Chapter 10 Li Qingyue said, "That's true, how would you know..."
Li Qingyue said, "That's true, too many people know about your place, it's not safe."
“I have a house here, it’s a safe house I prepared but haven’t used yet. If you don’t mind, you can stay there until you find a new house.”
Safe house? Gu Sheng looked at Li Qingyue. The inspector's safe house must be very safe.
Li Qingyue said, "I'm fine with staying for as long as I want."
Gu Sheng didn't answer him immediately. He said, "I'll think about it."
Li Qingyue smiled and said, "Yes, you can contact me anytime."
As the two were talking, several cars stopped outside the fast food restaurant, and people dressed as sheriffs got out of the cars.
Gu Sheng was somewhat surprised. Wasn't there no signal here? Who contacted the sheriff?
Then a man in a store clerk uniform got out of the car. He pointed at the fast food restaurant and was talking to the sheriff next to him.
Actually, after Gu Sheng left, Li Qingyue called over a familiar shop assistant and secretly slipped him a note, telling him to go find the sheriff.
Looking at the sheriffs, Gu Sheng thought about what he had just done and belatedly realized that he seemed to be in trouble.
The thought of explaining how those snipers died was daunting.
Gu Sheng looked at Li Qingyue and said, "Everything's been resolved. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving." This meant he didn't want to deal with the aftermath.
After all, he did all this to save Li Qingyue, so he felt no guilt at all for pushing these troublesome things onto Li Qingyue.
Li Qingyue understood Gu Sheng's meaning and said, "When you have time, send me a message explaining the process. I need it for writing the report. You don't need to worry about anything else."
Gu Sheng nodded, then turned to leave.
Li Qingyue called out to him.
"Gu Sheng, wait a moment."
Gu Sheng looked at Li Qingyue with a puzzled expression.
Li Qingyue was silent for a while, then gave a wry smile: "I may have to trouble you again. I originally wanted to hand this over to someone else, but I don't trust others to do it."
Looking at Li Qingyue's expression, Gu Sheng had a bad feeling.
Li Qingyue didn't say anything more, but instead took out her phone and sent a message to Gu Sheng.
Face-to-face communication? Gu Sheng's bad premonition grew stronger.
However, there is no signal here, so Gu Sheng cannot receive messages.
Li Qingyue put away his phone and said, "You should receive it in a while." He knew the message couldn't be sent now.
Li Qingyue looked at Gu Sheng with a deep gaze and said, "There's trash in the room that needs to be taken care of."
Gu Sheng's heart skipped a beat; he desperately hoped he had misunderstood.
Li Qingyue looked at the hotel across the street and said, "If we don't clean up the garbage, rats will breed. Even if we get rid of the rats today, new ones will appear sooner or later."
He looked at Gu Sheng and said, "Thank you for your help."
Gu Sheng remained calm. He neither agreed nor refused Li Qingyue. He said, "Let me see." Then he turned and walked out of the fast food restaurant.
Although it wasn't obvious, he walked much faster this time, afraid that Li Qingyue would call him back again.
He slowed down after walking through several streets.
Gu Sheng hadn't even adjusted to his new identities when they started assigning him tasks.
Although he didn't refuse outright, Gu Sheng had no intention of working for Li Qingyue.
It's obvious that what Li Qingyue asked him to do wasn't anything good.
No, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Li Qingyue's request for him to do something is definitely the right thing to do, and Gu Sheng still has confidence in Li Qingyue's character.
However, for those who do things, doing the right thing doesn't necessarily mean doing the right thing.
Gu Sheng picked up his phone, intending to see what Li Qingyue wanted him to do and then find a way to refuse.
Upon opening his phone, Gu Sheng immediately received the message that Li Qingyue had just sent.
Upon opening the message, a photo immediately comes into view.
It was a photo of a man, quite handsome, though he had dark circles under his eyes and looked sickly.
Gu Sheng felt that this person looked familiar; he seemed to have seen this photo in the news somewhere before.
