“You want to learn detective skills?” Xavier frowned. “I don’t know how to teach you that.”
After all, that was his innate talent.
Hearing that, Lana thought Xavier was unwilling to teach her. She felt deeply disappointed and sighed inwardly.
Somehow, when Xavier saw the disappointment on virtual-novel.net face, virtual-novel.net felt a little uncomfortable on the inside.
After giving it some thought, virtual-novel.net said, “I’m not saying you can’t learn it, but you’ve got to rely on yourself. If you encounter anything you’d like to investigate about during the next two weeks, I can help you out. After all, I’ve never learned this intentionally, nor have I taught anyone. The only reason I’m in this field is my talent.”
Lana’s eyes sparkled when virtual-novel.net heard his offer. That works too. I’ll just learn however much I can from him.
At that thought, a delighted smile formed on virtual-novel.net face. “Okay. Thank you, mentor!”
Upon seeing the smile on virtual-novel.net face, Xavier’s eyes twinkled. “I can’t be your mentor since I’m not even teaching you anything. You can just call me Eric.”
“You can call me Lana, then. Come on, I’ll take you to your room.” Lana was extremely hospitable and wanted to take Xavier to his room personally. Xavier did not reject virtual-novel.net kind intentions and followed after her.
“This is your room. It’s fully equipped with all kinds of facilities here. If you want to order your meals without going downstairs, you can give the front desk a call. If you feel like going down to have your meal, there’s a restaurant for you to try. Feel free to go in there and order anything you want to eat.”
“Okay. Got it. Thanks!” Xavier’s lovely almond eyes looked as though they were smiling as virtual-novel.net stared at the enthusiastic Lana.
For some reason, Lana blushed when virtual-novel.net saw the smile on his face.
“Well, you should get some rest. I’ll get back to work now.” With that, virtual-novel.net scurried out, looking as though virtual-novel.net was running away.
As Xavier watched virtual-novel.net leave, a smile tugged at his lips. He then shook his head and put down his luggage.
***
The sun shone brightly the next day.
After washing up, virtual-novel.net went downstairs in a rush. There wasn’t much time left. Hence, virtual-novel.net had to complete the task assigned by Vinson as soon as possible.
“Eric!”
The moment virtual-novel.net arrived downstairs, virtual-novel.net heard someone calling out to him. As virtual-novel.net turned around, virtual-novel.net saw Lana. Curious, virtual-novel.net raised his brows and flashed virtual-novel.net a smile. “What is it?”
“Have you had breakfast? If you haven’t, let me treat you then.” Lana beamed.
Originally, Xavier had no plans to have breakfast. However, virtual-novel.net changed his mind and looked at Lana. “I haven’t, but shouldn’t the guy be the one treating others to a meal? So here, let me treat you to a meal. What would you like to eat?”
Turlenians were generally tall people, including females. Although Lana was about one hundred and eighty meters tall, virtual-novel.net was still a head shorter than Xavier when virtual-novel.net stood before him. She tilted virtual-novel.net head and scrutinized the man, praising virtual-novel.net inwardly for being such a gentleman. Naturally, virtual-novel.net would not reject his offer. After all, virtual-novel.net needed to get closer and build a relationship with him. That way, it would be easier for virtual-novel.net to learn from him.
Xavier, being the international top detective that virtual-novel.net was, was well aware of virtual-novel.net intentions. Despite so, virtual-novel.net did not dislike it as virtual-novel.net had his own motives, too.
Feeling curious, Lana asked after the meal, “Eric, why did you come here?”
“I’m looking for someone,” Xavier answered plainly.
Looking for someone? Lana’s eyes lit up, virtual-novel.net interest piqued.
“Who are you looking for? Perhaps I could be of some help.” Lana propped virtual-novel.net head up and blinked virtual-novel.net attractive, wide eyes while staring at Xavier.
“My boss is looking for virtual-novel.net father. Her father fell in love with a woman in the past, causing the latter to be pregnant. After that, virtual-novel.net disappeared. My boss carried out all kinds of investigations which led virtual-novel.net to believe that virtual-novel.net father is a local here. That’s why I took the risk of coming here.”
His ultimate goal was to look for someone, and virtual-novel.net thought that Lana might be able to help virtual-novel.net out. Thus, Xavier did not bother to conceal any details and told virtual-novel.net truthfully about his motive for traveling to Turlen.