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Chapter 107 Theft?
Chapter 107 Theft?
In room 301, Xu Xian felt a little dizzy.
One hundred million!
This was simply an astronomical sum that Xu Xian could not possibly afford.
If you include the loan repayments and Zhou Li's one million, all the money I earned on this business trip will have to go towards that.
In other words.
Let alone 100 million, he can't even come up with 10 million or 1 million.
This is awkward.
Seeing that Xu Xian was frozen in place and didn't say anything, Lin Yue'e didn't say anything more.
As a master-level pharmacist, her appearance fee is not low. With her current status, you can forget about hiring her for less than a small fortune.
She is already incredibly kind and virtuous for not charging any fees.
No matter what, it's impossible for me to lose money.
She doesn't have a second granddaughter for the other party to marry.
Xu Xian shook his head helplessly.
He said to Lin Yue'e, "Master Lin, this is too much money. I don't have that much money on hand. Do you have anything that isn't too expensive, like something that can temporarily suppress the two energies in Niu Niu's body and prevent them from becoming too active?"
Xu Xian settled for second best.
Niu Niu is currently unable to train, and she dares not actively absorb fire or dark attribute energy in the slightest.
The former involves training that activates two types of energy, leading to a disturbance, while the latter directly causes a disturbance in the body's energy.
Since that's the case, let's just suppress them all.
We need to find another way to obtain medicine or treasures that can enhance physical fitness.
At least Niu Niu's physical body is strong, so even if the two elemental energies in her body are in a mess, it won't endanger her life.
It also allows for daily physical exercise.
It's not just about saving skill points.
It can also cultivate the spirit beast's initiative to train itself.
Xu Xian wasn't worried about Wawa in this regard.
This little guy is at the "King of Rolls" level.
As a girl, Niu Niu might not be as kind-hearted, and she's also quite naive.
Xu Xian believed that it needed constant guidance and could not be turned into a useless spirit beast that only relied on skill points.
When Lin Yue'e heard Xu Xian ask this question, she immediately guessed his intentions.
Thinking of the steel skin that Niu Niu used in the advanced stage, I thought to myself, this kid truly deserves to be called a genius who developed the Silver Tide Dragon Frog.
It seems that it was not good luck, but rather a result of solid, high-quality materials.
After a moment's thought, Lin Yue'e said, "Yes, but the effect won't be very good. I can't be sure about the duration either. My initial estimate is between three and seven days. Those resources are not cheap; 500,000 can make one dose of the medicine."
So expensive!
Xu Xian frowned.
A single payment of 500,000 yuan only covers an uncertain period of three to seven days; that's a real money pit.
He glanced at Niu Niu in the blink of an eye.
The little minotaur sister, with her bull-faced expression, had high hopes.
After following Xu Xian.
It could only watch its companion, Wawa, train, and could do nothing except warm the bed and act as a pillow for its own beast tamer at night.
It also wants to train so that it can have strong, large muscles like its older brothers and sisters.
Xu Xian's heart softened when he saw Niu Niu looking at him with her big, watery eyes. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll take one. Thank you for your help. I'll pay you after this is over, okay?"
Lin Yue'e nodded, "Okay."
Soon, the two became friends.
Then Xu Xian and the other two were kicked out of room 301.
Outside room 301, Xu Xian chuckled.
This trip with Xu Yang has really been a huge success.
Having Lin Yue'e, a master-level pharmacist, as a friend is a connection that is far more valuable than the more than one million yuan that Xu Yang offered.
Xu Xian looked at his friend Lin Yue'e on his phone, then turned back to look at the door of room 301.
You should try to get along well with the person in the room.
In the future, when working in the pharmacist community, as long as he inadvertently reveals that he knows Lin Yue'e, who would dare to disrespect him?
Xu Xian thought about many things for a moment.
Of course, it is very clear that one should not overdo it by using someone else's name to make a big deal out of nothing, let alone abuse one's power.
Otherwise, if he displeases this person, he will probably find it difficult to make any progress in the pharmacist world.
After dealing with Niu Niu's matter, Xu Xian took out his phone and called Xu Han.
Tree City.
Xu Han, who rarely gets a day off from work, is fishing.
This typical Air Force veteran looked indignant.
I could clearly see several fish shadows underwater, but none of them took the bait, even though they ate just as much of the bait I used to bait the area.
He was so angry that he wanted to have the giant hairy dog go into the water and catch two of them for him.
Frustrated, Xu Xian called.
Xu Han answered the phone.
"Huh? When did you go to Black Abyss City? That place is so dangerous, you should leave right away."
"You went on a business trip and closed a deal worth 1.05 million?! Are you robbing a bank?!"
"That's true, there's no way to make money faster than robbing a bank."
"Where did Wang Yuewa live before? Sure, I'll ask for you."
Before long, Xu Xian learned the exact location.
Taking advantage of the time, I took Wawa and Niu Niu in a taxi and headed there.
