musicians of old

Chapter 67 Roy's Visit

In the small room, Fanning's eyes were sore from long hours of writing.

"Dong dong dong." There was a soft knock on the door.

He held his face in both hands, massaged his eye sockets with his fingertips, and calmly responded: "The door is unlocked, please come in."

"Mr. Fanning, good morning." The girl's gentle voice sounded.

Fanning moved his hand covering his eyes, and saw Roy standing at the door in a long white dress, looking at him with a smile.

"Miss Roy, why are you here?" Fanning responded with a smile.

The girl sat on the sofa opposite, her legs folded, and she said generously: "Roy is here to chat with you, can't you?"

"No, no, that's not the question." The corners of Fanning's mouth curled up even more, "I mean, why did you come instead of Mr. Huxley or the other two gentlemen?"

The girl explained unhurriedly: "After talking on the phone with Uncle Huxley, I personally made a suggestion and got authorization from the representative. Because Roy feels that his personal relationship with you is relatively closer, Fanning Do you ever feel that way, sir?"

"It's okay to say that." Fan Ning mentioned the sterling silver carved pot on the table, "Facing those three middle-aged and elderly gentlemen yesterday was simply mental pollution, the kind that affects the inspiration for composing... If you want to compare it this way, I I still prefer the feeling of chatting with Miss Roy."

He poured out half a cup of coffee, then got up slightly, and handed Roy the delicate small cup decorated with corrugated patterns.

"Be careful it's hot."

Roy took it, thanked him softly, and asked, "Is the condition here not negligent?"

"It's good for quiet creation, especially compared with the police and security bureau, it's a luxurious environment. Why, Miss Roy is going to stay here with me?" Fan Ning's expression was slightly joking.

"You seem to go to the police station often." The girl responded jokingly.

She took a sip of coffee: "Roy came here today, the first thing is to pick you up, not to help, but to greet you politely, because you can go out by yourself."

"Oh?" Fanning turned the pen in his hand.

"Mr. Fanning, why didn't you tell the professors about you and the Guidance School yesterday?"

Roy actually didn't understand why Fanning chose to stay like this for one night.

"Mr. Fanning's status is at least equal to that of a member of the Bologna School, that is, he is at the same level as the dozen or so people who are stationed at the core of power at the University of Saint Lania, rather than a teacher-student relationship..." She thought to herself.

"Let me count, what did I explain to them before." Fanning recalled, "Well, why did Professor Lorraine come to me, why did I leave halfway, and why did Joan and I stay together? , Why didn’t I call the police? It’s useless. Miss Roy, I even drink saliva with ulterior motives, and I’m really not interested in talking with them about more in-depth topics.”

He finally smiled and shook his head again and again: "What's even more confusing is that Dean Fabian finally said that he can delay the transfer of me to the Special Inspection Office, as long as he cooperates with the handover of documents... This is like using a fake gun Going to rob a box of counterfeit bills is outrageous..."

Roy lowered his head and gently smoothed the folds of the dress with his hands so that it covered his knees: "I think there are indeed some problems with the recent approach of the Bologna School."

Fanning glanced into her dark blue eyes, waiting for her to continue.

"After the series of incidents happened, they only focused on self-investigation, ignoring notification and humanistic care; their attitude towards the death of Professor Anton and Lorraine was not fair; the contact with the parties was too blunt and forceful, and they ignored the defects of the school's own management. Said, too strict with outsiders, too lenient with oneself." Roy commented one by one.

"She is really good at interpreting and appeasing the other party's emotions. Facing my accusations, she did not refute or argue. The core meaning she summed up was exactly the same as my inner impression. Treat people'."

Fan Ning secretly flashed this comment in his mind, but he was very clear about the reason and purpose of the other party.

He smiled and shook his head: "Miss Roy, if I were you, as a stakeholder of the school, I wouldn't criticize myself like this, it's against my position."

The smile and surprise appeared in Roy's eyes at the same time. She seemed surprised by Fanning's frankness and transparency.

