Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 441 Eighteen. Farewell to Irene

   Lu Li listened quietly, he never expressed his opinion on such things he didn't understand, and he didn't need to express his opinion. But his very presence position made the eyes of the other 10 people look at it frequently, with various meanings.

  The negotiation didn't last long, and everything was over after ten minutes. The smile on Irene's lazy beautiful face showed that she was the final winner.

   As for the others, some were gloomy, some were smiling, and the panic of that Aunt Mary was barely concealed by heavy makeup.

  In any case, the nobles present still maintained their "noble" attitude, and did not do anything humiliating because of the negotiation.

   Next, it's extravagant lunch time.

   One dish was served on the largest plate and placed in the middle of the long table. The cook lifted the lid of the cup, and the aroma of hot air rose, revealing a fully cooked lamb. The chef slid open the lamb's belly again with a kitchen knife, and a swan was dug out of the lamb's belly in the stronger aroma.

  The chef tore open the swan meat, the grease dripped on the plate, and he took out a cooked fish from the belly of the swan. Carefully sliced ​​open the belly of the fish, the chef took out 12 eggs soaked with the aroma of the food from the belly of the fish, placed them on a plate, and sent them to the figure in front of the long table.

   In front of this dish, the original luxurious caviar, grilled lamb chops, and crystal wine have become dispensable.

Ignoring the three "containers" in the middle of the long table, the nobles elegantly cracked the egg shells with silver spoons, and enjoyed the eggs on the plate intoxicated - as if it was really delicious, not packed in cumbersome steps "delicious".

   "You don't like it?"

   Noticing that Lu Li didn't pick up the spoon, Irene leaned forward and whispered to Lu Li.

   "Do you think this is delicious?" Lu Li asked back.

A few eyes looked here, Irene didn't care at all, and whispered to Lu Li: "Secretly tell you, not at all. But this group of so-called nobles specially created a bunch of cumbersome things in order to distinguish themselves from commoners. The so-called etiquette, the so-called attitude, the so-called tone, as if this can make them superior to others. Look at the swan in the belly of the lamb, the fish in the belly of the swan, the egg in the belly of the fish, what a delicate and complicated food - they are good This one."

  Lu Li doesn't know anything about Baron Joseph's past, but she is indeed different from other nobles.

   "It won't be wasted. The containers of this food at other noble banquets are usually distributed to servants or thrown away in the end, but I will give them to the poor."

  Lu Li nodded, but still didn't eat the fragrant egg in front of him.

   "It's fine if you don't eat, you can let them think for a while." Baron Joseph retracted his seat and regained his lazy and noble temperament in front of outsiders.

   And Lu Li was indeed watched frequently for a while, and they debated who was this strange man who gave Baron Joseph no air.

   "Are you sure this won't let them investigate me after they go back?".

  Irene calmly raised her glass and took a sip, and replied in a voice only Lu Li could hear: "They dare not do anything, and you are leaving the Ellen Peninsula anyway, right?"

   Lu Li was noncommittal.

The    lunch lasted for a while. Baron Joseph claimed that he had something to discuss with the distinguished guests. The butler pushed the wheelchair and left the living room with Lu Li.

  The closed door blocks different emotions inside and outside the door.

  Baron Joseph nodded with a smile and greeted the guests, and left the banquet hall to the roof terrace.

  Lu Li was looking at the silent Onyx Lake and the mist-shrouded Belfast, Joseph turned back and winked at the housekeeper: "Lulu, I remember you have something to do, right?"

   "I think there is something wrong with your memory, and you keep blinking. Is it because your eyes are uncomfortable?" The butler's cold voice sounded.

   "Uh... no." Baron Joseph stopped blinking and said, "The banquet hall needs someone to preside over, you go."

   "The maid is here, she will take care of everything."

   "...Those guys in the parlour, you'd better keep an eye on them now!" There was danger flashing in Baron Joseph's eyes, and he didn't know if it was for those in the parlour or...

   The housekeeper seemed to finally understand the baron, or just thought it was necessary to keep an eye on those people. She turned her head and said to Lu Li, "Mr. Lu Li, can I ask you to take care of the young lady for a while?"

"Um."

   nodded, and the butler left the terrace.

  Irene leaned against the wheelchair, narrowed her eyes and stared at Lu Li: "Can you push me to the front?"

  Lu Li nodded, and was about to walk over when Anna appeared in the wheelchair, reached out, pushed the wheelchair, and replied, "You're welcome."

  “…”

  Irene was silent for a long time.

   "How did you think of going to the shelter?"

  On the terrace, only the silence of the slight wind and rain was broken by the calm voice of Lu Li.

   "It's more suitable for me. The Lennon Islands are too far away. If I show a slight tendency, the nobles sitting in the living room will eat me without hesitation." Irene replied slowly.

   "Do you still think the situation will get better in the future?" Ana asked rhetorically, bowing her head.

   "It's not important." Irene shook her head gently: "The nobles are all for the continuation of themselves and their families. Even if they know that tomorrow is the end of the world, they still have to find a way to maintain the continuation of the fire instead of giving up on themselves."

  Lu Li listened to their conversation quietly, the sound of the ship's whistle in Crescent Moon Bay was difficult to reach here, and the quiet and desolate Agate Lake washed away the hustle and bustle in the hall downstairs.

   "Do we still have a chance to meet?"

   Feeling that Lu Li was about to leave, Irene looked at him and asked.

   "As long as you live, there will always be opportunities." Lu Li replied.

   "Don't die."

"I will."

   Lu Li and Anna left.

  Irene was sitting on the edge of the terrace, looking down at the carriage that Lu Li walked into the fountain and drove slowly.

  A silhouette appeared on the terrace, walking towards Irene.

   "Is it too late for my plan to go to the Ellen Peninsula now?" she asked the footsteps behind her.

   "It's too late."

"to be frank."

   "It's too late." Butler Lulu's tone was always emotionless: "Your physical condition is not enough for you to go to the Lennon Islands."

  Irene sighed softly, "That's a pity."

   She continued to look down, the maid opened the gate and let the carriage drive out of the manor.

   "I think what Mr. Lu Li said is normal."

"what?"

   "As long as you live, there will always be opportunities."

   "Hmm... eh? Wait, how did you know he said that?"

   "You know what those guys can't talk about in the parlor."

   "Cough..."

   A gust of wind blew, and the voice of the conversation was gradually blown away by the wind and dissipated into the air between the tips of the raised hair.

   (end of this chapter)