238: New intelligence

When Li Kangsheng saw the other party, the anger on his face dissipated considerably. He still said with a grim face, "Since that's the case, I'll leave this matter to you as well."

Li Wenbin smiled and nodded, "Father, don't worry, I will find out what happened as soon as possible. But today is your birthday banquet. Wouldn't it be bad if we called Police Officer and disturbed the banquet you carefully prepared?"

Li Kangsheng shook his head with a somber face, "It's okay. I planned to donate this ancient painting to the museum after exhibiting it. Now that the painting is lost, I can't explain it to the museum either. I must investigate this matter thoroughly."

Seeing this, Li Wenbin stopped trying to persuade him. "Son understands."

Li Wenbin turned around to look at the Anbao Captain who had already reported the case to Police behind him, and said to him, "Xiao Wang, before Police arrive, let's seal off the villa first so that the criminals don't escape in the chaos."

Only then did the Anbao Captain seem to find his backbone, and he quickly responded, "Yes!"

The invitation to the banquet said that the highlight of the evening banquet was a famous painting from the tang dynasty. The host had also highly praised this painting before the exhibition, and the painting had already piqued everyone's curiosity.

Everyone originally thought they would see the famous painting immediately, but who knew that an accident occurred at the moment the true appearance of this ancient painting was revealed. Li Kangsheng did not deliberately suppress his anger, so his conversation with Li Wenbin and the Anbao Captain was heard by everyone present.

Such an unexpected incident occurred at a perfectly good banquet, and the people present couldn't help but feel regret.

"I didn't expect that the heavily guarded Li family would have a famous painting stolen in public. It seems that the City is not safe recently. I'll have to find a few more bodyguards when I go back."

"It is said that the painting is by Master Han, and this painting is priceless!"

"The one talking to Li Zong just now must be his adopted son, Li Wenbin, right? This adopted son is neither arrogant nor impetuous, he's quite a promising young man."

"Indeed, this adopted son is Li Zong's pride."

While everyone was discussing, Li Wenbin had already had the Anbao seal off all the entrances and exits of the villa.

Li Wenbin also specifically took the microphone to explain to everyone present, "I am very sorry for disturbing the enjoyment of all the Uncles and Aunties tonight, but the painting lost tonight is truly too valuable. Before we find out who stole the ancient painting, I hope you can all be understanding."

After speaking, he also bowed to the audience.

Li Wenbin's considerate and thoughtful words immediately earned him a lot of goodwill. Even those who were unhappy about being surrounded like thieves felt much better because of Li Wenbin's words.

"Li Zong's adopted son is indeed good."

Everyone said so.

Lan Zijun listened to the unanimous praise of Li Wenbin around her and quietly whispered the rumor she had heard before into Su Yue's ear.

"It is said that Li Zong's adopted son was picked up by him on the way to the steel factory. Because he had no children, he treated Li Wenbin as his own son."

Su Yue was a little surprised, "It seems that Li Zong's character is really good."

Lan Zijun shook her head, "Li Kangsheng's ability to take over the national steel business must not be simple. It's just that we don't know."

After Lan Zijun's reminder, Su Yue also thought of Shengshi Iron and Steel, which is spread all over the country, and nodded silently.

Indeed, as Lan Zijun said, if Li Kangsheng didn't have some tricks up his sleeve, he wouldn't have been able to make his business so big. He was just clever in his methods and managed to clear himself.

Suddenly, Lan Zijun quietly asked Su Yue in his ear, "Do you think it's possible that this is a play they directed and acted themselves?"

Su Yue was startled and subconsciously looked at Li Kangsheng, who had retreated to the corner. He probably really didn't expect that someone would dare to steal the famous painting he was going to exhibit at his banquet.

At this moment, his face was flushed, and he was pointing at the Anbao Captain and cursing him about how he did his job and why his painting could be stolen at such an important moment.

His posture was so fierce that it was as if he wanted to get rid of the Anbao Captain on the spot. There was no trace of the gentle and polite appearance he had just now.

Thinking of the wealthy businessmen on television who always liked to play tricks for their reputation, Su Yue was unsure for a moment whether this matter was really done by Li Shengkang himself.

If this matter was really planned by him, then his acting skills were indeed very strong, almost deceiving everyone present.

Just then, Liang Yuzhu arrived at the scene with her people. Because the famous painting was to be donated to the museum after Li Kangsheng finished exhibiting it, Police attached great importance to this matter.

