Ji Liping said: "Someone did come back, you see..."
Ji Liping took out a tablet from her briefcase and quickly put it in my hand: "The company's video is in it."
After I clicked on the video, I saw a middle-aged man half-pushing the office door, as if he was talking to someone. After he said only two sentences, a look of fear appeared on his face, and he tried desperately to close the door...
After just a few seconds, the man could no longer hold the door, and it suddenly opened as if pushed by a huge force. The last movement of the man in the video was stumbling back. The door suddenly closed, and just one or two minutes later, the door opened again, and the man walked out of the office carrying a briefcase, looking like he was going out on business, and there was no sign that he had just experienced a struggle.
From the moment that person left the house until he disappeared from the video, every movement he made was extremely natural, and there was no sign of him being possessed by a ghost or being hijacked.
I turned off the video and asked, "What does that person in the video do?"
Ji Liping said, "He is from the Supervision Department, responsible for the first acceptance. According to the procedure, he should have gone to accept the first phase of the project. The day he disappeared was the day for the project acceptance. Only with his signature could the project continue."
I said in a deep voice: "Is the project over there your own project, or is it outsourced?"
"It's outsourced." Ji Liping said, "It doesn't really matter whether it's outsourced or not. Guan's has always been very strict with projects. If no one signs for acceptance, even if it's our own team, we won't continue the construction."
I looked at him and asked, "How far have you progressed with your construction on the mountain?"
Ji Liping said: "It's still the same, no progress at all. But..."
Ji Liping hesitated for a moment and said, "But the company has lost a large amount of construction materials. Since the beginning of the project, some employees have inexplicably transported construction materials into the mountains again and again. The people who transported the materials repeatedly confirmed that they had received a notice from their superiors, but the person who notified them flatly denied it."
"The police even investigated this matter. The result was that no one informed the transport team, but the transport team was not suspected of stealing or reselling the materials. More importantly, the materials would disappear once they entered the mountains, and no trace of them could be found."
"Strange!" I frowned and looked towards Guan Qingyan's office. "Does Guan Qingyan know what you are talking about?"
"I know." Ji Liping said, "The eldest lady understood everything clearly from beginning to end."
I narrowed my eyes and looked at the other person: "Why didn't Guan Qingyan tell me? Why did she have to ask you to come over in the middle of the night to pass on the message?"
Ji Liping shook her head and said, "The eldest lady didn't say anything either. I'm just her assistant. There are many things that the eldest lady doesn't say, so I can't ask about them."
What exactly does Guan Qingyan want to do
This thought only flashed through my mind for a moment before I ignored it. No matter what she wanted to do, I had to complete the task, otherwise, I would lose the match.
I thought about it and said, "Do you have the design drawings of that building?"
"Yes." Ji Liping quickly pulled out the design from her tablet. I took a quick look and immediately frowned: "Who designed this?"
Ji Liping said blankly, "It's the designer hired by the eldest lady. What's wrong? Is there a problem with the design?"
The monk stretched his head to look at the blueprint and immediately burst into curses: "Is that idiot looking for death? What kind of a shit is this that he designed?"
Guan Qingyan said that the project they were developing this time was religious tourism. If they were going to build a temple on the mountain, I could understand it. After all, only ancient temples in the mountains could attract tourists and bring incense.
Normally, the design of a temple should be a rectangular building, if not a square one. However, this designer designed the temple to be circular, and even opened six gates around the outer wall.
Is this the concept of the six realms of reincarnation
Monk Shi was furious and said, "Designing the six realms of reincarnation? Have you seen any temple designed like this? Are they preparing to jump out of reincarnation, or are they preparing to jump into reincarnation? This is simply idiotic! Also, are they building a temple or an altar? Whose temple doesn't even have a roof?"
The building in the design is indeed not capped, just a ring-like building. If it weren't for the renderings, I would have even mistaken it for a circular fortification in the past.
Ji Liping said, "We asked the designer the same question at the beginning, but he said that the roof had not been designed yet and we would not be able to see the full picture until the roof was designed. I don't know why the young lady trusted him so much and signed the agreement before seeing the full picture. Even now, he has not submitted the follow-up design drawings."
I said in a deep voice: "Did he not hand it in, or did he not design it well?"
Ji Liping said: "I don't know. It may not be designed well, otherwise, it should have been submitted to the engineering department for review long ago."
I hesitated for a moment and said, "Call the designer and ask him to bring the drawings over immediately."
"Yes!" Ji Liping quickly dialed the phone, "Mr. Zhang, the eldest lady asked you to bring the design drawings immediately... What? You don't have time... This is what the eldest lady meant... You..."
