The Madman and The Doll

Chapter 54

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The HR department has been exceptionally quiet in recent weeks.

The main reason was probably that the air pressure around Minister Luan Qiaoqing had been visibly low in recent times - it wasn't that he was irritable, but everyone who went to the minister's office to report always saw their minister sitting behind the desk or standing by the window in a daze.

He looked listless, and I didn't know what he was thinking. He looked very listless.

Someone in the department, based on the recent popularity of the new assistant on the 22nd floor named "Qin Qing", came to the conclusion that their director was too emotionally hurt and therefore had no interest in work recently.

Everyone agreed with this and it sparked a heated discussion.

"I told you that our director was interested in Mr. Qin, but you didn't believe me. In the past year or so that the director has been in the company, Mr. Qin has taken such good care of her. How could there be nothing fishy going on?"

"Didn't everyone say it was just because Minister Luan is the sister of President Qin's first love?"

"Hey, calling each other brother and sister, it's hard to imagine there's no ambiguous relationship between them."

"I heard that the first love has been dead for so many years, and only Minister Luan is left by President Qin's side. They can barely be considered childhood sweethearts - but they are still no match for the one who came from heaven."

"The worst thing is that this girl from the sky is a fake, she just looks like her sister."

"I would have died of anger a long time ago."

"Who says it's not true? I saw that Minister Luan was running around so frequently before, he must have gone to argue with President Qin - but judging from the fact that someone has been promoted to the 22nd floor, the result is probably not good."

"It's miserable..."

After chatting for a while, several people dispersed on their own.

The reason was simple - a unfamiliar face walked out of the elevator on the 8th floor, followed their minister's assistant, and went straight to the minister's office.

The assistant stopped in front of Luan Qiaoqing's office door and knocked. After hearing "Come in", she turned around and signaled the person behind her, then led the other person into the door.

"Minister, the people have arrived."

"Okay, I understand. Go out now. Close the door."

"Would you and this gentleman like anything to drink?"

"No. Don't come in and disturb me without my request."

"OK."

After the assistant left, Luan Qiaoqing walked around from behind the desk and nodded to the man, "Mr. Qiao, please take a seat."

"You're too polite, Minister Luan." The man sat down and took out a leather bag from his black briefcase. He put it on the coffee table and pushed the bag towards Luan Qiaoqing. "Everything you asked me to check is in here."

"… "

Luan Qiaoqing was silent for a moment, then reached out and took it.

But she didn't rush to open it. She just stared at the bag and whispered, "What's the conclusion?"

The man said seriously, "At present, Miss Qin's background is very clean. There is no evidence of plastic surgery or suspected traces of industrial espionage. Here are some photos of her before and after returning to China. Minister Luan can take a closer look. If you still have doubts about her, we can conduct a long-term follow-up investigation."

Luan Qiaoqing didn't rush to speak again.

She stared at the leather bag in her hand for a few seconds, then opened it and poured out the documents and photos inside.

The photos were tied with special rubber bands, forming a cross shape to ensure that they did not fall apart. Luan Qiaoqing seemed a little absent-minded when she pulled the rubber bands apart, and was flicked by the thing, leaving a faint red mark on the back of her hand.

Luan Qiaoqing stopped moving, and after a long while, she started to look through the pictures one by one again.

Most of those photos were snapshots of daily life. The pretty young girls in the photos seemed to only go between the company and the apartment every day - there was not even any trace of them going out shopping.

In some of the photos, there is occasionally an extra man: Yu Qisheng, the boss of Junsheng Law Firm.

Luan Qiaoqing looked at the person in the photo expressionlessly, and began to flip through the photos at a faster speed.

She quickly flipped through the stack of photos.

There is no valuable information.

Although Luan Qiaoqing was not surprised, she still frowned. She pressed one side of the stack of photos in her hand on the coffee table and stacked them up.

"Is the photo her daily life?"

"Yes, Minister Luan. I think this Miss Qin may indeed be a returnee. She doesn't seem to have made any friends in China except Mr. Yu from Junsheng Law Firm. Outside of working hours, this Miss Qin rarely goes out on non-working days, let alone interacting with anyone - it's really hard to get any useful information from her."

"Have you checked all your resumes?"

"yes."

"What about that extra thing I asked you to check last time?"

"You mean the whereabouts of Miss Qin in August 2010?"

"..." Luan Qiaoqing didn't have much hope, but still looked up, "Yes."

The man smiled awkwardly: "I told you last time that this is a little hard to find out - I will try my best to find more connections, but it is a little difficult to guarantee such a specific time and itinerary."

"If we really can't find out, then forget it." Luan Qiaoqing sighed and lowered her voice, "It's impossible for her to be her anyway."

"Hey? Minister Luan, what did you say? Sorry, I didn't hear you clearly."

"nothing."

Luan Qiao stood up and handed the photo to the man.

