Half an hour before the dinner, he played by himself. Lu Shaoyue took Ye Shuang around and said hello to everyone he knew and didn't know. Basically, the half hour passed without wasting a minute.
Then the opening dance was naturally performed by Mr. and Mrs. Zhuo Yuanhang. After the host entered the dance floor, other people with dance partners also followed suit. Lu Shaoyue and Ye Shuang danced a song, and then it was time to exchange dance partners and have in-depth communication with various people.
Ye Shuang and Lu Shaoyue are not in a relationship. Of course, they don't need to be by their side all the time. As long as they enter and exit together, that's fine. So not long after the order was placed, Lu Shaoyue was dragged to communicate with a customer. Zhuo Yuanhang's assistant took this opportunity to come over and invite someone.
"Please take a seat."
When he entered a room that was obviously different from the ordinary lounge, Zhuo Yuanhang was already sitting inside. Since he had not communicated with Sister Shuang alone, the favorability level generated by Brother Shuang was of no use here. As soon as Ye Shuang entered, Zhuo Yuanhang nodded lightly and said hello and went straight to the topic: "You should have read the information of those six people. Now they are at the banquet. I wonder how Miss Ye plans to screen them?"
The assistant carefully closed the door and exited the room. Ye Shuang also nodded and walked over. He and Zhuo Yuanhang were almost a meter away from each other and sat down at a respectful distance. He looked at the large projection surveillance screen in front of him. The panoramic view of the main hall of the drunken and luxurious banquet was in the screen. There is also a computer on the coffee table in front of the two people. The monitoring screen in the computer is divided into small grids. Each grid represents the monitoring screen of a monitor. You can choose to increase the size at will. What is playing on the projection now is The whole hall part.
"Abu has already contacted one in the afternoon, and the preliminary judgment about that person should be able to rule out suspicion." Ye Shuang said casually while looking at the projection surveillance camera to look for several other people.
Zhuo Yuanhang took a sip of coffee and raised his eyebrows in disbelief: "Oh?!"
"The man was a middle-aged man and had some geriatric diseases. The doctor suggested that he slow down and focus on a relaxed lifestyle. His son bought a villa on the east coast of Australia. It seemed that it was prepared for the old man to recuperate. The old man is now turning to enjoyment. The mentality of life... To use a novel, this person is about to wash his hands and retire from the world. Abu guesses that he will leave your group in the second half of this year at most, and no later than the beginning of next year, and he will become popular in the future. "
After Ye Shuang calmly told the news she knew, she picked up the coffee pot and poured herself a cup of coffee. She stirred it twice with a spoon before raising her head and continued: "Mr. Zhuo, if you are worried, you can check the immigration application... There are so many on cruise ships now." Man, please ask in the name of caring about the group’s veteran, there should be someone who can help Mr. Zhuo check the records.”
Zhuo Yuanhang glanced at Ye Shuang, and sure enough, he picked up the phone prepared on the table and gave a few instructions, then sat back and said: "If this is true, then this news comes in time... Mr. Li is probably afraid that people will leave and let the tea cool. If the news of his departure were leaked, it would cause a commotion among the people below, but he hid it so well that I would be caught off guard on the day he left. After all, it takes time to be prepared to adjust the group structure."
"Since our agency dares to charge such a high price, he will certainly make Mr. Zhuo get value for his money." Ye Shuang said politely, and unscrewed the rose flower on the bracelet. The petal shell popped open, revealing the call settings underneath: "Abu, you can move to the nine o'clock direction now, stop at the champagne stand for a while, wait... Okay, now take away the bottle of Bolkov champagne, the whole bottle."
Zhuo Yuanhang listened to Ye Shuang's remote control in his ears, and looked at the position of the champagne stand in the projection screen. He had just the right timing. Just when Abner in front of the champagne stand took the bottle in his hand and turned to leave, According to the information, one of the six people had already hurried over and stopped Abner, and then the two seemed to have a conversation about the champagne in Abner's hand.
"Can you explain?" Zhuo Yuanhang turned his gaze.
"I met that person's temporary female companion on the deck. I vaguely heard him mention the bottle of champagne at today's banquet. However, there are unspoken rules in the banquet. There is no problem for first-class guests to taste it. The girl is just a model. , you are not qualified to get this wine..." Ye Shuang smiled: "So I guess her act of acting coquettishly and looking at the champagne table just now should make our target get a glass for her. It doesn't matter if she guesses wrong, anyway. It’s not like there won’t be other opportunities in the future.” As for the champagne, you can take it back to your room and drink it yourself.
