Chapter 20: Mike's Gift

On Tuesday morning, Grande's breakfast had long been over, and Louise was disappointed to find Zach still lying in bed like a dead body.

As time goes by, more and more vampires' bad habits are exposed, such as the current corpse, such as the early morning supper, such as the bath has stricter water temperature requirements than women, such as spending an hour or two cleaning their carry-on wine bottles, such as using the eyes of charm to remind people looking in the mirror to pay attention to his storage, such as ......

"Zach!" Louise was not as gentle and cautious as she had been before, her fingers pressed against Zach's pale cheek, shaking back and forth, "Anthony's call!"

The cloudy green swam in the open eyelids, and as they gradually widened and merged to form normal eyes, Zach let out a groan and sat up stiffly from the bed.

A bottle was shoved into the vampire's slowly raised hand, and Louise quickly slipped her shirt over Zach's body.

The vampire's face was still stiff, and his voice was hoarse with interference, "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”

Louise's eyes lit up and she looked excited, "We have a client! I'm going to discuss the details of the funeral with the client." ”

Like a rotten old man, Zach let Louise tug and play with his body at will, adding clothes, and he persistently rotated the wine bottle in his hand, he needed his first meal in the morning to raise his 'blood sugar'.

"Let's not do ** service. Zach's half-rusted brain began to work, and he didn't remember that the Grande House had a habit of coming to the door to plan funerals. It's all up to the guests themselves.

"We have it now!" Louise glanced at Zach, please forgive Louise, for not working. She was the most uncomfortable person with nothing to do all day! Why, she used to have a very busy life, if you know what I'm talking about.

"Who?" Zach's voice was much more normal, and after refilling his food, he was satisfied to find that he had even put on his socks.

"Dylan!" Louise looked at her work, satisfying the folds on the vampire's shoulders. Shake your head and correct your words. "Dylan's family!", he smiled and looked at Zach, winking, "So." They are not suitable to come to your office. ”

Zach curled the corners of his mouth and smiled, indeed, if the other party's family found out that the owner of the funeral home was the detective who disgusted them yesterday, they would probably leave immediately.

But now that the family has begun to plan the funeral, it means that the police have made a final decision, and the body has been handed over to the family for disposal.

"Are you going alone?" Zach asked with a smile as he looked at the woman who was refreshed from her work.

"Yes. Louise nodded, "Mike said there would be someone to protect us. "We mean Dylan's body and Louise.

"Mike is coming?" Zach fumbled in his pocket, he wanted to see the time. From the time the sun showed the horizon to the present, it seems that many things have happened.

"Yes. Louise nodded, already sitting at the dresser. Skillfully put out the cosmetics that had been buried for a long time, and began to prepare for her first attendance as a real working woman, "chatting with Kim." Louise looked at the two red dots in the mirror and shook her head helplessly, "He brought a lot of gifts, well." And for you. ”

"Mine?" the red dot in the mirror flickered and flickered a few times, and it was a vampire blinking.

"You'll find out when you go down. Louise's expression was a little strange. Shaking his head, he decided not to play the 'game of looking in the mirror and talking to a vampire' with Zack, and turned his head, "And Anthony asked you to call back." ”

The crimson in his eyes disappeared, and Zach also knew that this game could not be played more, and if he was not careful, he would really inject false memories into innocent people. And if it was Louise, she would be angry and ignore Zach all day. No one likes to be indoctrinated with someone else's mind, not even a couple.

Zach took the bottle and swayed out of the room like a drunk, one step, two steps...... The liquid in the bottle faded away, and the vampire who stepped down the stairs was back to normal.

The door to the stairwell was opened, and Mike sat next to the Great Dane on the back porch, but the vendetta that matched the Shapeling's target consciousness did not happen. Jin indifferently chewed on a large box of food in a carton, but his tail dangled like a real Great Dane. For the first time, Kim made a move that matched his appearance.

Mike tilted his head, and the demon in the sun smiled at Zach, "He forgave me." ”

Zach didn't know what to say, looked at the contents of the food box and sniffled, it smelled completely unrelated to food, or even food.

Mike laughs and explains, "It's all about the taste." "It was meant for shapeshifters, and a normal chef wouldn't make anything like that. I'm afraid that only a chef like Mike, who has no 'soul' and only cares about the accuracy of the process, and doesn't care about the result, will make it.