Ji Liping put down the phone and said awkwardly: "Our designer is very unique. He... He said that the design drawings are not yet fully completed, so he won't come."
I smiled faintly and said, "Then just give him a call and tell him to go die."
Ji Liping said: "Even if you are dissatisfied with the designer, you shouldn't talk like this, at least..."
I shook my head and said, "It's nothing. Just follow me..."
"The eldest lady asked me to help you... Ah—what are you doing?" Before Ji Liping could finish her words, I grabbed her wrist and dragged her downstairs. I dragged Ji Liping to the door of Guan's company almost without paying attention to anyone around, and pointed at a Hell Gate Warlock guarding the door and said, "Call Duan Yunfei down for me."
The Hell Warlock looked me up and down and said, "Duan Shuai is very busy and has no time to see you."
I said coldly, "It's up to you whether to inform him or not, and it's up to him whether to meet him or not. But after tonight, if your mission fails, don't accuse me of playing tricks on you."
After I finished speaking, I left Ji Liping behind and turned around to walk back. Before I had taken a few steps, the warlock panicked: "Wait a moment, let me inform Duan Shuai first."
Not long after I stood there, Duan Yunfei came down with his men and said, "Brother Wu, you are visiting me so late at night. I wonder if you have any advice for me?"
Someone whispered in the crowd: "What else can we do? If we feel that we have suffered a loss, we can change the replacement method."
I said calmly, "Brother Duan, I'm afraid you're going to change people again, right?"
Duan Yunfei glanced behind him and said, "Whoever said that, come out and speak up."
No one behind Duan Yunfei was willing to speak. They all stood there motionless as if their acupuncture points were pressed. But I said at this time: "I am not interested in seeing how you deal with your subordinates. I just want to ask: Who is the target of our business that needs to be protected this time?"
Duan Yunfei was surprised and said, "Of course it's Miss Guan Qingyan, could it be someone else?"
I turned to Ji Liping and said, "Please tell Duan Yunfei what you just said to me."
"I..." Ji Liping hesitated for a moment and stood there without saying a word.
When Duan Yunfei looked at me with interest, I looked at Nangong Ling: "Ms. Nangong, let me ask you a question. If during the mission, the employer maliciously deceives the warlock, or the opponent deliberately frames me, can I be directly declared the winner?"
Nangong Ling hesitated for a moment: "If what you said is true, I can consider how to deal with it. But you must have evidence."
"This is Guan Qingyan's assistant. She just came to see me..." I pointed at Ji Liping and told her everything that happened just now. "May I ask, as an employer, you didn't say a word about what happened to you, but instead sent someone to inform me of the situation after the competition started. Was this a deliberate lie? Or did someone want to transfer me with false news and then set an ambush so that I would die unclearly?"
Nangong Ling looked at Guan Qingyan before he said, "I still say what I said before, where is the evidence?"
I took out my phone and said, "Here is the evidence. Do you want to listen to the recording? I remember Brother Duan also said that the only target of this mission is Guan Qingyan. Does that mean that Hell Gate is ready to give up other targets?"
Duan Yunfei also turned to look at Guan Qingyan: "Miss Guan didn't tell me about these situations in detail, right? According to the rules of the art, we only protect the employer. Now Miss Guan is the employer. If it were another sect, perhaps they could only say that they could do nothing to help, but the Hell Gate will not give up anyone easily. From now on, the target will be expanded to all Guan employees who may be involved. Brother Wu, what do you think?"
"I don't think it's that good." I said coldly, "My employer can deliberately frame me once, and there will be no chance for a second time. I request to change the mission in the ring."
Duan Yunfei couldn't help but frown after hearing this: "Miss Guan is not a practitioner of magic after all, so she is not as clear about some things as we are. I don't think Miss Guan has any intention of framing Brother Wu..."
Monk Shi, who was standing behind me, said in a cold voice, "Can you guarantee that she has no intention of harming anyone? Some women are simply untrustworthy."
Nangong Ling snorted coldly: "The reason for withdrawing is invalid. I don't think Qingyan deliberately framed you. The confrontation continues."
I sneered and said, "Since Judge Nangong is so fair, let's continue. I hope that Judge Nangong can be as fair as before next time."
Nangong Ling's face darkened, and suddenly he raised his hand, and a thin layer of smoke flew towards me. The smoke flew very slowly, and I dodged to the side in time, but as soon as I stood firm, I felt a sharp pain in my body as if I was burned by fire, and I couldn't help but groan.
Nangong Ling said coldly: "This is a small punishment for you questioning the referee."
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Thanks to Hongyan, Doudou for the reward! (To be continued)