"What happened just now?"
This is the clergy's lounge. The Holy Scriptures are placed randomly on the table, a scarf embroidered with a cross hangs on the coat rack, and there is still unfinished tea on the coffee table. Mrs. Quinn glanced casually and sat down on the sofa.
"Mr. Green?" Zach had never been to this room and looked around casually. "It's nothing. Grande has completed his commission and just wanted to say hello." Then he sat down opposite Mrs. Quinn.
Mrs. Quinn looked at Zach, "Commission?" She curled her lips, "I didn't hear that you received any commission from the South District."
This is a dangerous topic. Is Zach afraid
"It's normal that I haven't heard of it." Zach replied casually with a smile, "It was Mrs. Donna who introduced her. Well, it seems that Mrs. Donna thought that Grande had returned to his old career and acted as an introducer. Mr. Green asked Grande to When I learned about virtue, I was still surprised and asked old Hank for a lot of advice."
truth.
"Is that so?" Mrs. Quinn looked at Zach's expression and knew that the owner of the funeral home would not continue to push this topic. Everyone knew about Grande's old business and it would not be good for anyone to continue asking. "Forget it. No, I'm not interested either. What happened to Donna just now? I thought you guys were very happy to cooperate."
"It's very pleasant, madam, can't you see?" Zach smiled and shook his head, "That was for others to see."
Mrs. Quinn pursed her lips. The wrinkled lips made this action obvious. She thought for a while, "Are you looking for a reason to delay the funeral for so long? Are you too concerned about whether her husband's funeral is perfect?" She rolled her eyes and said, "Boring."
"Haha, Mrs. Quinn, you will naturally feel bored, because this is the South Side." Zach explained with a smile, "Ms. Donna cares about what people in the South Side think, just like you care about what people in the West Side think. It's due to status. "
"How can the South District and the West District be put together..." The instinctive rebuttal was only halfway through. Mrs. Quinn glanced at Zach and understood what he meant. She withdrew her gaze and shook her head, "She doesn't need to care. I've already I have arranged it for her, and I will take her to live in the West District from now on, and I don’t care what the people in the South District think."
Zach was silent for a moment, "That's it, then I guess Mrs. Donna has already finished delaying the funeral and buying time."
"Well." Mrs. Quinn didn't seem to be prepared to go into detail, "There's nothing you need to know about what I talked about with you last time. Everything has been taken care of." (xxv. 15)
"Just one question." Zach raised a finger, "You know if you want to know, these walls can't block anything at all. I can hear the funeral process officially start later. But I am not going to participate in it. It’s my son’s funeral, so I’ll ask first to satisfy my curiosity.”
Mrs. Quinn glanced at Zach, a woman who clearly knew that the person sitting in front of her was a vampire. Mrs. Quinn's attitude is textbook calm and worth learning. "Just ask."
"Have the inheritance rights of Donna's five children been removed?"
Mrs. Quinn frowned and looked at Zach, giving an average nod.
Zach shrugged and shook his head in disappointment.
"Why did you react like this?" It was Mrs. Quinn who was confused. She observed Zach's expression, "I'm not yet confused about how you guessed this result. Where did your disappointed attitude come from? ?”
Where did it come from? History has been changed, some people's births have been forged, some people have lost the right to go home, and some things have only been delayed for half a month. Then it happens as usual. disappointment.
But of course, Zach wouldn't say that, "It's not disappointment, it's emotion. Last time you and Mrs. Donna came to Grande and told the ridiculous commission (xxv, 15), I thought the final result would be What?" Zach thought for a moment. That commission was just an excuse and not worth wasting any time. "I think this is the worst outcome. Well, Donna's five children are adopted. This It's easy to exploit." Of course, Zach was just talking about the information he knew now and weaving it into something that made sense.
"Absurd?" Mrs. Quinn also shook her head, "Although I came to see you with that commission to save my life... something." Vampire blood, "But what we are telling is the truth. Several of Donna's children are indeed here." Use your connections to find out what's in the transport. The delay in the funeral has alerted them to finding something they can use as leverage again to threaten me, Quinn."