"This is for you. Mike handed a white box to Zach beside him, "I left a box for you for the church's blood drive." ”

Zach tucked the bottle back into his pocket, flipped the lid open, and only glanced at it, the corners of his mouth almost cracking to the base of his ear, "Friend, I like you." ”

Mike's teeth are very white, and he already has a comfortable pastor face, facing the sun, his smile makes people feel comfortable, "Everyone likes me, it feels good." ”

In Grande's backyard, Benjamin lies in a hammock, looking at what appears to be a piece of paper that appears to be an instruction manual, with an open box beside him. It seems that all received gifts.

Zach hugged the box, not wanting to put it down, looking at the friendly face of the person in Grand's backyard looking at Mike, frowning, "Hopefully, this is not a compensation for the real bad news." ”

"It's not. "Mike doesn't care about the vampire's villain's heart," Crowley asked me to bring good content, she said, you'll like it. ”

"Really?" Zach smiled, Crowley was supposed to be with him in this matter. About the sudden mention of Quest yesterday, Crowley should know more from James than Zach, as for Yuri. On the surface, he was competing with Smith, so Zach's intention was obvious, "Come in." ”

Mike stood up. Entering Grande, Zach sat in his office and waited while Zach went to keep the gifts.

When Zach walked into the office, he was holding a glass of 'wine' in his hand. Gloriously sat down in front of Mike, "Thank you so much." ”

"Nothing. Mike laughed, "I think it would be easy to get it if you wanted to, and it would be more alive." ”

Zach squeezed his eyes. That's the truth, but when I know that I'm already a scruffy boyfriend. Zach felt that it was better not to show 'bad habits' in front of Louise that were beyond sloppiness. Our vampires, so to speak, have been vegetarian for a long time.

"What did Crowley find?" Zach asked with a smile after gesturing upwards with his eyes. Have a nice start to the day and let it last.

"You want to listen to Quest first. Or Yuri?"

This is how the mind in the vampire's brain progresses, Alice, Lola, Kepler, Lola, Alice, Grande.

"Quest. Zach was expecting Quest's information to be good enough for Yuri to not show up at all.

"James had already identified Quest and his brother Neil Quest. The argument before the wedding ......" Mike began to narrate.

Remember Neil and Daphany, two newlyweds who 'ventured' to hell and still recuperate in the madhouse in Barton City, and their honeymoon was probably the weirdest of the trips.

James had been misled by Zack into investigating Quest, and in the end it was almost confirmed that Quest was responsible for the disappearance of his brother and his wife. As for why. Zach didn't ask, naturally to prevent James, who was on the verge of an outburst at the time, from getting out of control.

This answer was answered when Grande visited James after accepting Smith's disguise commission.

The cemetery near Paising, the North Park project is Quest's project.

Quest is motivated to turn his [Big Q] into a supermarket chain, but as a rising star in Barton City, his main customers are Quest, who is a citizen of the South Side. Its capital simply can't do it in the normal way.

It's hard to even break through to the market in the North District, otherwise the so-called farmers' market. Do you really think it's for the farmers of the Southern Side? No, it's just to attract people from the Northern Side!

So when the cemetery in the North District was being planned, Quest immediately took the first developed North Park land, which was much cheaper for reasons that everyone knew. He knows that the first thing to start must be the most concerned, it doesn't matter if it's good or bad, all he needs is attention. What a savvy businessman.

But when it came to the follow-up process, Quest's control was manifested, and he manipulated the number of public bidding building materials dealers to use Yuri building materials.

The incident was discovered by Neil.

The two brothers' quarrel before the wedding is seen by some guests, and James takes this as a clue and begins to investigate with an impression that Quest has been blackened by vampires. He got evidence that Quest and Yuri were secretly trading, and at the time, it seemed that there was enough motivation to have his brother disappear in order to cover it up.

Don't forget, what James thought was a phantom person was a man of all kinds, as long as Quest had the desire to say, 'I wish Neil was gone!' never to talk about it again!' then it would happen.

James would not arrest Quest on the charge of kidnapping, but the charges of covert operation were enough for Quest to reflect on in Barton Prison for many years.

"James didn't find out why Quest would join forces with Yuri. Mike's eyes stared blankly ahead, not that he was being manipulated by Crowley, but that he was not interested in the content of the message, "We found the reason. Mike touched his throat, "Is there any water?" ”

Zach smiled and got up to get a glass of water and handed it to the demon.

After Mike drank it, he put down the water glass and continued to speak, "When Quest's project first arrived, Smith's people approached Quest and asked to purchase a channel for the farmers' market in the South District. ”

Zach's finger was clasped over the cup, and Smith wanted farmers and land.

Mike took another sip and continued, "Quest refused. ”

Today's good start is over. (To be continued)