NOVEL NEXT Chapter 32 - Starting the Investigation (2)
Chapter 32: Starting the Investigation (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
A man in a pink suit and half a mask was sitting on the innermost chair. He was a strange man. When he saw Olivia and Tiffany, he had no intention of standing up.
The bodyguard bowed respectfully to the man. “Boss, I’ve brought her here.”
The man nodded. He was satisfied with the bodyguard’s attitude and gave him some cash as a reward. He then stood up and walked on the fashion runway.
In the end, he stopped in front of Olivia and examined her closely. “Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a beautiful face. Compared to last night, I like your sober appearance more. Yesterday was really too unsightly.”
The man’s voice was very pleasant to the ear, full of manliness and gentleness. Olivia was a bit unwilling to be so close to him and subconsciously stepped back. This didn’t arouse the man’s displeasure.
“Looks like you weren’t the real you last night. You’re genuine now. I know the answer to your question, but if you want to know, you have to pay the price.”
It felt like a princess in a fairy tale had to pay the price to save a certain prince.
Olivia suddenly had a very humorous thought and smiled. “Price? Do you want my beautiful voice or my beautiful face, or my beautiful dress?”
Olivia was still imitating the fairy-tale princess. She lifted her skirt with both hands and bowed to the man. When she bowed, the man’s eyes lit up in satisfaction.
“You’re not bad, but I don’t need anything from you. I can’t think of what I need you to do, for the time being, so you’ll owe me one first. We’ll talk about the rest later. Just tell me what you want to know or how you want to deal with them.”
The man pointed at the bodyguard standing at the side. The bodyguard was not affected by the man and remained standing straight.
“Do you know what happened?”
The man smiled and nodded, “Something happened in my territory. Of course I have to find out the truth. But I’m very curious. Why do you always get together with Robert?”
Although this man was strange, he was so shrewd that it made one feel a little afraid. Olivia calmly met his eyes.
“How could I have guessed such a strange thing? However, he and I have already done enough for those news outlets to be proud of. On the other hand, you know what’s going on…”
The smile on the man’s face froze. “Doesn’t Brian have monstrous abilities? Is it my turn to resolve this matter? It will definitely be more exciting when he appears, but surprisingly, it’s you who personally appeared.”
Olivia felt sour in her heart. He had finally hit her sore spot, so she decided to simply change the topic. “What drug did you use on me?”
The man had originally thought that Olivia would have a lot of words to say. He hadn’t expected her to suddenly say such a thing.
“LSD. Try to remember if her palm covered the rim of the glass when she gave it to you.”
Before Olivia could reply, the man opened the video on the table with a tablet in his arms. There was a slow-motion replay in the video, but it only recorded the process of Sophia handing out the wine and hiding the phone.
What should she do?
This didn’t mean anything. Even if she wanted to stir up a storm, it would be useless.
Olivia’s excited eyes dimmed, but Tiffany laughed. “They can send videos, so can’t we make a documentary? Since she’s so good at it, let’s do something more ruthless.”
Tiffany made a call to a few famous socialites, all frequent guests of Eiffel. Olivia did not know what they were talking about, but they seemed to have come for an interview.
The man also found it more and more interesting. He instantly understood what Tiffany wanted to do and joined in with a smile. However, she could only film the back of the chair and not reveal his true appearance.
Tiffany agreed without thinking. She first recorded the video on the tablet with her phone and then asked the man, “What is the powder that Sophia sprinkled?”
The man’s pleasant voice sounded again.
“LSD. All the regular customers of the night know about this thing.”
Tiffany then turned the camera to the socialites. They were all putting in a lot of effort to perform, but they did not lose the demeanor of a well-bred young lady.
“Isn’t this too much of a coincidence? She hid her phone in such a perfect location after spreading the drug.”
The socialites looked at each other doubtfully, as if expecting an affirmative answer.
“The purpose is obvious. This is just a trap. As for why it’s Robert again, it’s probably a coincidence. It’s because anyone can do it. I don’t think there’s a need to explain what LSD is, right?”
The other socialite spoke in a strange tone, and everyone looked at each other and smiled.
“It’s just that the methods are a little poor. If the news was not hyped up, it might not have been anything worth mentioning.”
“Exactly. Look at how pretty that woman is. She’s probably not a paparazzo. She doesn’t have a camera or any equipment either. I don’t think so.”
A socialite sitting in the corner said shyly, “I think I heard her calling the drugged person sister.”
This point made everyone sigh again. The socialite who spoke first immediately covered her mouth as if she knew an incredible secret.
“If I remember correctly, she seemed to have appeared when her sister got married and caused some unhappiness.”
After this fanfare, the other socialites started to agree.
“It can’t be. This is the classic and traditional scheme on TV: My sister fell in love with my husband? But we can’t say anything. It’s not good to mislead others like this.”
“If that’s the case, shouldn’t the protagonist have a stepmother and then a seemingly happy but extremely discordant family? Otherwise, this drama would be totally boring.”
Olivia, who was standing at the side, was stunned when she heard this. This was probably a professional insult. Before she could react, the conversation started again.
“That’s right. We don’t know what will happen next. Let’s wait and see.”
Only then did Tiffany put away her phone in satisfaction and hugged the socialites one by one.
“Thank you so much.”
The socialite who spoke first seemed to be unsatisfied, “Damn, what thank us? But the others are right. You have to remind your cousin to be careful. After people forget about this, she will continue to create trouble.”
Tiffany nodded. After sending off the socialites, she happily walked to Olivia’s side.
“Let’s go. Now that everything is ready, we only need the crucial element. I’ll send it to a popular news outlet. This matter should be settled soon.”