"Hypothetically." Zach grabbed the receiver, "A maid ran away with her and her master's illegitimate child." Zach paused, "How do I find this maid?"
"Ah—" Nora's voice sounded long in the receiver. He seemed to have just woken up. "What's the hypothesis? Uh, what's the motive? What does she want to do?"
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Is this important?"
"Well." There was a vibrating sound from the receiver. Nuo's voice was much quieter. It was obvious that he was no longer next to the phone and the words were not addressed to Zach. "Sorry, you should go... Well, you saw me. Do you have any pants..."
While Zach was waiting, he heard more than one resentful female voice. The vampire silently removed the receiver, but some sounds still reached his ears, such as the white lion...
When the ringing came, Nuo took the phone back and said in a more sober voice, "Well, it's important. If she wants to do something with the illegitimate child, she won't go too far. A smarter person will find a lawyer."
The clattering sound should be the sound of Nuo Zai getting dressed. He suddenly asked in a questioning tone, "Is this master very powerful? I mean based on your assumption."
Zach curled his lips and said, "Big."
"How old?"
"Hypothesis, just hypothesis, well, let me think about it." Zach blinked, "Let's use our Barton Bishop as a hypothesis."
"Oh!" Norton on the receiver paused for a moment, and you can imagine that the guy raised his eyebrows, "Assuming it's a family like Bishop, well, then you can cross out the lawyer." There was silence on the receiver for a while, "Uh, At least outside of the city of Barton. Well, of course, according to our hypothetical setting, this is what happened in Barton."
Zach listened. "All the lawyers in Barton?" added the ridiculous but necessary addition, "Hypothetically, of course."
Nuo chuckled in the receiver, but he could only continue the game with Zach.
Because Zach is protecting him! Don't forget, Nogang offended Smith, and he was not as lucky as Grande to be protected by Mrs. Quinn's group of old guys. People in the West End don't want Nuo's hands to reach out to the current matter again.
"Yes, under hypothetical circumstances. All laws..." Nuo in the receiver suddenly stopped, his volume decreased, and his tone became strange, "Ah! Mu Na (Nuo's fat maid), why are you here?" Along with a woman's curse, the door was slammed hard. Nuo's sigh came from the receiver, "Where did I just say?"
Out of concern for his friends, Zach had to ask, "No. Are you okay over there?"
The voice in the receiver was a little embarrassed, "It's okay. The 'General' came to see me yesterday, bringing a gift." He emphasized the word "gift", "Muna, um, I'm a bit of a germaphobe." Nuo's tone was a little weird, "I It’s not very clean here now.”
Remember, No's house was destroyed before the hunter could fix it. He could only stay in a hotel.
"Maybe he came to report to me on the progress of the renovation of the house." There was bitterness in Nuo's tone, and it was obvious that the image he had maintained was gone.
Zach pouted. "You talked about lawyers."
"Oh, lawyer! If it is Bishop, in addition to Bishop's own influence in Barton, we must also consider that all law firms in the city are striving to cooperate with the Bishop Group."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Because Bishop Group is in Barton City and has locations everywhere."
"Yes. Unless it is a place directly planned by the city government." Laughter came from the receiver, "You can say that all the land in Barton has passed through Bishop's hands several times. It has been in the past and it will be in the future." Nuo raised his tone. "So, if that firm can get Bishop's contract, it will live as long as Barton."
Land is a fixed property that will never disappear. Do you think there are many disputes over properties that may turn into bubbles at any time under the economic environment? Think of a permanent piece of property that has value forever. The legal documents surrounding it are like snowflakes, flying all the time.
Zach nodded into the air, "Then, this hypothetical maid should not still be in Barton."
"Yes." Nuo in the receiver confirmed, and he seemed to remember something again, "How old is the illegitimate child? Is he an adult? It's hypothetical."
Zach opened the file that Bishop gave him, "One year old."
"Oh." Then there was no sound.
"What's wrong?" Zach asked.
Nuo on the other side of the receiver was silent for a while, "It's too early. Are you sure what that hypothetical maid wants to do with the illegitimate child?"
Zach thought for a while, "Not sure. But hypothetically, this maid made some requests to the master, 'impossible things'." Zach curled his lips and quoted Bishop's words. Now he regretted hitting him several times. That's it for Bishop.
The vampire is indeed not a professional detective. He doesn't bother to listen to the whole thing that he is not very interested in. Now it seems that these are things that can help the detective confirm the maid's motives.
Zach thought for a while and added, "But according to the owner, the hypothetical Bishop, this maid is not someone who makes any demands, so there is speculation about whether someone is influencing the maid's behavior. Of course, It’s all hypothetical.”
