After a while, the phone in Hestad's room rang loudly, but the huge room was empty, and no one answered it until the ringing stopped.
In the corner of Bishop's restaurant, Rico put down the receiver.
"No one answered."
Si Lei looked around with vigilance and whispered: "Maybe the call can't be reached at all, and the waiting ring is fake."
Rico agreed. She looked across the dance floor. Many people were dancing to the melodious music, but no one came towards them.
However, what made both of them somewhat concerned was that almost everyone who passed by Si Lei would come over to say hello, and their attitude was very polite.
At first, Si Lei just nodded a few times, but when the fourth man passed by with his female companions, this man suddenly reached out and wanted to play with Rico's hair. Rico grabbed the man's wrist and pulled him Put your backhand on the table.
"What are you doing, friend?"
Half of the man's face was pressed against the table, and he squeezed out a bunch of wrinkles, "...You are the lady who was in the corridor just now, am I remembering correctly?"
"Well, it's me," Rico struck harder, "Who are you?"
"No... no more... I'm a little... out of breath..."
Several women walking with the man not far away began to scream: "...how dare you do it!"
Several crew members looked over here eagerly. Li Ge weighed his thoughts and suddenly let go. Several women immediately gathered around to ask for help. One of them turned around. She stared at the bone nails in Li Ge's ears and sternly scolded: "You Look at what you are wearing now, where are your earrings?"
"If you don't have a tutor, you will be punished!"
Si Lei couldn't bear to listen. She looked at the woman: "Who is being punished?"
Several people looked at Si Lei, their expressions softened.
Si Lei glanced at the man again and said, "Just apologize. I saw what happened just now."
"...I'm sorry." The man moved his wrist with difficulty, "I thought she was not your, uh, female companion -"
"Apologise to her!" Si Lei said coldly.
"Sorry, sorry." The man smiled reluctantly, "Anyway, I shouldn't have behaved like that..."
The man quickly walked away, and Si Lei and Li Ge stood there with unsightly expressions.
"Why are these people so insistent on me wearing those earrings... They're crazy."
"Would you like to try it on?" Si Lei asked, "Put it on, and then we will try to figure out what this earring means."
Li Ge glanced at Si Lei and said, "...That's okay."
During the conversation, another drunken man came to Si Lei and Li Ge. This man looked relatively young and had no companions around him. He took the initiative to order drinks for the two of them, but both Li Ge and Si Lei refused.
"But thank you," Si Lei pointed to his lapel pin, "it's a nice decoration."
The young man looked down at his chest unexpectedly and laughed in surprise, "...really?"
Si Lei caught this change and took the initiative to ask: "What's wrong with this expression?"
"Are you too nervous?" The man still pushed the wine glass to Si Lei's hand. "Or is there anything you need my help with?"
"No." Si Lei raised his eyebrows, "I look like I need help?"
"Hahaha... I'm just asking casually," the man gently touched his lapel pin, "What's so special about this guardian lapel pin? Isn't everyone here for the banquet tonight?"
The expressions of Si Lei and Li Ge froze at the same time——
This little thing shaped like a thorn monk's badge... turned out to be a guardian lapel pin.
"What's special about you is your 'Eye of Power'. Such a unique honor is really rare... But you don't seem to have much activity tonight," the man looked at Si Lei, "You need me to take you around. ?"
Si Lei immediately ran through the suggestions for night activities in her mind, and she remembered that there were many rules related to banquet activities.
Li Ge waited aside for a while. Seeing Si Lei's delay in answering, he couldn't help but leaned over and whispered, "Promise him."
"...Okay." Si Lei said solemnly, "Then, please."
"It's my pleasure," the man smiled, "This way."
…
On the second underground floor, Putina appeared again.
"Okay, Ms. Hesta, you have won. You can visit, but this requires you to sign as the adjudicator... Do you carry that red pen with you?"
Just as Hesta was about to reach out to get it, he suddenly remembered that he gave the pen to Si Lei that morning, "No."
"Okay, an ordinary pen should be fine, so you don't have to stick to these details." Putina smiled, "Are you sure you want to get another ship card?"
"Um."
Putina lowered her head to write and draw in the document on the table, and finally pointed to three places for Hesta to sign. Hesta read the above terms one by one, and before she finished reading one page, she fell into deep thought.
After reading all the entries in full, Hesta put down the document and said, "I won't sign this kind of thing."
"Then you won't see M. Robbeglier."
Hesta sighed, "Is this necessary? I broke all the rules when I came down. Your rules can't trap me."
"In that case, just sign. It won't trap you anyway, so what do you have to care about?"
"It's also for your own good not to sign."
"For our own good? How to say?"
"If I sign everything, then when I really plan to fulfill any obligations in the future, you won't be able to judge whether I am serious or whether I am telling lies to deal with people, don't you think?"
Putina laughed in surprise, "You have a way of making excuses."
"Are you using strong words..." Hesta scratched her head, "I thought that coming here alone showed my sincerity."
"Indeed, my superior mentioned this just now." Putinna put away the document, "Since you insist on this, what else can we do, we can only comply with your wishes..."
"Thanks."
"But you have to promise us something."
"Tell me."
"Everything you saw and heard tonight, you cannot mention it to anyone after you go out - including your closest friends." Putinna looked into Hesta's eyes, "If I can't do this, then I can't Let you pass."
"...Okay." Hesta thought for a while, "I can assure you that if the conversation between me and Rob Green tonight is leaked, it will never be leaked from me."
The bartender laughed again, "I can also assure you that if tonight's conversation leaks out, it will be you who broke your promise."
"Okay." Hesta gave a thumbs up to the bartender, "If you have this confidence, then we don't have to worry, just lead the way."
(End of chapter)
