Chapter 3 Chapter 2 The Rare Ruby "Dead"

I snorted, the cheated anger was not only reflected in my face, but also very clearly expressed in my clenched and raised fists. Zusky didn't expect my reaction to be so angry, he took a step back hurriedly: "Please listen to me!" Lian Lun also hurriedly said: "Mr. Wei, please forgive me, please forgive me!" I sneered and said, "You probably aren't the person in charge of a jewelry company either?" Lian Lun not only blushed when he heard me say this, but also blushed on his half-bald forehead: "Of course I am, and Zusky is the security director of our company!"

I looked over at Zusky, who looked embarrassed, helpless, and apologetic.Seeing him in such a situation, I got a little angry: "So, what is your purpose?" Zusky smiled bitterly: "We have something difficult to solve, and we want to ask you to help, but I'm afraid you won't come." I was stunned for a moment: "Isn't it because of Miss Guido's disappearance?" Lian Lun said, "Besides that, there is one more thing!" I pointed at the two of them: "Wait a minute, make it clear first, I'm here because of Miss Guido's disappearance!"

Zusky hurriedly said: "Of course! The police, our company, and myself are doing everything we can to find her!" I hummed: "Then, I'd better contact the police directly!" As I said that, I ignored the two of them and walked outside.I really don't like people trying to trick me. At this moment, I really plan to contact the police directly. But as soon as I went out, Lian Lun hurried after me. Zusky seemed to be very agile. He overtook me, turned around, and faced me. Backing away, he said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Wei, there will be no progress on Miss Guido's disappearance for the time being, but her ruby ​​ring—"

I froze abruptly and stopped. Zusky couldn't help but panted a little: "I have something to do with that ruby ​​ring...you help!" I immediately looked at Lian Lun, who wiped his sweat and said, "I'm so sorry, I lied to you!" I sneered: "Ruby is here with you!" Lian Lun said: "Yes, as soon as Miss Guido came to ask for a sale, she took off the ring and put it in our company's vault." I was truly furious and shouted: "Bastard! Are you concerned about Gina's disappearance, or Ruby?" Lian Lun hurriedly argued, "I have both, please forgive me!"

I paused word by word: "I will not forgive one liar!" I paused, and added: "I will not forgive two liars!" Zusky and Lian Lun looked extremely embarrassed, because I spoke very loudly, which attracted many people to look at them. Zusky said: "We don't dare to ask for your forgiveness. We just want to know the fact that it is not convenient to discuss on the phone after you come, and give us some opinions. I will be grateful!" At this time, one part of my heart was angry, and the other part was doubtful.Zusky mentioned "the truth," what exactly did that mean?

I stared at him for further explanation.Zusky took a step closer to me: "Mr. Wei, please come to our company to truly understand the truth of the matter." My heart was full of doubts, I really didn't know what they were up to, but judging by the expressions of the two of them, although they had lied to me before, but at this moment, they were anxious and embarrassed, and it was clear that there was an extremely important matter that could not be resolved.I took a breath: "I don't know why I promised you, but, okay!" Lian Lun and Zusky, upon hearing my promise, thanked me repeatedly, and followed me out of the airport.As soon as we got out of the airport, a large caravan drove over, and we got into the car together.

After sitting down in the car, I couldn't help but "hum": "My current situation seems to be taken to his secret lair by the leader of some black organization!" Lian Lun and Zusky looked bitter, and they didn't know how to deal with my sarcasm.Lian Lun complained to Zusky: "I said a long time ago that we should tell Mr. Wei the truth and ask him to help!" Zusky said: "Maybe, but no matter what, Mr. Wei must come!" He turned to me: "When you arrive at our company in a while, don't worry, I will tell you the truth step by step!" I sneered: "Anyway, I've already fallen into your hands, so do whatever you like!"

Zusky and Lian Lun just smiled wryly and endured my sarcasm.I saw that they were silent, and I felt a little angry in my heart.After driving for about half an hour, they stopped in front of a rather old building. The building has more than a dozen stone steps leading to the gate. On both sides of the gate, there are four armed guards. On the gate, there are " Jifeng Jewelry Company".I glared at Lian Lun: "Fortunately, the jewelry company is not fake!" Zusky let me get out of the car and followed me: "Mr. Wei, let me ask you to understand our company's security procedures first!"

