"Colonel Chen!"
Rows of fluorescent lights were embedded in the walls, illuminating the passage brightly without being harsh.
Having just finished surgery, Chen Jing had already changed into a crisp, well-fitting casual suit. Her hair was combed perfectly, and she had even put on another pair of high heels with heels over ten centimeters tall. Hugging a stack of documents, she walked down the passage's stark, cold corridor toward the office at the far end, her heels clicking sharply. The two guards at the door saluted her in unison.
Chen Jing nodded at them, and the guard on the left opened the office door for her.
Inside the spacious office, Professor Bai was wearing a white lab coat and bent over a set of old documents on the desk, studying them carefully through a magnifying glass. A writing board beside him was covered with countless photographs.
Some of the photographs were anatomical diagrams of "Qin Ran," while others were analytical reports from various fields.
"Professor Bai."
Chen Jing closed the door behind her, placed the documents in her hands on the desk, and said, "The Xu family father and daughter's statements, the locations where they collected those artworks this time, and the information on that scavenger team are all here. I looked through them just now. There's reason to suspect that those people may have started searching for that painting in the city a long time ago, and have already been here for quite some time."
She paused slightly before continuing, "When I questioned Xu Xiao Xiao earlier, she mentioned that after seeing the painting, she had developed selfish motives and deliberately concealed its existence, secretly transferring it to another cargo container. She was very careful about it—even her father didn't know. Naturally, no one else could have found out..."