[Sherlock Holmes] Captured a detective

Chapter 63

At dinner, John was overwhelmed by the dry bread and butter on his plate.

"Fantine." John called to the maid, who stepped back cautiously after serving them soup, "is Mrs. Hudson unwell today?" Why are we having this for dinner?

Fantine glanced at Sherlock who was pretending to be nonchalant, and replied to John: "Of course, Mrs. Hudson is fine."

"Well... won't she eat with us?" John, who still didn't understand the situation, continued to hint.

"Well, Mrs. Hudson said she was very busy tonight, so she ate first, and she said Mr. Holmes would not mind." Fantine slipped away with the tray.

John looked at Sherlock, Sherlock pretended to be busy dealing with the bread, I chopped it, I wiped it...

All right.John raised his forehead, he finally understood that he was just being angered.

"Holmes, Holmes, Holmes."

"Why, you don't have to bark so much, I can hear you, and I'm not deaf."

"Can you tell me why you and Mrs. Hudson quarreled?"

"Humph!"

John: No matter why you fight, but my innocent?

Jenny: There is a word called Lianzao~

Because John, who happened to enter the door just in time for the meal, immediately knew the reason for eating dry bread for dinner today after he went upstairs.

"Holmes!" John couldn't believe that this pigsty was their room.As a single man, John also has a very high tolerance for "dirty mess", but this has surpassed the bottom line of human beings, okay?No wonder Mrs. Hudson was so angry.

"Holmes, next time, please don't do this kind of exploding experiment in the room?"

"There was no explosion."

"How did that thing on the roof get up there?"

"Humph!"

John tried his best to tidy up the room helplessly. In fact, he couldn't do much, he could only collect the newspapers and so on.And Sherlock, who didn't have a delicious dinner, did nothing. He curled up on the sofa in front of the fireplace with a pipe in his mouth with an unhappy face.

"Holmes, I wouldn't be surprised if you were a bachelor all your life." After stuffing all kinds of newspapers and books into the cabinet, John could finally sit down and smoke a cigarette.

Sherlock felt very surprised, does this also affect it?He took down his pipe and glanced at John, "There is absolutely no logical relationship between the two."

John didn't notice Sherlock's small thoughts, he breathed out the smoke ring relaxedly, and said, "Women don't talk to you about logic."

so...

Sherlock admitted that he was completely inferior to John in terms of women, especially the woman he offended was Jenny Hudson... maybe he made a big mistake.

This question didn't bother Sherlock for too long, in fact most things didn't bother him for a long time, but when he saw the two tin boxes on the table the next day, he couldn't help but let out a breath.

While opening the box, Sherlock threw out "Why is Mrs. Hudson angry" and "How to apologize to Mrs. Hudson" in the thinking attic, and replaced it with "I planned to write a letter to buy a few gifts".

Inside the box was... um, uh... some very odd-looking stuff pressed under the biscuit, it looked a bit like wood scraps from a woodworker's plane.Sherlock pulled a little with his hand, smelled it, well, it was meat, he stuffed the meat... dregs in his mouth.

kindness?The taste is actually good, salty and sweet, it melts in the mouth, it can be eaten alone or with bread, and it is not heavy.Sherlock thinks this is really good. He finally rejected the biscuits and candies yesterday because they are not easy to carry.

Sherlock picked up another tin box, wow, this one is heavy.He opened the lid, and it turned out that there was a jam jar inside, separated by an iron sheet in the middle, and the other half was stuffed with cut sausages, no wonder it was so heavy.

Sherlock put down the box containing the jam and sausages, but after thinking about it, he put both boxes in the suitcase... maybe it would be useful.

Quickly packed up his things, Sherlock walked downstairs with a box in one hand and a hat in the other. "Mrs. Hudson, Mrs. Hudson."

Fantine came out of the kitchen and said: "Mrs. Hudson is out. Mr. Holmes, what can I do for you?"

Sherlock didn't expect that Jenny wasn't there, so he had to say to Fantine, "I might miss my meal. Is there anything to eat now? Coffee? Sandwiches?"

"There's a steak marinated and ready to be fried in a minute, if you'll wait a few minutes, and soup, but no coffee, and tea?" said Fantine, wiping her hands on her apron.

"Not bad." Sherlock was not dissatisfied, "Then let's have some tea, that, what, give me some sour vegetables too."

It was almost time for lunch, and the stove had already been lit. Fantine turned on the fire, and the steak was cooked soon... This was originally what Jenny wanted, but she also left a message. If Sherlock If you are in a hurry, you can feed him first.

Ten minutes later, Sherlock was able to eat his early lunch. "Call me a car, Fantine." Sherlock said to Fantine as he cut the steak.

"Okay, sir."

