Chapter 7 The Show Begins

  "Now, let's welcome today's guest!" At 7:40, the meeting officially began. Suddenly, all the dazzling lights were focused on Zheng Hanfei and others, and then a warm applause broke out in the Shadow Building.

  "Let's go." Perhaps it was because of the opening of the notice, Zheng Hanfei's mood was exceptionally happy, and the tension he had spoken of had disappeared. He walked briskly onto the stage, standing to the left of Yuan Cui, waiting for others to come on stage.

  Since someone had taken the lead, the rest of the people also went on stage. Yuan Li was standing to the left of Zheng Hanfei, while Ouyang Xiu was standing to the right of Yuan Cui. Di Luo was standing to the right of Ouyang Xiu, and to his right was Qu Menghuan, with the display stand for "Ying Zhong Xing" next to her.

  "I'm here to introduce everyone!" After everyone stood in their respective positions, Yuan Cui said slowly: "These few people are all new stars like the protagonist of tonight - Shadow Star. Especially the little guy on my left - Zheng Hanfei and the little guy on my right - Ouyang Xiu, they are even newer stars among the new stars."

  What's with this metaphor? Zheng Hanfei couldn't help but mock in his heart, while at the same time feeling a little puzzled by Yuan Cui's actions. By normal logic, Yuan Cui had no reason to introduce herself to everyone, unless...

  Thinking of this, Zheng Hanfei looked at Yuan Cui with some incredulity. If his guess was correct, then Yuan Cui was a bit too crazy, it could be said that she had pinned all her hopes on them.

  Their purpose for coming today, apart from attending the exhibition, is another more important one, which is to protect the star in the shadow.

  As expected! Zheng Hanfei narrowed his eyes, and upon hearing Yuanting's words, he knew that his guess was completely correct. He glanced at Yuanli standing beside him, whose expression didn't change, remaining still in place, which surprised Zheng Hanfei. It seemed that Yuanli had already told everyone in her family about this plan, and no one had objected.

  After glancing at the crowd below, it seemed that Yu's words had shocked them too much. They whispered to each other for a long time before a young man from below spoke up: "Miss Yu, isn't the opponent the legendary thief, Lingyin? Can you really rely on a few kids?"

  "Of course." Yuan Cui said resolutely: "Don't underestimate them, the young man on my right is Ou Yang Xiu, the president of Sherlock Detective Agency in Quinlan Academy. I believe his father and grandfather are also familiar to everyone."

  As soon as this was said, the commotion below became even more intense, causing Zheng Hanfeng's eyebrows to furrow slightly, and he became even more curious about Ouyang Xiuxiu's identity. Who were his father and grandfather?

  "The little guy on my left, you may be unfamiliar with him. But I believe that friends who have been to Japan are familiar with this name, his name is Zheng Hanfei!"

  "It was you!" The young man who had asked the question earlier suddenly shouted, his eyes filled with admiring gaze at Zheng Hanfei, "Your name is like thunder in Japan, worthy of being a model for China."

  "And others, also elites of Sherlock detective, as for my grandson - Yuan Li, I believe everyone is not unfamiliar with him, I believe that as a reasoning writer, his vision will not be bad."

  "No wonder Miss Yuan is not worried," said the young man from under the stage. "With so many elites here, I believe even a ghost would run away if it saw them."

  The young man's words filled the entire venue with laughter, but it made Zheng Hanfei and Ouyang Xiufu's faces somewhat solemn. It seemed that they had already begun to suspect that the young man was a fake of Zhan Yan.

  "Everyone, please quiet down. Now, I'd like to introduce tonight's main character - Shadow Star!" As she spoke, Yuan Cui walked up to the display stand and said to Qu Menghan, who was closest to her, "Little girl, would you please take out Shadow Star for me?"

  "Of course!" Qu Menghan nodded slightly, stretched out her white hands, slowly lifted the glass cover, picked up the Shadow Star that was quietly "resting" there, and handed it to Yuan Cui's hands. With that, the Shadow Tower erupted in applause once again, even Zheng Hanfei started clapping.

  They say that beauties and jewels together are a beautiful sight, Zheng Hanfei didn't believe it before, but now he does. When Qu Menghuan picked up the Shadow Star, it was indeed a beautiful sight, so beautiful that it took his breath away.

  However, Zheng Hanfei did not relax his vigilance at all, and he kept an eye on the young man with his spare vision, but it was a bit disappointing for him. The young man's actions were very normal, just like an ordinary guest who had been invited, and Zheng Hanfei even doubted whether his speculation was wrong.

  "Huh? Just then, Zheng Hanfei discovered that the young man suddenly walked away, letting his almost extinguished hope rekindle. He said something to Yuan Li beside him and took advantage of everyone's attention being focused on Ying Zhongxing to quickly walk off the stage. At the same time, Ouyang Xiu also took advantage of this opportunity to walk off the stage and chased after the young man."