"..." Zhuo Yuanhang stared at Ye Shuang for half a minute before slowly speaking: "A bottle of 1.5L Bolkov champagne is now priced at 1,500 pounds. There are only ten bottles prepared for this banquet..." And they are not all together. Put it out, and the banquet will replenish a bottle every once in a while.
"Really?!" Ye Shuanggu made an exaggerated expression of surprise and looked cute: "It's so amazing!"
“…”
"Since it's so expensive, I'll let Abu put it back later." Ye Shuang said sadly. She originally wanted to pretend to be stupid and let Abner bring a bottle back for a taste...
Zhuo Yuanhang looked at Ye Shuang for another half minute, then picked up the phone again: "Since Miss Ye likes it, I'll ask someone to keep a bottle." As expected, he continued the order.
Ye Shuang said a few polite words and accepted it with a smile that said, "Oh, that's so embarrassing."
When he looked back at the projection surveillance screen again, Abner had successfully connected with the person, grabbed the champagne and chatted happily with the person, and walked towards the corner where the female model was sitting...
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Because of the angle of view, it was impossible for Abner to clearly see the location of every target in the hall, and he couldn't search for it deliberately, otherwise it would look deliberate.
But with Ye Shuang monitoring the whole situation, it would be quite easy to create a few encounters. Some of them hooked up smoothly, while others left without any pretense and left with just a few polite words. Fortunately, there were still three days and two nights left on the cruise. , you can’t contact them all at once, it’s not too late to leave an impression first and then look for other opportunities.
At the same time as the remote control arrangements were being made, Ye Shuang also relaxed slightly after seeing that Abner was already in working mode, and began to focus on other people at the banquet.
She and Zhuo Yuanhang did not stay in the room all the time. As the host, Zhuo Yuanhang would go out to entertain the guests from time to time, and Ye Shuang would also occasionally go out to dance another song with Lu Shaoyue as a token of appreciation. I have not forgotten my dance partner.
When the second half of the banquet was almost coming to an end, Ye Shuang looked at the surveillance screen and seemed to notice something was wrong: "Eh?!"
Zhuo Yuanhang raised his eyes and looked over: "What's the problem?"
Ye Shuang touched her chin: "It's not a big problem. Does Mr. Zhuo's family educate their children independently from an early age?"
"???"
Zhuo Yuanhang frowned, as if he couldn't understand the jump in the topic: "Please explain the situation in detail, I can't quite understand what you mean."
After these two hours of cooperation, Zhuo Yuanhang's recognition of Shuang Mei is almost close to that of Brother Shuang. In his opinion, capable people are worthy of respect, and this has nothing to do with men and women.
"I accidentally saw your young master and your daughter Ling. Look..." Ye Shuang pointed to a certain direction on the surveillance projection: "In front of the pastry table in the upper right corner, do you see the piece of cherry cake?"
Zhuo Yuanhang looked in the direction indicated by Ye Shuang, and sure enough he saw two little ghosts sharing a cherry cake with mouthfuls of cream... Of course, this was not the point. The important point was that there were no other guardians around the two little ghosts.
"Does it mean that the children of Mr. Zhuo's family play by themselves on such occasions? Forgive me, if it's at home, forget it, but after all, we are on a cruise ship now, and the sea is vast..." Ye Shuang frowned and couldn't help it. Said a few words.
She felt something was wrong when she saw two little ghosts feeding puppies by themselves at the Zhuo family's old house. One kid was seven years old and the other was sensible. Although the older one was already sensible, there was still one who was not so sensible after all, and even if her sister knew better, she wouldn't take care of him. The younger brother ran to a dangerous place, but after all, the two children were still a little young. Who could guarantee what would happen if something unexpected happened? Besides, the child has short legs and little strength. Even if he can't sneak out to the deck, he won't be hit by someone on the dance floor.
Zhuo Yuanhang's brows were frowned only more tightly than Ye Shuang's, and his thin lips pursed in an extremely fierce manner: "My wife should be taking care of them at this time, but now..."
"Urgent urination... No, I mean, is it inconvenient for your wife to touch up her makeup or something?!"
"..." Zhuo Yuanhang couldn't help but glare at Ye Shuang, and patiently picked up the phone: "I'll ask my assistant to take a look."
As soon as she said this, Ye Shuang realized that the two children in front of the pastry counter had indeed bumped into someone. The older sister was fine, but the main reason was that the younger brother had his head buried in the cake and not looking at the road. The older sister was looking around again, so no one warned the little devil. Then he bumped into a pair of long legs and sat down on the ground without saying a word. Even the cake fell on his clothes.
