Chapter 6: Suspicion
Zheng Hanfei walked to the back of the stage and saw Sterling yelling at the stage with an angry face, his brows furrowed slightly, it seemed that his doubts were still right, or that he should thank Ouyang Xiu.
"Mr. Sterling, what's going on." Zheng Hanfei asked as he walked up to the stage.
"It turned out to be Zheng Hanfei, I'm sorry, I'll talk about something later." Sterling gave Zheng Hanfei an apologetic smile, turned his head and continued to scold the person in charge of the stage: "How did you get it, you actually made such a low-level mistake, do you want to be fired?" ”
"But...... Manager, this is really not our fault. The stage manager defended, "We have checked, everything is normal on the stage, and there are no wrong instructions in the security system of the display stand, so the situation just now should be an accident." ”
"What an accident! What kind of accident do you tell me! Sterling was furious, "Have you ever seen anyone hold an exhibition with such a low-level accident!" ”
"Manager ......" The stage leader was speechless. Indeed, as Sterling said, there are often surprises at exhibitions, but perhaps this is the first time in history.
"Mr. Sterling, what the hell is this ......" Although he guessed a rough idea, Zheng Hanfei still wanted to confirm it.
"Don't call Mr. Sir, it sounds awkward." Perhaps realizing that Zheng Hanfei was still present, Sterling took two deep breaths and said a little calmly: "I am good friends with your father, if you don't suggest, you should call me uncle." ”
"Uh...... Is that good? ”
"What's wrong?"
"Yes! Uncle Sterling, did you just say that there was a mistake on stage? ”
"That's right!" Sterling covered his head in annoyance, his brows crisscrossing him to tell he was in a terrible mood.
"Does Sterling think this is not a mistake? Not an accident? ”
"I do think it wasn't an accident, but all indications are that it was."
"Then did you ever think that Katie did it on purpose?" Zheng Hanfei made a bold guess.
"Katie? No way, did she have a reason to do that? ”
Zheng Hanfei was silent, although this matter may have been done by Katie, but she had no reason at all, if it was because she hated her father for not caring about them, then this kind of practice would be a bit childish, and she couldn't make a move that insulted the Claudes Group because of the discord between them.
"Alas, what the hell are you talking about, the miniature spotlight suddenly failed, and now there is such a low-level outside, I'm really unlucky!"
"If you want to use mortals to stop me, I don't recommend that you live in pain......" A sweet voice sounded behind Zheng Hanfei and Sterling.
"What?" The two looked behind them and found that Katie was looking at them with a smile on her face, but Zheng Hanfei felt that her eyes were a little abnormal.
"Father, don't you remember the last sentence written on the threatening letter?" Katie said with a nonchalant face, "Maybe it's your security system that annoys the so-called intimidating people, the elves in Acheron, and that's why it gives you a taste of misfortune in advance." ”
"Why do you talk like that?" Zheng Hanfei was upset with Sterling, "That's why it's like this?" That's why you don't install cameras anymore? ”
"This is Mr. Zheng Hanfei, right? I have admired the daimyo for a long time. Katie smiled slightly, "As you said, that's how we persuaded my father, but unfortunately he only did half of it, and only tasted this misfortune in the end." ”
"She's your father, how can you say that! This 'Tear of Hope' is a birthday present from your father, and of course he will take care of it. ”
"If it weren't for this threatening letter, maybe he wouldn't even come back." Katie ignored Zheng Hanfei, but glanced at Sterling and said lukewarmly.
"You ......"
"Oh, by the way, Mr. Zheng Hanfei." Katie seemed to think of something, showed a weird smile, and said: "Your identity is a detective, but detectives are also mortals, as the threatening letter said, it is not possible to stop it with mortal power at all, so I advise you to go back as soon as possible, don't wait to come back and be ruined because you can't protect the gem." ”
"I'm not a detective for fame, don't bother with you!" Zheng Hanfei straightened his clothes and looked at her with a suspicious look, "But you'd better be careful when you speak, lest I take you for that intimidating person." ”
"Me? Oh, ridiculous, if you think I'm intimidating, then you should keep an eye on me before 8 o'clock. Katie smiled disdainfully, "I was just trying to persuade me, but I didn't expect you to doubt me." ”
"Huh." Zheng Hanfei didn't take these words to heart, but said with a smile: "As the saying goes, three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang, although there are no three stinkers here, but there are two detectives with higher IQ than stinkers, I think, even gods can't escape our eyes." ”
"Two?"
