Chapter 365: 365 Wallet Mystery

Why is there another person losing their wallet!

Looking at the Lionheart Duke in front of him who was anxiously searching his body, Jacob's heart, which hadn't stabilized for long, jumped high again.

The incident of the customer losing their wallet yesterday had already cost him his job as a waiter in the VIP area, and he could only go to the door to greet guests. If the same mistake happened just one day later, he probably wouldn't even have the job of greeting guests, and if this ill-tempered Duke insisted on pursuing the matter, it wasn't impossible for him to be fired directly!

Damn it! These damn customers, is it so hard to take care of their own wallets?

"You... don't be anxious, let me help you recall first!"

After taking two deep breaths to suppress his heart, which was about to jump out of his chest, Jacob, sensing something was wrong, forced a smile and said:

"Are you sure your wallet was still on you before you entered our beverage zone, right?"

"Isn't that a load of crap!"

After switching out 【Performance Master】, Hearing Li Ang, who had lost his wallet, stomped his feet and shouted angrily with a look of agitation:

"Didn't I show you my identity badge earlier? If I didn't have my wallet, where did I take the identity badge from? Was it chewed and brought to me by a dog on the side of the road?"

Is that so?

After trying hard to recall the situation when he entered the door and discovering that it seemed... appeared... almost really like that, Jacob, seeing sweat on his forehead, gritted his teeth, his voice trembling slightly:

"Then you... where have you been since you entered?"

"You brought me here all the way, and you're asking me?"

After Hearing Li Ang, who had lost his wallet, roared twice, he said with an agitated look:

"The door, the main desk, the stairs, the bar, and this private room! Just these few places! Damn it! How could my wallet be gone?"

"You... don't be anxious! Don't be anxious! Maybe it just fell on the road, let me help you look for it!"

While saying "don't be anxious" repeatedly, Jacob, who was already panicked to death, hurriedly turned around, wanting to go back along the way they came to look for it, without the slightest doubt about whether Hearing Li Ang had really lost his wallet.

After all, the other party was a genuine great noble. Even if he was mocked by other nobles for eating the Princess's soft rice, he wouldn't go so far as to pretend to lose his wallet to tease a small waiter like him, right?

And looking at it this way, the most likely whereabouts of the wallet was that it fell after he took out the badge, or he placed it on the main desk while signing. As long as he went to look for it fast enough, maybe it hadn't been picked up by someone else yet...

"Wait!"

Just as Jacob wanted to leave, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist, as if someone had pulled it hard.

After turning his head in surprise, Jacob discovered with horror that the Duke who had lost his wallet was narrowing his eyes and looking him up and down with a suspicious look.

"What are you running for?"

"Huh? I'm going to find your wallet!"

"Finding the wallet is fine, but what I'm asking is, what are you running for?"

In the slightly dim room, Hearing Li Ang's bright black pupils, like two dark, pitch-black fog lamps, were frantically devouring the surrounding light, and even more so, they devoured the little courage Jacob had left, leaving him with nothing.

"If you want to find the wallet, why didn't you wait for me? Why are you in such a hurry to leave my side?"

"I... I was worried your wallet would be picked up by someone else..."

"Are you worried my wallet would be picked up by someone else, or are you worried you wouldn't have time to hide what you stole?"

"Do you think... No! It wasn't me! It really wasn't me!"

Seeing that Hearing Li Ang actually suspected that he had taken his wallet, Jacob couldn't help but tremble all over, then shook his head repeatedly with a look of horror:

"I really didn't take it! I've never stolen anything from anyone! Really, I didn't! I swear!"

He's telling the truth; he really didn't take it...

After looking at Jacob's soul fire, which was panicked and horrified but had no "contradictions" or "conflicts"...

... appearing, Hearing Li Ang nodded slightly, then narrowed his eyes and continued to dig:

"I'll believe for now that you didn't take it... but do you really know nothing?"

"Wh... what do you mean?"

"I mean, people who work as waiters generally don't want to offend anyone.

For example, my wallet fell on the bar, you saw someone else take my wallet, but discovered that person's identity was very special, worried about causing trouble, so you specifically said you didn't know anything, or didn't see that person's face... would you do that?"

"No, no! I wouldn't! I... I shouldn't!"

