That night, Wang Xu followed Master Cat to the appointed restaurant. They were on time, but Elstein arrived a little earlier than them.
The client changed his nouveau riche rough look tonight, and sat down in a very decent evening dress. His eyes were gloomy and his expression was indifferent, completely changing his appearance.
Both Master Mao and Wang Xu sat down, and started ordering without even saying hello to him. Elstein's anger was being pushed to the top by these two guys...
After drinking for three rounds, the three people at the table hadn't had a single conversation. Finally, Elstein couldn't bear it any longer, and he said, "Mr. Logan, I hope you can explain..."
Wang Xu didn't let him finish his sentence, so he interrupted: "I made those two miscellaneous fish faint."
Master Cat added: "I think you go to the post office every day not only to wait for my telegram, but those two should give you some almost worthless information every day."
Elstein said: "No! I think the information they gave me is very valuable, at least enough to prove that you betrayed me in this matter!"
"Oh? Is it a kind of betrayal when I invite her out for tea and chat every day? Don't you think this is part of my job?"
Elstein leaned forward a little bit, and said with a sullen face, "Then, I would like to hear more about your work."
Wang Xu stopped the rhythm of stuffing things into his mouth, and he also raised his head and said, "Yes, I want to hear it too."
Master Cat picked up the red wine on the table, and said unhurriedly: "First of all, Irene... please forgive me for calling her so rashly, I hope you don't mind me calling your sister..."
"What!" Elstein's expression changed drastically. This time it was definitely not a disguise. He was really shocked. He took a sip of wine to suppress his shock: "You...how would you know..."
"Hehe... Actually, Irene knew about this a long time ago, even earlier than you. On the contrary, it took me a lot of effort to come to this conclusion."
Elstein said: "I still underestimate you..."
Master Cat sneered: "Hmph... I believe that people like you will learn a lot from this incident. At least your overly aggressive self-confidence will become more restrained."
"Please continue talking..." He suppressed his anger, and his attitude eased a lot.
"I think it started two years ago, when you met your sister Erin at a concert, of course, you didn't know her relationship with you at the time, so you started courting her.
But she has always known that there is a brother like you, so naturally it is impossible to give you any response. So, you think that what you have done is not enough, you start to find someone to investigate her, her preferences, her background, everything about her.
Originally, you just hoped to match what you like, but you found out a lot of amazing inside stories... When your father was still studying medicine in London, he fell in love with a female classmate and gave birth to an illegitimate daughter, but he He was still too young at that time, and he was still a descendant of a lonely prince, so he had no ability to support them. Therefore, he left London very quickly and went to India, which was not so peaceful, where a doctor from the British mainland would be better than the local Doctors are more competitive and richer faster.
He really worked his way up in India and even in some of the toughest years he never stopped sending money to the mother and daughter. After five years like this, when he had become a decent man with a family background, a sudden bad news reached his ears. His female classmate passed away.
Maybe it was fate. At that time, a marriage was in front of your father. After careful consideration, he married your mother. Because of your grandfather's death, and your mother didn't like India and always wanted to come back to London, your father took care of all the affairs in India and returned to London with his family.
He and Irene have been in touch over the years, and he has funded a good education for Eileen and enabled her to lead a life of tranquility and abundance. It can be said that his love for your sister will never be less than you.
But there is only one thing, he can't give this daughter his identity, if he recognizes her, he will undoubtedly be regarded as a heartless man who abandoned his wife and daughter and found a new love, and Irene's situation will also appear Very embarrassing.
So... the next thing is the important point, so there is what you want me to find, this envelope..." Master Cat actually took out an envelope from his arms when he said this.
Elstein's eyes almost popped out, and he was about to reach for it, but Master Cat moved the envelope to the candle on the dining table and burned it.
"What are you doing?!" Alstein snapped.
