Xiao Zhou noticed the silence on the phone. He hesitated a little: "Boss?"

Chen Qizhao: "It's okay. You continue to monitor Jiang Yuze's affairs. If you have any new problems, report to me."

He hung up the phone, his eyes darkening slightly.

Jiang Yuze's incident happened suddenly. Except for the people in the conference room at that time, it was difficult for others to know the news of Jiang Yuze's accident in the first time, let alone go to Jiang Yuze's computer in advance to eliminate all traces. After the incident, the police arrived at the scene as soon as possible, and the computer was dismantled and taken away. In other words, the time when the traces were destroyed was most likely before the police took the computer away.

There are only two possible reasons. The first is that there was an external program implanted in Jiang Yuze's computer, and someone used this program to destroy the computer data after the incident. The second is that after Jiang Yuze got into trouble, someone arrived at his office as soon as possible and directly destroyed the computer.

But Jiang Yuze's office is not accessible to ordinary people. Since Xiao Zhou did not mention the issue of the office, it is very likely that Chen Shiming has already investigated Jiang Yuze's office and found nothing. So the only possibility is the first one.

But who will tip off the person in the first place? And can they react immediately to destroy the evidence?

In addition to Jiang Yuze, Lin Shizhong did not arrange many people in Chen's company, especially those who could get information from the conference room. Basically, they were either attending meetings with the senior management or staying at other positions.

Chen Qizhao was closely monitoring the movements in the conference room at the time. Later he learned that Chen Shiming and Chen Jianhong had been alert to the participants because of the GPS device incident. If someone in the conference room wanted to tip off by phone or text message, it would more or less attract attention...

When Chen Qizhao thought of this, he had a strange intuition in his heart.

The person who performed this operation should not be someone in the conference room. In addition to the people in the conference room, there should be someone else who is closely watching the situation in the conference room, and this person is someone who can quickly learn about the situation and react to destroy all traces.

Chen Qizhao lowered his eyes slightly, flipped through the list on his phone, and sent a text message to Chen Shiming.

If this is the case, then more people are involved. Any employee passing through the conference room could be the candidate. Or, he may not have passed through the conference room, but the other party may have been monitoring the conference room just like he was monitoring the conference room...

"But it's strange..." Chen Qizhao said to himself: "This person is too decisive."

The real reason why Jiang Yuze couldn't turn things around was the information about Yu Jie and others in prison changing their confessions, but this information was only brought over by Chen Shiming at the last moment... This man was so decisive that he took action immediately after discovering the problem.

But no matter what, as long as he is unable to enter the meeting room, his threat will not be as great as Jiang Yuze's.

And since he is involved in so many cases, he should have left a lot of traces in the group. As long as we check the people in the meeting room, we should be able to find other problems. Now that Jiang Yuze is no longer there to cover these people, it won’t be easy for them to hide.

What a pity for that computer.

As Jiang Yuze's work computer, there may not be much private information, but there should be some solutions related to the internal affairs of the group. Chen Qizhao originally planned to wait for the police to sort out this information to facilitate Chen Shiming's thorough investigation of the group... But now this information is gone, which means that Chen Shiming's work difficulty has increased to a higher level.

Chen Qizhao returned to the room, found some information from the computer disk, compiled a list, and sent it directly to Chen Shiming after compiling it.

After finishing all these, he went downstairs again and saw the housekeeper in the kitchen, so he asked, "Did my mother drive out by herself?"

"Yes, Madam said that Lao Lin was resting today, so she didn't let me call him." The housekeeper looked at Chen Qizhao, and finally said, "Second Young Master, you still have a bowl of medicine soup. Madam has instructed that she will watch you drink it."

Chen Qizhao: “…We’ll talk about it later.”

He lowered his head and sent a message to Zhang Yazhi, who quickly replied, saying that she had arrived at the studio.

On the other side, at the Chen Group, Chen Shiming had just returned from the police station, and Jiang Yuze's confession was not going well. Even though this person was arrested, he still insisted on slandering others. Compared with the lack of progress on his side, many relevant people were found in the case of the driver's intentional injury, including the person who contacted the driver.

