Chapter 86

Lu Xin used his metal-penetrating vision and saw a large cabinet in a room that looked like a study. The cabinet was welded to the wall, and it had a fingerprint lock, clearly indicating it was a safe.

What a huge safe! It must be filled with a lot of money, and surely it also contains evidence of Zhou Yuanfu's bribery.

As long as he could find the evidence and bring Zhou Yuanfu down, that arrogant and evil rich kid, Zhou Yi, would become a dog with its tail between its legs, and dealing with him would be as easy as pie.

Lu Xin looked around to make sure no one was around, then placed his hand on the lock of the outer security door. He activated his metal-controlling ability, manipulating the lock mechanism, and with a click, the lock turned and the door opened.

He continued to use his metal-controlling ability to manipulate the lock mechanism of the inner security door, easily opening it as well.

Lu Xin gently closed both security doors, stood by the door, and carefully examined the suite.

His first impression was of luxury. Zhou Yuanfu, the corrupt official, must have embezzled a lot of money; otherwise, with his monthly salary of a few thousand yuan, he could only afford the simplest of renovations.

His second impression was that Zhou Yuanfu seemed very confident in those two security doors. There were no security facilities inside the house. But then again, this was the house of a corrupt official, who needed to be low-key. If he installed security measures, he might end up monitoring himself, which could backfire. Therefore, most corrupt officials' houses had no security measures, and there were often rumors of small thieves stealing millions and exposing major corrupt officials.

Lu Xin's current actions were somewhat like those of a thief, but he did not consider himself one. He saw himself as a righteous anti-corruption hero, mainly coming to retrieve evidence of Zhou Yuanfu's corruption, and to take some money for charity.

He walked to the study door and used his metal-controlling ability to manipulate the lock mechanism, easily opening the door. He then quickly approached the large safe.

Lu Xin used his metal-penetrating vision again, seeing through the few centimeters of steel to the inside of the safe. It contained dozens of stacks of red hundred-yuan bills, over a dozen property deeds, several bank cards, a few diaries, a few account books, some gold bars, and some antique paintings.

Seeing the money, Lu Xin felt very excited. Seeing the diaries and account books, he became even more excited. He was certain that those diaries and account books were the irrefutable evidence of Zhou Yuanfu's bribery.

But the problem was how to open the safe.

The safe had a fingerprint recognition system. Where could Lu Xin get Zhou Yuanfu's fingerprints? He wasn't a master thief from the movies.

Squatting in front of the safe, Lu Xin meditated for a long time but could not think of a way to bypass the fingerprint recognition system. If he tried to force it open, he was worried that the safe might have an alarm or a high-voltage protection system. He stared at the safe for a full twenty minutes but could not come up with any solution.

He sighed, realizing that his metal-controlling ability was not omnipotent and had its limitations.

At that moment, he heard the sound of a door opening. He used his metal-penetrating vision to see who it was. It was a bald, fat man in his forties who looked somewhat like Zhou Yi. It must be Zhou Yuanfu.

Lu Xin quietly closed the study door and hid under the large desk, holding his breath and listening to the sounds outside the study.

Zhou Yuanfu entered the study, humming a tune, and leisurely prepared a pot of tea, savoring it contentedly, completely unaware that there was someone else in the house.

A few minutes later, there was a gentle knock on the door, three times.

Zhou Yuanfu chuckled and slowly stood up, walking to the door and opening it without a word, inviting the person outside in.

After the two security doors closed, the visitor flatteringly said, "Director Zhou, your house is uniquely decorated, especially these oil paintings, which are very artistic and full of atmosphere. It's clear that you are a very learned and cultured person!"

Zhou Yuanfu, feeling very pleased, chuckled, "Before I became an official, I was a high school art teacher. These oil paintings were painted by me. They are crude works, but I hope you enjoy them, ha ha..."

The man who had come to see Zhou Yuanfu must have done his homework, as his flattery hit the right spots, making Zhou Yuanfu very comfortable. Zhou Yuanfu then asked knowingly, "President Liu, what brings you here?"

President Liu chuckled, "Nothing special, just heard that Director Zhou enjoys tea, so I specially brought fifty pounds of Da Hong Pao for you!"

Lu Xin, hearing this, almost laughed. Normally, when people give tea as a gift, they would give at most a pound or two. Who would give fifty pounds? Moreover, Wuyi Mountain Da Hong Pao is an extremely valuable tea. The mother plants of Da Hong Pao in the Tianxin Rock area of Wuyi Mountain produce only six plants, with an annual yield of less than one kilogram, which is exclusively supplied to the imperial court. Even the second and third generations of Da Hong Pao have very limited annual production, making them extremely rare. It would be impossible to produce them in bulk. President Liu, who wanted to get something done with the deputy district chief, was clearly not a top-tier tycoon. How could he have obtained fifty pounds of Da Hong Pao?

Curious, Lu Xin used his metal-penetrating vision to see through the study's alloy door and saw President Liu handing a box to Zhou Yuanfu.

Zhou Yuanfu took the box, opened it, and nodded in satisfaction. "President Liu, this fifty pounds of Da Hong Pao is excellent. I'll take care of your project, don't worry!"

Lu Xin understood that the box did not contain Da Hong Pao tea but red hundred-yuan bills. One pound of Da Hong Pao was a code for one hundred red hundred-yuan bills, or ten thousand yuan. Fifty pounds of Da Hong Pao was fifty thousand yuan. These two scoundrels must have been worried about their conversation being recorded, so they used such a secretive code.

Lu Xin secretly despised Zhou Yuanfu. The government was cracking down on corruption very strictly, and this corrupt official was still taking bribes. He was truly blinded by greed!

President Liu stayed for a while longer and then left.

After President Liu left, Zhou Yuanfu carried the box to the study.

Zhou Yuanfu used a key to open the study door, completely unaware that someone was hiding under the large desk. He walked happily to the safe.

He placed his right index finger on the fingerprint recognition device, and with a beep, the device turned green, and the lock opened. Zhou Yuanfu turned the handle and pulled the door open.

Just as he was about to open the box and put the money into the safe, he suddenly felt something hit his head hard. Dizzy and disoriented, he fell to the ground unconscious. (There are too few Three Rivers votes, please give me Three Rivers votes! Chang Huale solemnly promises that ten Three Rivers votes will add one more update. If I can top the Three Rivers list, I will update four times a day next week! Here's how to vote for Three Rivers: On the top of the webpage, there is a row of options starting with [Library? Elite? Completed], followed by [Three Rivers]. Click on it, and on the right side of the page, under [Three Rivers Major Recommendations] and to the right of [Three Rivers Miscellaneous Talks], there is a [Three Rivers Vote Collection]. Click [Click to Collect] to get Three Rivers votes. Then, at the bottom of the page, in [Three Rivers Pavilion Recommendations], find [Gold Control], click [Vote], and fill in a ten-character reason. Thank you for your support!)

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