As soon as Liang Yuzhu arrived, she immediately ordered her subordinates to seal off the scene directly, and no one present was allowed to leave easily.

As the hosts of the banquet hall, Li Kangsheng and Li Wenbin immediately went to Liang Yuzhu's side to explain the situation.

When Liang Yuzhu heard that Li Wenbin had immediately ordered the Anbao to seal off the scene and prohibit guests from leaving, she couldn't help but glance at him.

She praised, "Mr. Li did very well. This is a great help to Police investigation."

If Li Wenbin hadn't controlled the scene immediately, the traces of the thief's crime might have been blurred and wiped away in the chaos, which would have caused great trouble for Police, and it would have been difficult for them to find the real culprit immediately.

Li Wenbin shook his head, appearing a little anxious instead.

"Police Officer, this painting is really important to my father. Please investigate who the thief is as soon as possible so that my father can be completely at ease."

"Don't worry, we will find out the truth as soon as possible."

Liang Yuzhu exchanged pleasantries with the two and asked a few key questions before walking to the center of the stage to observe the display case.

The trace expert was also investigating the situation on it at this time.

Seeing the trace expert detect three fingerprints, Liang Yuzhu quickly ordered people to collect the fingerprints of everyone present.

Lan Zijun and Su Yue had actually discovered Liang Yuzhu's presence as soon as she entered, but as the Captain, she was too busy, and they didn't feel it was appropriate to go up and disturb her.

Just then, Su Yue's phone suddenly rang. Lan Zijun subconsciously glanced at it, but saw a message about intelligence refreshing pop up on his screen.

Immediately, her eyes lit up, and she was a little surprised, "Is this it?"

Although Lan Zijun knew that Su Yue was Abyss, she had never seen him truly receive intelligence. Seeing the reminder of this message, she couldn't help but feel a little excited.

However, she knew that the place they were in was not safe at the moment, so she could only ask implicitly and didn't dare to directly reveal Su Yue's identity.

Seeing that Lan Zijun had seen it, Su Yue didn't hide it. He nodded, "Yes."

Su Yue found that intelligence usually refreshed at night, and now it refreshed every five days, so he directly set up relevant reminders on his phone to prevent himself from forgetting to check for new intelligence.

Lan Zijun's eyes immediately brightened, "This is the first time I've been this close to it. I'm quite curious."

Su Yue looked at Police Officers who were blocking the gate tightly and sighed helplessly.

"We definitely won't be able to get out tonight. If there's a chance next time, I'll take you to my place to take a look."

The light in Lan Zijun's eyes immediately became even more dazzling. She said excitedly, "Okay! Then it's settled!"

Su Yue didn't expect Lan Zijun to be so happy just by suggesting taking her to his rental house. Seeing this, he was still a little worried.

"But President Lan, my home is different from yours. It's a bit small, I hope you don't mind."

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Lan Zijun quickly shook her head, "Don't worry, I won't mind."

Seeing that Lan Zijun's face really didn't show any signs of dislike, Su Yue finally felt relieved.

Lan Zijun was a little curious, "Su Yue, do you think this will be related to what happened tonight?"

Su Yue shook his head, "I don't know either."

He couldn't choose the content of the intelligence each time. He only knew what it was related to based on the clues provided by the intelligence.

However, he also found that the intelligence was always related to the cases happening around him, so perhaps the intelligence refreshed tonight was really related to the painting theft case tonight.

After hesitating for a while, he said, "I'll let my roommate go and take a look."

Lan Zijun was confused, "You have a roommate?"

Su Yue nodded, "Yes, I've been sharing an apartment with a girl for a few years. She should be off work and home by now. I'll ask her to check what the new intelligence is."

Lan Zijun didn't hear clearly what Su Yue said after that. At this moment, her mind was full of the fact that Su Yue had been sharing an apartment with a girl for a few years.

Lan Zijun didn't know what was wrong with her, why she felt so uncomfortable when she heard that Su Yue was sharing an apartment with another girl, and she couldn't help but wonder why the person sharing the apartment with Su Yue wasn't herself, and how much she had missed out on about him.

After Su Yue finished sending a text message to Lin Jia, asking her to go to the basement to see if there was any new situation, he looked up and saw Lan Zijun's obviously disappointed and sad expression.

Su Yue immediately became nervous. He asked anxiously, "President Lan, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly sad? Is there something wrong with your body? Should we go to the hospital?"

In Su Yue's nervous and anxious voice, Lan Zijun finally came back to her senses.