Gu Sheng searched for the photos and immediately a series of news articles appeared.
Upon seeing those news headlines, Gu Sheng immediately remembered who this person was.
This man is Meng Huaxing, the second son of the Meng family, the largest conglomerate in City C, and even the world.
Any slight movement in the Meng family's affairs will be blown out of proportion, not to mention that Meng Huaxing often does some outrageous things.
City C is different from the city where Gu Sheng lives. There, money can buy anything, and the poor are nothing more than playthings for the rich.
Meng Huaxing had been to court seven times for murder, but those cases ultimately came to nothing.
There was once a mother who was attacked by Meng Huaxing when she was away from home. Meng Huaxing broke into her house with the intention of harming her daughter. The daughter, not wanting to be humiliated, committed suicide.
The mother, having nowhere else to turn for help, even filed a complaint against Meng Huaxing in another city.
However, each city is independent, and the laws of other cities do not apply to people in City C, so all her efforts were in vain.
She had also been to S City before, and the person who took over her case at that time was Li Qingyue, who had not yet become the chief prosecutor.
However, even Li Qingyue couldn't enforce the law across cities, so the matter was eventually dropped.
Unable to get justice for her daughter, the mother eventually died of depression.
Now there's a follow-up to this whole thing.
However, this follow-up has nothing to do with the mother and daughter.
Meng Huaxing was driving under the influence of alcohol when he came to S City for business. He caused an accident and fled the scene. He was probably really drunk. He kept driving without stopping and killed four people and injured three others.
Because the circumstances were serious, and Meng Huaxing had been trying to settle the matter privately, he refused to plead guilty. However, the evidence was conclusive, and the court ultimately sentenced him to death.
The sentencing is quick, but enforcement is troublesome.
City C has been demanding that Meng Huaxing be extradited back to City C. In City S, the mayor wants to agree to the extradition treaty, but the director disagrees.
After more than half a year of back-and-forth negotiations, during which the Meng family cancelled several large investments in City C, public opinion continued to shift.
Ultimately, in the final vote on whether to approve the extradition, there was only one vote against, thirty-six votes in favor, and the rest abstained.
The only dissenting vote came from Li Qingyue.
Meng Huaxing was able to be sentenced to death because Li Qingyue intervened.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that Meng Huaxing and Li Qingyue are destined to be enemies, and today's assassin is most likely Meng Huaxing's doing.
Meng Huaxing's extradition process is not yet complete, and he is still in S City, yet he dares to target the chief prosecutor. This is too arrogant.
Gu Sheng felt no guilt about killing this person, but he still felt somewhat resistant to the idea of killing.
Gu Sheng thought for a moment and did not immediately refuse Li Qingyue.
Even he knew that Meng Huaxing absolutely could not die in S City; he had to wait until Meng Huaxing left S City before taking action.
He still had time to consider it before that.
More important than that, he had something else to do: get information out of Ash.
He needed to know where the coffee shop was, and also the specific time that Ash and "himself" had arranged to meet.
Back home, Gu Sheng took out the gemstone, admiring it while pondering whether he should call Ash back now.
I don't know if that unknown number can contact Ash.
Just as Gu Sheng was deep in thought, his phone rang; it was another unknown number.
Gu Sheng licked his lips and then answered the phone.
"Gu Sheng, it's been a long time."
Upon hearing his own name, Gu Sheng paused for a moment; the voice was not Ash's.
If it's not ashes, then who could it be?
Gu Sheng remained silent, and the person on the other end continued, "Now is not the time to remain silent. Shouldn't you tell me why you did this?"
Upon hearing what the person on the other end said, Gu Sheng immediately realized that this must be the boss Ash had mentioned.
He was definitely talking about stealing the jewels.
But he asked why?
Gu Sheng didn't know the reason either. If he knew, he would have told Li Qingyue long ago, instead of wasting time here with them.
Gu Sheng remained silent.
