Zhenyun Thatched Cottage.

Huo Zhenyun, who was standing next to the desk, was carefully wiping his microscope.

For this "Great Reading of the Rivers and Mountains", he personally loves it very much.

As long as he can choose other birthday gifts that are more suitable for Liu Li, Huo Zhenyun will not cut his love.

"The Great Reading of the Mountains and Rivers" is a series of works, with a total of twelve picture scrolls.

After laying them out on the desk one by one, Huo Zhenyun found that one of the volumes was missing.

Even more unfortunate...... The missing volume is the soul of the entire series.

Huo Zhenyun, whose eyebrows moved slightly, looked at Gu Pianpian thoughtfully, "Pianpian, from Qingqu Courtyard to Grandpa's side, has anyone else touched this box?" ”

"Nope." Gu Pianpian shook her head truthfully.

After realizing that the situation was not right, he immediately leaned down and began to inspect the box.

There's nothing wrong with the box itself, so there's no such thing as missing out.

But the sealing strip at the bottom is torn.

When the antique painting restoration room delivers the scroll, it is first confirmed by the guest before it is placed in the box and sealed.

During the whole process, the restoration room and Huo Qingqu, who went to pick up the scroll as a customer, recorded a video as evidence.

Huo Zhenyun let out a gentle "um".

Immediately took out his mobile phone, clicked on Huo Qingqu's phone number, and dialed out, "Together with Song Ci, come to my study immediately!" ”

Sen Ran's voice was awe-inspiring.

The voice fell, and without waiting for Huo Qingqu to respond, he hung up the phone directly.

"Look, Grandpa, the seal under the box is torn." Gu Pianpian turned the box upside down, pointed to the problematic place on it, and said word by word, "This shows that the box was opened by someone after leaving the ancient painting restoration room." ”

The cracks, which are barely visible to the naked eye, look like a meticulous handiwork.

But if you are a little casual, you can't tear up such results.

Huo Zhenyun's face became more and more cold.

The key tomorrow is Liu Li's birthday.

It is obviously too late to prepare other gifts that suit your heart's content.

The relationship between Huo's and Beverly Technologies is certainly not bad for this painting.

But this painting can play a higher role in the relationship between the two.

Therefore, this painting is for Huo Zhenyun and for the entire Huo Group...... The importance is self-evident.

Huo Qingqu, who was trotting all the way, the beads of sweat on his forehead were clearly visible, and he looked up at Huo Zhenyun, his eyebrows frowned slightly, "Grandpa, are you looking for us in any hurry?" ”

Isn't it an important video conference?

Isn't this coming......

Huo Zhenyun glanced at the two of them, and said in a deep voice, "Twelve picture scrolls, one volume is missing." ”

"How is this possible?" Huo Qingqu, who walked to the desk, began to count incredulously.

After confirming it several times, the final result was still - eleven volumes.

"How could it be eleven volumes? I saw it put in the box with my own eyes. Once the seal was affixed, no one touched it again. Huo Qingqu, who was shocked, muttered solemnly.

When Huo Zhenyun heard this, the corners of his lips hooked coldly, and his gloomy gaze was like a sharp sword, stabbing straight towards Huo Qingqu, "There is still a roll...... Where is it? ”

The questioning tone made Huo Qingqu stunned, "Grandpa, are you doubting me by this?" ”

Huo Zhenyun pointed to the bottom of the box, which was tampered with, "Then tell me, what's going on?" ”

At present, there are only three people who have come into contact with the box before him: Huo Qingqu, Song Ci, and Gu Pianpian.

The reason why Huo Qingqu is considered to be the most suspicious:

It's because Gu Pianpian didn't know about "Reading the Pictures of the Rivers and Mountains" before the end of dinner today.

Little did she know that she would have the opportunity to touch it herself.

Even if you are greedy after seeing it, you don't have time to plan for it.

As for forcibly dropping the bag......

From the Qingqu Courtyard to the Zhenyun Thatched Cottage, the dense monitoring all the way is all decoration?

"My brother and sister were the last to touch this box, why did grandpa only suspect me?" Lowering his eyes to look at Huo Qingqu, who was cracked, a look of anger immediately appeared on his face, "Isn't there even this basic trust between our grandparents and grandchildren?" ”

His throat seemed to be choked by something, and his voice sounded particularly sour.

Huo Zhenyun glanced at him with a cold snort, and asked with a smile, "How do you know that I didn't ask Pian Pian before you came?" ”

"I'm sure when I gave it to my siblings, the seal on it wasn't touched." Huo Qingqu, who was stabbed in his back, was extremely determined.

"So, what does the big brother mean...... I moved the picture scroll in this? was cued Gu Pianpian, and the slightly raised eyebrows were full of sarcasm.

Huo Qingqu neither nodded nor shook his head.

The eyes full of anger stared at Gu Pianpian deadly, "From Qingqu Courtyard to Zhenyun Thatched Cottage, such a long distance, if my younger brother and sister have that heart...... This can be said to be quite ample in terms of time for committing crimes. ”

When Gu Pianpian heard this, she pretended to be shocked and asked, "Did the eldest brother forget?" From his own study to his grandfather's study, all the way is surveillance. ”

The implication - Huo Qingqu, are you blind?

Hearing the word surveillance, Huo Zhenyun raised his hand and knocked on the desk.

Huan Da, who was waiting outside, immediately walked in, "Mr. Huo, what are your orders?" ”

Huo Zhenyun took out a hard drive from the drawer and handed it over, "Run, call up the surveillance video." ”

"Yes." Huanda nodded, took the hard drive and strode away.

Looking at the fleeting sneer on the corner of Huo Qingqu's mouth, Gu Pianpian suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

……

Five minutes later.

Huo Zhenyun's mobile phone rang.

He pressed the answer button, and his temples jumped suddenly, "What? Surveillance is broken! ”

The voice that suppressed the anger was like gnashing teeth as if it were squeezed out of between the teeth.

The monitoring of Huo's old mansion has not had any problems for so many years, but at this time when it is needed...... It's broken.

Gu Pianpian only needed to move his toes, and he could infer that this matter was Huo Qingqu's handiwork.

As soon as the monitoring was broken, along the way from the Qingqu Courtyard to the Zhenyun Thatched Cottage, she lost the most direct evidence to prove her innocence.

I have to say that Huo Qingqu took great pains to splash this basin of dirty water on her.

Huo Zhenyun, who put down his mobile phone, a chill emanated from his body, filling the corners of the study.

The sudden drop in temperature caused the air pressure in the house to drop to freezing.

Everyone has their own thoughts.

Of course, Huo Zhenyun knew that the monitoring could not be so bad.

But before the evidence is in his hands, it is obviously inappropriate to say anything according to his own speculation, no matter what he says.

Therefore, until the evidence is available, it must be treated equally.

After taking a shallow sip of the teacup on the side, Huo Zhenyun turned his head to look at Gu Pianpian and said solemnly, "Pianpian, how do you prove yourself...... Haven't touched the scroll in this? ”

In Huo Qingqu's opinion, Gu Pianpian has absolutely no chance to wash his name this time.

It's just that this excited flame has just begun to burn, and it was half extinguished by Huo Zhenyun with a basin of cold water:

"Qingqu, how can you and Song Ci prove that this box was not tampered with by you when it was handed over to Pianpian?"

Right......

How can they prove it?

Looking at the surprise in Huo Qingqu's eyes, the corners of Gu Pianpian's mouth drooped, and then set off an arc of schadenfreude.

But I never expected that this time:

Huo Qingqu and Song Ci actually prepared an extra hand......