Miss Assassin is heavily addicted

Chapter 75, Section 32: Suits & Petty Thieves

—Banquet Villa. East Side—

The minor incident did not disrupt the grand banquet.

The whispers of others were now inaudible. The figures before the fountain grew increasingly blurry, and the two figures under the streetlights walked further and further away.

Lori led He Ye away from the banquet.

The banquet hall was large, with the lawn in front of the villa serving as the reception area. People were everywhere, swirling champagne and conversing in hushed tones.

It wasn't until they reached the east side of the building that the area became truly deserted, with only maids and waiters occasionally passing by, carrying trays or busy with other tasks.

The moonlight is hazy.

He Ye looked at Lolis walking ahead.

The streetlights illuminated her fair shoulders. She walked ahead without looking back, her long, light golden hair cascading over her shoulders as usual, not styled in a bun—that would have made her look much more ladylike.

She wore silver jewelry on her wrist.

Feeling bored as He Ye walked behind, she began to observe He Ye's outfit for the day:

She wore a velvet blend knit top, the luxurious fabric giving it a high-end feel, and the color was a cotton white that stretched for miles; her lower body was a satin A-line skirt.

To be honest, it's a bit like the outfit of a female student who has just graduated from college and is attending a party. Although it is certainly appropriate for attending a banquet, it makes her look somewhat immature.

Fortunately, she had excellent taste in shoes, Mary Janes with metal buckles, which meant she had to wear stockings. So, a pair of knee-high black embossed stockings covered her soft thighs, giving them a delicate sheen.

He Ye walked behind and watched for a while, and thought it was not bad. After all, most of the ladies here were wearing evening gowns, so it would be good to change things up. Moreover, this outfit really suited her.

Judging from both her temperament and her figure.

They walked further in without realizing it, and He Ye sensed something was wrong. There were no streetlights this time—they had entered the backyard area of ​​the villa, which was surrounded by weeds and leaves.

Before you are the windows of the rooms on the east side of the building.

There are two floors in total.

The moonlight was still hazy.

Having completely forgotten what had just happened, and considering the women's bickering insignificant compared to the mission, He Ye realized that tonight's secret mission might be more serious than he had thought.

Loris turned around and took out a rope with a grappling hook at the end.

He Ye: "Wait a minute."

He held his forehead, not mentioning where she took it from under her skirt, and why he felt this way about her stealing.

Lolis glanced at him, then raised an eyebrow slightly—the man standing in front of her, He Ye, was handsome and wore glasses, quite different from his usual demeanor, giving off a professor-like vibe.

Although Loris never thought this guy had any scholarly air about him, with the glasses on, he really did look like one, even…

Not bad.

"What's wrong?" Loris asked.

“Although you took out the rope so naturally,” He Ye said in a deep voice, “what is our mission? You haven’t told me yet.”

Upon hearing this, Loris aimed at the second-floor window and threw out a shot—although the villa only had two floors, the second floor was a full seven meters above the ground—while calmly replying to He Ye:

"The mission is to find anything suspicious about Humphrey Xavier."

“This is his private residence, and it must contain some shady documents. We just need to find those documents that are enough to prove that he colluded with foreign forces, or that he has tainted his reputation and is reactionary.”

"Are you certain he's a suspect?"

Loris looked at the firmly attached grappling hook, tugged at it a couple of times, and after a moment of silence, said, "I've investigated him again these past few days, and everything that was unclear before is now clear."

“He did indeed achieve many real political accomplishments during his tenure, which cannot be denied. I also couldn’t find any major political stains on him, only some inquiries from the opposition party.”

"Now, as a director of a pharmaceutical company and the former chairman of the pharmaceutical association, he has also led exchanges with foreign forces. This is normal and legal, but we cannot be sure that there is no connection."

"As for the investigation into their private lives..."

