Chapter 92 Vermouth (Part )

The boy who “happened” to meet Vermouth on 42nd Street and invited her to his house to shelter from the rain was undoubtedly Xia He.

As for why he chose to appear at this time and contact Vermouth…

[Unlock Mission: Strong Absinthe]

[Contact Vermouth and gain her favor. When the accumulated favorability reaches 100, you will gain a talent.]

[Current progress: 0/100]

This was a while ago. Shinichi called him and told him that he was going to New York with Xiaolan and Yukiko to watch the Broadway musical “Golden.Apple”, so this mission was triggered at that time.

Shinichi wanted to ask Xia He to go watch the performance together, but was ruthlessly rejected by Xia He on the grounds that he was busy with studies.

Of course, the real reason for his refusal was that he didn’t want to be involved in a murder case, and… he needed to spend time going to the place where the silver-haired killer appeared on that day and scout the place in advance to create an “accidental” encounter with Vermouth like just now.

“But I have a question. You are a student at Harvard University, so why do you live in New York?” On the way, Vermouth asked Xia He.

Harvard University’s campus is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, about 200 kilometers away from New York.

With this distance, it is naturally impossible to go to school on foot.

That’s why Vermouth asked such a question.

“My father works in New York, so he bought a house here. I usually live in the dormitory. It’s vacation recently, so I came home for vacation.” Xia He replied.

“So you live with your father?”

“I live alone. My dad bought a house next to his company for easy commute.”

Belmode: “.”

Another rich man’s son.

No wonder he dared to come up and talk to me.

she thought to herself.

Right now, the FBI and the police are searching everywhere for the whereabouts of the silver-haired killer. It would undoubtedly be very troublesome for me to return to my previous residence while I am injured.

Therefore, the safest option is to stay at Xia He’s house for one night, and then take a taxi away after the body of the silver-haired killer is discovered early tomorrow morning.

Even if they were photographed by passers-by, at most only some rumors would arise.

Something like “A famous female star is having a secret meeting with her boyfriend who is nearly 20 years younger than her”…

She didn’t mind it.

Anyway, she won’t be using Sharon Wynyard’s identity for much longer, so she just needs to continue living under the name of Sharon’s daughter, Chris.

Pushing open the door, he followed Xia He into a detached house.

After taking a quick look at the layout of the house, Vermouth’s eyes immediately fell on the coffee table in the living room.

Just because it is filled with all kinds of dazzling books.

For example: “The Origin of Species”, “The Theory of Genes”, “A Brief History of the Cell”, “Biochemistry”, “Modern Molecular Biology”, “Genetics”, “How Life Works”, “The Selfish Gene”…

So far, everything is fine, after all, Xia He is a biology major.

Then the following: “Cognitive Psychology”, “Social Psychology”, “Introduction to Psychology”, “The Question-Answer Art of Psychotherapists”, “Introduction to Jungian Psychology”, “Nonviolent Communication”…

As well as: “Principles of Criminology”, “Criminal Policy”, “Criminal Psychology”, “Introduction to Crime Assessment”, “Criminal Statistics”, “Manual of Interrogation and Confession”, “Identifying the Murderer”, etc.

This was a little beyond her expectations.

“Do you like reading books?” asked Vermouth.

“I’ll take a look once in a while.”

After all, with [Photographic Memory] and [Absolute Concentration], it would be a shame not to watch it.

It’s your turn. You should read it too. “You really are a studious person.”

As Vermouth spoke, Xia He quickly put away the books on the coffee table, then ran into the room, took out the medicine box, walked up to her and said, “I have learned a little about medicine. I think your injury is serious. How about I help you take care of it for the time being?”

“is it?”

Even medicine?
Vermouth glanced at Xia He.

To be honest, rather than bandaging her wounds, she was more inclined to believe that Xia He was planning something bad to her.

After all, boys of this age have no resistance to mature women.

Especially for a famous movie star like her who has both top-notch looks and figure.

But somehow, looking at Xia He’s clean and clear eyes, she inexplicably wanted to tease him.

So, she lifted up her clothes, revealing her flat belly, “Don’t hurt me, sister.”

Xia He: “?”

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he thought to himself, how come this woman is the same as Sister Liu Mei?
However, when he saw the wound on Vermouth’s abdomen, he still showed the appropriate emotions.

“so serious?”

As he spoke, he quickly took out alcohol and cotton swabs and began to clean the other person’s wound.

Although the bullet did not penetrate into Vermouth’s body, it did scrape off a small piece of flesh.

If disinfection and bleeding are not stopped in time, there is a high probability of infection, tissue necrosis and other serious consequences.

As time passed, Xia He, who was carefully treating the wound the whole time, had a look that was so serious as if there was no trace of distraction, which made Vermouth couldn’t help but slightly raise the corners of his mouth.

“Okay.” After breathing a sigh of relief, Xia He threw the blood-stained gauze aside and looked at Vermouth with a smile on his face.

“Good, your bandaging skills are much better than most nurses I have seen.” Vermouth praised.

“But just to be on the safe side, you still have to go to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow.”

“I know. Thank you, Xia He-san.”

[Current favorability: 1/100]

Just a little bit?

Looking at the prompt that popped up in his mind, Xia He raised his eyebrows slightly.

Should we say that this woman is cold or that she is highly alert?
“By the way, Sister Sharon, isn’t your nickname in the film industry ‘The Queen of a Thousand Faces’?” He started to find a topic again, “Actually, I have also learned ‘disguise’ from someone.”

“You can disguise yourself?” Upon hearing this, Vermouth immediately became interested.

“Well, I studied with my teacher for a period of time. He was once a very famous magician, but unfortunately… he passed away due to a stage accident a few years ago.”

“Your teacher is Kuroba Touichi?!”

“How do you know?” Xia He looked surprised.

“Then do you know Kudo Yukiko?” Vermouth continued to ask.

“You mean Aunt Yukiko? My family and hers are neighbors, so of course we know each other.”

“Then you should know Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan as well?”

“Yes, we three grew up together.”

Growing up together?
Upon hearing this, Vermouth stared at Xia He for a long time.

This world is really small.

(End of this chapter)