Quest still stared at Zach, his eyes of hatred and anger making Zach helplessly shake his head, coupled with his shoulders twitching due to pain. Zach couldn't help but curl his lips. Vampires don't like 'clingy' guys, not to mention that they are not Zach's type.
Zach put down the wine glass and pulled Quest's right hand in his eyes for a moment of fear. With a click, the twisted joints were snapped back to their original positions. The first time may have been because it was sudden enough, and the mood did not change. This time, he was prepared, and Quest screamed in pain like a girl.
Fortunately, the pain is finally subsided, instead of the dull pain that seemed to emanate from the bone marrow before. Quest's cheek, which had been twitching slightly, returned to normal.
"Mr. Quest." Zach gave a half-way salute to show that he had no real respect for the person in front of him. "I don't want to ask again. I've delayed it long enough."
Quest looked at Zach hatefully, took out a check from his clothes, and threw it on the desk. Zach picked up the check and looked at the numbers on it with disgust, wondering if there was a zero missing. Well, Zach was led astray by Quinn, Patton, and Herman.
But Grande didn't really do anything anyway, and pointed Quest in the wrong direction. I don't know when this guy will realize this.
The colleagues who went out to investigate quickly came back. Because the layout of Grande was so large, it didn’t take much time to walk through it. Of course, the more important reason was that Barton’s granddaughter was standing in the corridor on the second floor; the backyard and Benjamin’s The warehouse can be seen clearly at a glance. When he wanted to go back and take a look at the warehouse that seemed to have been recently renovated, the man saw his 'senior'.
"What are you looking for!" Old Hank had a straight face as always, holding a carpenter's plane in his hand and glaring at the man who had just walked out of Benjamin's warehouse.
The man smiled and gestured, "I'm looking for a man named Daniel."
"Never seen it before!" Old Hank turned around and continued to peel the wood on the workbench. The thin wood chips rolled up and broke on the woodworking plane. This was half a lie. After all, surrounded by hordes of hellhounds, the old man was not sure what the colorful neon thing was, which was understandable.
The man's head retreated toward the Grand House.
After returning to the office, he didn't pay attention to Quest's surprised look. Of course, he was wondering how it could happen so quickly. The man whispered something into Quest's ear. Although Zach could hear it clearly, he didn't show any expression.
Quest looked at Zach angrily, his chest heaving, and the skin above his neck was flushed with blood. Zach poured himself a glass of 'wine' again, his movements casual, as if he didn't care. Quest's chest rose and fell more violently, and the blood vessels under his skin were more obvious. This is a vicious cycle.
"You should go." Zach looked at the liquid in the cup, "Our deal is completely over." His light green eyes looked up at Quest.
Quest stood up abruptly, his right hand still shrinking unnaturally. He turned around and walked out of the office without saying a word.
After Quist left the office, the man whose name remained unknown smiled at Zach, took out a business card and handed it over. Zach took it with a smile, took out a Grande business card from the drawer next to his desk, and handed it out. This was Grande's old business card, and it still said the old phone that could directly find Zach.
The man glanced at the business card and put it away, "To avoid trouble in the future, can I ask a question?"
"It's not enough to ask for advice." Zach listened to the whistle outside the Grand House. It was obviously Quest urging him, but the two people in the room still didn't care about the donor. "If you have any questions, just ask Bar."
The man smiled, "Daniel is really..." The man didn't finish, because the information he knew now was zero, and he couldn't define Daniel. The reason why Quest pursued Grande so persistently was because this was the only information he had. What's damning is that this Grande follows the principle of never explaining or answering.
Zach raised his eyebrows with an ambiguous smile on his face. He thought for a moment and decided to follow Quest's misunderstanding that Grande deliberately split the commission to make money.
Zach picked up the business card he had just received, No. Reppert Firm, "Mr. Reppert..."
"No, just call me No." The colleague smiled. Quest was honking the horn in the car, so he could socialize without worries.
Zach stood up, the blood in his body rushed to the outstretched right hand, held the other's hand, and smiled, "No, you can call me Zach." Both of them ignored Quest's whistle and sat down again. Next, Zach continued, "No, have you seen Neil and Daphne?"
Nuo, who is less than forty years old, is tall, but not as strong as Benjamin and James. He is about the same size as Zach, and he is just right. There is a hint of gray on the dark, neatly combed hair and temples. Judging from the strength of the handshake just now, he did not have much strength. Zach could tell that this was a man who was very agile in his movements but not lacking in explosive power.
