Li Rui was taken aback again, good guy, this Professor Liu is really rich, he can take out five million cash casually, this is not ordinary wealth, is it that professors have been so rich these years? ”

The assistant said: "You don't have to change it, you can sell this painting first, and after you get the cash, you can buy it from that painter, and then you can buy as much as you want, and you can buy whichever one you want." ”

Li Rui shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm really sorry, I don't think about selling it, please apologize to Professor Liu on my behalf." ”

The assistant asked in disbelief: "Five million cash, selling a painting that is not Wen Xing's authentic work, you really don't think about it?"

Li Rui thought secretly: "If I really sell the painting to Liu Shiqi, he may sell it instead, according to the market price of 40 million for this painting, even if he only sells half of it, it will be a big profit, of course, I don't care how much money he makes, but I can't let him rely on Wenxing's seal to Mengren, even if he is not that kind of person, I can't give him this opportunity." "I didn't bother to talk nonsense to the assistant in front of me anymore, I just shook my head.

The assistant smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, Professor Liu said, if you are not satisfied with this price, you can talk about it again, I don't know what the reasonable price is in your mind? Six million, eight million? As long as you are willing to sell, everyone has to talk." ”

Li Rui didn't bother to say a word, just shook his head with a smile.

The assistant sighed and said, "Okay, it seems that Li Chu really doesn't want to sell it, then I won't delay Li Chu's rest, go back and tell Professor Liu the result, you can rest, good night." After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the house.

Li Rui sent him to the corridor, and after seeing him leave, he felt that he was very remarkable, and he stubbornly refused the temptation of millions, which is not something that anyone can easily do, it seems that his sentiment has risen to a certain level, even if it is not noble, it is not a few points, haha.

He returned to the house, walked straight to the bedroom, stood in front of the table, looked at the picture box on the table, thought of the pretty and peerless little beauty, and admired it spontaneously in his heart, that girl is really powerful, just paint a picture, you can use the real Wenxing to fake the real handiwork, and you can be bought at a high price of millions of dollars, even if people buy mainly Wenxing's seal, but if her work is not up to the level, I am afraid that no one will buy it, tsk, it's really amazing, go back and take a good look at her bottom, to see if she and Wen Xing are the relationship between daughter and father。

Thinking of this, he patted the picture box with emotion, it was okay if he didn't shoot, and after patting this, he directly slapped the picture box into displacement, and his subordinates felt that the box was empty and had no weight, otherwise it would not have been dislocated with a few fingers lightly patting, which was completely different from the heavy feeling when holding the picture box before.

Li Rui was shocked, he hurriedly opened the lock of the box, lifted the lid of the box, it was okay if he didn't open the box, he was surprised when he opened the box, only to see that it was empty, and there was no painting for a long time!

"How is that possible?!"

Li Rui was instantly stunned, his mind was a mess, what about that painting? Why did it suddenly disappear? I remember that when I entered the room with the painting box, the box was still stable and powerful, which also means that the painting was honestly stayed in the box, how could it disappear after a meal?

He was so frightened and frightened that he turned over the box and checked it carefully, but he didn't find the painting, and then he looked under the table and table, around the room, and even went into the bathroom to look for it, but he couldn't find the painting, and he was so anxious that a layer of hot sweat broke out on his spine!

The more things happened, the more things happened, Li Rui was immersed in the huge shock of the loss of the painting, the mobile phone rang, and a text message came, he subconsciously took it out and looked at it, and found that it was sent by Ling Shuyao, which read: "I accidentally ate too much just now, accompany me to the next walk?"

If Li Rui received this text message just now, he must have agreed without thinking about it, but now, in the face of the bleak scene of losing the painting, how can he be in the mood to accompany the beautiful woman for a walk? Send this text message, walk to the door, and open the door of the house through a gap to facilitate Ling Shuyao to enter the house.

He called Ling Shuyao over, and he didn't mean anything else, he wanted her to help him find the lost painting, if he couldn't find it, he could also let her help use her brain, think about where the painting was most likely to be lost, that woman Bingxue was smart, maybe she could provide some useful ideas.

But now, the word "lost" is no longer rigorous, because Li Rui clearly remembers that when he checked into the room, the painting box was still heavy and there were things, and after entering the room, he didn't open the painting box again, and there was no possibility of throwing the painting around, and then he went to the banquet with Li Jing and others, and when he returned to the room, the painting disappeared, and of course the painting could not grow wings and fly away, so the only possibility that exists now is that the painting was stolen and stolen! But when the painting was stolen and by whom it was stolen needs to be reconsidered.

