Hearing the familiar tone on the other end of the line, Feilanz was utterly confused.
"Who are you? Are you someone I know using a voice changer? Get on your main account and talk to me!"
"This is my main account." Ye Xunzhi held her phone. "I'm calling to hire you for a job."
That was an indirect refusal to answer how she had learned about him.
Feilanz was smart enough not to pursue the subject.
"All right, all right." Feilanz conceded.
"Although I don't know how you found out about me, since you already know who I am, you should know my fees aren't cheap. Tell me what the job is first."
Ye Xunzhi got straight to the point. "I want to get an item from the Dafa Museum's collection, and I need your help."
"...Huh? A museum?" Feilanz silently glanced down at his phone, wondering if he had misheard.
"Hold on, I'm a mercenary. The Despicable Me screening is over that way..."
"One million minimum."
"...But as a mercenary with exceptional professional standards, customer satisfaction is what I'm all about!"
Both thoroughly satisfied and pained by the expense, Ye Xunzhi hung up. Feilanz happened to be in Country F and would head over soon. She then called Merlot.
There were faint, intermittent sounds of water on the woman's end. This conversation was much simpler.
Having finally sorted things out at the Opera House, Merlot was relaxing in a hot spring. She was a little surprised to receive Ye Xunzhi's unexpected call.
She was even more surprised to hear that Ye Xunzhi wanted to hire her for a job. She had never expected to repay today the favor she had owed since yesterday.
She liked that efficiency. Merlot hated owing favors; it always left her feeling uneasy.
"Sure." After