Chapter 669: Clorinde the Human Trafficker
Chapter 669: Clorinde the Human Trafficker
Afterwards, the two of them left the women's restroom of the Rose Thorn Society and returned to where Funina was.
At this time, Funina was standing on the deck, admiring the renovated Baisong Town with interest.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Clorinde calmly winked at Shao Yun, indicating that the plan should be put into action.
Clorinde immediately walked up to Fernina and asked, "Lady Fernina, where do you want to go next?"
Hearing this, Funina raised her hand and scratched her head, and replied a little embarrassedly: "Well... I haven't thought about it yet. What's the matter? Clorinde, do you have any special plans?"
Seeing this, Clorinde was secretly delighted. She suggested step by step: "If Lady Funina has no other plans, why don't you come to my house and have a visit?"
"I have some fun stuff at home that I think you'll like."
After hearing what Clorinde said, Funina was visibly stunned and asked in surprise, "Go to your house?"
Clorinde nodded calmly, then lied calmly.
"That's right, Lady Funina. I just bought a set of the super popular tabletop theater game! And I also have a limited edition cake from the Debo Hotel at home!"
When Furninna heard this, her eyes immediately lit up, as if two little stars were twinkling.
"Um...really?"
Clorinde nodded again without hesitation and answered affirmatively: "It's true!"
A bright smile immediately spread across Funina's face. She couldn't wait to say, "Great! I want to go! I want to play! I want to eat cake!"
Seeing that Furninna was so easily attracted by her words, Clorinde secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She quickly struck while the iron was hot and said to Navia and Charlotte: "Navia, Charlotte, we will take our leave first."
Navia looked at Clorinde with some regret, and said regretfully: "Well, goodbye, I really wanted to go to your house to play with your newly bought table theater."
Charlotte also smiled and waved goodbye, saying, "Goodbye, I still need to sort out my press releases. Otherwise, I would also like to go with you..."
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Shao Yun and Clorinde had a smooth journey without encountering any obstacles, and successfully brought Funina to Clorinde's hometown in the south of Baisong Town.
As soon as she entered the house, Funina looked around excitedly like a wild horse, and then she couldn't wait to shout to Clorinde: "Claurinde, where is the new table theater script you bought? And the limited edition cake?"
Seeing this, Clorinde raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing an imperceptible cunning smile, just like a child trafficker.
She quickly comforted Funina and said, "Okay, please wait a moment, I'll get it for you."
After saying that, Clorinde turned and walked quickly towards the room of her master, Petronilla.
After entering the room, she quickly took out a bottle of sleeping pills from the cupboard, which she didn't know whether it was expired or not, and then carefully put it in her pocket.
Then, she walked to the kitchen as if nothing had happened, opened the refrigerator, took out a few oranges, and started squeezing juice.
In a short while, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice is ready.
Clorinde picked up the cup and stirred it gently to make sure the sleeping pills (knockout drug) had been completely dissolved in the juice.
Then, she returned to the living room with a smile, holding the glass of orange juice with sleeping pills in it, and walked up to Funina.
"Come, Lady Furninda, try this juice first. I just squeezed it. It's so fresh!" Clorinde said enthusiastically.
Funina took the cup with great joy, sniffed it, and exclaimed: "Wow, it smells so good! I didn't expect to be able to drink such delicious juice after traveling so far today."
After saying that, she tilted her head back and took a big sip.
However, after taking a few sips, Funina suddenly frowned, smacked her lips and said, "Hmm... why is it a bit bitter?"
Clorinde was secretly worried, fearing that Funina would notice that sleeping pills were mixed into the juice.
In order to hide her nervousness, Clorinde quickly made up an excuse.
"I'm very sorry, Lady Funina. Maybe I didn't remove all the seeds from the bubble oranges when I was juicing them." Her voice trembled slightly, but she tried to stay calm.
After hearing this, Funina acted very generous and said with a smile: "It's okay. Freshly squeezed juice is prone to this kind of problem. I won't mind one or two seeds."
Her tolerance made Clorinde feel a little more at ease.
Watching Fernina drink up the glass of juice mixed with sleeping pills, Clorinde breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, she quickly took out a script from the table theater troupe from her backpack, and enthusiastically invited Shao Yun and Funina to play together.
As a loyal fan of tabletop theater, it’s normal for me to carry scripts with me!
Time passed by, and even though the sleeping pills were bought by Petronilla and had been expired for a long time, their effects still remained. (It is also possible that Clorinde used a lot of them.)