"No, I'm fine. I just thought of something that made me feel a little down just now. I'm okay."

"Really?" Su Yue looked at Lan Zijun with some concern.

Lan Zijun felt uncomfortable under Su Yue's gaze and quickly avoided his eyes, appearing a little embarrassed.

"Yes."

Just then, Lin Jia replied to Su Yue. Seeing that Lan Zijun's face was normal, Su Yue no longer insisted on taking her to the hospital.

However, he still couldn't help but emphasize, "President Lan, if you feel unwell, you must tell me. Your health is the most important thing."

Lan Zijun nodded with a red face and urged him to reply to Lin Jia's message quickly.

"I know. Your roommate replied to you. Hurry and reply to her."

Lin Jia was already a member of Abyss now. She had also known last night that Su Yue would be attending the banquet with Lan Zijun today.

Seeing that Su Yue suddenly asked her to go to the basement to check for new intelligence, she guessed that something had happened at the banquet and was concerned about him.

"Su Yue, did something happen at the banquet? Are you okay? Do you need my help?"

Su Yue replied after a while, "I'm fine, it's just that the famous painting that was supposed to be exhibited was stolen, and I can't leave the villa. The intelligence just refreshed, so I wanted to ask you to see if this intelligence is related to this matter."

When Lin Jia heard that this was the reason, the worry in her heart finally eased, "Okay, I'll go and take a look."

"The key to the basement is in my room. You can see it when you open the drawer in my room."

"Okay." Lin Jia put away her phone and went downstairs to open Su Yue's room.

Although they had been sharing an apartment for several years, Lin Jia had only been in Su Yue's room a handful of times. Like her, he didn't lock his door when he went out, and he trusted her very much.

Lin Jia quickly got the key to the basement and walked towards the basement.

It was already completely dark by this time. Although there were lights along the way, Lin Jia still felt a little scared in her heart.

The last time she came here was during the day, and she didn't feel anything. Looking at it again now, this path became more and more frightening the more she looked at it. She didn't know how Su Yue managed to come here secretly every time without her knowing.

Lin Jia tightly clutched the phone in her hand, trembling as she walked down the stairs to the basement, and used the key to open the intelligence room.

This time, the intelligence room had changed significantly again. A whole set of guest seating had been added, as well as several more filing cabinets.

Lin Jia looked at the much larger intelligence room, feeling a little shocked in her heart.

She didn't know how Su Yue managed to remodel the intelligence room like this again without her knowing!

She exclaimed in her heart, walked to the large desk in front of her, and pulled open the drawer inside.

Sure enough, just as Su Yue said, there was a file bag placed inside at this moment.

Lin Jia saw the familiar file bag and took out her phone to send a message to Su Yue.

"There is indeed new intelligence. How do I give it to you?"

Su Yue knew that he definitely couldn't get out now, so he didn't hesitate too much and said directly, "You are now also a member of Abyss, so you are naturally qualified to handle intelligence. Just open the intelligence and take pictures for me to see what's inside."

Seeing Su Yue say this, Lin Jia didn't hesitate either and replied with an "Okay."

The file bag was very thin. She touched it but couldn't feel what was inside.

She picked up the string and opened the file bag. Upon closer inspection, she found that it was just a receipt.

It showed an online purchase record for a frog mascot costume, purchased a month ago.

Lin Jia didn't understand what this meant, so she took a photo and sent it to Su Yue directly.

"There is only this receipt in the file bag. Can this help you?"

Su Yue was also a little confused when he saw the receipt sent by Lin Jia, but he still replied to Lin Jia first.

"This receipt should be useful. Thank you. Just lock the basement when you leave."

When the basement was mentioned, Lin Jia couldn't help but speak up.

"I didn't expect you to be able to remodel the basement like this behind my back. Do you not sleep at all?"

As Su Yue's roommate, Lin Jia naturally knew that Su Yue's work schedule was not as flexible as hers. He went to work on time every workday and had no time to remodel the basement during the day.

Seeing Lin Jia's question, Su Yue suddenly felt a little flustered. He had forgotten that every time the intelligence room was upgraded, the basement would also be upgraded, and Lin Jia could tell that the basement had changed a lot at a glance.

However, across the screen, Su Yue didn't show it.

"It's just a small modification. It doesn't take too much time."

Seeing Su Yue's answer, Lin Jia snorted lightly, knowing that he didn't want to tell her, and she didn't argue with him.

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