The person on the other end of the phone clearly wasn't going to let Gu Sheng off the hook.
He said, "This matter concerns not only you, but the entire organization. I hope you can give me a reason that can convince me."
Despite being urged repeatedly, Gu Shengshi couldn't come up with a suitable excuse. He didn't even know if the person on the other end was a human or a ghost, let alone know anything else. This excuse was not enough to convince the other party.
Seeing that Gu Sheng remained silent, the man continued, "The organization isn't just about you and me. Even if I don't pursue what you've done, the others won't let you off the hook."
Threatening me?
Gu Sheng, who was already frustrated because he couldn't think of an excuse, suddenly exploded and said coldly, "This has nothing to do with you."
Gu Sheng regretted saying it as soon as it left his mouth.
How could he speak to the leader of a mysterious organization like that?
What if he angers the other side and they hire someone to assassinate him, just like what Li Qingyue encountered today?
Just as Gu Sheng was thinking about how to make amends, to his surprise, the man did not get angry after hearing Gu Sheng's words. Instead, he sighed and said, "We are partners, so you can trust me more. If you really like that gem, it's not that you can't take it. But I hope you can do it in a different way, at least without exposing the organization's existence."
So easy to talk to?
Gu Sheng was silent for a moment, then said, "I haven't been exposed."
To this day, no one has figured out how the gemstone was lost, and he hasn't revealed anything.
The man said, "You know what I mean. What I've been doing has always been to reduce the risk of the organization being discovered. Gems shouldn't be under the organization's name."
What does this mean? What does it mean to reduce the risk of the organization being discovered?
Gu Sheng didn't understand, so he chose to remain silent.
The person on the other end of the phone said in a serious tone, "You must return the gemstone."
"If you really like this gem, you can get it in another way later."
From what he's saying, it seems like jewels can be stolen, but no one can know that it was ouroboros who stole them?
Gu Sheng thought of what Li Qingyue meant by counterfeit art and roughly understood what the other side meant. It is difficult to determine the value of counterfeit art. If they insist that the seller voluntarily spent a lot of money to buy the counterfeit, then the case will be difficult to proceed.
But gemstones are different.
Gu Sheng had no intention of actually becoming a thief. He said, "I will put it back."
But before that.
Gu Sheng paused for a moment, then said, "Coffee shop."
He was testing the other side. If they didn't understand what he meant, he would just make up an excuse. If they did understand, it would be a test of how much useful information he could provide.
There was silence on the other end of the phone after hearing those three words, and Gu Sheng was certain that he knew what they meant.
The voice on the other end of the phone instantly turned somber: "Was it Jiang Yuan? He's the one who encouraged you to steal the gems?"
Jiang Yuan? Is that Ash's name?
Gu Sheng didn't speak.
The person on the other end of the phone said, "He's always wanted to leave the organization, and I've never let him have his way. I never expected him to try and drag you into it."
The man sneered, "Why did he invite you to the coffee shop?"
Gu Sheng didn't know why the other person had invited him to the coffee shop, so he could only remain silent.
The person on the other end of the phone said, "I could guess even if you didn't tell me," and then, regaining his gentle tone, said to Gu Sheng, "Thank you for telling me this."
“This time, he will probably go in person. The hunter and the driver shouldn’t meet, but he must be getting impatient.”
The man continued, "Don't alert him yet. Make sure he hasn't contacted anyone else. I'll prepare what you need. Just go to locker number five across from the coffee shop at 32 Xiyang Street and pick it up. The password is five ones."
"Just give him the things, I'll handle the rest."
Then the other person hung up the phone, and seemed very angry.
Is this internal strife?
Judging from what the other side said, he wanted to eliminate Ashes, which is Jiang Yuan?
Is this for real? You can take someone down without even making a sound.
No. 32 Xiyang Street? The coffee shop is right across the street from the whole place.
With the address confirmed, the next step is to set a time—when will "I" meet with Jiang Yuan?
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