As I walked through the block, a light rain suddenly fell on Brittus, and the gray stone pavement was wet, but the fog did not dissipate.

Today there are no workers' demonstrations in the central block, police officers are still leading dogs, pedestrians are walking through the streets with umbrellas, and horse-drawn carriages are hurrying past and into the alleys.

Brittus was always on the go, and only Bill hadn't adapted to this pace of life.

Most of the buildings in the financial street are gray and white, and on the north side of the black street lamp, more than a dozen banks are set up side by side, all of which are bank headquarters.

When I came to Barclays Trust Bank, the reception staff was already waiting at the door.

"Mr. Cliff, please follow me. ”

The reception staff was smiling, smiling, and even heavy-footed.

Walk through the bank hall and up the stairs, the second floor is occupied by offices, leading Bill to the end of the hallway, where the door sign reads Conference Hall.

Stopping, the receptionist bowed to Bill and took a few steps back.

"Mr. Cliff, I'm just waiting here, feel free to call me if you need any help. ”

Bill nodded, pushing open the door to the chamber.

The conference hall is very open, with an oversized brown and black solid wood conference table and two rows of rotating chairs, with windows on three sides, and the sunlight softens through the gold gray gauze curtains.

A person sits on the main rotating chair with his back to the door.

A woman.

"I didn't think you would come to you so quickly, because the rental period of the safe is three months, and my layout is still two months later. ”

The revolving chair creaked, and a familiar and annoying sound filled the room, and she slowly turned to Bill, her face flushed with weariness.

"Sure enough, it's you. ”

"It's me, long time no see, Mr. Cliff. ”

Illya smiled, not feeling the slightest guilt about causing trouble to others, not even saying sorry.

"Even if she's good-looking, it doesn't change the fact that she's annoying. 」

"The youngest daughter who has a bad personality and is spoiled by the family. 」

"Drink something, coffee, milk, milk tea, ......"

"By the way, I've heard that green tea can help people calm their emotions and be good for their health, maybe you need it right now, I asked the reception staff to make a pot. ”

"No, Lady Elijah Barclay, I just want to get what belongs to me back, and we'd better do it quickly. ”

With a slight frown, he pulled out his swivel chair and sat down at the other end of the table, unsurprised by the situation.

"Whatever you want, are all men as acute as you?"

Still smiling, Illya got up and closed the opaque curtains to darken the room.

"I heard the bank manager say that he wants to compensate for the contents of the safe deposit box and that it is a double loss, and you have not agreed and must get the safe back. ”

"It seems that the contents of the safe are really important to you, and I am sorry that when the things were put in, I didn't even see anything in the bag except gold pounds. ”

"There's never been a bank that promises to settle a claim, you can just say there's a crown in it and ask the bank to compensate you for a huge loss. ”

"You don't want to get rich overnight?"

"Don't you think about it anymore, there is only one chance, and only now, when my father is particularly serious about the issue of credibility, will they make such a promise. ”

Elijah walked up to Bill and talked eloquently, with an exploratory look in her eyes, she didn't really recommend that Bill choose another solution.

"She's making sure how important the safe really is to me, making sure that I don't get bought by Kelon and that I insist on getting what belongs to me. 」

"She won't give me the safe back until she gets what she wants. 」

"Heh, if it weren't for that pocket watch, I would have opened my mouth so much that I wouldn't need her to remind me. 」

Bill easily guessed the woman, and at the same time thought about how to get the safe back, so that the woman could not be suspicious, and opened the safe to see what was inside.

"It's been thinking about it for a long time, greed is the original sin, I just need to get the safe back. ”

"Give me back the safe, you can continue to make a fuss with the safe, I won't tell the people at the bank until you get what you want from your father. ”

Staring at the woman, Bill could not see her face, only her hypocrisy, and from this point of view alone, she did have the demeanor of a banker.

