Chapter 257: Chapter 257 - Jewelry Heist
Ai Li was alarmed by her getting up . The computer wasn’t turned off . Once the display was booted up, they could see the corridor .
It was three in the morning, yet these people were still moving around . They walked lightly .
Aside from that, they were not doing anything weird . When Xiangxiang couldn’t find anything wrong after a few minutes, she went back to her bed .
She had some filming to do tomorrow . When she took out her phone, she found that Han Zhaolin had replied to her message .
The pictures Xiangxiang gave were of people without criminal records . He gave her their information .
She perused the documents and thought something was off .
They came from the same town and were blue-collar workers . Two were construction workers . The others worked as security guards in various places .
This wasn’t a luxurious hotel, but they still lived in a luxury suite that cost five to six hundred per night .
Their income shouldn’t be able to support it even for a night . Besides, they didn’t seem like they were staying for only a night .
As she scrolled down, she noticed Zhaolin’s comment saying they stayed here for three days . That was suspicious .
Zhaolin asked her not to worry, as the trio was now under watch .
Xiangxiang went back to sleep . When she came back from filming the next day, she used an excuse to go to Yi Yan’s room .
She didn’t find any jewelry shops when she looked out the window, much to her disappointment . Yun Xiangxiang thought they were checking out their target here .
Her guess seemed to be off the mark . It was fortunate she didn’t tell Zhaolin about it, or things could have been awkward .
Xiangxiang didn’t bump into any of them the next few days, but she still heard footsteps . Even so, she didn’t get up to investigate anymore .
Around five days later, at midnight, Xiangxiang heard an alarm ringing . She jumped out of bed and went to a window in the corridor to check out the situation . She noticed the police cars which were swarming down there .
They seemed to have arrested a few people . A few cops came up soon after . With the manager guiding them, they went into that room .
Some officers took everyone’s testimonies in this story, attempting to find out about the men inside that room .
Xiangxiang said there were more than three in the room . She remembered there were five men in the room during the first night .
“Miss Yun Xiangxiang, you have provided useful testimony . They might have accomplices who escaped us . We need you to come with us to assist in the investigation,” the officer who took down the testimonies said .
“Of course . But I can’t go right now . I have to film tomorrow morning, but I will go with my agent after that,” Xiangxiang needed to film early in the morning .
The scene was set at five or six in the morning . The crew either worked through the night or would come to work at the break of dawn . If she were absent, they would have worked for nothing and would then need to repeat the torture the next day .
Since they were arrested, they could make them cough up their escaped partners’ whereabouts . Her being there or not made no difference . That was what she thought .
“Your job isn’t easy; we understand that . But this is not a simple burglary . Please understand . Now come with us,” he tried to force her .
“Your job isn’t easy . I understand that . But please know that my job isn’t simple either . You don’t have the right to force me,” Xiangxiang hated being forced to do things .
She was unhappy with the cop’s attitude . It was three in the morning now . She would be going to work soon .
She would only film until seven or eight . It wouldn’t take much time .
“Miss Yun, still surfing the web at this hour?” A cop saw the laptop’s LED flash .
It must be the battery getting low . She needed to hide the camera footage that was in there . Xiangxiang smiled calmly, “Must I power down my laptop before I sleep? Is surfing the web at midnight a crime?”
“Can I have a look?”
“Sorry, but that’s private,” Xiangxiang refused .
She wasn’t one of the suspects . Not even the enforcers could go through her personal belongings as they pleased .
The cops looked at each other . The senior one said, “Sorry for disturbing your rest . But please come to the station as soon as you can . ”
“Will do,” she nodded .
Xiangxiang didn’t tell Zhaolin about this . He Wei rushed over after she called him . He went to the station with her after filming was done .
Xiangxiang found out how skillful the thieves were . They couldn’t see any jewelry shops from where they stayed .
But they could see the mall behind the jewelry shop’s underground vents . It was a big mall . The first floor was wholly occupied by the display counters of the jewelry shops .
The basement’s second floor was a parking lot . The first floor of the basement was abandoned . Reasons unknown . They were planning to dig a hole from the basement and enter the shop quietly .
The store’s security guard didn’t have the keys . He could only keep watch outside . After some recon, they chose to infiltrate from the spot farthest away from the outside .
If they were careful, the security guard might not hear them . It was also the dead of night . Humans would be at their most tired .
The cops waited until they stole jewelry worth tens of millions of yuan before they caught them in the act .
These thieves had a high chance of success even though they were first-timers . They could have gotten away with it if it were not for the meddling Yun Xiangxiang . By the time it was discovered, they would have gone heaven knows where .
The mall’s CCTV system was also cut off . It wouldn’t be easy to pursue them .
Yun Xiangxiang thought she only needed to make a testimony, but then the case got complicated .
“These men may be first-timers, but they are meticulous and detailed . Even after their capture, they didn’t panic . They did not ramble . They don’t seem like first-timers to me,” said the vice-captain . “We managed to nip them in the bud this time, thanks to Miss Yun, I know . ”
“Captain Luo, say what you have to say . Don’t beat around the bush,” Yun Xiangxiang raised her hand .
Only Zhaolin knew about her messages . If this Captain Luo could get this info from him, there must be something between them .
Whether this guy was related to Ah Mian was irrelevant . Since he was a friend of her boyfriend’s best buddy, she would help wherever she could .
“There was a period of time where they didn’t contact each other . I suspect that there’s something bigger behind this and that they’ve been trained,” Captain Luo cut to the chase . “But they refused to say anything about this . ”
“If even you guys failed to get any info, how do you expect me to?” Yun Xiangxiang was puzzled .
“One of them mentioned you,” Captain Luo replied .
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