Jenny, who didn't know that Sherlock left early, was in a very bad mood at this time. She put away the things on the table expressionlessly, and didn't look at the middle-aged man who used to be her economic advisor across the table. Afterwards, she said nothing. He hurriedly left the small room.

She's really fed up with this perverted fat man, just because she's a young widow, and this man not only doubts her ability, but also profits from her stock gains, and tries to quibble and even bite back after she points it out One bite, and finally became angry and wanted to threaten her... Hehe...

At the beginning, she didn't want to find this fat man who had been secretly aiming at her chest, but only he opened an account for her very simply, so Jenny would hand over her securities to him.But now, the man who couldn't get oil from her, and couldn't profit from her, had completely lost his patience.

What annoyed Jenny the most was that there was really nothing she could do to sanction that man.After all, this is a society that discriminates against women.

It was quite unusual for a single woman like Jenny to appear here. The men in suits and leather shoes couldn't help but glance at her when they passed by her, but now Jenny didn't have the heart to worry about this at all.She needs a new advisor, that's pretty easy, but if she's going to get involved in her own securities/money dealings...the men at the top would rather not take her orders.

They're probably thinking: stupid woman, you just give me your money and I'll let you live decently, maybe with a little extra, isn't that enough?participate?Do you understand these professional terms?what, you know?What a joke!What, do you really understand?Take your stock and get out, I don't care about such a small amount of money.

Jenny imitated the imaginary face of the other party in her mind, while rolling her eyes.The result of her absent-mindedness was that she almost ran into someone while going down the stairs.

"Sorry... oh, Mrs. Hudson?"

"Sorry... Mr. Black? Mr. Lupine? And this..."

"Pedro, Peter Pedro, our classmate and good friend. Peter, this is Mrs. Hudson, our landlady, her hands are the hands of God, and she makes food that makes you swallow your tongue .”

"Mr. Black, you are really exaggerating." Jenny felt a little embarrassed.She smiled at the short, round-faced boy behind Black.

"Hello, Mrs. Hudson."

"Hello, Monsieur Pedro."

The baby-faced boy looked like he was underage, very shy, and when Jenny smiled at him, he blushed.

"Okay, why should we stand on the stairs and say hello instead of sitting in Peter's office?" Remus Lupine said.

Blake got the hint at once: Mrs. Hudson was here, something must have happened, and maybe they could be of a little help.

"You're right, Remus, Mrs. Hudson, do we have the honor?" Black held out his arm.Jenny was amused by this inappropriate formality, "Of course." She took Black's arm, and they went to Pedro's office together.

It was a small corner room with an old table and two old chairs, a lockable cupboard with two shelves against the wall, and a cupboard just big enough for a kettle under a small window. stove.The room was quite clean, but the place was too small. Once four people entered, it immediately seemed a little crowded.

"Please...please sit down." Pedro hurriedly opened the relatively new chair and let Jenny sit down. He seemed not used to dealing with women, so he looked at Black and Lupine and begged them to come. do me a favor.Black and Lupine pretended not to notice Pedro's embarrassment. One of them looked at the roof and the other looked at the stove, making it clear that they would not help.

"Sorry, the place is really too small." Pedro rubbed his hands, not knowing what to do, he hesitated for a while, carrying the kettle, ready to bring a pot of water back to boil.Lupine immediately discovered his intentions. He wanted to stop Pedro's move, but Pedro insisted on fetching water, probably because he wanted to calm down, so Lupine just rolled up his sleeves to start a fire.

Jenny felt a little awkward sitting in the chair.

"Oh, well, Pedro is our classmate in college, but he is better at finance." Black saw Jenny's uneasiness, and he made a grimace, which really helped, and Jenny felt much more relaxed.

"I heard you started a company with Mr. Lupine?" Jenny asked.

"Yes, we both prefer...then what, so we opened a trading company, Gryffindor International Trading Company." Black waved his hand, "Our goal is to open Gryffindor like the East India A big company like the company."

"Oh, it's not easy." Jenny showed disapproval.Like the East India Company... it would not be possible to operate on this scale without the intervention of the state, which also means that it has done many dirty things that cannot be done in the name of the state.But when it comes to the East India Company, people think of the Netherlands, and when they think of the Netherlands, they think of Sherlock Holmes...

"Really? Then you and M. Pedro..."

"Please let me go." Pedro carried the jug full of water and put it on the stove.Lupine had already lit the stove. He put down his sleeves, took out his handkerchief, poured some water into the pot, and wiped his hands.Lupine handed the handkerchief to Pedro, and motioned him to wipe his hands too. Just now, when he put the pot, he got a little dust on his fingers, but Pedro didn't understand what Lupine meant, so he took the handkerchief and wiped it. Wipe the sweat off your brow.

"Peter, I asked you to wipe your hands." Lupine said amusedly.

