47: Lan Zijun's counterattack!

"Lan Ziju, did that person contact you again?"

As soon as the call connected, Liang Yuzhu's concerned voice rang out.

She was just busy with Police Station's recent cases, including Qian Boda's various illegal and criminal activities.

However, she was still thinking of her best friend Lan Zijun, worried about her condition.

Lan Zijun was deeply moved by the full concern in Liang Yuzhu's tone.

She knew that Liang Yuzhu, as her best friend, genuinely cared for her; otherwise, she wouldn't have risked offending the Qian family to actively help with the Qian Boda incident.

This kind of friendship was something Lan Zijun was willing to pay a significant price to maintain.

"No." Chatting with her best friend, even through a phone, Lan Zijun's expression was uncharacteristically gentle, finally looking like a normal young girl.

"During your investigation of Qian Boda, did you find any clues related to that person?"

she asked back.

Regarding the mysterious existence of "Yuan".

Lan Zijun could be said to be both afraid and yearning.

She feared the numerous secrets about her held in the other party's hands, yet yearned for the depth of the information network they possessed.

"No," a hint of sighing could be heard in Liang Yuzhu's voice, "When I was involved in this case, I was also working in that direction. After all, Qian Boda was the target of that person's intelligence gathering. Perhaps we could find some clues around Qian Boda."

"For example, someone he had contact with, or perhaps some equipment installed near Qian Boda."

"However, we found nothing. His intelligence seems to have been obtained out of thin air!"

"Of course, that's obviously impossible. I suspect the other party used some methods we don't know about, or perhaps we overlooked something."

"Don't worry, we will definitely find it for you. You don't need to worry."

Liang Yuzhu seemed to misunderstand Lan Zijun's intention; she quickly started to reassure her best friend.

"Thank you, Liang Yuzhu!" Lan Zijun said sincerely, "I'm fine."

"That's good. Oh right, be careful recently. I think I heard that the Qian family is up to something." Liang Yuzhu also breathed a sigh of relief; she was clearly afraid that Lan Zijun would bear immense psychological pressure because of this matter.

"Don't worry." Lan Zijun had always maintained a high degree of vigilance towards the Qian family couple. "I've always arranged for eyes to watch the Qian family's movements. I'll be careful."

"That's good. I still have a few cases here. I'll be busy now."

"Okay, when you're done, I'll arrange a relaxing holiday for you."

"Before you arrange one for me, you should take a holiday yourself. You've made so many moves recently that it's made a few other companies feel uneasy."

A holiday?

Lan Zijun pinched the bridge of her nose, thinking to herself that it seemed like she hadn't had a good rest in quite a while.

"Got it. I know my own body very well."

"Oh, please. You workaholic. I'm hanging up now."

"Okay."

After Liang Yuzhu said something playfully, she hung up the phone. Lan Zijun, meanwhile, lowered her head and noticed the slightly tired look on her face reflected in the phone screen.

"I really look quite tired... Phew!"

Lan Zijun touched her face with a hint of heartache. She hadn't expected herself to become so haggard.

After feeling sorry for herself for a few seconds, Lan Zijun called the Secretary in.

"Please book a beauty salon appointment for me tonight."

"Okay, President Lan."

Watching the Secretary leave the office, Lan Zijun started dialing again.

This call was made to Jiang Zhehao.

"Get ready. I plan to withdraw a large sum of money from the bank! Also, help me buy some pinhole cameras, as soon as possible."

Although Jiang Zhehao on the other end of the phone didn't understand Lan Zijun's actions, he was ultimately working for money and it wasn't convenient to ask too many questions about his employer's business, so he immediately agreed.

"Okay, President Lan."

Having arranged everything, Lan Zijun's face was calm like water, only a slight glint of something different appeared in her eyes.

...

The next morning, in Lan Zijun's office.

"Phew... This is all of it, President Lan."

Jiang Zhehao, with a few subordinates, carried travel cases filled with cash into Lan Zijun's office.

At the same time, as requested by Lan Zijun, several pinhole cameras were installed in hidden corners of the office.

Ensuring that the luggage in the center of the office could be observed from different angles.

After Lan Zijun carefully checked herself and confirmed that even knowing the cameras were there, it would be difficult to find them with the naked eye, she nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good. Can they maintain continuous observation?"

"Yes, these cameras support a monitoring distance of a hundred meters. We can continuously monitor within a specific range."

After Jiang Zhehao finished his explanation, Lan Zijun nodded with satisfaction.

However, Jiang Zhehao clearly had something to say. He hesitated slightly, and finally couldn't help but ask, "President Lan, what is the purpose of putting forty million in your office?"