"Hmm? Why did you hesitate when you said that?"

Looking at Jacob, whose soul flame was slightly wavering and conflicting, but nowhere near the level of lying, Hearing Li Ang frowned, then switched from "Suspicious Duke" to "Furious Duke," his eyes cold:

"Speak! What exactly are you hesitating about!"

"I... I..."

"I've been patient enough!"

Li—the very impatient Duke—held up a finger and said with an unfriendly expression:

"Last chance. Tell me truthfully what you're hesitating about, otherwise don't blame me for calling people to arrest you! I hope you can still be this stubborn after falling into the hands of the Secret Investigation Bureau's secret police!"

"Don't! I'll speak! I'll speak right now!"

Seeing that the Duke in front of him was truly enraged, Jacob felt panicked and hurriedly spilled the beans:

"The reason I hesitated is that yesterday there was also a guest who lost their wallet. She lost her wallet just like you, and I clearly remembered at the time that her wallet was taken by someone, and I even specifically looked at that person, wanting to remember their appearance.

But... but when the guest who lost the wallet came back, I couldn't remember the face of the person who took her wallet no matter what. I just remembered that someone took the wallet, and I couldn't even remember if it was a man or a woman..."

Can't remember the appearance...

So it's an anomalous object that erases memories? Or an anomalous object that lowers presence?

After firmly memorizing the information he had gathered, Hearing Li Ang's expression shifted slightly. He remembered the 【Fallen Name List】 from the Gemini Branch, and along with it, he remembered someone from the Gemini Branch—the female reporter named Nicole.

If he remembered correctly, she happened to have something on her that could eliminate auras. Could making witnesses unable to remember her face also be one of the effects of the Goat Tail?

If he didn't have the 【Fallen Name List】, he wouldn't necessarily be able to confirm it, but in a place with anomalous objects from the Gemini Branch, there were signs of Gemini Branch members being active, which seemed very suspicious...

"So that's how it is..."

After muttering to himself, Hearing Li Ang's tense expression relaxed slightly. He then looked up at the very terrified waiter in front of him and said peacefully:

"Then I'll believe for now that you didn't take my wallet... Sigh... I originally wanted to have a hearty drink today, but now I can't even register, and I lost my wallet!"

After waving his hand with a look of disappointment, Hearing Li Ang stood up with a look of annoyance:

"Forget it, I'm not drinking!"

"I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry!"

Seeing that Hearing Li Ang seemed to have given up on pursuing the wallet matter, Jacob let out a long sigh of relief, then hurriedly followed him downstairs, asked for paper and pen from the main desk, and said with an earnest look:

"If it's convenient, could you tell me the style of your wallet? And what things could be revealed inside?"

"Hmm."

Considering that if he was going to act, he had to do the whole thing, and that not being in a hurry to find a lost wallet while being eager to leave would look very suspicious, Hearing Li Ang casually made things up:

"My wallet... naturally, it's embroidered with the Laien family's lion crest, and then sewn with my name in expensive gold thread. It has my portrait inside, and it's filled with quite a bit of money...

I've also forgotten exactly how much there is. After all, for someone like me going out, it's already quite good to remember to bring money.

Where would I have the energy to calculate how much I brought? Anyway, it's enough to spend no matter how much I bring, don't you agree?"

"Yes, yes, yes! You're right!"

After cursing the dog noble for not dying and hoping he would be crushed back and forth by an eighteen-wheeled steam carriage when he went out, Jacob accompanied him with a smile and brought Hearing Li Ang to the waiting area, then hurriedly returned to the main desk with the recorded features.

And Hearing Li Ang, sitting on the sofa in the waiting area, narrowed his eyes and began to ponder what that Gemini Branch female reporter was trying to do, and whether she knew the news that the Water Bottle Director had been sent to the Dead World...

"Duke!"

Just as Hearing Li Ang was frowning in deep thought, a voice full of joy suddenly entered his ears.

Hearing Li Ang looked up with some surprise and discovered that Jacob was clutching a gold-threaded wallet that looked very expensive, running over quickly with a face full of joy, and reported happily:

"Duke, your wallet has been found!"

"..."

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Huh???????? ===== CHAPTER 366 =====