179: Chapter 179 Confess Your Purpose Honestly!

Inside the Fanmi lobby.

Two "delivery workers" were holding up their phones to provide illumination, their light beams sweeping back and forth across the marble floor as they agilely vaulted over the staff entrance turnstiles in the passageway.

The tall, thin man lowered his voice, "Brother Wei said it's just that broken tree in the lobby and the Fortune Cat at the front desk. Get it done and leave, don't touch anything else."

The short, fat man weighed the wrench in his hand, his tone full of confidence, "Big Brother, just watch and see. I guarantee it'll be clean..."

"Smash it and run. It's going to make a lot of noise, so it'll definitely alert security!" the tall, thin man cautioned in a low voice. "Brother Wei said that the reason Fanmi Technology has achieved what it has today is definitely because of the building's good Feng Shui. If we destroy these two things, we'll guarantee they have bad luck! Once it's done, our commission won't be small!"

Guided by the light of their phones, the two crept to the front desk. The pure gold Fortune Cat was squatting on the crystal countertop, its embedded red agate eyes flashing with an eerie light in the darkness. The short, fat man grinned viciously and raised his wrench, "Let's take care of this cat first..."

"I'm going to chop the tree!!" With that, the tall, thin man took a wood-chopping knife out of his backpack and walked quickly toward the Fortune Tree on the other side.

Just then, the lobby lights suddenly turned on.

"Stop! What are you doing!!!"

"Hands up, put your hands behind your head!!"

"Behave, or we will take forceful measures!!!"

"..."

The sudden turn of events instantly froze the two figures, one thin and one fat, in place.

The wrench held by the short, fat man also froze in mid-air because he saw that most of the security personnel surrounding them from all directions were equipped with stun guns. If he made any move, he would surely be taken down instantly.

The tall, thin man on the other side was also dumbfounded with fear.

He had been so careful, even bringing a signal jamming device, thinking he could sneak in unnoticed. But looking at the current situation, it was clear that they had already discovered him and had even made preparations in advance.

Looking at the security personnel surrounding him from all sides, he realized in an instant: there was no escaping...

"Name!!"

More than ten minutes later, in the security room, Luo Ming looked coldly at the two men, questioning them in a deep voice while rummaging through the items in their black backpack.

"Bu Gaoxin..."

"Mei Tounao..."

"..."

Several security guards standing at the door couldn't help but look over.

Then, they looked at each other.

Their expressions were a bit strange.

Luo Ming just frowned slightly, then shouted sternly, "Behave yourselves! Do you know how serious your offense is? Trespassing into a state-approved confidential unit without permission, suspected of intentionally damaging high-tech equipment, and stealing trade secrets—at worst, you could be sentenced as spies!!"

"Don't say I didn't warn you. Once you get to the police station, it's at least ten years starting. I'll ask one more time: Name!!!"

Luo Ming's words instantly panicked the two, and their faces turned pale.

"Bi... Big Brother, we aren't lying. Our ID cards were just confiscated by you..."

"And mine..."

A security guard nearby quickly stepped forward and handed the two ID cards to Luo Ming.

Luo Ming glanced at them, and the corner of his eye twitched slightly.

They really were Bu Gaoxin and Mei Tounao, but it just felt like these two names... were a bit strange...

"What was your purpose for breaking into the building?"

A moment later, Luo Ming held the ID cards and looked back at the two men squatting on the ground.

"Smash the Fortune Cat..."

"And the Fortune Tree!"

"What??" Luo Ming frowned again.

"Everything we said is true, we wouldn't dare lie at all!!" Bu Gaoxin hurriedly assured him, even raising his right hand as if to swear.

"..." Luo Ming frowned again, only feeling more and more that this was absurd.

These two guys, carrying professional signal jamming equipment, snuck into the Fanmi Technology building in the middle of the night just to smash the Fortune Cat and the Fortune Tree in the lobby?

The data center upstairs holds so many trade secrets, and the labs have so much core technology, yet they didn't steal those??

Isn't that ridiculous?

His expression became increasingly grave and serious.

Looking at the two intruders who were honestly confessing, he felt it was a bit tricky.

He wasn't afraid of those who were stubborn; he hated slippery types like this, where nine out of ten sentences were fake—a waste of time!!

"It seems you don't want to confess. The police will be here in ten minutes. If you confess before then, there's still a possibility of a lighter sentence. If you're still holding onto wishful thinking, then prepare to spend the rest of your life in jail! Lock them in the dark room and guard them strictly!"

Luo Ming stood up and looked coldly at the two men.

"Yes!!!"

Several security guards immediately stepped forward and cleanly escorted the two unlucky fellows, one fat and one thin, out of the security room.

"No, we already confessed! It was Liu Wei... he ordered us to come. Our mission really was just to smash the Fortune Cat and the Fortune Tree!!!"

"I testify, everything he said is true!!!"

"Big Brother, please, let us go, we know we were wrong..."

"We were wrong, really wrong..."

"..."

Listening to the voices fading into the distance, Luo Ming frowned tightly.

These two guys were still spouting lies even when facing their doom, so he could only wait for the police to handle it.

They couldn't even come up with a better excuse to try and brush things off.

They were probably two tough characters!

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have the right to use extrajudicial punishment, he would really like to properly deal with these two guys.

The things he learned back in the army must have gotten rusty from not being used for so long.

He took out his phone and checked the time.

12:30 AM.

It was already very late, but a break-in at the building was a huge matter that had to be reported.

After thinking about it, he decided to call his superior.

...

1:00 AM, Tesla China Headquarters.

Liu Wei held a glass of whiskey with ice in his hand, facing the computer screen.

On the screen were photos of the Fanmi headquarters that he had someone secretly take.

Suddenly, a knock on the door sounded. His expression shifted, and he spoke in a deep voice, "Come in!"

His assistant pushed the door open, his face somewhat pale, "Liu... Director Liu, those two... seem to have been discovered!!"

"Discovered is discovered, as long as they ran away, it's fine." Liu Wei gulped down some alcohol, "As long as the mission is accomplished and those two things are smashed, once Fanmi Technology's Feng Shui is broken, that guy surnamed Lei can just wait to cry..."

"No..." the assistant's voice trembled.

"They don't seem to have escaped. They were directly cornered by Fanmi's security guards, and now..."

"What?" Liu Wei stood up abruptly, the glass slamming onto the desk with a "clatter," "They got caught even doing this? And they dare call themselves professionals?"

He rushed to the window, looking at the lights of the high-rise buildings in the distance. Those lights, in the night, looked like pairs of eyes staring at him coldly.

A chill crept up from the soles of his feet. He suddenly remembered Zhu Danyang's words from the day: "Fanmi is not an ordinary company, don't use crooked methods..."

"Fortunately, I have a backup plan..." Liu Wei sat back in his chair, cold sweat soaking his shirt.

"Even if they get caught, it's no big deal. It's just a Fortune Cat and a Fortune Tree; at worst, I'll just pay for it!"

He took a deep breath, still holding onto a glimmer of wishful thinking.

After all, in essence, it wasn't a very big deal.

Although it might look a bit ugly, he could even see tomorrow's headline...

"Tesla Executive Publicly Hires Others to Destroy Competitor's Fortune Cat and Fortune Tree..."

But consequences of this level were still within the controllable range.

It was just that thinking of Zhu Danyang's angry face, and the fact that he was very likely to be implicated, filled him with a wave of annoyance.

"Can't even do such a small thing right and have to drag me down with them. What trash!!"