Whispering Verse

Hearing the fat chef's request, Xia De frowned. He looked at the man called "Mr. Nit" who collected the money, and the latter shook his head:

"This is a matter between you, the club will not prevent him from leaving, but you have to convince Fat Jack."

"I'm out of money."

Shadela took out the side pockets of his coat, and there was indeed nothing in it except a keychain and a notebook, 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 beside Shad without saying a word. Although he was a bit of a jerk, he also knew that it was only by this person who looked no older than himself that he could leave now.

"No money?"

The fat chef bent down angrily and picked up the four Rhodes cards scattered on the ground, and showed Xia De the suits, which were 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 have a very interesting role in the Rhodes card game similar to "21 points".

"Draw one of the four cards. If you win the emperor, you take him away. If you don't win, he keeps all his clothes, and you keep your coat."

Talking in a muffled voice, the fat chef began to shuffle the cards behind his hands. Then, in a hand with **** teeth marks, holding four cards with their backs forward, fanned out:

"Don't say I'm a bad guy, he bit me."

Said angrily, and signaled Xia De to draw cards quickly.

Xia De blinked, and reached out to stop Little Franklin who was about to reach out:

"If you are lucky enough, I don't need to redeem you here."

As he spoke, the life ring in his soul slowly rotated, the spirit activated the elements, and the elements affected reality. There were some imperceptible red traces in the right eye, and the echo of blood made the bloodstains reflected 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, and all of them were sprayed on the front, but the spell of "Echo of Blood" still allowed Shade to see the faint red traces in the air, and see the fat Different red mist sheen around the four cards in the chef's hand.

He had just seen that the "Emperor" had the highest amount of blood sprayed into it, 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 not right to dare to be like this just after becoming a ring warlock."

He thought absently, examining his own morals and values.

Then stretch out your finger and rest it on the rightmost card. But his eyes didn't look at the back of the cards, but stared at the fat chef's face. The fat chef straightened up his fat face and tried hard not to make an expression.

Mr. Nit and Franklin Jr. on the side were both attracted by this scene.

"This one is not."

Xia De said softly, put his fingers on the second from the right, and stared at the chef's face for a few seconds:

"Not this one either."

Shaking his head, he switched to the correct card this time. After a few seconds, he slowly pulled it out under the expression of surprise that the fat chef couldn't suppress:

"This time it is."

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

"This should be regarded as bullying ordinary people."

I still think about it.

"Damn it, I didn't realize that you are actually an experienced gambler."

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

"Take this **** kid away. Next time if he doesn't pay back the money, be careful not to fall into my hands."

There was a relieved smile on the pale face of the accountant's son, while Xia De nodded. He didn't comment on other people's behavior, he only knew that becoming [Echo of Blood] would really help the detective career a lot.

The receipt was given to Shad, and in order to prevent Shad and the dejected little Franklin from running around in the club, the man wanted to send the two outside the club. But just as the group of three reached the stairs on the second floor and were about to go downstairs, they were stopped by someone.

It was a woman in her thirties dressed as a maid. She looked mediocre, but she had a good temperament.

She came along the stairs from the third floor:

"The lady wants to see you."

She looked at Xia De and nodded slightly at him.

"Is there anyone behind me?"

Xia De thought about looking 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 temporarily."

The woman said, Xia De didn't know why, and looked at the man leading the way, who shrugged:

"There is only one distinguished guest on the third floor tonight. If it's that lady, you'd better go up there. She's a very distinguished lady. As for him, I'll help you watch and make sure not to let him approach the gaming table."

While speaking, he slapped little Franklin on the shoulder twice very hard. The latter was almost knocked down, but he didn't dare to object to Xia De's departure.

"May I know. Who is that lady?"

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

But he didn't understand the reason why the other party came to him. The only intersection between the former detective and this place was the last time he came to lead people. Apart from this, Xia De has no other social relations that may be related to this club.

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

"That lady is a titled nobleman, and is our most honored guest here tonight. For the sake of her reputation, you cannot know the identity of the lady for the time being."

The woman dressed as a maid said in the standard Delarion common language, and Xia De nodded slightly, knowing that he could not refuse:

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

"plz follow me."

The woman leading the way turned around and walked upstairs~www.readwn.com~Xia De hesitated for a moment, then followed.

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

He followed the maid, looking at the oil paintings on both sides of the wall while walking along the carpet in the corridor. Stopping in front of a golden double door, the maid helped to push the left door wide enough for Shad to enter:

"The lady is waiting for you inside."

Xia De nodded again, and waited for a second, before entering the room until the woman's voice in his head prompted the "element" to appear.

The maid closed the door from the outside, and Xia De turned his back to the door, looking at the empty reception room.

The room layout here is very similar to the doctor's reception room and consultation room.

The bookshelves took up an entire wall, and the floor of the room was completely covered with carpet. The combination of the desk, coffee table and sofa, and the 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 eye-catching. It looks like a so-called gear mechanism box. It needs to rotate the large and small gears on the six sides to a specific arrangement order to open it.

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

The three windows on the wall facing the door were covered by reddish-brown heavy embroidered fabric curtains, but Shad did not consider the possibility of people hiding behind the curtains.

It was extremely quiet, and Xia De felt a creepy feeling in his heart. Someone is spying on me, but definitely not in this room.