How to Stop the Villain from Going Crazy
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter 70 - She was only sure of one thing; she liked the feeling of approaching danger (1)
The next afternoon, the pub was surrounded by city residents, who had come here to spectate.
Bo Li arranged the journalists in a secret location where they could observe the show without affecting the three gentlemen's immersive haunted house experience.
After the police officers found out about that, they thought it over and decided to let the three gentlemen know.
Polly Clermont was too popular. If the three gentlemen were frightened today, she might become the most famous woman in the city. The city ladies might be led astray by her and follow her in showing their faces in public.
If that happened, the workload of the police would dramatically increase. The ladies were so delicate. They needed men to accompany them when they went out. Otherwise, they might attract lustful attention from men of questionable character.
The police officers didn't want to have to run around the streets every day to look after a bunch of weak women just because Clermont.
And so, the police officers found the three gentlemen and warned them that Clermont's show was very novel and was different from any show they had ever seen.
Once they entered the pub, they would play different roles, find clues, and have to solve the mystery before they could leave. Only by leaving in this way could they be considered to have completed the show.
The police officers also said that Henry fainted because he drew Marbella's character card.
If any of them drew Marbella's character card, they should either ask Clermont to change that character card or they should stay together for safety. They should learn from Henry's mistake.
The gentlemen, Mitte, Wright, and Davis, fell into deep thought after hearing the police officers' warning.
Mitte was a young, handsome man. He had the best family background and was the high-spirited one of the three gentlemen.
Wright and Davis didn't want to be in the limelight. When they saw Clermont writing in the newspaper that they didn't behave like Southern gentlemen, they were ready to back off. It was Mitte that forced them to continue. He claimed that he would teach Clermont a lesson.
As their argument raged on in the newspaper, Wright and Davis were shocked by Bo Li's audacity. They had never seen such a difficult woman.
If Clermont had any shame, she would have committed suicide when they criticized her for showing her face in public.
Don't underestimate the power of this criticism.
What was the most important thing for people living in a society? Reputation.
In the upper society, men and women attached great importance to their reputation.
With a tarnished reputation, your acquaintances will no longer greet you or invite you to visit them or to join various social societies and clubs. That was how the world worked. Everyone was afraid of damaging their reputation and being shunned by their neighbors.
And yet, Clermont didn't care about her reputation.
Under Mitte's incitement, Wright and Davis uttered the most vicious statement against a woman - that she didn't abide by traditional womanly virtues.
Any decent woman would be devastated and confine herself in her house.
And yet, Clermont acted as if she hadn't heard them and continued going out while wearing men's clothing.
Wright and Davis wanted to give up. They were the type of people that would profusely apologize if they had accidentally said a curse word in front of a lady. It was too ugly to continue arguing with Clermont like this.
However, Mitte calmly said, "This only shows that she's not a decent woman. If you tell a prostitute that she doesn't abide by traditional womanly virtues, she won't show much reaction either."
Wright and Davis looked at each other. Although they didn't consider Clermont a decent woman, she wasn't at the level of a prostitute either.
However, they didn't refute Mitte's words. They wouldn't argue with Mitte for Clermont's sake.
"What should we do then?" Davis asked. "I visited Henry Johnson in the hospital. The doctors confirmed that he was hospitalized because he was overly frightened."
Mitte nonchalantly said, "Gentlemen, although this kind of show is unheard of, we already know that people will come to scare us during the show. I can't imagine anyone but a quailing coward that could be frightened to the point of fainting."
"But the police officers' warning doesn't seem false," Wright said.
"They're used to getting paid without doing anything," Mitte indifferently said. "Clermont probably paid them to come to intimidate us."
Wright and Davis were convinced by Mitte.
After they were dressed up and were about to go to the pub to watch the show, they were unexpectedly stopped by the worried wives.
Mrs. Davis found it embarrassing to talk about this matter, "... That day, after Clermont came to see us and left, something terrifying and strange happened."
"Let me say it." Mrs. Wright stepped forward. "That day, we were holding a book club meeting. Clermont somehow found us and asked us to observe your courage test… Her mannerism was very normal, but after she left…"
She took a deep breath and looked at the other two ladies. Her face was still a bit pale. "All the ladies present developed serious hallucinations. It was as if they were possessed by evil spirits-"
"Okay, Ladies, thank you for your advice. We'll definitely be more careful," Mitte interrupted her. He didn't even look at his wife, who was about to interject.
The three men boarded the carriage. Wright recalled his wife's expression and hesitantly said, "Catherine never lies. There might really be something wrong with that Clermont woman…"
Just as Davis was about to speak, Mitte contemptuously said, "Enough, can a woman's words be reliable?"
And so, the other two could only remain silent.
When the carriage arrived at the pub, the carriage driver was shocked by the scene. It wasn't everyone in the city, but at least half of the city residents had come to spectate.
After Mitte saw this, his expression didn't change. He just thought Clermont was too ridiculous.
While he admitted that her show format was very novel, that was all it had going for it.
As a woman, she was ignorant of how broad men's horizons were. While she was learning embroidery at home, he had traveled to Europe. The number of scenes that he had seen was more than the number of people she had seen.
What could she use to scare him?
Mitte came out of the carriage with a very dissatisfied, gloomy expression. He soon saw Clermont, who was standing in the front.
In order to leave the three gentlemen no room for criticism, Bo Li specially changed into a tea green dress hemmed with fine gauze. She wore a wide-brimmed hat at an angle. The brim of the hat undulated like a lotus leaf and partially concealed her elegant, pretty face. Her brown eyes were alluring and spirited.
Mitte was stunned.
He had seen Clermont before when she was passing by his house in men's clothing. At the time, Wright had called him over to look. He was putting away cards and only glanced in that direction. He didn't think her appearance at the time was anything special.
He was surprised by how alluring she was when she wore a dress.
Wright and Davis were also stunned, but they were even more shocked by how drastically Mitte's face changed. What happened to the impatient Mitte?
Mitte walked forward and courteously nodded at her.
"Miss Clermont, seeing is believing."
Wright and Davis had seen him cursing Clermont in private. They were flabbergasted by his new behavior.
Bo Li: "Ah, Mr. Davis?"
"Mitte," Mitte stared at her while saying, "Walter Mitte."
Bo Li smiled and nodded. "Okay, Mr. Mitte, this way please."