Chapter 654 Tall, Burly Man (1/2)

Chapter 654: Tall, Burly Man

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The days after were quiet.

Surgi and Hughes could not escape the punishment of the law and were also unable to keep their mouths shut against the police.

Besides getting caught red-handed, the police also found the tools used to carry out the crime and obtained their fingerprints from the machines. Facing such irrefutable evidence, both of them could only be honest and admit their guilt.

With such conclusive evidence, no lawyer would be able to help them.

The police officers led by Rose continued putting in the effort and found out about the other accomplices from both of them. In one fell swoop, they managed to catch everyone who was involved.

The police were swift and driven. Those people didn't have time to escape and were all pretty much caught in the national park.

In the meantime, Li Du did not do any work and drove around the park to watch the police catch the culprits.

The other gem hunters felt unsafe and left the national park one after another. As such, the national park didn't have many gem hunters for a period of time after, which also meant that Li Du didn't have much competition.

Of course, he had never considered other gem hunters as competitors since the differences in their capabilities were too huge.

It was just that with fewer gem hunters, it was much cleaner on his side.

Regardless, as the local gem hunters were closer to each other, they would huddle together and were always judgemental toward Li Du. With them no longer here, Li Du naturally felt more at ease.

A few days later, some gem hunters wanted to go back to work. In the end, the number of police cars in the park suddenly increased and the local police constantly wandered around the premises of the park.

The gem hunters didn't know what was going on and feared that the police would find trouble with them. As such, they left not long after arriving.

Li Du knew the reason behind the police's return. He was certain they had discovered that the fire opals taken from Surgi and the others were fakes and came back here to look for the genuine fire opals.

However, the genuine fire opals had already been placed inside a bank by him. How could the police possibly find them?

There was one thing he could not figure out: why the local gem hunters were avoiding the police? Whenever he had worked as a storage unit treasure hunter, he hadn't seen any treasure hunters avoid the police before.

Nonetheless, this problem had nothing to do with him. He bustled about in the national park and found piece after piece of gemstone before amassing them and taking them away.

After working for half a month, he amassed a bunch of gemstones and was ready to return to Flagstaff.

This period of high-intensity work made him very exhausted. Having worked continuously for over two weeks, he needed rest. Another reason for returning this time around was that there was a phone call: ”The experts authenticating the Van Gogh paintings have arrived.”

They returned to Flagstaff, travel-worn. He didn't bother going back to the cabin and went to the hospital first to see Sophie.

Even though he had video chats with Sophie every day, it could not lessen the yearning between the two lovers. Instead, seeing but not being able to touch each other made them miss each other more.

Li Du wanted to surprise Sophie with his return. He drove straight to the hospital without telling her.

When he arrived at the hospital, it was just after work ended. He parked the muddy pickup truck at the entrance of the hospital and waited a few minutes before seeing Sophie walk out in a slow and graceful manner.

As it was a little chilly in Flagstaff during late November, the female doctor wore a thin white wool sweater that was complemented with a flame red coat, which made her look exceptionally lively.