On the bus, Wawa's emotions, which she had finally managed to calm down, began to waver again.
Black Abyss City is a familiar place, filled with memories for it.
But it is also a place of sorrow.
It never expected that it could return so quickly, to be back in its original home so soon.
Xu Xian gently patted Wawa's frog head.
Not long after, a residential area was reached.
After getting off the bus and paying the fare, Xu Xian led his two spirit beasts into the residential area.
Although Black Abyss City is a city built of steel, it is only because of the large amount of steel used that not all buildings are constructed of steel. That would be neither scientific nor suitable.
The neighborhood that Xu Xian is now entering is an old-style neighborhood.
Like the hotel where we stayed, there were five buildings, each with seven floors, and two households per floor.
With Wang Yue's prior notice, Xu Xian received the key stored at the property management office.
Soon.
A building with 501 units.
The enclosed room was slightly dusty.
Xu Xian opened the living room window. This place was nice; it let in some sunlight.
Looking back at the living room wall, there was a painting, a painting that was clearly hand-painted, stroke by stroke.
Wawa stared blankly, two large tears sliding down her cheeks.
The painting depicts a young man and a small, juvenile frog.
Xu Xian knew that Wawa needed to come to terms with this on her own, so he didn't go forward to comfort her for the time being.
This is a small apartment with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom.
Xu Xian entered the bedroom.
The house has been uninhabited for a long time, and the windows have been kept closed, preventing ventilation.
There's already a flavor in it.
Xu Xian glanced at it casually and then left the bedroom.
but----
He frowned slightly.
The rest of the area showed signs of dust.
The bedside table seems cleaner.
And why are there signs that it has been disturbed?
Xu Xian summoned Wawa and pointed to the bedside table, saying, "Wawa, did you and Uncle Wang go through the things in here when you left?"
The little frog was still a little sad, and shook its head when it heard Xu Xian ask this question.
Heartbroken, it spent its time in the living room with the paintings on the wall, or watching videos of people swearing on the TV.
Since its former owner died, it has never entered the bedroom, let alone rummaged through drawers and cabinets.
"Was it Uncle Wang who turned it over?" Xu Xian asked again.
Wawa shook her head again.
When Wang Yue took it away, it never went into the bedroom.
I'm just taking it away.
"Then who made this?" Xu Xian asked, puzzled.
Could it be someone from the property management, or a thief?
Xu Xian took the initiative to pull out the bedside table drawer.
There wasn't much inside.
Just a blank sheet of paper.
Xu Xian picked up the white paper.
The above is a conjecture about a special potion for enhancing mental power, derived from the Frog Junior's mental attributes.
It is speculated that this potion can temporarily enhance the mental power of spirit beasts like Frog Junior who have mental attribute talents but no mental attribute.
Once their mental strength is enhanced, these spirit beasts will naturally find it easier to learn mental attribute skills.
The former owner of the vava initially estimated that the potion was at least a basic potion.
"So this is the key research result that will help him become a junior pharmacist."
"But why are there only conjectures? Where is the experimental data?"
"You can't become a junior pharmacist just by guessing."
Xu Xian's mind raced.
I have a feeling that something is very wrong.
Wang Yue once said that this senior, named Li Xiang, is about to become a junior pharmacist.
Therefore, in theory, this kind of potion for mental attributes should not only be a concept, but should have certain results or even be completed.
Xu Xian picked up the paper and waved it in front of Wawa. "Wawa, is Senior Li Xiang's research data recorded on a computer?"
Vawa shook her head for the third time.
Li Xiang enjoys painting, and the painting on the living room wall was drawn by him looking at himself and Wawa in the mirror.
He usually records any whimsical ideas he has on drawing paper; it's a habit of his.
Even in his pharmaceutical business, important data was recorded on paper.
He said this way it's safe and he's not afraid of data loss.
So after organizing everything, I put it all in ————
Wawa was startled. She looked at the paper in Xu Xian's hand, then turned her gaze sharply to the now empty drawer.
The clever little frog immediately sensed that something was wrong.
When Xu Xian saw Wawa's expression, his brows furrowed even more.
has a problem!
This is a big problem.
Please put this paper away.
Xu Xian and Wawa went to another bedroom, and the two of them, one human and one frog, rummaged through the drawers and cabinets in perfect unison.
Niu Niu sat on the living room sofa, scratching her head.
Before long, the man and the frog found everything.
Xu Xian immediately led the two beasts away from there.
Location of the residential complex property management office.
Xu Xian returned the key.
With a very serious expression, he said to the elderly property manager, "Sir, I am a good friend of Li Xiang, the owner of apartment 501 on the first floor. He entrusted me to retrieve a treasure that has been lost. It is worth at least a million, or even tens of millions."
"Huh?!" The elderly property manager exclaimed in surprise.
