"Rei, let me tell you some news. You have been suspended."
Ske walked up to Rei with a group of his men. He looked proud and was clearly mocking Rei.
The office staff in the hall stopped working and turned to look at them, looking like they wanted to see what would happen.
Rei's reaction, however, was extremely cold. He simply gave a faint "Oh."
Seeing this reaction, Ske felt very displeased in his heart. "Are you not even curious about how you were suspended?"
Rei looked calm and said, "To be honest, I am a little curious. Usually, it takes a long time to suspend someone."
Ske smiled and said, "The Maison Ordalie wrote a report, and then your bosses and colleagues signed it."
He paused, then continued, "The result? Except for Luke and Federic, everyone else signed. Rei, it looks like no one likes you!"
Rei shrugged indifferently. "I never felt my popularity was that good to begin with."
Hearing this, Ske felt frustrated and uncomfortable.
"Hmph! You'd better not let me catch another handle on you!"
He snorted and left quickly with his men, looking very angry.
The people in the office admired how calm Rei was, but they also shook their heads and sighed.
In Fontaine, if you made the Cappet family angry, you would probably spend the rest of your life in the Fortress of Meropide.
Rei ignored their looks and walked straight outside.
Not long after leaving the Palais Mermonia, he saw the potbellied Charles running toward him.
Soon, Charles stopped in front of Rei, breathing heavily. "Rei, I really didn't want to sign, but the Cappet family forced me. I had no choice..."
Rei gave a small smile. "Captain, I understand you."
"It's good that you understand." Charles let out a long sigh of relief and relaxed a little.
But then Rei's voice turned cold. "I can understand you, but you need to understand me too. If I really lose my job, your good days will be over too!"
When he heard this, Charles looked very worried. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry. I will do my best to stop the process to fire you."
Rei stared tightly into Charles's eyes. "It better be that way!"
After speaking, Rei walked away, not showing any more respect for Charles.
Charles stayed there, looking angry.
After leaving the Palais Mermonia, Rei went directly to Chioriya Boutique.
As soon as he entered the shop door, he said to Chiori, who was focused on cutting fabric, "Chiori, close the shop for now."
Hearing this, Chiori stopped the movements in her hands and raised her eyes to look at Rei. "What happened?"
Rei did not hide it and told her the truth. "I've been suspended. If anyone comes to cause trouble for you later, you'll be in a tough spot."
"But a few days ago, someone promised to protect me." Chiori smiled, teasing him.
Rei spread his hands helplessly. "Just consider it me running my mouth, alright?"
Chiori gave a light snort, put down the tools in her hand, and walked toward the shop entrance to close the door.
As she passed by him, Rei smelled the cherry blossom perfume he had given her before.
Just as Chiori was about to close the door, several uninvited guests suddenly appeared.
The leader was Olev's servant, followed by several big men.
The servant tilted his chin up, looking high and mighty, and shouted loudly, "Chiori, are the clothes my Young Master ordered ready yet?"
Chiori glanced at him coldly. "I didn't make them!"
When he heard this, the servant instantly got very angry. He pointed at Chiori and said harshly, "You actually dare to disobey my Young Master's words! Brothers, show her what we're made of!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the big men behind him rubbed their fists and looked at Chiori with mean smiles as they walked toward her.
Chiori was not someone who let others push her around. She immediately clenched her fists, ready to teach them a lesson.
But then Rei spoke from behind her. "Chiori, if you want to end up in the Fortress of Meropide working on sewing machines, then go ahead and fight!"
Chiori lowered her fists, turned around, and said grumpily, "Then what should I do? I can't just stand by and let people push me around, right? I'm not that kind of weak, foolish woman!"
Rei walked forward with a gentle smile. "Times have changed. Fighting can't solve problems."
"Then what do we rely on? Are we supposed to reason with them?" Chiori's tone held a trace of disdain.
Rei looked at the big men in front of him. "We rely on this!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled a gun from his pocket. The dark barrel pointed right at the servant's head. "If I shoot you right now, at worst I'll go to the Fortress of Meropide. But you... you'll lose your life!"
The servant turned very pale, and his legs shook. He pleaded with a shaking voice, "Vice Captain Rei, you... you calm down first! It was just a joke just now!"
When they saw this, the big men behind him got scared. Rei looked completely dangerous to them.
They only made a hundred thousand Mora a month; there was no need to mess with someone so dangerous.
They quietly stepped back a few steps, planning to run away if things got worse.
Rei pressed the gun against the servant's head and said sharply, "Speak! Who told you to come cause trouble for Chioriya Boutique?"
The servant was very scared. He started to say, "It was... It was..."
But before he could finish speaking, a violent shout came from the side.
"Rei, put down the gun! Otherwise, I will shoot immediately!"
Rei turned around quickly and saw a thin middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the Special Security and Surveillance Patrol. He was holding a long gun, aiming it right at him.
"So it is Vice Captain Ophir Cappet. You certainly arrived in a timely manner!"
As Rei spoke, he immediately threw the firearm in his hand onto the ground.
Ophir held the long gun, his face instantly looking even angrier.
If Rei hadn't put down the gun so quickly just now, he definitely would have pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"Ophir, you're still pointing that long gun at me. Could it be that the family gave you an order to kill me?"
Rei walked slowly up to him and pressed his own chest against the muzzle of the gun. "Then, shoot!"
"Shoot!"
He suddenly gave a violent shout, actually scaring Ophir into involuntarily taking a few steps back.
When Ophir realized what happened, he became very angry. His eyes looked very red, and without thinking, he pulled the trigger hard.
In an instant, the bang of a gunshot echoed through the quiet street.
However, Rei was not hit. In the instant Ophir was about to pull the trigger, Rei grabbed the gun barrel and aimed it at the sky.
He reached out and gently patted Ophir's face, which was red with embarrassment and anger.
"Vice Captain Ophir, go back and write your report properly! Tomorrow, I will go to the Maison Ordalie to file an administrative lawsuit, accusing you of attempted murder with a firearm."
After saying that, he stretched lazily and turned around slowly to walk back.
Ophir watched Rei walk away, his face changing, but in the end, he didn't have the courage to shoot again.