Chapter 164 The Bomber

Back at the villa, Cui Jian asked Duanmu to make tea, and he went to the third floor and knocked on Xueying's study door. Straight to the point, Cui Jian said that he wanted to hire Xueying to design the first floor, and he was going to decorate the courtyard according to Xueying's design. Xueying said no problem, and asked about the budget. Cui Jian thought for a long time, stretched out his hand and slapped: "One billion." He wanted to say 500 million, but for some reason his mind jumped and he shouted out 10 billion. Could it be that he was still vain?

Xueying frowned: "So little?" She looked disgusted. The decoration of a villa is a bottomless pit, and it is common to exceed the house price. Compared with the house price of 10 billion, Xueying really thinks that 10 billion is too little.

Cui Jian hesitated for a moment and said, "15 billion." According to Duanmu, the difference in the price of this villa is 50 billion. If I renovate the house myself, it will be worth more money when I resell it. Although loan investment is not a -dollar investment, it is definitely a good financial choice. The most important thing is that before selling the house, the environment I enjoy every day will be paid for by the next landlord.

Xueying nodded reluctantly and asked, "Do you need matching furniture designed?"

Cui Jian: “Yes.”

Xueying said, "I understand. I'll start after I finish this math test paper."

"Thank you." Cui Jian turned around and closed the door, then stopped and said, "Xueying."

Xueying bit the tip of her pen: "Hmm?"

Cui Jian: "Reattaching a severed finger, even if it is a ring finger, is easily excluded from delicate surgery even if there is no problem in theory. Most importantly, I don't see your medical talent, I only see your design talent. You have a strong spatial imagination."

Xueying looked at Cui Jian for a long time before she nodded and turned around to continue doing the test paper.

"Let's have lunch together." Cui Jian closed the door and left.

Xueying put down her pen, supported her chin with one hand, and stared at the study materials in front of her in a daze.

Her mother is a tycoon, her father is a lawyer, her brother is a genius, and her sister is a rising star in the business world. It's not that she wants to be a world-famous doctor, but only this identity suits her. She doesn't want to live with a group of white swans as an ugly duckling. In the past 19 years, her family has received compliments and praises, while she has only received comfort and preaching.

Second in class, very good. This is the consolation from my brother who has been the top student in the class for more than ten years. From elementary school to high school, my brother has been a legend in the school.

Don’t waste your precious time on things that can be settled with money. This is what my elder sister taught me. My elder sister, who was in junior high school, started a company in the name of my mother and took advantage of the information gap between China and abroad to earn 10 billion yuan a year.

It is said that he has a half-brother, and he really hopes to find him, bring him home, and let him empathize with him.

Thinking of this brother, Xueying's heart paused. At least she had the comfort and teachings of her family, but her brother had nothing. Thinking of this, she immediately closed her eyes and made the sign of the cross and prayed: God, I am willing to exchange my ex-boyfriend's 50 years of life for my brother's safety and well-being.

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Today's main dish is steamed pork with preserved vegetables. The square-shaped three-layer meat is separated by the chopsticks and put into the mouth. It is not too greasy. The three-layer meat melts in the mouth, mixed with the flavor of preserved vegetables, and chewed with half a mouthful of rice. The pleasure brought by the food instantly lingers in the body.

Xueying liked the steamed pork with preserved vegetables, and she liked the side dish, hot and sour cabbage even more. For the first time, she understood why one should not talk while eating. These two dishes were so delicious that she had no time to talk.

Since her left hand could not move, Xueying put the dishes into the bowl and shoveled them into her mouth along with the rice. Cui Jian made her a bowl of soup, a rare loofah soup. The loofah was cut into shreds, and the loofah seeds were tender. When she drank the soup together, it greatly alleviated the heavy taste of the other two dishes. She instantly felt like she was back to normal.

Duanmu asked: "Ms. Xueying, Ms. Yun is your mother, why do I feel that she is also very familiar with Cui Jian?"

Xueying replied: "She thought Cui Jian was her son, so she asked him to do a DNA test, but she ended up making a fool of herself."

Duanmu asked slowly: "Others? Who?" He glanced outside and saw Cui Jian was making a phone call.

Xueying did not doubt him and replied, "Aunt Mo Ling and Sister Ye Lan."

Duanmu asked: "Did you go to the private hospital under the Ye family, the laboratory that specializes in paternity testing?"

Xueying asked curiously: "How do you know?"

Duanmu: "Because the equipment is good. In other words, your mother suspected that Cui Jian was her son, but she did not quietly take his hair for testing. Instead, she went to the testing center with Lawyer Mo and Mr. Ye to test the DNA in a big way?"

