It was precisely for this reason that Li Rui became even crueler, and anyone who dared to light this powder keg was effectively after his life, which meant he had no need to be courteous...

"What? Still no clues... Keep looking, keep looking! I'll give you two more days, if you still can't find it, then don't bother coming back..."

Inside Bihai Pavilion, Li Rui hadn't left even for a moment these past few days. He, who always loved cleanliness, couldn't even bother to shave his beard, making him look significantly more world-weary.

Although Li Rui now had a more mature manly charm, the kind that could make many women fall at a glance, he unfortunately had no interest in women at all now.

For instance, even with a peerless beauty leaning on his side right now, he couldn't even bother to give her a glance...

"Rui, take it easy, perhaps things are not as serious as you think, maybe that person just wants money..."

This woman stood behind Li Rui, stretching her slender hand to massage his head and shoulders, relaxing his body, and releasing his immense stress.

"Sigh, there's no use comforting me... As long as we can't find the item, I can't feel at ease..."

Li Rui had lost his usual ruthlessness, appearing quite helpless and world-weary, and his tone was much softer, not as harsh and cold as before.

This woman was one of the people he trusted most, and also one of the three who could open that safe. Almost immediately after the incident, she came to Li Rui's side, constantly accompanying and comforting him.

However, after basically ruling out the possibility that she had betrayed him, only when he was with her could his emotions stabilize a bit.

The items stored in the safe were too important, if they were taken out, it would be an absolute disaster for Li Rui, for the Li Family.

The safe's security was quite adequate, it would be difficult to open without the password, if the safe can be retrieved soon, the items inside could essentially be saved.

But as time passes, Li Rui becomes less confident, after all, aside from using a password, there are some more forceful methods to open the safe.

The alloy material used in the safe was indeed sturdy, but if it falls into certain hands, with sufficient time, they naturally have methods to open the safe.

So, for Li Rui, every minute is agony, without retrieving the complete safe, his heart is hard to be at ease.

"Sigh, sometimes I really wish you were just an ordinary person, so I could live a simple life with you forever, and not have to live as tiresomely as now..."

The woman's face showed deep helplessness and concern, and her tone was unprecedentedly melancholic, she truly loved this man deeply.

And this man was also very good to her, although he couldn't give her any official status, but he still made her feel very happy.

At least she felt much happier than the woman who occupied the status of this man's wife...

But now, with such an incident occurring, once those shady items are exposed, this man will be ruined and even be thrown into prison; even his family behind him would suffer a catastrophic disaster.

Yet, she was helpless in this matter, really unable to assist at all...

...

While Li Rui was extremely agitated, Qin Fang's side seemed much more relaxed, currently engaging in a handover at the new base with Chen Da and the others.

"Young Master Qin, this is all the locks we have managed to gather from clearing out two factories' storages..."

Chen Da, looking quite helpless, pointed at the pile that had become a small mountain of locks and said.

Locks, these are the most common items, but rarely does anyone pay attention to them, of course, no one would go out of their way to buy tens of thousands of locks.

Yet, someone did just that, and this person is Chen Da—to be precise, it was an order from Qin Fang to Chen Da, instructing him to arrange for this to be done.

To retrieve these locks, they all exhausted themselves, managing to gather so many, giving it their all.

Even though Chen Da brought all these locks back, he is still utterly confused, having no idea what Qin Fang is planning to achieve with these locks.

"Great job everyone! Let Brother Da take you out tonight for a good time..."

Qin Fang smiled and didn't bother explaining his reasons, simply dismissing Chen Da and the others, while he stayed behind alone.

He locked himself in this room filled with locks, staying quietly alone, with nobody knowing what he was actually going to do.

Chen Da and his men were used to it and knew that Qin Fang had his reasons for such actions. Besides, the locks didn't cost much and Qin Fang could afford them, so they didn't really care.

With Qin Fang's words, Chen Da led his men away, joining up with Wei Suo and others who stayed at the old base, and they went to the south of the city to expend their excessive energy...

Qin Fang bought so many locks for a purpose, specifically to increase his Proficiency, more precisely his Lockpicking Skill Proficiency.

Qin Fang was well aware of the commotion caused by Li Rui's people, he had Chen Da and Tiger constantly monitoring Li Rui's movements, always keeping track of Li Rui's situation.

Having lost a safe containing billions in cash and checks, this sum of money would certainly give Li Rui a massive headache, but it wouldn't warrant such a huge uproar.

Thus, the only explanation is—that the safe contained something that Li Rui was extremely wary of, something that could even pose a threat to Li Rui.

With this determination, Qin Fang naturally wanted to open this safe even more.

But his Skill Proficiency was still too low, so he needed to raise it quickly, and enhancing Proficiency was what he was focusing on now.

Lockpicking Skill is somewhat different from other skills, although it's about increasing Proficiency, there is a cool-down time restriction...

It's not about the skill's cool-down time, but the lock's cool-down time.

Once a lock is picked open by Qin Fang using his Lockpicking Skill, he can simply lock it again, but during its cool-down period, Qin Fang cannot use the Lockpicking Skill on it once more.

This cool-down time varies from three to five minutes, the more intricate the lock, the longer the cool-down time... of course, after being opened, possibly, the gain in proficiency is relatively higher, this is a complementary relationship.

It is precisely because of this cool-down period that Qin Fang needs to quickly enhance his Proficiency, using just one lock, or a few locks, is definitely not enough.

Therefore, Qin Fang simply had Chen Da and his men buy even more locks, so he could pick one and toss it aside, pick another and toss it aside, thus avoiding the cool-down time issue.

Also, Qin Fang can calculate which type of lock offers the best cost-performance ratio, thus enhancing his proficiency more effectively... Time is of concern to Li Rui, and obviously, Qin Fang is also concerned about time.

Although Qin Fang is not as urgent as Li Rui, Qin Fang also does not want to waste too much time dealing with Li Rui... The sooner he could dispose of him, the more Qin Fang could be free of worries.

Heavenly Pool Sect and Tang Sect, both of these sects have grievances with Qin Fang, and clearly they also want to deal with him.

Following the lesson from Shen Wuben, Qin Fang certainly does not wish to wait for these two powerful sects to reach Ninghai and have Li Rui, the local serpent, pulling his legs...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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