New York.
Night has fallen, and Chen Anxia's magazine shooting has finally ended.
After finishing the magazine shooting, Chen Anxia couldn't help looking at Watson a little tiredly and asked, "Watson, before we go back to the hotel, let's go get something to eat. We're a little hungry."
With that said, Chen Anxia looked towards the roadside and continued, "Wait a while and take a taxi. Ask the driver if there is any delicious food nearby."
After hearing this, Watson said directly, "I happen to know that there is a gourmet restaurant nearby. I will take you there."
Chen Anxia didn't think much, nodded slightly and followed Watson to a nearby gourmet restaurant.
Watson took Chen Anxia to eat at a Chinese restaurant, and the second floor of this Chinese restaurant happened to be able to see the Broadway PHANTOM Theater across the street.
Chen Anxia happened to be sitting opposite the window and saw the PHANTOM Theater directly.
Although Chen Anxia doesn't pay much attention to Broadway or musicals, she still knows about PHANTOM Theater.
The reason for this is that the taxis running in the streets of New York today have advertisements for PHANTOM Theater.
Chen Anxia remembered the content of the advertisement and knew that at 8 o'clock tonight, there will be a performance of the popular musical Golden Apple at the PHANTOM Theater.
Watson was sitting next to Chen Anxia and naturally noticed Chen Anxia's gaze.
However, Watson didn't say anything. Instead, he raised his watch and looked at the time. Watson secretly thought to himself, 'It should be almost here...'
In fact, Watson didn't know about this Chinese restaurant at all. The ticket seller told Watson that this was also the place where they decided to trade.
Even this seat was reserved by the player for Watson.
Not long after, a young man with yellow skin, short black hair, and a simple-looking face walked up.
After the young man walked up to the second floor, he walked directly towards the dining table where Chen Anxia and Watson were sitting.
As they walked, they saw a warm smile on this young man's face, and he called out in a very familiar voice, "Hey, Watson!"
After hearing the call, Watson couldn't help but turn his head and look.
With just one glance, Watson saw the young man walking towards him.
Because they had exchanged photos with each other through the thinking system network before, they all knew each other's looks and acted like they had known each other for a long time.
In Chen Anxia's deep eyes, he saw a warm smile on Watson's face. He stood up and said, "Hey, Li Lianhua, you are finally here."
Seeing this, Li Lianhua directly came forward and hugged Watson, then took out two high-end tickets from his arms, handed them to Watson and said, "Here, this is what you need."
Watson didn't hesitate and took the ticket directly.
After confirming the authenticity of the tickets, Watson took out the rice gold that he had prepared long ago and handed it to Li Lianhua.
After Li Lianhua took the rice gold and confirmed the authenticity and amount, the honest smile on his face became even bigger.
After putting away the rice gold, Li Lianhua couldn't help but said to Watson, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."
With that said, Li Lianhua turned around and left.
During this process, Li Lianhua never glanced at Chen Anxia from beginning to end, as if Chen Anxia did not exist.
After Li Lianhua left, Watson took the tickets and said proudly to Chen Anxia, "That was my friend just now. Thanks to his relationship, I got two VIP tickets for Golden Apple."
"Your schedule is really full during this period, and you don't have much time to relax and rest."
"Tonight, let's put down work, detective work, and everything else, enjoy a Broadway show, and just relax."
“I believe that the recently acclaimed Golden Apple will not disappoint us!”
After hearing what Watson said, Chen Anxia did not continue the topic, but suddenly asked, "That young man named Li Lianhua just now is not your friend, right?"
Watson couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, as if he didn't understand what Chen Anxia said.
Chen Anxia didn't wait for Watson's answer, and just reasoned on his own, "First of all, what is your name for Li Lianhua."
"If you are really friends, then you should not call him by his first name, but by his first name."
"Secondly, when you first saw Li Lianhua, although it was short-lived, you did have a blank reaction."
"This blank response means that this is your first time meeting Li Lianhua."
"Before this, you should know each other's appearance through other channels. I guess it should be through sharing photos through the Internet."
"Because there are still differences between photos and real people, when you first see Li Lianhua, you will have a blank reaction because the information does not completely match."
Saying that, Chen Anxia paused for a moment, looked at Watson's dull expression, and continued, "Finally, it's Li Lianhua's reaction when he traded with you."
"Although he hid it very well, the moment he saw you taking out the money, there was still an uncontrollable look of joy on his face."
"Why is he secretly happy? Because he met a fat sheep and can make a lot of money from the fat sheep right away."
"If my prediction is correct, he should be engaged in scalping and other reselling work, earning the price difference from people who are in need or don't know about it."
"Even the Chinese restaurant you agreed with him may have been intentionally guided by him to earn commission from the restaurant."
After listening to Chen Anxia's reasoning, the two tickets in Watson's hand slipped unconsciously, with a look of disbelief on his face, and he murmured in shock, "I unknowingly stepped into the game set by the other party. Completely unaware..."
Seeing this, Chen Anxia picked up the ticket that fell on the table, glanced at it casually, and said, "Watson, although your reasoning ability has improved, there is still some way to go before you are a qualified detective."
"However, there is an old saying in Yanhuang, China, that you gain wisdom from every loss. Sometimes suffering a loss is not entirely a bad thing. At least you can learn something from it."
As he said that, Chen Anxia couldn't help but look at the PHANTOM theater and continued, "In addition to this old saying, there is another old saying, which is called blessings and misfortunes, and misfortunes and blessings."
"What this means is that bad things can turn into good things, and good things can turn into bad things."
"And this bad thing that you suffered at a disadvantage allowed us to enjoy a singing and dancing feast tonight..."
As he spoke, Chen Anxia seemed to have discovered something. His eyes suddenly narrowed, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly as he said, "It looks like we will not only be able to enjoy a singing and dancing feast tonight, but we will also encounter more interesting things."
Chen Anxia's last words made Watson very puzzled, and he subconsciously followed Chen Anxia's gaze.
At this glance, Watson saw two familiar figures at the entrance of the PHANTOM theater. They were Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan.
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