Han Chu lowered his head when he felt someone bumped into him. After all, children's height was such a disadvantage that most people couldn't notice them at eye level.
So when Han Chu lowered his eyes while holding a plate of Black Forest, he saw a little devil sitting at his feet. Next to him, there was an uneaten cake rolling on the ground, with rich cream smeared on it. On the little ghost head.
The little boy's butt hurt from the fall. He was already feeling aggrieved. When he looked at the dropped cake and stained clothes, his mouth dropped, and his big eyes suddenly began to accumulate water.
"younger brother!"
The little girl was also frightened. She knelt down to see her brother's condition nervously, and stretched out her little hand to touch his brother's head: "Don't cry, don't cry, be good! It won't hurt if I touch her."
"Liar!" The little boy sobbed and complained, "It's obviously still hurting!"
"Uh..." The little girl choked and bit her fingers in distress: "But that's what Auntie said."
The little boy wiped away his tears and puffed up his cheeks: "Adults love to lie, and my mother said she would be back soon!"
The little girl thought about it and nodded seriously: "It seems so."
"..." Han Chu knelt down inexplicably, and looked at the little boy carefully with his dark eyes, and then at the little girl. He remembered the identities of these two brats who seemed somewhat familiar, and asked, "Zhuo Yuanhang?"
"Eh? You know my dad?!" The two brats were having a serious discussion on whether the adults had deceived them. They turned their heads together when they heard the words Zhuo Yuanhang. After returning to the crooked building, the little boy remembered his stained clothes again, and the grievances he had forgotten came to his mind again, and the water in his eyes began to brew again.
Ye Shuang also saw this scene on the projection monitor, and was so happy that she pulled Zhuo Yuanhang: "No need to call anyone, just let Brother Han take the little devil to the lounge." After saying that, he switched the call recipient and contacted Han Chu: "Han Brother, please take those two brats to the rest area and someone will pick them up."
When Han Chu received the signal, he frowned and said "hmm" lightly, then looked at the two brats again: "Should I take you to the rest area? Your father is looking for you."
This heartwarming message did not bring surprise to the two little ghosts. Instead, Han Chu saw the horrified expressions of the two little ghosts taking a breath and widening their eyes at the same time. It was as if they were going to see not their father but a monster, and their childish little voices were a little bit... Change of tone: "Dad?!"
"..."Yes, dad...
He's not a stepfather, so what are he afraid of
Han Chu was speechless for a moment. How did the Zhuo family educate their children
After finally appeasing the little boy with the black forest cake in his hand, Han Chu took the two children to the rest area and handed them over to the assistant. He nodded slightly and said goodbye before returning to the ballroom. After a while, the assistant transferred the two children to Zhuo Yuanhang's room. This was considered the task completed.
The projection monitor is still playing the banquet scene, because Abner no longer needs remote control instructions, so naturally there is nothing to avoid the two brats.
The children were a little uneasy at first, but when they saw that there was not only Zhuo Yuanhang in the room, but also another aunt they didn't know, they relaxed a little... Zhuo Yuanhang usually wouldn't be direct when outsiders were around. To educate children.
Ye Shuang looked at Zhuo Yuanhang: "Should I avoid it?"
The two children suddenly looked panicked and pleading, and Ye Shuang instantly understood Han Chu's speechless mood just now.
Zhuo Yuanhang also looked at the two children, and then shook his head at Ye Shuang: "No, the show is about to end. Now everyone should be paying attention to the direction of the rest area and waiting for me to show up. It's better for you to go out later."
First, Ye Shuang's concerns were relieved, and then it was the children's turn. Zhuo Yuanhang's tone remained unchanged as he looked at the big and small children who walked up to him obediently: "Where's your mother?"
The two little guys looked at each other, and the little girl answered the question obediently, a little nervously: "Mom said something happened and asked us not to run around. She will be back soon."
Is it really an urgent need to urinate? ! Ye Shuang silently pondered.
Zhuo Yuanhang frowned: "When did it happen?"
The little girl was probably used to her father's questioning pattern, so she answered clearly and to the point: "It was after dad came out and left."
"Isn't it already half an hour?" Ye Shuang was surprised.
It seems that this is not urgency, it must be constipation!
The aura around Zhuo Yuanhang became increasingly cold and stern. Ye Shuang pulled the two nervous kids and pushed them onto the sofa between him and Zhuo Yuanhang. He patted their heads to comfort each other and then thought about it before speaking: "Mrs. Madam, maybe it's really... I mean It's an emergency. She probably knows you're here to watch the surveillance, so she feels free to leave the two children alone on the dance floor?"