"I like men who are persistent and not greedy, and you are different from many men I have met. ”

"Your offer is very good, but if I return the safe to you, I will no longer have any bargaining chips with my father, and I am not sure that you will help me against my father. ”

"Cut, she guessed it. 」

"After you get the safe, I don't care if you're grounded by Koron or married to a nobleman. 」

"If you are not the daughter of a rich merchant, I will use violence to make you return it, and don't continue to provoke me. 」

silently watched her sing a one-man show, although she was in a hurry to retrieve the safe, but she was not in a hurry to mess up.

Suddenly, Illya lowered her voice, took a piece of note paper from her body, and pushed it in front of Bill.

"It wasn't originally planned, but things suddenly changed, help me do something, and when it happens, I'll return the safe to you. ”

"These are the things I need you to do for me. ”

Bill didn't know where she got the courage to tell these jokes.

"Woman, why should I help you, do you think I will let you use it unconditionally?"

Frowning and looking uncertain, he hated self-righteous people, both men and women.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cliff, to say that the use is inappropriate, it's a threat. ”

"If you don't agree, I'll open the safe and destroy what is very important to you, anyway, let me obey my father's orders, and I'd better die than die, and I might as well pull a cushion on my back to be uncomfortable with me. ”

"Damn woman!"

Illya got up and stood in front of the window with her hands folded, Bill was far away from the window, he didn't want to be the target of the blocker, he didn't know who was going to do it to him, he needed to get back the safe and move as soon as possible.

"I'm doing things for her, and if Kelon finds out, he'll probably get angry and hire a murderer to kill me. 」

"But if someone who wants to kill Williams finds out that I have a handle on the outside, and then helps this woman, she won't refuse. 」

"It's very unlikely, but it's still there. 」

In the pocket of his coat, his palms tightened several times, but he still did not take out his pistol.

This is Barclays' territory, and even if he is an innocent victim, threatening a woman with a gun at random will not help to get the safe back.

Calm on the surface, pick up the note paper and read, there are only two on it.

"Tell the bank manager to let them negotiate with me on their own, and at the same time indicate that if I can't get the safe, not only will I have to go to court to complain, but I will also go to the newspaper to expose Barclays Trust Bank and make the bank's reputation stink. 」

"Follow the nobleman, Viscount Goode, and get enough information to ruin him, give it to me. 」

"It's hard for a strong man, these things can't be done at all, and I'm not an agent!"

"And why should I offend Barclay, you know your father's strength, he can even buy a murderer to kill me, and God doesn't know it. ”

Bill was even angrier and tried to keep his composure, he didn't mind being called a waste by a woman, and it was the stupidity of being rash and revealing his abilities indiscriminately.

But whether he is used or threatened, he hates it to the extreme!

"Once you get the safe back, you'll regret not returning it now!"

"You're harder to handle than I thought, calm, sensible, and know how to move forward. ”

"Young Mr. Cliff, how old are you, 18 or 19? ”

A thirty-year-old soul, educated by a twenty-two-year-old little guy, really has an indescribable feeling.

"Now it's just the two of us in the room, I can shout indecent, aren't you afraid that if I do this, Dad will also wipe you out?"

Illya obviously didn't expect this man to talk to her so calmly, she had thought of many situations to meet, but not this.

"You can't do it. ”

"But if you do that, I'm going to make the indecent assault a different picture. ”

"You don't want to see it. ”

"Sensible, calculating, playing games with her father all year round, immersed in accumulating gold pounds, and proud of it, but not knowing that her results are just what Colon has always let her, and has never really suppressed. 」

"Although I am polite when I receive customers, I am still full of recklessness and selfishness in my bones. 」

"And you ignore a point, how do you know that I will not choose to unite with your father, I can sell this information. ”

"You're not going to do that, or you're not going to say it outright, or you're going to ask for a huge amount of damages. ”

Illya was still self-righteous and spoke quietly to avoid being heard by eavesdroppers outside the door.

"No, I will. ”

"I'm not your suitor, I'll do anything to get back what belongs to me, and you must always remember that we are enemies. ”

Knowing what Illya wanted to do, the initiative returned to her hands.

He can now take the note and exchange some money with the bank manager, and he can also help the woman get the safe back as soon as possible.

Bill could already conclude that Korn had sent someone to follow Illya, and that she couldn't find anyone else to help except force herself in this way.

