503: The abacus starts

Intelligent people often act according to their own goals, and this is precisely a point that can be exploited.

Su Yue drank coffee, looking at the map in his hand, with a serene expression on his face.

The plan was progressing step by step, and the pieces and the board were all ready.

...

In the luxurious suite of the Yoelson Hotel, Alec sat by the window, overlooking the scenery of Guangzhou.

Looking down from the Third Floor, this city, which blended modern technology with historical features, made him feel that this was the most ideal living environment for humans.

Alec had a laptop in front of him, and a chat box was displayed on the screen.

Those in the know could recognize the source of this chat box at a glance – the dark web. Alec was discussing the acquisition of the celadon crouching sheep with his partner.

His love for China culture surpassed that of ordinary people, so as soon as he learned of the theft, he immediately took a private jet from Eagle Country to China.

He was not short of money, so he didn't care about the price. But he needed to find the whereabouts of the celadon crouching sheep in order to proceed with the next transaction.

He had contacted this "partner" many times and had a relationship of more than ten years. Since the other party said they had contacted the seller, they must have already found the right person.

All he had to do was inspect the goods, pay, and then return to Eagle Country to wait for the goods to be delivered.

“Tonight at 9 pm, Zhenning Village, West Suburb Town, Guangzhou, Guangdong. The meeting point is the Cuihang Mountain cave two kilometers east of Zhenning Village. Proceed with caution and remain hidden. The other party requires cash, and the asking price is estimated to be thirteen million.”

This was the message sent by the other party. Alec replied "ok" and then closed the chat box.

He was very confident because this was not the first time he had done something like this. As long as it was genuine and he could get his hands on it, the price didn't matter.

...

On the other side, Li Shiya also received the message: “The meeting point is the Cuihang Mountain cave two kilometers east of Zhenning Village.”

The person who sent the message was the contact they had arranged before implementing the plan.

In the Guangzhou area, the other party's shipping methods were trustworthy. Although the fees charged were also high, Li Shiya was not worried about this.

After completing the last job, they would no longer need that person.

If the other party came to collect the debt, they would just kill him. He gathered his three brothers and began discussing tonight's plan.

...

At this point, four forces began to act simultaneously: the buyer Alec, the tomb raider Li Shiya, Su Yue and Jiang Si's team, and the Ministry of Justice.

Although he had promised to find that "Mr. Wang", he had not found any clues after repeated searches at this time.

Not only did he not find any trace of "Mr. Wang", but he also felt as if he was being monitored at all times.

When he met Jiang Si, he felt a sense of relief.

“How is it? Did you find Mr. Wang?”

Seeing Jiang Si, he asked eagerly.

Jiang Si's face was slightly solemn, and she shook her head slightly.

She took out an envelope and said, “I didn’t see him in person, I only found a walkie-talkie and an envelope…”

“It seems he has arranged everything.”

Xiao Lin hummed, and after a moment of silence, said, “Perhaps this is also good. If we meet him in person, we might be in greater danger.”

Jiang Si did not respond. She opened the sealed envelope and took out the letter paper inside.

In addition to the letter paper, there was also a mobile phone card in the envelope.

“This…”

Looking at the handwriting on the letter paper, both of them fell silent.

These words were indeed written by "Mr. Wang", because they had never seen them before, but they could guarantee that the handwriting of each word was unique.

What amazed them the most was the description of certain details in the letter.

The content mentioned on the letter paper was very detailed, as if he could predict the future.

“How is this possible?”

Xiao Lin felt very puzzled. He said, “Although the methods he wrote are indeed very feasible, so what? How can he guarantee that things will proceed as he envisioned?”

“And how could those people bring things to meet us? Could it be that in his plan, we are the buyers?”

Jiang Si's brows were also tightly furrowed. After listening to Xiao Lin's words, she pondered for a moment.

“No…”

“I think his purpose should also be to trade antiques for cash. If we become the buyers, what he ultimately gets is the celadon, not money.”

