What made Xiao Ran's eyes light up was a painting hanging in the reception area.
The first time he saw the painting, he recognized it at a glance. It was McCann's work, and it was a Cubist painting.
Xiao Ran had seen McCann's painting skills before in the gallery, so he could recognize it quickly now.
The content of this painting seems to be a rock band performing on the stage, but it is specious.
However, this is only superficial.
Behind that painting, there is a surprising secret.
It was this hidden secret that surprised Xiao Ran.
In addition to this painting, there are other paintings on the walls around the first floor, with different artistic styles.
But these paintings were ordinary and of little value.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ran had scanned the lobby on the first floor of the piano store.
Next, he looked through the two rooms on the first floor and found nothing.
Then he looked towards the second floor and began to see through the situation on the second floor.
The second floor was also empty, no one there, just a lot of musical instruments.
Myers' office is on the second floor and is connected to a break room.
In the public area on the second floor, nothing was discovered, and there were no hidden secrets.
When his sight penetrated Miles' office, another Cubist oil painting appeared in Xiao Ran's field of vision.
And this is still McCann's work. Even if there is no author's signature on it, it is still easy to identify.
Behind this Cubist oil painting, there is also a surprising secret.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ran couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
"With just this one trick, these two guys are addicted to it!"
"But we must admit that this trick is very subtle and almost impossible to be discovered."
"Even if you are an FBI agent or a top art appraisal expert, standing in front of these paintings, you can't see any clues."
Xiao Ran glanced at the painting and then looked elsewhere.
Elsewhere on the second floor, he found no surprises.
There are a lot of documents in the office, but they are all related to the operation of the piano store and have little value.
Hidden in the safe behind the wine cabinet, there were only tens of thousands of dollars in cash, two high-end watches, a pistol and some bullets!
Under the desk, there is also a shotgun hidden, which is obviously a dirty trick that Miles uses to fight people.
Xiao Ran was not interested in any of these things.
In a moment, he had seen through the situation on the second floor.
Immediately afterwards, his sight penetrated into the basement and began to explore the situation in the basement.
The basement below the music store is divided into several different functional areas.
There are warehouses and vaults, several piano rooms for practicing, rest areas, entertainment areas, etc.
In front of the north wall of the basement, there is a heavy Steinway grand piano, which is decorated in an artistic atmosphere.
Xiao Ran quickly scanned some of the basements and found nothing at first.
However, when he put his eyes on the ground and walls and explored deeper, the surprise came as expected and appeared in his field of vision again.
About two minutes later.
The Ford horse parked at the entrance of the music store suddenly started again and accelerated forward.
In the blink of an eye, this powerful Ford horse disappeared into the darkness.
Seeing this scene, Miles, who was staying at home and checking the surveillance footage on his mobile phone, let out a sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, the guy gritted his back teeth and cursed.
"Fake! This damn bastard, it's not a good place to park. He has to park in front of the music store. I'm scared to death!"
While cursing, his heart that was hanging high in his throat finally relaxed.
Immediately afterwards, the guy checked the surveillance images of several other places, just in case.
Those places are very quiet, nothing unusual!
After watching all the on-site surveillance footage, Miles was completely relieved.
Immediately afterwards, he walked out of the study and went to the bedroom to play with his young and sexy new girlfriend!
But little did he know that the situation was far from what he saw.
Xiao Ran did not leave, but drove forward for a certain distance. After driving out of the coverage area of several surveillance cameras at the entrance of the music store, he pulled over and stopped.
The existence of those surveillance probes made him realize that Miles might be watching the situation here remotely.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he did not ask his technical staff to hack the surveillance probes.
After parking the vehicle, he scanned the surroundings.
Seeing that there was no one around and making sure it was safe, he got out of the car with his backpack on his back and walked forward along the street.
In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared into the darkness.
A few minutes later, he appeared in the basement of the boutique next door to Myers Music Store.
There was also no one in the boutique, it was shrouded in darkness and nothing could be seen.
Xiao Ran walked into the basement with ease, and then looked through the basement of the music store next door.
When he drove to the entrance of the music store before, due to the angle, he was not able to see all the conditions in the basement and deep underground of the music store.
Because of this, he sneaked into the basement of this boutique and investigated from here.
Under the perspective, the secrets hidden in the basement of the piano store are revealed one by one.
To be more precise, what he discovered were some secrets hidden deep underground in the piano store.
Soon, ten minutes passed.
Xiao Ran drove the Ford Fierce Horse and appeared near the restaurant where McCann had lunch.