Fan Ning lowered his head and began to tidy up his manuscripts scattered all over the desktop: "A few objective facts: First, the organization of the knowledgeable is above the group of the ignorant; A marginalized professor; three, it is in the interests of the Bologna School to ascertain events and find what is needed as soon as possible, and the result is more important than the method."

"So people with different classes or standpoints, instead of forcibly reconciling contradictions, it is better to find out whether there are common interests in certain fields. If it is too fragmented, a verbal understanding of each other will be enough."

He stood up with his briefcase: "This matter will not affect our personal relationship at the moment, Miss Roy, remember to practice more."

"Hey, wait a minute." Roy also stood up.

Hearing the last sentence, she was obviously a little relaxed and happy, but her eyes were mixed with a trace of reproach, her cheeks were slightly puffed up, as if she was dissatisfied with Fanning leaving as soon as he said it.

Much like it was in rehearsal that night.

"Mr. Fanning, Roy has a second reason for coming. I have brought some progress of the Bologna School's investigation on Professor Anton's incident, um, temporary and incomplete progress."

"Investigation progress?" Fanning stopped where he was, without hiding his concern.

Roy's voice is still sweet: "The first development is: the direct cause of Professor Anton's death is naturally a gunshot wound, and the cause of his mental disorder is that his spirituality has grown rapidly due to some extreme external force in a short period of time, even far away. He surpassed the threshold of a knowledgeable person, and at the moment of his promotion, his "light of first acquaintance" was taken away by some mysterious means. We have only deduced the effect of this means, but we don't know the principle and source, and we don't know What is the other party for?"

... The light of first acquaintance was taken away? ?
Fanning frowned deeply upon hearing this.

Seeing Fanning's expression, Roy sighed lightly and understandingly to express his regret.

She continued: "Another development is: the faction behind the event is called the 'Joyful Listening Society', they are a secret organization that had some entanglements with the early Bologna School, and they worship the witness called 'Red Pond' Lord, the death of several other students may also be related to the 'joyful listening meeting'."

Fanning stood where he was, silent for several minutes.

During this period, Roy's eyes always caressed Fanning with a gentle and comforting smile.

But she may not have imagined that this round of key information she provided filled in the missing corner of the puzzle in Fanning's mind!
To be precise, it is one-third of here, and the other two-thirds are filled in. Although the stitching is not tight enough, the outline is complete:
After the incident, the special inspectorate paid attention to the fact that Professor Anton's death was related to the study of mysterious antiquities, so they seized the fragments of the audio series.

The clues that Fanning found before were that the fragments of the sound series were hidden behind the paintings in the art museum, and after being lost, they were sold to the Prudence Auction House, where they were bought by Spin Cecil, the uncle of team leader Ram Cecil. , introduced by Professor Anton, which may involve the Red Onyx Culture Media Company, the strange part-time job of roommate Calvin, and the party participant code-named "Broker".

The information Roy provided was the mysterious means to seize the "Light of First Awareness" and the "Pleasure Listening Session" organized by hidden knowledgeable people.

They all cleared up some fog from their own perspectives, but many of the information between them was broken.

For example, the Bologna School doesn't seem to have noticed the fragments of the sound sequence at all. Even though Professor Anton has studied it for a long time, this also shows that Professor Anton's presence in the school is really low.

"Miss Roy, what do you want?" Fanning asked after ending the silence.

"I don't know what Mr. Fanning means?" Roy waited for so long, his tone was still gentle and elegant, without any impatience.

"You brought a lot of key information from the mysterious side. Even if they are not classified, they are at least your internal information."

Fan Ning said indifferently: "So, in fact, you can negotiate the terms first, Miss Roy."

"Mr. Fan Ning is really nice." A sweet smile bloomed on the girl's skin-skinned Shengxue's face.

"Roy was indeed entrusted by Uncle Huxley and wanted to talk to you about cooperation."

(End of this chapter)