A medium-sized motorhome had pulled up in front of me, and I boarded it with Alice, Vaughn, and Bescher, heading in the direction of the Louvre curator's house.

I was in charge of the pilot, Vaughn and Bess were in charge of setting up a simple listening system, and Alice was in the co-pilot's seat.

Except for Vaughn and Bess who were busy along the way, there was no conversation between me and Alice, and I was still thinking back to Alice's heartbreaking words last night, who can be ruthless, the real ruthlessness and righteousness even killers can't do, no one's heart is hard-hearted, no one appears in this world without feelings.

I was thinking about it while following the instructions of the Global Positioning System (DPS) on the roads of Paris, and after a while Beixue moved over and smiled, "Why are you two so silent today, it's rare?" ”

Alice replied softly, "We just don't want to talk, look at how beautiful the scenery is along the way." ”

Hearing Alice's voice, my heart twisted unconsciously, and I took the opportunity to ask Beixue, "Do you think I'm walking the right way?" ”

Beixue looked carefully at the DPS screen and said, "Well, that's right. ”

Beixue then said with a sad face: "If I can't find anything in the curator's house, I can't think of a better way." ”

Alice pointed to the front and said, "Is that his home in front of you?" ”

At this time, the car had smoothly driven up a hillside, and on the hillside a mansion villa stood in front of him, and several cars had been parked in front of the villa's gate.

It's not yet time for the ball, but a sign has been hung in front of the gate: "Cheers to Art, Celebrate Sfino?" Justoro won the Artistic Achievement Award" and so on, the reason why we came early was to prepare in advance, and to observe the time of the action, I parked the RV on the side of the road, about a hundred meters away from the curator's villa.

In order to show that we are more formal, Beixue and I have put on the costumes to attend the ball, I am wearing a high-quality suit, wearing it looks more straight and chic, Beixue's white collar backless dress shows her white and flawless fragrant back in front of our eyes, her slender figure is attractive and eye-catching, which makes people shine, and specially coiled her brown hair for this ball, which shows a unique and noble temperament, and few men are not fascinated by her beauty.

Today, Beixue went to pick up the car and delayed a little time, this car is rented to tourists, or used for marriage affairs, because Beixue took a special local resident ID card, and made a reservation in advance, so it was done as quickly as possible.

After 15:00 in the afternoon, many cars and sports cars came one after another, and people came to the villa one after another.

It was getting dark, and it was roughly estimated that there would be more than 300 people attending the ball, all of whom were celebrities from all walks of life in France.

The time has come, Beixue and I are "ready to go", Vaughn handed us a super small spy camera the size of a computer USB flash drive, with a camera and a bug on the body respectively, Vaughn finally tested that the communication was good, Alice has completely mastered how to use the equipment in the past three days, once there is any special situation, it can also be operated independently, then Vaughn will become our foreign aid, since it is a ball, there will be no danger, but we agreed to do so, so that the future cooperation can be smoother, And with my and Beixue's own strength, there will be very few times when Vaughn is used, and besides, we are going to be spies, not to fight.

I walked on the street with Beixue Shi Shiran, took a detour, came out of the other end of the villa, it looked like it had just come down from a limousine, we came to the gate, there were two male waitresses with ties and bows in front of the door, politely came up to check the invitation, when they looked at it, Beixue and I were very nervous, we had a plan to sneak in secretly, but it was very difficult, like this villa has an automatic surveillance system and security, and it can only act late at night, when the defense is the tightest, If it is a dance party in such an atmosphere, there will be no hidden situation, and it is much safer to come in the open than in the dark.

Fortunately, the two hostesses didn't look carefully, their eyes were attracted by Beixue's bright light, and they had seen too many invitations, and they were not ready to continue to look at them seriously, and from the dress and dress, Beixue and I were both famous brands, Beixue didn't wait for them to continue to look at it, and introduced herself in time: "I'm Angela, a reporter for the French sunshine, and the one next to me is Mark, an intern in the journalist major of a French university." ”

The barmaid who inspected immediately bypassed the investigation process and directly saw the name of the invitee who had been changed by us, and he put the invitation aside and said, "Two of you, please come in." ”

When the two hostesses could not forget Bei's snow-white back in their minds for a long time, we had already entered the villa.

