Looking at Bianyi with a serious expression, Shen Qiang crossed his legs and smiled, "So, who do you think could do such a thing in the Provincial City?"

Bianyi's eyes shone brightly as he said, "It's hard to say, after all, the Provincial City is so big, and people hide their true intentions. No one has 'bad guy' written on their forehead, so investigating this will definitely take a lot of time, and it's very challenging."

Seeing Shen Qiang's even broader smile, Bianyi raised an eyebrow and earnestly said, "But boss, rest assured, I will do my utmost to investigate."

Looking at Bianyi pretending to be serious, Shen Qiang's eyes curved into a smile as he said, "Very good, I like honest, reliable, and dedicated people like you. So, tell me how we should investigate. In fact, my intuition tells me that the perpetrator seems to be one of our own at Heshenghe."

Bianyi's eyes were vigilant: "One of our own? That's unlikely."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Very likely."

Bianyi immediately laughed, "That could be troublesome, the Mountain Villa has over three hundred Great Demons, each with incredible abilities. If they committed a crime, it would be hard to investigate."

"I think it was done by a cultivator," Shen Qiang smiled.

Bianyi immediately replied seriously, "There are very few cultivators in Heshenghe, and there's only one suspect who could do such a thing." With that, Bianyi stared closely at Shen Qiang and said, "It must be the beautiful Heroic Thief Jiang Hanyang; it's definitely her. She's always had sticky fingers, forgetting righteousness for money. Something like this would surely involve her, you should check her out, it's definitely her, no doubt!"

Shen Qiang laughed, "Oh, that sounds reasonable, is she in the company?"

Bianyi immediately shook his head, "She's not here; she suddenly said she had important matters and needed to travel, so I specifically gave her five days off." Then Bianyi's eyes shone brightly as he seriously said, "It must be her, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?"

Hearing this, Shen Qiang's eyes crinkled with laughter, "Do you know when Liu Chengye's treasures were stolen? I don't think I've told you yet, so how are you so sure it's Jiang Hanyang?"

Bianyi was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "You came to investigate today; Jiang Hanyang asked for leave last night, she's already ahead of you."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang directly took out his phone, called the beautiful Heroic Thief Jiang Hanyang, and put it on speakerphone.

The call connected, and Shen Qiang got straight to the point, "Jiang Hanyang, where are you?"

"Spring City."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang continued to ask, "What are you doing there? And I hear you took five days off?"

The beautiful Heroic Thief Jiang Hanyang said, "Last night I received an anonymous text message, the sender said he found my little buddy who was previously killed by the Long Yan Sword Sect here. I saw the photos and the date was yesterday, and I even saw his body, so I had to come to figure this out."

Shen Qiang hmm'd, then said, "Then you might have been tricked, the picture you saw might be fake because someone wants to set you up as a scapegoat."

After hanging up the phone, looking at Bianyi, Shen Qiang raised his eyebrows helplessly, "As expected, old habits die hard, Bianyi, you're a bit unscrupulous."

Bianyi earnestly said, "My dear boss, you have to trust me, otherwise I can't do my job."

"Not many people know about Jiang Hanyang's buddy being killed, and you're one of them," Shen Qiang smiled, "You know this is a scar in Jiang Hanyang's heart, so you sent that message, made a doctored photo, and tricked her into leaving."

Bianyi frowned, "It couldn't have been me; if you don't believe me, you can ask Hao Deben, I never asked them for any photos."

Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow, "Enough, I'm not in the mood to hear your lies right now. In fact, both you and I know that modifying a photo with software doesn't necessarily require Hao Deben. Just post on a forum, and as long as you're willing to pay, you could even have your photo retouched to be the most handsome in the world."

Bianyi frowned.

Feeling suddenly very annoyed, Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow and said, "Bianyi, I know you too well, so the little games between us aren't fun. After hearing your words, I've already guessed everything you've done, and it doesn't feel good."

Bianyi put away his playful expression, raised an eyebrow earnestly, and said, "Alright, my dear boss, if you've really guessed everything, then I'll admit it."

Shen Qiang said helplessly, "Qian Shanxue's interrogation of Liu Chengye is taking place on the second basement level of the Heshenghe Building, I assume you installed surveillance equipment."

Bianyi smiled: "That's not hard to guess because I'm a man with a strong desire for control. If the place I'm in isn't under my control, I'll be very distressed. But when Qian Shanxue got the location of Liu Chengye's treasure, she immediately drove there, only to find an empty room."

Shen Qiang laughed and calmly raised an eyebrow, "That's not surprising because you must have found Zhan Deyuan. He was once an instructor of the Dragon Group, and he's best at tracking and hunting. When you realized that the treasure Liu Chengye got wasn't all sold and not carried on him, with your personality, you definitely wouldn't wait for his confession."

"Because you wouldn't trust him, and you also know, once he confesses, the people from the Dragon Group would arrive at his treasure location within minutes, so you'd go against the norm. You'd find a way to delay his confession, letting Zhan Deyuan track down Liu Chengye's treasure location."

Bianyi smiled a bit, helplessly saying, "You really know me too well."

Shen Qiang calmly raised an eyebrow, "However, you're well aware that Liu Chengye's treasure being stolen would surely make Qian Shanxue suspect someone from our side, and I wouldn't just ignore it. So at this time, you'd need a scapegoat because you know I'm someone who won't give up until I achieve my goal."

"So you made a photo, sent an anonymous message to distract Jiang Hanyang." Watching Bianyi's eyes growing calmer, Shen Qiang smiled, "If I'm not mistaken, you should have also planted a few treasures in Jiang Hanyang's residence as evidence."

"In this way, she leaves, and when we go to her residence, we find some of Liu Chengye's treasures. By then, considering her past deeds and solid evidence, Jiang Hanyang will have no way to argue; she's definitely taking the fall for this, and then you can hide somewhere and laugh while counting money."

Seeing Bianyi, Shen Qiang said coldly, "Bianyi, this is my final warning to you; don't exploit our people like this. My patience with you is limited. If it happens again, I really will kick you out of Heshenghe."

Bianyi was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed. He then took off the storage ring from his hand and tossed it to Shen Qiang, raising an eyebrow with a smile, "Honestly, I'm a bit touched. I thought you'd say you'd kill me or send me to Hell, but you just said you'd kick me out of Heshenghe. This made me realize that you still care about me."

Watching Shen Qiang receive the storage ring, Bianyi sighed with a smile, "So... everything is inside the storage ring; you've won, you can give them to Qian Shanxue now."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang eagerly examined the exquisite treasures inside the storage ring, raising an eyebrow in surprise and smiling earnestly, "Such beautiful treasures, why hand them over to her?"

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