Xueying: "Yes, my mother said she didn't want to do such a thing behind Cui Jian's back."

Duanmu's eyes turned and he smiled in his heart. No wonder he often ran into Yun Xinyue even though he knew the DNA results didn't match. He didn't expect that Yun Xinyue, a self-made chaebol, would use such a clumsy method. No, it should be that Yun Xinyue saw that Cui Jian was difficult to deal with and had to think of such a method. On the one hand, it dispelled Cui Jian's doubts, and on the other hand, she could often contact Cui Jian as Xueying's mother and a shareholder of the security company. It seems that Yun Xinyue is very concerned about this son.

However, according to Cui Jian's resume, Cui Jian's father is Chinese from Texas and his mother is Korean from Texas. Are they just foster parents? It is possible that the child went to the United States and was adopted by them without children. But there is a loophole. According to Yun Xinyue, Yun Xinyue's father's assistant sent the child to a social worker in Hong Kong. Families that can adopt such children have been investigated by social workers. At the very least, they must be white-collar workers with good living conditions. How did Cui Jian become an orphan? Did Cui Jian's foster parents happen to go to Hong Kong for a trip and adopt a child by the way?
Duanmu asked, "Do you like Cui Jian?"

Xueying was stunned: "Who do you like? No, I don't like him. I just feel that he is a little lonely, and sometimes I can't help but want to talk to him."

Duanmu nodded and asked, "Is your mother, Ms. Yun, in Busan recently?"

Xueying: "No, my sister is now running the business in Busan. My mother went to the United States a week ago and is said to be staying for a while."

Duanmu: "Business meeting?"

Xueying shook her head: "I don't know, but judging from the photos she posted in the group, she should be traveling." Duanmu: "Can I see it?"

Xueying opened her phone, opened the group of "Love and Dear Family", clicked a photo, and gave the phone to Duanmu. Duanmu took a look and laughed in his heart. Isn't this Texas? It seems that the mother went to find her son's life trajectory.

Duanmu nodded and returned the phone to Xueying: "Thank you."

Cui Jian came back and said, "Don't eat anymore. Something happened to Diudiu. Xueying, your hands are not convenient, so leave it alone after you finish eating. I will come back to deal with it."

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The real lost project was carefully selected by Li Ran, and Ye Lan subsidized the hiring fee to get it. After all, a company cannot let everyone go on holiday and leave only one boss to stare blankly.

This is a third-tier actress who is gentle and low-key in daily life. She hired a bodyguard because she suspected that she was being followed. To avoid risks, Li Ran first arrested the follower and then arranged for Zhen Diu to take over the project.

Everything was fine the past two days. As a third-tier actress, no one would notice her if she went out without a mask. When she went out on a daily basis, it was really embarrassing that the two of them followed the actress closely.

That day was the actress' birthday. Because she had an announcement in the evening, she didn't have any close friends, so she had lunch together with her best friend and Zhendiu at noon.

The place of meal was a mid-range to high-end western restaurant called Xiaogao Restaurant. The actress was a member of Xiaogao Restaurant. After the meal, the manager asked about it and the staff brought an eight-inch cake with a candle on it.

Zhenzhen used a lighter to light the candles, and when everyone was about to sing the birthday song together, Diudiu discovered that there was something else in the candle flame. Diudiu picked up a toothpick and found a copper wire in the candle wick, so he immediately pulled the actress away from the cake and asked all the guests and employees in the restaurant to leave.

The candle was still burning, and the copper wire could be clearly seen. Because of the copper wire, the candle flame did not burn smoothly. Everyone who was evacuated to the side looked at each other. Some people thought Diudiu was making a fuss, but Diudiu told them not to worry and wait and see.

Soon the candle went out, and the cake was still a cake, nothing unusual. At this time, someone had already accused Diudiu of being reckless. Several diners went back to get their personal belongings that had been left in the restaurant, and then an explosion occurred. A dozen small steel balls erupted from the cake, shattering the restaurant's floor-to-ceiling windows and sweeping away the surrounding tables and chairs.

The explosion caused five people to be slightly injured, all because they were too close to the explosion. Fortunately, Diudiu gave a warning at the beginning and evacuated diners and staff, so no greater casualties were caused.

Cui Jian and Duanmu did not go to the scene which had been taken over by the police, but went to the company's meeting room. It was shameless to bring the actress to participate in the meeting.

Seeing that all the participants had arrived, Li Ran showed the picture he had drawn: "This is a superfluous bomb. Light the candle, and the copper wire will transfer the heat to the bomb inside the cake, activating the bomb. After the candle goes out, the temperature drops and the bomb is detonated. It looks like a joke, and the bomber is stupid, but... Zhenzhen, tell me what you think."

