Chapter 29: Greed
Chen Yan raised her eyes to look at the "Vin's" sign on the flower body on the store in front of her, pushed the door and walked in.
"Hello, what kind of pants do you need?" the shopping guide greeted her warmly.
"Do you have short black hair and blue ......," Chen Yan said confusedly. A dazzling array of jeans were scattered all over the storefront of dozens of square meters, and she was a little dizzy.
The shopping guide couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Miss, we only sell pants, not little brother." ”
Chen Yan reacted at this time, blushing and said, "I checked, you only have one store in Beijing." Can you show me the customer records? I'm looking for somebody. ”
The shopping guide winked mischievously at Chen Yan with a look of understanding, and then said, "I'm sorry, according to the regulations, I don't have this permission, if you insist on requesting, you can contact the store manager for you." ”
Chen Yan nodded. In fact, she also knows that there is little hope of doing so, and even if she finds the store manager, it will be difficult to convince the other party to disclose the customer's private information to her.
At this moment, two men came out from behind the store, one of them tied his hair and held a pen and paper in his hand, nodding while recording, and the other had his hands crossed on his waist empty, and his feet were wearing handsome men's leather boots. Chen Yan was so angry just looking at this rhythm that she stomped her feet and wanted to kick a high heel on his face.
"Store manager, this lady ......" the shopping guide lady greeted her.
"No, I've found it. Chen Yan stepped in front of the two of them in two steps and three steps, as if her petite body could support the entire space in front of her in an instant.
"Wow...... There is momentum. Vincent complimented cooperatively.
"You!" Chen Yan pointed to Vincent's nose, "You!"
"Miss, please be careful in public...... The store manager withdrew the pen and paper in his hand into his breast pocket, and was about to open his mouth to stop it. Vincent waved his hand at him, motioning for him to leave it alone. The manager bowed to Vincent and then turned and stepped aside. By the way, he dispersed the shopping guides who gathered around to watch.
"I, what am I? Vincent said, "Miss Stammering, why are you coming to me again?"
"What's the point? What's the stammer? You're the stammer!"
"Knot...... Stammer...... Miss Ba's sister...... Sister said...... That's right...... Right. Vincent finally held back this sentence.
"You!" Chen Yan said angrily, "Get down to business! Why is that box empty?"
"Empty, what's empty, which box?, leek box?" Vincent pretended not to know anything.
"You don't want to load it! Did you drop the box?"
"The box is dropped? I never take a bag with me when I go out. ”
"I mean, you replaced the box!"
"For what? for money. Vincent spread his hands, "If it's going to be exchanged, then it's better to throw it away." As you can see, I'm not short of money. ”
"Where did you put the contents of the box?"
"Put it here. Vincent looked into Chen Yan's eyes, and then slowly raised his right hand...... Chen Yan blinked, and she suddenly felt that her heartbeat could be heard quietly in the store.
Vincent's hand ended up on his chest.
"Will you come to my heart and take it?"
"Stinky rascal!" Chen Yan scolded while feeling aggrieved. She thought that she looked strong enough and not easy to be bullied, especially when she ridiculed Wang Chong and couldn't refute it...... It's really fun. Now that she met the man in front of her, she really had nothing to do, and she was even embarrassed to defend herself. But what can I do? I can't beat him with my hands, I can't talk with my mouth, I can only scold and scold the stinky hooligans, and then cry like this.
Vincent looked at the aggrieved girl in front of him, his inexplicable expression flashed, and then he said solemnly: "The box is mine, what is the purpose of the box?"
"The box is yours?" Chen Yan said, "Then how do you explain that tentacle monster?"
"Tentacle monsters?" said Vincent, "you mean the Locust Tree Man? ”
"You!" Chen Yan was angry for no reason, "Why are you going to be in the same league with them?"
"Complicity?" Vincent sneered, "Could you please explain what it means to be complicit?"
"That's it...... Embarrassed!"
