Chapter 62
"There are still a lot of them over there."
Green said to Shoggoth with a smile.
Shoggoth walked slowly to his side, lowered his head, and began to eat very elegantly.
Green stood up, washed his hands, sat back down on the sofa, put on gloves, and planned to start dinner now. Maybe this dinner could last until 12 o'clock in the evening, which would count as a midnight snack.
That would be even happier.
The next morning, a young man knocked on the door of the villa.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
asked a servant who turned on the internal and external communicator.
"I am a distant relative of the owner of this house. I had a phone call with the owner of the house a while ago. He promised to find someone for me who could participate in the performance.
He called me yesterday and said that the person had been found, and told me that he could come to pick him up today, so I came."
The young man said.
The door opened.
"Come in, guest,"
the servant said to him.
The young man entered the house and sat on the sofa in the living room. The servant brought him a glass of water.
The neighbor came out of the room with a smile on his face. He looked him up and down, and then came to greet him.
"Hello, I am the person who will participate in your performance that your relative told you on the phone. When can we go to rehearse?"
The neighbor was very enthusiastic. He walked up to the young man in two steps, took his hand and asked.
The young man was shocked by his enthusiasm and was stunned for a moment, and then laughed happily.
"Are you willing to go now? That's great. I really need someone to rehearse with me. But I have to make it clear in advance that you will be playing a thief and you have to know how to pick a lock.
You don't mind acting like a thief in front of so many people, do you?"
the young man asked hesitantly, pulling his hand and standing up.
"I think I can tell the difference between acting and reality. I'm just acting like a thief, not really being one. I don't mind acting this at all.
But I have a question and I want to ask you now. I hope you can give me the answer.
If I want to act like a thief, what is the plot of my performance?
Do I need to perform lock picking in public?
But I have never picked a lock, nor have I ever performed lock picking as a thief. What should I do? If the performance is not good, maybe the performance will be rejected halfway?
If the performance is very bad, maybe the idea of ​​participating in the performance activity will be directly strangled by the judges.
Have you ever thought about the situation where they simply let us not participate because the activity is not good?"
The neighbor asked with blinking eyes.
"This is not difficult. I can find a locksmith to teach you. You just need to have a good idea. You don't need to be very good at it."
The young man was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and then laughed.
The neighbor nodded quickly, very happy. They quickly reached an agreement, walked out of the door hand in hand, got on the same car, and left the villa community.
They were going to go to the place where they practiced performances together.
Another door opened in the villa community they left, and Green sent Wangcai, who had eaten and drunk enough and had a good night's sleep, out.
"It's a pleasure to celebrate with you about your recent restoration of your reputation."
Wangcai waved to Green and said.
"It's a pleasure for you to come and celebrate with me, but I think you have something else to do later?"
Green asked.
"Indeed, there are still some things to do, but it doesn't matter. I hope to shoot commercials with Shoggoth again in the future. I really like it."
Wangcai said hello to Shoggoth before leaving.
Green closed the door.
"I hope our lives will be quieter in the future."
Green looked at Shoggoth and said.
Shoggoth rubbed him and turned back.
"Okay, I'm going home. It's too late now."
The neighbor, who had practiced how to pick locks and pretend to be a thief for a day, waved to his friend's relatives and said.
"I'm glad you can come to help. It would be even better if I can see you tomorrow. But if you want to go home now, isn't it too late? I think your home is far away from here."
The young man said.
"You're right. What should I do?"
The neighbor asked with a frown.
"Just stay nearby. After the rehearsal is over, I'll give you a day off. You can go home and have a good rest. The next morning, you can perform on stage with me. How about that?"
the young man asked tentatively.
"Of course, I can. I don't mind where I live. But how long do I have to practice?"
the neighbor raised his eyebrows and asked.
"It will be this week. If it's longer, it will be this month. Anyway, it won't be later than this year, but it will definitely not be the end of this year. Don't worry. I'm also very anxious."
The young man smiled at the neighbor.
"That's true. Okay, then I'll listen to you and live nearby, waiting for you to call me at any time."
The neighbor nodded.
