Gray didn't stand outside for long, the shop was stolen and he had a lot of work to deal with, so he just said hello and showed his willingness to cooperate and left with the lawyer, and Lestrade didn't even have a lot of questions to ask before he saw Gray's back disappear around the corner.

Lance thought it was a great experience to see these shiny things in front of the jewelry display case, so he sat down in the small swivel chair next to him as soon as he came in, even though some of the jewelry was missing and some of the shelves were empty.

As if to show that Gray himself was very concerned about the theft, he sent his personal secretary.

The black-haired female secretary then came over, her self-cultivation was very good, her proper makeup, generous smile and neat way of doing things made no one present feel uncomfortable, "I'm Lycia Eberhardt, please tell me if you need anything." ”

Then Lance unceremoniously asked for a cup of coffee.

Lycia didn't have any dissatisfaction, nodded and turned to pour her coffee.

"Wow~" Lestrade's cheeks bulged, "It looks like it's a special match this time." ”

"Yes. Lance glanced at the black-haired female secretary walking away unhurriedly, and looked back, "Three hours of blind spot surveillance is enough to turn this store over, and it is unlikely that it will find useful clues." ”

"It's better than nothing at all. Lestrade stretched out his hand and pressed it at the center of his eyebrows, "There have been a lot of difficult cases recently, and there was a murder case just yesterday, and this case is estimated to be transferred to someone else." However, there were quite a few jewels lost this time, and they left some of them behind when they had time to take them all. "It's still unknown how much has disappeared, and the clerks won't be able to count it until the police collect evidence.

"And now?" Lance raised an eyebrow, "what about Sherlock?"

Lestrade exhaled, and Lance could vaguely feel his helplessness, "Sherlock is recuperating and won't let him appear again for a long time. ”

Although Lance doesn't think that Sherlock is an idle person, John hasn't contacted him in the last few days, and it seems that there should be a big incident in the past few days that caused an accident, and John doesn't have the extra energy to deal with things other than Sherlock.

"Sounds sad. Lance, who had made the final conclusion, also ushered in the coffee he wanted.

The dark-haired female secretary smiled and put the coffee on the table in Lance's hand, "Mr. Lance, the coffee you need." ”

"Okay, thanks. Lance smiled back, then handed the coffee to Red, who was frowning and thinking.

Rhett took his coffee and took a sip without thinking about it.

"I'd like to ask. Lance glanced at Lestrade and then turned his gaze back to Lycia, "Was no one here last night?

Licia nodded, "After the last theft, the boss's trust in the old security guard has decreased, and we have had to hire new trustworthy employees, but you know, we need time to review it. ”

"Yes. Lestrade nodded in understanding, "What about the monitors inside the store? I see you guys seem to have changed something." ”

"Yes, the manpower has not kept up for the time being, but the monitoring system and locks have been renewed. Lycia couldn't help but sigh softly as she said this, "But you know, we've failed again. ”

Anderson walked over with a clear bag of evidence, he glanced at Lycia and then approached Lestrade, "A little bit of a discovery, in Gray's office." ”

"What is this?" Lestrade took the evidence bag, and a ring encrusted with blue gems lay inside, "Sapphire ring?"

"Yes. Anderson nodded, "It's a woman's, and it was found in the crack of the couch." He said as he turned his gaze back to Lycia.

Lycia pursed her lips, "It's my ring, I guess I left it last week while cleaning my boss's office." ”

"Well, but we still need to bring it back for testing. Lestrade is also familiar with what happens in the office, but there is no ambiguity about the procedures that should be followed.

Lycia seemed a little anxious, "This ring is very important to me, I lost it and looked for it for a long time, can you return it to me as soon as you can?" ”

"If it's not related to the case. Lestrade didn't bother her much, "Anderson, is there anything else to do with that?"

Anderson's eyes narrowed, his face much more serious, "It's still on Gray's office desk that we've detected a bloodstain reaction, and we've collected it and sent it back to the police station." ”

"Bloodstain reaction?" Lance's eyelids jumped, "How much?"

"Only a few drops. Anderson replied, "It looks like there was an argument and one side was beaten out with some blood and dripped on the table, does this secretary know what's going on?"

