Xia De calmed down a little and focused on the matter in front of him:
"Yes, Uncle Sparrow's diary, the firm's account books, and his investigation schedule all record these things."
"Please give us everything. This matter has nothing to do with you from now on. This is dangerous, do you understand, Detective? We don't want what happened to Mrs. Lawrence to happen again."
The church probably did this because it wanted to obtain all the information related to Madam Lazoya on the one hand, and wanted to protect the ordinary person Shade on the other hand.
So he took out the documents regarding the investigation commission and spent half an hour checking them with Miss Beas.
The young girl was not very good at handling paperwork. She was clumsy when recording and organizing documents, and Mia almost bit a small hole in the page of the detective diary.
But she loved cats, so in the end Miss Beatrice took care of Mia. Shade helped her sort out the documents, marked the pages with numbers, and then put them all into the detective agency's file bag and handed them to her:
"When you go back, just look for the files according to the numbers. If you find anything wrong, you can always come to me."
"You're a really nice guy, Detective."
The brown-haired girl sighed with a smile, putting the document bag and her handbag together, but she made no intention of getting up from the sofa.
"Anything else?"
For fear of ruining Miss Annat's "clever" plan, Shad did not want to get too involved with Miss Beatrice at the moment.
The girl with long brown hair smiled:
"What I just did is work that I need to complete, but outside of work, there are still some things I want to know. Since this is a detective agency, I think you can also accept my commission."
"Commission?"
Xia De was a little surprised, but as a normal detective, he did not refuse immediately:
"Okay, but I need to understand the details first."
Even if the other party was the chosen one, if it was a normal commission, he could certainly accept it. Before Miss Anat successfully established contact with Miss Bei Yasi, he only regarded the other party as an ordinary girl.
Then Miss Bayard took out a black and white photo from her handbag. The photo was of Mr. Lawrence.
"Mr. Lawrence is missing, and the church... Redwich Court arranged for other people to investigate the matter, but they didn't get much. For me personally, I am not satisfied with the simple work now, so I want to investigate it again in a private capacity as a supplement to the investigation of the Blackstone Security Company. But since I have been to Redwich Court once, my identity as a nominal police officer will not be very useful for such a club with a background. Therefore, I would like to entrust you to go with me, pretending to be a wine merchant, to investigate."
It was impossible to believe that a young woman pretended to be a wine merchant. The reason why Shade was commissioned instead of other detectives was that it was not appropriate to involve irrelevant people in such a matter.
"I see. If it's just an investigation, I think it's fine."
Xia De said that on the one hand, this was a normal commission, and on the other hand, he always wanted to do something about Mrs. Lawrence's death. Of course, there might be accidents in this kind of investigation, but there is nothing in this world without accidents.
"Where is the destination? Shall we set off now?"
He has made his decision.
"Let's go now. The last place Mr. Lawrence was seen was the Lucky Southern Cross Club. Sir, I mean, although the investigation of the Redwich Field was very thorough, I still think I have some unique skills."
Miss Bei Yasi's actions must have been carried out without the knowledge of the church, but Xia De didn't care whether the girl wanted to make some contributions or was simply curious. He just muttered quietly:
"Why is it the Lucky Southern Cross again?"
Then he changed his words:
"As an ordinary citizen, it is my honor to work with a young and promising detective like you."
"I will pay for this commission, Detective Hamilton. I know your detective agency always takes on small matters like extramarital affair investigations. If you cooperate with me this time and the cooperation is satisfactory, I can be your source of intelligence in the police department in the future."
Miss Beas seemed to have thought of this sentence a long time ago. Xia De looked at her in surprise. He didn't expect that his progress was faster than Miss Annat.
So he stood up and asked:
"There shouldn't be any danger in this investigation, right?"
Miss Bei Yasi also stood up and said confidently:
"You won't be in danger as long as I'm here. I will protect you."
Xia De didn't believe that there was no danger, especially when traveling with Miss Bei Yasi, but this time he really wanted to go:
"Okay, then Miss Bei Yasi, do you have a pistol?"
"No, nominal police officers don't carry guns, but I have learned women's fighting skills."
She also knew that this statement was a little ridiculous, and for a moment she seemed to want to tell the young and ignorant detective about the power she possessed, but the sorceress from the Orthodox Church was not so careless.
"No, that's not what I'm asking. I'm asking, since you don't have a gun, can I have one?"
Although the Gun of Kindness cannot be fired at will, the significance of the gun itself lies in its deterrent effect, especially when facing ordinary people.
"Do you have a gun? Of course you can bring it."
Miss Beatrice was glad that he did not dwell on the question of "women's fighting skills".
“I don’t have a gun license.”
Shad told the truth.
"What does that matter? If you're caught with a gun, just say it's my gun."
She waved her hand and said nonchalantly.
The kingdoms of Drarion and Carsenrick banned guns in name, but it was not strict. However, if someone was found with a gun in some sensitive occasions, it would cause unnecessary trouble.
But as a private detective, it is understandable that he has a gun in his hand, so Beas doesn't care about Shad's illegal possession of a gun.
"Okay, let's go."
Now Xia De has completely covered up all the things that are wrong with him.
The Lucky Southern Cross Club was quite far from St. Teresa's Square, so the two of them took a carriage to get there. Of course, the employer paid for this expense.
Mr. Lawrence, a large factory owner, visited the club for legitimate business and would not enter through the back door to play cards, so the two people who went to the club this time did not need to enter like Shad did last time.
In the hazy fog, they got off the carriage and walked directly to the main entrance of the club. They looked at the vertical triangular woodblock print sign at the door, which said that the drinks in the club were 20% off today. The people in the club were very creative. They connected a branch line from the wall to the steam pipe to connect to the sign, so that the sign itself could spray white steam mist.
But this doesn't seem to attract many customers except for making people take a detour.