The Lamborghini briskly drove up the winding mountain road. On the mountainside, a twin villa broke into Du Ruoying's field of vision. Several pieces of light gray fair-faced concrete walls were half-hidden in the green bushes in an orderly manner, looming.

"The design style of this villa is very Ando." Du Ruoying said.

"Ando?" William asked puzzled.

"Tadao Ando, ​​a master architect who has played fair-faced concrete to the extreme, is very good at designing villas." She explained to him.

"Xiaoying has sharp eyesight," Keya said with a smile, "it's indeed Master Ando's work."

what? !

Designed by Ando himself?

She really didn't expect this.

She thought it was just an imitation. After all, fake villas in China are too common. If you want to see the real one, you can basically only go to the next door to the Sakura Country.

"But I don't remember such a building in his portfolio." She pondered.

"Well, we wanted to live in a quieter place, so we didn't announce it to the public." Keya said, "Help us keep it a secret, Xiaoying."

"Okay, sure." Du Ruoying nodded obediently.

Of course she understood what Keya was referring to—if her classmates knew that Ando had a masterpiece hidden in this city, as students of the Department of Architecture, they would definitely come to watch it driven by curiosity. At that time, even if they didn't step through the threshold of Keya's house, at least the grassy slopes on this mountain would be bald.

"By the way," William's voice brought her thoughts back to her eyes, "Is this twin villa built by you and Mr. Carl?"

"No, that's not the case. We all live in the east building, and the west building is the studio." Keya said, "I'll take you all around after lunch, how about it?"

"Okay, okay!" Du Ruoying was almost overjoyed to be able to visit Ando's authentic work.

When she arrived at the villa, it was almost noon, and there was a faint smell of rice in the room, mixed with the smell of butter chicken and potato goulash, which made her swallow again and again.

"Lunch is still being prepared, you sit in the living room for a while, and I'll make tea for you." Keya said, and then ordered the servant, "Aunt Zhang, please go to the west building and call Carl over."

So the two sat on the sofa quietly, and Du Ruoying leaned over curiously to look at the silver bracket under the sofa.Sure enough, it was a Mies chair.

How rich are these two...

"By the way, what did Xiaoying want to say to me earlier?" William asked suddenly.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Du Ruoying felt a little at a loss.

"When you left the department building in the morning, didn't you have something to say to me?"

"Oh, it's that one," she suddenly realized, "I really wanted to ask you—the transfer of the 5000 yuan at the beginning, you actually transferred it to Gu Yue's family, why did you deliberately hide it from me? Will it be against you?"

"I didn't intend to hide it from you," he said indifferently, "it's just that it would be more meaningful for you to discover it on your own initiative."

"Take the initiative to discover... Uh, what is this, aristocratic philanthropist hypocrisy?"

"Hypocritical?" William laughed softly, "It seems that you haven't understood the meaning behind it——I'm trying to deal with the aftermath for you, classmate Xiaoying."

"Ah? What does your donation have to do with me?" She felt that her head was getting bigger.

"A case solved successfully is the end for you, but it is the beginning of misfortune for another group of people. You announced what Gu Yue did, and turned her from a victim to a After becoming the perpetrator, have you ever thought about what kind of life her mother will face?"

"I know, but..." Du Ruoying was momentarily at a loss for words.

"She has already lost her husband and daughter, and her daughter is also stigmatized as a murderer—you know, no one in this world will sympathize with a murderer for no reason, so even donations are difficult to obtain—the only one who participated in the donation was There were only a few people left, and they were all teachers who knew Gu Yue very well in private. But compared to her family's debt situation and the huge compensation she was about to face, a mere [-] donation was nothing more than a drop in the bucket—even if So, this is also a very important statement, you can't not do it."

"You... donated in my name?" She suddenly remembered that the third column of William's form did indeed contain her name.

"Well, that's right, originally I hoped that you could figure this out by yourself, but now it seems that you can only make it clear—for that boring detective vanity, you pushed others into a desperate situation with your own hands, but you didn't know it. This is very dangerous." William sighed helplessly, "Forget it, anyway, there will be another chance for you to understand this matter more deeply."

"What opportunity?" She suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"You'll know when the time comes." He smiled slightly.

Damn it, this guy, when it comes to the critical moment, he's just trying to keep a secret...

Hard, fist hard.

"Here comes the tea." Keya put two cups of English black tea on the coffee table, "By the way, what are your plans for the summer vacation?"

"go to beach--"

"Go to work—"

The two said at the same time.

...? ! !

What the hell is going to the beach?

