Chapter 153: Theft! The Thousand Golden Prescriptions

The chairman's office at the headquarters of Yun'an Group had been burgled.

The documents and cash that Su Dao'an had placed in the office safe had been stolen. This incident instantly shocked the upper echelons of the company, and Su Dao'an immediately ordered a news blackout before calling the police.

When Lu Feng learned about the matter and rushed to Su Dao'an's office, the police had just finished gathering evidence and left.

"What happened?"

Su Dao'an pointed at the safe and said, "Someone broke in and stole everything inside the safe."

"Were very important things stolen?"

"Not anything crucial, but some of the company's future plans were definitely leaked. In addition, over a hundred thousand in cash and some gold bars were taken, totaling two to three hundred thousand in value," Su Dao'an said.

Lu Feng walked over, inspected the safe, and asked, "Is this safe really that easy to open?"

Su Dao'an replied, "I don't keep anything particularly valuable in my office safe, so I just had a standard one custom-made. If it were a notorious master thief, it is indeed possible they could open it. Alternatively, the password might have been leaked."

...

When the news reached the police station, Su Muqing naturally learned about the burglary at her family's company. She immediately requested leave and rushed to Yun'an, asking the moment she stepped through the door, "Who stole it?"

The sight of Su Muqing's eager expression immediately annoyed Su Dao'an. "If we knew who stole it, would it still be called stealing?"

"Fantastic! It's time for me, Detective Qing, to step in!" Su Muqing immediately hurried over to the safe, peering and poking around it.

"Go back home and stop causing trouble here," Su Dao'an said with displeasure.

"I'm investigating a case! Based on my deduction, this thief used the password to open the safe," Su Muqing said thoughtfully.

That statement was basically nonsense. There were no signs of forced entry on the safe, so it could only have been opened using the password.

"Well aren't you just a genius!"

Su Muqing suddenly thought of something, held up a finger, and said, "Old Su, you didn't set the password to me and my sister's birthdays, or some other birthday, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Su Dao'an's face stiffened, making it look as though she had guessed correctly.

Su Muqing rolled her eyes and said, "With such a simple password, even a clumsy thief could open it."

Taking advantage of the bickering between the father and daughter, Lu Feng chimed in, "Aside from the safe, were any other places disturbed?"

"Yes, the bookshelves, the drawers—any place with paper was searched, and the computer hard drive was even removed and taken," Su Dao'an said.

Su Muqing's eyes lit up as she deduced, "They even stole the computer hard drive. This thief definitely wasn't just after money; they must have been trying to steal something specific."

"Look at you knowing everything!"

"Of course I know, I'm a professional, okay?" Su Muqing asked again, "What about the security footage?"

"The police have already taken it."

"What about a copy? I want to see the copy," Su Muqing said.

Annoyed to the limit, Su Dao'an waved his hand and said, "Fine, fine, fine. Go to the surveillance room and watch it yourself."

Su Muqing walked out of the office, but suddenly turned back, pointed at Lu Feng, and said, "Don't you dare follow me."

Lu Feng actually did need to see the footage. Initially, he thought the thief was only after money, but upon hearing that the burglar had even stolen the hard drive, a sudden hypothesis formed in his mind.

"I told you not to follow me!" Su Muqing glared fiercely at Lu Feng.

Lu Feng took a couple of quick strides to get ahead. "I'm looking at my stuff, you look at yours."

Su Muqing sped up her pace to get ahead of Lu Feng again, and said huffily, "I just don't want you following me."

"If you walk in the back, won't nobody be following you?"

"I insist on walking in front!"

"You are simply a walking contradiction."

"You're the walking contradiction!" Huffed with anger, Su Muqing squeezed through the door of the surveillance room right alongside Lu Feng.

When the security guards in the surveillance room saw the two banes of their existence enter, sensing danger, they immediately slipped away without even daring to come back for their hats.

...

The surveillance footage clearly captured a person wearing a security guard uniform picking the lock to enter the chairman's office. It took them ten minutes to open the safe. After ransacking it, they rummaged around the office and finally even ripped out the hard drive.

"What could they possibly be looking for?" Su Muqing pinched her chin, frowning as she began to mobilize her rather limited brain cells.

"Books," Lu Feng said.

"I wasn't asking you!"

"And I wasn't answering you."

In the footage, when the thief was searching the bookshelf, they were exceptionally meticulous, going through the books one by one.

"What kind of books?" Su Muqing continued to ponder, clearly agreeing with Lu Feng's speculation.

"The Thousand Golden Prescriptions," Lu Feng suddenly said.

"Why look for that piece of junk?" Su Muqing asked, thoroughly baffled.

"I heard someone is offering twenty million to buy The Thousand Golden Prescriptions."

The news had come from Zhou Fuqun, so it was unlikely to be false.

"But The Thousand Golden Prescriptions has always been kept in my sister's room. Why would he come to Old Su's office to look for it?" Su Muqing remained entirely puzzled.

"The Thousand Golden Prescriptions is kept in Muyu's room?" Lu Feng asked with wide eyes.

Su Muqing replied very casually, "Yeah, my sister takes it out to read whenever she has free time."

Three seconds later, Su Muqing shrieked, "Wait! What if the thief goes into my sister's room to steal The Thousand Golden Prescriptions?!"

Lu Feng rolled his eyes and said, "As long as you don't go around telling people where The Thousand Golden Prescriptions is kept, ordinary thieves won't figure it out."

"I don't care! If this little thief dares to enter my sister's room, I'm going to break three of their legs!" Su Muqing stormed off in a huff, immediately driving home to prepare her master plan for catching the thief.

...

The news regarding The Thousand Golden Prescriptions seemed to be spreading further and further, and now people had actually started resorting to theft.

Catching the thief was secondary in this matter; the issue had to be resolved at its root.

Lu Feng went to speak with Su Dao'an about The Thousand Golden Prescriptions.

"What? You're saying this thief came to steal The Thousand Golden Prescriptions?" Su Dao'an was extremely surprised.

"If I'm not mistaken, yes. Previously, Zhou Fuqun hinted to me that someone in the underworld wants The Thousand Golden Prescriptions, and has even vaguely offered a price of twenty million," Lu Feng nodded and said.

"When you put it that way, I suppose it's possible. There are plenty of places in the company with more cash than my office; a thief shouldn't have targeted my office otherwise," Su Dao'an said, frowning.

Su Dao'an thought for a moment, recalled a crucial point, and pursued, "You mentioned earlier that Zhou Fuqun leaked this news to you? What else did she say?"

"She wants to cooperate with me to develop the value of The Thousand Golden Prescriptions. She probably wants to start a pharmaceutical company and turn the formulas from The Thousand Golden Prescriptions into proprietary Chinese medicines," Lu Feng said.

"Then what are your thoughts on this?" Su Dao'an asked in return.

"I want to hear your opinion." Lu Feng bounced the question back to him.

This issue was somewhat sensitive. After considering it for a moment, Su Dao'an said, "The Thousand Golden Prescriptions ultimately belongs to our martial sect and was originally yours to begin with, so you should be the one to decide."

"Since I asked for your opinion, it means I trust you. We've been getting along for a while now, and I understand you to some extent. I'm not familiar with running a business, so I'd rather hear your thoughts," Lu Feng said.

Only then did Su Dao'an let out a sigh of relief and say, "Here's the thing: given the current situation, cooperating with Zhou Fuqun to open a pharmaceutical company is indeed a good choice, but it would be difficult to prevent the formulas of The Thousand Golden Prescriptions from leaking. Every gain comes with a loss; it just depends on how you weigh it in your heart."