Next, he took a quick look inside the restaurant.
Unfortunately, this restaurant didn't have anything he was interested in, and there were no surprising discoveries.
However, Xiao Ran still gained something.
In the restaurant owner's office, he saw a list of VIP customers.
McCann's name was on that list, and he had become one of the restaurant's earliest VIP customers as early as five or six years ago.
Seeing McCann's name on the list, Xiao Ran understood instantly.
McCann became a VIP customer of this restaurant entirely on purpose.
To put it simply, as early as five or six years ago, he began to use this restaurant as a cover to go through the restaurant to the apartment on the side street behind to meet Miles.
As long as the frequency is not too frequent, the restaurant will not suspect it at all and will be happy to provide this convenience.
Anyone who runs a restaurant is willing to offend a VIP customer who has been there for five or six years?
Understanding this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but smile flashing in his eyes.
"Three Cunning Rabbits, these two old foxes are so cunning!"
Muttering secretly, he drove away from here and continued to explore other places.
A few minutes later, the Ford Horse came to another nearby street and stopped near a closed music classroom.
At noon today, that guy Miles borrowed this music classroom and got away from tracking.
Then he appeared in the old apartment and met with McCann for a secret conversation.
Under perspective, the situation inside the music classroom immediately appeared in Xiao Ran's eyes.
This music classroom has been closed down, leaving only some teaching equipment, and they are all worthless things.
Various musical instruments that were slightly valuable had already been moved away and placed in other places.
Even so, Xiao Ran discovered from a document in the office that Miles was one of the investors behind this music classroom.
The person who actually presides over this music classroom is a woman.
Because of this, Miles has the key here and can come and go freely.
This music classroom has a back door that leads directly to an alley behind it. Through that alley, you reach the small street where the old apartment is located.
Seeing this scene through perspective, Xiao Ran understood immediately.
Why did Miles suddenly disappear at noon today!
After exploring the music classroom, Xiao Ran drove away immediately.
A moment later he reappeared on the side street where the old apartment stood.
This time he did not drive, but walked in.
At this time, this street was deserted, with not even a single person in sight.
Moreover, the lights on the street were dim, and there were only two apartment buildings with not many lights on.
Due to the current special situation, many shops and companies have closed their doors.
As a result, many people who worked in the Arts District have lost their jobs and can only stay at home or leave Philadelphia and return to their hometowns.
Therefore, more and more rental houses are becoming vacant.
Also, many old people have died of illness, and their apartments are naturally vacant.
Such is the case in these two old apartment buildings, where many apartments are vacant.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ran had arrived in front of the second apartment building.
Arriving here, he took a quick glance at the facade of the apartment building.
There are no surveillance cameras on the exterior walls of the apartment building.
After confirming this, Xiao Ran took further action with confidence and began to search the apartment where McCann and Miles met privately.
In about five minutes, he quietly appeared in a vacant apartment on the third floor of the second gate.
Next door to this apartment is the old apartment where McCann and Myers met privately.
The reason why he was able to find the target so quickly was simple.
He found two very hidden pinhole cameras at the door and corridor of the apartment next door, monitoring movements in the corridor and stairwells.
There was also an ingenious alarm device installed inside the door of that apartment.
If anyone breaks into the vacant apartment, the alarm device will immediately sound an alarm to alert the setter of the intruder.
After confirming this, Xiao Ran sneaked into the apartment next door and prepared to investigate carefully.
Under perspective, the situation in the apartment next door was immediately revealed.
The furnishings in that apartment were very simple. Although it was fully furnished, there were no traces of anyone living there for a long time.
However, there was half a bottle of whiskey and two wine glasses on the coffee table in the living room.
The bottle and glass were clean without a trace of dust, and there was even some whiskey left at the bottom of the glass.
Apparently two people had been here during the day and had a few drinks and a chat.
There are no antique artworks in the apartment. The only two oil paintings and one sculpture are also commonplace goods and of little value!
However, behind the wardrobe in one of the bedrooms, Xiao Ran looked through and discovered a very secretive secret room.
In that secret room, there was a small safe and two bulging backpacks.
There are also some weapons and ammunition, including two P229 pistols and two MP5 submachine guns, and several full magazines.
There are also two pieces of lightweight Kevlar body armor, as well as some other equipment and stuff.
When his eyes penetrated into the two black backpacks and the small safe, a smile immediately flashed in Xiao Ran's eyes.
"You also know how to prepare for a rainy day. Let's see where you two old foxes will run this time."
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