Loris took a deep breath and said:
"He was indeed a very devout Jericho Covenant believer. The investigation showed that he had no scandals, and at the age of fifty, he had only one wife, who died twenty-five years ago. After that, he had no other women in his life, as if he were a bishop who was not interested in women. He even attended Covenant Mass every month."

"But this is strange, because if he really didn't care about women, he wouldn't have known that Miss Mia, let alone pursued her so passionately."

“I had doubts about the authenticity of the investigation, but everything I’ve written tells me it’s true—he is indeed a person who is loyal to his feelings and responsible for the people’s livelihood.”

After he finished speaking, He Ye fell silent. This was quite different from the Sir Humphrey they knew.

Or perhaps they didn't have a comprehensive understanding?

But in conclusion, since there are doubts—

Loris checked the rope's sturdiness again, then nimbly climbed up, wrapping her hands around the rope around her wrists and bracing her feet against the wall.

Before He Ye could react, she was already almost a meter off the ground.

Seeing this, He Ye instinctively moved below her, afraid that she would fall, so that he could at least reach out and catch her.

But when I looked up—

Wow☆

"And we started with his wife... because she died 25 years ago, the information we collected was quite old. All we knew was that she was the third daughter of the Douglas family. There were no photos, only some written reports. She met him at a club social event, and the two had a good relationship, but they had no children."

As Lolis climbed up, she was completely unaware that He Ye hadn't heard the second half of what she was saying, and that her coughs were rather unnatural.

Light blue.

I never expected the interior to be so unexpectedly girly.

However, this was not He Ye's intention. In this situation, it is still best not to look at what is improper, which is the most basic gentlemanly conduct. He originally just wanted to prevent Loris from falling.

But... thank you?
At this moment, Loris turned around and looked down: "Why are you blushing?"

"Really? Hahaha, it's probably the alcohol that's taking effect..." He Ye's eyes darted around awkwardly.

Upon hearing this stiff lie, Loris quickly realized what was going on. She hurriedly pressed down on her skirt with one hand, then blushed and changed her posture—as an outstanding graduate of the police academy, she possessed many skills.

So, the black stockings rubbed against the rope as they climbed up, so they no longer had to worry about their underwear being exposed.

After she went upstairs, she opened the window, made sure no one was around, and then leaned out to look at He Ye on the ground, blushing and biting her lip:

"Come on up quickly."

Clearly, this is something that is tacitly understood but never mentioned.

He Ye clapped his hands, ready to climb up. Oh, I never expected this. He was dressed in a suit and tie, but he was actually doing petty theft. He took someone's birthday party invitation and went through their things without permission. And he was the one who committed the crime.

It is really--

So exciting.

He Ye had already climbed to the window of a room on the second floor using both his hands and feet. Loris stood beside him with her arms crossed, blushing and looking at him with annoyance: "So slow, you idiot."

He Ye knew that her temper was implied in another way, and thinking that the color light blue was as vast as the sea, he broadened his mind and did not take it to heart.

“You’re right, sir.”

"Let's see where we are first."

The two spoke in hushed tones. Loris pulled out a flashlight from somewhere on her person and held it upside down, shining it in front of her.

He Ye had already turned around and closed the window, ensuring that the scene was restored to its original state while preventing anyone outside from discovering it.

He followed in Lorice's footsteps.
The flashlight shone into the pitch-black room, with only the faint moonlight filtering in. The two looked around.

Why does this feel like an archaeological site?
He Ye thought to himself, watching Lolis's flashlight wander around, and he followed beside her, because there were no other sources of light, so he could only search in this clumsy way.

I wonder if there are other people on the second floor, such as waiters or maids. If they turn on the lights in the room and come in, and then find the two of us, then we'll be in big trouble.

After about one or two minutes of searching.

The two of them already knew where they were.

This appears to be Sir Humphrey's study, filled with books on medicine, law, anatomy, biology—a veritable treasure trove of knowledge.