"I don't know, most of the time I'm in the small office next door to my boss, and the boss will hang up the internal phone for me if he has something. Lycia frowned slightly, "The boss didn't tell me about it either!"

"And have there been any suspicious people coming in and out lately?" Lance asked, "Ah, I'm sorry, I seem to have asked a stupid question, if there were any suspicious people, Miss Lycia should be able to know, after all, you should be aware of the appearance of the personnel who enter and leave Mr. Gray's office as a secretary." ”

"Yes. Lycia did not deny it, "Many times the boss will let me receive guests together. ”

"Okay. "But before we even started investigating here, Mr. Gray seems to know that he himself lost a sapphire?"

"Yes. Lycia replied, "The boss came to the store as soon as he received the news and checked the safe where the sapphire was stored, because the sapphire was so precious, and the owner had even contacted the designer to design a necklace for her." ”

To the questions of Lance and Lestrade, Lycia answered in great detail.

At noon, Lestrade invited Lance and Red to lunch together, which was a working meal for three at a fast food restaurant not far from the entrance of the police station.

"I always thought that only Americans liked to eat this kind of thing. Lance looked at the burger in front of him with a complicated expression, "I don't really know much about British culture, and most of the food I have eaten in the UK for such a long time is to go to a Western restaurant or cook it at home." ”

Rhett had a lot of fun, as Lance said, he either went to a western restaurant with Lance or ate 'Chinese food' that Lance made at home all the time, and there was also an option to come from outside.

"It's easy to eat and saves time. Lestrade didn't care, and took a bite of the burger, "It's a good thing for our business, and I only eat this at noon." ”

"I don't question your work ethos. Lance took a bite of the burger and felt the beef and lettuce fill his mouth, then chewed hard.

Red ate the burger quite quickly, he quickly remembered the meaning of his existence as a foreign aid, wiped his mouth and began to explain the discovery, "The goal of this case from the very beginning is the lost sapphire, maybe it is a sapphire, it is a symbol of peace and luck, the interesting thing is that many people think that sapphire is a blue gemstone, but in fact it is not, sapphire is a kind of corundium, it is a general term for all colors of corundium except ruby, and its structure is also very interesting......"

"Spencer, the target is Sapphire. Lance saw Lestrade's bewildered look on his face, which immediately interfered with Red's train of thought.

"I'm sorry. Red licked his lips, "I want to say that although Gray said this morning that he would cooperate with the investigation and let the secretary answer our questions, he didn't really care about the lost sapphire, he cared more about the other jewels that were lost this time than the lost sapphire, although he was eager, but he and his secretary didn't feel sorry for the sapphire, which can be seen from his many small actions." ”

"That sapphire doesn't matter?"

"The lost one is not important, the really important thing should be hidden in a safer place by him. Lance continued, "If he behaved the same as last time, the loss could still be a real target, but now it's like confusing the eyes of outsiders to convey the message 'You stole the real sapphire, I'm in a hurry.'" It was clear that Mr. Red didn't have much trust in the police, and we didn't have many clues in our hands right now, but I was a little confused about whether to focus on finding the lost jewel or on the hidden secrets of the real sapphire. ”

However, for the police, the goal should be to recover the lost jewelry and try to recover the loss, but this kind of case is difficult to have results in the absence of monitoring, no eyewitnesses, and even the parties are not really cooperating, and most of them are not in the end, this time at most there is a new way of committing the crime, if the news spreads, the public will worry about the safety of their property for a while, Lance thought that it should be the insurance company more worried than the public, this kind of crime method of drilling a big hole in the wall and interfering with the monitor by the way can not be prevented at all, and the insurance company will have to go bankrupt after a few more times。

"Jingle bell," Lestrade's cell phone rang.

He picked up the phone, and without knowing what was said, Lestrade stood up almost immediately, and after a few words of promise, he had already picked up the suit that had been set aside.

"What's wrong?" said Lance, picking up Coke.

"The blood stains from the morning were identified. Lestrade lowered his voice, "Matches the DNA of the corpse found yesterday, you come with me." ”

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