Before long, Funina began to feel her eyelids becoming heavier and heavier.
"I feel so dizzy...what's going on?"
Seeing this, Clorinde was secretly delighted, knowing that the effect of the sleeping pills had begun to show.
So, as she had planned, she said to Funina with concern: "Lady Funina, are you too tired from playing?"
At this time, due to the effects of sleeping pills, Funina was already feeling dizzy and was seeing double.
She tried hard to concentrate, but found her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred.
"But I haven't... Huh..." Furninna had only said half of her words when suddenly all her strength seemed to be drained away. She fell limply on the sofa, her body splayed out in the shape of a "big" character, completely devoid of image.
Seeing this, Clorinde immediately said to Shao Yun: "Okay, Lady Funina has fallen asleep, we have to move faster."
Shao Yun's gaze lingered on Funina for a while, looking at her tightly closed eyes and slightly open lips.
He suddenly felt that Funina looked a little cute at this moment, like a sleeping child, a bit like Paimon...
"Why do I feel like we are human traffickers?" Shao Yun muttered to himself, "How about we send a threatening letter to Mo Mang Palace or something? Let Villette prepare the ransom?"
After hearing what Shao Yun said, Clorinde couldn't help laughing out loud. She thought Shao Yun's idea was really interesting.
"Master, you are so funny," Clorinde said, "You are not as boring as Lady Furninna said. On the contrary, you are quite good at telling jokes."
After hearing Clorinde's praise, Shao Yun continued to joke, "I think that even if Funina was really kidnapped, her ransom would probably not be more than what Meilushin gave."
Clorinde thought carefully about Shao Yun's words, and then gave her own opinion:
"Although Lord Vilet is very kind to Melusems, Lady Finina shouldn't be worse than Melusems..."
Shao Yun chuckled and replied disapprovingly, "It's hanging."
The joke was almost over. Clorinde gently picked up the unconscious Fernina, a trace of apology on her face, and said softly: "I am so sorry, Lady Fernina. I will take you to my room to rest."
After picking up the unconscious Funina, Clorinde turned to look at Shao Yun. When their eyes met, she nodded and said, "Master, I'll leave it to you."
Shao Yun nodded to show that he understood.
……
Fontainebleau, Buffati House.
The main reason why Shao Yun came to this place was because of the Northland Bank. This financial institution was the most suitable place to investigate whether Navia had borrowed money.
However, Shao Yun cannot walk into the bank carelessly, or he will scare Ekaterina.
So, Shao Yun chose to come to Alechino.
Shao Yun pushed open the door of the mansion and came to this familiar place as if he was returning to his own home.
He took a deep breath and politely called into the mansion: "Alechino? Are you home?"
Unlike last time, Shao Yun's tone this time was exceptionally calm, without the impatience and impulsiveness of last time.
After a while, Alechino came out with a faint smile on his lips.
She looked at Shao Yun with interest and asked, "From your tone, you seem to be in a good mood today. What do you want to talk to me about?"
Shao Yun was about to answer when he was suddenly interrupted by Alechino.
Her expression froze and she raised her hand, signaling Shao Yun not to speak.
Seeing this, Shao Yun shut his mouth obediently.
The smile on Alechino's face faded slightly, he hooked his finger and said to Shao Yun, "Wait a minute, let's go to the old place to talk."
After saying that, she turned and walked towards the depths of the mansion. Seeing this, Shao Yun hurriedly followed her.
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The old place that Alecino was talking about was actually the meeting room of the Buffati Mansion.
Normally, Alecino would choose to receive guests here. (Also to avoid being monitored...)
Alechino sat leisurely on the sofa, leaning back slightly, looking very relaxed.
"Okay, now you can tell me what's going on?"
Shao Yun did not hesitate and directly stated the purpose of his visit to Alechino.
"I won't beat around the bush. I want to ask, has Miss Navia borrowed money from Northland Bank or other lending institutions recently?"
Hearing Shao Yun's question, Alechino couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
She raised her eyebrows slightly and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Seeing this, Shao Yun once again emphasized what he wanted to know.
"It means exactly what it says. I just want to find out if Navia has borrowed money from the bank recently."
Seeing this, Alechino thought for a moment, then crossed his legs and leaned back on the sofa more comfortably.
Although she didn't know why Shao Yun was asking about Navia, she decided to tell Shao Yun some of the things that happened in the past few days.
"Well, Navia did come to me to borrow money." Alechino said slowly: "Note that I said 'I'."
Shao Yun asked suspiciously: "What happened?"
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