Su Gaoyang's heart skipped a beat, and he said calmly to Guan Han, "Mr. Lian, please wait a moment, I'll be right back."
After saying this, he bowed slightly, stood up, and went into the side room next door.
Guan Han nodded slightly, knowing that the cough had another meaning. It seemed that someone important in the side room was going to talk to Su Gaoyang. If he was right, the person in the side room had been moved by his offer, and he should be able to get the house this time. He was secretly delighted.
As he expected, things quickly came to a conclusion. When Su Gaoyang came to the living room again, he immediately changed his tune.
“Mr. Lian, since you are so sincere, I won’t be too stubborn. This house is, after all, your Lian family’s ancestral home, and I, Su, am willing to do you a favor! So, as you said, it’s twenty-eight thousand US dollars!” Su Gaoyang said with a smile, his attitude completely different from before. Clearly, the person in the side room had changed his mind.
Guan Han felt a weight lifted from his heart. He secretly cursed the bastard, saying nice things like "helping others achieve their goals" but only because of the money.
They didn't charge a penny less, buying it for 14,000 US dollars, and in just a few days, the price doubled, selling it for 28,000 US dollars. They made a huge profit on this deal; they're such shrewd businessmen!
However, since his mission was accomplished, the wealth in this mansion was enough to make up for the losses in the intelligence war, so he didn't suffer a loss.
Guan Han quickly stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Su. I will remember it. I wonder when the deal can be made?"
Su Gaoyang hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Mr. Lian, as you can see, it's not easy for my whole family to go through all this trouble. We need to find a place for them. So, give me five days, and I'll vacate the house and we'll make the deal immediately!"
Guan Han knew that what the other party said made sense. After all, this big family needed a place to live, and he couldn't rush things. So he nodded and agreed, "Alright, it's a deal then. Boss Su, please make the arrangements as soon as possible. I will pay a visit in five days."
After saying this, he got up to take his leave. Su Gaoyang politely saw him to the door, cupped his hands in farewell, and watched him leave. Then he turned to the servants beside him and instructed, "You all pack up. I'll settle your wages. Go home now. You don't need to come to work anymore!"
Since Su Gaoyang had already decided to sell the house, he naturally couldn't keep these servants any longer. He also couldn't let them know about the upcoming search operation. So he quickly paid the servants twice their wages and sent them away. After closing the gate, he began the second search.
Inside the courtyard, Ning Zhiheng looked back at the entire house and said with certainty again, "Even if Lian Jingtian is willing to lose money and pay a high price to acquire it, this mansion must have a secret that we don't know. We only have five days left, and we must find out this secret during this period."
"Yes!" Everyone nodded in agreement.
Ning Zhiheng then instructed Zuo Gang: "For safety's sake, immediately send another action team over to strengthen vigilance and prevent the other side from taking advantage of the situation."
Ning Zhiheng knew he had to be prepared. The agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau were no saints; they would stop at nothing for money and profit. If he discovered the secret of this mansion and they found out, they would definitely intervene with force. At that point, it would be a life-or-death struggle. He couldn't afford to be careless and lose everything!
Zuo Gang immediately nodded in acceptance and turned to leave. Ning Zhiheng then ordered, "Everyone, search again. Don't overlook any clues!"
Upon hearing the order, everyone quickly sprang into action and began searching the mansion again. Ning Zhiheng also gathered his thoughts and began a second search.
But everything was the same as before. The team members even moved all the furniture in the courtyard into the yard and knocked on all the walls and the ground, but even with Ning Zhiheng's keen hearing, they found nothing.
It was around four o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone, who had been busy all day, was dizzy and somewhat discouraged.
Ning Zhiheng gritted his teeth and finally confirmed that there was definitely no valuables hidden in the house. Su Gaoyang handed him a cup of tea and said softly, "Chief, could it be that they have other plans and are really just using this house as a contact point?"
Ning Zhiheng took the tea, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head again, saying, "This doesn't make sense. Nearly 30,000 US dollars is not a problem for us, but it is definitely not a small amount for Wang Hanmin. Back then, he risked angering the director for 50,000 US dollars in funding, which shows how tight the funding was for the Shanghai station's activities. In the past six months in Shanghai, their situation has been under our surveillance. They haven't had any major income and have been surviving on that little bit of funding. Unless he's lost his mind!"
Ning Zhiheng finished his tea in one gulp and said again, "Restore all the items. We'll clear out the front and back yards and search them again. If we still haven't found anything, we might as well hand the house over to them and see what treasures they can find. We won't be able to worry about that then!"
Ning Zhiheng's plan was clear: if all else failed, he would hand over the courtyard and wait for the other party to make a move; if it was truly worth taking action, then he would disregard camaraderie and use any means necessary to seize it. Given his personality, he would never let someone else have the prize he had in his grasp.
Everyone worked together to put all the furniture back in its place and clean up the marks to restore the original appearance.
After the courtyard was completely cleared, Ning Zhiheng stood in the middle of the courtyard and looked around. The residence was quite large, and the architectural style was relatively old-fashioned. The layout of the courtyard was similar to that of other wealthy families. There was not only a lawn, but also some trees, including boxwood and ginkgo. Judging from the age of these trees, they were not planted recently. They should have been planted by the Lian family in the past, and there was nothing unusual about them.
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