How to Stop the Villain from Going Crazy
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter Part 74 - As if he was a demon or an evil spirit (1)
Raw Chapter 36 Part 1 of 2
Bo Li's lips slightly twitched. She didn't expect Mitte to still think about asking her out after being scared to such a state.
However, even if Mitte didn't mention it, she would still find a way to have dinner with someone to test Erik's attitude. Since he had delivered himself to her door, there was no reason to refuse.
Bo Li tightened her grip on Mitte's hand.
Looking moved and surprised, she answered, "Mr. Mitte, you're so forgiving! You don't even mind that I asked a journalist to take photos of you to promote the circus… Of course!"
Mitte almost fainted in anger. He felt so aggrieved.
He only invited her to dinner. He didn't say he was fine being photographed, much less that he was fine with being used to promote the circus.
After sending off Mitte, Bo Li ignored the discussion of the crowd and walked to the journalist. She asked him to develop the photos and publish them on the front page of the newspaper as soon as possible.
Once Mitte recovered his wits, he was likely to go back on his word.
The journalist understood. This was big news. If the photo was published in the newspaper before Mitte changed his mind, the sales of the newspaper for that issue would definitely dramatically increase.
If he was lucky, it might attract the attention of a news agency, and this news release would appear in newspapers across the country.
However, it took time to develop photos. After washing, the negative plate was exposed to a screen to transfer the halftone negative to the copper plate, and only then could it be installed onto the printing press and printed in the newspaper.
This was a complicated process and would take at least two or three days.
Bo Li had to delay Mitte for a few days to give the newspaper time to release those photos.
It just so happened she was going to use Mitte anyways to test Erik.
By then, the newspaper will have released that issue, and she will be done testing Erik. It was simply a win-win situation. Well, she won, whether Mitte would win anything was unknown.
In a good mood, Bo Li politely asked the crowd to leave.
Many people asked her when the circus would officially open. They wanted to test their courage too since three of New Orleans' most famous gentlemen had failed her courage test.
If they were able to pass, wouldn't that be proof they were more courageous than those three gentlemen?
Bo Li had expected this scene would happen. She said with a smile, "Everyone, please be patient. We'll definitely inform everyone in the newspaper once we officially open… By then, our hospitality won't be as simple as it is now. We'll provide free drinks on the opening day."
There was an immediate stir in the crowd. Free drinks!
This attracted people more than the courage test.
The police officer on the scene dryly coughed.
Bo Li immediately corrected, "For safety reasons, each player can only have one small drink."
She couldn't possibly let a bunch of drunkards come and cause trouble. She planned on figuring out how to dilute the wine.
Even so, people were still looking forward to the official opening.
Even when almost everyone was gone, there was still the buzz of their quiet discussions.
Although the two test runs brought unprecedented popularity to the circus, they also made her realize a problem. The performance time had to be shortened in order to accommodate more players.
At first, she scheduled the performance for three hours, but these people couldn't even last ten minutes.
Bo Li didn't know that her expression looked like an unscrupulous profiteer.
She seriously considered changing the performance time to 10 minutes, or maybe 20 minutes at most to give the players time to recover to avoid them vomiting everywhere.
The actors were very happy that they had successfully scared the three gentlemen, even Emily showed a faint smile.
In the secret passage, she heard Wright's disdain for the identity of a woman who had an abortion. At first, she felt uneasy, as if her hidden pain was suddenly exposed into the light, and she would be subject to his harsh judgment.
Unexpectedly, once the performance started, Wright was overcome by fear. He trembled and kept throwing up.
What he saw was merely a human-made illusion. It was the tip of the iceberg of her past experience.
The show's blood, flesh, the saw, and the screams were all fake, but she really did almost lose her four legs before. This scene was based on her life.
So this is what the so-called gentleman? Their words and actions were extremely vulgar, and their courage was smaller than her pinky. Why should she care what these people thought of her?
Bo Li discovered that Emily's mental outlook had completely changed. In the past, Emily's expression was sorrowful and distressed. She worried that Emily would commit suicide. Although Emily's face was still unhealthily pale, a hint of determination had been added to her expression now.
Emily seemed to have drawn strength from the fear of those three gentlemen and lost her fragility.
After looking at Emily, Bo Li looked at Marbella and Flora. Marbella had always been strong. She never gave up on herself.
Flora was still a young, carefree girl. She hadn't been treated badly or suffered hardship and maintained her innocent nature.
Bo Li initially formed the circus just to survive under Erik's control.
She recruited Emily, Marbella, and Flora and didn't have the intention of rescuing them. It just happened to work out that way. She needed deformed actors, and they happened to be present.
However, they gradually became better because of her actions.
Bo Li was struck with an odd feeling. It was hard to describe. It was as if she suddenly broke through a barrier, and everything around her felt real.
In the past, this world didn't feel real to her. And now, the air felt real, the floor felt real, and the happy people in front of her were real.
Emily, Marbella, and Flora noticed her gaze and came over to hold her hands. Their hands touched hers.
Their body temperature was real, realer than anything she had felt before.
Bo Li lowered her head. Her palms felt warmer, hotter.
She felt a rare moment of shyness.