Chapter 35: Citywide Manhunt
Jiang Yuan transferred the money back to Si Heng.
She then counted the balance in her bank card.
She looked around the cramped house and a thought arose from the depths of her heart.
Buy a house!
“I’m going out.” Jiang Yuan was wearing a black down jacket, a red scarf, and a small detective hat.
Blueberry solicitously brought her a pair of shoes, “Beautiful Yuan Yuan, where are you going?”
“You want to go with me?” Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow.
Blueberry nodded its cat head: “Yes.”
Although the two human cubs were very cute, it was tiring to play with them for too long.
“Then let’s go.” Jiang Yuan agreed.
One person and one cat left the house.
Jiang Yuan took Blueberry to look at nearby properties and was discouraged.
She only had less than four million, and those houses cost tens of millions. Four million couldn’t even buy a bare shell.
Jiang Yuan bought a cup of hot coffee at a convenience store, squatted by the roadside with no regard for her image, and sighed, “I really want to get rich!”
“Can the system release some new missions that reward cash?”
【 System 009: Sorry, Miss Jiang, missions and rewards are random. If you want to earn money, you need to figure it out yourself or complete hidden missions. 】
Jiang Yuan: “…”
She majored in fashion design in college, and at that time, her only focus was on having fun and hooking up with rich people, she didn’t study at all.
Without any special skills, how could she earn money?
Blueberry lay at her feet, sensing her owner seemed very worried, and suggested, “Yuan Yuan, you’re so good with animals, why don’t you open a pet shop?”
Opening a pet shop wasn’t that simple, and she didn’t have a veterinarian’s license.
However, Jiang Yuan didn’t discourage Blueberry, “That’s a good idea, you’re so smart.”
Blueberry was very happy to be praised: “Of course.”
As Jiang Yuan got up to go home, a small chestnut-colored swallow suddenly spoke to her.
“Yuan Yuan, are you short of money?”
Jiang Yuan paused, looked up at the little swallow, and asked with a smile, “What’s wrong, Xiao Zhu Yan?”
Had her shortage of money already spread to the birds?
Xiao Zhu Yan: “Do you want those yellow things that are like strips?”
“What is that?” Jiang Yuan asked doubtfully.
Xiao Zhu Yan thought hard and its eyes suddenly lit up: “I remember, those humans call that thing gold bars!”
“Gold bars?” Jiang Yuan’s eyes suddenly widened, “Do you have any?”
“Yan doesn’t.” Xiao Zhu Yan shook its head and explained, “But Yan knows where there are some~”
Jiang Yuan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “I also know where there are some, but they cost money to buy.”
Xiao Zhu Yan chuckled: “Yuan Yuan, these are free!”
Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow: “Free?”
“Yes!” Xiao Zhu Yan said, “The gold bars are by the lake.”
Jiang Yuan furrowed her delicate eyebrows, somewhat unable to understand, “How can there be gold bars by the lake?”
Another little swallow couldn’t stand it and flew over, “You’re too stupid to explain it clearly.”
Xiao Zhu Yan snorted, “Stinky swallow, if you’re so capable, you explain!”
“Yan can definitely explain it better than you!” Little Mo Yan landed on Jiang Yuan’s shoulder. “Yuan Yuan, Yan tells you, those gold bars were actually stolen by someone.”
“Stolen?”
“Yes, that rich woman’s boyfriend colluded with others and stole a hundred gold bars, hiding them under the rocks by the lake.”
“There’s also a ruby necklace inside. It would definitely look good on you, Yuan Yuan.”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
A hundred gold bars?
This was a big case.
She took out her phone and searched, and indeed there was news.
A week ago, Ms. Zhou from the Liuli District returned home and found that one hundred gold bars from her safe and a gemstone necklace worth ten million yuan were missing.
Surveillance footage showed two masked thieves entering the house to rob them.
The perpetrators seemed well-prepared; they took a suitcase from her walk-in closet into the study and left with the suitcase a short while later.
One gold bar weighs 50 grams, one hundred gold bars are worth six million, plus the gemstone necklace, the stolen amount reached sixteen million.
The Yun Jing police acted swiftly, announcing a citywide manhunt and issuing a bounty.
Jiang Yuan’s eyes seemed to sparkle as she saw the bounty amount, the corners of her lips turned up, and a strong sense of expectation appeared on her fair face.
“Little treasures, by which lake are the gold bars?”
Xiao Zhu Yan also became excited: “Yuan Yuan, Yan will lead the way for you~”
After a half-hour journey, Jiang Yuan brought Blueberry to Ping’an Lake.
A thin layer of ice had formed on the lake surface, the trees were adorned with sparkling frost flowers, and as the cold wind passed, the thin ice trembled, emitting faint crisp sounds.
Xiao Zhu Yan: “Yuan Yuan, it’s right here!”
Jiang Yuan looked around and saw people in twos and threes busy taking photos, capturing the picturesque scenery.
She withdrew her gaze and looked at Xiao Zhu Yan, “Little treasure, do you know the specific location?”
Jiang Yuan planned to confirm the location of the gold bars first, then call the police.
Xiao Zhu Yan, who was called “little treasure,” was both shy and surprised: “Yuan Yuan, Yan knows, but Yan forgot!”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Little Mo Yan disdainfully said, “I told you you’re a stupid swallow, you can’t even remember this!”
Xiao Zhu Yan puffed up its chest indignantly: “You’re not stupid, then you take Yuan Yuan there!”
Little Mo Yan: “Fine, I will!”
Jiang Yuan watched the two little swallows bicker and didn’t feel bored at all.
Little Mo Yan: “Yuan Yuan, follow Yan.”
It flew a short distance and landed on a rock. After carefully identifying it, it said to Jiang Yuan, “Yuan Yuan, it’s right under here.”
Jiang Yuan strode forward.
She studied it, and the rock looked perfectly fitted with the surrounding rock slabs. “I need to use some tools to pry open the stone slab.”
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment, then stood up and said, “There was a hardware store on the way here. I’ll go buy some now. You guys wait here for me.”
Blueberry sat obediently: “You go ahead, we’ll guard it for you.”
Jiang Yuan bought tools from the hardware store and came back. Just as she was prying open the stone slab, a little sparrow suddenly flew over.
“Not good, not good! The humans who stole the gold bars are here!”
“Where are they?” Jiang Yuan used all her strength to pry open the stone slab and saw a black backpack lying inside.
She unzipped it, and it was filled with a bag of gold bars, as well as that ruby necklace.
The little sparrow said urgently, “Sparrow thinks it saw the figures of those two humans! They said they were going to move locations.”
Jiang Yuan hesitated for a moment, pushed the stone slab back, and pretended nothing had happened.
Xiao Zhu Yan asked in surprise, “Yuan Yuan, aren’t you short of money? Don’t you want these gold bars?”
“These are stolen goods, I can’t take them.” Jiang Yuan got up and pretended to be a passerby taking photos.
She took photos while moving her position and dialed the police number.
Jiang Yuan hung up the phone and, out of the corner of her eye, watched the movements of the two thieves.
One fat and one thin, wearing baseball caps and masks, they walked cautiously, constantly observing the people around them.
Jiang Yuan didn’t dare to be too obvious, so she could only let Blueberry and the birds monitor for her.
Blueberry: “They’re prying at that rock!”
Little Mo Yan: “They took out the backpack.”
Blueberry: “They pushed the rock back!”
Xiao Zhu Yan: “They’re gone!”
