Chapter 193: Chapter 158: This Web Novel Writer is Very Skilled! (Please Subscribe)_2

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“The fish has bitten the hook.”

Youyou’s face lit up with joy. She looked at Lin Chuan’s focused face, a strange glint passing through her eyes as she thought to herself, confident and serious guys are really handsome.

Lin Chuan, while looking at the private message box, replied, “What do you think?”

“Delete the video. You name your price.”

The other party responded.

“Are you talking about buying the exclusive rights to the entire video?” Lin Chuan typed back lightly, simultaneously chatting with the other party and using his skills to search for the other party’s network IP address.

“Yes, exclusive rights,” the other party replied, “Whatever you think it’s worth, just name a price and we’ll have no issues in the future.”

“Any price?” Lin Chuan deliberately led the other party on.

The account on the other end was also using virtual IP technology, but they were dealing with Lin Chuan, a world-class hacker. The virtual IP technology did not provide the imagined effect.

In less than five minutes,

Lin Chuan had traced the IP address used by the other account, and immediately began to prepare to breach the IP, extract its data, and follow the trail to gather relevant personal information.

In the end, most of the information associated with this account began pointing to one person: Gao Qinglin.

“So it was him?”

Lin Chuan furrowed his brows.

“Gao Qinglin, the lead expert of Modu Museum, is the one behind the scenes!”

A look of astonishment flashed across Youyou’s face.

“He even wanted to have lunch with Old Lin today,” Old Bai commented with a frown.

Old Bai’s words added to the puzzled look between Lin Chuan’s eyebrows.

The lunch was facilitated by Hu Shu, but Gao Qinglin had shown great respect for Hu Shu at the table, even going so far as to act somewhat deferentially towards him.

A thought flashed through Lin Chuan’s mind: if Gao Qinglin showed such reverence for Hu Shu, then… Hu Shu was perhaps the mastermind behind it all.

All of a sudden!

Lin Chuan seemed to understand everything.

“So from the beginning, it was aimed at me!” Lin Chuan murmured.

Youyou was taken aback, “What’s wrong?”

Lin Chuan then said, “Do you remember Chief Editor Zhang taking the Douli Bowl I gave him to Hu Shu for appraisal?”

“I remember.”

Youyou nodded, “Is there a connection between the two?”

“If I were to say that Mr. Hu is actually the shadowy figure behind the Antique Forgery Gang, would you still think the accidents we encountered were just accidents?” Lin Chuan speculated.

Youyou’s eyes widened, her mouth slightly open, her expression full of surprise.

If Mr. Hu were the shadowy figure behind the forgery gang…

Then, his repeated offers of an olive branch and assistance to Lin Chuan could be seen as part of a scheme.

A scheme that targeted both Lin Chuan and the thin-walled jade vase.

The unexpected power outage, the broken surveillance, Lin Chuan’s and her own sudden fall.

Subsequently, Hu Shu offered Lin Chuan an olive branch, strongly recommending Lin Chuan for artifact restoration, and even donating in Lin Chuan’s name to the Cultural Relics Bureau, ultimately leading Lin Chuan to the Ancient Moon private museum.

All with the aim of recruiting Lin Chuan into the Antique Forgery Gang.

Because Lin Chuan had top-notch forging skills.

This scheme filled Youyou with dread.

If someone else, unaware that the Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase was a fake, then Hu Shu’s plan would have been flawless.

Without any way of breaking it apart.

“It’s terrifying.”

Youyou’s heart pounded, her demeanor somewhat unsettled.

Lin Chuan was equally shocked; this plan had nearly ensnared him.

Indeed, none in the antiques circle who can move through it with such ease are simple characters.

Liu Qing was one such person.

Hu Shu, even more so.

Both had a strong capability to scheme: Liu Qing used beauty traps to lure in naive newbies like Bai, while Hu Shu employed near flawless schemes to attract skilled talents.

Whew—

Lin Chuan took a deep breath, calming the turmoil in his heart.

By this time, the location of Gao Qinglin’s network IP address was already pinpointed.

Sure enough.

—Ancient Moon Museum.

Lin Chuan did not hesitate, immediately pulling out his phone to make a call.

‘Beep beep beep—’

The urgent ringing of the phone passed through the device.

Beep, the call connected.

“Lin, is there a new discovery?” asked the deep voice of Director Zhao from the police station on the phone.

Lin Chuan took a deep breath, asking solemnly, “Director Zhao, can you speak freely on your end?”

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On the other end of the phone, Zhao Gang immediately realized something, closed his office door, and then replied, “It’s convenient now.”

“Director Zhao, I’ve found two core members of the Antique Forgery Gang.”

