"Oh, I'll go out and see why my friend hasn't come yet." The actress explained absentmindedly.

"And your coffee?"

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon." After saying that, the actress pushed the door and went out.

After about ten minutes, another lady in a gray tuft, glasses, and a large bag pushed the door and walked in, first looked around the café, and then asked the waiter: "Hello, have you seen an actress who has not removed her makeup?" ”

The waiter nodded and replied, "There was indeed such a lady who came over just now, and she said that she was here to wait for her friend." ”

"I'm her friend, but what about her?" The Lady in the Grey Dress asked.

"Oh, she waited a few minutes, and then she was probably in a hurry, so she went out to find you."

"Oh, then, I'll go out and find her."

The waiter hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't go out again, otherwise she won't see you when she comes back, and she will have to look for you, so you might as well just sit here and wait for her." ”

"That's fine, where did she sit just now?"

The waiter led her to the actress's position just now and said, "She's sitting here, you just wait for her here, by the way, what do you drink?" ”

"A cup of black tea, thank you!"

"These two friends are really interesting, one is so gorgeously dressed, and the other is very simple." Monet said with a low chuckle.

Unexpectedly, Nicole frowned and shook her head and replied, "No, if I'm not mistaken, this should be a person!" ”

"One, alone? What do you mean? Monet asked puzzled.

"To put it simply, the actress just now and the so-called friend of hers now are both women, the difference is only that she wore makeup before and now she doesn't wear makeup!" Nicole replied in a low voice.

"Are you sure?" Monet asked in disbelief.

Nicole nodded and replied: "Of course sure, don't forget, I was also an actor at the beginning, and I am too familiar with this kind of stage makeup, although she took off her makeup, but it was obviously in a hurry, so there are still traces in many subtle places, and this kind of heavy makeup is not usually painted except for the needs of the stage, and the body and face shape of the two of them, especially the walking posture, are exactly the same, this is not a person, it is too coincidental, right?" ”

Monet glanced at it secretly, and then asked, "Is there such a big difference between this person with makeup and without makeup?" ”

"Of course, believe it or not, with enough props, I can turn you into a sixty-year-old man right now!" Nicole replied confidently.

"Well, do I look like a sixty-year-old man now?" Monet pretended to be aggrieved and complained.

Nicole hurriedly coaxed: "It's because you don't like it, so you can reflect your makeup skills, if it's like it, then you don't need makeup!" ”

"Well, I accept your explanation. But why would this woman pretend to be two people? But at this point, Monet's mind suddenly flashed to an episode of Conan he had watched, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God, it's not going to be an accident!" ”

But at this time, suddenly there was a loud "bump" outside, and Nicole was so frightened that she patted her plump chest and whispered, "Oh my God, what's wrong?" It can't be a gunshot, right? ”

Monet's eyes shook twice with Nicole's small hand, and then he swallowed his saliva before saying, "It's definitely not gunshots, it's a bit like a cannon." ”

"Wouldn't it? Someone is actually lighting artillery at this time? ”

"You're mistaken, it's not artillery, it's firecrackers like fireworks."

"Oh, that's fine."

But just as Nicole was relieved, there was another shout outside: "Oh my God! Dead man! Dead man! ”

"Tony, you still say it's not artillery, can firecrackers kill people?" Nicole, who had just calmed down, said in fright.

Monet frowned and thought for a moment, and then said: "It's definitely not artillery, so let's do it, you wait for me here, I'll go out and have a look." ”

Nicole hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Tony, don't go out, in case it's really artillery outside, it's too dangerous for you to go out at this time." ”

In the end, Monet still didn't convince Nicole and stayed in the coffee shop, but fortunately, the police soon walked in, and a sheriff led by him asked the waiter: "There was just an actress who didn't remove her makeup and died in the alley next to her, I heard that she just came to your café?" ”

When Monet heard this voice, he felt very familiar, and when he looked up, it was indeed Sheriff Klein, so he got up and asked, "Mr. Sheriff, what happened outside just now?" ”

When Klein saw that it was Monet, he beckoned, "Oh, it's Mr. Monet, why are you here?" ”

Monet pointed at Nicole and explained, "I just finished watching the opera with Miss Nicole, so I stopped by for a cup of coffee." By the way, you haven't told me what's going on out there. ”

"Oh, just now there was a firecracker in the alley next to it, and then someone found an actress dead in the alley, we asked passers-by nearby, and they said that they saw this actress just came to this café, so we came to investigate." Klein explained slowly.

"Actress? Are you talking about an actress dressed as Lady Bora in "The Silver King"? Nicole, who was on the side, asked curiously.

"Well, I don't know if it's Lady Bora's outfit, but she's definitely an actress, because she hasn't removed her makeup or changed her clothes."

At this time, the waiter on the side stepped forward and said: "Mr. Sheriff, there is indeed such an actress who came to our café just now, she said that she came here to meet her friends, because she was afraid of being late, so she came without removing her makeup or changing clothes, but her friend did not arrive when she came, and she looked very anxious, so she went out to find her friend." ”

Speaking of this, she pointed to the lady with glasses and said, "That lady is her friend, she didn't find the actress after she came, so she also wanted to go out and find it, I left her in the store." ”

Hearing the waiter say this, Klein walked up to the glasses lady and asked, "In that case, the lady who was killed in the alley is probably your friend, can you go with me to identify it?" ”

The glasses lady nodded again and again, "Of course, of course." ”

PS: I saw a book friend in the book review who said that he didn't understand the identity of the protagonist, but it's actually very simple, Monet is an unknown British painter who plans to go to New York for a while, so he bought a third-class ticket for the Titanic, but he was shipwrecked and froze to death in the water, so the protagonist had the opportunity to cross over to him.