At the same time, Kelon had already rummaged through all the places he could think of, but he didn't find the safe.

The safe was hidden in a very safe place, and no one knew where it was, except for Illya herself.

Then it is impossible for Illya to go to the location of the safe during this time and check what is in the safe, because at that moment, the location of the safe is exposed, and it cannot be used as a bargaining chip.

Although this woman tried to make crazy moves, she was not rational because she had no love between men and women, and she was too selfish, so sooner or later the safe would be taken back, it was just a matter of time.

"Although the secret of the pocket watch will not be revealed in the short term, the best option is to get the safe back as soon as possible. 」

"Stupid woman, the initiative is not in your own hands, and you still want others to do things for you, so you must lower your posture and throw out enough rewards at the same time. 」

"Johnny is much better than you in this regard, and you are only qualified to continue talking to me after throwing more than your father might have offered. 」

"Still too young. 」

After all the attempts failed, Illya finally got a little discouraged and began to change her mind.

She's not stupid enough.

“...... I take back what I just said, Mr. Cliff. ”

"I'm sorry to get you involved, but I can't give you back your safe yet, because it's the only bargaining chip I have to get out of my father's arrangement. ”

"Please rest assured, when this incident is over, I will return the safe with both hands. ”

"Help me, Dad is going to marry me to a man who is almost forty years old and spends the night in the girl's bed every day, I really can't bear to spend my life with this kind of person, I will collapse to suicide!"

Nervously walking up to Bill, Illya tried to show sincerity, maybe this was what she was talking about, it sounded pitiful, but it couldn't impress Bill.

Women are still fickle creatures, especially this kind of smart and beautiful woman, who knows how to use female talents to pressure men, but it is not effective with Bill.

"I'm sorry, I'm not a savior. ”

"It's getting late, I still have something to do, so contact me when you're going to return the safe." ”

"Unlike a rich lady like you, I don't have time to run to the bank every day. ”

"Patience is limited, and when the patience is exhausted, I will tell your father your plan, and then go to the bank to ask for compensation. ”

"It's a secret that the Barclays Consortium wants to marry the nobles, this must be big news. ”

Got up and left without hesitation, and the moment she opened the door, Illya stopped him.

"You don't want money, so what do you want, I can meet your requirements as much as possible, as long as you help me!"

Close the door, stop at the door, and be ready to leave.

"It's only the kids who do multiple-choice questions, and you're finally enlightened. ”

"Of course I need money, a lot of money, but the safe is just as important, and that's the only reason I'm willing to continue the conversation with you. ”

Negotiating directly with Colon, Bill can get a sum of money, but can't get the safe back, and tracking Viscount Goode is very simple, especially since he also has a very handy shadow ability that can be used to monitor.

As for how to retaliate, I'll wait until I get the safe.

Illya instantly understood what Bill was saying.

"Although I don't have any money now, and the money deposited in the bank is frozen, I still have ......"

"I still have a masonry necklace and a lot of jewelry......"

Removing her valuables, Elijah looked at Bill with anticipation.

"I can help you hire someone to keep an eye on that Viscount Goode, get the money ready, and you'll get what you want. ”

"These pieces of jewelry are just deposits. ”

Striding out of the room, Bill was furious and noisy.

"This is deception, naked deception!"

"I don't want to see that woman again, I'm not a beggar on the side of the road, the law will protect my legitimate rights and interests!"

"You go and communicate with the woman yourself, I'll give you another week, if you can't get the safe back, I'll find the newspaper to expose you all!"

The bank manager and reception staff were waiting at the door, and when they saw this posture, they hurriedly greeted them.

"Mr. Cliff, is there any misunderstanding here, why did you suddenly ......?"

"I don't care what kind of fighting you have, I want to see the safe, or you'll just wait for the newspaper!"

"Goodbye!"

Striding out of the bank's door, ignoring the manager's desperate apologies behind him.

Illya remained in the conference room, undressed and relieved.

"Hopefully he will succeed. ”

"I don't want the Barclays consortium to be ruined, it's my father's brainchild, but I definitely don't want to marry that old man. ”

"Never!"