The North American Gourmet Demon Handbook

A moment later, he finally woke up from his dream: "Ghost! It's a ghost!"

Al, so scared that he turned around and ran, but fortunately he didn't forget to pull his brother along.

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After using a little witchcraft to scare the two brothers who were trying to take pictures, Charlie's mood improved a lot, and a smile as bright as the sun appeared on her face.

But the smile quickly disappeared again.

Because Li Shanze walked towards the RV with a cautious-looking woman.

From the way the black-haired woman looked at Li Shanze, Xia Li could tell that this bitch was also Li Shanze's woman.

From the smell on Li Shanze, Xia Li could tell that this bitch had just served Li Shanze - and this smell was not the first time Xia Li smelled it on Li Shanze.

This is another bitch besides Kate, Angie, and Gray. Charlie's eyebrows twitched.

"Charlie, this is Claudia Vitali. I'm going to have dinner with her two brothers later. Would you like to come too?" Li Shanze said with a stiff face.

It would have been weird to have Charlie with Claudia's two brothers, but it would have been even weirder not to have Charlie with them.

After much consideration, Li Shanze decided to invite Xia Li to come along - this is much better than leaving Xia Li, who just lost her virginity yesterday, to go to a family dinner with his lover.

Claudia naturally didn't have much opinion on this, as she was very good at positioning herself.

Faced with the hostess's scrutinizing gaze, Claudia was so nervous that she didn't know where to put her hands. She tried to greet Charlie tremblingly, but didn't know what to say.

This is the legitimate wife of a mafia boss. What should I do? What should I do? Will I be thrown into a concrete pillar if I say something wrong?

Claudia was terrified.

She hasn't gotten over the illusion that Li Shanze is a mafia boss yet.

Seeing Claudia cowering like a chicken, Charlie felt much better.

"Okay, let's go together." Xia Li agreed lightly.

This somewhat aloof demeanor, coupled with Charlie's conservative black outfit, only confirmed Claudia's misunderstanding, making her even more apprehensive.

At this time, Li Shanze took advantage of the situation and said, "Oh, by the way, Claudia used to be a flight attendant. I want her to work in our RV. What do you think?"

"Honey, let's do as you say." In front of outsiders, Xia Li didn't want to offend Li Shanze.

So, although she was a little reluctant, she nodded and agreed to let Claudia settle down in the RV as well.

Although Claudia was extremely unwilling - being a maid to a mafia boss was far less comfortable than being a concubine - she did not have the courage to object to Li Shanze's arrangement - she could only acquiesce.

That's how it's settled.

Li Shanze breathed a sigh of relief and turned his attention to the business. "Strange, Claudia, where are your two brothers? Didn't you say they were waiting for us downstairs at the police station?"

"Maybe they've gone astray? Give them a call and ask."

282 New Job

"Calm down! Calm down!" Enzo panted heavily, supported his knees with his hands, and scolded intermittently.

Enzo Vitali had not eaten for more than 24 hours, and now he was being dragged away by his brother in a hurry. He was seeing stars.

His heart was beating wildly, as if it would explode in the next second.

"Calm down, calm down, where are the ghosts in this world?" Enzo tried to comfort his brother.

"You saw that white RV just now, right? And that woman!" Al took out his cell phone unconvinced, found the photo he had just taken, and showed it to Enzo.

"Tell me, if she is not a ghost, why can't she be captured in the photo?" Al asked his eldest brother.

Enzo looked at Al's photo breathlessly and found that the RV and Charlie Butner were indeed not in the photo.

So Enzo was stunned, unable to utter a word in rebuttal, and could only make the sound of heavy breathing.

"That's right, I said she is definitely a female ghost! That Romano has bad intentions! He actually asked us to look for a female ghost!" Al complained unhappily.

"Claudia." Enzo reminded while panting, "Claudia is still waiting for us to eat over there."

Enzo originally wanted to say that it was broad daylight now and it was probably just a misunderstanding caused by something going wrong. That place was in front of the Philadelphia Police Department, so nothing could go wrong. We should just go back quickly.

