet.Judging from the decoration, if not from the downstairs, Xia De even believed that this was a certain floor of the art museum.

He followed behind the maid, looking at the paintings on both sides of the wall while walking along the carpet in the hallway.Stopping in front of a golden double-door door, the maid helped push the door on the left open enough for Shade to enter:
"The lady is waiting for you inside."

Xia De nodded again, waited for a second, and entered the room without waiting for the voice of the woman in his head to prompt the "element" to appear.

The maid closed the door from the outside, and Shade turned his back to the door and looked at the empty reception room.

The layout of the rooms here is very similar to the doctor's parlour and consultation room.

Bookshelves take up an entire wall, and the floor of the room is covered in carpet.The combination of desk, coffee table and sofa, and closet are all brown wood products, which look very business office style.

It's just that the brass-colored metal box on the coffee table is a bit dazzling. It looks like a so-called gear box, which requires the six-sided large and small gears to be rotated to a specific order to open.

The steam pipes and gas pipes on the walls blend well with the paint color of the walls. There are two gas lamps in the shape of angels playing horns on the surrounding walls. The warm yellow light is no better than the crystal chandeliers hanging from the top bright.

The three windows on the wall facing the door were covered by heavy red-brown embroidered cloth curtains, but Xia De did not consider the possibility of hiding behind the curtains.

It was so quiet that Shade felt a creepy feeling in his heart.Someone is spying on him, but definitely not in this room.

　PS: As a reminder, remember the captain from the previous chapter. This should not be a spoiler.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)