To investigate the connection between Yun Jin and Yu Shuang, and whether there were any clues about the Qian Wang Ling, I personally went to the cashier to top up my account and become a member.
A full ten thousand yuan membership fee (a tax on intelligence)!
Immediately after becoming a member, I didn't rush to ask the boss about Yun Jin and Yu Shuang. Instead, I first made a preliminary arrangement with him.
I told the boss that if Yun Jin and Yu Shuang came for afternoon tea again, he must contact me as soon as possible.
After speaking, while no one was paying attention to this area, I secretly slipped the boss another thousand yuan in cash, along with my contact information.
Seeing my generosity, after accepting the cash, the boss immediately gave me a knowing look that men would understand.
I knew he must have mistaken me for a rich young master who wasn't short of money, specifically here to pursue women.
Afterward, I left the tea house with Cheng Minglang and Han Jinlun...
On the afternoon of the same day I became a member, the tea house owner called me, saying that Yun Jin had brought Yu Shuang for afternoon tea.
Upon receiving this news, I immediately took Cheng Minglang and Han Jinlun and rushed back to the Jin Chun Tea House.
...
Around three in the afternoon.
I have to admit, the magic of money is truly boundless.
The moment we arrived at the tea house, the boss led us directly to a private room on the second floor.
As he led us upstairs, the boss lowered his voice and said, "Brother, don't say I didn't look out for you!"
"The private room I've arranged for you is right next to those two beautiful ladies."
"As the saying goes, proximity breeds affection! The timing, location, and human element are all in place. Whether you can win them over depends entirely on your own ability!"
Hearing this, I smiled and replied, "Thanks, boss!"
I paused, then continued, "Oh, right, I heard the Longjing tea here is very famous. Please ask the waiter to bring us a pot to try."
"No problem! It's not me bragging, but even though we're still three hundred kilometers away from Kangzhou, this Longjing tea is transported here via transfer. You'll know once you've tasted it..."
With extra income and business to be done, the boss's face lit up with joy, and he led us to the private room, talking non-stop.
As soon as I entered, I heard the sound from the adjacent private room pause, then become much quieter.
Judging by the sound, it was undoubtedly Yun Jin and Yu Shuang.
It was a bit of a pity that these two shrewd individuals were intentionally lowering their voices when they spoke. Even sitting next door, I couldn't make out what they were saying.
I casually glanced at the menu on the table in the private room, ordered a few more pastries, and then asked the boss to go out and place the order.
The moment the boss left, I stood up and began to carefully examine the room, looking for any place where sound might pass through.
After looking around, I found nothing.
Not long after, a waiter knocked on the door with a tray carrying pastries.
To avoid my voice being recognized, I pinched my throat and asked the waiter, "Excuse me, how do I get to the restroom on the second floor?"
Hearing this, the waiter immediately replied, "Please follow me."
As soon as he finished speaking, I followed the waiter out and headed straight for the second-floor restroom.
As I walked through the second-floor corridor, I carefully observed the layout of the private rooms on both sides.
The private rooms on the second floor of the Jin Chun Tea House were arranged in the most common layout on the market: a row of rooms facing each other.
From a listening perspective, the rooms to the left and right of Yun Jin and Yu Shuang's private room were undoubtedly the best positions.
And I was in the private room to their right.
But the problem was that these two women were very cautious. As soon as they heard any movement from the adjacent room, their conversation would immediately become much quieter.
Relying solely on listening, the effect was minimal.
This ten thousand yuan membership fee, truly a tax on intellect!
Just as I was feeling anxious and unsure of how to break through the current predicament...
Upon entering the restroom and seeing the mop standing upright in the mop sink, my mind suddenly recalled the scene at the Tiandu Casino before it was officially opened, where mops in the restrooms concealed pinhole cameras.
Using their own methods against them!
Since Yu Shuang dared to risk infringing on the privacy of gamblers by secretly installing pinhole cameras in the casino restroom, I would use this tactic to deal with her!
And I wouldn't even need a pinhole camera; a recording pen or a listening device would suffice.
Earlier, I heard the boss say that Yun Jin and Yu Shuang always chose a fixed private room when they came, which was very advantageous for me.
However, there was a more important issue to resolve beforehand.
That is: how to persuade the boss to agree?
The tea house belonged to the boss. If I didn't make arrangements with him in advance, if things went wrong later, he could directly call the police.
Therefore, I had to get the boss on board first.
But secretly installing a listening device in a public place is already an illegal act of infringing on human rights and privacy. I had no confidence that he would agree.
...
To my surprise, I overestimated the boss's integrity and underestimated his greed.
Previously, because I had been extremely generous when handling the card and topping up the membership, I had gained the boss's favor to the greatest extent.
So when I subtly revealed to him that I wanted to install a listening device in the private room where Yun Jin and Yu Shuang frequented for tea, so that I could know myself and the enemy to pursue the girls, he didn't seem too resistant.
Seemingly realizing that I wasn't someone short of money, the boss immediately asked me for a hundred thousand yuan hush money.
From his demeanor, it was clear that as long as the money was in place, he could turn a blind eye to anything.
While a hundred thousand yuan wasn't a large sum for me, I certainly couldn't let the boss lead me around by the nose.
After all, once the listening device was installed, the success or failure of this operation would be entirely in the boss's hands.
Because only he could freely enter and exit the private room at any time, twenty-four hours a day.
If I truly followed his lead, it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't pull a Sichuan opera face-changing trick later and blackmail me with the listening device.
Therefore, I directly cut the price by more than half, reducing the hush money to twenty thousand.
Of course, I didn't expect to secure the boss with just twenty thousand yuan.
As the saying goes: ask for the sky, settle for the ground.
By directly lowering it to twenty thousand, I was giving the boss room to gradually increase the price, and then we could reach a mutually acceptable middle ground.
After a series of back-and-forth negotiations, the price for the hush money was finally settled at fifty thousand yuan.
With the boss taken care of, only one thing remained to be done.
Using the tea house as the center, find a nearby shop where the listening device's transmission signal could be clearly received, and establish it as a fixed listening post.