A minute later, Ling Shuyao quietly came to Li Rui's room.

Li Rui saw that she didn't close the door, so he deliberately walked to the door and closed the door.

Ling Shuyao noticed his small action, frowned slightly, looked at him with a strange face, and asked, "What are you doing behind closed doors?"

Li Rui was not in the mood to laugh with her, and said bluntly: "I want to tell you something important, for fear that others will come and hear it." ”

Ling Shuyao didn't believe it, and said flatly: "Who else will come to your room? Male cadres, female cadres? What are male cadres looking for you to do, playing cards? You are not familiar with those male cadres of the city government and the Education Bureau, right? There are only three female cadres, Mayor Li will definitely not come, Xiao Jin is taking a bath in the room, and he will not come, who do you say you are guarding against? Or do you have other ideas?"

Li Rui scolded with a smile: "I have other ideas! If I were usual, I might still have some ideas, but now, I have the heart to cry." ”

Ling Shuyao was skeptical, and said, "What's the matter, you're crying, aren't you kidding me?"

Li Rui stopped talking nonsense and told her about the disappearance of the painting.

After Ling Shuyao heard this, her face did not change much, she turned her eyes to look, walked around the room again, and asked, "Didn't you look carefully?"

Li Rui said: "I've found it, but where can I find it? Besides, I don't need to look for it at all, because I haven't taken out the painting since I came to the room! I now highly suspect that the painting was stolen." ”

Ling Shuyao was moved at first, and said in a lost voice: "What? let people steal it, what evidence do you have to prove this?"

Li Rui gave her the analysis just now, and finally said: "I have analyzed it now, the painting was stolen when we went to the banquet, because it was still in the box before I went to the banquet, and it will be gone when I come back." I'm now wondering who stole the painting? Listen to my analysis, help me reason. ”

He organized the language and said: "This painting has a certain value, just now, someone paid five million to buy ......."

Ling Shuyao was already stunned when she heard this, and waved her hand and said, "You wait first...... What do you say? This painting is worth 5 million? What are you kidding? You bought this painting for 5 million in order to give a gift to President Chi? Who will reimburse you? Does Mayor Li know about it? You ......?"

Li Rui interrupted her and said: "The value of painting, I'll talk to you in detail when I go back, and now you can listen to what I say, and then talk about it...... The value of this painting is very attractive, but only those who know its value will be enthusiastic about it, and then want to take it for themselves, so far, there are only three people who know the value of this painting, one is President Chi, one is his assistant, and the other is to help President Chi do the appraisal of this painting, the dean of the School of Art of Shannan University, Liu Shiqi, Liu Shiqi is also the one who asked someone to buy the painting to me just now. Among the three people, Principal Chi is above board, and he once rejected this painting, there is no need to doubt it; his assistant is also very enthusiastic and friendly, not to mention that he has been with Principal Chi during the meal just now, and he does not have the time to start, that is, he has an alibi; the only person left is suspicious, that is, Liu Shiqi, but he does not look like a person who steals the painting, because he has just asked the assistant principal to ask me to buy a painting, if he is really the one who steals the painting, why should he spend any more money to buy it?"

"Who said that?", Ling Shuyao easily heard a flaw, "Can't he give you a play?" He knew that you were likely to suspect him, so after stealing the painting, he deliberately asked someone to buy the painting from you, so as to avoid being suspected by you, and his goal was also achieved, don't you suspect him now." ”

Li Rui woke up like a dream, nodded slowly, agreeing with her inference.

Ling Shuyao said again: "You don't suspect that the assistant principal is also wrong, who said that others can't steal your painting when they are at the table? can't he send his men to do it? In the same way, Principal Chi may not be the object of suspicion, he refused on the surface, making you think that he didn't take the painting to heart, but he secretly sent someone to steal it, aren't you just kept in the dark? Even, the reason why he held a banquet at night may be to invite you out of the room on purpose to create an opportunity for his subordinates to do it." ”

Li Rui was already crying or laughing when he heard this, and said: "Let you say this, these three people, everyone is worthy of suspicion, who do I want to start with?"

Ling Shuyao said: "Of course, it starts with the person who is the most suspicious, and if you eliminate them one by one, you can always find the mastermind behind the scenes, anyway, there are only three people in total, isn't it." Okay, think about it yourself, I'm going down for a walk. "I'm leaving.