I said, "Is it necessary?" He said: "It is absolutely necessary!" My heart suddenly moved: "Why? That ruby ​​disappeared?" Lian Lun and Zusky couldn't help being shocked when they heard me ask this question.That makes me almost sure: I hit it off! But then, they shook their heads together again, with bitter expressions, and Zusky said, "Don't worry, understand the facts step by step." I snorted, it seems that Zusky is a follow-through person, even if I force him, I can't force him. We walked into the company together, and from the moment we walked in, Zusky kept telling me about the security measures in the entire building.Since any piece of goods in this jewelry company is extremely valuable, it is a bit unbelievable that the various security measures are so strict.I am not going to go into details here either, because the details are not directly related to the whole story.But I have to bring it up again, because it is more or less related.

It is enough for you guys to have the notion that no one, not even a Superman, can steal anything from its vaults behind the company's security measures! Lian Lun's office is on the second floor of this building. It is a rather large office. There are six armed guards guarding it 24 hours a day, because there is a private elevator in his office. Leads directly to the vault in the cellar. The layout of the office is quite luxurious, full of classical furniture. When we entered his office, I sat down on a velvet sofa honestly: "Okay, what about the truth? Let's get started!"

Lian Lun and Zusky looked at each other. Lian Lun came to a bookshelf and pressed a button. The bookshelf moved away, revealing a safe.Zusky was next to me, fidgeting, explaining—I had already learned from him that the main safe is in the cellar, surrounded by a meter-thick granite protection——Lian Lun's safe is for business It is convenient and used for temporary collection of jewelry. As soon as Lian Lun gets off work, all the things in the safe will be sent to the vault. At this time, Lian Lun opened the safe. Looking over from where I was sitting, I could see that once the door of the safe was opened, it was divided into many small doors. Lian Lun then opened one of the small doors. From the door, a box was taken out.I noticed that when he took out the small box, his hands were shaking violently, and even his face was twitching uncontrollably. It was obvious that an extremely heavy blow had befallen him! He took the small box in his hand, turned around, took a long breath, tried to calm himself down, came to me, and put the small box on the table in front of me.Until now, I don't know what Lian Lun and Zusky are up to, so I didn't reach out to touch the box, but just stared at them. Zusky said, "Please open the box and have a look!" I snorted in a low voice, I really don't like them playing tricks in front of me, but there is no way, since I have been tricked by them, I can only take one step at a time. As soon as I heard what Zusky said, I reached out and opened the box. It was a fairly ordinary velvet box for small ornaments, nothing special, and I didn't expect to see anything special after opening it. However, when I opened the box, I froze abruptly, and immediately looked up at Lian Lun and Zusky.In that small box, there was a ring, and I could tell at a glance that this ring was the relic of Mrs. Mirren back then, and it came into my hands, and I gave it to Gina.Of course it was the one that Gina offered for sale! As I looked towards them, I lost my voice and said, "That ring!" Zusky looked very nervous: "You said 'that ring', what does that mean?" I couldn't help being angry and funny, pointing to the ring: "I said this ring is the one I gave to Miss Guido many years ago!" Lian Lun's voice also changed a little due to nervousness, he said: "Please look carefully!" As he spoke, he brought the ring to me, and I reached out and took out the ring from the box: "I can be sure, absolutely—" I have just said this, and before the word "yes" can be uttered, I stopped abruptly.By this time, I had seen the ring more clearly. Back then, when this ring came into my hands, I had observed it carefully.I not only noticed the soul-stirring beauty of that ruby, but also carefully observed the "setting" of the ring. The "holding" of that ring was cast extremely finely, holding the ruby ​​was a pair of fine wings, on such a small pair of wings, even the patterns of feathers could be recognized. At this time, the ring in my hand was undoubtedly the one I gave Gina that year—or I should say, the "holding" of that ring has not changed at all. However, for that ruby, I couldn't bear the shock in my heart, so that my own hands trembled a little.I really don't know how to describe that ruby. At this moment, I just blurted out: "God! This ruby ​​is dead!" I use the word "dead" to describe a gem. Anyone who has not experienced it will definitely find it very funny, and even can't help but laugh out loud "haha". However, I really can't use the second word to describe that ruby.Anyone who has seen this ruby ​​before and sees this ruby ​​now will heartily agree with me!At least, at this time, Lian Lun and Zusky agreed very much.As soon as they heard what I said, they couldn't help but nodded repeatedly. That ruby ​​was originally so crystal clear, although it was only a small piece, but when you stared