"......" Vincent thought to himself how I could be portrayed by you more and more black, and quickly stopped, "I am in the same stream, so the behavior of your organization can be regarded as noble?"
"I don't know the table though...... Although it can't be said to be noble, it's good that it's not in the same stream!"
Vincent sneered, "Of course it's not complicit, because you're the only ones who can do this!" his tone was stern and fierce, as if a tidal wave of emotions had been stored in his heart.
"We?" Chen Yan was a little confused, "My cousin never does anything that lacks morality! Don't spew blood!" she said her cousin directly.
"Cousin, it's still a family organization. A look of disgust crossed Vincent's eyes, "Sure enough, sins are in the blood." ”
"I don't understand what you're talking about!" Chen Yan glared at Vincent fiercely, then turned and ran out of the store. She was afraid that she might cry if she stayed for a while, how could she cry in front of others.
Vincent sneered and looked at Chen Yan's back. Just a few days ago, he went to the bar of the Chinese Language Club to look for this girl, because the girl reminded him of his former girlfriend, but he could not accept that the girl had anything to do with the Chinese Language Club. Everything he has done, all the pain he has endured so far, is due to the Chinese Language Association. So whoever he is, as long as he has something to do with the Chinese Society, he is his enemy. No matter who it is.
He took a few deep breaths, his expression gradually calmed down, and after a moment, he sighed heavily. He gestured goodbye to the store manager standing at the front desk, then pushed the door open and walked out of the store.
The phone vibrates, and a call comes in.
"Boss, Li Luyuan has disappeared!"
"What?" a bad premonition crossed his mind.
"I haven't seen him since the afternoon before yesterday, the lights in the office haven't been turned on, and I can't hear any sounds of experimentation. He's never been absent from work for so long before......"
"If it's an absence, he'll tell me. Vincent said. But if it weren't for his absence, why would Luyuan have disappeared for so long? Could it be that the news of the Stone of the Galloping Horse was leaked, and Luyuan was held hostage along with the fluorite? But who could have bypassed the building's strict security and guards? The 15th floor of the ordinary elevator where the research room is located cannot be reached at all, and can only be reached through two hidden elevators, one is from the ninth floor to the fifteenth floor, and the other is from the 33rd floor to the fifteenth floor. There are only a few people who know the secret elevator, could it be Luyuan himself?
No, he didn't believe it. Lu Yuan is definitely not that kind of person, and the other two researchers, Wang Ke and Feng Yuan, are definitely not that kind of people, and the call just now is from Wang Ke. Long before setting up the laboratory, he had already considered the importance of the selection of researchers. He doesn't care how much it costs to recruit talent, and the talent he recruits should never care how much money he gets. They must have a heart of reverence and love for science. Don't dare to violate because of awe, and give everything because of love. Only such a person can give them the peace of mind to hand over supernatural matter to study, and only such a person can see the truth from supernatural powers, not power, money, or anything else that involves desire.
Sometimes, desire is the antithesis of truth, not falsehood.
Vincent then remembered the architectural firm that had given the blueprints to design the laboratory on this floor, and there was no doubt that they must have mastered the secret of everything about the hidden fifteenth floor. Since all the building and construction personnel were already documented in the original contract, Vincent didn't think they would risk the law to steal some bizarre research. And there's no way those people know that he's using this layer for supernatural research, and that's probably the only thing other than money that might appeal to them a little.
But it is not excluded that there is a little possibility. Some of these construction workers leaked the news, and this secret construction of the fifteenth floor will inevitably arouse the suspicion of some people with intentions, and among those people, there will inevitably be people who will venture to find out. The only thing Vincent didn't understand was why he had taken Luyuan away with him? One more person was not only an additional burden, but also an additional danger around him.
In fact, in the final analysis, there is one of the simplest and most reasonable speculations: that is, Li Luyuan escaped with the galloping horse stone. He may have seen the power of the Galloping Horse Stone and developed a greed for it. Who wouldn't be greedy for power, but Vincent didn't want that to be in the hands of those around him.