Working: Start by earning the boss a hundred million!

Chapter 54 Strange Things
Luo Linwen paused for a moment, as if instinctively wondering.

Cheng Mai wasn't in a hurry and waited for her reply.

“My family business ran into some problems a while ago, and my father asked me to go to Yuncheng. But I came back the day after the matter was resolved.” Luo Linwen did not hide anything and seemed to trust Cheng Mai completely.

"Your father?" Cheng Mai had heard of the Luo family, but that was all he knew. After all, the Luo family's business couldn't compare to the Cheng family's or the Shen family's.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have married Shen Yuanbai back then.

Luo Linwen nodded, "Is my situation related to my trip to Yuncheng?"

It's a guess, but it also seems to be a confirmation.

"It's still uncertain, but it's best for Ms. Luo to explain her current situation to Mr. Shen. After all, we don't know when the person controlling you will appear or what he will do until we catch him."

Upon hearing this, Luo Linwen couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly, "He won't believe me. Right now, all he cares about is that mother and son."

When Qin Mai and her son were mentioned, Cheng Mai asked, "Ms. Luo, may I ask a personal question? You don't have to answer if it's inconvenient for you to."

"Please ask, Mr. Cheng?" Luo Linwen addressed him as Mr. Cheng because she knew her place; this was Xuanhe Technology, not Cheng's Group.

As rumored, the chairman of the Cheng Group has an inseparable relationship with Xuanhe Technology.

"Is Qin Mai's child Shen Yuanbai's?"

This is a very impolite question, but Cheng Mai has to ask it.

Luo Linwen seemed surprised that she would ask this question. As Cheng Mai herself said, it was indeed a private matter.

Therefore, Luo Linwen did not respond immediately, but was thinking about how to answer the question.

"If it's inconvenient..."

"There's nothing inconvenient about it. To be honest, Mr. Cheng, I've never seen that child. Shen Yuanbai and Qin Mai have protected him very well. As for whether he is Shen Yuanbai's child, I have no evidence to prove that he is, nor do I have any evidence to prove that he isn't."

It seemed like an answer, yet it also seemed like no answer.

Cheng Mai smiled slightly. "Thank you."

As dawn broke, Cheng Mai had someone send Luo Linwen away, intending to take her home and check if there was anything unclean in the house to bring back with her.

Before leaving, Cheng Mai suggested that she tell someone she knew or was close to about this, so that someone could accompany her the next time she was used on puppetry, in order to prevent any accidents.

After seeing Luo Linwen off, Shen Luo stood up from the front desk and looked at Cheng Mai, "You're not really going to Yuncheng, are you?"

Cheng Mai turned around and leaned against the front desk, genuinely thinking about the issue. "Let me tell you, I unexpectedly ran into Qin Mai last night when I came back from my dad's place. I saw she had a child in her arms. Guess what?"

"How is it?" Shen Luo asked immediately.

"That child..."

"A distress signal has been detected at Future City Cinema."

Before Cheng Mai could finish speaking, the software on Shen Luo's computer emitted a piercing sound.

After Shen Luo finished speaking, she pushed the computer to Cheng Mai to look at.

Cheng Mai straightened up instantly, looking down at the distress signal above. The message was from the cinema manager; the burning theater was Laser Theater No. 3. Although they had already called the police, they felt something was wrong.

The emergency exit latch in Hall 3 has been opened, but it cannot be pushed open no matter what, and the same is true for the other normal entrance and exit doors.

Therefore, they suspected that this was an unnatural phenomenon and sent a distress signal to Genga Technology.

"Xiao Qian, take a group of people over and see what's going on. If you encounter the police, remember not to have any conflict or communication with them. The goal is to open the door and see what's going on inside." Cheng Mai called Xiao Qian over and asked him to take his men over first.

Xiaoqian received the order and called the group to assemble.

"Mr. Cheng, how about reimbursement..." After all, taking a taxi there would be very expensive, and they didn't have the money.

"Report!" Cheng Mai clicked his tongue, watching them leave happily, then looked at Shen Luo, "Do you not usually pay them wages or what?"

"Kids, dating and finding a partner, it's all about spending money," Shen Luo replied, looking at the pictures sent by the cinema manager. The fire inside was huge, but the door seemed to be welded shut and couldn't be opened no matter what.

"What were you about to say?" Shen Luo suddenly remembered that Cheng Mai seemed to have said something to her before the incident.

Cheng Mai was thinking about the fire when he suddenly heard Shen Luo ask about what had just happened. "It's nothing, can you help me find out whose movie was playing in Theater 3?"

Shen Luo was puzzled, but he still checked. With the specific time and location, the video would be easier to find.

“Three Thousand Peach Blossoms, starring Qin Mai.” Shen Luo quickly gave the answer, but paused for a moment before adding, “This Qin Mai is something else; everything related to her seems a bit off.”

This inevitably made them suspect that this Qin Mai was not normal.

"Should we investigate her?" Shen Luo suggested.

Cheng Mai glanced back at Shang Xingjian's office, his fingertips lightly tapping the desktop.

"Go find the boss and ask him to investigate."

"You're overthinking it. Do you know why a boss is a boss? It's because he's always sitting on his stool without moving, and he'll tell you, 'I'll do everything, what are you guys doing?'"

It's clear that Shen Luo had been treated this way before.

“Tell him to investigate Qin Mai, he’ll definitely go,” Cheng Mai suggested in a low voice. “Trust me, you give it a try.”

"Really?" Shen Luo was skeptical. "I feel like you're lying to me, but for the sake of our sisterly bond, I'll go in and ask?"

"Go away, go away." She wanted to see if Shang Xingjian would actually get involved in this matter.

Shen Luo got up and took an apple inside. After all, she was going in to ask for help, so she should bring a gift. Although this was what Cheng Mai had left over after he had chosen it, it didn't matter.

I didn't give him a bite.

Shen Luo went in quickly and came out quickly.

The apple in my hand is gone, and I'm not very happy.

Cheng Mai: "Didn't you agree?"

Shen Luo shook his head.

Cheng Mai: "You agreed?"

Shen Luo shook his head again.

Cheng Mai: "..." What does this mean?
Schrödinger's 'acceptance'?

"The boss said, 'Money makes the world go round.' If you have eyes, you'll see; if you have a brain, you'll think." Shen Luo finished speaking and looked at Cheng Mai. "What does that mean? Does the movie theater have anything to do with ghosts?"

Cheng Mai switched hands to support his chin, and gently tapped the table with the other hand. "I feel like the boss has been acting strangely ever since we came back from Fengcheng. He's been talking in a more and more mysterious way."

“Right, right, I think so too. So what exactly happened in Fengcheng?” Shen Luo immediately chimed in.

In Fengcheng, Cheng Mai was with Shang Xingjian almost 24 hours a day, only leaving a few times in between.

"I met Qin Mai in Fengcheng." This must be the strangest thing.

After all, the Xuantian Temple incident was within the normal working scope of Xuanhe Technology.

"Qin Mai?" Shen Luo was even more confused. What did this have to do with Qin Mai? "What do you mean?"