Bai Shu took a phone from her bag and transferred 1.8 million yuan to Zhang Lie on the spot.
After the transfer went through, she looked at Zhang Lie and kindly reminded him, "Take my advice. The investigators have the bracelet now. You'd better give up."
"Don't end up failing to recover the item and getting yourself dragged into it instead. That would be a terrible loss."
With that, she and Li Wei turned and walked toward the sedan parked by the roadside.
Once the car started, it quickly drove away, disappearing at the end of the road.
After they left, only Zhang Lie and Lin Qi remained at the scene.
The two stood silently where they were, staring at the grass that had been searched until it was a complete mess. Their feelings were incredibly complicated.
They had spent the money, yet the result was so disappointing. Not only had they failed to find the bracelet, but it had also fallen into the hands of the investigators they least wanted to provoke. This was truly adding frost to snow.
"What are we supposed to do now? Are we really going to have to cancel this deal and pay the client ten million yuan in compensation?" Lin Qi spoke first, breaking the silence.
His voice was full of anxiety and helplessness, and both his hands were clenched tightly into fists.
Zhang Lie raised a hand and scratched at his hair, his fingers forcefully combing through the strands. An irritated look appeared on his face.
He suddenly kicked a small stone beside him. It flew through the air and landed in the grass in the distance.
"It's all that damned thief's fault. If he hadn't stolen our stuff, things wouldn't have ended up like this."
Lin Qi frowned, his face filled