at it, it was like you were gradually being in a blood-red sea.That kind of luster and beauty is really fascinating and shocking. But now, what is the one on such an exquisite ring setting?It's just a red stone, not only dull, but also solid, not transparent at all, and you can even see many gray spots.Honestly, it wasn't a gem at all, and if it was, then I should say, I've never seen such a poor gem! I made up my mind: "You two, this ring——" As I said this, I took out a few magnifying glasses to examine the ring itself carefully, and then continued: "The ring must be the original one, but the ruby ​​has been replaced!" Lian Lun and Zusky looked at each other, Lian Lun took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and said, "Mr. Wei, please take a closer look!" I said loudly: "Why bother? Anyone can see that this ruby ​​is worthless! I believe that if someone comes to you with such a ring for sale, you will definitely drive him out!" Lian Lun smiled wryly, "Yes, but—" Having said that, he looked over to Zusky again as if asking for help. Zusky said: "Please understand the facts from the beginning. One day, Miss Guido came to the company and asked to see the person in charge of the company. Mr. Lian Lun met her. She explained her purpose and took out the ruby ​​ring. Mr. Lun has been engaged in the jewelry industry for more than 20 years, and it can be seen at a glance that the ring she took out is a rare ruby, a rare ruby ​​in the world—” I was very impatient to hear him explain in such detail: "I have no doubts about Mr. Lian Lun's ability to identify gemstones. Can you briefly explain what happened?" Who knew Zusky would actually say: "No, you must understand all the procedures to understand the weirdness of the whole thing!" I glared at him, and if I hadn't mentioned "weird" at the end, I'd have gotten up and walked away.Since things are "weird", I might as well listen to him slowly and start from the beginning. I got a cigarette, lit it, and leaned back on the sofa to make myself more comfortable. Zusky said: "Although Mr. Lian Lun saw at a glance that it was a rare treasure, he still followed the procedure and used instruments to measure this gem. Please note that when measuring, the gem was never taken from itself. Remove it from the ring, because the setting is not only exquisite, but also firm, and you can also see that it is not easy to remove the gemstone!" I nodded, and then Mr. Lian Lun, who was wiping his sweat, continued.It seemed that the more he sweated, or the more nervous he was, the more nasal his voice became when he spoke. It sounded like a swarm of bees was swirling in his throat. Mr. Lian Lun said: "Our inspection equipment is the most advanced in the world. The result of the inspection is that everything about this ruby ​​meets the most stringent requirements. In other words, it is a flawless and perfect ruby. ruby!" I "hummed": "It is, why use any instrument to test it!" Mr. Lian Lun ignored me: "After I confirmed the quality of the gemstone, I started to negotiate the price. Originally, in this procedure, the gemstone should be taken off the ring, so that we can know its exact weight. But I think the ring itself is also extremely exquisite. And since the texture of the gemstone is so unique, the size and weight are not a problem, so I didn't do that." He paused for a while before continuing: "Please note that the gem has never left the ring from the beginning to the end!" I still didn't understand why he emphasized it so much, so I just nodded to show that I had noticed it. Lian Lun continued: "We negotiated a price, and I suggested that Miss Guido keep this ring in our vault. As long as there is a proof of the source of the gemstone, we will pay immediately, and she agreed!" When Lian Lun talked about this, he showed an extremely frustrated expression, and stretched out his hand to smack his bald head: "I really shouldn't propose like that, even if Miss Kedo proposed, I should refuse!" I was a little annoyed: "Sir, what do you mean by that?" Lian Lun pointed to the ring in the box: "You have seen the result!" I said, "I still don't understand what you mean!" My tone sounded quite harsh, and Mr. Lian Lun also looked eager to explain. Zusky shook his hands: "One step at a time, Mr. Lian Lun, so that Mr. Wei will understand." Lian Lunrui took a few breaths: "Okay. At that time, I called the photographer to take pictures of this ring. This is an important jewelry, and it does not belong to our company for the time being. It is a necessary procedure when storing it in the vault. .” I nodded again to express my understanding, and Lian Lun continued: "There are a total of eight types of photos, taken from eight different angles, and they can be enlarged sixty times!" When he spoke here, he glanced at Zusky. Zusky stood up, approached a frame, opened it, and pressed a few buttons. On the opposite wall, a huge screen hung down. The lights dimmed, and the front of the ring appeared on the screen immediately, magnified sixty times.After the ruby ​​was magnified sixty times, even if it was projected, it would be enough to make the whole room red, even the skin of a person turned red. I took a breath: "Yes, this is the original gemstone, the unique ruby ​​in the world!" Both Zusky and Lian Lun smiled wryly, but I only felt amused in my heart.They talked for a long time, and