Himemoto's interpretation

"Nougat is very sticky and chewy, with peanuts and almonds, and it can be eaten for a long time like that kind of long gum. I also like fruit juice in fruit marshmallows. Skittles and marshmallows melted immediately , and too sweet, toffee and hazelnut chocolate..."

Xingqi sniffed and didn't continue.

"Ok?"

"I don't like chocolate, and I don't like milk."

The voice was a little nasal and weak, it sounded like a picky eater trying to reason with an adult.

"Then..." Xia Libai picked out nougat, three-color marshmallows and long sticks of gummy candies and pushed them to the assistant, "These are the ones you like, are there others?"

A variety of candies, with different colors and shapes, the only thing that is the same is that there is no brand logo, Xingqi arranged them neatly in a row, and thought of another one, "there is another... shaped like a leaf, very thin ,It has a mint flavor, but it is not spicy, it is sweet, not too sweet, and the taste is very refreshing.”

At this time, I couldn't hear a nasal sound when I spoke, but the redness of the nose and eye sockets was covered with a layer of redness that would not go away for a while.

"Is this kind?" Xia Libai took out a thin vacuum-packed green leaf from his inner pocket, and waved it in front of his assistant.

"it is this."

Seeing the assistant holding the verbena candy in the palm of his hand like a treasure, Xia Libai sighed in his heart.

Get ready to meet the water flooding Jinshan, but only in the blink of an eye, the rabbit suddenly raised his head and asked: "Can I eat candy? You have it in your pocket, I saw it, can you?"

"Can……"

After uttering the first syllable, the thief slipped his hand into his pocket, found out that it was nougat, and said happily, "I like this."

It's so easy to coax.

It seems that he suffered so much grievance because of the few candies in his pocket.

The rabbit is happy, but the detective is not.

He accumulated a lot of power, but what he hit was not even cotton, but soft cotton candy that melted in the hand.

It makes people feel itchy, and there is also a creeping sense of emptiness.

Hearing the knock on the door, Xia Libai touched the rabbit's ears, "Okay, choose three of your favorites, and say goodbye to them forever."

"crooked?"

Ignoring the assistant who was mouthing for a moment, the detective wiped the moisture off his shoulders with a tissue, put his grooming together and opened the door.

The one who came was the deputy general manager of the hotel, Ma Jinwei.

Vice President Ma is over fifty years old, with short black and thick hair, a full sky and a round house, and he is born rich.It is estimated that they came in a hurry all the way, and the abdomen was obviously rising and falling.

"Good afternoon, Uncle Ma."

"Oh, Miss Xia, why didn't you tell me about your visit?"

Miss Xia?

Looking at the neat row of candies in front of her, feeling as sad as a lost love, Xingqi turned to the detective after hearing the reputation.

Doesn't sound like a client, but also an acquaintance of the detective?

"I'm afraid to trouble you." The corner of the detective's lips slightly raised, and he said politely, "I knew there would be such a big misunderstanding, and I would have told you in advance if I troubled you."

"Don't dare to act, dare not act, you are too polite. You don't have to be so polite." Ma Jinwei made a gesture of invitation, "Miss Xia, please move?"

"Since Uncle Ma said you're welcome, let's talk here, do you mind?"

"no problem."

The detective returned to the room, picked up the folding chair on the ground, tried it twice, and unfolded it beside Xingqi.

"Miss Xia, they told me the matter briefly, but you also know the habits of the people below. Look, why don't you tell me the matter again?"

"Actually, it's nothing, it's them—" The detective pointed to the black and white duo. Ma Jinwei, who had just entered the room, glanced at the screen fragments on the floor, then turned around and whispered a few words to the foreman at the door.

Xingqi swept the candy into her pocket, and while everyone's attention was elsewhere, she skillfully searched for a corner and got ready to get up.

"These two investigators," the detective pulled the assistant down with one hand, motioning her to sit still, "believe that my partner and I won the big prize by cheating last night."

Ma Jinwei was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily, "No wonder I heard from the people below that there were a lot of first prizes awarded last night. It turned out that Ms. Xia came to visit, festive and happy!"

"Hey hey, I can't stand uncle's words." The detective waved his hands again and again, "I was there when the casino's technology malfunctioned down below."

"Technical failure is an irresistible factor." Ma Jinwei took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "There is no way."

The detective nodded thoughtfully, leaned slightly, and deliberately lowered his voice to ask: "That, can it be manipulated?"

"What?" Ma Jinwei didn't seem to understand.

"Machine." The detective raised his hand to pull the lever, continued to lower the volume, and asked mysteriously, "The kind of machine we play, can it be adjusted?"

Ma Jinwei asked: "You mean the slot machine?"

"Slot machine." The detective seemed to have bumped into something interesting, took out his mobile phone, and raised his index finger, "Uncle Ma, wait for me for a while."

Xingqi just wanted to remind the detective that there was no signal here, but saw a small WiFi connected icon displayed on the phone screen two seconds after it was turned on.

The detective entered slot machine in the search box, and the encyclopedia page popped up, "Yes, this is it."

"What's wrong?" Ma Jinwei still didn't seem to understand the situation.

"It says that the rate of return is 80-90%, but the value can actually be adjusted, right?"

"No, you can't." Ma Jinwei categorically denied it.

"Oh?"

"The return rate of slot machines is 80-90%, which means that the longer you play, the easier it is to reduce losses and recover costs. Generally speaking, based on different combinations of odds, the rate of return is higher. Once luck breaks out, you will hit the head all at once. rewards, and the rate of return is hundreds or even thousands of times, which is why customers like to play slot machines.”

