gentry

Chapter 75
In front of the entrance of the cable car, Javert and Luo Fei were walking towards each other.

"Luo Fei?" Javert looked at Luo Fei with some surprise.

Luo Fei just nodded with a smile, and then quickly returned to his expressionless expression, looking up at the cable cars coming and going.Benjamin beside him seemed very happy to see Javert: "Inspector? You were also invited here?"

"Yes." Javert nodded, "But I don't know what this Charlie Wang wants to do."

"Why are you here?" Xiaoman asked Wang Susu at this moment.

"Charlie Wang sent me an invitation, so I called Luo Fei. As for this follower..." Wang Susu looked at Benjamin, then pouted at Luo Fei, "Luo Fei must bring him."

Xiaoman smiled at Benjamin, but then kept avoiding Luo Fei.At this time, Luo Fei also seemed to be tacitly arranging the silver armbands on the dress by himself.

"Wang Charlie sent someone to the patrol room to send me an invitation card, saying that he must attend." Javert lowered his voice when he said this, "I reported to the higher authorities, and only then did I know that Wang Charlie has a lot of background."

Wang Susu smiled smugly: "That's right, Charlie Wang has friends from the political and business circles all over Shanghai, so the people who received his invitation this time are not ordinary people."

Javert was also inexplicably added a little air by Wang Susu's words: "Well, I didn't expect him to know that there is someone like me."

Wang Susu, Javert, and Benjamin talked and laughed, and walked slowly towards the waiting gate.Among the two parties, only Luo Fei and Xiao Man remained silent and followed behind.

After Luo Fei finished arranging his clothes, he took a peek at Xiaoman again, looking at that graceful figure, he couldn't help being a little fascinated.Xiaoman noticed that Luo Fei was looking at her, and she felt a little embarrassed. She first said: "The inspector's son is sick, and my wife has to take care of him, so I'm taking advantage of it."

Luo Fei immediately withdrew his gaze, pretending to be serious, turned his head and pointed at Xiaoman's skirt and said, "Are your clothes a bit revealing?"

Hearing this, Xiaoman pulled the collar in a hurry, and then lifted the collar on the chest, with a bit of embarrassment on her face, she said with a gloomy face: "I borrowed it from the detective's wife temporarily, and it doesn't fit well."

Wang Susu suddenly turned around and gave Luo Fei a blank look, and took Xiaoman's hand: "Xiaoman, these men don't know how to appreciate it. I think you look really beautiful in this dress. Go to the banquet later and make sure you become the focus of the audience." .”

At this time, the cable car staff began to greet the people in front of the team to get on the car.Luo Fei unconsciously began to carefully observe the people walking around.

"Why are you so preoccupied?" Xiaoman asked.

"Nothing." Luo Fei shook his head perfunctorily.

Xiaoman frowned, and followed Luo Fei's line of sight to look over, only to see a group of ladies chatting and laughing at the other end of her line of sight.

Xiaoman withdrew her gaze and stared at Luo Fei: "Look at the beauty."

Luo Fei turned his head and looked at Xiaoman seriously: "Did you solve the puzzle last time?"

Xiaoman was taken aback by the sudden change of subject: "Uh——not yet..."

Before Xiaoman could respond, Wang Susu, Javert, and Benjamin suddenly turned their heads in unison and asked in unison, "What puzzle?"

Xiaoman and Luo Fei were stunned by the actions of the three of them.

Wang Susu looked at the expressions of the two of them, covered her mouth with a folding feather fan and began to boo: "Hey! The two of you started playing riddles, why don't you tell us?"

Xiaoman immediately blushed and lowered her head: "Sister Susu! It's not what you think, it's a case!"

"Which case?" asked Javert curiously.

"It's the one from Furui Jewelry Store." Xiaoman said in a low voice.

"Furui Jewelry Store? I often go to that store, what's the matter?" Wang Susu became interested when she heard it, or maybe she was bored of queuing up for the cable car, so she insisted on telling Xiaoman to tell her.

Xiaoman couldn't help but nodded, "It's Zhang Jinyuan, the owner of the jewelry store, who sued his newly hired handyman, Gao Changren, for stealing one of his expensive jade necklaces."

"It turned out that the handyman must have stolen it? The newcomer is indeed the most suspicious!" Wang Susu interjected.

"So, let's get to the point. Sister Susu, who is as smart as you are, has been misled by you." Luo Fei sighed at Xiaoman and shook his head. One, Lao Liu, the accountant, Fu Ma, the maid, and Gao Changren, and one of the first two said that his finger was cut and he could not use the abacus, so he asked for leave. reason, but the whole point of the case is the jewelry box of the stolen necklace, and part of the seal on it was dyed blue."