of course I had a clue about the whole thing. This ring was dropped after entering the vault.It was a worthless one, no wonder they were nervous!I think the whole thing is like this, and most of them still suspect that it is a kind of deception by Gina!Just imagine, if Gina suddenly appeared at this moment, saying that she was not selling it and wanted to get back that ring, how would they get it out?At this time, the reputation of the entire jewelry company went bankrupt, and they were naturally anxious. Although I haven't seen Gina for a long time, I still can't imagine that Gina would be such a liar.Therefore, even though I had thought of the ins and outs of the matter in my heart, I didn't make a sound, just listening to how they drew conclusions. Lian Lun continued: "On that day, the gemstone went into the vault, so I will write to you immediately, Mr. Wei, please provide the source of this gemstone. As the company's VIP, Ms. Gaddo is staying at the hotel." Zusky went on: "Your letter has been delayed for a long time. We have sent you another telegram. Still no reply. Mr. Lianlun has almost decided not to wait any longer, because the gem--" Lian Lun said: "The gemstone is so fascinating, I take it out every day and examine it for an hour, but I still can't bear to put it back!" I couldn't help "humming": "Take it in and out every day, so it's easy to go wrong!" Lian Lun blushed, and Zusky said, "Impossible, you will understand after listening!" I didn't say anything more, naturally I looked disdainful. Lian Lun noticed my expression and smiled wryly: "Later, when your call came, of course I was extremely excited. After I told you Miss Guido's phone number, I also contacted Miss Guido immediately, but found that she had already Leaving the hotel!" When he talked about this, his breath became short, and he said: "Mr. Wei, maybe this is my instinct in the jewelry business for many years. As soon as I knew that Miss Guido had left the hotel, I immediately thought that there might be something wrong with that ruby!" When I heard this, I felt an uncontrollable disgust in my heart, so I immediately said in a very blunt tone: "Mr. Lian Lun, your instinct is indeed different from ordinary people. , you must be concerned about the whereabouts of Miss Guido, but you only care about that ruby!" Mr. Lian Lun blushed again, and could not make a sound when he told me.Zusky said a little angrily: "It's not fair for you to accuse like this. In fact, as soon as Mr. Lian Lun felt that something was wrong, he immediately took out the ruby ​​ring from the vault, and the ruby ​​on the ring became It's like this now!" I suddenly stood up: "Wait a minute, you two, you have said so much, do you want to explain that she is cheating you?" Zusky also stood up: "If we just draw conclusions hastily like ordinary security personnel, then it must be like this, but we have considered it in great detail, so we pretended to be police personnel, please help solve the problem." this problem." I sneered, "I don't see any problem with you guys, the gem is lost in your vault!" Zusky stood up: "The gem is not lost!" I stared at him: "Didn't you lose it?" Zusky said: "It's still that ruby, but it has changed, from a rare treasure to an ordinary stone!" When I heard him say that, I couldn't help but burst out laughing, but when I saw the serious expressions of the two of them, I knew that they must have a basis for saying this, so I held back my laughter and thought about it. I thought: "Is it because you are too confident in your security facilities?" Zusky said: "No, now that you have seen the whole development of the situation, please compare these slides!" As he spoke, he pressed a few more buttons. On the screen, a side-by-side picture immediately appeared. On the right half was the ruby ​​ring that I had seen before, magnified sixty times.The left half, also magnified sixty times, is the ring in the box now. In my imagination, since the ruby ​​has turned into a stone, the entire ring must have been replaced by someone, but at this moment, when I saw the juxtaposed pictures, I couldn't help but take a deep breath.I am confident that I am a person with very keen observation skills. Now I see the two pictures, and my first impression is: they are indeed the same ring! Zusky kept pressing the button, and the slideshow changed. Every time, it was a picture of two rings side by side, taken from the same angle.When I saw the sixth picture, Zusky said: "Mr. Wei, please pay attention to the black silk thread on the ring." It was an extremely thin silk thread, and it wasn't actually a silk thread. It was just a strand of silk hooked from the silk clothes. If it wasn't magnified sixty times, it wouldn't be visible to the naked eye.This thread, embedded between the "setting" of the ring and the stone, is in a curved shape, and in both pictures, there is the same thread.This proved that Zusky's words were correct. The ring had not been replaced, and even the gemstones on the ring had not been pried off. The ring had not been touched at all, but the ruby ​​suddenly turned into a stone. Next, I looked at nearly ten more pictures, and all the smallest details on the pictures were exactly the same, which can fully confirm this point. After the picture was finished, both Lian Lun and Zusky looked at me: "How is it?" I smiled wryly, stroked