"Why have you recently taken an interest in 'The Western Wing'?"
At night, Lin Wan was curled up in Lu Zheng's arms watching TV, when she noticed a hardcover copy of "The Western Wing" on the coffee table.
"'The Western Wing' is one of the four great classical plays of our country. Its plot is captivating, its characters vivid and dynamic, and it possesses exceptional literary value," Lu Zheng said seriously.
Lin Wan was speechless, "Speak human."
"I'm extrely bored, so I just picked it up to read," Lu Zheng nodded, thinking there's no harm in reading it whether it's relevant to the modern tis or not.
"You're extrely bored and not reading web novels anymore?" Lin Wan asked curiously.
"Recently I'm in a book slump, there's nothing good to read," Lu Zheng said helplessly, "I'm getting old, can't keep up with the tis, and the books young people read I can barely get through now."
Lin Wan couldn't help but roll her eyes, "You're only in your twenties!"
"So?"
Lin Wan smirked and mischievously extended her hand, "So you still have plenty of spirit!"
Lu Zheng: ???
...
A tale of Ying Ying, sung all night long.
...
Even though they both evolved into cultivators, the feeling of sleeping in was still delightful, so the next day on the weekend, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan slept till noon.
Too lazy to cook, they tidied up a bit and went out to find a hotpot place to recharge.
"Is there any update on the Sheep Head Bronze Statue?" Lu Zheng suddenly rembered that it seed one of the twelve zodiac ones was still missing, and Lin Wan had been tracking it.
Lin Wan shook her head, "No, not a single lead. Perhaps the art thief scared everyone off, recently the European and Arican collecting circles have been very quiet, only many assassins, rcenaries, detectives, and information traders are asking around."
Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, "Still haven't given up?"
"The reward has reached 500 million euros," Lin Wan smirked, "A deal this big has rarely happened in history, finishing this job could an imdiate retirent, of course it's tempting."
"Tsk tsk, it increased again?"
Lin Wan nodded, "Increased again, and also because the CIA failed, so resources from the Five Eyes Alliance officially stepped in, setting up several traps, but nobody's fallen for them."
Lu Zheng was speechless, "Because we all didn't know."
Lin Wan couldn't help but laugh, "But considering the capabilities displayed by the art thief before, they should know."
Lu Zheng laughed, "So you know?"
Lin Wan nodded with a smile, "Because I know it's a trap."
Lu Zheng was stunned, "The sense of secrecy is so weak? They don't suspect there's an insider leaking information?"
"Of course not, it's because I figured it out, don't underestimate !" Lin Wan rolled her eyes, "They did it very well, like receiving a secret tip-off that a certain collector hinted they'd sell the Sheep Head Bronze Statue, a certain family hired security to transport a Persian sculpture, and a certain museum discovered a secret basent from 200 years ago and uncovered a Pharaoh's mask, etc."
"Is it fishing?" Lu Zheng asked, "Including that Sheep Head Bronze Statue?"
Lin Wan sneered, "Any news that's co out in the past few months is fishing, I investigated that so-called collector of the Sheep Head Bronze Statue, their main focus is in the Inca Empire side, really poor attempt at fakery, it's a complete insult to my professional skills."
"Remarkable!" Lu Zheng gave a thumbs up.
Lin Wan shrugged, "So I don't have much to do for now, the biggest case is still a fraud case, the suspect fled abroad, we collaborated with the country they escaped to, and detained the suspect back here, very simple, I didn't even need to go on a business trip."
Lu Zheng shook his head, "Boring case."
Lin Wan laughed, "It's not boring, the fraud amount was quite large, more than a billion, it's a big case."
Lu Zheng said, "Southeast Asian telecom fraud, isn't it said they can scoop hundreds of billions from our country every year?"
Lin Wan nodded, then shook her head, "It's beco an industry chain, but most are small-scale, large in number, very diverse, hard to trace, there's a separate team in the country focusing on this, it's very ti and effort consuming, which is why the state concentrates forces on anti-fraud, and the results are decent."
"Seems like it... I heard those fraud groups have started getting competitive?" Lu Zheng recollected seeing similar news before.
Lin Wan nodded, "Both hands to grasp, both hands to be hard, we liaise with dostic forces, only taking big cases."
"Impressive, impressive!" Lu Zheng expressed admiration.
"By the way, you haven't been paying attention to the foreign internet lately, have you?" Lin Wan asked.
"Why would I pay attention to that stuff?" Lu Zheng asked, "Are you talking about that video of us teaching that foreigner a lesson? Wasn't it limited on the foreign internet?"
Lin Wan shook her head, then nodded, "Not that video."
Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, "Is it about that person?"
Lin Wan nodded, "Burns, he claid on Twitter that he was cursed by you, a mysterious person from Hua Country."
Lu Zheng smirked, "Do people believe it?"
Lin Wan nodded, "Yes!"
Lu Zheng: ⚆_⚆?
"Yes!?" Lu Zheng was dumbfounded.
"Don't forget half of the people in the Lighthouse Country still believe the Earth is flat," Lin Wan said, "The priesthood is a respected profession, many of them believe in angels and evil spirits, Burns even stread inviting two archbishops to exorcise him."
Lu Zheng was speechless, "And then what?"
"Then he was sent to a ntal hospital," Lin Wan said flatly.
Lu Zheng, "..."
The turn was too abrupt, leaving him unsure how to retort.
Lin Wan laughed, "Aside from the Nightmare Curse, you also cast the Mind Confusion Curse on him, so his outward behavior was too much like insanity, no choice, since those two archbishops couldn't lift the curses on him, he can only be considered ntally ill, that's a realm of science, not of the divine.
Rumors say that after he lost to you, he was ntally traumatized, started taking female hormones daily, fantasized about being a woman to feel less embarrassed, and then accused you of all this..."
Lin Wan shrugged, "Because of that, that video went a bit viral again online, Chinese Martial Arts gained so minor fa, but usually people liken you to Jack Chen or Jet Li, since you've never truly stepped into the ring."
"Oh, that's good, I don't really want to attract attention," Lu Zheng chuckled coldly, "Besides, I hope he enjoys his stay in the ntal hospital."
He knew that besides the Nightmare and Mind Confusion Curses, Lu Zheng had also cast the Soft Bone Curse, Gathering Yin Curse, and other spell seals on him, and as ti passed, he would only beco more and more miserable.
...
They naturally didn't pay any more attention to Burns, who was ignored by everyone as a ntal case. After lunch, they leisurely went to the Wuyue Full Armor Fighting Club.
At that mont inside the club, there was an internal sparring match happening, and Zhang Tiexia was providing guidance to so interested rich second-generation participants.
"Who wanted to see spar with my wife last ti?" Lu Zheng called out to several robust young n as soon as he entered, "Tsk tsk, look at those muscles, well-trained, co on, suit up in armor, pick any weapon you like, and join in the ring for a spar."
"Brother Lu, I'm sorry!"
"Brother Lu, don't do this... we were just joking!"
"Sister Wan, help us! We were just teasing in good fun!"
...
Monts later, the club echoed with cries of pain.
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