"Then, Luo Fei took a look at Old Accountant Liu's hand, and asked me to take him away." Xiaoman followed Luo Fei's words.

"How could Lao Liu guard and steal?" Wang Susu was confused when he heard this, and asked Inspector Javert very puzzled: "Inspector Sha, please explain quickly."

Javert was taken aback by Wang Susu's question, and pretended to think about it, and finally touched Xiaoman slightly with his arm: "Then what?—"

Xiaoman hastily smoothed things over: "Later we really found the necklace at Lao Liu's house, and that young man cleared his grievances and kept his job." Xiaoman bit her lip and glared at Luo Fei, "But Luo Fei just refused to tell me how he solved the case.”

After hearing this, Benjamin glanced at Luo Fei, then smiled suddenly: "Haha, it's easy, I—"

Before Benjamin could speak further, Luo Fei glared at Benjamin with sharp eyes, signaling him to shut up.

"I'll tell you everything, how do you improve your crime-solving skills?" Luo Fei said to Xiaoman solemnly.

Javert, who was confused by what he heard, also took advantage of the situation to try to calm down: "Well, Xiaoman, Luo Fei is right, you need to strengthen your ability to think independently, and report back to us after you figure out the answer."

Wang Susu, who hadn't cared about the case for a long time, suddenly asked Xiaoman: "Hey? By the way, what are you two doing in the jewelry store?"

Xiaoman looked a little embarrassed: "I just passed by to handle the case."

Luo Fei also immediately changed the subject: "Two days have passed, if you can't solve it tomorrow, just change careers."

Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei firmly: "Don't worry, I will definitely solve it on time."

"Oh, I'm still betting. Look, I'm obviously happy with my friends, but I still pretend to be indifferent." Wang Susu booed again at this time.

At this time, the team has already lined up at the boarding gate.The staff of the cable car came to greet Luo Fei and his party to get on the car, and everyone walked forward immediately.Wang Susu deliberately pulled Javert and the very reluctant Benjamin into the front car, and then said to Luo Fei and Xiaoman with a smirk: "Let's go up the mountain first, and you two can solve the puzzle slowly."

The cable car rises slowly, and the scenery outside the car is pleasant.And Luo Fei stood on the side without saying a word since he got on the cable car, looking out the window with a serious expression.

Xiaoman, who was standing on the other side, looked down at the winding tributary of the Huangpu River, and couldn't help admiring: "It's so beautiful from this angle."

Xiaoman heard that Luo Fei didn't answer, and quietly raised her eyes to look at Luo Fei, only to see that Luo Fei was closing his eyes and lost in thought.Seeing this, Xiaoman hesitated to speak, and then turned his gaze out of the window.

After 10 minutes, the cable car reached the top of the mountain.A group of people got off the carriage, and after walking about 50 meters, they came to the entrance of Yuanshan Villa's lobby.

At this time, it was evening, and the female guests began to enter the arena one after another with their male companions on their arms.At the entrance of the hall, people handed over invitations and greeted each other, and it was very lively for a while.When Luo Fei and Xiao Man walked to the entrance of the hall, Luo Fei naturally raised his arm to signal, Xiao Man hesitated for a moment helplessly, and finally reached out to hold Luo Fei.

"Sir, please show your invitation card." The waiter at the door politely extended his hand towards the two.

Luo Fei looked at Xiaoman hesitantly: "Uh, the invitation is with the female companion."

"Miss, please show the invitation card." The waiter bowed and stretched out his hand to Xiaoman.

It was only then that Xiaoman remembered that Javert, Wang Susu, and Benjamin had been walking in front of her and Luo Fei just now, so she explained anxiously: "I am not his female companion, the people who brought us have already entered the arena, and Our invitations are with them."

"Sorry, no entry without an invitation." The waiter smiled apologetically at the two of them politely.

Luo Fei then looked inside and saw that Wang Susu was chatting with several celebrities, so Luo Fei pointed to Wang Susu and said to the waiter, "That's Ms. Wang Susu in the purple cheongsam, please call her for me."

"Captain Huang told me that I can't leave the door." The waiter said firmly.

"I said you can't be flexible when you do things, people are there"

Just when Xiaoman wanted to discuss with the waiter again, a tall young man in the crowd in the hall saw the situation at the door and immediately came out to inquire.

"Xiao Zhang, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Lin." The waiter bowed respectfully to the young man, then pointed to Luo Fei and Xiao Man and said in a reporting tone, "These two don't have invitations, so they want to force their way in."

