Chapter 168: John's Friend?
"Miss Gretel, if I'm not mistaken, you still owe me ten days of bodyguards."
Sure enough, this is it!
Hansel frowned, he thought of this when John talked about "ten days", and Gretel on the side froze for a moment, like a cannon battle lit on fire, and it exploded in an instant,
"The beauty you want, let me be your bodyguard, impossible!"
John hurriedly pressed his hand and explained, "I'm just joking, I'm embarrassed to let a woman be a bodyguard." ”
"What are you going to do with fifteen hundred dollars, isn't it that if Gretel doesn't become a bodyguard, you won't pay it back?" Hansel's eyes narrowed, and his tone was a little unkind,
"No, the money still has to be paid, but ......"
As he spoke, John turned his head to look at the people in the courtyard and shook his head, frowning at the helpless expression.
"Are you in trouble?"
John nodded, took a sip of wine, and said,
"I'm sure you've heard about the Condon family,
As you can see, I am no longer a generous young master, my father is sick in bed, the family has fled here, and the belongings he carries have been robbed by a group of robbers on the way, and the cigarette machine that was intended to be used as a turnover has inexplicably become someone else's work......" After a pause, John patted his left hand, which he didn't feel, and said with a wry smile,
"What's more troublesome is that someone is trying to trouble me, and my left arm is ......"
Hearing this, the witcher brothers and sisters were speechless, and when they first met, they noticed that something was wrong with John's left arm, and they didn't expect it to be really injured.
"Is the injury serious?" Gretel Dao,
"It's okay, it'll be fine in a while."
The witch groaned, and suddenly said, "I promise to be your bodyguard. ”
John was stunned, a hint of complexity flashed in the depths of his eyes, he had expected Gretel to agree to this request, but when she really said this, an indescribable sourness rose in her heart.
"It's only ten days!" Gretel hurriedly added, "In ten days, you have to take out the fifteen hundred dollars, otherwise, we will have to follow the rules of the witchers." ”
"Gretel, I won't allow you to do this." Han Seel, who was on the side, scolded unhappily, for this sister, he had already made arrangements, and he would not let her continue to work in the witcher industry, and in a few years, after finding a suitable candidate, he would marry her out and let her live a normal life,
But if this happens, her reputation will be stinky, and how will she marry into a rich family and live a rich life in the future.
"It's my business, you don't have to worry about it."
"You're my sister, I don't care who cares!"
Gretel was furious, took out a gun, and slammed it on the table, her violent posture and cold gaze carried a terrifying oppressive force,
"Do you still have to care now?"
“……”
Hansel frowned, "We should discuss this matter. ”
"It's late!"
Gretel snorted, stood up, leaned over to look at John, her full chest stretched out her chest, outlining a perfect arc,
"Do you have any comments?"
"No... Not! ”
John hurriedly shook his head, this woman is worthy of being a witcher, starting a fire, like a tigress, domineering is not good.
"That's good!"
Gretel waved her hand to Debbie, who was guarding the door, and said,
"Madame, arrange me a room, and I will live here from now on."
"This ......"
Debbie's expression stiffened, and she looked at John,
John nodded helplessly and said, "Prepare a clean room for Miss Gretel!" ”
"Okay, young master."
Debbie bowed back and gave Gretel a strange look before leaving, is this the future hostess? It's so powerful, and I don't know if the eldest young master will suffer with her.
The matter of the bodyguard was so decided, Han Sel was helpless in his heart, but he couldn't say anything in front of John, and after being silent for a moment, he suddenly said,
"There's one more thing I'm here." He looked up and stared straight at John,
"Where were you when that pillar of light appeared the night we infiltrated McConaughey Manor? Did you find anything strange? ”
John smiled, picked up his glass and touched it with the witch, and said with a smile,
"You're the second to ask me that question this afternoon."
"Oh! Who is the first one? Gretel wondered,
"Brent?"
"Which Brent?"
"Brent of the Wright family."
"Memphis Police Chief Brent Wright!"
John nodded and said with a smile, "It's him, who called me to the police station and asked me directly: Hey! John Condon, what did you see that night in Montenegro. ”
"Guess what I answered?"
"You told him." Gretel said urgently,
"How is it possible, he didn't say a word of politeness, and asked me to exchange my life for the precious news, how could I tell him."
"In other words, you are not going to tell us this news." Hansel said in a deep voice,
"No!"
John shook his head and said, "You are different, we are friends, friends should help each other, how can this little thing be hidden, what do you want to know and ask directly?" ”
The Demon Hunter brothers and sisters glanced at each other, remembering the news from the Demon Hunter Guild, their expressions suddenly became serious, and they asked in a deep voice
"Have you ever seen a man of light?"
"Hikaratus!"
Hearing this word, John's eyebrows wrinkled appropriately, and his face was full of three points of doubt, two points of puzzlement, one point of curiosity, and four points of relief.
"You're talking about birdmen who glow all over their bodies?"
The two of them changed their expressions and said in unison, "You've seen it." ”
"Hmm!"
John nodded solemnly and briefly recounted what happened that night, the province of the province, the dew that should be exposed, the what should be said and what should not be said, it was very clear.
Five minutes later, as the last syllable fell, John raised his glass and drank as he looked out of the corner of his eye at the brooding witcher siblings.
Half a minute later, seeing that they still hadn't spoken, he put down his glass and said with a smile,
"This news is what I bought in exchange for my life, I want to use it as a commercial bargaining chip, these days, please keep it confidential and don't tell anyone else."
This request is very reasonable, and the two were about to nod their heads in agreement, when there was a sudden knock on the door, and Debbie appeared at the door and said softly,
"Young Master, Mr. Peter, the housekeeper of the Francis family, has sent an invitation to come to the mayor's house for dinner tonight."
"What about Peter? Where is it? ”
"Mr. Peter came on horseback, put down the invitation, and left in a hurry!"
Debbie stepped forward and placed a silver-gray envelope on the table.
John tore open the envelope, glanced at it casually, shook his head, and said,
"See, the third person who asked me that question came,
Hansel, I retract my request, and after tonight, you can tell the others the news that the Hikari man has escaped from the mechanical ball, but—" His voice changed, and his expression suddenly became serious,
"Before I do that, I want to entrust you with a few things for me?"
"The witcher doesn't take free commissions."
"I know the rules!"
John picked up a pen and paper, quickly wrote a simple and clear request for entrustment, signed his name, and handed it to him.
Hansel took the paper, and after browsing it up and down, he nodded, and said,
"I can help, but how are you going to pay back the two hundred dollars?"
"Ten days later, with fifteen hundred dollars."
"What if you don't get it yet?"
"Then pay for it!" John smiled and pointed to his left eye, which was glowing with blue light, "How about I sell myself to you and use this eye to help you gather information until you pay off your debts?" ”
The siblings looked at each other and exchanged views, and after Hansel picked up the pen and signed his name on the power of attorney.
"I took this commission, when will I leave?"
"When I'm done talking to the wavering group of manor hires outside, you'll leave."