The person who contacted the driver had a criminal record and was released from prison two years later. He was doing this kind of risky job.

He didn't know who his employer was, but he said that his employer had contacted him by phone and asked him to arrange for someone to prepare for the accident. He also specifically looked for a driver who had simple social connections and was in urgent need of money. The employer paid the money and they worked hard to get the job done...

"But they said that their employer ordered them to have a minor car accident. It would be best if you could be bedridden for a few days, but they didn't say you would die." The police officer said at the time: "There are still doubts about this matter. After all, it was a deliberate plan to hurt someone. It is impossible to determine the severity of the incident before it happened. We may have to negotiate with them for a few more days."

When Chen Shiming returned to the office, he noticed the message in his mailbox. When he opened it, he saw another sender that started with a string of garbled characters.

This familiar anonymous method was just like the sender who sent Jiang Yuze clues and evidence that day. He believed it very much. He opened the email without thinking much, and found that it contained a two-page list involving names and project contents, which was shocking at first glance.

Chen Shiming's eyes paused slightly, and he subconsciously picked up his phone to call Chen Qizhao.

But the next second he stopped himself and looked at the document carefully. He had checked some of the people in it, and was still checking some of them... The authenticity of this list was beyond doubt, but he couldn't figure out where Chen Qizhao got this information from...

After hesitating for a while, Chen Shiming still made the call, but the message he got from the other end of the phone was "power off reminder".

He paused for a moment and immediately dialed the housekeeper's number.

Chen Shiming: "What about him?"

The housekeeper was cleaning the kitchen. Hearing this, he said, "Second Young Master? He went to rest after drinking the medicine soup. He should be in his room now."

Chen Shiming asked in confusion: "Sleeping so early?"

"The medicine prescribed by the doctor has the effect of helping you sleep." The housekeeper explained: "Do you need me to wake up the Second Young Master?"

Chen Shiming looked at the files in the computer and said, "It's okay, let him rest."

-*

Shen Yuhuai went to the research institute, and after finishing the afternoon's experimental tasks, he went to the laboratory again.

The researcher in the laboratory smiled when he saw him coming over, and then handed him the organized test report. "All the information about the experimental samples is there, but where did you get these samples? Some of the materials in them are not easy to find on the market. It's really hard to imagine that someone would mix this stuff into aromatherapy."

Shen Yuhuai flipped through the report to confirm, and looked at the other party after hearing this: “Is there a controlled object?”

"Yes, the ones at the back. I sorted them out for you." The researcher continued to work on the computer and said casually, "These things are hard to get without some channels. You can check it online and you should be able to find relevant channels. This thing is difficult to get, and it will probably take a lot of time to check it out."

Shen Yuhuai's eyes were slightly gloomy, as if he was thinking about something.

Then he said, "Thank you, Senior Brother. I'll treat you to a meal later."

"Okay, I want to eat at the newly opened barbecue restaurant in the city, the one you and Liu Sui went to last time." The researcher said, "I saw that Liu Sui's circle of friends was almost dying of greed, so it's a deal."

Shen Yuhuai smiled: “No problem.”

After coming out of the inspection room, Shen Yuhuai went to the copy room and made two copies of the report.

I put a copy in a folder and planned to give it to Chen Qizhao sometime.

When he returned home to rest at night, Shen Yuhuai came out of the room with a book, and when he arrived in the living room, he heard his father and eldest sister discussing something. He didn't care, went to pour a glass of water, and then sat on the recliner to read a book.

But when he sat down to rest, what came to his mind was the blushing Chen Qizhao he saw at Chen's house in the morning. He was flipping through the book, the slightly sharp touch between the pages stimulated his fingertips, he closed his eyes slightly, feeling a little uneasy.

“Did you go to Chen’s house this morning?” Mother Shen just came to Shen Yuhuai’s side, “Is your Aunt Zhang doing well recently?”

Shen Yuhuai opened his eyes and sat up a little: “He is very energetic and asked some questions about you.”