"In that case, Mr. Qiao, please take these things back and destroy them. Remember, don't let anyone else know that I'm investigating her."

"Minister Luan, rest assured, this is the basic rule of our industry. There will be no problem."

The man smiled and reached out to take it, but just as he was about to take it back, he pinched nothing.

"?"

He was stunned and looked up blankly.

Luan Qiaoqing seemed to be stunned. She frowned, and returned to the sofa from the action of standing up. Then she took back the photos that she had not handed out and quickly flipped through them.

The man was at a loss: "Minister Luan, what's wrong?"

Luan Qiaoqing said nervously, "I seem to have missed something... I found it!"

The man was startled.

It was really because Luan Qiaoqing's voice was a little too excited. She was staring at the photo that she had placed on top of the stack of photos in her hand.

The man took a quick glance and saw nothing unusual. He asked in confusion, "Minister Luan, is there anything wrong with this photo?"

Luan Qiaoqing didn't have time to answer.

Her eyes were fixed on a spot in the photo. After looking at it for dozens of seconds, her fingers holding the photo began to turn pale and tremble.

"No, nothing... You can take the others back. I'll leave this one here."

The man was even more confused.

He lowered his head to confirm one last time—

The photo was taken of a restaurant with a river view. Due to the telephoto lens and the darkness of night, the photo was not clear enough.

All that can be seen is that the people sitting on both sides of the table in the photo are Yu Qisheng from Junsheng Law Firm and "Qin Qing" who is under investigation. The two are probably raising their glasses with smiles on their faces.

The other parts were blurred by the complex background color, and only the hands of the two people holding up their glasses were particularly clear in the photo.

Among them, a string of pale white shell bracelets hung on the woman's fair wrist.

The man stared blankly for a long time without seeing any clues, while Luan Qiaoqing had already come to his senses.

"Mr. Qiao, please send me all the electronic originals and copies of this photo. I hope you don't have any of them."

"Of course, Minister Luan, rest assured." The man nodded immediately, "This is professional ethics. We will not touch the high-voltage wires of our customers."

"Also, please continue to investigate Qin Qing's whereabouts in August 2010, which I asked you to do earlier."

"Hey? Didn't you just say..."

"I changed my mind."

"Okay." The man nodded helplessly.

"Mr. Qiao, if you have nothing else to do, you can go back - sorry, I have some urgent matters to deal with."

"Okay, then I won't bother Minister Luan anymore."

"Slow down."

"… "

After watching the man leave the office, Luan Qiaoqing took a deep breath and looked again at the shell bracelet worn by the girl in the photo.

—Perhaps others don’t know what nickname Qin Lou had for Song Shu, but she is the closest to those two people, so she will definitely not forget it.

Maybe it was just a coincidence... But how could Qin Qing happen to encounter so many coincidences

After thinking for a while, Luan Qiaoqing gritted his teeth.

She held the photo tightly, stood up, and walked to the desk. Luan Qiaoqing picked up the phone on the desk and dialed a number.

"President Qin and Qin Qing are going to E Country to set up an overseas office and the itinerary for the inspection. Send me a copy of them all."

"… "

That afternoon, in the general manager’s office.

Qin Lou was sitting at the general manager's desk. After hearing Luan Qiaoqing's words, he looked up expressionlessly.

"Why do you want to come along?"

Luan Qiaoqing remained calm and said, "Our other office of Vio in Europe is not far from Country E. I just happened to be there to do a personnel survey."

Qin Lou thought about the distance and frowned, "If that's not far, then you can walk to Country E."

Luan Qiaoqing: “…”

"If you have nothing else to do, get out of here. I have a bunch of work to finish before I leave."

Luan Qiaoqing obviously didn't want to give up, she hurried forward, "Then, then I just want to go for a spin!"

"Go play somewhere else." Qin Lou said without even looking up. "Don't follow us."

"Why!"

"Because you're so bright."

"???"

Luan Qiaoqing gnashed her teeth and was filled with indignation: "My sister asked you to take care of me, and this is how you take care of me!?"

Qin Lou’s figure froze.

After a few seconds, he lowered his eyes slightly, "... Leave the company at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, don't be late."

Luan Qiaoqing's eyes lit up instantly, she responded and left quickly.

The office was quiet for a moment, and Qin Lou raised his hand and pressed the landline phone on the table.

That's the call button that goes directly to the assistant's office.

"Let Qin Qing come in for a moment."

After a while, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in." Qin Lou looked up, stood up, walked around the desk and went to the center of the room.

Song Shu pushed the door open and said before closing it: "Boss Qin, are you looking for me?"

"Yeah." Qin Lou signaled her with his eyes to close the door.

Song Shu understood and closed the door.

"What's wrong?" Song Shu walked in and stopped in front of Qin Lou. "I saw Qiaoqiao was here. What did she want to see you about?"

