Chapter 1459: Colluding with others?
Seeing Steve coming forward to argue with them, another member of the archaeological team hurried to disperse, but was stopped by Steve.
"Explain your thoughts clearly before you leave. I clearly heard you talking about people behind their backs just now!" Steve looked at them unhappily.
"Well..." One of them hesitated for a moment, feeling a bit embarrassed before speaking hesitantly, "We also heard someone say that Nie Yao and several important cultural relics disappeared at almost the same time. So they suspected that Nie Yao might have colluded with someone and absconded with the cultural relics."
"What did you say?" Steve was furious when he heard that. He grabbed the man by the collar and demanded, "Say it again?"
"Steve, don't be angry, I didn't say that..." The man quickly waved his hand at Steve and replied with a wry smile, "I don't even know who said it at first, but now it's spread all over!"
“You—” Steve wanted to beat this guy up, but the others beside him quickly stepped forward to dissuade him: “Yeah, Steve, it’s not just us who said that everyone doubts this…”
Steve looked around coldly at the archaeological team members and asked with a sneer, "My senior is missing, and not only are you not concerned about her safety and whereabouts, but you're maliciously spreading rumors? Is this your character?"
"Steve, you can't say that. We are also worried about Nie Yao's disappearance..." The other people hurriedly defended themselves.
"Yes, as you can see, we're working with the police to help find her whereabouts, but there's still no news. Our archaeological progress has been delayed, and we've also lost several gold artifacts!"
"That's right. The time when this cultural relic was lost is exactly the same as when Nie Yao disappeared. We have to be suspicious..."
Seeing them still seriously analyzing things, Steve sneered and replied, "Then why don't you just say that those people are the tomb robbers who have been lying in ambush for a long time and have taken my senior sister and the cultural relics together? You say that my senior sister is suspicious and colluding with others, but do you have any evidence?"
"Aren't those lost artifacts evidence?" A familiar female voice came from far away. Steve looked up and saw that the person speaking was none other than Vanessa Campbell!
When Steve saw her coming over and saying such words calmly, he immediately understood something and snorted coldly, "I was wondering who was spreading malicious rumors about my senior sister. It turned out to be you!"
"Steve, I'm just making a reasonable guess, not spreading rumors!" Vanessa shook her head and replied calmly, "Everyone should go back to rest, but she suddenly returned to the underground palace in the middle of the night. Her motive is really suspicious. Plus, the artifacts in our stone chamber are missing, and she's very familiar with the contents and terrain of that stone chamber..."
"She's familiar with it, so she was the one who colluded with others to steal it?" Steve was almost amused by Vanessa's logic. He gritted his teeth and explained, "My senior sister had an idea for a secret room mechanism, and she needed nighttime, so she rushed over at night. She was so dedicated to her work, so she fell into the bad guys' trap and was kidnapped. And you guys, not only are you sitting here reaping the benefits, but you're also maliciously slandering her!"
"Steve, what you said is a bit harsh. Is she the only one who worked hard? We didn't work hard?" Vanessa frowned and asked unhappily.
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