The villa is bustling with people coming and going, from time to time there are waitresses and men shuttling among them, holding champagne in their hands that can be enjoyed at any time, people from all walks of life talking and making fun of each other, and the hall is brightly lit and full of people.

When Beixue and I first entered, a man stood up from the stairs that could go up the second floor, he had a slightly thin face, deep eye sockets, and a tall and thin body, and Beixue told me that this person was Henry? Director Royes, he announced loudly: "Welcome to our master artist, Monsieur Destoro. ”

Everyone looked up, and saw a medium-sized man standing next to the curator, dressed in a gray suit, with a calm demeanor, small curly hair, a goose egg face and a double chin, and a thick and stylish beard, and he said loudly: "First of all, thank you Director Royes for holding a grand reception for me, thank you for your appreciation and appreciation of me, thank you." With that, he bowed deeply to the crowd.

Of course, Beixue and I didn't want to care about what this person said, and quietly moved forward, and Sfinno continued, "Now it's up to the curator to announce the official start of the ball. ”

When Curator Royes "Bang! After opening a large bottle of champagne, he clapped his hands and said, "The show begins!" ”

The lights in the main hall suddenly dimmed, and Beixue and I knew that this was the warm-up show before the free ball, and when the lights were dim, we were about to quietly ascend the stairs to the second floor, and in the center of the hall there was a girl's scream and applause, and I was attracted by it and turned my head to watch, Beixue didn't care about this, patted me on the shoulder, and went up on her own.

In the center of the hall, a dancer caught everyone's attention with his dynamic rhythm, unrestrained movements and dexterous gestures with the music, wearing a cowboy hat with a low brim, imitating a short passage of Mike? After Jack Xun's dance, he also danced a combination of strength and softness, bringing everyone to writhe together, he called on everyone to raise their hands with him and beat the beat, his face has been blocked under the shadow of the brim of his hat, at this time I felt an invisible force he released envelop me, an almost beast-like power and desire rushed in, this time it felt extremely obvious, implying hostility.

I was shocked, who is he?

At the end of the dancing music, and at its climax, he took off his cowboy hat and threw it into the air, revealing a face that made my heart tremble, he was the same cowboy I had met in America and snatched Alice in front of me, "Black Jack with a fast gun"!

This man is one of the most memorable people for me, because I played against him, his strength has always been above me, the only thing we didn't try was marksmanship, but I knew that in marksmanship, I would also lose under him, first in terms of momentum I would lose three points, at this time the only thing I thought about was to pull my legs and slip away.

As soon as the dance was over, the eyes of the "cowboy" searched for prey, and when the music was remembered, everyone had already been driven by the hot dance just now, and they all danced together.

I turned up the second floor and walked down the hallway, where "Cowboy" came straight for me, following my direction, apparently with a clear purpose.

I hurried to the end of the second floor, wondering how the "cowboys" knew I was here, and met in a narrow way, these reasons can only say one thing, it is very likely that Lake is here, and his heart is constantly beating drums when he thinks of this.

"Oops!"

Because of the appearance of the "cowboy", I was so disappointed that I didn't pay attention to the front and bumped into a girl, I looked up and saw that she had already spoken: "It's you!" ”

Bei Xue quietly launched an investigation on the second floor, most of the people were concentrated on the first floor of the carnival, giving Bei Xue this excellent opportunity, opening the door again, from the bookcases around the room and a desk in the middle, it should be a study, the layout is simple and elegant, there is a computer on the desk, the back of the swivel chair behind the desk is back to the direction of Bei Xue, Bei Xue suddenly felt that something was wrong, and her intuition told her that there was someone waiting for her arrival, the room was extremely dull and gloomy, but Bei Xue did not feel a trace of danger.

Sure enough, the swivel chair slowly turned, and a strange person sat on the chair, wearing a pair of glasses under his short red hair, and a cynical smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at Beixue with a smile.

