"Didn't you say that you wanted Shen Jinmo to misunderstand Lu Zhiwei? I had no choice but to disguise myself as her." Angel defended herself with tears in her eyes.
She kept gesturing with her hands, afraid that if she was too slow, Luo Xiu would lose his temper and shoot her dead.
"You're making a fuss over nothing. Jiang Jingyu was trapped in a mental hospital and died in a fire. Even without this figure, the police wouldn't be able to find any murderer. Shen Jinmo, with his naturally suspicious nature, would suspect that Lu Zhiwei did it."
This kind of unspoken suspicion is the most deadly.
Luo Xiu stood up angrily, walked step by step to Angel's side, squatted down, and pressed the half-smoked cigarette against Angel's shoulder.
The spark instantly burned a hole in her maid's uniform, then embedded itself into her delicate skin.
"ah……"
The intense pain caused Angel's face to contort.
His body went limp and he leaned back.
The cigarette went out.
Luo Xiu tossed away his cigarette butt, stood up nimbly, and his cold expression radiated a terrifying chill.
“You’ve messed this up. I won’t agree to the conditions I promised you. Zhizhi is currently being held in Yunzhou as a suspect. I can’t see her, so you have to take responsibility.”
Angel, clutching her shoulder, slowly straightened her knees and stared straight at him.
"Don't glare at me. Don't think that just because you've taken care of Ruixi for a few months, you can take him away. I raised him. Even if he's just a dog of the Luo family, I won't let him go to a lowly servant like you."
After saying that, Luo Xiu walked past Angel with disgust, opened the study door, and left.
The door opened.
Mizuki stood straight outside the study door.
"Uncle Luo Xiu," Ruixi called out obediently.
Luo Xiu glanced coldly at Rui Xi: "From now on, stay away from that woman inside. She's no good and will corrupt you."
Ruixi didn't quite understand what Luo Xiu was saying.
He turned his head, and Angel walked out of the study, clutching her shoulder, still with a smile on her face.
Ruixi noticed her scalded shoulder: "Aunt Angel, are you alright?"
"It's nothing, just a minor injury," she gestured with her hand.
“I’ll take you to see a doctor.” Ruixi took her hand and led her downstairs to find the family doctor at the Luo family manor.
Angel looked at the kind-hearted Mizuki and felt the soft little hand in her palm.
I sniffed, and a sour feeling welled up in my nasal cavity.
——
Jiang Jingyu's case has not yet been solved.
The Lu Group and the Shen Group have also encountered problems one after another.
The police received a series of missing person reports.
Most of the missing persons were the most outstanding designers from the two groups.
Jiang Zhan had never dealt with such an unexpected situation before and was at a loss for how to respond, so he asked Lu Zhiwei to come out of retirement and return to the Lu Group to take charge of the overall situation.
Lu Zhiwei returned to the Lu Group and investigated the drafts the designers had drawn in the days before their disappearance and the people they had contacted.
Finally, a common point was found.
All the missing designers received an envelope with a wolf head logo.
After the envelope was opened, there was a challenge letter inside.
Design a wolf head-themed badge for the letter writer. After the design is completed, deliver the badge to the designated location. The envelope contains a deposit of two million, with the remaining eight million to be paid upon successful completion of the transaction.
In the president's office of the Lu Group, Lu Zhiwei carefully studied the letter.
Jiang Zhan paced back and forth in his office: "We've lost four or five of our best designers. This season's new designs may not be able to launch on schedule."
Lu Zhiwei frowned and asked, "How much annual salary are you offering our top designer right now?"
Jiang Zhan replied, "It's definitely in the millions. Besides, I haven't strictly controlled their taking on private jobs yet. Based on their total annual income, it could reach seven or eight million or even ten million."
"Yes, our group's top designers earn a lot of money, so why would they design this badge one after another for a mere ten million?"
"Sister, they all received this letter at the same time, which means that everyone received this challenge. Designers always want to be the best, whether openly or secretly, and they usually compete with each other in their design drafts."
More than the hefty reward, they probably wanted to win against others.
"They used this psychology to lure them in, and then arrested them. Who on earth has such power to arrest so many people in Yunzhou?"
Lu Zhiwei stroked her chin, her expression grave.
"Sis, I had my assistant check all of their work computers carefully and found that they all accessed a website called 'Peak of Artists' at the same time. The source of the incident should be this website."
Jiang Zhan walked to his desk, entered the webpage URL into his computer, and clicked on it with his mouse.
After entering the page, Lu Zhiwei saw many well-known artist accounts online.
Almost everyone was browsing the wolf head badge project.
Everyone seems eager to try and win this project.
Lu Zhiwei immediately registered an account and logged in.
"Sis, the designer who received the envelope must have passed through layers of challenges set up on the website. You, with a beginner account, can't trigger the ultimate mission," Jiang Zhan reminded her with a smile.
Lu Zhiwei clicked on the first level and found it very difficult.
You need to draw a Qilin (a mythical creature) using a graphics tablet within 30 seconds.
The Qilin is incredibly complex; it must be drawn within thirty seconds and must be drawn to its most exquisite degree to guarantee passing the level.
This makes proving it even more difficult.
As soon as Lu Zhiwei entered, it displayed a message that the task had been triggered and could not be closed.
Lu Zhiwei had no choice but to use her graphics tablet and grit her teeth and get right to it.
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