Chapter 231: Chapter 231 Klein: Something is wrong with you
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After instructing Fors and Xio on their acting, Lin Ruo bid farewell and left, nimbly using his travels to return to his own office.
Back at the office, he first wrote a letter to Frank Lee, expressing his daily greetings, inquiring about the progress of his research, and asking if he needed any help. Then, he summoned the messenger and sent the letter out.
Afterward, Lin Ruo reshaped his face back to his original appearance, went out for lunch, and strolled leisurely to the Sherlock Detective Agency.
"Ding-dong, ding-dong—"
Standing at the entrance of the agency, Lin Ruo shook the bell at Klein's door. You have to say, the tinkling sound was quite pleasant.
Soon, someone came to the door from inside the house. Then, the door was opened, and Klein looked at Lin Ruo, who was shaking the bell with great enthusiasm, and said helplessly, "Why didn't you just come in directly?"
This sudden, serious ringing of the bell outside really threw him off.
"Isn't this to experience the feeling of visiting as a guest!" Lin Ruo casually let go of the bell rope, entered the door, and walked familiarly toward the sofa.
Klein walked to his side, picked up a cup, and asked, "No black tea today, do you want coffee?"
"Forget it, I just finished eating and I'm stuffed!" Lin Ruo waved his hand, adjusted his posture, comfortably half-lying on the sofa, and distorted his neck, complaining, "Why is this pillow still so hard... Can't you get a better one?"
Klein put down the cup, glanced at him upon hearing this, and uttered two words: "No money."
Then, Klein sat down on the sofa next to Lin Ruo, looking at Lin Ruo hesitantly, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
Lin Ruo naturally understood his expression, and then smiled and said, "About today, is there anything you want to ask?"
There's a lot... Klein muttered in his heart, sorted out his thoughts, and first asked a less important question: "Among the people who went to Mr. A's gathering with you today, are Miss Fors and Miss Xio two of them?"
"That's right, the one who is 1.5 meters tall, with an aura of 5.1 meters, is Xio, and the brown curly-haired girl next to her is Fors," Lin Ruo nodded, not intending to hide their identities, as there was no need.
Then, he thought of something else and said with a smile:
"How about it, do you now understand why I said that you would understand why I call her a salted fish when you see Fors!"
Hearing Lin Ruo's words, Klein immediately recalled Miss Fors's salted fish... ah, no, lazy temperament, which couldn't be concealed even under her black robe. He had to admit that Lin Ruo was right.
That Miss Fors was indeed true to her nickname, making Klein couldn't help but think of some salted fish memes he had seen on the internet.
No, I can't think like that, that's too rude...
After suppressing some rude thoughts in his mind, Klein continued to ask: "Are the other two your friends?"
Although he had almost locked onto one of them as Miss Justice, Klein was currently unsure whether Lin Ruo had first confirmed that lady's identity as Justice of the Tarot Club before getting to know her, or if they already knew each other and he currently didn't know her identity as Justice of the Tarot Club, so he cautiously didn't directly ask Lin Ruo if the other party was Miss Justice.
Although Klein believed in Lin Ruo's character and felt that it wouldn't matter even if he knew Justice's real identity, it involved another person's privacy after all, so he decided it was better to be cautious.
Lin Ruo glanced at him upon hearing this, then smiled and said, "You mean those two—the gentleman is Viscount Glaint, Rudy's childhood friend and best friend. I bought the Sequence 9 Apothecary potion formula for him before. Currently, our relationship is pretty good, but that's based on me being [Rudy] in his eyes. It's hard to say what will happen after he knows that [Rudy] is dead and I'm just someone borrowing his identity."
"As for that lady..." Lin Ruo paused, smilingly looking at Klein, and said: "You should have already guessed the other party's identity, haven't you?"
If it were someone else, they might not recognize her, but Lin Ruo didn't think that Klein, as a Magician, wouldn't recognize Audrey Hall after actually meeting her.
Sure enough... Lin Ruo knew.
Klein wasn't too surprised, looked up at Lin Ruo, and asked: "So it really is Miss Justice?"
"Yes, she is indeed Justice," Lin Ruo nodded, not intending to hide Justice Audrey's identity, as he didn't think it was necessary.
Klein would find out Justice Audrey's identity sooner or later, what difference would it make to know it sooner!
So he continued, "Miss Justice's real name is Audrey Hall, the daughter of Earl Hall. You may not know her, but you should have heard of her father."
"Earl Hall... So Miss Justice is his daughter, no wonder she's so rich..." Klein obviously knew who Earl Hall was, after all, he was a pivotal noble in the entire Backlund aristocratic circle.
Klein was currently gathering information in Backlund as a detective. Although he had not yet met this great noble, it was impossible for him to be completely ignorant of the other party.
"Your first reaction is too real," Lin Ruo raised his eyebrows, then said: "Besides that, is there anything else you want to ask? For example, what is Mr. A, what is the Aurora Order..."
"Lin Ruo, what is your relationship with the Aurora Order?" Seeing that Lin Ruo had taken the initiative to bring it up, Klein naturally asked his doubts directly.
Lin Ruo blinked, and then, in Klein's expectant gaze, uttered two words:
"You guess."
Klein: ...
Although it wasn't the first time hearing Lin Ruo say this word, Klein's fist inevitably hardened.
He then looked at Lin Ruo expressionlessly and said, "Never mind then."
"Hey, don't, I really want you to guess, after all, I'm quite curious about what others think my relationship with the Aurora Order is," Lin Ruo wasn't flustered, still smiling, and said: "You know, Miss Justice even thought I had a private feud with Mr. A and was threatened by Mr. A!"
"That's because you're too dramatic," Klein naturally thought of Lin Ruo's dramatic performance throughout the morning gathering. Not to mention Justice Audrey, if he hadn't known Lin Ruo's real situation in advance and knew that Lin Ruo was attending Mr. A's gathering to infiltrate the Aurora Order, he might have been fooled too.
"If I wasn't dramatic, would I let people misunderstand that I'm a member of the Aurora Order?" Lin Ruo said righteously.
"Aren't you now?" Klein asked tentatively.
"Who said that? I haven't joined the Aurora Order," Lin Ruo said with a smile, not feeling guilty at all, after all, although he had taken over the Backlund branch of the Aurora Order, that was different from joining the Aurora Order.
This time it was Klein's turn to be stunned, looking at Lin Ruo with some doubt: "You really didn't join?"
"No, would I lie to you?" Lin Ruo waved his hand, then changed the subject, and said: "But now the members of the Aurora Order in Backlund all listen to my dispatch."
Klein: ...
Klein: ?
When I type out a question mark, it's not that I have a problem, but that I think something's wrong with you!
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