She looked at William in amazement, but when she caught a glimpse of Keya, she was even more bewildered.

She immediately responded accordingly: "Actually, I'm going to work at the beach, ah ha ha ha..." Then leaning into William's ear, she asked in a low voice, "Hey, what are you doing at the beach? Why haven't I heard you mention it?"

"Oh, I'm really surprised," William replied softly, "Could it be that Xiaoying didn't read the content of task five?"

... I really haven't seen it.

Du Ruoying silently took out her phone, clicked on the PDF of task five, and found out that she was going to steal a famous painting from a seaside museum. The time limit was two months, and the difficulty factor was level 3.

As expected, the task is escalating step by step, has it reached the level of a blatant illegal act like "stealing"?She secretly felt a headache.

Steal famous paintings, the sentence will be heavy...

A familiar figure in a white cloak suddenly appeared in his mind.That's right, if he imitated his usual practice, stealing out without a trace, solving the mission, and then returning it without a trace, it would be guaranteed not to cause trouble to the museum.Anyway, she has William by her side to advise, and things of this level will definitely be completed smoothly. Even if a ten-thousand-year elementary school student suddenly appears to block the way, she doesn't have to be too afraid.

The Napoleon of the Victorian criminal world versus Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era is actually quite interesting when you think about it, not to mention that they are evenly matched, at least you can - beat the opponent?a ha ha ha……

Du Ruoying couldn't help laughing unkindly.

Eh, wait, no!

Why is she so confident in this villain who is full of evil? Shouldn't she be on the side of the righteous partner?Could it be that he has been assimilated to this point unconsciously?

Cover your face in despair.

However, leaving those things aside for the time being, there is actually another issue that she needs to worry about now, and that is—whether this task will delay her plan to earn living expenses by working part-time during summer vacation...

"Going to work at the seaside sounds quite strange," Keya smiled, and then showed a somewhat regretful expression, "Then when are you going to leave? Are you going to be at the seaside for the whole summer vacation?"

"Well—it's not decided yet, what's the matter?" William asked.

"Next weekend, we are planning to hold a small party here to celebrate the release of new products. It will last for one day and there will be a dance party in the evening. I would like to invite you to participate. I wonder if you are free."

"Free!" Du Ruoying replied quickly.

She has never participated in such a celebrity-level gathering, and it would be a lie to say that she is not attracted to her. As for tasks and part-time jobs, it shouldn't matter if she delays...

No, or rather, it would be better to delay—

The most urgent task right now is to wait for William to get rid of that organization as soon as possible, so that the mutual use relationship between her and him will end early. Before that, I'm afraid it's better for her to complete fewer tasks, and the time-consuming of each task should be delayed as much as possible. a little longer.

But William certainly didn't think so.

What's more, celebrity gatherings are commonplace for him, he may not be interested, and he may refuse.

Therefore, she had to agree to him one step ahead of him.

However, she didn't know at the time how long she would regret this reckless decision.

After lunch, there was a visit. They first walked around the east hall, then visited the west hall, and finally stayed in the west hall for photo album shooting.

There are three sets of clothing that William needs to match the shooting. The first set of formal clothes is a black tuxedo.At Carl's suggestion, the stylist separated William's bangs to the sides, and put his sideburns behind his ears. His bandaged right hand was behind his back, and his left hand was stretched out to invite him to dance.

Du Ruoying was sitting outside the shooting area, watching from a distance. She secretly hid a tissue in her hand and covered her nose.

Fuck, who can stand this look?

Keya, who was sitting beside her, smiled knowingly, and said to Aunt Zhang: "Let's add another dish of fried pork liver and a dish of sheep's blood soup to the dinner, so as to replenish the blood of classmate Xiaoying."

Du Ruoying's ears blushed immediately: "No, no, no... no need, I'm just... a little angry..."

"Hahaha, okay, then add two more dishes to get rid of the fire," Keya said, "But——if your boyfriend is so attractive, I'm afraid it's not easy for you to get rid of the fire."

"Keya, you're bullying the kids again." A soft and pleasant male voice suddenly came from behind.

Du Ruoying turned her head and saw that the man was the Su Xiaochuan she had seen in Du Niang's encyclopedia earlier. Under the slightly long black hair was a pair of gentle and melancholy eyes, but she clearly felt that there was a trace of love hidden in them. Disturbing cynicism and frivolity.

"What bullying, I'm concerned." Keya said, "By the way, Xiaoying, he is the Su Xiaochuan I mentioned before."

"Ah, teacher Su Xiaochuan, hello."

