Bionic Era

Chapter 24: Chasing the Shadow of Light

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"A wealthy family."

Lu Wen said sincerely.

The two followed Li Jian to his home.

This Li Jian actually circled a piece of land in the city to build a villa. It was a Western-style building, as gorgeous as a palace, with huge crystal chandeliers running through the stairwells from the first floor to the third floor.

The appearance of the villa is very similar to the manor in The Great Gatsby.

[Calligraphy and Painting]

[porcelain]

[Bronze]

[Ceramic Pot]

[…]

"With so much money, can't we just hire a hundred or ten bodyguards?" Lu Wen walked in front of the calligraphy and paintings and analyzed them with his own analysis system. Surprisingly, only three of them were fakes.

"Li Jian, who was the first to die, thought so too. Be careful of the dangers around you." Xia Chuluo sat on the sofa with her legs crossed and picked up a photo under the coffee table.

The photo shows a group of children, and in the center is an adult. Judging from his appearance, he looks like Li Jian when he was young.

There are also some words of thanks behind the photos.

There are many more photos like this.

Some are framed and hung on the wall, and some are placed in drawers and under the coffee table.

Photos are also displayed on some display cases.

"Two distinguished guests, please wait a moment. I'll take off my body armor first."

Li Jian's voice came from a certain bedroom.

"Body armor?"

Is the protection when going out so comprehensive

No wonder he was sweating profusely just after jogging for a while. It was already May and he was still wearing a bulletproof vest. After all, Li Jian was not a soldier, but just a middle-aged fat man. It was really not easy.

"Why do you have so many photos at home?"

Lu Wen also picked up a photo.

The contents of the photos are roughly similar, a group of children and Li Jian.

The words of gratitude behind it basically mean thanking Li Jian for his donation so that these children can complete their studies.

"As expected, rich people like to engage in charity."

Lu Wen felt that maybe there was too much money.

There is no place to spend.

"Lu Wen, go online and check something."

"OK."

Lu Wen understood this and began to search for information about Li Jian on the Internet.

Soon, a series of data was downloaded and packaged by him and sent to Xia Chuluo.

"To be honest, you are much easier to use than those unawakened androids." Xia Chuluo was obviously very satisfied that she and Lu Wen had developed a tacit understanding so quickly.

Change to those ordinary androids.

I will only reply: What are you checking

Lu Wen also looked through Li Jian's information and found that this person was really not who he thought.

"When this person was very young, his career had not yet started, and he was very poor, he began to support those poor children."

"It seems like, apart from being a bit cowardly and showing off a bit at home, he is still a pretty good person."

Xia Chuluo quickly browsed through the documents on his mobile phone and came to the same conclusion.

Not long after, Li Jian changed into lightweight clothes.

The body armor is so thick that even after taking it off, this guy's belly is still there, as if he hadn't taken it off yet.

There are hidden advantages to being fat.

Without waiting for the two of them to say anything, he started working again, taking out the tea set and making tea for them.

"Such a big family, doesn't it have any servants?" Lu Wen asked.

"Hey, we used to be hired androids, who would have thought that something like this would happen." Li Jian sighed with a sad face.

The androids are obedient, perform tasks according to instructions, and have passed the Turing test, so they are very intelligent.

But the next three Li Jian were all killed by androids.

Only one died this morning.

According to the murderer's habits, the next Li Jian Liangliang is only two days away.

In this city, everyone named Li Jian who knew the news was in a similar state to Li Jian, worried.

Li Jian could think of changing his name, but he had no choice but to do so.

"Are you the only one in the family?"

Lu Wen was responsible for most of the questioning.

He was not used to such an empty villa and preferred to stay alone in a small room.

Of course, I had no money in my previous life and had never experienced a big villa.

After experiencing it in this life, I realized that I am not very used to it.

"Hey, this... I..." Li Jian hesitated.

"I understand, it's not something to hide when someone is sick." Xia Chuluo said it directly as usual.

Li Jian's fat face turned red and he coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

A few people chatted for a while.

It turns out that Li Jian had a failed marriage when he was very young.

Although he didn't say why, Lu Wen speculated that it might be because he didn't have children.

"Once I went to those remote towns for inspection. In the middle of winter, I saw many children, all dressed in rags, and their faces were blue from the cold. At that time, I felt uncomfortable and wanted to do something. We don’t have much money, so we can donate whatever we can, and we have been here for so many years.” Li Jian told them about the origin of these photos.

He took out a few photos from his arms and said with a smile: "I put a few photos in my clothes. In fact, I don't really believe in those gods and Buddhas. I just need the blessings of the children."

"You are a good person and you will definitely live a long life."

Lu Wen said with a smile.

As soon as he said it, he felt something was wrong.

This doesn’t count as setting a flag for Li Jian...

"Well... about my name change... can I not let other people in the Executive Directorate know..."

As Li Jian spoke, he took out a white bank card from his arms and pushed it in front of Lu Wen, but his eyes remained on Xia Chuluo.

It was obvious that Xia Chuluo was in charge.

The third-level executive officer has almost the authority of the chief executive, so it is quite easy to change someone's name.

"Your character collapsed too quickly." Lu Wen was speechless and held his forehead, "Can you not stand the praise?"

"This... this... people all have two sides, and life is not a TV series. There are no absolute good guys and bad guys." Li Jian smiled helplessly, "I really haven't lived enough."

"Take the card back." Xia Chuluo said calmly, "The murderer had a very strong purpose in committing the crime. He may have chosen the target long ago. If he really wants to attack you, even if you change your name now, it will be of no use. "

"Then... what should we do?"

"I will send someone over to protect your safety. Don't worry. Except for the interns who have no leverage, everyone else in the Executive Bureau is the best of the best."

Xia Chuluo put down the teacup in his hand, retracted his crossed legs, and stood up.

She looked around, as if trying to record the layout of the entire room.

"Lu Wen, connect to the Executive Directorate's network and post a reward of 200,000 yuan for traces of the murderer."

"no problem."

No reward was issued before, mainly because of fear of causing social panic.

But now, I don’t care about so much anymore.

It's the Executive Board's money anyway.

soon.

The news is out.

Looking out through the glass window of Li Jian's house, outside a skyscraper, a huge projection of news was broadcast.

Among them is the reward information.

A few people chatted for a while and comforted Li Jian.

Half an hour later, seeing that it was getting late, the two left Li Jian's villa.

Evenings after rain are particularly charming.

The golden glow reflects in the cold steel city, lengthening the shadows of pedestrians on the road.

The shadow cannot speak, it spends its life chasing the light.

(End of chapter)