"Ah? Oh, I'm sorry." Pedro squeezed the handkerchief, a faint blush appeared on his face.

"This guy is thin-skinned. I always say that a thin-skinned person is not suitable to be a securities consultant." Black said to Jenny, "And he is really stubborn. He is in charge of Gryffindor's finances. We should be A company, but he insisted on leaving by himself, so we have to come here once a month."

"Sirius!" Pedro yelled with a flushed face, and then he realized that he was overreacting, so he lowered his voice and said, "We have discussed this issue, I don't have so much money to invest in the shares, if the initial Unbalanced, there will be a lot of trouble after the company makes money in the future..."

"Okay, we've already discussed it." Black interrupted Pedru indifferently.

Jenny heard a message from it, "Mr. Pedro, are you also a securities consultant?"

"Yes." Pedru was a little weak. He was embarrassed to say that he hadn't taken the order independently... He said that he was separated independently. In fact, if it wasn't for the care of Black and Lupine, he probably wouldn't even be able to eat. .

"I'm just going to change a consultant, Mr. Pedro, would you like to try?" Jenny gestured to the paper bag in her hand.

The process went very smoothly, and Jenny was very satisfied with Pedro. Although this young man was very young and too shy—this is probably why he made the guests feel uneasy—his professionalism was still very good, especially But he is especially willing to communicate with Jenny.

Jenny decided to ask Pedro to be her consultant. It is also very interesting to help a young man grow up.

Pedro couldn't believe his good luck.In fact, he has always had low self-esteem. His two good friends are not only from rich families, but also smart and likable.On the one hand, Pedro insisted on being independent because of his self-esteem, and on the other hand, he had to accept the help of his friends because he had no clients.Just when he began to doubt himself, Jenny's approval undoubtedly gave him confidence.Although Jenny is not rich and this can only be regarded as a small business, for Pedro, this can be regarded as a new starting point for his career.

"Good job." Blake whistled, and then remembered that there were women at the scene, he stopped whistling, and instead patted Pedru's shoulder excitedly.Regardless of Jenny's presence, Pedro smirked "hehe".If it were someone else, seeing how stupid his future consultant was, he would probably change his mind immediately.

Compared to Blake, Lupine was much calmer. He smiled apologetically at Jenny and said, "So, Mrs. Hudson, do you need to read the contract first?" Ordinary women are not good at this, they Usually it will be handled by a man you can trust.But Jenny is obviously not this kind of person.

Lupin's words made Pedro sober: Before signing the contract, nothing counts.

Pedro rubbed his hands, and looked at Jenny with a calm look, but he was too good at hiding himself, and his eagerness only vented.

Jenny suppressed a smile and said, "I think it's okay to see it now?"

"Of course, of course." Pedro jumped up and took out a document from the cabinet that had been prepared but no one had seen it.On the way, Pedro was hit hard by the table because he was too flustered. Even Black and Lupine felt a little...horrible.

"Please...please read." Pedru handed the document to Jenny, who stood beside him nervously, and was then firmly pressed on another chair by Black.

Black and Lupine quietly walked to the stove, handing over the home to Pedro and Jenny.

Jenny took the document and quickly looked through it. She was no stranger to this kind of document, but Pedro didn't seem to be very familiar with it—there were many unclear responsibilities and rights in the document. If it was used to fool the unfamiliar There are enough guests from the industry, but Jenny is not included. She believes that this is not Pedro's original intention, and it is most likely that he made it with reference to other people's file formats.

"Here, here and here, there seems to be a problem." Jenny pointed it out to Pedro directly.Pedro didn't care that it was Jenny who gave him some advice, and after listening to Jenny's words, he really felt enlightened.

After hearing what Jenny said, Pedro immediately moved his second-hand typewriter to the table, and with a fast hand, he typed up the new contract in a few minutes.

"Remus, don't you think... a bit weird?" Black whispered to Lupine.

Lupine twitched the corner of his mouth. This kind of... It is indeed very rare for a customer to give advice to a consultant.He stepped forward and asked, "Can you show me?"

"Of course." Jenny, who had no objection to the new contract, handed the paper to Lupine.

Lupine quickly glanced at the new contract. Indeed, the ambiguities in the old contract have been re-explained, which means that Jenny is not blindly ordering.In Lupine's heart, he gave more than one glance to the landlady who could make delicious beef soup.

"Yes, what's the problem?" Pedro asked nervously.

"No, no problem, and it's much better than the original one." Lupine shrugged and put the contract on the table.Pedro quickly typed out the second copy with a "da da da".

"In the next year, you will be my investment advisor." Jenny obviously felt a lot more relaxed after signing the contract, and finally found a serious advisor who is not a pervert.

"Very, thank you very much for your trust in me." Pedro, who also signed the contract, finally shook hands with Jenny like an elite. .