"Miss, you seem to have forgotten your friend, Ouyang Xiu."
"Social ...... Ouyang Xiu?! Don't you two have a gambling agreement? How can we cooperate? ”
"Yo~ Miss, do you know and hear clearly? Are you looking for us? ”
"Nope." Katie looked a little flustered, her eyes dodging, "I just heard Linda talk about it. ”
"Oh? That's right. Zheng Hanfei smiled meaningfully, his suspicion of her became heavier and heavier, he guessed that the so-called elf in Acheron was very likely to be her, but he had no evidence now, and he didn't dare to jump to conclusions.
"Alright, I'll go first, goodbye, Detective." One last glance at Zheng Hanfei, Katie turned around and left the backstage, as for where she went, no one knows.
"I'm sorry, my daughter's temper is like this, please don't mind." Sterling said apologetically, he didn't expect his daughter to be so faceless, it seems that she really hates herself.
"Uncle Sterling, it's okay, I've been here to get angry enough, I'm used to it."
Looking at the direction in which Katie left, Zheng Hanfei was thoughtful, it was necessary for him to have a good talk about this clue with Ouyang Xiu.
……
"What you said is true?" Ouyang Xiu's reaction was a little abnormal. It's no wonder that friends who have known each other for a long time suddenly see another side of him, no matter who it is, it is impossible to accept it at once.
Zheng Hanfei nodded, he told Ouyang Xiu this clue, in addition to thinking together, he also wanted to inquire about Katie from Ouyang Xiu.
"No, it's not her usual style." Ouyang Xiu muttered, "If it's Di Luo, then it's forgivable, but ...... How could Katie be like this? It's weird, it's weird. ”
Diro? Hearing Ouyang Xiu say this, Zheng Hanfei suddenly remembered that he didn't see him backstage at all, and he didn't seem to be on the stage at that time, so where did he go?
"By the way, did you see Diro in the background?" At this moment, Ouyang Xiu was also aware of this problem, so he hurriedly asked.
"I don't know!" Zheng Hanfei shook his head, then looked up in one direction, and said with a smile on his face: "But...... Let's ask the people involved. ”
"Who?"
"Linda!" Zheng Hanfei pointed to the blonde beauty with a beautiful figure in the crowd, and then shouted.
"What's the matter, two?" Hearing the shout, Linda hurriedly walked out of the crowd, came to the two of them, and asked.
"Well, where did Diro go? I only seem to see him at the beginning. Ouyang Xiu asked.
"Oh, you said Master Diro, he had a stomachache, so he left the scene early, and he said that he would come back before 8 o'clock and perform a wonderful magic trick for everyone."
"That's it! Thank you, Linda. Zheng Hanfei and Ouyang Xiu said in unison.
"No thanks, it's my job!" Linda bent slightly, then disappeared into the crowd.
"What do you think?" Ouyang Xiu asked.
"I don't know, if there is evidence, you can't jump to conclusions." Zheng Hanfei shook the juice in the cup, drank it all, and then looked at the watch on his wrist, "There is still half an hour until 8 o'clock, we can only wait, then again, we are so anxious about this case, don't you want to eat anything more to replenish your brain cells?" ”
"That's right." Ouyang Xiu took a glass of juice from Uncle Wang's hand and drank it all, "After thinking about it for such a long time, even if I am beaten with iron, I can't stand it anymore. ”
"Hey, are you too embarrassed to take my juice?"
"What's embarrassing."
"You're so thick-skinned."
"If you're willing to watch alone and don't want to hear something from me about Katie and Diro, then I'd better go to the venue and get some food."
"Count you ruthless!"
"Thanks for the compliment!"
"......" Zheng Hanfei glared at him, and said with some anger: "Let's get to the point!" ”
"Yes!" Ouyang Xiu pondered for a while before he slowly spoke, "I can only say that although Di Luo loves magic, his personality and temper are similar to the temper you describe Katie, arrogant, arrogant, and without the demeanor that a magician should have, but I have to say that he is really good at performing magic, comparable to some masters." ”
"What about Katie?"
"She, how to say, she dotes on his brother very much, as long as the two of them are together, I always see the maternal brilliance in her. As for your temper, she has sometimes lost her temper, but I have never seen her lose her temper like that in such a place. ”
"Maybe it's because she saw me talking to her father."
"Maybe......"
With that, both of them fell silent, lost in their own thoughts, waiting for the time on the threatening letter to come, waiting for the elf in Acheron to arrive, waiting for it to catch it at the moment of the crime.