Si Lei's expression changed slightly, "...Does this explain it?"
“I can’t explain anything for now,” Teresa said softly. “For some reasons that are inconvenient to disclose, Youleka does need more time to get back here. What worries us now is that she has not responded to our messages. "
"Then did you send anyone to find her?"
"Yes, Victoria has already gone. I believe there will be a reply soon." Theresa smiled, "Just wait."
Si Lei pulled out the chair next to Teresa and sat down in the hall.
She looked thoughtfully at the ceiling, her expression serious.
"What are you thinking about?" Teresa handed Si Lei a cup of tea, "Just relax for now."
"Thank you." Si Lei took the cup and seemed to be saying to himself, "Just when I mentioned Youleka earlier, I suddenly remembered that Gray is quite special to her."
"Really?" Theresa was a little surprised, "Why is it 'special'?"
"There are some... details." Si Lei said vaguely, without going into details.
These days, Roger has not visited the Viscount's villa many times. When investigating his recent activities, the police had already checked all the people who had been in contact with him recently, except for the one who sent Palan on his way at night. During the evening walk in the pomegranate garden, Youleka had almost no contact with this person.
But Si Lei suddenly recalled the morning before Roger disappeared. That day, this man came to the Viscount's hall early like a peacock with its wings spread, and everything from perfume to accessories was carefully taken care of.
On the way to the pomegranate garden, he asked Youleika about the topic several times, although Youleika almost never answered the question.
Roger is obviously very interested in Eureka.
But what does that mean?
Just based on Roger's one-sided closeness, can we speculate that Youleka is indeed more likely to commit the crime?
As soon as this idea surfaced, it aroused Si Lei's disgust.
"Maybe my neighbor is suspicious." She raised her head and looked at Teresa, "It's better to wait for news from Victoria."
…
At dusk, a car slowly drove into Tanglar's manor, and Teresa was already waiting at the door.
The car stopped in front of the villa, and Youleka got out of the driver's seat. Her left arm was wrapped in gauze, and one end was still hanging around her neck, but her movements were still brisk and agile.
"Sorry, I'm late... I only saw the message about the gathering after Victoria found me. Did I miss anything?"
"No," Teresa replied, looking at Eureka's hand, "Are you hurt?"
"Yes, when I arrived at the cemetery in the morning, I found that there was a fire there, so I joined in putting out the fire. I was busy rescuing people, but I didn't notice that a scaffolding fell down behind me..."
Eureka raised her left hand and waved it vigorously a few times.
"But in fact, my injuries were not that exaggerated. It was the citizens who were fighting the fire together who insisted on taking me to the hospital. Later I heard that Sophie had come back with you. I guess she couldn't go to the Duke's Palace today, so she just followed the others. I went to the hospital and was bandaged.”
"That's good, you're so brave," Theresa patted Youleka's shoulder lightly, "But don't do it again next time, you shouldn't let yourself get hurt in these things."
Youleka smiled and said, "By the way, Victoria asked me to come back and report my whereabouts in the afternoon to you and Si Lei - where is Officer Si Lei?"
"inside."
After preliminary cross-examination, Si Lei's doubts were partially eliminated, but she still asked to check Youleka's back in person.
The Youleka in front of her obviously didn't know the reason for all this - she didn't even know that today's assassin had already fought against the Mercury Needles. She just looked at Si Lei with some confusion, "Why do you all want to see my back? I told you that only my left hand was injured."
Youleika's innocent look made Si Lei suddenly feel a subtle sense of guilt. After confirming that there were no other external injuries on the other party's body, Si Lei sat down again and stared at his fingers without saying a word.
——This afternoon, for a moment, she felt that she was indeed close to the truth.
But now it seems that this is just an illusion.
Youleka put on her clothes again. She stood up and looked at her phone. Then she turned back to Si Lei and said, "Officer Si Lei, can I trouble you with something?"
"What?"
"I was going to go to the Duke's Palace with Sophie today to pick up some things...but we couldn't make it." Youleka handed her cell phone to Su Lei, "Ms. Palan said she would be near L'Enfant Avenue tonight. We are a guest at a friend's house, and after dinner is over, she can help us pick up our things and deliver them to the door of the manor tomorrow morning."
Si Lei glanced at the screen with some dejection, "Do you need permission to pass?"
"Um."
"Okay." Si Lei nodded and took out his phone, "What time does her dinner end?"
"It looks like seven or eight o'clock. I need to confirm with her again."
"Let her make a list. She will wait outside and ask others to help her pick up the items." Si Lei said, "Do you have a list?"
Youleka thought for a moment and said, "Yes."
…
At night, a car drove slowly towards the Duke's Palace. Hesta held the steering wheel. Huge sunglasses almost completely covered the upper half of her face, and a fluffy foxtail scarf blocked her jawline.
"Hello," she handed Palan's ID card and a long book list to the policeman on duty at the door, "I'm here to help Miss Sophie get some things."
Under the dim light, the policeman guarding the gate barely compared the ID with the real person's face. He bowed down to the list of results, briefly glanced at the content on it, then raised his head, and treated the person in front of him, Yu Si Lei, with humility. Visitors who opened their mouths to allow entry asked, "Are they all books?"
"Yes, they are all books."
"Your Excellency, please wait a moment. I will send someone to look for you now."
"Wait!" Hesta raised his sunglasses slightly, "Can I borrow your garage? I just discovered that my oil light is below the minimum mark."
"Oh, of course, do you need any help?"
"No, that would be too much of a delay for you. I can just do it myself."
"Haha, you're so polite. Let me take you to the garage first."
The weather in December was so cold that every word the police said turned into a cloud of white mist in the air. Hesta smiled and thanked him sincerely.
Half an hour later, Hestad's car left the Duke's mansion, and no one noticed anything unusual.
There was silence in the dark underground garage. Tanglar listened to the movement of the second hand of his watch. He estimated that no one was around, so he unzipped the package and got out of the large black suitcase.
At this moment, he was hungry and his lips were dry. It was just an emergency, and he really couldn't care much. Most of his escape route has been completed. Although he doesn't understand why Youleka chose this place as the final connection point, it doesn't matter. As long as he can escape in the end.
Facing a faint light, he looked at the time - it was almost nine o'clock.
Tangglar breathed a sigh of relief. He only had to wait here until midnight.
When the time comes, Youleka will send him to see Roger.
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