"Uh-" Nuo in the receiver prolonged his voice again, and then remained silent for a while, "Zach, I really shouldn't continue talking to you. It sounds like a very tortuous hypothesis."
Zach held the receiver and sighed, "Yes. Okay, I understand." Nuo needed to avoid suspicion.
"Yes." There was also helplessness in Nuo's tone, but he still fulfilled his friend's accusation and thought for a while, "Go and have a look at Steve's place. Maybe you will gain something."
"Steve?" Zach raised his eyebrows and understood immediately. As Nodeau had already said, Bishop's influence was so great that even outside Barton, financial resources could be turned into enough influence. No matter what the motivation of the maid Haili is, waiting for the illegitimate child to be used when he grows up, or simply escaping, if he can change his identity, the future will always be smoother, "Thank you, No."
Laughter came from the receiver, "Zach, this feels really weird. Don't you have any other, more stylish ways of yours? Do you need to ask me?" Naturally, it was the alien way.
Zach shook his head helplessly at the air, "Looking for anyone alive? There really aren't any."
As if unintentionally, Nuo in the receiver smiled easily, "How do you know they are still alive? Haha, okay, I won't tell you anymore. Myuna is lying on the window and staring at me."
Zach held the receiver, yes, who said Hailey was still alive? The follow-up to the commission is protection, which means that in Bishop's mind, his maid and children are not very safe.
After thinking for a while, Zach opened the drawer and found Maggie Crescent's home phone number. Walter should still be there, so he dialed and waited.
"This is Maggie Crescent's home. I'm not here. Please leave a message, or come to my Crescent Perfume Shop to find me directly. It's on the second floor of Pixar Department Store. Welcome."
Zach hung up the phone, frowned, and continued to rummage in the drawer. He found Steve Walker's phone number, dialed it, and waited.
Being picked up, "Who is it? Who are you looking for?!" A bad tone came directly from the receiver.
Zach frowned, "Zachary Grande, I'm looking for Steve."
"Ah!" The tone changed instantly, "Mr. Grande! The boss is not here, he is out!"
Zach's face looked a little strange. He didn't feel that his name needed to be known by these subordinates.
"The boss told me that if Mr. Grande is looking for him, just say he is at..." The other party paused, "I'll look for him... ah, if I find him, just say he is at, uh, 'Bing Tewen's'."
Zach was stunned for a moment, made a distinction, and shook his head, "Okay, I understand."
Zach put down the phone and could still vaguely hear the guy on the receiver complaining about what the word was. That is an Indian word, which means galloping wind. Steve Walker wanted to tell Zach that he was at the galloping wind.
Steve had already told Zacks Bella's plan to gather the Indians at the Sunday party, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly, and he started taking action as soon as he came back.
Zach smiled, Steve was a weird guy.
Think about it, as an Indian, he knew for the first time that the stories he had heard from his elders were true, and that those brutal and terrifying invaders were real. oh! Don't expect vampires to be well represented in Indian stories!
When we first learned about Grande’s true attributes, what reason did this Indian, who was not in the inner circle of Indians (communities with talented people in the family like Hayate and Firefly), have to tell Zach their whereabouts?
Like? It's impossible to talk about it. Grande didn't join their gray professional circle for a long time and didn't cooperate. Instead, he gave a favor by mistake and forcibly gave away the identity of a fantasy person as a member of the Yinghuo family. After knowing the truth, Steve used his brain and could imagine how speechless Grande's people would be after getting this identity.
Then think about it again, the key is their gray professional circle! It has nothing to do with goodwill or friendship. The only thing that matters is profit!
Remember what Steve himself said to Zach at the party? Gale and Yinghuo have their own circles, and Walker is outside this circle. Steve lives with Hayate and his wife in this city. He directly said, "I have no idea what Hayate and Firefly are doing!" 'To evaluate my relationship with these two surnames.
Steve Walker has no sense of belonging to the Indian community.
His career is about buying and selling identities in the gray world. It can be said that he is a criminal with vision. What does he care about? It's not what the Indian families like Gale and Yinghuo want to do, but to protect their own business and do their business safely in Barton.
Benefits, Grande is the new favorite of those in the West End. As a gray professional, Steve didn't care what happened to the Indians because he had no sense of involvement in the first place. What he cares about is that he has always occupied his own position in Barton's gray professional circle! This is the benefit!
Zack is a vampire? In Steve's mind, what era has passed! 'The West Ender's Grande' is bigger than 'The Invaders of Four Centuries Ago'. (..)