Reborn with the Infinite World Panel-Chapter 67: 66 Bureau Investigation 10
"Good morning, Brother Lu," Li Wenya greeted with a smile.
Lu Hui: "Good morning, everyone."
Nan Chu: "Brother Lu, you’re a bit early today. You usually arrive at the company around 8:50, don’t you? How come you’re here before 8:30 today?"
Lu Hui’s eyes were a bit evasive as he scratched his head, "I went to bed early last night, so I woke up early and came to the office early."
Nan Chu was quite observant, noticing even such small details.
But Nan Chu’s inner voice was blocked to avoid affecting her deduction filming, so now she couldn’t hear everyone else’s thoughts.
Nan Chu slightly raised her eyebrows, feeling that Lu Hui was lying. There must be something going on with him coming to the office early.
At 9 a.m., Song Yi smiled and said, "Lu Hui from our department was chosen for the Angel Cultural Art Activity’s event plan. Lu Hui will be fully in charge of this event now, and everyone should fully support Lu Hui in handling the Angel Cultural Art Activity well."
"Other departments will also cooperate. If needed, you can seek help and support from other departments."
"Yes, Manager, I will do my best to make the Angel Cultural Art Activity a success."
"Do your job well." Song Yi said this and then returned to the office.
Su Xiao: "Congratulations, Brother Lu."
Li Wenya: "Brother Lu is amazing."
Lu Hui said, "I’ll buy everyone milk tea today."
"Thank you, Brother Lu."
"Brother Lu is generous."
"You’re welcome."
After 10 a.m., Hou Pu returned, and it happened that Ke Nian saw him. After 11 a.m., he suddenly left the office again, which Nan Chu and Li Wenya also noticed in the break room.
After work, Nan Chu and the others ordered takeout for dinner. Just after finishing, they saw Hou Pu return to the office, carrying a very heavy-looking black bag.
At 2 p.m., managers from various departments went to a meeting.
Nan Chu and the others sneaked quietly into Hou Pu’s office.
They found a cabinet, and the cabinet had a combination lock.
On the desk was a notebook, and inside it was a puzzle.
To prove your English is very nice, I’ve left you a hell-level puzzle.
Yù=givgap, zhī=teiaga, mī=?
Xia Mingyu: "Mī is take a nap, but this puzzle clearly isn’t that."
Su Xiao: "Why does Yù equal givgap? What’s the rule?"
Li Wenya picked up pen and paper and wrote down the puzzle.
Suddenly, she had a lightbulb moment, "Do you guys think it’s two English words combined? Yù can be split into yú and yè, zhī can be split into shí and yòu, mī can be split into mù and mǐ."
Nan Chu gave Li Wenya a thumbs up, "It really is, Yù is give, yè is page, shí is ten, yòu is again, mù should be eye, mǐ is rice."
Su Xiao said, "But it’s still not right?"
Nan Chu: "Give and page remove the e, ten and again remove the n, eye and rice remove the e, then reverse and combine to form, mī is eycir."
Li Wenya input the eycir suggested by Nan Chu, and the cabinet opened.
Inside was a black bag, and within the black bag, there was stack upon stack of cash.
Besides the cash, there was also an invitation in the cabinet, an invitation from the Art Heart Auction House, with the event taking place that evening at 19:00.
Nan Chu took a photo of the invitation, and after photographing it, they also turned on Hou Pu’s computer.
Hou Pu’s computer password was set to his birthday.
After opening it, they checked his V-chat records and discovered transaction records with W.
The other party only received money without any communication with Hou Pu.
In Gong Guan’s call records, there was an unknown number that also appeared in Hou Pu’s phone number.
The call was also short, only about ten minutes.
Apart from this, there was no other important information on the phone, and nothing could be found.
Even though they wanted to search more, someone came in, so they left Hou Pu’s office.
Back at their seats, Nan Chu searched for the Art Heart Auction House, also on Wangwang Street, at number 88.