"Who broke in?" Xiaoman stared, "We two came up on the next cable car, and I told you that the person with us and the invitation card went first."

At this time, Luo Fei, who had been squinting his brows, listened to the conversation between the young man and the waiter, and looked at the visitor. Seeing that the person was well dressed and had a gentle temperament, he immediately stepped forward and said, "My next Luo Fei, this is Qin Xiaoman, we are the male and female companions of Wang Susu and Javert respectively."

"Oh, a little misunderstanding." Hearing what Luo Fei said, the young man smiled and spread his hands inside, "Please come in, both of you."

"Mr. Lin—"

The waiter wanted to stop him, but someone stopped him with his hand: "It's okay, I will arrange it."

Afterwards, the young man walked into the hall with Luo Fei and Xiao Man.

At this time, the hall was already brightly lit and crowded, and the orchestra on the side was playing warm-up music.

"Mozart's serenade in G major, the band we invited is quite high-level." Luo Fei said to himself while taking two glasses of champagne from the waiter's tray, and handed one of them to Xiaoman.

At this time, Javert and Benjamin saw that Luo Fei and Xiaoman had just entered, and immediately greeted them.

"Why so long?" Javert asked.

"The gate guard said we didn't have an invitation card, so we were not allowed in. Fortunately, there was a young man in charge who accommodated us before letting us in." Xiaoman complained.

Luo Fei took a sip of wine, opened his pocket watch to check the time, and began to look around again, observing the crowd.

Luo Fei looked at it, and couldn't help laughing: "Almost all the celebrities in Shanghai are here, and the host, Charlie Wang, hasn't come out to say hello yet."

Benjamin always seemed a little uncomfortable looking at the women chatting and laughing around, so he hurriedly asked Luo Fei: "Didn't you say that he has a famous painting, is he making preparations and intends to show it to everyone later. "

Javert also became interested after hearing this: "What famous painting?"

Luo Fei smiled at the two of them: "The so-called famous painting is actually not famous. It is the work of a fledgling painter in Spain. The painter wanted to go to the American continent to develop. When he was crossing the Atlantic, he encountered pirates. The pirates planned to sell him to Africa as a slave, but On the way there was a storm, the boat capsized, and everyone died, but he was the only one who was washed ashore by the waves while holding a board in his arms.”

Javert nodded in surprise: "Then he is lucky."

Xiao Man listened with gusto: "I can't tell, you know so much about famous paintings."

At this time, Wang Susu turned to Xiaoman not far away, and waved to Xiaoman: "Xiaoman, come here quickly, let me introduce you."

Javert then motioned for Xiaoman to go over, Xiaoman had no choice but to leave angrily, Luo Fei's eyes followed Xiaoman's figure involuntarily.

"Go ahead!" Benjamin raised his wine glass and shook it in front of Luo Fei.

Only then did Luo Fei come back to his senses, and continued: "Later, there was a treasure map left by pirates on the board held by the artist, and he later drew the treasure map onto the canvas from his memory. This secret was told to the nurse who took care of him, but unfortunately no one believed his words at that time, after more than 100 years, this painting went through many twists and turns, and finally it was bought by Wang Charlie at a high price."

Benjamin thought about it thoughtfully, and then suddenly his eyes lit up: "Then Charlie Wang is holding a treasure map, isn't it..."

"That's right." Luo Fei nodded towards Benjamin, "According to rumors, if Charlie Wang spent more than half of his net worth to buy this painting by an unknown artist, with his shrewd sophistication, he would never make a loss-making transaction."

"Then he really has vision." Javert showed envy.

"No one has seen this painting so far. I speculate that he invited the inspector to come over, and he may want to use the excuse of the police station to protect this painting." Luo Fei said and raised his face at a male guest not far away. "I just saw art dealer Chen Shuang in the crowd. He is notoriously unprofitable. It seems that I am not the only one who is interested in this painting."

"Hey!" Javert sighed regretfully after hearing this, "There is a mission to protect famous paintings, I should have said it earlier, then I brought Guo Zishan here, he was a bodyguard before joining the patrol room."

"Inspector, don't be nervous, these are just my speculations." Luo Fei said hastily.

Shawei took a sip of his wine and suddenly asked Luo Fei, "Speaking of which, how do you know these inside stories?"

"Because of his younger brother Wang Dashan, there was a casino case involving Wang Dashan before, so I investigated it—I said Cao Cao, and Cao Cao—" Luo Fei finished speaking, and suddenly drank the wine in his glass. He walked towards the crowd on the side with a sullen face.

"What happened to him?" Javert asked Benjamin beside him.

Benjamin smiled and said nothing.

(End of this chapter)