Beixue calmed down, couldn't help but smile, and said calmly: "Lake! ”

Lake clapped and said, "That's smart, yes, it's me, you didn't expect me to meet you here, did you?" ”

Beixue didn't speak, but nodded, and her whole body was on guard, this unpredictable person, what is the purpose of his sudden appearance here? It was also the first time she had shown a nervous expression in the face of an enemy now, because this person was too terrifying, too elusive, and controlled her in the palm of her hand.

Lake said unhurriedly: "Don't be nervous, I'm here for two purposes, first, I'm here to help you find the Dead Sea hope diamond, and second, I've never seen you, you've never seen me, since we cooperate with each other, we naturally have to meet each other, and we will trust each other." At the end of the word "trust", Lake smiled again, and the smile was silent.

Beixue asked, "Since you want to help me, then what can you do?" ”

Lake touched the short beard on his chin and said: "Actually, the purpose of your coming here is nothing more than to know if the Louvre has such a treasure as 'Hope of the Dead Sea', but even the director of the Louvre Museum does not know such a secret, because the diamond ring I put in the Louvre, so you can't find any answer here, of course, if you can't find what you want to know here, you will give up this operation, this is what I don't want to see, this is the reason why I came here to wait for you." ”

Lake continued: "Please don't ask me how I knew you were here, do you remember the quid pro quo we agreed to? ”

Beixue affirmed, "Remember! ”

Lake nodded, "That's good, the diamond is there"

In order to hear Ryker's final answer, Beixue unconsciously moved closer to him, but Ryker took a step closer to her and changed the subject: "I don't know if I have the honor to invite you to dance?" And held out a hand.

Beixue was slightly stunned, and happily handed it over and said, "Okay." At the same time, he said: "Look what other means you have!" ”

When Becky and Lake stepped out of the study, a moment later Henry? Curator Royer entered the study, and none of this escaped Bescher's eyes, and he came downstairs with Lake to dance lightly.

Lake put his arms around Beixue's slender waist and caressed her smooth fragrant back with his hand, and as they danced, the music suddenly changed to classical dance music, and the people who were still writhing passionately just now quieted down and danced to the music.

Ryker was half a head taller than Beixue, stared into her eyes and said, "You're so beautiful!" ”

Beixue said disapprerovingly: "You are very good at talking. ”

Lake smiled: "When I see beautiful girls, I can't help but admire, especially because I have a soft spot for you." ”

Beixue said sarcastically: "Thanks to your care, thanks to your care, things are going well here, are you going to say it?" ”

Lake led her in a circle and said, "Come with me and finish this dance seriously." ”

Beixue said seriously: "Okay." ”

Lake and Beixue danced on the dance floor, as if they were fighting dance skills, and they tried their best to achieve the standard of dancing, and gradually the people around them found them, and formed a circle to watch them dance, they danced faster and faster, making people dazzled, and everyone was deeply overwhelmed by their dancing, after a Beixue turned three times, he was held in his arms by Lake, and Lake suddenly said: "The dialysis map of the Louvre and the theft method have been placed on you." When Lake sent Beixue out after three turns, the song ended, and the applause was remembered.

Lake walked towards Beixue again, and said as he passed by, "Go back and study slowly, now everything is in your hands, and I regret the coldness that hatred has added to your beauty." ”

At this time, many men had already gathered around, Lake had already hidden behind the crowd, and they all invited Beixue to dance, all wanting to meet such a beauty, Beixue wanted to refuse, so she picked a man at random, when Beixue put her on the other party's shoulder, this man was half a head shorter than Beixue, and he introduced himself: "This beautiful young lady, I am Sfino?" Destoro. ”

Although Beixue was listening, she was looking for Mark's figure, obviously this short man did not attract her attention, and she was very unhappy, after all, today was a party for him as an artist, and her heart was full of ambition to conquer the beauty in her arms.

Beixue's attention was not on the artist, she knew that Lake had already left, but her eyes were full of looking for Mark's figure, and she scolded in her heart: "Where did this stinky boy run again?" ”