Qin Lou asked: "Have you had any contact with her recently, or done anything that would make her suspicious?"

Song Shu was stunned, and then she thought for a long time before shaking her head with certainty, "We have had very little contact during this period, and I haven't done anything that would make her suspicious - what happened?"

"She just came to me out of the blue and said she wanted to go to Country E with us. After I found a reason to reject her, she moved you out."

Song Shu was stunned. "I...?"

Qin Lou looked at her meaningfully, "In the past, Luan Qiaoqing would not have mentioned you so rashly for such a small matter."

Song Shu said with a headache: "So you mean, she doubts me again?"

"Yeah." Qin Lou responded. "And she was very eager to go with us. She probably wanted to verify something with you."

Song Shu was helpless, "So you promised her?"

"She has already moved you out, how can I say no?"

"… "

Song Shu imagined the various situations he might have to face in the next two weeks, and suddenly felt a throbbing pain in his temples.

Qin Lou saw her dilemma and said, "Don't worry too much. I have a solution."

"?" Song Shu looked up curiously, "What method?"

Qin Lou: "You will know tomorrow."

The next morning, seeing Chu Xiangbin frowning in the general manager's office, Song Shu immediately guessed what Qin Lou was thinking -

Song Shu had heard about how Chu Xiangbin and Luan Qiaoqing became enemies when they met. Qin Lou obviously wanted to use Chu Xiangbin to divert Luan Qiaoqing's firepower and attention.

While Chu Xiangbin was sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face, Song Shu walked to Qin Lou and asked in a low voice: "He doesn't seem to be willing to go?"

"Do we still need to consider personal wishes when we are on official business or in the field?" Qin Lou asked without any guilt.

Song Shu paused, "You are now showing the shameless face of a capitalist."

"… "

Qin Lou stopped turning the pages.

After a few seconds, he looked up dangerously, "Who am I doing this for?"

Song Shu showed an innocent expression at the right time, "Boss Qin, the business trip to Country E was decided by you on your own. It has nothing to do with me. You should bear the consequences of this yourself."

"I… "

Before Qin Lou could finish his words, someone knocked on the door of the general manager's office and Xu Jiajia leaned in.

"Boss Qin, Minister Luan is here, and the car downstairs is ready."

"Let her in first."

"yes."

Half a minute later, Luan Qiaoqing, who had changed out of her business suit, came in with a handbag. The smile on her face suddenly froze.

"Why is he—Chu Xiangbin here?"

Qin Lou smiled: "Minister Luan, let me introduce you to Deputy Minister Chu, who will be your travel companion for the next two weeks - I wish you a pleasant stay together."

Luan Qiaoqing's expression was distorted, and it took her a while to find her voice again, "I refuse to be with this person..."

"It's almost time, let's go." Qin Lou seemed not to hear Luan Qiaoqing's voice at all. After he said this to Song Shu, he turned and walked out.

Song Shu smiled and followed.

The eyes of the only two people left in the office met in the air, and it seemed as if there was almost a sound of lightning and fire.

The air was stagnant for a few seconds.

Luan Qiaoqing said with a straight face, "I don't want to go with you. If you know the situation, you should find a reason to quit."

Chu Xiangbin sneered, "Do you think I want to go with you? After knowing that the person I'm going with is you, I have already used all the reasons I can think of in my life to ask for leave."

"…Have you asked for leave?"

"If you come down, will I still sit here?"

Chu Xiangbin's final look of "Are you mentally retarded?" completely infuriated Luan Qiaoqing. Luan Qiaoqing stood there stiffly for a few seconds before she tightly grasped the strap of her handbag and glared at Chu Xiangbin.

"During the rest of the trip, you and I must stay more than 5 meters apart and not disturb each other!"

Chu Xiangbin sneered, "That couldn't be better."

"!"

In order to implement this, the two of them even staggered their time when going downstairs to the elevator.

Outside the company.

Facing the two cars parked in front and behind, Luan Qiaoqing hesitated for a few seconds and walked towards the first one - she could vaguely see that Qin Lou and Song Shu were sitting in the back seat.

Luan Qiaoqing breathed a sigh of relief and was about to open the passenger door when she heard Qin Lou's calm command coming from through the lowered window.

"Lock the door."

The driver reacted a few seconds faster than Luan Qiaoqing - when she reacted and tried to pull the door, it could no longer be opened.

Luan Qiaoqing was annoyed: "Isn't the passenger seat empty?"

Qin Lou in the car leaned on Song Shu's shoulder and closed his eyes lazily.

"You take the one at the back."

"… "

After saying that, the car in front drove out.

Luan Qiaoqing froze in place for a few seconds before she gritted her teeth, turned around and got on the car behind.

Chu Xiangbin had already changed into a very comfortable posture and closed his eyes to rest.

Hearing the noise, he raised his eyelids and sneered.

"Minister Luan, five meters—are you going to the roof or the bottom of the car?"

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