Chapter 72 The Dagger Revealed

Time seemed to freeze the moment Assistant Zhou pushed the door open.

Su Yan was still holding the disassembled back of the alarm clock, its parts scattered across the bed. He froze in mid-air, his face instantly draining of all color, leaving only a deathly pale. His mind went blank, even his breathing stagnated.

Assistant Zhou's gaze swept calmly over the parts, then fell back on Su Yan's horrified face. There was no ripple in his eyes behind the lenses, as if what he saw was just a trivial matter.

He didn't question her immediately, nor did he call for the bodyguards. He simply walked in slowly and gently closed the door. The slight "click" of the lock was particularly clear in the dead silence of the room, like a final death knell.

"Mr. Su," Assistant Zhou's voice remained steady, even with a hint of formal politeness, "What are you doing?"

He walked to the bedside, picked up a small capacitor that was scattered around, and played with it between his fingertips. His tone was indistinguishable from his emotions. "It seems that the 'peaceful' time that Mr. Huo gave you didn't really teach you how to be content."

Su Yan's heart felt like it was being gripped by an icy hand. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. After the extreme fear, a strange feeling of despair surged up instead.

He suddenly raised his head and looked directly into Assistant Zhou's bottomless eyes. His voice trembled slightly with fear and excitement: "Assistant Zhou...what on earth do you want to do?! What is 'Phase Two'?! What are you going to do to Mr.?!"

He's risking it all! Since he's already been discovered, he might as well just go straight to the point of breaking up!

Assistant Zhou paused playing with the capacitor. He slowly raised his eyes and looked at Su Yan. A tiny crack finally appeared on his calm face—not panic, but a kind of... cold surprise, as if offended by an ant.

"Mr. Su," he pushed his glasses, a very faint, cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "you seem to know more than I thought."

He didn't deny it! He agreed!

Su Yan's heart sank to the bottom, but a surge of unwilling anger supported him: "You won't succeed! Mr.... "

"Mr. Huo?" Assistant Zhou interrupted him, his tone filled with mockery bordering on pity. "Mr. Su, what do you think Huo Shen is? A savior? Or... do you naively believe that his insignificant 'interest' in you can be your amulet?"

He took a step forward and approached Su Yan. Although he was not as tall as Huo Shen, his cold and emotionless aura, like a precision instrument, brought another kind of creepy sense of oppression.

"You think too highly of yourself." Assistant Zhou lowered his voice, like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue. "In Mr. Huo's eyes, you and I are essentially no different—we are both useful tools, or... obstacles that need to be cleared."

His eyes swept across the alarm clock parts with a hint of meaning. "And your current actions are rapidly pushing you towards the obstacle."

Su Yan's whole body was cold. Assistant Zhou's words were like a poisoned dagger, accurately piercing the deepest fear and uncertainty in his heart.

"As for 'Phase Two'..." Assistant Zhou leaned over slightly, close to Su Yan's ear, and said clearly, word by word, in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "You will know soon."

After saying that, he stood up and regained his calm and restrained appearance, as if the cold threat he revealed just now was just Su Yan's illusion.

He pulled out his tablet, clicked on the screen, and turned to Su Yan. On it was a surveillance video—the entire process of Su Yan "accidentally" pouring water into the socket this afternoon and then taking the opportunity to sneak into his office! The angle was tricky, and the picture was clear!

"With the anomaly in the security system and this video footage," Assistant Zhou's tone returned to a calm, businesslike composure. "Mr. Su, what do you think Mr. Huo would think if I gave this to him? Would he still believe your story about burying the USB drive out of fear?"

Su Yan's blood ran cold. He thought he'd done it perfectly, but he hadn't expected Assistant Zhou to be watching him! This was a pre-set trap! From the moment he spilled the water, he'd already stepped into it!

Assistant Zhou looked at his ashen face and seemed quite satisfied. He put away his tablet and said calmly, "Boss Huo has instructed you to be prepared for a last-minute cocktail party tonight."

A cocktail party? At a time like this?

Su Yan suddenly looked at Assistant Zhou, alarm bells ringing in his heart! This was definitely not an ordinary cocktail party!

Assistant Zhou seemed to see through his thoughts, and the cold curve at the corner of his mouth appeared again.

"Don't worry, Mr. Su," he said calmly, but with an unquestionable tone, "I just need your cooperation... in the final scene."

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