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墨書 Inktalez
The Hua Mao Building still stood tall in the heart of Xi Cheng.
By the time we arrived, it was nearly three in the afternoon. Yang Fan instructed Chen Yin and the others to head to Xinlan Real Estate to discuss the upcoming matters with their chairman, then pulled me into the elevator.
"Before that," Yang Fan said, "let's resolve another case first."
Lo Xinyu appeared slightly surprised to see Yang Fan and me again. "What? Is there still something you need to investigate regarding the deaths of two people at Xin Lan?"
"No," Yang Fan replied. "I already know where the missing proposal is."
"Oh?" Lo Xinyu chuckled. "Just as my uncle said, you are indeed a formidable thinker. But can you tell me how Xin Lan managed to steal the proposal?"
At Lo Xinyu's words, Yang Fan smiled and, to our astonishment, crouched beside a filing cabinet on the right side of Lo Xinyu's desk. He then took out a branch he had broken downstairs and gently pulled it under the cabinet.
With a barely audible scraping sound, a document slid out from beneath the cabinet, printed with "City East Outer Ring Bidding Proposal."
Lo Xinyu stood up in shock, exclaiming, "How could it be here?"
Yang Fan shrugged.
As we made our way downstairs, Lo Xinyu followed closely behind.
Xinlan Real Estate had already been secured by Chen Yin's team. After greeting the officers at the entrance, we walked inside and entered the chairman's office under the watchful eyes of dozens of Xin Lan employees.
The amiable old chairman, Xin Lan, smiled at Lo Xinyu behind us and then shook hands with him.
"Can we talk now?" Chen Yin said somewhat defiantly, addressing the detective.
Yang Fan didn't mind and said something to Xiao He. The latter left the chairman's office and returned after a while, followed by Fan Zhiqiang.
Yang Fan turned to Fan Zhiqiang and said, "You killed He Shuang, didn't you?"
We were taken aback by Yang Fan's sudden accusation, as there had been no evidence linking Fan Zhiqiang to the case prior to this moment.
Fan Zhiqiang was momentarily stunned before coldly replying, "Can I not sue you for defamation?"
"You cannot," Chen Yin said, and I quickly pulled her back.
Yang Fan smiled, maintaining his composure. "If you want to understand the truth of this case, we need to first discuss the earlier incident regarding the lost bid proposal from the Lo project, Wang Ming." He looked at me.
I nodded and recounted all the clues I knew.
Yang Fan continued, "Initially, I focused on how the perpetrator used the power outage to climb up to the twenty-third floor and steal the proposal. However, after thinking about it for a week, I still had no leads. So I considered Xin Lan's unexpected success in winning the bid as a potential explanation for this case." He glanced at Chairman Xin Lan, who smiled back without a care.
"I must say," Yang Fan remarked, "Xin Lan's security measures are quite effective; thus, I still couldn't obtain any useful information. The reason I was ultimately able to find the proposal was that this case provided me with a clue or reminded me of a concept I learned long ago."
"A concept?" Everyone looked at him, eager for a detailed explanation.
Yang Fan walked over to the window in his office, raised his hand to form a gun gesture, and pointed at a staff member across the way. "For example, if I fired a shot here and that staff member fell to the ground, could it be said that I shot him?"
He answered his own question, "Of course not, because," he tapped the glass with his index finger, producing a crisp sound, "there's a layer of glass!"
I seemed to understand a bit more and said to Yang Fan, "Are you saying...?"
"Exactly," Yang Fan nodded. "Xin Lan's successful bid has nothing to do with the theft of the proposal."
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