He stayed nearby and practiced hard every day how to pretend to be another person, how to be more like a stealthy thief, and how to open various locks of other people's homes.
Even the master who taught him how to pick locks couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and praise him.
"I'm sure you have the talent, and you work hard enough. If the timing wasn't right, I would have taken you in as my apprentice, and you would have inherited my legacy."
The master said, holding his hand.
He was 10% joking, and 90% really thought he was good.
However, he did not take this to heart, and with a smile on his face, he held the master's hand and expressed his gratitude to the master very politely.
"If there is no master, I will not know anything. I have to thank the master for everything.
The reason why I know all this is that the master taught me well. The master can teach anyone well. I am just lucky to meet a good master like the master who is willing to teach me everything."
The neighbor smiled shyly.
The master did not take these words to heart.
In short, they got along happily for a while. The neighbor and the master waved goodbye. After saying goodbye, the neighbor finally prepared and participated in the performance activities with the young man.
Their performance activities were well received, and the judges praised the young man. The neighbor packed up his things and prepared to go home.
After receiving the award, the young man accompanied him on his way.
"Although I am not short of money and I have paid for your board and lodging during this period, I am still very happy to receive this award.
Because there is a difference between something you have worked hard for and something you already have.
I would not have gotten this thing if I had only worked hard, so I am very grateful to you. Is there anything else you want me to help you with?"
the young man asked.
"I want to take some props with me. Would you be willing to give me some of the props we will use for practice before participating in the performance activities?"
the neighbor hesitated and asked.
The young man was stunned for a moment, laughed, patted his shoulder, and said that he was willing to give those things to him. He breathed a sigh of relief and laughed too.
He took the props he wanted, said goodbye to the young man, and went their separate ways.
He took those things and called his friend, who came to pick him up. He said he wanted to stay at his friend's house for two more days, and his friend agreed and took him back to his own home.
When his friend heard that his activities with his relatives were over, he had two glasses of wine with him to celebrate. He got a little drunk and went back to his room to sleep.
He drank another glass of wine and began to pretend in front of the mirror.
It was already dark, and the servants in the house had left at this time. The room was very quiet.
Because he was the only one in the room, he opened the door and walked out after finishing his pretending.
He knew that there was surveillance at the door, so he deliberately went around to a place without surveillance and left his friend's villa.
After going around for a while, he entered Green's villa from a place where he thought there were no surveillance cameras.
The villa was very quiet, and the layout was almost the same as where his friend lived.
He soon found the Shoggoth resting quietly in the cage with his eyes closed.
When he found the Shoggoth, the Shoggoth also found him, and he ran away quickly.
Because when he looked at the Shoggoth, he once again realized that he was really afraid of Shoggoth.
He simply couldn't do anything else. After he ran away, he returned to his friend's villa, hid in his room, took off all his disguises, took a shower and washed his hair, and lay down on the bed.
It seemed that only the bed could bring him a little sense of security.
But this was not enough to make him give up his original plan.
He thought, maybe he was not well prepared this time, so he came back, and he needed to observe for a while before going there.
After observing for a while, he confirmed that Green's working hours were from day to night, and he would not go home until very late. If nothing unexpected happened, he would not suddenly go home in the middle of the day.
He touched his chest through his clothes and felt his pounding heart inside. He thought, it's time.
He disguised himself again, and this time the disguise was more thoughtful and meticulous than the last time.
He slipped out of the place where there were no surveillance cameras again, and unlocked the door and entered Green's villa.
His heartbeat was still very fast, but this time it was much better than the last time.
He quickly found the location of the Shoggoth, and the Shoggoth sensed it the moment he entered the villa, opened the door of the cage, and stood outside the cage to greet him.
However, the Shoggoth certainly did not have any good feelings towards him, but thought that he had bad intentions and needed to be vigilant in advance, so he stayed outside the cage.
The neighbor held up a sack and shook it open.
He rushed in front of the Shoggoth, put the Shoggoth in it, and used the stick he carried with him to beat the things in the sack desperately.
He thought he was beating the Shoggoth who was trapped in the sack and couldn't escape.
In fact, the Shoggoth avoided his sack.