But because he was too tired, he had to take two breaths after each sentence. Al, who was impatient and much stronger than him, could not wait until he was halfway through.

"Oh no! Claudia!" Al suddenly realized, slapped his head, and ran back.

Although he was afraid, when he thought that his sister was still threatened by the female ghost, Al mustered the courage of an older brother. He forgot his fear and ran back with big strides.

This idiot, can't he just listen to what he's saying? He's in his thirties and still can't keep his composure!

Enzo shook his head helplessly. He really wanted to catch up with his brother, but his physical strength did not allow it.

However, in order to prevent his reckless brother from causing any more ridiculous misunderstandings, Enzo took out his mobile phone.

He wanted to contact Claudia and briefly explain the current situation.

But just as Enzo took out his cell phone, the phone rang.

Enzo looked and saw it was a call from New Jersey.

As a well-known private detective in the local area, Enzo has received many calls like this.

In order not to miss the business, he thought about it and answered the phone.

"Hello, this is Enzo Vitali from the Vitali Brothers Detective Agency." Enzo tried to catch his breath and said, "How can I help you?"

"Listen, I have another case for you brothers." The caller was still Marco Giuseppe Romano, the senior vice president of Johnson & Johnson.

Romano's tone was icy. "Forget about the RV. Since you guys are cooperating with the FBI, help me investigate the kidnapping of Alex Drummond! As long as you can provide me with useful clues, I will not be stingy with the reward. Don't let me down this time."

After saying that, Romano hung up the phone without even waiting for Enzo to answer.

In Romano's view, this was also a warning to the two brothers - I already know your background, so you'd better use your social connections to help me find people, and stop trying to play any tricks.

After the call ended, Enzo looked confused.

Alex Drummond, the eldest son of a wealthy financial family, has nothing in common with the private detective who investigates infidelity every day.

Even before he got the call from Romano, Enzo Vitali hadn't heard of Alex—a name he might have picked up on the news if Kate hadn't kept him there all night and half the day.

Precisely because he knew nothing about Alex, Enzo's reaction after hanging up the phone was a moment of confusion.

You asked me to check this kidnapped person. Who is he? What's his name? Alexander?

Enzo was so dizzy and hungry that he couldn't even remember Alex's name.

Forget it, let’s not worry about this matter for now, let’s contact Claudia first.

Enzo tries to call Claudia.

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"Ah, what a coincidence," Claudia whispered. She didn't dare speak loudly in front of the "Mafia's wife," so her voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum. "I just found Enzo's number and he called me."

"It seems like we've really gone astray." Li Shanze nodded and motioned for Claudia to answer the phone.

Then they heard a very familiar roar.

"Ghost girl! Let my sister go!" Al Vitali roared and rushed forward.

After seeing his little sister standing next to the "ghost girl", Al roared and rushed towards Charlie and Claudia, vowing to protect his sister from the ghost girl.

Then Al was tripped lightly by Li Shanze's feet, and after he lost his balance, he was pressed hard to the ground.

"Mr. Vitali, what's going on?" Li Shanze held Al's neck and asked lightly.

Li Shanze was actually just pretending to be confident, but he still felt a little tricky.

So Al fell lightly, with Li Shanze taking away most of the force, and he didn't suffer any injuries.

After all, in Li Shanze's view, this was a similar development to "the mistress's parents came to the door", and even the inexplicable word "female ghost" was automatically understood by Li Shanze as some kind of Italian dialect that was similar to cursing the third party.

Li Shanze was even mentally prepared to deal with Claudia's brother's accusation - since it was so troublesome, then just don't want this mistress, since there wasn't much affection for her anyway.

But Al's reaction was completely different. He looked extremely anxious: "Let me go! Let me go! Danger, Li, danger, Claudia! Stay away from that female ghost!"

What's going on? Is this private investigator psychic? Did he see something unclean?

This was Li Shanze’s first reaction.

"What's going on? Al? What female ghost?" Claudia was also confused. "Where's Enzo? He just called—"

Before Claudia could finish her words, Al blurted out, "That's it! The ghost girl in the black classical dress! Can you see her? And this white RV!"

