235 Resolve 2 in 1 (1/2)

”It is indeed an open conspiracy!” Han Chu had also left the city for work for a few days. He returned about one week later than Ye Shuang. When he heard Ye Shuang bring up the issue of 'the local police superintendent welcoming FBI's special profiler, Albert, at the station to share his experience', the man could not help his lips from twitching upward. Obviously, the man was in a good mood.

”This is actually a gamble. I told those people openly that I was using the public system's legal process to drag Albert down, but the problem is that this public system is too sensitive. Then is this considered a favor or a bribe? Can this Albert be trusted or not? Is he really helpless, or will he make use of this opportunity to steal information from us? Are things really what they seem on the surface? Perhaps the chance of Albert betraying us is a very small one percent, but should we bet our future on this small possibility?”

Han Chu tutted softly and explained coolly, ”Every world has their own rules. Due to the sensitive relationship of the departments, no matter how many people believe that Albert will not betray his own country, logically speaking, he has to be invited back to the FBI to receive some questioning and to stop the communication for a period of time. He has to answer for his every movement during 'his holiday' and explain everything that he has done in this period. Since no one can vouch for his actions during this period, seeing this from the worst perspective, he might have betrayed his country. Also, if we consider this from the most likely scenario, perhaps we might make use of Albert's FBI identity to create rumors… In any case, anything is possible.”

Ye Shuang poured a glass of water for Han Chu. After she pushed it to him, she sat down across from him. She added with a smile, ”I hear that to prevent an organization's thinking from getting to concentrated and to prevent hidden threat, most organization will be someone that plays the character of devil's advocate?”

Devil's advocate was an old, western phrase. Initially, the purpose was to make sure the discussion would be in-depth. Therefore, it was decided that one of the members had to come up with an opposing opinion unconditionally. To put it simply, it was to critique and to suspect. This was not something that was symbolic; the person really needed to counter as often as they could to prevent an echo chamber from forming.

This was because human beings had a tendency to follow the crowd. When someone brought up an idea, the remaining people would normally form similar ideas. For an example, if everyone in an organization that had ten people had their own opinion, it would be fine. However, if the first nine people formed the same consensus and agreed to the same idea, then the tenth person would have to reject this idea no matter what; this was to prevent a blind spot due to the follower's perspective.

Of course, this kind of philosophy was rarely practiced in today's society, but if one looked closer, one would realize that there would be a character that everyone hated, one that everyone thought was there just to make life difficult for everyone else.

For example, during a meeting, someone might like to go against the grain to make their presence known, or during school, there would be this tattle-tale that liked to rat other people out. Their similarity was no matter what they said or did, nobody liked them, but for some unknown reason, the leader would never fire these people. There could not only be one voice inside an organization. Ye Shuang was not that familiar with the operating ideals within the FBI, but she happened to know from Anthony that they practiced the ideal of the devil's advocate.

In other worlds, no matter how innocent Albert was, regardless of the fact that Han Chu's open conspiracy had been easily seen through, as long as there was this devil's advocate at the FBI, even if Han Chu did not mean it the way he did, this devil's advocate would summon Albert back to the FBI to be investigated.

Han Chu picked up the glass of water and nodded. ”The devil's advocate… In this one month, Albert will have to return.”

Ye Shuang sighed in relief. Even though,she was no longer as afraid of Albert's presence with Han Chu's help to cover her tracks, no matter what, she would feel much better if Albert was not around. The only bad thing was that Albert had already shown his intention to help them fight the money-laundering organization, but if he was summoned back, they would lose the aid from Albert.

Oh well, the benefits far outweighed the disadvantages.

Relaxing, Ye Shuang could not help laughing as she chided Han Chu. ”Could it be that you were afraid that my secret will be exposed, so you purposely came up with this idea to help me chase the man away?”

Han Chu stayed silent.

Er, I was only guessing. Don't tell me that I was right! Ye Shuang was also speechless.

Then she heard Han Chu sigh and comment lightly, ”It was already very troublesome with one Tony, but it only got worse when your problem was added onto the pile. Last new year, a fortune teller said that my luck will be very bad for this coming year, and I have to say, the master has been right so far.”

Ye Shuang felt like dropping to her knees in dismay. The feeling that she was someone's jinx was not a nice one. Thankfully, Han Chu only got depressed for a brief moment before he collected his emotions and raised his head to ask about another subject. ”How is the case that I gave you before I went away coming along? The case is only for one week, right? How come there is no news from the client and the end payment even after three days?”

Since Xu Jian had a dark history, Han Chu was paying special attention to this particular case.

Ye Shuang thought about it and said, ”Yes, the original case was only for a week, but a few days ago, the client called to ask if we could extend the service for a few more days, and the payment would be counted daily at 6000 per day. I agreed to that, but I have no idea what that was for. Should we call Xu Jian to ask?”