What a coincidence, all on Wangwang Street.
At 3 p.m., Hou Pu and the others finished their meeting.
At 4 p.m., Nan Chu suddenly received a V-chat from Hou Pu.
[Manager Hou]: Nan Chu, are you free tonight? I have an auction invitation and need a female companion, and I’m wondering if I could invite you to be my companion.
Upon receiving the message, Nan Chu immediately took a screenshot and sent it to the group.
[Li Wenya]: This sudden invitation from Hou Pu, could there be other motives?
[Shao Zheng]: Nan Chu, you should go, and we will wait outside the auction house. If anything happens, message us immediately.
[Nan Chu]: You don’t need to go. You should stay in the office; you may be able to find something there.
[Su Xiao]: Isn’t it dangerous for you to go alone?
[Nan Chu]: If anything really happens, having more people just means more potential victims.
She figured she might have a chance to escape alone.
[Shao Zheng]: We’ll stay in the office then and wait.
Nan Chu replied to Hou Pu, agreeing to go.
At 5:30 p.m., Nan Chu left the company.
Nan Chu changed into more formal attire, and around 6:20 p.m., she arrived at the Art Heart Auction House in Hou Pu’s car.
Upon arrival, she observed the surroundings and saw many people had already arrived.
"Isn’t this Little Hou, long time no see." A gentleman in his sixties walked over.
"President Zhen." Hou Pu greeted respectfully, "How have you been lately, sir?"
"Very well." Zhen Fu turned his gaze to Nan Chu and asked, "And who is this lovely lady?"
"This is an employee from our company’s customer service department," said Hou Pu. "Nan Chu, this is President Zhen of Yiheng Real Estate, say hello."
"Hello, President Zhen." Nan Chu nodded with a smile.
Zhen Fu stared straight at Nan Chu, "Hmm, good." He then turned to Hou Pu, "Let’s have a good chat later."
"Of course, President Zhen."
Zhen Fu left with his female companion.
Afterwards, they bumped into other people, whom Hou Pu introduced to Nan Chu.
Nan Chu found it rather strange; as a manager, Hou Pu seemed to know quite a few high-level people.
She felt there might be something else going on.
She wondered if it was related to the girls that Gong Guan had lured.
At 7 p.m., the auction started on time.
The paintings auctioned were created by emerging artists.
And the money from this auction was all used for charity.
Nan Chu kept her eyes open and ears sharp, noticing the behavior and demeanor of everyone else.
She thought that the auction wasn’t just as simple as it seemed.
Halfway through the auction, the power suddenly went out.
"What’s going on?"
"Why did the power go off?"
"What’s going on with the auction house?"
Due to the sudden blackout, the auction attendees started making a fuss.
Amidst the noise, Nan Chu heard a muffled groan, from none other than Hou Pu, who was right beside her.
She then smelled the scent of blood, but it wasn’t human blood; it seemed to be a blood packet.
It appeared that Hou Pu was dead.
After seven or eight minutes, the power was restored.
And the dead man was indeed Hou Pu.
"Ah—someone’s dead!"
"Call the police immediately."
The auction house’s security chief quickly controlled the crowd, ensuring no one could leave and waited for the police to arrive.
While waiting for the police, Nan Chu observed the cause of death for Hou Pu — a single stab.
The knife pierced into the heart with a clean incision, typically indicating a sharp weapon and a swift, forceful motion. The knife was slightly angled upwards, suggesting the attacker was at a lower position than Hou Pu when the stabbing was done.
This might also mean there was a height difference between the attacker and Hou Pu.
Hou Pu was rather tall, about 1.8 meters, so there were many people at the scene shorter than him.
Moreover, the wound on Hou Pu had a slight black hue, suggesting possible poisoning.
After surveying Hou Pu’s body, Nan Chu took out her phone, snapped a photo, and shared it with the group, instructing Li Wenya and the others to take another look through Hou Pu’s office if possible.
Li Wenya and the others acknowledged, and they would head over.