Nuo Tou said, "So I admire you very much, Gran... Zach, what can you ask in such a situation." There was a hint of helplessness in Nuo's eyes, and now we know what caused Neil and Daphne to injure the servant. Who is the culprit? Obviously the scene at that time was not pretty.
Zach pursed his lips and smiled, raising an eyebrow and looking at Nuo, "When we went there, Quest dispersed the servants, and we were the only ones facing the two of them in the suite by the pool. Are you the same?"
Nuo observed Zach's expression, raised his eyebrows, smiled and shook his head, "No, there are Mr. Quest and a few servants."
Let the lies under the words leaven themselves. Zach deliberately made the other party think that Grande didn't try to ask anything at all. He smiled apologetically, "Sorry, we gave Quest the wrong standard. Those two people should not be let go. The police have made a decision We are not prepared to verify this judgment."
Nuo had a helpless head. He guessed that this was also the case. Daniel should also be a victim. It was just a name deliberately thrown out by Grande to divert attention. This method is often used in this industry. As for the reasons, see below.
Nuo's eyes drifted away, thinking, and when he looked at Zach, "We did some investigation. This Daniel also disappeared at that time, and you only started looking for this person after accepting the commission." He controlled his tone carefully to prevent Zach from feeling that it was offensive.
Zach head. It doesn't matter whether Daniel's teenage friends did this or not, any judgment or misunderstanding is accumulated.
It is not surprising that Grande would look for Daniel in advance to prepare for the next commission at the end of the staged commission. After all, making money is Grande's purpose. When Grande actually found Daniel is uncertain.
Enoch speculated that Grande found the missing Daniel before accepting Quest's second commission and determined that the commission could not continue. When he was commissioned for the second time, according to Quist's description, Grande did show signs of rejection. But Quest, who had no clues in hand, firmly believed that Grande had hidden the clues, and 'facts' proved that this was indeed the case.
This is the most reasonable inference made by Noi due to wrong guidance. Daniel, like Neil and Daphne, did not bring any information to Grande. Grande already knew that this commission had reached a dead end. So if you want to get away, throw out a name whose identity is still uncertain and let the employer solve it on his own.
Quest couldn't force Detective James Lance, so he could only force Grande to accept a follow-up commission. But Grande already had a countermeasure. After arriving at Quest's manor, he put on a show, threw out clues that he had reached a dead end, and walked away.
Zach was very satisfied with Nuo's simple tone of statement, which did not make him feel disgusted that Grande's affairs were being questioned. "We thought we would gain something." Zach spread his hands, with a hint of helplessness on his face, " There is still something to gain." He picked up the check given by Quest and waved it.
Nuo has already scanned that number, and now he has to think about whether he should also find a way to get out. With the current progress and the reference on Grande's check, it would be good to get one-third of the final payment.
If Nuo was not thinking about money but solely the interests of his employer, then he would not be in this profession and would become a policeman. So please don't judge this middle-aged man's character based on this.
Nuo finally nodded to Zach and stood up, "The Grand House is at the southern border of Barton City. After wasting so long, Daniel should have left Barton City long ago."
"Hey." Zach smiled and sighed, "I guess so. What a pity. I would like to convey my regrets to Mr. Quest." The two shook hands again and said goodbye.
Zach looked at No's back, and the business card of No. Reppert & Co., which he had planned to throw away, was put into the drawer.
Nuo is a nice guy and did not ask any questions that would offend Grande, such as: What clues did Grande find leading to Daniel when he found Neil and Daphne? Why did Grande let Daniel go? Come on, how deeply is James Lance related to this matter...
These issues are all internal issues of Grande, and two colleagues accepting the same commission would have created a conflict of interest. But Nuo very carefully followed the course of events that he thought was correct and avoided the topics that created a gap between the two families.
As for how Novoquist will end, that's not Zach's concern.
After Nuo Ye left, Zach looked at Daniel, who had been floating in the office, "We made a mistake, Quest himself is here. Until it is realized, I will let you deal with the people who invade Willy's house as you please."
Daniel's face slowly returned to a mixture of Alice's 'Firefly' and 'Grande'. This was a change under his own control, "It doesn't matter." He shook his head and smiled, he could understand the vampire's action.
Vampires can't do anything to Quest himself rashly. The relationship between Grande and Barton West is very special, and he must carefully control the displayed abilities. Twisting people's will sounds much worse than curing injuries.