"Minister Lucas." Shen Que said, "I heard that you checked my ore."
"This, this, this... there must be some misunderstanding!" Lucas couldn't even finish his words.
What's this!
Are pheromones suppressive?
But isn't he a Beta?!
Two members of the Trade Department stood beside him trembling with fear, one of them was an Alpha, whose situation was not much better than his.
"Why don't you serve tea to the Director?"
He scolded the member next to him, walked in front of Shen Que and slowed down his voice.
"Director, if there's a problem with your ore, why bother filing a complaint with me directly?"
Appeals will be recorded in your performance report.
Chen Que stopped the staff member who was about to pour tea and spoke slowly:
"The Ministry of Trade has its own regulations. We will follow the normal procedures to avoid accusations of being...special."
He glanced at the receptionist casually.
The receptionist was already vomiting.
"Yes, yes, yes... What the Director said is..."
Lucas could only nod.
“But it’s very interesting.”
Shen Que nodded his chin in the direction of the information.
"I didn't see any smuggling identification sheet for my ore in there."
"W-what?" Lucas hurriedly ordered his subordinates, "Hurry and look for it again!"
The subordinate's voice trembled: "I've searched three times, Minister."
Another subordinate said even more quietly: "That piece of ore was not among the goods that were inspected."
Lucas's heart was in suspense, mixed with a hint of surprise: "Could it be... a mistake?"
Dion cleared his throat. "Indeed, one of your men came to my shop and took the ore."
The apprentice, who finally understood that old customers equal young lords, raised his chin and said, "There are surveillance cameras in the store, and you can check them anytime!"
Lucas' heart was hanging in the air again.
"Bring the guy who was checking the ore yesterday to me!" he shouted.
Three minutes later, two Betas joined the line of people standing in fear.
"That's them," the apprentice pointed. "They're so vicious! They demanded we hand over the ore the moment we turned over, and if we didn't, they'd smash our shop. Look, ma'am, there are still bruises on my arms from them pushing and pushing!"
"Is that you?" Lucas asked sharply.
The two Betas looked at each other, unable to say a word.
"You won't tell me, right?" Shen Que said coldly, "Then suspend your duties for now."
The two members' legs suddenly went weak.
"Director! We did go, but we brought the documents with us! They even have the Ministry of Minerals' stamp on them!"
"impossible!"
The beautiful Xingyao's stubborn temper suddenly came out.
"Who did you ask to stamp it? Why is it not in our records?"
The two Betas exchanged a glance: "Yes... Minister Gabi..."
Xingyao was stunned.
"Oh?" Shen Que didn't even raise his head, pointing his finger at the armrest of the sofa, and said to Anya, "Then call Gabi and ask her."
Anya is gone.
He looked at the two Betas and said, "If you have anything to add, there's still time."
The two Betas were disheartened: "Director, Director, we are really following the procedures!"
"A few days ago, we received a report that Dion's workshop had a piece of smuggled ore. They provided detailed proof, from mining to lost registration, and even a map of the smuggling route!"
"We immediately took the materials to the ore department."
"At that time, the two deputy ministers went to inspect the mining area, and I handed the materials to Minister Gabi."
"The minister said there was no problem after looking at it, and quickly gave us his stamp of approval. He also told us that this stone was very rare and must be investigated and dealt with as soon as possible."
"Didn't he tell you that the investigation and handling of extremely rare symbiotic stones requires the presence of someone from the Minerals Department?" Xingyao asked, "Or have you been doing this for so many years and you're not even aware of this rule?"
The two Betas didn't dare to speak again.
They glanced at Lucas intentionally or unintentionally.
Lucas sweatdropped.
As soon as Gabi's name came out, he felt very disappointed.
He finally thought of—
Yesterday morning, Gabi found him and said that there was a mineral inspection order, and according to the procedure, someone from the mineral department needed to follow, but he was too busy, so he could only ask them to take more trouble.
Lucas, who could only say "OK, OK", signed the confirmation form without even looking at it.
It’s over…
This is really over...
His brain quickly searched for a viable solution among the eighteen ways of shifting the blame and the twenty escape routes.
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a rough white stone around Shen Que's neck.
Lucas was slightly stunned.
What is this ugly thing?
How could the young lord's wife go out wearing something so inappropriate for her status...
Could it be... that it's really like what they said on Starnet, that Pei Ji doesn't like him at all?
He subconsciously looked at Shen Que, trying to find more evidence, but the next second he met Shen Que's cold and sharp gaze, and was so scared that he quickly lowered his head.
Gabi arrived a short while later.
The number of people standing in a row of fearful people increased to seven.
"Director...do you have something to ask me?"
"I heard that you signed an investigation and appraisal of the Symbiotic Stone a few days ago." Shen Que asked casually.
"Well, I've signed many appraisals... Director, which one are you asking about?" Gabi pretended to be dumb.
"Have you signed many Symbiotic Stones?" Shen Que asked indifferently.
"T-That's not the case... Yes, there seems to be one, I remember..." Gabi glanced at Xingyao, "It's a symbiotic stone smuggled from the Eden system... It seems to be a symbiotic stone of crystallized gold dust and aquamarine..."
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