In the newspapers during the Republic of China, the layout was long and the text was written from right to left. After carefully observing this.

Cheng Shi frowned, pointed to a place on the newspaper where the Children's World column appeared in every issue, and said doubtfully.

"Most of the columns in Children's World only have two issues of short stories. Why did the newspaper Gong Yan bought have three stories?!"

Deng Xin opened his eyes and quickly took the newspaper and checked it carefully. Sure enough, there were two short stories in this column in the first four newspapers.

The sample newspaper Gong Yan bought had three short stories on it, and on the fifth newspaper, they saw the children's world of three stories.

Cheng Shi then read through all the remaining newspapers, and he only found this one with three children's stories printed on it.

Deng Xin then asked doubtfully: "What's wrong with the children's stories occasionally turning into three? Isn't it strange?"

Cheng Shi did not reply immediately, but carefully checked all the newspapers again and said with certainty.

"I'm pretty sure that's where the problem lies. The three stories really aren't that weird, so they shouldn't affect other pages.

You see, the Chamber of Commerce under Children's World has become a little more crowded. They use this unimportant content to compress useful content.

This shows that this newspaper is unusual. Even if the children's storytelling ability is not problematic, it may still be a mark left by them.

There must be some information somewhere in these two newspapers. Gong Yan himself likes to study codes, so these words may also have codes."

When Deng Xin heard this, she said helplessly: "Well, if there is a password, how can we check it? I think we should arrest Gong Yan!"

Cheng Shi shook his head and said, "Don't act rashly. The fact that they secretly pass on information proves that this group of people is really not simple."

When Deng Xin heard this, she somewhat agreed with Cheng Shi. It must not be easy for these people to communicate in such a secret way.

Deng Xin then asked: "Then what should we do next? Should we continue to stare at Gong Yan and waste time with him?!"

Cheng Shi nodded and said, "It's okay, just keep watching him for a few more days, and we'll investigate the clues left for us in the newspapers."

Cheng Shi didn't wait for Deng Xin to ask questions, then threw the two newspapers in his hand to Deng Xin and continued.

"If the children's stories in this newspaper are really their symbols, what message can you get from them?!"

Cheng Shi wanted to test Deng Xin at this time. Deng Xin also understood what Cheng Shi meant. He took two newspapers and read them with great interest.

Deng Xin's focus was also on the six children's stories. After a quarter of an hour, he didn't find anything at all and said with a sad look on his face.

"Brother Cheng, please don't make things difficult for me. I don't know anything about decryption or anything like that. Why don't you just tell me?!"

Cheng Shi shook his head and said: "I'm not a master of decryption, even if I found their password in the newspaper.

Without understanding the password rules, it would take big data calculations to find out the rules, not to mention I haven’t found the password yet.”

After Deng Xin heard this, she said in surprise: "You didn't find out the password, so what are the new clues you mentioned?!"

Cheng Shi patted Deng Xin on the shoulder and continued: "When you don't understand one thing, you should jump out and observe another thing."

Deng Xin said doubtfully: "What do you mean?!"

Cheng Shi continued: "Without cracking the code or even finding only one difference, I turned to focus on the children's story itself.

Other missing person notices, job notices, and various advertisements are all posted by other people with money.

Children's stories themselves are not what makes newspapers profitable; they are just a small means for newspapers to attract newspaper buyers.

Therefore, the person who typeset children's stories is someone from this newspaper, or maybe one of them.

We don’t have to crack the code at all. If children’s stories are really signs of their message, then we can just find this person.”

When Deng Xin heard this, she slapped her thigh hard and said excitedly: "Brother Cheng is still awesome, why didn't I think of this."

Cheng Shi said with a smile: "This also means that when something happens, don't look at it from one direction. Look at it from multiple directions, and you might gain something."

After Cheng Shi finished speaking, he ordered Zhang Kai to continue staring at Gong Yan, and he and Deng Xin left here directly and went to the newspaper office.

Cheng Shi and Deng Xin came to the newspaper office, found the newspaper staff, threw a big ocean to the staff, and said with a smile.

"I want to place a full-page advertisement in your newspaper for a long time, and I also ask you to talk to your manager."

The staff member looked down at the ocean in his hand, then led the two of them into a private room and said with a smile.

"Please wait a moment, both of you. I will ask the person in charge to talk to you."

After the staff left, Deng Xin said doubtfully: "It's great if we just reveal our identity and ask them, why do we have to do this?!"

Cheng Shi said with a smile: "I'm not sure who this person is yet. Don't ask me if you happen to ask me. That would be a warning.

And even if the person is not asked, if this matter has no benefit to them, do you think the other party will answer this little question of ours.

After all, this matter is just my guess. We don’t have the right to investigate yet, and the newspaper is not someone to be trifled with.

If you offend the other party with one sentence and the other party just says "no comment", then it will really be a waste of time."

Deng Xin admired Cheng Shi more and more. Not only was he good at investigating crimes, but he also needed to learn how to behave and understand people's hearts.

Deng thought for a moment and then continued to ask: "What if the person in charge is that person?!"

Cheng Shi smiled and then said: "This is the lowest possibility, why would he use children's stories as a mark.

This shows that the other party’s power in the newspaper office is too small, and he is not qualified to touch other things, so it is unlikely that he is in charge.”

Before Deng Xin could continue to ask questions, the steward was ushered in by the staff. The steward had a smile on his face.

After seeing the two young men, Cheng Shi and Deng Xin, the smile on his face disappeared. He thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand and said.

"I am Zhuo Kaicheng from the newspaper office, who are you two?!"

Cheng Shi reached out to shake Zhuo Kaicheng's hand and said with a smile: "We have just opened a new company. We are here this time to buy some advertising space in your company."

After Zhuo Kaicheng listened, he frowned and said, "Well, we need to know about your company. I don't know what you do yet?!"

When Cheng Shi heard this, he reached out and took out all the US dollars in his arms, fiddled with them and said to Zhuo Kaicheng.

"You want to know the strength of our company, and I also want to know the strength of your newspaper. Is it suitable for us?!"

Zhuo Kaicheng carefully stared at the U.S. dollars in Cheng Shi's hand. With his eyesight, he could quickly tell that the money was real.

When Zhuo Kaicheng saw such a large amount of US dollars, he quickly said with a smile: "Our newspaper office is definitely powerful. You two gentlemen, please stop standing. Let's sit down and chat slowly."

Then he asked: "I wonder if you two are drinking tea or coffee?!"

Cheng Shi smiled and said, "Just coffee."

Zhuo Kaicheng then said to the staff around him: "Go and get three cups of coffee and bring them to us."


Chapter completed!