Although they didn't join the army, thanks to Grandpa Huo, the three of them still had some fighting skills, as you can tell from their physiques.
Huo Haocheng's gaze also made Fu Mingyi dare not underestimate him. The group stood in the courtyard, and during lunch, Fu Mingyi brought up the matter of proposing marriage with Zhao Hongmei.
"Grandpa and Grandma, Uncle and Aunt, when do you think would be the most convenient time for us to propose marriage?"
"A marriage proposal?" The Huo family turned to look at Huo Yue, who shrugged, indicating that she had only just found out herself.
"It's like this, I think it's better for Yueyue and me to settle down as soon as possible. Huo Haocheng is going back to his unit soon, so if Yueyue and I are settled down, it will be more legitimate for me to come over later. Otherwise, if I come over later, I'm afraid it will not be good for Yueyue's reputation."
Fu Mingyi spoke with an air of righteousness, but his scheming was written all over his face; everyone knew what he was really up to.
"Oh"
Huo Haocheng couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
"Brother Fu, my brother said you're quite skilled. Let's have a spar!" Huo Haoshi, Huo Haoshen, and Huo Haojie stood up as Huo Haoshi spoke.
Fu Mingyi glanced at Huo Haocheng, who gave him a look of reassurance. The three brothers formed a triangle around Fu Mingyi, with Huo Haocheng, Ruan Ruan, and Huo Yue standing to the side.
The group exchanged blows, with Fu Mingyi focusing on defense. However, no matter how skilled he was, he couldn't withstand the three brothers' perfect teamwork and still managed to get hit a few times.
When Ruan Ruan got married, her fiancé was their eldest brother, so they couldn't easily warn him. Fu Mingyi is different; marrying their Huo family princess won't be so easy for him either.
After they finished fighting, the group returned to the table and continued eating.
"Xiao Fu, it's like this, the day after tomorrow is the day Yueyue's second brother, Haoshi, is going to propose marriage. We just held Haocheng's wedding, so it's not good to be too prominent in the same month. How about we postpone the proposal to the end of next month?"
"Okay, Auntie, I'll talk to my parents when I get back."
The time was set. After dinner, Fu Mingyi helped Huo Hao move his things while telling him about yesterday's events. Especially when talking about the people they had caught, he felt like he had forgotten something.
"Have you asked Lin Dafu and the others who they sold the cultural relics to?" Huo Haocheng asked Fu Mingyi as he put the last bag of luggage on the back seat.
"They said they didn't know each other's names or had never met in person. They communicated only through letters. Each time, they would simply place the artifacts at a designated location, and the other party would send someone to pick them up. They would leave money behind when they left. However, one time, after they put down their things and had some drinks, he went back by chance and saw several people moving things. He didn't ask any questions and just turned around and left."
"Then why didn't you take Lin Dafu to identify the servants?"
"But the problem is, Lin Dafu and his gang were executed yesterday."
Huo Haocheng was speechless. Such a serious matter should have had its execution of Lin Dafu and the others postponed once the discovery of the artifacts was confirmed. Huo Haocheng truly didn't know what to say. He closed the car door, turned, and walked towards Ruan Ruan. Behind him, Fu Mingyi suddenly realized what he had forgotten and scratched his head in frustration.
"Ruan Ruan, come out here for a moment, I need your help with something." Huo Haocheng knocked on Huo Yue's door. After dinner, Ruan Ruan and Huo Yue went back to their room, where the two friends were discussing Fu Mingyi.
"What's wrong?" Ruan Ruan asked, opening the door with a puzzled look.
"I need you to lend me your 520 (a homophone for 'I love you')."
On the night of the raid on Lin Dafu's house, Huo Haocheng knew that 520 was an excellent detective. With him on the case, wouldn't it be a piece of cake to find out those people's passwords?
Ruan Ruan glanced at Huo Haocheng's expression, but didn't ask any further questions. She simply mentally called out "520".
"System, come back quickly, Huo Haocheng needs to see you urgently."
At that moment, 520 was having a great time with the small animals in the mountains. Hearing Ruan Ruan's call, it appeared outside the courtyard in a flash.
"Meow!" I'm back. What do you want?
"Come out with me," he said, putting the 520 into his pocket.
"Drive," Huo Haocheng said to Fu Mingyi after getting into the car.
Fu Mingyi first drove to mail all the items, and then brought Huo Haocheng to the police station.
"Take me to meet them."
Then, Fu Mingyi took Huo Haocheng to meet the other people separately. Their responses were the same as before; they knew nothing. Afterwards, Huo Haocheng asked Fu Mingyi to lock the group together and told him to go out first, while he stood in a corner.
"On May 20th, go hide and listen to what they're saying."
"Okay, wait for my good news." With that, 520 stealthily landed on the window of the room and simultaneously activated its mind-reading function.
"Master Liu, we've been doing exactly what you said before: if we get arrested, we'll pretend we know nothing. But it's been almost two days now, and if we don't get out soon, we'll lose our jobs!"
"Xiao Zhang, don't panic, stay calm. As long as we don't know, we'll be fine. We were assigned by the director to pick up the goods; it wasn't explicitly stated beforehand. As long as we don't know, we'll be safe."
"We simply didn't know."
"Hey, you've sent us to haul goods, you can't possibly not even know what they are, can you?"
"We're just a few people moving goods. We'll do whatever it takes to get paid. How could we possibly know what's inside?"
"I didn't make any money this time, and I even got arrested. I'm so wronged!"
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Everyone else was blaming each other, but this Mr. Liu and another person mixed in with the movers looked at each other without saying a word. When no one was looking, they tapped the place name with their hands. Everything they did was seen by 520.
Half an hour later, Huo Haocheng went to Fu Mingyi's office and wrote down the tapping he had seen on May 20th.
"This is what Master Liu and Zhao Si, who claimed to be a porter, said just now using a special method of communication used by enemy agents," Huo Haocheng translated the message, meaning, 'Has the list been sent out? Yes, it has.'
"Is anything missing from this batch of cultural relics?" Huo Haocheng asked, looking at the two sentences.
"Yes, but the 'Snowy Landscape Painting,' the Tang tri-color glazed plate with blue floral and bird design, and the bronze 'Ling Gui' are missing."
"They most likely hid the list inside these three artifacts and took it with them, but what exactly is this list they're talking about?"
"Now it's clear that the others were innocent victims. You need to investigate this Master Liu and this Zhao Si; they can't escape their identities as enemy agents. Investigate their families to see who else is involved."
"Okay, thank you, brother-in-law."
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