  Bang! Just as the young man walked into a room, the lights in the venue suddenly went out, and the venue was plunged into darkness. Suddenly, the entire scene was chaotic, with loud noises continuously pouring into Zheng Hanfei's ears.

  Damn it! Here we go again!

  A severe headache made Zheng Hanfei thoroughly realize what was wrong with him. He took a look at the place where the young man had disappeared, and then looked at the extremely dark venue. Zheng Hanfei gritted his teeth, pulled out a hat from his pocket, and slowly put it on his head.

  Today is my unlucky day. Zheng Hanfei muttered to himself, his pitch-black eyes flashing with a cold light, his facial expression gradually turning icy, and an aura of rejection began to emanate from him, repelling people thousands of miles away. Fortunately, in the darkness, no one understood this situation, otherwise, it would have triggered another big commotion.

  After transforming into the second persona, Zheng Hanfei instantly adapted to the darkness, his eyes gleaming like a cat's as he directly found the room where the young man was approaching. Suddenly, there was a loud crash, and Zheng Hanfei kicked open the door, sending a playing card flying at the figure crouching in the corner of the room. A shrill scream then echoed through the room, leaving Zheng Hanfei momentarily stunned.

  "Wrong again! This was Zheng Hanfei's first thought as he quickly rushed to the front of the figure, saying coldly: "Are you a residual shadow.""

  "No, I'm not a residual shadow." From the sound of it, this person was the young man from before, seemingly frightened and hastily said, "I'm just a poor man."

  "Then why did you enter the room before the lights went out in the meeting hall!" As he spoke, Zheng Hanfei pulled out a few poker cards from his pocket. If the young man said it was just a coincidence, then he would throw out the cards and scare him again. After all, people rarely tell lies when they are flustered, of course, on the premise that he wasn't pretending to be flustered.

  "It was someone who made me do this." It seemed that Zheng Hanfei's scattered breath was the reason, and his spirit had already reached the edge of collapse. The young man trembled all over, and in one breath, he told the truth: "He gave me money and an invitation card, telling me to pretend to be a rich person, say those words at the scene, and then walk into this room at the specified time."

  "You didn't lie?" Zheng Hanfei had always held a hint of doubt towards the young man's words.

  "No, no! Please, spare me!"

  Zheng Hanfei let out a cold hum and turned around to walk out of the room. At this time, he had already understood in his heart that he had been played by Zong Yu.

  "Who!" Just then, he felt someone rushing towards him at high speed, with a poker card already prepared on his finger, and asked in a cold voice.

  "It's me!" Ouyang Xiu shouted, "Zheng Hanfei, you... have activated your second personality again."

  "Mind your own business!"

  "If you're going to harm others, I won't stand idly by!" As he said this, Ouyang Xiuxiu slowly approached Zheng Hanfei, the atmosphere between them once again tense and ready for battle.

  "This isn't the time to talk about this!" For some reason, Zheng Hanfei unexpectedly backed down, putting away the poker cards in his hand and saying, "Let's go take a look at what's going on on stage first. And I'm telling you, I'm not a criminal, not now, not in the future, I won't do anything to harm others!"

  After finishing speaking, Zheng Hanfei thought of walking off the stage, while Ouyang Xiujue hurriedly followed up, with lights flashing in his eyes, and his heart thinking about something...

  Bang! Just as the two were about to reach the stage, the lights in the venue lit up again. At this time, Zheng Hanfei glanced at his wristwatch, 8:10, a full fifty minutes later than the scheduled time on the invitation letter.

  "Are you all right?" Perhaps to prevent the crowd from seeing Zheng Hanfei's change, Ouyang Xiu hastily ran to Yuan Cui's side and asked, "How is Shadow Star?"

  "It's nothing!" Yuan Cui carefully examined the black pearl in her hand, and after finding no problems with it, she hastily shook her head and said to Qu Menghuan behind her: "Little girl, would you mind putting it back?"

  "It's nothing." Qu Menghan shook her head, took over the Shadow Star, put it back in its original recess, covered it with a glass cover, and after confirming that there was no problem, nodded to Yuan Cui and others.

  "Hehe, sorry to have startled everyone!" Yuan Cui said, "Please rest assured that the Shadow Star has not been switched or stolen, it was just a small mistake earlier."

  "What do you think?" Ouyang Xiulian asked quietly, pulling Zheng Hanfei to the edge of the stage while Yuan Cui was explaining to everyone.

  "Not like a mistake." Zheng Hanfei's words cut to the heart of the matter, "But I don't understand why the residual shadow did this, what significance does it have? Is it mocking us? Or is it..."

  "What?" Ouyang Xiou blinked his eyes, and his intuition seemed to tell him that Zheng Hanfei had grasped something crucial, and this crucial point might be able to expose the remaining shadow.