Hearing this, Xiao Lin became even more confused: “If his goal is the same as ours, and he uses us to do things, then when he finally gets the money, we can just take the money and leave…”

“How could he…”

Xiao Lin knew very well that "Mr. Wang's" ability was extremely strong. How could he not think of this step?

The current situation was as they had initially expected. They had fallen into the trap designed by Mr. Wang, and they had no idea what would happen next.

But Jiang Si continued, “It doesn’t matter.”

“We can execute his plan while also executing our own plan.”

“A person like Mr. Wang must be a lone wolf. If not, he wouldn't have asked us to come forward to assist him.”

“And look at this sentence…”

Xiao Lin followed Jiang Si's finger to a sentence on the letter paper.

【The Ministry of Justice may appear. It doesn’t matter if they see you, or rather, you can try to choose to be seen by them. This is also part of the plan.】

Xiao Lin's face became even uglier. He muttered, “Could it be… he even calculated the Ministry of Justice!?”

“How is this possible?”

“Is his purpose to be deliberately seen by the Ministry of Justice?”

In this situation, Jiang Si gritted her teeth. Judging from the content of the letter paper, she couldn't figure out what this Mr. Wang wanted to do!

Although the content mentioned in the letter was detailed, it was only part of the plan after all. They were just pawns.

Of course, Jiang Si was unwilling to be in this situation, but at the moment she had no clues at all. To break the situation, she first had to understand the situation the other party had laid out…

And at present, they were completely unable to do all this.

But this was not completely without a solution. Since they chose to participate in this situation, since they wanted to become the controllers, they would certainly not give up so easily.

Jiang Si cleared her thoughts: “We still have our own advantages.”

“And using his scheme against him is also a good strategy. Since he is setting up a situation, there will definitely be loopholes…”

Ding ding ding…

When Jiang Si said this, her phone notification sounded.

She looked at the notification on her phone, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

“See… I told you, we still have our own advantages.”

Xiao Lin was stunned for a moment and said, “So Zhang Xiaxia went to do this…”

…

Guangrao Village.

In Li Shiya's courtyard, he and his three brothers were already gathered.

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After the four of them were seated, Li Shiya spoke first: “We have found a buyer, and he seems to be a foreigner.”

“He should be very rich.”

Hearing Li Shiya say this, the faces of the other three immediately showed smiles.

Fourth Brother said excitedly, “We are about to have money! When we have money, I must buy a good car!”

“Big Brother, when are we going to make the transaction?”

Li Shiya nodded: “Tonight. What happened yesterday made me feel uneasy. We should act early and leave this damn place early.”

Second Brother, who had a more gloomy personality, looked at the text message on Li Shiya's phone and was a little worried: “Is this reliable? What if it’s a trap?”

Hearing this, Third Brother immediately retorted, “Second Brother, I said you have a bad personality and can’t do big things.”

“How could there be a problem with the buyer Big Brother contacted? It’s not the first time we’ve shipped goods.”

Before Second Brother could answer, Li Shiya asked strangely, “What’s wrong with you? Do you have a cold?”

“Your voice sounds a little off.”

Third Brother hummed: “Maybe I caught a cold. I don’t know how the door opened when I was sleeping last night. Maybe I caught a chill.”

Hearing his words, Li Shiya looked at him deeply, and then asked, “Did you go out again, kid? If anyone messes up at this critical moment, don’t blame me for being merciless!”

Third Brother chuckled and said, “Don’t worry, Big Brother, I’m lightly injured but won’t leave the front line. There’s definitely no problem!”

Seeing him like this, Li Shiya didn't say much, but simply changed the subject and said, “Since this is the last job, as I said before, we can’t let go of that fat sheep named Ye.”

“We’ll go catch him this afternoon.”

“We’ll take as much money as he has!”

“Then we’ll go trade with that foreigner, and finally, two and a half million each!”

“Hahaha!”

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and finally he burst into laughter.

However, he still didn't know that it wasn't just the buyer and seller who were active around this celadon crouching sheep…

Hearing Li Shiya say this, the faces of the other three immediately showed smiles.

Fourth Brother said excitedly, “We are about to have money! When we have money, I must buy a good car!”

