"Master Wayne Winche? That's not..."
The guards who came in together couldn't help but change their expressions slightly. They bypassed Bato and the others who were blocking their view, and came to Wayne and Chris.
After taking a closer look at their attire, although it was not a gorgeous aristocratic dress, its quality was obviously much higher than the average consumption level.
The leader put his arms in front of his chest and bowed: "Sorry! Please wait here, two distinguished guests. I will inform the chief to come and receive you."
In fact, he has never met the young lady of the Duke of Wench's Palace in person, but Difu can reveal the identity of the other party so confidently. Looking at the reactions of the people around him and the person involved, it is probably not wrong.
As a commoner, he actually has a relationship with the son of a duke. Dev really has a good background!
Chris, who had been staying silently behind a staff member just now, couldn't help but turn her head to look at Wayne's expression, her eyes seemed a little surprised.
Wayne cleared his throat, "It turns out that your work has been readjusted, Dave."
What a misstep. Trying to fish in troubled waters now is probably impossible.
"Don't worry about me and Chris, work is important, you can just start the interview." Wayne waved his hand casually.
"Ah, by the way, thank you for taking the time to cooperate with our newspaper. I believe that after we compile and publish these typical cases, it will also help to heighten the public's vigilance and deter potential criminals."
Now that he has been recognized, he still needs to talk about the basic scene.
"Indeed, Master Wayne is right." The guards smiled flatteringly and nodded in agreement.
For a time, there was a happy scene in the conference room.
Sitting aside, Chris raised her chin in boredom.
Probably thinking that Diff had some relationship with Wayne, the guards soon pushed Diff over and asked him to temporarily be responsible for entertaining these two aristocratic children who were not taking the usual path.
However, before Wayne could say anything, Chris asked in surprise: "Wayne, where did you meet this friend?"
"..."
This is a bit hard to explain.
Diff didn't even realize there was any problem on the day we met in the Luming Tavern, so he smiled and replied smoothly: "I met Master Wayne under the introduction of Master Gavin, and we also had a meal together. "
Hearing Gavin's name, Chris frowned subconsciously.
If emotional changes could be quantified, the reminder of [Favorability -20] would probably be floating around Chris's head now.
In her eyes, Gavin was just a typical uneducated and ignorant friend, and she naturally had no good impression of the other friends he introduced to Wayne.
After saying "Oh" in a neutral tone, Chris lost interest in the conversation.
Dave was unaware of this and still tried hard to talk to Wayne more enthusiastically.
Although the last meeting was not pleasant, and privately I had resented such a contemptuous young aristocratic young man, I couldn't help but be willful at this moment.
Lord Simon, Lord Bulwer...we must make them realize that they are not dispensable.
——Even if this is indeed true.
While vivifying the atmosphere, Dave paid vague attention to the movement at the door.
Of course, his little move couldn't be hidden from Wayne, who already knew most of the inside story.
Wayne just watched his performance, nodding in agreement from time to time, which was more in line with the image of a noble and wealthy young man in the average person's mind.
Not long after, a senior official from the city guard appeared.
He had a thick beard and laughed heartily as soon as he came in: "It turned out to be Mr. Wayne and Miss Chris. Originally, their names were not on the reservation list of Leaf Publishing House."
Wayne also smiled politely, stood up and said hello.
This senior official and I had met several times at banquets. He was also a senior who graduated from Qingxi Academy many years ago and had a privileged family background.
But he also has another identity that is closer to him, that is, he is the father of a member of the Lily Society.
Before that, a lot of gossip about the City Guards was leaked from him.
With this connection, Wayne naturally would not deny him face, but took the initiative to joke: "Oh, I wanted to secretly experience the life of ordinary newspaper employees, but I didn't expect that I would be exposed as soon as I entered the door."
Hearing this, the officer looked at Diff who was standing aside and thought for two seconds. Then he immediately reacted and answered: "There are still many inconveniences in talking here. If you don't mind, go to my office and sit for a while. I will leave the work matters to my subordinates for the time being. Dave, come with me." "
Dev was obviously stunned for a moment that he actually remembered his name, and then showed a hint of joy.
No matter what, the more important people you can climb, the safer you will be.
After giving Bato a few words, Wayne and Chris followed the senior official to his office.
After closing the door and excluding outsiders, he relaxed a little.
"Please sit down. I just got a batch of top-quality black tea from Stuart. Let's try to see how it tastes different from the domestic ones." The official greeted casually.
There are countless positions at the top of the royal capital in various fields, which solves the employment problems of a large number of nobles.
But even so, the nobles will still unite (collude) together in various ways to pursue greater interests. Whether they are fellow villagers, classmates, or members of the same faction, as long as they can be classified in the same camp in terms of identity, then there will naturally be conditions for the two parties to form an alliance.
So overall, life-and-death fights between nobles with no fundamental conflicts of interest are actually rare. After all, no one knows whether they will be of use to the other party when the situation changes.
The relationship between Wayne and most of the nobles who are not from his own faction is roughly the same.
Well, except for the Edgeworth family.
After taking the tea from him, Wayne seemed to accidentally chat about the "Pig Man Case".
"I heard that it was Ecos who caught the prisoner. The city guard has now agreed to accept external interviews. I think all the causes and consequences should have been investigated."
Because of the pretense of being a newspaper source, it didn't seem out of the ordinary for me to ask about this matter.
The official pondered for a while, "Well, not yet... If I want to be honest, I am not optimistic about the investigation of the case."
After saying that, his expression became serious.
"I can reveal some information, but before the case is finally closed, please do not disclose it to the outside world." He warned in a serious tone.
Looking at Chris, Wayne nodded.
"——There is more than one criminal in this case."
