"Xiao Liu, please pay attention to the exchange of information between the Lawrence family, and remember to tell me if there is anything unusual."
"Okay, Master."
After Lianyi communicated with Xiaoliu and put on the pearl necklace, she received a call from Long San:
"Reporter Zhuo, are you ready? I'm already downstairs."
"Okay, I'll go downstairs now, please wait."
Ripple replied simply, took her pearl handbag and went downstairs on five-centimeter high heels.
Long San was wearing a straight black evening dress. When he saw Lianyi walking towards him gracefully, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes. Although he knew that the other party was not ugly, he didn't expect to be so charming dressed up.
Ripple smiled and said:
"Manager Long, I've been waiting for a long time."
"No, it's my honor."
"Thank you also for the dress you sent me. It fits me very well."
After Lianyi sat in the passenger seat, she praised Long San for his good vision.
"No matter how good the dress is, it all depends on who wears it. Not everyone can wear the charm of a cheongsam."
Long San's compliments came freely at this moment, but the ripples of his smile upon hearing them were particularly sweet.
"Manager Long, you don't need to compliment me so much. I will definitely cooperate with you to complete the task."
Lianyi smiled and gave Long San reassurance again.
"I'm telling the truth. This cheongsam matches your temperament very well and makes people's eyes bright."
Long San replied seriously.
Lianyi smiled slightly and accepted the other party's compliment. Long San and the others were planning to get rid of Panil today, and she was also planning to take action today. It would be a matter of time to see who can do it faster.
After the two arrived at the hotel where the charity gala was held, Long San showed the invitation card. After the two were inspected separately, he took Ripple into the cocktail party on the top floor.
At this time, the lights on the top floor were bright, and most of the invited people had already arrived. Everyone gathered together in twos and threes, communicating in low voices. The wine glasses in their hands touched lightly from time to time, and they didn't know what deal was reached.
With a sweep of his consciousness, Ripples locked onto Parnell Lawrence, who was surrounded by several blond beauties. He was dancing among them with a smile on his face, and looked like he was at ease. At first glance, he looked like a prodigal in love.
Long San also saw Parnell Lawrence, then turned to Ripple and said:
"I will introduce you to some partners."
"Okay."
Lianyi reached out to hold Long San's arm and followed him into the venue with a decent smile.
"Mark, you arrived earlier than me today!"
"Oh, Long, didn't you go to pick up your dance partner? Why don't you introduce me?"
"Of course, this is Miss Zhuo. She is a foreign correspondent and very capable. It took a lot of effort for me to ask her to be my dance partner."
Long San said with a smile.
Mark nodded to Ripple at this time, and then said somewhat exaggeratedly:
"Long, you are very lucky to have such a beauty as your dance partner. No wonder you don't want to go with me. Are you afraid that I will steal your dance partner?"
"Mark, you really know how to joke."
Lianyi stood next to Long San, watching the two people exchanging greetings. Her eyes seemed to pass over Panil inadvertently. Because they were acquaintances, her eyes stayed on the other person's face for two more seconds. .
Panil was teasing the beauty next to him, and when he felt that he was being watched, he looked up and saw Ripples.
Ripple didn't dodge after meeting Panier's eyes. She smiled and nodded, and turned her head to Long San and said:
"Manager Long, I saw an acquaintance and wanted to go over and say hello."
Long San’s goal was Panier, so he said very naturally:
"Okay, then let me go with you to say hello and introduce us to each other?" "Of course."
Lianyi also continued to act according to the other party's script.
"Mark, let's go say hello first."
Long San smiled and said something to Mark.
"Okay, let's talk later."
Mark didn't stop anyone.
The two of them walked in the direction of Panier.
Long San lowered his voice and said:
"Reporter Zhuo, please lead him to the terrace. There are too many people here. I don't want to cause unnecessary commotion."
"Okay."
Ripple promised well, but the silver needle in his hand was ready to go.
Just when Ripple and Long San were three or four people away from Panier, the other party also saw the two of them. He also saw that Ripple was bringing a friend to greet him, so he turned around and whispered to the beautiful woman next to him. After saying a few words, he turned towards the direction of Lianyi and Long San.
Lianyi was waiting for the opportunity. When the other party was facing her, the silver needle between her fingers flew out from her fingertips and pierced Panier's forehead quickly and accurately.
Panil frowned as if he was aware of it, and after taking a step, he fell straight down.
When Panil fell, he subconsciously reached out and grabbed the skirt of a beautiful woman next to him, bringing her down with him. The woman let out a exclamation, which attracted the attention of the people around her.
Lianyi covered her mouth in feigned surprise, as if she wanted to go up and have a look, but was held back by Long San.
"Stop joining in the fun, something must have happened."
Lianyi covered her mouth and said:
"Your people took action?"
"No, it was not our people who did it."
After speaking, Long San pressed his cufflinks and informed the team members that the plan had changed and that they should evacuate immediately.
In just two minutes, a vacuum zone had formed around Panier. The hotel's medical staff carried a stretcher through the crowd into the venue and carried away Panier, who was suspected of being unconscious.
After a brief commotion, the venue returned to calm, except that everyone was discussing privately what had just happened.
Ripple knew that she would not miss. There was no possibility of Panier being rescued. To find out the cause of death, she could only conduct an autopsy. This time was enough for her to leave the Lighthouse Country calmly.
"Manager Long, although I don't know what happened to Panier, your plan today is probably going to come to nothing."
Long San said without changing his expression:
"To avoid being suspected, we will normally attend the charity party before leaving."
"Okay, I will cooperate with you."
Half an hour later, well-informed people already knew that Parnell Lawrence was dead, which made the charity dinner end awkwardly that night, and Ripple was safely returned to his residence by Long San.
Early the next morning, Ripple's sick leave just ended, and she went to work carrying her bag.
Just after checking in, Lianyi saw Long San, whose expression was extremely serious. The first thing he said when he saw Lianyi was:
"Pannier Lawrence is dead, you'd better come back with us."
Ripple took a breath, and then said in surprise:
"Dead? How? Did you do it? Is it involved?"
Facing Lianyi's four consecutive questions, Long San answered concisely:
"Pannier was murdered. The other party only used a silver needle to destroy his brain tissue, causing brain death.
Because we had personnel changes that night, we were targeted as murderers. For your safety, you'd better leave with us. ”
Lianyi nodded hurriedly and said:
"Okay, I'm ready and can leave at any time." (End of Chapter)