“Big Brother, when are we going to make the transaction?”

Li Shiya nodded: “Tonight. What happened yesterday made me feel uneasy. We should act early and leave this damn place early.”

Second Brother, who had a more gloomy personality, looked at the text message on Li Shiya's phone and was a little worried: “Is this reliable? What if it’s a trap?”

Hearing this, Third Brother immediately retorted, “Second Brother, I said you have a bad personality and can’t do big things.”

“How could there be a problem with the buyer Big Brother contacted? It’s not the first time we’ve shipped goods.”

Before Second Brother could answer, Li Shiya asked strangely, “What’s wrong with you? Do you have a cold?”

“Your voice sounds a little off.”

Third Brother hummed: “Maybe I caught a cold. I don’t know how the door opened when I was sleeping last night. Maybe I caught a chill.”

Hearing his words, Li Shiya looked at him deeply, and then asked, “Did you go out again, kid? If anyone messes up at this critical moment, don’t blame me for being merciless!”

Third Brother chuckled and said, “Don’t worry, Big Brother, I’m lightly injured but won’t leave the front line. There’s definitely no problem!”

Seeing him like this, Li Shiya didn't say much, but simply changed the subject and said, “Since this is the last job, as I said before, we can’t let go of that fat sheep named Ye.”

“We’ll go catch him this afternoon.”

“We’ll take as much money as he has!”

“Then we’ll go trade with that foreigner, and finally, two and a half million each!”

“Hahaha!”

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and finally he burst into laughter.

However, he still didn't know that it wasn't just the buyer and seller who were active around this celadon crouching sheep…

Jiang Si and the others gathered together and came to a square on Baiyun Street in Guangzhou according to the instructions in the letter.

It was morning at this time, and the sun shone brightly on the square.

The early autumn wind felt very cool, and the climate was also very pleasant.

There were almost no pedestrians on the square, and the few of them sitting on the bench seemed a bit out of place.

Zhang Xiaxia asked, “Why do we have to wait in this place?”

“The letter didn’t write the specific time, so how can he be sure what will happen?”

“Could it be that the person named Ye has some special arrangements?”

Jiang Si was recalling the plans and steps mentioned in the letter and did not answer Zhang Xiaxia’s question for a while.

Instead, she asked, “Have you all remembered the action steps mentioned?”

“According to the letter, we are very likely to come into direct contact with that tomb raider gang.”

“This will be somewhat dangerous, so everyone must prioritize their own safety.”

Xiao Lin nodded and said, “This is fine.”

“Speaking of tomb raiders, I think they are just good at digging holes. What’s the point of taking things from dead people?”

“If we have to worry, I think we should worry more about that Mr. Wang.”

“Jiang Si, what Dong Dong said just now is also right. If Mr. Ye arranged for us to meet the tomb raiders…”

“That means this Mr. Wang is on the same side as the tomb raiders. Perhaps his purpose in letting us get the item is to rip them off?”

When Jiang Si heard Xiao Lin’s words, she actually felt that something was wrong.

But she couldn't think of what methods Mr. Wang would have, and after all, the most crucial thing was that celadon crouching sheep. Whoever could get this item would be in control.

Under this major premise, she would agree to this cooperation with Mr. Wang.

She thought for a while, but ultimately still didn't know what Mr. Wang's purpose was.

But she understood one thing…

All situations, no matter how complicated the process, must ultimately aim to achieve their goal.

As long as they could snatch the celadon, all problems could be solved.

She said, “Don’t think too much. As long as we can get the item, other problems are not that important.”

…

On the other hand, Li Shiya had made up his mind.

Since it was the last job, a rich person like President Wang could absolutely not be let go.

Even if it was only a few hundred thousand in commission, it was a good thing.

In the dim light of the room, he dialed Mr. Wang's mobile phone number.

However, as soon as the call was made, before even hearing a dial tone, it was directly hung up.

Seeing this situation, Li Shiya's face changed slightly.

“What’s wrong?” someone asked.

“Why isn’t this kid answering the phone?” Li Shiya asked in confusion.

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