Al was pinned firmly to the ground by Li Shanze and could only look at Charlie.

Black classical long skirt, white RV, female ghost...

Amid the incessant ringing of her cell phone, Claudia slowly turned her head to follow Al's gaze. The only person who fit this description was "Mrs. Li of the Mafia."

The mafia's wife, with a half-smile on her face, asked casually, "Ghost girl? Me?"

Claudia felt her knees go weak, and she immediately fell to the ground, hugging Charlie's legs and begging, "Mrs. Li, Mrs. Li! My brother's just not very smart! He didn't mean to offend you. Please spare him, and don't throw him into the concrete pillar!"

Charlie was bewildered by this inexplicable plea. What kind of strange punishment was this concrete pillar?

Obviously, Xia Li, who had no contact with modern technology for a long time during her growth, lacks understanding of film and television art.

However, Claudia's repeated calls of "Mrs. Li" still pleased Charlie quite a bit, so she softened her stance. "He's your brother? What's going on? Just now he wanted to take a picture of me, and now he's calling me a ghost?"

After hearing this, Li Shanze roughly understood what was going on.

After all, the Vitali brothers came to Philadelphia just to investigate Charlie and the RV. They probably wanted to take a picture after seeing Charlie, and then Charlie discovered them, so Charlie used witchcraft to perform a little optical trick.

Unable to take a photo, Al thought Charlie was a ghost.

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"I'm so sorry, Mrs. Li. Al is a pig and has always been reckless. He didn't hit you, did he?" Enzo, who was taken to the RV, pressed his brother's head weakly to apologize to Charlie.

Although the misunderstanding of the "ghost girl" was resolved, the misunderstanding of the mafia still persisted.

Li Shanze originally wanted to explain the misunderstanding, but Xia Li disagreed.

"What's wrong with that? Let them misunderstand!" Xia Li whined and said coquettishly while discussing it with Li Shanze in private, "It would be better if we could scare them to death!"

Li Shanze realized that Xia Li didn't like to play the role of a mafia lady, but the title of "Mrs. Li" made her happy.

It was obvious that Charlie never got tired of hearing this kind of address.

Then Li Shanze would naturally be left to Xia Li, so there would be no need to explain.

That's why Charlie was now listening to Vitali and his two siblings calling her "Mrs. Li" with a tight little face that was about to smile.

"Oh, by the way, don't tell Marco Giuseppe Romano about the information about this RV and Charlie. Please keep it a secret for us." Li Shanze suddenly remembered that there was still some tailwind to be dealt with, so he began to remind him.

"Don't worry! We will never tell anyone!" Enzo vowed.

"And this commission has also been canceled by Romano. He now wants us to investigate the kidnapping case of that Philadelphia financial family, that Alexander de, de..."

Enzo is a little stuck.

"Alex Drummond?" Li Shanze reminded with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes! It's him! Now Romano asked us to investigate the clues of Drummond's kidnapping!" Enzo slapped his thigh and nodded.

If I tell the Vitali family now that Alex Drummond was tied up in this RV, will my image as a mafia boss be completely confirmed?

Li Shanze thought with some amusement.

"Ah, we're here. The Italian restaurant in front is the one Xia Li found on Yelp." Li Shanze stopped the car.

Now that things have come to this, let’s order the food first.

Author's words: Thanks to Qianxiao Anran, Shi Aji, and Xiaopingguo112633 for their recommendations

263 Retreat

On TV, the CBS female reporter's lips trembled violently: "The Drummond Group has announced a reward of five million... seeking information leading to their heir, Alex Drummond."

The meatball on Al's fork splattered into the ketchup, splattering all over his white T-shirt.

"Shit!" he mumbled, his mouth full of bread.

It seemed that not only Enzo, but Al was also very hungry. He was busy eating almost the entire time and never looked up at the TV above his head.

Enzo had no intention of paying attention to Al's eating habits. Although he behaved relatively politely, he was also immersed in the whole plate of lasagna in front of him.

Claudia looked at the basil leaves on her second brother's chin and the tomato sauce at the corners of his mouth, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed.