Chapter 326 Theft from Los Angeles Central Library

Hearing Lacey’s words, Mona got up from Luo An’s arms. Luo An didn’t panic, straightened up and asked calmly:

 “Which phone number did you call Michelle?”

 Since the special investigation team was declared on holiday on Tuesday, Michelle has been living the life of a homebody.

Michelle has a total of three phone numbers, one for dealing with non-urgent situations such as insurance companies and landlords, one for contacting relatives, friends and former colleagues, and the last one for answering mission calls from Luo An’s special investigation team. .

Most of the time, Lacey makes the second call to Michelle, but except for the third call, Michelle can easily refuse to answer the first two calls because she is reading, so Roan asks Lacey this question.

 “I’ve beaten both the second and the third.”

 Lacie on the other end of the phone explained:

“Michelle has run out of food these days, so she asked me for help and asked me to send her some food.

 But when I arrived at her door, I found that no one was home and I couldn’t reach her on the phone. "

 In order to read more books these days, Michelle ate all the fast food that she had bought before.

 “OK.”

Luo An frowned slightly when he heard this. Although Michelle was obsessed with reading, she could distinguish the important from the important and rarely failed to contact him.

 After pondering for a few seconds, Luo An said into the phone:

“Lacie, please carefully check Michelle’s room and the surveillance in that building, I’ll go...”

Before Luo An finished speaking, Mona's cell phone suddenly rang.

Mona picked it up and looked at it and found that it was Michelle's phone.

Luo An immediately stopped talking when he saw this. Mona pressed the answer button with a solemn expression. After a few seconds, her expression became weird.

Hang up the phone, Mona looked at Luo An, who was full of doubts, and couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry:

“Michelle is now at the LAPD. The books in the Los Angeles Library have been lost. The LAPD suspects that Michelle is a thief.”

　　　…”

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 Half an hour later, inside the LAPD police station.

After Luo An showed his identity to Mona and Lacey, he quickly clarified the situation of the entire incident from a police chief.

At about 11 o'clock last night, the LAPD received a report from the Los Angeles Central Library, saying that they discovered that the library's security system had been compromised, and then found that the originals of some of the library's rare books had been stolen.

The original value of those rare books was very high. When the LAPD learned about the incident, they immediately dispatched the police and quickly mobilized surveillance inside and outside the library.

Then the LAPD discovered in the library monitoring and library borrowing records:

 Two weeks ago, Michelle came to the library many times to borrow copies of those books. She did not come to the library a week ago, and then came to the library three days ago to borrow copies of those books.

The timing was a bit coincidental, so the LAPD regarded Michelle as one of the suspects and asked her to come to the LAPD police station to cooperate with the investigation.

 After figuring out the whole story, and with the guarantee provided by Lacey and others, Michelle quickly walked out of the LAPD police station.

“Michelle, you really shocked us!”

Mona’s car drove forward slowly, Lacey slapped Michelle **** the arm and said with a smile:

 “I thought you were robbed!”

 Michelle looked apologetic:

 “I’m really sorry.”

"People safe is good."

Luo An was sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at the rearview mirror, and asked casually:

“By the way, what specific books were stolen from the Los Angeles Central Library?”

“Mainly some collections of books and original documents on topics such as Europe and America between 1000 and 1500 AD.”

 Speaking of this, Michelle’s eyes shone:

“They are all very valuable books. After I came to Los Angeles, I submitted an application to the library to view the original manuscripts, but it was never approved, so I was ready to use the FBI to investigate the case.”

  “…”x3

When Luo An and the three of them heard this, they all looked at Michelle strangely. If the three of them hadn't known that Michelle had been squatting at home these days, and that Michelle was of average physical fitness, had simple interpersonal relationships in Los Angeles, and wasn't very good at computers, they might have begun to suspect that Michelle was stealing these things. Book thief.

 Seeing the looks in the eyes of the three people, Michelle was slightly startled, and then felt a little embarrassed:

"Feel sorry."

"fine."

Luo An replied casually, and Mona, who was driving, thought about it and asked:

“Michelle, when you said those books were very valuable, did you mean in terms of knowledge or money?”

This case belongs to the LAPD. If the library does not seek help from the FBI, the FBI will not take the initiative to intervene. And even if the FBI intervenes, it does not require their special investigation team to be dispatched, so Mona is just a little curious about it.

 “On both levels.”

Hearing Mona’s question, Michelle thought for a while and explained:

“Needless to say, in terms of knowledge, many experts and professors in the Federation have completed their research by relying on the original collection of books and materials.

 In terms of money…”

Michelle scratched her head and paused for a few seconds before saying:

“If you are someone who likes this kind of books very much, they will most likely offer a very high price.”

Hearing this, Lacey also became curious and came up to ask:

 “How high is very high?”

 “Maybe 200,000 to 800,000 US dollars.”

Michelle said:

 “Maybe more than $800,000.”

"Wow."

 Lacie opened her mouth and sighed, and Luo An smiled and said:

 “This is the value of knowledge.”

The four of them chatted and laughed all the way back to Michelle's house. Mona and Lacey had been here before, but Roan was the only one who came here for the first time.

 Enter the room and glanced around, and then heard Michelle's introduction. Luo An raised his eyebrows and found that Michelle in life and Michelle at work were completely different people.

 At work, Michelle is conscientious, never procrastinates, and completes every task conscientiously.

 There is no jewelry on the body for decoration, the clothes are decent, and the spirit is very good.

Michelle in life, she said that her schedule these days is very chaotic. When she gets sleepy after reading, she goes to bed. When she wakes up, she continues to read. When the curtains are drawn and the lights are turned on, she has no idea whether it is day or night outside.

The food we ate was purchased fast food, but the scene in the room was not as chaotic as imagined, but rather orderly:

 On the left side of the living room are several tall stacks of books and a desk, where Michelle reads and takes notes.

 To the right of the living room is the bedroom. There is only a folding bed and a long clothes rack in the bedroom.

 Michelle sleeps and changes clothes here on weekdays. Most of the clothes on the hangers are the clothes Michelle wears when working. There are only a few clothes in life, less than one-tenth of Mona's.

 In addition, the entire room is also very clean, the garbage is sorted and placed outside the door, and the food is placed within easy reach. Michelle herself is clean except for her clothes and hair, which are a little messy.

Seeing Michelle who had almost suppressed her desire to eat, drink, play and have fun to a minimum, Luo An had nothing to say except admiration. He helped her repair the broken lamp and then prepared to leave with Mona and Lacey.

Hearing this, Lacey shook her head and said that she would leave later. She had something to ask Michelle for advice.

The mysterious appearance aroused the curiosity of Luo An and Mona, but Lacey did not say whether he was dead or alive, so Luo An and Mona did not ask in detail, and they turned and left here.

 (End of this chapter)