"Oil painting?"
Lu Xin was slightly startled and cast a curious look at his sister.
Fatty Manager Liu was standing next to him, so he couldn't speak directly to his sister.
His sister was excited because she had seen some little secrets, so she also cooperated very well and said, "Yes, I just heard the woman tell the old man that she became like that because she saw the oil painting. The old man seemed a little nervous and asked her which one it was. She said it was from the batch brought back from the waste-hunting team outside the city."
"It was covered with a piece of black cloth and framed with a simple wooden frame."
"She also said that when she went to pick up the goods, the people in the waste-hunting team were already dead. It seemed that they had a quarrel and shot each other to death. The scene was very chaotic. The oil painting was at the scene, and it was not on the list they gave at the beginning..."
"..."
Lu Xin nodded slowly and calmly, half turned around, and winked at his sister.
This means: "Keep listening!"
The younger sister nodded excitedly and climbed back happily.
The door opened slightly and then closed gently. No one knew that the younger sister had gone back.
Lu Xin pondered for a while and suddenly said: "This Mr. Xu looks very rich."
The fat man next to him was slightly startled and replied with a smile: "Mr. Xu is very prestigious even in the main city."
Lu Xin nodded and said: "I just saw that there are many beautiful paintings and statues hanging in his living room."
Fatty Manager Liu was a little surprised: "Mr. Shanbing also understands art?"
Lu Xin nodded and said: "I learned a little from my teacher when I was a child, but I just know it."
"This is already amazing."
Fatty Manager Liu nodded repeatedly, then laughed and said: "You are right, Mr. Xu should be one of the few people who still understand the precious value of art after the disaster, and has devoted his life to searching and protecting them!"
"You know, now everyone is committed to rebuilding civilization and order, and artworks are an indispensable part of our culture. People pay more and more attention to artworks before the disaster, but in the period when civilization first collapsed, these things were once considered worthless and thrown into abandoned cities like garbage..."
"To put it bluntly, many people at that time did not think that civilization still had a chance to rebuild."
"..."
Lu Xin nodded and said, "Then how does Mr. Xu usually collect those artworks?"
Fatty Manager Liu glanced at Lu Xin, then smiled and said, "I don't know about this, but if Mr. Shan Bing is also interested in artworks, we can have more exchanges in the future. Whether you plan to sell or collect, I have some ways..."
Lu Xin just said "um" without comment.
In his heart, he has gradually figured out some things.
If what he expected is correct, the artworks collected by the Xu family father and daughter should be illegal.
There are many wasteland search teams in the satellite city, and this is the type of work with the highest income but also the highest risk in Qinggang City.
The task of these wasteland search teams is to explore old cities one by one and collect available resources.
There are many types of wasteland search teams, and the forms of their formation are even more diverse.
Some are commissioned by the Qinggang City Administrative Office, and some are commissioned by some companies or some bigwigs.
The wasteland search team that the father and daughter are talking about is to help them collect various artworks?
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Then from the conversation that the sister just relayed, it should be clear that the wasteland search team got some things that the father and daughter wanted, so Mr. Xu's daughter Xu Xiaoxiao went to receive them, but when she arrived at the place, she found that the wasteland search team had all died, and at the scene, she found a painting that was not originally in their collection plan, but she still brought it back.
It was precisely because she saw this painting that such a big problem occurred.
In this way, it makes sense.
As Mr. Xu said, the main city is extremely well guarded, and it is difficult for any special pollution source to enter the main city from the outside, and his daughter has no chance to contact these special pollution sources. So, how did she get polluted?
The reason is very simple. Naturally, she was exposed to it when she left the city...
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...
While Lu Xin was thinking slowly, the door of the living room was opened.
Mr. Xu, who was leaning on a cane, appeared at the door. He looked a little nervous, but he hid it well. He smiled and nodded to Lu Xin, saying: "Thanks to Mr. Shanbing this time, my daughter has recovered, but she is still very weak now. In order to get better care for her, I plan to take her back to the main city to recuperate overnight... And this time, I will definitely..."
Lu Xin took a look and saw Xu Xiaoxiao leaning on the sofa through the open door.
She had just been cured and should be extremely mentally exhausted, but she was looking outside nervously.
Her eyes gave people a feeling of fear, but also extremely greed.
Shaking his head slightly, Lu Xin said: "It's not time to collect the reward yet."
Mr. Xu was slightly startled and hesitated: "Mr. Shan Bing means..."
"Your problem has not been really solved yet!"
Lu Xin said: "The pollution source has not been dealt with yet, how can I collect money now?"
"This..."
Mr. Xu looked at Lu Xin's somewhat sincere face, slightly surprised, paused, and then laughed softly: "Haha, thank you Mr. Shan Bing for your kindness, but I don't think you need to be so troublesome. I just asked my daughter carefully. She has not been exposed to any strange things. It's just because she was under too much pressure before, so she had such a rebellious experience..."
"Mr. Shan Bing, don't worry, this matter ends here. Even if there is a problem, I won't blame you."
After a slight pause, he said: "Mr. Shan Bing, you can write this when you report it, there will be no problem!"
Hearing his words, the fat manager Liu on the side was also a little strange.
He interrupted with a smile, saying: "Since Mr. Xu said so, the commission can end here..."
Then he turned to Lu Xin: "The reward this time..."
Listening to their words, Lu Xin frowned slightly.
His sister appeared silently behind Mr. Xu, hanging upside down on the door frame, swinging and smiling at Lu Xin: "Brother, brother, they just discussed to secretly take the oil painting she hid back for research..."
"She said that the painting is very valuable and must not be known to others..."
"..."
Lu Xin frowned slightly.
Facing the smiling faces of Mr. Xu and Fatty Manager Liu, he shook his head slowly: "That won't do."
"Work must be taken seriously."
Then he raised his head, and the lights around the villa shone high on his face, making the light on his face different shades. The eyes in the shadows looked over quietly, and his expression seemed a little serious. He said: "Since I have accepted your commission and received your money, of course I have to completely solve it for you, whether it is the polluted people or the pollution source."
"The previous contract clearly stated that only if it is completely cured can there be a reward of 100,000, right?"
"..."
The atmosphere became a little subtle.
Mr. Xu and Fatty Manager Liu looked a little stunned, thinking that there was something wrong with the interpretation of the contract.
And Lu Xin looked at them quietly.
He couldn't understand why they lied and hid these dangerous things even though they knew they were dangerous...
Are the father and daughter of the Xu family crazy?