After a pause, he continued, "Are you planning to use this money as bait?"

Lan Zijun glanced at Jiang Zhehao with a slight surprise. It had to be said that Jiang Zhehao's professionalism was excellent, being able to connect this large sum of money with her request to buy cameras.

"Sort of." she nodded slightly.

"Then my suggestion is, you could change this money into counterfeit bills..."

Jiang Zhehao nodded and said seriously, "Of course, using counterfeit bills on a large scale, even as bait, is illegal. However, you can report it to the bank and Police and use a small amount of real money mixed with a large amount of training currency."

"This way, unless carefully inspected, it's difficult to tell the difference in thickness and feel."

This suggestion was also very professional, but Lan Zijun shook her head slightly.

These 40 million were precisely the price for the intelligence agreed upon with that mysterious Yuan!

Lan Zijun had no intention of catching this mysterious Yuan at all!

In a sense, Yuan and Lan Zijun had a strange partnership.

Any relationship must have a dominant position, and all along, Yuan's mystery and his astonishingly powerful intelligence capabilities had caused Yuan to always hold the dominant position during Lan Zijun's interactions with the other party.

This made Lan Zijun very unhappy; she had always been the one in the superior position.

All she wanted was to use this opportunity to push Yuan into a difficult position so that the dominant power between them could be reshuffled.

Her gaze fell back on the box on the screen.

Inside were forty million in cash, all real bills, of course.

Lan Zijun didn't think that "Yuan", who could obtain numerous confidential messages, would be fooled by counterfeit money.

Moreover, she actually gave this money willingly.

Lan Zijun was a very reasonable person. The other party's intelligence saved her life, and she even used his intelligence to complete a beautiful counterattack. From this perspective, it was only right and proper for the other party to take this money.

However, she was not someone who would passively accept everything!

Even though she had a subtle fear of Yuan in her heart, she still chose to face the difficulty head-on!

This was her move against Yuan!

"Very good. In the afternoon, we'll go to the lounge on the third floor downstairs and watch the surveillance footage there the entire time."

"Okay, President Lan."

Lan Zijun had the Secretary lead Jiang Zhehao and the others to the lounge downstairs first.

While she continued to stay in the office, busy with some work.

It wasn't until lunchtime arrived that Lan Zijun got up to eat lunch.

Due to today's objective, Lan Zijun did not have the Secretary order food and have it delivered as usual.

Instead, she uncharacteristically went out and had a meal at a hotel near the company.

As for the reason, Lan Zijun didn't want her eating process to be watched by Jiang Zhehao and others the whole time; she disliked the feeling of being monitored.

The work process was something she could tolerate, but eating was not.

...

Meanwhile, the Market Department where Su Yue was located was also having a gathering at the same hotel to celebrate the approval of the project proposal.

Midway, when Su Yue came out to use the restroom, he saw Lan Zijun being led to a private room by a waiter.

Su Yue, who had a good relationship with the Secretary's office, had heard from Lan Zijun's personal Secretary that Lan Zijun's lunch was specially ordered and delivered to the office every day.

It was said that Lan Zijun specifically chose to eat in the office to reduce eating time, even though she could continue working after the meal.

When Su Yue saw Lan Zijun, who uncharacteristically came to the restaurant to eat, he immediately realized that something was off with her.

"Hmm, it seems she didn't honestly do as I said."

"It seems I need to give her a little shock next."

Su Yue's entire aura and atmosphere changed.

"Let her know who the dominant one is."

...

2:50 PM

Su Yue stretched and got up from his seat as usual, pushed open the door, and walked towards the restroom.

Unnoticed by anyone, after arriving at the restroom, Su Yue entered a cubicle with a maintenance notice posted on it.

This was a label Su Yue had specifically put up last night to prevent hidden items from being seen by other employees.

He opened the cubicle and looked at a black backpack placed on the toilet.

Su Yue loosened his tie, took a deep breath, and his voice became somewhat deep under the control of his vocal cords.

"Phew... From now on, 'Yuan' makes his appearance."

Opening the backpack, a human skin mask lay beneath a set of black clothes.

2:53

A man whose height and appearance were very different from Su Yue walked out of the restroom.

Relying on anti-reconnaissance techniques, he successfully evaded the attention of almost everyone and arrived at the stairwell.

Looking at the camera at the stairwell corner, Su Yue, disguised as someone else, put his hand into his pocket and took out a metal object...

Meanwhile, in the lounge.

Lan Zijun sat on the sofa, watching Jiang Zhehao and the others adjust the surveillance footage onto the big screen.

"Yuan, I'd like to see how you take this money from my office."

...

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