Chapter 20 The second item
Before finding the second item, the ashtray, Jane had to go to the housekeeper Allen to submit in the book, which was also good for her as Jane didn’t have to bother carrying the book with her to continue the search for his request. On the other hand, Jane is a very clumsy person, if she carelessly forgets the book somewhere, then it takes effort to find it again, which is really a waste of time.
So it was the best thing for Jane to turn over what she found to Allen. After she ran to the place where Allen had submitted book, Jane struggled to think of the people and places that could use the ashtray. According to the information that Jane had asked from a servant, almost everyone in the family used tobacco except Chesa and Hazel, so there were only three people left: Mr. Wibul, Matthew and Brian. But something is wrong here, does Brian smoke? Jane suddenly remembered to herself, in all the time she had been in contact with him, Jane had never smelled tobacco on him. It turns out that Brian doesn’t smoke as she once thought.
Now it seemed that only Mr. Wibul and Master Matthew remained, where Jane was standing closer to Mr. Wibul’s residence, so she decided to go there and find him first. Jane looked at the clock hanging on the wall in a large room, she panicked more when the time had passed one hour and fifteen minutes, the time was getting smaller and shorter, so she had to hurry and be more agile. .
Jane ran all the way to Mr. Wibul’s room under the guidance of a servant she encountered on the lobby. After searching for a while. Jane also arrived, it was a very luxurious and large room with elaborately carved objects and a few servants waiting to hear the order at the door.
Perhaps it was now Mr. Wibul’s lunch hour, and he wanted to have a private meal with his new wife inside the room. Jane has arrived, she really wants to come in but is confused as to how to say it? Because that would disturb Wibul’s lunch.
He was happily eating his meal when he suddenly saw Jane waiting outside the door. Wibul felt confused, so he signaled to stop the meal, he sent someone to bring Jane in to ask. She was brought inside by one of his servants, and immediately felt a little awkward. Wibul sees that and says:
“There’s no need to be so worried, I won’t yell at you, when someone comes and bothers me during lunch.”
Mr. Wibul looked at Jane for a moment and asked curiously:
But are you the servant here? I’ve never met you before.”
Jane politely said.”
“Hello, Mr. Wibul. I’m Jane, master Brian’s new servant. It is my duty to take care of the master and do everything he asks of me.”
Wibul suddenly remembered something and said:
“Ah, Jane, I heard Regi talk a little bit about you yesterday. But I was so busy that I didn’t notice it.”
Chesa looked at Jane standing in front of her, then added:
“You really are beautiful, our Brian really knows how to choose his servants.”
Jane smiled softly.
“Thank you, Lady Chesa, for the compliment. I am so happy about that.”
Mr. Wibul still did not forget his question, he asked:
“Shouldn’t you be taking care of your master now? Why are you running here looking for me at this hour?”
Jane replied slowly:
“Actually I was playing a game with the master, he wanted me to find a silver ashtray. Do you have anything like that at your place?”
Wibul laughed and said:
“Little Brian is also very funny. It just likes to play tricks to amuse itself. Cigarette ashtray? In my place there are about ten silver ones you mentioned. So you have to take them all away?”
Jane continued to answer:
“No, sir. In addition to the silver color, there is a small boat carved on the bottom.”
Wibul thought for a moment and replied:
“We don’t have any ashtrays as you say, they’re all black and gray and silver in color. Carving with a boat? The first time I heard, it must have been Brian or Matthew’s things, they love to collect strange things. But it’s not really their thing, maybe someone else’s in this mansion. This is a tough challenge, looks like you have to keep looking for it elsewhere.”
Jane could not hide her disappointment, she sadly said:
“Yes, I will keep looking for it. Thank you for telling me.”
Wibul nodded slightly, he continued his meal with Chesa while Chesa gave Jane some cake on the table. Jane thanked Chesa, she ate the cake quickly and hurriedly left the place.
So only Matthew, Jane must go to his place to find. And luckily, Matthew wasn’t at home today, so she could easily go into his room and check it out. It was a classic room beautifully decorated with deep brown tones, the floor was covered with fur and the walls were hung with fancy pictures. Jane hurried to the sofa to look for it, but there was nothing that looked like an ashtray that she was looking for, only a black and dark brown one. Jane was about to go to another part of the room to find him when Brian suddenly pushed open the door, surprising and panicking her. It’s true that Brian watched Jane closely with the camera, so he was able to get here so quickly.
She hastily ran out of the room when Brian threw a rope around her and grabbed her, he held her tight, not letting Jane run away. She pursed her lips, took out the second yellow card, and shouted:
“Escape from death.”
Brian laughed and said:
“Ha ha, you are my cute prey. All right, like I said, I’ll let you go this time. But you should remember, you have no right to help anymore.”
Jane nodded slightly, Brian was about to release her when suddenly the door opened and Matthew entered, he was surprised to see his brother and servant in his room. Matthew laughed and said:
“Why did you come to my room? Have you run out of places to make love?”
Brian pulled Jane back, sat her on his lap, hugged her from behind, and replied:
“Yes, your room is more interesting to me than you did to me in the past, when you had sex with Kabel, your brother’s girlfriend, in front of him while he was drugged.”