Hearing the disdain in his words, Zach smiled and waved his hands, "None of this matters now. If you lose your inheritance rights, the document you and Mrs. Donna talked about will not reach the hands of those caring people. Okay, My curiosity was satisfied.”
Mrs. Quinn pursed her lips. Although she looked helpless as if she didn't know what Zach was thinking, she should be satisfied with the current situation. No one else could communicate so candidly with a vampire.
"Then tell me why you specifically confirmed that I will come today." Mrs. Quinn started the topic of the conversation.
Need some explanation. As a funeral home responsible for funerals, it is one of the responsibilities of a funeral home to confirm the guest's attendance before the funeral, just like confirming an appointment. Louise was in the basement, and this work fell into the hands of other people in Grande. After dinner last night, Mo and Danny kept making confirmation calls to the half a hundred guests at the funeral.
The only phone call Zach made personally was to Quinn Manor.
After receiving a call from Zach himself, Mrs. Quinn knew that the vampire had something to say. So now.
"I know you will be attending the dinner at Smith Manor tonight." Zach is good at using this kind of off-topic opening. We should be very used to it, and the topic will be inserted into the topic in a special way.
"Are you very well-informed?" Mrs. Quinn curled her lips and took a deep breath, as if the mention of the banquet troubled this old woman on the top floor of the West District. "Yes, Smith's niece passed the junior high school directly. The course is a celebration banquet. Humph." Mrs. Quinn shook her head with disdain, "It's just that people who always want to suppress but can't suppress can only be given a chance to appear. It will be a boring occasion. "
What Mrs. Quinn said is very interesting. The one who has always wanted to suppress them, but failed to suppress them, is of course the Rimmer trio - the returning sister, along with her husband and stepdaughter who appeared out of nowhere. Didn't these three people realize it themselves? They never came to Barton. Haven't attended a social event yet.
Let’s think about it from Smith’s point of view. Even when old Mrs. Donna delayed the funeral, she needed to perform a show to ‘explain’ to the people of the same status around her. How could Smith ‘explain’ to the people they released to travel around the Commonwealth? My sister brought back two outsiders
A celebration banquet to celebrate Eve passing the junior high school course? Well, that's a reason after all. Than 'Look! My sister is married to a super ugly man and it's much better to have a super beautiful stepdaughter.
Zach raised his eyebrows, "If I tell you, that Smith's niece is Eve Rimmer, the leader of the Rimmer clan, the thirteen vampire clans. Smith's sister, Lidia, is also Rimmer. One of you. 'Valmina' was created by this sister of the Smith family in the middle of the Federation, and her husband, Flanders, is naturally Rimmer. Are you still bored?"
Mrs. Queen opened her mouth, then closed it, not wanting to speak.
"I know, this takes time to digest." Zach smiled and looked at Mrs. Quinn. "But time is not in your hands and you need to make some decisions as soon as possible."
Mrs. Queen probably didn't like hearing this statement. Wrinkle your face to make the wrinkles on your skin deeper. It is understandable that Mrs. Quinn is an old woman and time is never her advantage, "What does it mean, what decision."
"Yeah." Zach didn't mean to answer directly. This technique of controlling the rhythm of the battle no longer needs explanation, "I don't want to make it feel like I'm urging you to make any decisions. We all know what the result was the last time I did this."
Mrs. Quinn was a little unhappy, "Are you going to mention the incident between Valmina and Boyson at Hermann's luncheon?"
yes. In front of Smith, Zach clearly informed Mrs. Quinn that the incident that Pochi had prevented had started again. However, Mrs. Quinn pushed Zach and Smith away with a nonchalant attitude and refused to take action at the moment. Questioning Pochi, he finally gave Boyson the opportunity to settle in Quinn Manor.
Zach showed an understanding look and said, "Don't mention it. This time, I will only tell the facts. Madam, you can make your own judgment."
Mrs. Quinn twitched the corners of her mouth and turned her head.
This is a typical posture of unwillingness to communicate, but the problem with this typical posture is that it turns the ear to the person speaking.