"But if the gambler wins a lot, won't the casino lose money?" the detective asked, "So you should be able to adjust, or do you have any circumvention measures?"

Ma Jinwei smiled: "Miss Xia may not know much about this. Gambling projects, especially slot machines, rely on a large number of people-that is, the 'traffic' in the general sense now, you can also understand it as a lottery in the inland area. People who buy it If there are more bonuses, the bonus will be higher. The business site only draws a small part of it as profit. Moreover, Macheng develops its economy based on the gaming industry, and it also attaches great importance to the fairness of this area. Before the machines in any business site enter the market It has to be determined by the agency, no one can do anything about it, it's against local law."

The detective gave a long "Oh", "Then why do they say that we are suspected of making huge profits in an improper way?"

"This is indeed my dereliction of duty. It is our management problem. I'm sorry." Ma Jinwei pushed his chair and stood up, bowing deeply, "I'm very sorry, Miss Xia."

The detective also stood up and helped Ma Jinwei with both hands, "It's not you who did the wrong thing, Uncle Ma, if you let my mother know like this, you might say nothing about me."

Ma Jinwei took a breath before straightening up, and took the opportunity to ask: "I was sent here the year before last, and I haven't had time to go back. Jiu Shu greeted you, how is your father's hall?"

"My mother is fine. How about my father? You must watch him in the news recently." The detective responded, and quickly ended the topic, "Well, Uncle Ma, can you really not tune in?"

"Really not." Ma Jinwei said sincerely, "One line has its own rules. If Miss has an idea, I can invite a professional to talk about it some other day?"

"What's the matter with the technical failure?" The detective picked up an unfavored skittle candy on the table, and lightly pressed it with his thumb, "Pfft", the skittle candy let out a puff of air, "It seems like just a while, All the machines are turned off, is this manually controlled by you?"

"This..." Ma Jinwei showed embarrassment, "The people in the technical department understand the specific situation, and I will ask the people in the technical department now?"

He gestured to the foreman who was standing outside.

"It's boring, forget it." The detective flicked the flattened Skittles away, and patted the invisible dust on the sleeves, "I plan to go back to Haicheng tonight, and I can have a meal with her old man There is no reason to be treated as a suspect here for the reunion dinner."

"This is a big misunderstanding, Ms. Xia." Ma Jinwei immediately got angry when she heard her say that, his face turned red, "The technical failure is because we have a restart every few years to clear the data, so we fixed it Yes, it's just that this time... oh... just happened to hit the jackpot, and it has nothing to do with you."

"Then I'm surprised. Since the machine can't be adjusted, the technical failure is also fixed." The detective glanced at the black and white duo outside the door, "Why do you pretend to be investigating?"

"Because..." Ma Jinwei kept wiping his temples and neck with a handkerchief, and gritted his teeth, "We received an anonymous email saying that someone would come to the casino to make trouble on New Year's Eve."

"Oh?" The detective's eyes lit up, "Someone is here to make trouble?"

"Yes." Ma Jinwei nodded heavily, "I thought it was a prank, but I didn't expect..."

"Wait a minute," the detective thought for a moment, "Speaking of making trouble, we really met an interesting old lady last night, Xingqi, do you remember..."

The assistant who was named was shocked, the detective was talking about Grandma Liu?

The detective raised his ring finger and little finger, "The old lady is six or seventy years old, and she has been touching other people's chips like this."

Ma Jinwei stared at the black and white duo in displeasure, "Is there such a thing?"

"Yeah." The detective nodded, "I thought it was someone from your casino, and I didn't see you bothering her, but came looking for her instead..."

"Miss, Miss." Ma Jinwei yelled twice as if begging for mercy, "This is a misunderstanding and our fault. In this way, if you are willing to stay in our hotel, I will ask someone to help you arrange the presidential suite. If you don't want to stay Here, I will do my best to arrange the best place for you. We will pay for all your travel expenses. I will definitely help you handle this matter properly. The old lady you mentioned, I will send someone to find it now... "

The detective changed hands and pulled out Xingqi: "The most wronged is my companion, I have to ask her opinion first."

"Uh..." Suddenly several pairs of eyes focused on her, and Xingqi looked away from the phone in a daze, "If we don't leave, we really won't be able to catch up with the movie."

Leaving the hotel, Xia Libai squeezed the rabbit's ears angrily, "There are so many benefits in front of you, why are you only focusing on the movie, can't you watch the next movie?"

"But you can't change the time or refund the ticket after the show starts." Xing Qi pursed her lips, "It was dangerous just now, the countdown is 2 minutes."

Xia Libai covered his forehead with one hand and couldn't help sighing. Seeing that the rabbit had turned his phone away to take pictures of the street with great interest, he flicked his forehead, "Have you chosen?"

"What?" Xingqi pretended to be stupid.

"sugar."

Xingqi changed from sunny to cloudy in a second, "Do I have to choose?"

"Not necessarily." The detective said, "I'll ask you a few questions, if your answer satisfies me, how about one less option?"

Facing the typical multiple-choice question of "sugar or death", Xingqi struggled for a while, "You ask."

"First, how do you plan to punish the black and white duo?"

"what?"

Xingqi didn't expect the detective to ask such a question at all.

"Don't worry about answering." The detective unbuttoned his neckline and turned to show her two circles of red and swollen teeth marks. "Second, how do you plan to compensate me?"