At this critical moment, Lin Chuan didn’t beat around the bush and spoke directly.

“Hmm?”

In the police station office, Zhao Gang’s eyes widened, “You said you’ve found two core members of the Antique Forgery Gang?”

“Yes,” Lin Chuan replied.

“Who are they?” Zhao Gang asked sternly, with a solemn look on his face.

Lin Chuan glanced at the computer screen’s positioning and replied, “Gao Qinglin, chief expert of Modu Museum, and Hu Shu, the owner of Ancient Moon Museum.”

Hiss!

As these two names reached Zhao Gang’s ears, he couldn’t help taking a sharp breath.

Gao Qinglin and Hu Shu, influential figures in the Modu antiques circle, were the two core members of the Antique Forgery Gang?

Zhao Gang had to take this seriously, “Lin, do you have evidence?”

“The evidence is conclusive.”

Lin Chuan nodded firmly and went through the actions he took today, especially the evidence related to Gao Qinglin, explaining everything in detail.

Zhao Gang took another deep breath.

Even with his wide range of experience, he was secretly shocked.

Firstly, because of Gao Qinglin and Hu Shu.

Secondly, because of Lin Chuan.

Particularly since Lin Chuan had encountered a hacker from the overseas hacker organization AW, gained the upper hand, and even pushed Gao Qinglin and Hu Shu to contact him, enabling him to follow the trail and track down Gao Qinglin.

This skill made him feel somewhat ashamed.

Over at the police station, they were still in the information-gathering stage concerning the “Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase replacement” case, while Lin Chuan had already deciphered the opponents’ tactics and directly pinpointed the two core figures.

His abilities could not be considered anything but strong.

Lin Chuan, a native of Anling City, Han River Province, 24 years old, profession, web novel writer.

This web novel writer was very skilled!

“I’ll apply for an arrest warrant immediately!”

Zhao Gang swiftly came back to his senses and said seriously.

“They are still at the Ancient Moon Museum now, we must move quickly,” Lin Chuan urged.

“Lin, I hope you will assist us in this operation,” Director Zhao invited Lin Chuan over the phone.

Lin Chuan nodded, “Alright.”

“I will send someone to pick you up right away,” Zhao Gang said quickly, and with a sense of urgency, he hung up and started the process for the arrest warrant.

This time, Zhao Gang personally led the criminal police team on a secret operation.

Several police cars drove into the heavy and fierce rain.

The rain beat against the car bodies, making a “pitter-patter” noise, and the windshield wipers moved rapidly across the front glass, sweeping away the rain that obstructed the view.

It was then that Lin Chuan and Zhao Gang completed their rendezvous.

On the police car, there was also the Cultural Relics Bureau Director, Li Zeguang.

In the violent rainstorm, Lin Chuan, Zhao Gang, Li Zeguang, and a group of criminal police officers arrived outside the estate of the Ancient Moon Museum.

Only fifteen minutes had passed from the moment Lin Chuan called Zhao Gang to now.

Their action was decisive, with the speed of thunder.

Online, Lin Chuan was still negotiating with Gao Qinglin under the user name “Taro Who Doesn’t Like To Eat.”

During which, Lin Chuan took down the video to keep them steady.

Inside the guest room on the third floor of the Ancient Moon Museum,

“Mr. Hu, the video has been temporarily taken down, and they are asking for thirty million,” Gao Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief and reported to Hu Shu.

“Arrange a meeting with him, decide on the time and place for the transaction,” said Hu Shu coldly, holding a cup of tea by the tea table.

“Okay.”

Gao Qinglin immediately complied and in the private chat with “Taro Who Doesn’t Like To Eat,” he messaged, “No problem, I will set the time and place.”

At that moment,

“Taro Who Doesn’t Like To Eat” replied: “No need to go through all that trouble, I’m coming to you.”

Gao Qinglin’s brow furrowed tightly, and he felt a sudden dread in his heart.

Then “Taro Who Doesn’t Like To Eat” sent another message: “Ancient Moon Museum, is that the place?”

Gao Qinglin swallowed, tremulously looking towards Hu Shu, “We’ve been played.”

Hu Shu snatched the tablet quickly, swiftly scanning through the chat history, his face changed color, and then he quickly stepped over to the window of the guest room, looking down.

The rain was lessening, and the mist was slowly dissipating.

Down below, Hu Shu clearly saw hordes of criminal police officers flooding in, quickly surrounding the Ancient Moon Museum.

Among them, one person was wearing a simple white shirt with a handsome face, and in the light rain, he looked up at the window of the third-floor guest room, locking eyes with him.

That person was Lin Chuan.

For a moment, as Hu Shu looked down at the young man of only twenty-four below, his face was filled with shock and disbelief.