"The problem now is that the items are missing. Sir, think about it, besides me and Wang Yue, who took over this room before, who else has been in room 501 in the past year or so? Otherwise, I will take legal action. You know the current scientific technology and the effectiveness of spirit beast tracking. If we catch someone with this amount of money, they will only be able to eat government food from now on. And you will also be punished for negligence."
"Ah?! No, no, the key has always been with me. I've never been inside, and no one has been inside either. It must have been taken away a long time ago. I'm just looking after this place. How could the owner's things be lost—" the old man from the property management office hurriedly said, afraid that he would be implicated in the matter.
Xu Xian noticed that he seemed flustered, but not guilty.
I thought about it for a while.
After entering Building 501, only the bedside table in the master bedroom showed signs of being moved; the second bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bathroom showed no signs of being moved.
Does this indicate that the person who took the item had a specific goal?
If that's the case, then this matter is most likely unrelated to the property management or the thief.
With the elderly property manager sweating bullets, Xu Xian walked aside and sent a message to his "most powerful and influential friend" on his phone, asking for his opinion.
Room 301, Hotel.
Lin Yue'e casually picked up her phone.
Xu Xian's message surprised her somewhat, and before even reading it, her goodwill towards him diminished considerably.
Someone like her doesn't like sending messages or chatting for no reason.
They sent me a message to bother me just over two hours after we became friends.
If you open the message and it's just the boring chatter you expected...
Lin Yue'e promised not to give the other party a friendly look.
The result was an inquiry into the information, which revealed a long string of text detailing the relationship between Li Xiang and Wawa, as well as the loss of crucial pharmaceutical data for Li Xiang's advancement to junior pharmacist.
Xu Xian isn't stupid.
Disturbing someone for no reason will definitely cause unpleasantness.
Therefore, sincerity is the ultimate weapon.
He wanted to use this incident to get Lin Yue'e to check the Beast Tamer Association's apothecary-specific website to see if any new low-level spirit attribute potions had been released.
This website is special; only pharmacists who have officially become pharmacists are eligible to access it.
Xu Xian was just a pharmacist apprentice, so he had to ask others for help.
He also had his own schemes, hoping to find the answer through this method while winning Lin Yue'e's favor.
This part of the residential area.
Xu Xian held his phone, looking at the long string of messages he had sent, and felt a little nervous.
If Lin Yue'e ignores him, it will backfire.
Fortunately, a message from this friend soon appeared on my phone.
Lin Yue'e: I've checked the website. There are no new low-level spirit attribute potions, but there are intermediate-level potions. The posting date was July 15th of last year, and the poster is Jiang Cheng, a newly promoted intermediate-level pharmacist belonging to the Black Abyss City Beast Tamer Association's Pharmacist Department.
"Jiang Cheng!" Xu Xian memorized the name.
After expressing his gratitude to Lin Yue'e multiple times, Xu Xian asked Wawa if she knew this person.
Wawa said she had met him a few times and that he was Li Xiang's senior.
Xu Xian called Xu Han again.
We obtained Wang Yue's contact number.
Then I called this person directly to inquire.
"Jiang Cheng? I've heard Li Xiang mention him a few times. He's called a senior. Li Xiang either figures out things about potions on his own or consults this junior pharmacist. What's wrong?"
"What? He became an intermediate pharmacist? I didn't expect that."
"You suspect that Li Xiang's research results were stolen? You can't just say that carelessly. You must be careful what you say without evidence!"
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Xu Xian frowned and ended the call.
Leave the residential area.
In the taxi, he kept thinking about how to handle the situation.
Wang Yue told him not to act rashly regardless of whether the matter was true or false.
Everything needs evidence.
Moreover, Li Xiang has left, and the tea has gone cold.
He himself has not presented his research findings.
He was aiming to make a name for himself and didn't make any preparations beforehand.
Unlike Xu Xian, who published his paper first and didn't care if it went unread or forgotten.
Let's give each other a heads-up first.
And patent registration and such are all being processed.
Li Xiang, on the other hand, buried himself in hard work.
Aside from those who know him well, who else knows who he is or what achievements he can make?
There are countless pharmacist apprentices in the world.
Most people will never be able to overcome this hurdle in their lifetime.
Knowing this, Xu Xian did not take Wawa to confront Jiang Cheng.
This kind of thing is not very meaningful.
There just happens to be a master right here.
He went to ask the other party what their opinion was.
Room 301, Hotel.
Xu Xian explained in detail the relationship between Wawa and Li Xiang, and also recounted how he met and fell in love with Wawa.
The master, Lin Yue'e, listened with great interest.
They discovered that neither of the two spirit beasts beside Xu Xian was easy to deal with.
In the old novels she was reading.
These two little ones are definitely protagonist material.
Thinking of this, I smiled to myself.
Xu Xian, of course, was unaware of this man's thoughts.
He asked, "Master Lin, what do you think I should do now? Should I confront them on the spot, or investigate and gather evidence secretly?"