"She doesn't know." Zhuo Yuanhang said calmly: "My wife does not have any shares or position in the group. She is only responsible for taking care of the family. So I will not explain all the decision-making plans to her at any time."
Full-time housewives have no skills at all in being a husband-wife, and they talk about many things in vain. People don't understand them at all, and they can't find resonance. What's the interest in talking about it
Ye Shuang fell silent. If she wanted to follow Zhuo Yuanhang's words, Mrs. Zhuo would indeed be a bit irresponsible.
"Except for this time, has there been any other time when your mother left suddenly without anyone following you?" Zhuo Yuanhang narrowed his eyes and began to cross-examine.
Ye Shuang scratched her cheek and couldn't listen anymore. She stood up and said, "I think I'd better leave."
Even if someone might see her when she comes out of the lounge, there is not only one lounge. She can just say that she doesn't feel well and sit there. Why should she listen to others review housework here? !
Zhuo Yuanhang also seemed to feel that it was not good to keep people around, so he nodded and agreed. Ye Shuang hurried out, and before closing the door, he heard Zhuo Yuanhang asking again: "How many times has this happened, how can you do it?" Tell me everything you recall..."
The door to the soundproof room was closed, and after walking a certain distance, the music and voices in the hall outside filled my ears, and I couldn't hear the rest of the conversation behind it.
Judging from Zhuo Yuanhang's character, Mrs. Zhuo probably belongs to the nature of a partner in his eyes, cooperating to have children, cooperating to run the family... Now this partner has obviously neglected his duty, and it is not impossible for Zhuo Yuanhang to take any measures.
If the mistress of a family is deprived of certain rights, and the woman has no independent source of income, her status in the family can be imagined.
Ye Shuang couldn't help but sigh for Mrs. Zhuo when she thought of this.
Marrying a high-quality man is a good thing, but if this high-quality man has no personal feelings for you at all, it may not be a good thing.
Not long after returning to the ballroom, Lu Shaoyue came over and said, "The banquet is almost over. I haven't seen Miss Ye before. Are you invited by a friend?"
"Go sit in the lounge and talk about something with your friends." Ye Shuang smiled, turned around and threw Mrs. Zhuo behind her head, consciously put her hand on the palm offered by Lu Shaoyue, and slid onto the dance floor with the latter. : "Young Master Lu seems to be quite busy too? I actually saw you a few times, but Mr. Lu is always surrounded by stars, and there really is no place for me to intervene."
Lu Shaoyue smiled: "If Miss Ye is willing, I have reserved a permanent seat for you."
Haha... Damn, I was teased! !
Ye Shuang smiled and said nothing, which was considered a lesson. Lu Shaoyue was also aware of the situation. He jumped off the topic without getting a response and turned to talk casually about the first-class guests who appeared at the banquet, giving Ye Shuang a brief introduction. background identities of these people.
After dancing two songs and resting for a while, Ye Shuang saw Mrs. Zhuo before Zhuo Yuanhang came out to announce the end of the banquet.
Mrs. Zhuo came back from the balcony deck outside. It seemed that she had not been in the banquet hall during that time. But a few minutes after she came back, another man came in from outside the deck.
It would be fine if these two people came in through the gate. After all, the deck outside is very spacious. Some people may feel bored and want to go out for some fresh air. However, the deck leading to the balcony is relatively narrow. It is usually only used as an emergency walkway. There is no place for people to sit outside. There are no places to talk about. Even the scenery is nothing to see. What can Mrs. Zhuo do there
Ye Shuang was thoughtful, unable to think of the reason, and didn't want to meddle in other people's business, so he put it down after a while.
The husband is not very enthusiastic, and now it seems that the wife is not whole-hearted. With Zhuo Yuanhang's cold personality, even if Mrs. Zhuo really cheated on her during marriage, Ye Shuang would not be surprised.
"What are you thinking about?" Lu Shaoyue noticed that Ye Shuang was a little distracted.
"Huh?" Ye Shuang came back to his senses and thought about it, and saw Abner not far away who was toasting to him: "Nothing, I have a friend who wants to ask me for something, sorry, I may have to excuse myself. "
Lu Shaoyue followed Ye Shuang's gaze and saw Abner. He frowned slightly and then quickly relaxed. He spread his hands and smiled politely: "Please do it, I am not such a domineering male companion."
Ye Shuang smiled, apologized and walked towards Abner. (To be continued)