Quick Transmigration: Still Life Fairy

"Is this the pendant Xu Xiunian was wearing?" Meng Lin asked casually, fiddling with the blue pendant in his hand.

"Boss, there's absolutely no mistake. We searched his entire house and only found this pendant. It must be the one." The middle-aged man with a sleazy appearance said confidently. To make his statement more convincing, he kicked Jiang Xinyan, who was kneeling on the ground: "Aren't you going to get up and help Master Meng take a look?"

Jiang Xinyan then realized what was happening, hurriedly stood up, and then hesitated and stood still.

"Come here," Meng Lin finally spoke. "Take a look and see if this is it?"

"……Yes."

Jiang Xinyan stepped forward and carefully took the pendant Meng Lin handed her. "This is it... no, that's not right!"

At first glance, Jiang Xinyan was about to confirm when she suddenly noticed something was wrong.

"This isn't that pendant, absolutely not! That pendant wasn't entirely blue; there was a tiny bit of pink in the middle. You've got the wrong one. This pendant, apart from that slight difference, is exactly the same as that one. Xu Xiunian must have done it on purpose!!!"

Having witnessed Meng Lin's methods, Jiang Xinyan dared not deceive him. However, after she uttered those words, the atmosphere returned to its previous coldness.

Meng Lin's face was beyond ugly. He had just been gloating, thinking he was very capable, but he was slapped in the face the next moment. No wonder he couldn't be happy.

The thieves, who had been so smug before, were now silent and dared not boast anymore.

"Good! Very good!! The Xu family!!"

Perhaps driven to the extreme, Meng Lin calmed down. "Get a few people to keep a close eye on Xu Xiunian these next few days. Find the right opportunity and kidnap him!"

Since the more subtle methods didn't work, let's just confront them head-on. Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. On his own turf, he refused to believe he couldn't get a pendant!

Meng Lin thought that Xu Xiunian would be more vigilant after losing the counterfeit pendant, and that it would be difficult for his men to find an opportunity to take action against Xu Xiunian. However, he never expected that his men would bring Xu Xiunian back to him on the very first day they went out.

"Boss, I have fulfilled my mission!"

A human-shaped sack was thrown heavily to the ground. The person inside let out a muffled groan, but he was still unconscious due to the strong anesthetic.

Meng Lin glanced at his subordinate with a strange look: "Open it and take a look."

The sack was quickly untied, revealing the unconscious person inside. Judging from the face, it was indeed Xu Xiunian. Originally, there was nothing to worry about, but the unexpectedly swift action of his men aroused Meng Lin's suspicion. Xu Xiunian had so many bodyguards around him. Even if they were just for show, they couldn't just stand by and watch their employer disappear. The most important thing was that after so many things had happened, they should have been more vigilant. Why was the kidnapping still so easy?

With many thoughts swirling in his mind, Meng Lin hesitated, unsure whether to make a move against Xu Xiunian.

"Boss, what do you plan to do with him?"

The subordinate asked, completely oblivious to the situation.

At this moment, he absolutely could not back down. Although Meng Lin's mind was racing, he showed nothing on his face and remained calm: "First, search him to see if he is wearing a pendant!"

"Yes!"

The search results were unsatisfactory; Xu Xiunian did not have any pendants or other ornaments on him.

The pendant wasn't on him. If the pendant was really as important as Jiang Xinyan said, the bodyguards would have prioritized protecting it. That would explain why Xu Xiunian was so easily kidnapped.

Just as Meng Lin was thinking this, one of his men who had been sent to kidnap the man suddenly hesitated and said, "Boss, there's something... I don't remember it very clearly, but I think I vaguely recall that when we first grabbed Xu Xiunian, he struggled very violently... I vaguely remember seeing a flickering blue light on his chest. I thought at the time that it must be the pendant you wanted, but..."

When we searched Xu Xiunian just now, it seemed like he wasn't wearing anything around his neck at all.

“Boss, boss,” another subordinate hesitated before speaking up, “I think I’m also slightly affected by him. I saw something blue on him too…”

Xu Xiunian was dressed entirely in black this time, without any blue items on him.

"I... I might have seen it too."

Thirteen people were sent out, and three of them saw a blue light. If only one person had this impression, it could be considered a coincidence, but since three people had this impression, it was probably more than just a coincidence.

Meng Lin looked at Xu Xiunian, who was lying unconscious on the ground. The search had left his clothes in disarray, and it was clear that there was nothing on his chest.

If we assume he was wearing the pendant when he was kidnapped, then the pendant was gone when he arrived. There are only two possibilities: either one of his men betrayed him, or something happened on the way back and these idiots didn't realize anything before the pendant was stolen.

"Search each other and see if anyone has anything that shouldn't be there!"

The men exchanged glances, searched each other's bodies, and found nothing extra.

Then there's only one possibility...

"Did you stop for anything else on your way back?"

Meng Lin looked at his subordinates with a stern expression.

Some of the smart ones among his subordinates had already realized the problem. "Yes."

The person who spoke swallowed nervously under Meng Lin's suddenly sharp gaze and continued, "We had a car accident on the way back. We collided with a private car while turning. Fortunately, neither of us was going fast, the cars were not seriously damaged, and no one was injured. After the other party apologized to us, we left."

Clearly, the problem with the missing pendant lies with the car that crashed into it.

Meng Lin closed his eyes, feeling deeply that he had raised a bunch of useless people. He suppressed his anger and calmly ordered, "Think carefully back to all the details of that private car. Investigate it for me. I want to see who is involved again!"

"Boss Meng, there's no need to investigate. If I wanted to, those useless guys under you wouldn't be able to find anything."

Suddenly, a voice that didn't belong to them came from the doorway.