Zhenzhen thought for a while and asked, "Were the candles inserted on the cake early in the morning? Or did the bomber insert them temporarily?"

Li Ran didn't answer, but called out, "Cui Jian."

Cui Jian: "Not only is it child's play, it feels stupid. The bomber must have touched the cake before the explosion. Even if the cake at Xiao Gao's restaurant was served with candles, it means the bomber touched the staff."

Li Ran said, "Let me give you an example. There is a test paper with a full score of 90, and it contains 0 multiple-choice questions. Person A filled in all the options and got points, while Person B also filled in all the options and got points. Who do you think is the top student?"

Duanmu said: "Manager Li means that the bomber deliberately added unnecessary details, which can even be called a bit stupid, but it just reflects that his crime level is very high."

Li Ran: "That's what I think. Look at the picture I drew. After the candle was lit, the temperature difference between the top and the bottom is not that big. It can be inferred that the bomb is very sensitive. He was able to deliver the bomb cake right under the noses of the restaurant staff. If he was caught, there would be nothing to say. How can there be no clues? It shows that he is not only very confident, but also that his confidence comes from his strength."

Duanmu disagreed: "In the end, only a few people were slightly injured. Judging from the result, it's not very serious."

Li Ran said, "My opinion is exactly the opposite of yours. The other party arranged steel balls, seemingly to increase the lethality, but the opposite happened, resulting in only a few minor injuries. There are two pieces of information to choose from. The first piece of information is: I am a fool. I didn't consider this and even gave up the simple remote control detonation and used a more sophisticated trigger detonation method. Combined with the above information, the other party has already sneaked into the restaurant, but chose the stupid method of temperature sensing instead of the remote control detonation method, which shows that he is really stupid."

Li Ran: "Second message: I didn't want to hurt anyone, so I deliberately left a section of copper wire outside. Birthday candles burn very quickly, and after making a wish, the copper wire was already clearly visible. Furthermore, according to surveillance, the explosion occurred 45 seconds after the candle went out. Normally, when cutting the cake after blowing out the candles, the cake knife would cut the bomb. After discovering the bomb, there was still enough time to evacuate."

Li Ran: "Choose one of the two, is this a fool? Is this a master? No matter what, your employer should not be the target, but a randomly selected target." Li Ran really didn't want to say the word "possessed by the god of bad luck."

Cui Jian asked: "What is the purpose?"

"I don't know. The police are currently investigating the relationship between the cake and the candles, hoping to find the suspicious person." Li Ran looked at the information on his phone and said, "Preliminary investigation shows that since your employer was dining in temporarily and did not make a reservation, the restaurant did not make a cake, but instead bought a cake from the cake shop across the street."

Li Ran: "According to the police, the copper wire was inside the cake and was picked up by someone and a hollow candle was inserted to cover the copper wire. In other words, the candle was also specially made. However, the cake shop manager checked the surveillance video and said that the cake in the surveillance video had nothing to do with them. Contradictory point: The cake shop said that it was the restaurant staff who came to the cake shop to pick up the cake. The restaurant said that it was the cake shop staff who delivered the cake and a candle was inserted when it was delivered."

Diudiu: "We are bodyguards, not police."

Li Ran squinted at Diudiu and said, "Today's meeting is to tell everyone that I think there is a highly skilled, mentally strong, and experienced bomber in Hancheng. I also think that the bomber was just practicing today and didn't intend to kill anyone. But we don't know what the bomber's purpose is, so until the bomber's matter comes to an end, everyone should be alert to bomb assassinations."

Li Ran: "Generally speaking, the bomber has a very clear target. Theoretically, this target should not be related to us, but given the various phenomena since the company opened... our bodyguards and our employers have a 100% survival rate." Li Ran saw that there were employers attending the meeting, so he changed his tone and told everyone tactfully: The company has been unlucky recently, so it's better to be careful. Those who understand will understand.

Gunfire, bombs, and poison are the three magic weapons of assassins, and bombs are the most dangerous. Bullets must be aimed, poison is accurate, but bombs have no eyes at all, and are difficult to dodge or escape from. The risk factor is very high.

Li Ran finally said: "Hancheng Security takes bomb threats very seriously, so a special bomb training course will be held at the Bodyguard Academy this afternoon, mainly to explain how to better detect trigger bombs and how to use bomb detection equipment. Everyone must participate. Madam employer, please stay in our company in the afternoon, and they will come back to pick you up before dinner."

(End of this chapter)