entertainment police

Chapter 201 The Lost Painting

"Actually, I still suggest that you call the police. In terms of manpower and material resources, the police must have an advantage over me alone. It will only be faster to find the stolen property," Min Xuezhong suggested.

"I've reported it, aren't you a policeman?" Mi Shulan's insistence made Min Xue see what stubbornness is again.

"Well, since you're so persistent... tell me about the theft," Min Xue asked meaninglessly, and consider it as a favor to your friend.

The Mi family has a big business, so losing a painting is nothing.

Hmm. It seems a little unkind to think so?

Mi Shulan got up and signaled Min Xue to follow, and went to the second floor.

Just as Ning Yuchen wanted to get together, Mi Shulan said, "My parents should be back from playing golf soon. They called back just now and said they want to eat vegetarian food tonight."

A trace of inexplicable flashed in Ning Yuchen's eyes, but he still nodded and said, "Okay, uncle and aunt want to eat, I just showed my hand, last time my uncle said that my skill in making Luohanzhai has improved."

This person is a bit collapsed, what about the majesty and domineering that was agreed?
But warm men are popular these days, and a man with an honest and domineering face, wearing an apron and cooking for his fiancée, can also poke the cuteness of many girls.

What is this called, cute contrast?

However, this is obviously not Mi Shulan's cute spot, she just nodded and turned to lead the way.

Watching the interaction between the two, Min Xue felt inexplicably that the unmarried couple didn't seem to know each other well?

Follow Mi Shulan up to the second floor, without Mi Shulan pointing, Min Xue looked up and saw the crime scene.

Because a piece of the wall in the corridor is obviously missing, and the color is different from the surrounding ones.

".", this is different from what I imagined!

This is not the first time Min Xue has helped someone find stolen items, but that was when he was a police officer, and the owner lost small items such as mobile phones and cash.

It's the first time to find paintings, and I'm not very skilled in the business. What flashed through Min Xue's mind at the moment were all movie scenes.

What art robbers, infrared rays, gravity detection, signal shielding and so on.

Min Xueben thought that the paintings that are very important to the Mi family should be hidden in the safe room with dense agencies as mentioned above, right?
No matter how bad it is, let's get a safe!
Didn't expect it to be placed on the wall so openly?
Do you want to be so casual!

Or was Mi Shulan just saying that casually?Isn’t it such an important painting?

Although I complained a lot, since I promised to look for paintings, no matter if it was worth it or not, I would always do what I said.

Min Xue adjusted his mood and asked, "I noticed that your home has very few modern facilities, and it's very simple. It's understandable that there is no monitoring indoors, but isn't there even outdoors?"

It's normal for Min Xue to have this question. This is the most basic security measure for a wealthy family, right?

If there is surveillance outside, it should be clear at a glance for the thieves to enter and exit. Even if the surveillance is destroyed, there should be traces left, but Mi Shulan didn't mention this at all.

Mi Shulan shook her head, "My parents respect classicism and pay great attention to personal privacy. The security of the whole villa is extremely primitive."

It is quite amazing that such a traditional family can run an entertainment group well.

Mi Shulan added, "The security environment in this villa area has always been very good. There are 24-hour patrols outside. There has never been a similar theft incident before."

Min Xue agreed with this statement.

He was able to come all the way unimpeded, probably because the host family had greeted him in advance.

It is not so easy for ordinary people to come in.

Min Xue went upstairs and downstairs to investigate the scene.

After walking around for a while, Min Xue found out that there are quite a lot of classical decorations in Mijia, and they should all be of great value, right?Why do thieves choose to start with a painting?

Forgive him for not doing much research on artworks, and he has not developed the ability to appreciate treasures. He can only recognize the "noble temperament" of the surrounding objects by feeling.

"Can you tell me what painting is lost?" Min Xue asked.

Asking someone to find something, of course, not even the most basic information, Mi Shulan pointed to the original location of the painting, "You know, my surname is Mi, this is a painting handed down from the ancestors, a painting Landscape map."

The surname is Mi, of course Min Xue knows their family name is Mi, but why emphasize this point?
Min Xue twirled the few artistic elements of calligraphy and painting, and thought of a famous person surnamed Mi in history.

No way?
If it is really handed down by that person, its value is indeed immeasurable.

However, true or false?
If it is really the object that has been handed down, but it has a history of nearly a thousand years, how can it be hung here so carelessly?

Leaving aside the question of whether to steal or not, preserving cultural relics has never been an easy task. With the little knowledge Min Xue has, he probably knows how much air affects these things.

Mi Shulan didn't finish her sentence. Seeing Min Xue's unbelievable expression, she smiled slightly and continued to explain.

"Of course, what hangs here cannot be the real one, but a landscape painting copied by my great-grandfather."

"You can pass him off as a fake, but in a way it's not."

"My great-grandfather's artistic achievements in his time were not low, so although the value of this painting is far less than that of his ancestors, it is still expensive."

"Moreover, the importance to our family is self-evident, and it is far beyond the value of the painting itself."

Only then did Min Xue feel relieved, and finally understood the background of the painting.

Speaking of this, Mi Shulan smiled wryly, "I haven't dared to mention the theft of the painting to my parents. The two of them are too old to bear such a blow."

"I can only lie about sending it for maintenance. If I can't find it within a few days, I really don't know how to explain it."

Min Xue expressed his understanding. Based on the traditional concept of Mi Shulan's parents, it is not difficult to guess what he thought after knowing the theft. After losing the things passed down by his ancestors, how will he see his ancestors in a hundred years?
Without saying anything nonsense about doing his best, Min Xue asked, "Who was in the villa when the crime happened?"

"It was daytime when the incident happened, and there was only one aunt who cooked, two aunts who cleaned, two bodyguards, a driver, and an uncle who took care of the lawn in the whole building."

there are already many people
Min Xue asked, "Is no one in your family here?"

Mi Shulan nodded.

In fact, the paintings are placed in such an upright place, with people coming and going, it is not easy for outsiders to steal them, unless it is done by someone who is very familiar with the working hours of the people in the building.

Min Xue's questioning also verified this point, the thief obviously knew that the owner was not there at this time.

"I think you should have checked the movements of everyone in the building, right? Did you find anything unusual?" Min Xue guessed.

Mi Shulan nodded again, she was not surprised that Min Xue saw the clue so quickly.

If it wasn't like this, she wouldn't have come to Min Xue!

"I also suspect that it should be done by someone familiar, but the people hired by my family have all worked here for more than ten years, so they should have done it early, and no one has had a major change in their family recently."

Having said that, Mi Shulan glanced downstairs, Ning Yuchen was coming out of the kitchen wearing an apron to answer the phone.

"You don't know, are you suspicious of your fiancé?" Min Xue said this unexpectedly.

But what was even more surprising was that Mi Shulan did not deny it.

(End of this chapter)