Chapter 175 Chu Xuange: If I beg from you, will you give me alms?
Chu Xuange squeezed in, staring at her expectantly: "Why are you on the first floor?"
Pei Hening's gaze fell on the hem of his suit jacket, where a small piece was missing. She raised an eyebrow and asked, "And you? Did you go and become a beggar?"
Chu Xuange followed her gaze and noticed the missing corner in her clothes. He slowly and deliberately unbuttoned her suit jacket.
He took off his light brown suit jacket and draped it over his arm. His white shirt still had a neat shoulder line, and his broad shoulders and narrow waist highlighted his perfect figure.
He casually adjusted the cuffs of his white shirt, revealing a diamond-encrusted bracelet on his wrist, his movements languid yet captivating.
Chu Xuange leaned closer to her, a smile playing on his lips. He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Cui Bisi, if I beg from you, will you give me alms?"
Pei Hening: "..."
You vixen!
He raised an eyebrow, his smile deepening, and deliberately feigned a heartbroken expression, saying, "Trappis, I thought we were best friends~"
Pei Hening met his gaze, saw the mockery in his eyes, and said, "You said it yourself, we're best friends, so I'll definitely give you something."
Seeing Chu Xuange's delight, she added quietly, "If I have a bowl of rice to eat, you'll have a bowl to wash."
"Okay, I don't want a salary~ How about I work for you for free~"
Pei Hening asked, "Let's get down to business. What are you doing here?"
"I went to the basement and looked for something. My clothes were accidentally torn."
Chu Xuange went to the basement to find the Cold Moon Lion statues, confirmed the locations of the two Cold Moon Lion statues, and planned to come back later to steal them.
Just as he was about to leave, someone triggered an alarm, which implicated him and trapped him on the basement level for more than an hour. When he finally found a chance to evacuate, he ran into the guy being chased and was forced to share the chase.
That's when my clothes got torn.
"Found it?"
"Hmm, we found one, but we haven't found the other one yet. We'll start again after we've found them all."
He didn't want to alert the enemy.
"And you, what are you doing on the first floor?"
Pei Hening took three boxes of bullets out of his pocket and tossed them to him: "Look at the victim information compiled by Blanche, and get some bullets while you're at it."
Chu Xuange took the bullet, put it in his pocket, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your generosity, Ms. Cui Bisi."
Pei Hening relayed what was happening upstairs to him: "Field, the fourth victim has appeared. The first scene is backstage at the Happy Circus. It's a woman wearing a light blue casual suit, with a wedding ring and Richard Miller."
"The victim had thick calluses on his middle finger joints."
Chu Xuange became serious and asked, "Do you think this victim was also a high-roller who was invited?"
"On the surface, no guests have gone missing, but I feel that the victim was also an invited guest, based on the victim's clothing, accessories, and the condition of her hands…"
"Do you have anyone you suspect?"
Pei Hening had people she suspected, but wasn't sure: "Royal translator Merkel, not yet verified."
Remembering this, she frowned and asked, "Do you think it's possible for someone from the circus to impersonate the royal translator Merkel and take her place?"
Chu Xuange reminded her, "Disguise and costume performances are the circus's specialty. Cui Bisi, you should trust your own judgment."
As the two were talking, the elevator stopped on the 26th floor.
Chu Xuange stepped out of the elevator, turned back to look at her, and invited her, "Want to come to my room for a bit?"
Pei Hening shook her head: "No, I'm going back to my room."
Chu Xuange looked regretful and didn't press the matter further.
27th floor, 27-02.
The first thing Pei Hening did upon entering the suite was to go to the study, take out paper and pen, and write down the important information she had noted down.
To be honest, Pei Hening always felt that paper-and-pen learning allowed for deeper thinking, and that paperless learning was more likely to distract her. For a long time, she didn't understand the significance of paperless learning.
It wasn't until one day when she went to the research institute to wait for her mother to get off work that she saw how her mother recorded and stored research data, and realized the advantages of paperless methods.
Many important things are first written down on paper by the mother, and then stored in the device by taking photos or scanning them.
This process involved deep thinking and made perfect use of the device's storage and retrieval advantages.
It can be said that Pei Hening's learning methods and even her attitude towards life were influenced by her family members and Chu Xuange's family.
She looked at the paper filled with writing and subconsciously twirled her pen, a habitual action she took when thinking.
Her phone, which she had carelessly tossed on the table, rang.
Pei Hening's thoughts were interrupted. She lowered her eyes and looked over. It was Anna calling.
"Tsuibisi, are you still on the first floor? We've finished dealing with things here."
"I'm in a suite on the 27th floor. Come up here."
Dawn Casino arranged for Anna and her bodyguard to stay in a private room on the 27th floor so they could be available whenever needed.
"Tsuibis, do you want me to bring you anything upstairs?"
Pei Hening asked, "What about Blanche? And have we found out the identity of the victim we discovered?"
"Mayor Blanche drove away from Dawn Casino. The victim's identity is unknown. The sheriff said she may have been someone who infiltrated the casino."
Upon hearing this perfunctory speculation, Pei Hening laughed and said, "Is that really what the sheriff said?"
Anna and her bodyguard took the elevator upstairs: "Yes, you think there's a problem with what the sheriff said?"
Pei Hening leaned back on the leather sofa and scoffed, "I really don't know how this idiot became a sheriff. He's even less reliable than Blanche. Couldn't he have investigated Richard Miller's possession by the victim?"
"Someone who snuck in can't afford Richard Mille? And that wedding ring's center stone is an Argyle pink diamond, right? I'd pay you ten times your salary, and you still couldn't afford it in your entire life!"
Anna:...Speak properly, why attack her! Even though what she said was true!
The bodyguard also heard Pei Hening's words, and kept a blank face to minimize his presence.
Anna, unable to bear it any longer, said, "Trappis, you..."
Forget it, I won't bother arguing with an idiot.
What's wrong with me?
Anna suppressed her temper and said, "We're going to the 27th floor. Do you need to see me?"
Pei Hening frowned, not finding it. "No need, you can go back to your quarters."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Hening reviewed what she had written down, thinking that perhaps she should talk to the painter Pei'er...
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24th floor, 24-01.
The painter, Pei'er, looked solemn. She also sat at her desk, writing and drawing with paper and pen.
Three minutes later, she drew the ring and watch on the corpse's hand from memory.
She suppressed her panic, wiped the sweat from her palms, and turned on her computer. She was going to check the origin of these two items!
The internet at Dawn Casino shouldn't be a problem, but Pei'er found her internet was lagging today.
Pei'er tried several times, but the page wouldn't load and kept spinning.
A crisp, short, yet gentle electronic sound suddenly rang out: "Ding-dong~"