You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

A cold smile flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.

interesting.

Before the exhibition even officially opened, someone had already staged a surprise switcheroo.

This tampered glass is the first declaration of war left by the other side.

Just then.

"Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!"

A panicked scream, accompanied by chaotic footsteps, suddenly came from outside the exhibition hall, breaking the solemn atmosphere.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the curator of the Expo Center, a man in his fifties with slightly balding hair, scrambling over.

His usually refined face was now deathly pale, as if he had just been pulled out of ice water. His lips were trembling, and he couldn't utter a single complete sentence.

"Director Wang... Director Wang? What happened?"

Ye Qingcheng frowned and asked in a deep voice.

Director Wang ran to the crowd, clutching his knees, panting heavily, cold sweat pouring down his forehead like rain.

He pointed to the other end of the corridor, his voice trembling with tears.

"It's...it's haunted! My office is haunted!"

These words caused an uproar in the room.

Even Wang Qiang, the security supervisor who had just looked ashen-faced, now wore an absurd expression.

What era are we living in? Still talking about ghost stories?

Ye Qingcheng sensed something unusual in the curator's extreme fear, and she immediately looked at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen's expression remained calm; he merely gestured with his chin towards the curator.

"lead the way."

These two simple words seem to carry a calming and reassuring power.

Director Wang seemed to have found a pillar of support, nodding repeatedly and leading the way in a trembling manner.

The group quickly walked through the corridor and arrived at the door of the curator's office.

This is a heavy-duty alloy explosion-proof door.

Director Wang pointed to the door lock and explained in a trembling voice:

"My office has the highest security level in the entire building; no one but me can get in!"

"Opening the door requires both fingerprint and iris verification, and... and when I left just now, I checked repeatedly, the door was locked!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he trembled as he extended his finger and pressed it onto the fingerprint scanner.

"drop."

The green light comes on.

He then focused his eyes on the iris scanner.

"Beep, iris information confirmed."

"Click—"

The heavy electronic door lock popped open with a click.

Director Wang took a deep breath, as if he were going to his death, and suddenly pushed the door open.

The sight behind the door made everyone gasp.

Inside the office, the windows were locked from the inside, and the vents were covered with fine wire mesh.

The room was neatly furnished, spotless, and empty.

however.

Right in the center of that large mahogany desk, a pure black envelope lay quietly.

The envelope was sealed with a grotesque, grinning clown design printed in scarlet wax.

It was as if it was mocking everyone present.

The atmosphere instantly froze like ice.

This is a perfect locked room!

With the doors and windows locked and no one able to enter, this ominous envelope seemed to appear out of thin air!

"Call the police!"

Ye Qingcheng made a quick decision and immediately took out her phone.

This matter has gone beyond the scope of normal security.

……

A dozen minutes later.

The piercing sound of sirens grew louder as they approached.

Su Qingge led a team of criminal police officers and arrived at the scene swiftly, quickly setting up a cordon and sealing off the entire office.

Li Mingyu followed behind. As soon as he entered the room and saw the scene, he showed a hint of disdain on his face.

He put on white gloves, swaggered to his desk, picked up the black envelope with tweezers, and examined it closely under the light.

"laugh."

He let out a contemptuous sneer.

"You're making it so mysterious, I thought it was some kind of earth-shattering case."

He looked at the pale-faced Director Wang with an expression that said, "I've seen through everything."

"Director Wang, don't scare yourself. There are no ghosts or gods in this world."

"This is clearly an inside job. They used some high-tech method to copy your biometric information and came in to play tricks."

Director Wang's face turned green, and he hurriedly tried to explain.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I don't have a spare key to this office!"

Li Mingyu ignored him completely and used a knife to cut open the sealing wax on the envelope.

He turned the envelope upside down and gave it a gentle shake.

A playing card slid out and landed on the table.

King of Hearts

On the back of the card, a line of text was written in an extremely flamboyant cursive English script.

Tomorrow night, under the full moon, I will take the 'Heart of the Ocean' in full view of everyone.

A spectacular magic show is about to begin.

[—Jack]

The signature at the end was written in a flamboyant and provocative style.

Li Mingyu looked at the card, his disdain deepening.

He casually tried to throw the playing cards into the evidence bag.

"It's another one of these pointless threatening letters. I receive a dozen a year. They're just trying to make things mysterious."

"I bet it's just some young punk who's watched a few movies and's trying to grab attention. Just throw it away..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

A cold voice suddenly rang out, interrupting him.

"Don't move!"

The one who spoke was Lin Chen, who had been silent since entering the room, simply observing the entire space.