"No, you don't need to be so polite, we are actually about the same age, you can just call me Xiaochuan." Su Xiaochuan said, "Actually, Xiaoying, we met before, of course you must have forgotten."

"Eh?!" Du Ruoying tried hard to think back, but she really had no idea.

Embarrassed, I have seen this famous person before?And the other party still remembers?But she can't remember it at all, it's a bit too impolite...

She had no choice but to ask timidly, "When did it happen?"

"Just—many years ago." He put it off on purpose.

"Xiaoying, don't pay attention to him." Seeing that she was caught in painful memories, Keya quickly explained, "This guy makes a living by making up nonsense, and he doesn't even blink his eyes when he plays tricks. If you want to believe everything, you will Killed by him."

"Ah, is that so?" Du Ruoying glanced at Su Xiaochuan secretly, seeing that he just smiled silently, as if he had no intention of refuting.

Could it be... is it really a trick? !

After a few people greeted each other, Su Xiaochuan took a seat beside them, and then looked at William in the shooting area.

At this time, William had already changed into his second set of clothes, which was a caramel-colored suit with a thin vest of the same color inside, a white shirt and a dark red tie inside.He was sitting upright on a red leather easy chair, with one hand resting on one side of his cheek, his posture was very relaxed, but he exuded a full imperial temperament.

Du Ruoying watched William silently, and couldn't help but think to herself, when he was manipulating the entire London criminal network, he probably sat in such a state of dominance. Facing him like this, the only thing others can do is to surrender .

As if sensing her gaze, he suddenly moved his eyes and looked at her calmly. Seeing that she was covering her nose tightly, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously.

Du Ruoying felt an arrow shot in her heart suddenly, and the blood volume in front of her nose also soared crazily, so that the tissue in her hand could no longer hold it, and a trace of bright red quietly appeared between her fingers.

Fuck, what does this dead golden retriever want to do...

Killing with color? ! !

"Sister Keya," she said weakly, turning her face away, "tonight... I'd better have some fried pork liver, thank you..."

During dinner, there were indeed a few more blood-enriching dishes on the table. Anyone could tell that they were specially prepared for Du Ruoying.She couldn't care less about embarrassment anymore, the blood recovery was the most important thing right now.

"By the way, Xiaochuan, don't you want to ask them for information, why do you feel like you haven't talked much about it today?" Keya asked.

"What's the hurry, isn't there another chance tomorrow?"

"Huh?" Du Ruoying wondered, "No, we're going back tonight."

"Well," Carl also said, "all the photos have been taken."

"But you can't go back." Su Xiaochuan spread his hands, his eyes looked very innocent, so innocent that it was suspicious.

William stopped cutting the steak, raised his eyes to stare at the young novelist, his eyes were sharp, but his tone was still gentle: "What do you mean by 'can't go back'?"

"Ah, so you didn't watch the news." Su Xiaochuan took out his mobile phone to search, and then held the front of the screen to everyone, "In the afternoon, an old tree fell down in the mountain and collapsed part of the mountain road. That mountain road is leaving The only way here, it won't be open until at least tomorrow night."

...? ! !

"This is really, hey, then there is no other way, why don't you just stay with me for one night?" Keya said, "Don't worry, we have two guest rooms here, both of which are suites, and we have prepared some Disposable toiletries, barely enough for one night is not a problem."

This... is not a question of making do with it or not. Of course, she knows that the quality of the suite here is much higher than that of William's teacher's apartment, and it can even be called luxury.

The question is - two? !

"Mr. Su Xiaochuan, do you live near here?" Obviously, William also thought of the same thing.

However, Su Xiaochuan shook his head like a rattle: "How is that possible? I can't afford to live in such a good place. I, like you, came all the way here."

"That means—" Du Ruoying said the cruel reality slowly with great reluctance, "William and I can only... share a room?"

"Huh? Is there any problem?" Su Xiaochuan asked, "Haven't you all lived together for so long?"

Seeing that Du Ruoying was gradually falling into despair, William could not help but smile slightly: "If classmate Xiaoying is not happy, I can just make do with the sofa for one night." Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Du Ruoying, which made her feel like a light on her back. .

Damn it, William, a hypocrite, seems to be respecting her opinion and giving her room to choose, but in fact she has no choice at all—Koya's suspicions have not been dispelled before, how dare she make such a decision? A decision that arouses more doubts?

As the saying goes, people can't help but say what they say in the rivers and lakes...

She had no choice but to force out a sentence: "How about... sleeping on the sofa, of course... of course we are sleeping together..."

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