"Yesterday, after Eve passed the examination, his 'father' Flanders was very happy and asked Smith for a celebration dinner. As you said, 'I couldn't resist', and Smith agreed. Then Flanders was talking to himself After discussing with his wife, Lidia went there. In the mind of Lidia, who had been away from Barton for many years, people in the West End usually look for a caterer to hold banquets to negotiate the details... "
Zach's 'facts' were somewhat detached and trivial, so trivial that Mrs. Quinn became even more impatient. Mrs. Quinn turned her head and just opened her mouth.
"Mrs. Sheila." Zach raised his finger to stop, "Madam, you should be familiar with her. She is a material supplier in the West District. Well, her other identity is not the focus. I won't mention it here. What we need to pay attention to is Flanders' intention to cooperate was rejected. Mrs. Sheila refused to host the Smith family's banquet business because... "
Mrs. Queen's face began to darken, it had to.
"... Mrs. Sheila has just experienced a bad business competition. It is said..." It is also said that Zach is shameless enough. "It was a guest of Mrs. Quinn's house who robbed her of the supplies for the banquet." business. And precisely because the person who initiated and successfully completed the malicious competition was a guest of the Quinn family, Mrs. Sheila gave up the confrontation and let Flanders find the other party."
Zach paused for a moment, trying to switch back from his previous ridiculously detached statement, "Of course, Flanders didn't go to Boyson. Because he was Rimmer, how could he give a copy of them The plagiarists of 'Valmina' were satisfied and approached Boysen."
Mrs. Quinn's eyes suddenly opened wide and she stared at Zach, "So, that's it! This is why he used my influence to rob banquet hosting channels!"
"That's it." Zach nodded, "Smith's sister returned, but except for bringing her stepdaughter Eve and accompanying Kepler to the nursery to help, she did not appear in any formal social occasions. Smith was not ready to let her go. He has to recognize his sister’s new family in society, so as you said, suppress it.”
Mrs. Quinn stared at Zach without any malice. This was a tacit understanding between the two of them. She completed Zach's words, "But it is impossible to suppress him forever. Smith ultimately wants to let his sister and her husband, And the stepdaughter enters the social circle of the West End. In the West End, the only way to make such an appearance is a boring party."
Zach continued to nod, "So your guest, Boyson, seized the channel to host the banquet, just for this moment, he wants to get in touch with Rimmer when Rimmer is on the West End stage as a member of Smith."
Mrs. Quinn's eyes twitched, "No!" Retorted? "Lidya and Eve go to the North District every day. Boysen has many opportunities to contact Rui, Ruimer..." Probably because he is not familiar with the new vocabulary spoken by Zach.
"No." Zach also directly refuted, "He doesn't dare." He said very calmly, "Don't question it, I have very accurate intelligence that he doesn't dare." Intelligence? Sirens, do you think that Yuehua has all the authority over Eve's magic, so the chat between Zach, Siren, Riley, and Flanders is about the weather in Barton!
Zach continued, "I thought Madam, you should already know Boyson's character very well. He didn't dare to face Smith, so he framed 'Valmina' on Bochi and used the relationship between Quinn and Smith as a threat , forcing you to accept him." Don't forget what James told Zach after getting Ms. West's manuscript.
"Do you think he has the courage to face the real maker of 'Varmina', huh. He needs to be in a place where ordinary but extraordinary people gather, where countless human shields can provide him with a sense of security. Contact Rimmer." Zach looked sideways, not wanting to hide his sarcasm, "It's the same situation as when he contacted me (Herman's luncheon), a banquet."
Boysen seems to be a really unimaginative guy. At Herman's luncheon, remember, he was the bartender, the little waiter who kept Zach from tearing him apart in front of a group of people in the center of Barton's power. This time we are at an advanced level, we are a contractor, wait a minute, right
"Tonight's Smith banquet is not hosted by him." Mrs. Quinn said.
"Of course not." Zach curled his lips, "Even if he wanted to, it would be impossible. His employees have rebelled."
The staff...oh, the Krakens. (.)