Chapter 31 Su Fan: I wanted to refuse, but she offered too much
Su Fan once again had a clear understanding of the stubborn nature of the detective.
In order to catch Jamie, it’s not enough to chase him all the way to Ravensfell. The two dead voodoo sorcerers can be traced to another state.
"You came here just to tell me this?"
Su Fan was speechless, but still handed over a cup of tea.
This bit of hospitality as a host should still be maintained.
"Of course not."
The detective took the warm tea, moistened his throat and continued.
"Guess who I met while I was working on a case?"
"…If you want to say it, just say it."
Seeing that Su Fan did not follow up on his words, the detective gave up the idea of joking, sighed, and continued speaking honestly.
"It's Jamie."
"He went to Louisiana, too?"
"No, he has been traveling since he left Ravensfield. I just heard him say that he came back recently because of some matters."
"We just happened to meet on the way and chatted for a while."
The detective paused here, and then spoke mysteriously.
"I guess I encountered an incident that I couldn't solve, so I came back to find you."
The detective's words also made Su Fan fall into deep thought.
Mary Shaw is gone, and the curse on Jamie's family is gone too. It should no longer have anything to do with supernatural events.
Unless it's someone he knows closely.
While Su Fan was thinking, the detective's cell phone rang.
After the latter answered the phone, a look of joy gradually appeared on his face as he responded.
After hanging up the phone happily, the detective smiled.
"The higher-ups were very satisfied with the rescue operation at the orphanage. They called to commend our police station and praised me by name!"
People are in high spirits when good things happen. The detectives now can be said to be beaming with joy.
"congratulations."
"Unfortunately, no matter what I say, the higher-ups are unwilling to believe anything about voodoo. Otherwise, they could publicize your deeds and help advertise your antique shop in disguise."
The detective said this with a look of pity on his face.
After sighing for a while, the detective stood up from his seat.
"I still have things to do in the police station. I'll leave first."
After waving goodbye to Su Fan, the detective pushed the door and left the store.
The latter had nothing to do, so he continued to look through the collection of talismans.
[You have read the Complete Collection of Talismans and are gradually becoming familiar with the talismans recorded therein. Your proficiency in drawing talismans has increased, and your drawing speed has improved.]
The hints that appeared in his mind from time to time did not interrupt Su Fan's perception.
In the last battle, Su Fan found that his means of fighting the enemy were still not rich enough.
Yufeng did destroy the voodoo ritual, but only through brute force.
If I had known how to draw the talisman to suppress evil at that time, perhaps I wouldn't have had to waste so much Qi.
It is easy to defeat ten kinds of skills with one force, but it is also very difficult.
After these days of study, Su Fan has mastered a lot more types of talismans. With occasional practice in drawing them, his failure rate is only one in ten. It can be said that he has gained a lot.
Just when Su Fan finished his talisman homework for the day and was about to take a look at the Huangting Sutra again, the door of the antique shop was pushed open again.
The former looked up and saw Jamie's familiar face.
"Su."
The latter greeted him, then walked in familiarly and sat in front of Su Fan.
"Did the detective really come up with what he said?"
Su Fan was puzzled when he saw that the other party seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"Su, I came to you this time because I actually want to ask you for a favor... You know, it's about that..."
"Don't tell me you're haunted again."
He keeps encountering evil spirits one after another. Does this guy have some special physique?
I'll look up Zi Wei Dou Shu someday and make a horoscope for this guy and take a good look at it.
"It's not me, it's a friend I know. She's going through some really bad things now, just like I did." Jamie was a little embarrassed.
It's really not appropriate to come and ask for help after not having contacted someone for such a long time.
But when encountering such a situation, the only person he could think of for help was Su Fan.
"Tell me."
Sufan motioned for Jamie to elaborate.
The latter hesitated.
"I have signed a confidentiality agreement. I can only tell you the specific situation after I get there."
"But don't worry. I told the other party that I can't help for free. He also readily agreed. The client will be responsible for food, clothing, housing and transportation."
"And they also promised that there would be a generous reward after the problem was solved."
Su Fan became interested after hearing this.
Jamie had previously paid him $200,000, and I believe the other party is aware of this.
Under such a precedent, if he could still claim it as a generous reward, his financial resources must not be ordinary people.
Plus, he's so mysterious, and he seems to be a public figure.
However, it is a disadvantage to not know anything, as you never know what kind of trouble you may get into.
The world of horror movies is not just about evil spirits, a considerable part of it involves evil gods and the like.
Although Su Fan is confident in himself, he will not blindly accept commissions.
Just as Su Fan was thinking, Jamie handed a check to Su Fan.
"This is the other party's deposit."
After looking at the amount on the check, Su Fan coughed.
Lu Ziqiao was right when he said, money makes the world go round.
He wanted to refuse, but the other party offered too much.
"Well, I'll just take a look."
"When will you leave?"
Jamie was quite excited to see Su Fan agree.
"Now you can!"
……
Su Fan’s guess was indeed correct.
The client is located in Hollywood.
It seems that he is someone from the film industry.
After crossing the street, Jamie took Su Fan to a residential street.
Su Fan, who was sitting in the back row, saw the house that was surrounded by people early on.
Obviously, there is a film crew filming there.
And Jamie's car, unsurprisingly, drove towards the crew.
After the two got off the car, Jamie took Su Fan to a cafe.
When the latter stepped in, a rich aroma of coffee hit him in the face.
The space of the cafe is not very big, but the decoration and furnishings are very thoughtful and quite good.
Soon, Su Fan noticed the woman sitting in the corner of the cafe and waving at him.
"Jamie! This way!"
After noticing the woman, Jamie immediately walked up to her and hugged her.
"This is the master I mentioned before, Su Fan."
Hearing the title of Master, Su Fan felt a little weird, but he didn't say anything on the surface.
The woman shifted her gaze to Su Fan, looking quite surprised.
When Jamie mentioned introducing a master in problem solving, she thought he was an old priest.
I didn't expect it to be such a young Chinese.
"Sufan, this is my good friend, Rachel DeLaine."
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(End of this chapter)