”Never mind.” Han Chu thought about it and shook his head. ”Unless there is something urgent about the case, we should not ask for the details of the assignment. After all, this is considered the client's personal privacy.”

After hearing that there was no problem with the case, just the client wanting to extend the service, Han Chu put the case out of his mind. However, to their surprise, someone came to knock on Ye Shuang's door that night, and when the latter went to open the door, she saw Xu Jian standing beyond it with an awkward expression, and trailing behind him was the silent Qiu Yu. The girl was carrying her suitcase with her.

Ye Shuang almost instantly tossed an incriminating gaze toward Xu Jian. Could this man have gone after his client's girlfriend? Earlier, he had seduced An Zixuan, and for this little part time work, he had seduced another person?

Xu Jian probably understood the hidden meaning behind Ye Shuang's gaze, and he quickly pulled up his arms to explain, ”It was not me who drag her here; she insisted that I bring her here!”

Qiu Yu stepped forward calmly and nodded slowly. ”Yes, this is my idea.”

”Wait a minute.” Ye Shuang had a headache. She walked past the two and went to the apartment next door. She keyed in the password and poked her head through the door to shout at the top of her voice, ”Brother Han, come over here please. Something big is happening…”

Three minutes later, Han Chu and Ye Shuang moved to Ye Shuang's living room, and they sat side by side on the sofa. Xu Jian and Qiu Yu sat on the other side. The situation looked very similar to an interrogation.

Well, it was indeed an interrogation.

Han Chu rubbed the bridge of his nose like he was suffering a headache due to this surprise event as well. Then he raised his eyes to scan the two opposite him. Finally, he opened his lips to say, ”I only have a few questions to ask. Firstly, is the mission completed?”

Xu Jian was stunned, and he nodded subconsciously. ”Mr. Wang said the rest of the payment will be entered into Xiao Shuang's account tomorrow. The mission… is completed.”

But after the mission was completed, a side mission popped out, so what should we do about that?

”Okay then, then you don't need to tell me the rest.” Han Chu nodded easily. After hearing that the mission had been completed and that the payment was coming in, he decided to ignore the rest. He stood up and prepared to leave. ”I'll be leaving already. Do try to rest early. After the payment enters the account, deal with the commission as soon as you can and give the employee their deserved cut. Deal with the rest of the problem as you see fit!”

After he was done, he lifted his legs and… failed to move. Ye Shuang pulled on Han Chu's right hand tightly, looking like she was not going to let his leave unless he stayed to listen to what others had to say. ”Brother Han, don't be act so rushed. Xu Jian looks like he still has something else to say.”

”Problems beyond the mission have nothing to do with us.” Han Chu frowned and pointed this out clearly. ”We only need to focus on a few things. First, whether the content of the case and the clients have crossed the law; second, the client's credibility; third and final, the talent's capability and suitability for the case. Beyond that, as long as the case was completed, personal problems or the arrangements of the client or the talent have nothing to do with us.”

Han Chu had always been a rational thinker, and he hated to get involved in other people's business. Based on Xu Jian's expression, it was clear that it was not him who had kidnapped the client's girlfriend, so why would the girlfriend come to them? Han Chu had no desire to find out. As long as his talent did not do anything to violate the moral and legal code.

Xu Jian looked so conflicted and depressed that even Ye Shuang felt pity for the man. However, it was indeed unreasonable to ask Han Chu for help. If it was not Xu Jian who kidnapped the girl, then to put it frankly, this was Qiu Yu's own problem. Why would they help the girl for no reason‽

Thinking about this, Ye Shuang could not help but open her lips. ”Miss Qiu, why don't you tell us if there's something that we can help you with since you've come to us?”

”I do have a favor to ask, and I came here so that it would not affect the payment that you might get,” Qiu Yu said softly and raised her finger to move her hair behind her ears. Then, she turned her body to open her suitcase. She picked out a box from inside it, and she looked at it for a while before placing it before Ye Shuang. ”After Wang Xueyu has paid you, please hand these things back to him.”

Ye Shuang looked at the box before opening it with confusion. She was almost blinded by the glint of the jewels inside it—a diamond ring, diamond necklace, diamond earring, female watch, brooch… On top of the pile of glowing jewels, there was a credit card lying on top.

The crowd gawked, speechless.

Qiu Yu smiled politely. She touched her hair again before she explained, ”There are some more clothes and bags. I'll mail them to Wang Xueyu's home after I return to university. However, these things are too valuable, so I hope you'll be able to help me return them to him personally.”

Ye Shuang closed the box. She closed her eyes to think before saying, ”I don't quite understand what is Miss Qiu's meaning…”