"In this envelope, there were a few letters between their father and daughter, as well as a few group photos, which are not too many. Of course, what you are interested in is just the birth certificate of Eileen Jones." Gao Shenmo, the cat master Geode smiled, looking at the black ashes falling into the ashtray: "Irene took out the photos and letters and took them away. They were a memory between their father and daughter, and the birth certificate is in our ashtray. burning hands."
Elstein looked at Master Cat suspiciously: "Even if what you burned was a blank sheet of paper, I have no way of verifying it now..."
The cat master said: "Mr. Elstein, please don't say any more meaningless words. I don't hate you, but if you doubt me again and again, you will undoubtedly make yourself look very stupid. I don't like to be stupid. A salvageable man."
Elstein was not angry when he heard this: "Actually, you should also understand that I have done so many things just to seek peace of mind."
Master Cat replied: "You can rest assured that Irene left London this morning. I don't think she will come back again. As for where she went, I'm sorry, but it's far away. Already...
You're not a bad person, and you don't want to hurt your sister, so earlier you just had someone burglarize her house instead of just robbing it. In fact, I can understand everything you do. In order to inherit this huge family business, you have been preparing for more than 20 years, and no one wants to take the risk of losing it. "
Elstein could only admit at this time: "Eileen Jones is just a name to me, a strange outsider, but I will not deny the existence of family and blood, and I don't mind calling her sister, Or recognize her, I am also very happy to continue to let her live a prosperous life, but I absolutely cannot accept that she becomes the master of this family business."
Master Mao continued to eat, and his tone became quite relaxed: "Your idea is correct, but you despise your sister too much, I can guarantee that if it weren't for her kindness and her ability, you would never be able to fight If she wins, as long as she has the heart, even I might be defeated by her."
Elstein asked, "You mean...she never thought about dividing up her father's property."
Master Mao smiled and said, "I can only say that some people's natural pursuits are different from others. I don't think you will understand this."
Elstein was silent for a long time: "Well, I think today, I solved a problem that has been bothering me. You really did a great job, Mr. Logan, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart."
"You're welcome, just don't forget... the 'payment' we agreed upon."
Elstein also showed a rare heartfelt smile without any malice: "Don't worry, of course I will fulfill my promise, waiter, please open another bottle of Bordeaux wine for my friends." The stone in his heart fell to the ground, as if he had changed into a different person again, back to the slightly uninhibited nouveau riche.
After a few glasses of wine, Elstein seemed to suddenly think of something again, raised his head and said to Master Cat, "I still have one question that I don't understand."
Master Cat said, "Please tell me."
"My sister has countless suitors, and all the men who have seen her fall under her pomegranate skirt, but I have never found out that she is particularly close to someone, and you... Mr. Logan, from the mysterious Detective from the East, according to my information...you seem to have captured her heart, I really don't know, how did you do it?"
Wang Xu was full at the moment, and he turned his head, waiting for Master Cat to give an answer, but he just replied indifferently: "I think you are drunk, Mr. Elstein, we It's time to go, so let's say goodbye."
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The two left like this, leaving the client to pay for them.
On the carriage, Wang Xu couldn't hold back anymore. He asked, "I also really want to know the answer to the last question. How did you fall in love with that 'peerless beauty'?"
Master Cat said in a slightly perfunctory tone: "I've said it before, I only have an admiring attitude towards Irene, and you should also know that if I want, I can become a man who pleases ladies at any time. "
Wang Xu sneered twice: "I don't need the power to dominate, I know, you are talking nonsense..."
Master Cat laughed himself, he knew that he could no longer hide his feelings with a cynical attitude, after a hundred years, crossing the boundaries of two continents, he finally tasted the taste of broken love for the first time.
This experience also allowed him to come up with a new philosophy of life - some women, you know it will never be possible to be with them, but you can't help but have feelings for them. When the inevitable sad ending comes, don't To be sad, you only need to yell out four words in your heart: I am the cheap one!
That... would be so much better.