Matthew clapped his hands a long time, he said in a sour tone:
“Why do you keep chewing on that? Not bored? It seems to be quite haunting for you, but I’m bored. Because I see it as a very normal thing, you share your woman for your brother to play, we are a family.”
Brian shouted angrily:
“But not Kabel? It was you who changed her.”
Matthew raised his hand to his mouth and whispered:
“No no. My innocent brother, she’s always been like that, before that, only fools like you didn’t notice.”
Brian paused for a moment, then smiled bitterly and continued:
“That’s right, I’m not really wary of Kabel, even you, aren’t you fooled by her beauty and voluptuousness.”
Matthew hummed, paused for a few seconds to think, and then boredly said:
“Right. But when I think about it, she’s not very interesting, or I don’t love her that’s why I feel that way. Or maybe I’ve played with a lot of women that’s why I’m so bored.”
He continued to walk closer to Brian and provoked:
“You too, stop acting nice.”
Brian looked at Matthew with an annoyed expression.
“Shut up, you’re pissing me off.”
Matthew laughed excitedly when he saw Brian’s expression, he ignored it and turned to Jane teasingly, he politely took Jane’s hand to kiss and invite:
“Do you want to have a glass of wine with me?”
Brian took out his folded cane, hit Matthew in the chest, making him cringe, and fell backwards. Brian held Jane tightly in his arms, saying:
“Jane is my servant, you can’t touch her.”
He did not want Jane and himself to waste precious time with the madman standing in front of him, so he took off the rope that was wrapped around Jane, he leaned close to her ear and whispered:
“Continue the game, run away quickly and go to where, who was in my room at the start of the game. You will find what you want.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Brian pushed Jane away from him and motioned for her to run away. Jane obeyed, she quickly left the room, running to another place. As she ran, remembering Brian’s words, she thought to herself:
“The one who was present in the first place? The butler Allen and another servant. But if it’s something that Brian considers important, then it’s probably related to him and the person in question. So the man has an ashtray is most likely Allen, he is the manager of the Lawrence mansion, the most senior servant here and also has a good relationship with Brian. Everything is so clear now and I was really surprised by that, at first I thought it was Matthew.”
Jane figured it out in her head, she didn’t want to hesitate any longer, so she ran to the housekeeper Allen and asked about the ashtray.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
Meanwhile, in Matthew’s room, Brian was about to push the wheelchair to leave when Matthew stopped with his hand and said:
“Where are you going in such a hurry, brother? It’s been a long time, we haven’t talked, would you like to have a cup of tea at my place?”
Brian smiled coldly and replied:
“I’m not interested in talking to you.”
Matthew pouted his lips and continued:
“Unfortunately, isn’t it? I was going to say where I saw that bastard David who crashed your car, but you don’t seem to care and want to listen.”
Immediately, Brian turned the wheelchair around and urgently asked:
“Where did you see him? Say it fast.”
Matthew sly replied:
“You think I’ll tell you that easily? No, I want to exchange with you a condition for providing information
Brian frowned and probed.
“What?”
Matthew nonchalantly replied:
“Nothing too demanding, I want to try my brother’s new servant. Can you share Jane with me?”
Brian couldn’t contain his anger, he punched Matthew hard when he approached to provoke him, the punch made Matthew fall to the side, he smiled lightly with blood on the corner of his lips and then angrily moved forward drag Brian to the floor. He repeatedly punched Brian in the face and shouted:
“You are a cripple now, how dare you hit me? Who do you think you are? You are better than me in everything, you are better than me and more loved by Wibul. Damn it. So I’m the one who should be left out in this family, right?”
Brian used his hand to stop Matthew’s punches on his face, he jokingly replied:
“I am still better than you, a murderer. After all, you had the intention to kill me and cowardly sent Kabel to do it. When the plan failed, you wanted to take action with the person who shot me secretly to close the clue. But unfortunately, it was you who killed Kabel. The woman who made you mad and foolish.”
Matthew heard Brian’s words about his old past, he became even more angry, tried to hold Brian tightly, strangling him with his hand. Brian felt a little breathless, he quickly used a fruit knife to drop on the table after Matthew’s fall earlier. Brian grabbed it with his hand and stabbed his brother in the chest. Matthew painfully let go of Brian. Brian immediately climbed into the wheelchair to sit back, pressed the button on the armrest to call the servant to come here. Meanwhile, Matthew held the bleeding wound on his chest with his hand with a nonchalant attitude, he was about to rush to Brian to attack his brother again, but was kicked by Brian with his foot, knocking him back far away.
Brian’s strong kick caused Matthew pain and fell to the floor, he did not give up, Matthew continued to attack Brian again and tried to pin his brother’s neck. Brian struggled and hard to get out, at that moment, several servants ran in and prevented the two masters, one removed Matthew and took him to bandage his wound, the other helped Brian up and put him back in the wheelchair. Matthew looked at Brian with a huff, before leaving he glanced at Brian and said:
“You’re lucky today, next time you won’t have the same thing again. This stab I will return to you when I have a chance to do it. Wait there, my brother.”
Brian was silent and did not say anything, he was bandaged on his hand by a servant without knowing it, so Brian was also injured while resisting Matthew. He looked at his watch and suddenly remembered Jane, Brian opened his laptop, he was still in his own game. Brian will continue to catch Jane, he quickly pushes the wheelchair out of the room.
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