His desk faced the window, so He Ye left Loris's side and rummaged through the drawers in his desk, finding various documents and reports, including disease incidence rates in different regions, quarterly death and birth statistics, and so on.

The presence of so many government documents in the study suggests that the person frequently works from home.

Finally, Loris found a document.

"List of exchange students from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, February."

The top was circled in black pen. When you opened the contents, you found that the name Mia was marked.

Even flipping through a few more pages.

Surprisingly, there was also Miss Mia's personal file and her past reports, which seemed to be even more thorough than the investigation by the intelligence department, even finding out about her interpersonal relationships and family situation in Country B.

He Ye and Loris exchanged a glance.

He Ye: "What do you think?"

Lorice: "At least we can be sure that Humphrey's encounter with her was not as accidental as Miss Mia herself claimed."

He Ye: "But that doesn't prove that he is a spy or a member of reactionary forces."

Loris: "..."

The conversation between the two ended there, and then Loris took out her miniature camera to take pictures—she really had a lot of things prepared.

and also……

"And I've been wanting to ask this since the beginning, where did you get all these things from?"

He Ye crossed his arms and looked at Lolis from a few centimeters away, because the flashlight beam was not bright, so the two of them had to be close together to read.

"The skirt—" Lolis was about to answer that there was a loose storage bag under the skirt, but then she remembered something, her cheeks burning as she suppressed her anger and scolded, "Shut up, who asked you to ask that?"

He Ye surrendered and took half a step back.

"Getting angry all the time will make you age faster, sir."

Loris wanted to frown and say another curse, but perhaps He Ye's reminder had an effect, she just glared at him coldly.

"It's all because you always make me angry..." He Ye couldn't hear her grumbling because it was a genuine grumbling.

Unable to find any more information in the study, the two prepared to move to the next room to explore more unknown secrets.

Preparing to move.

Loris pressed her body against the door of the room, listening intently to the sounds outside, unsure if anyone was in the hallway.

He Ye looked at her and thought that her movements were so skillful that she could be a top-notch thief if she wasn't a spy... uh, a womanizer?
The phrase that popped into my head probably has something to do with the flower-shaped accessory on her wrist. Actually, she looked really pretty tonight.

The focus shifts back.

"There shouldn't be anyone..."

Loris, who was squatting by the door, said as she pushed the doorknob.

Then, gently and quietly twist it open.

Click.

At that moment, the light in the corridor illuminated the two figures, severing the shadows that had pierced the room. The two peeked out from the doorway, like two lovely red apricot branches peeking over the wall.

Lolis was below her, and He Ye was above her. One was looking to the left and the other was looking to the right of the aisle. Their cooperation was seamless (because it had been discussed beforehand).

Then, after confirming that no one was around, they cautiously walked out together.

The red carpet concealed their footsteps. The corridor was lined with oil paintings and vases, as well as the doors to many rooms. They were unsure which room to start looking for evidence in—but once they had searched the entire place, this worry would be over.

It has to be said that clothes make the man, and even while committing illegal trespassing, He Ye unconsciously wanted to straighten his back while wearing a suit and tie...

But then I thought better of it. Crouching down and being wary of my surroundings, hiding behind a vase, felt even more like a petty thief.

Loris, standing beside her, was equally vigilant, because she clearly understood that such a private investigation was a very radical and presumptuous act, and the consequences of being caught would be severe—so she absolutely could not be caught.

Suddenly, the sound of people talking came from downstairs. It seemed that the maids were discussing things in the bathhouse: someone was taking a bath in the bathhouse and would probably be preparing to bathe and change clothes soon.

Of course, this is a topic that is irrelevant for now.

In short, proceed to the next room.

There were no name tags or labels; I still relied on a flashlight to look around. The room didn't even have windows!

Shining the flashlight down to the bottom of the room, the blurry light revealed a beautiful woman's face hanging abruptly on the wall, causing He Ye's expression to change.

A woman in an oil painting.

……

　I dare not speak.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)