my face with my hand, stayed for a while, and then said: "Yes, it's still the same ring, it hasn't been changed, and the gemstone hasn't been taken off either." Mr. Lian Lun breathed a sigh of relief, his expression extremely puzzled: "But why did the priceless ruby ​​turn into an ordinary stone?" I blinked, completely unable to answer Lian Lun's question. Lian Lun clasped his hands tightly: "Then... the ring was definitely a top-quality ruby. It must be. Let alone a detailed inspection with an instrument, I can tell it at a glance, but why did it change? Mr. Wei , What is the origin of this ring?" I also can't answer Lian Lun's question, because it would take too much time to explain the origin of this ring in detail!I had no choice but to ask back: "Excuse me, what are you doubting?" Lian Lun murmured, "I don't know, I don't know!" Zusky said: "In these days, I have consulted many experts. The question I asked is: Does ruby ​​turn into an ordinary stone under certain circumstances?" I took a breath: "Theoretically speaking, it should be possible. For example, carbon, under huge pressure, will turn into a diamond, and diamond will naturally turn into its own under the impact of a certain huge force." Isotope. But this kind of change can only happen in the huge atomic reactor, your vault—” Zusky said: "Yes, your answer is the same as the expert answer I got. These days, ruby ​​​​apparently has no conditions to change, not at all!" When Zusky said this, he stared at me with piercing eyes: "There is only one possibility left!" I already knew what he was going to say, because according to logical analysis, this is indeed the only possibility left. I didn't make a sound, Zusky said: "The only possibility left is that the inlaid on this ring is not a ruby ​​at all!" When Zusky said this, my reaction was very firm, because I expected him to say it.On the contrary, Mr. Lian Lun groaned. Zusky raised his voice: "That's not a ruby, it's just something extremely similar to a ruby, Mr. Wei, you know its origin, isn't it right to say that?" I took a deep breath, and my thoughts were very confused.Zusky's words, which were quite blunt, accused me of deceiving them with something very similar to rubies! In such a situation, I should defend myself! But I immediately thought of the origin of the ring. The original owner of the ring, Mrs. Mirren, insisted that she take off from a planet in the solar system to carry out a mission to explore space. As a result, she returned to the place where she started, but It's not the same thing at all, everything has changed.I have studied with many people, and some people said that Mrs. Mirren may be from the "previous generation" hundreds of thousands of years ago, or even hundreds of millions of years ago.It is also said that she may be the "next generation" after thousands of years and tens of thousands of years on the earth. There is also a very special statement, which was put forward by an astronomer. He said that the universe is symmetrical, with positive and negative, or yin and yang sides. Every planet has the same "shadow" as itself. , just like a person in front of a mirror, and Mrs. Mirren came from the "shadow" of the earth. The last statement is naturally incomprehensibly mysterious, but no matter what, the origin of Mrs. Mirren is a mystery, and the origin of this ruby ​​ring is also a mystery. Is the ring set really a ruby?I'm not sure either.Possibly it is exactly the same as rubies on Earth.But it is also possible that they are very similar in various aspects, but there is a little difference, and it is this difference that makes it suddenly become an ordinary stone! Zusky kept looking at me, waiting for my answer. After thinking for a few minutes, I said, "I admire your imagination very much. What you think is possible!" Zusky didn't seem to expect such an answer from me, and was speechless for a moment.Lian Lun said loudly: "That is a ruby, there is no doubt that it is a ruby!" I spread my hands: "Mr. Lian Lun, the ruby ​​will not be turned into an ordinary stone in the vault!" Lian Lun's eyes widened in surprise: "Mr. Wei, you don't know, if it's not a ruby ​​at all, you...you..." I am very calm, if it is not ruby, of course I may be guilty of fraud, but I have already figured out the solution, so I did not wait for him to finish, and said: "In the whole matter, how did your company lose money?" I am responsible for how much I have suffered!" Lian Lun and Zusky looked at each other, and Zusky said, "It's not a big problem, the problem is that if Miss Guido—" I waved my hand: "I guarantee that Miss Guido will never bother you again! After I pay all the money, your company will have nothing to do with this ring." They both breathed a sigh of relief, and I got out my checkbook and said, "How much should I pay you?" Mr. Lian Lun murmured a number. I signed the check and handed it to him. At the same time, I took the ring, put it in my bag, and stood up: "The matter is over?" Lian Lun said, "Yes! Yes!" Zusky frowned and said nothing.I walked out, and as I walked, I said: "I'm going to find Miss Guido, I don't think you will be interested in her anymore!" Zusky and Lian Lun didn't say anything.I walked out of the jewelry company, took a long breath, and was thinking about how to take steps to find Gina, when Zusky suddenly chased me out and came to my side.