Mother Shen: "A lot of things have happened in their family recently. I heard your father said that the assistant next to your uncle Chen was actually a spy. He has been a man for more than ten years, how could such a thing happen?"

He had also heard about what had happened in the Chen family during this period, and his father and Shen Xuelan often mentioned this matter at home.

The assistant's problem did have a significant impact on Chen's company. It is said that this was also the reason for the fluctuation in Chen's stock price during this period. But the Chen family reacted quickly and took timely countermeasures, and managed to stabilize the losses before the news spread. Overall, it had an impact on the group but did not harm its foundation.

Shen Yuhuai was relatively free during this period and often went home. Over time, he heard about the problems within Chen's company. In addition, Shen Xuelan knew about his help in investigating aromatherapy some time ago, and he learned some secrets from her. He also knew that Chen's company was quite tense during this period.

He was thinking, but he heard Mother Shen continue.

Mother Shen sighed, “She hasn’t attended many gatherings in the circle recently. The last time I saw her, I always felt that she was a little absent-minded.”

Shen Yuhuai paused slightly. He thought of how Zhang Yazhi was very enthusiastic when he was at Chen's house in the morning, just like before. "What happened to Aunt Zhang during this period?"

"I heard it's about Qi Zhao. She seems to be very worried about the child. Some time ago, she came to ask me if there is a good psychologist in S City." Mother Shen thought for a while and said, "I don't think there is anything wrong with Qi Zhao's child. I guess she cares too much. You also know that your Aunt Zhang loves Qi Zhao's child very much. I have seen the child lose weight recently, and I always feel that something is wrong."

Shen Yuhuai's gaze paused, but he said nothing.

Mother Shen said a few more words, and soon she heard Shen Xuelan calling her. She said, "You have a good relationship with Qi Zhao. If there is anything unusual about that child, you should pay more attention to it."

Chen Yuhuai lowered his eyes slightly, feeling unsettled.

Zhang Yazhi had a decent relationship with his mother, and they would occasionally meet at parties or go out together. His mother suffered psychological trauma for a period of time when she was young. During that period, the Shen family had a constant stream of psychologists. Fortunately, his mother quickly got out of the trauma. It was not difficult for Shen Yuhuai to imagine Zhang Yazhi's purpose in asking about his mother. He suddenly remembered that when he went to Chen's house, some of Zhang Yazhi's words seemed to be chatting with him, but in fact she kept mentioning Chen Qizhao, as if she wanted to know something about Chen Qizhao from him.

Shen Xuelan was a little dry-mouthed after talking about work. She said a few words to Shen's mother and was about to invite Shen Yuhuai to come over for tea and talk.

But just as the words came out of his mouth, he saw Shen Yuhuai, who was originally sitting on the recliner, stood up, took the book and left.

"Didn't he just come over to read a book?" Shen Xuelan was a little confused.

"Maybe he's tired. He drove back and forth today and even went to Chen's house."

Father Shen said: "I heard that the child of the Chen family has a fever. Old Chen has been busy recently. You should pay more attention to him. If Shi Ming needs any help..."

"I asked, and it seems that nothing is wrong with Chen Shiming." Shen Xuelan seemed to be thinking, "But he should have made some big moves recently. I feel that this incident has sounded the alarm for him. It seems that because of this incident, his family plans to go for a physical examination the day after tomorrow."

The night gradually deepened, and when Chen Qizhao woke up with a start, the whole room was dark.

He was breathing heavily, and when he closed his eyes he seemed to see Chen Shiming sleeping peacefully on the light grey sofa. It was like a nightmare tearing at his brain, waves of pain radiating from his forehead, and he couldn't tell for a moment whether it was the sequelae of a fever or the pain caused by a nightmare.

The room was very quiet, so quiet that the only sound was the rustling of the wind blowing in through the window.

Chen Qizhao's back was against the bed. After waking up, he tried to recall the heavy dream, only to find that it had become somewhat fragmented.

In his previous life, he loved dreaming, it didn’t matter if it was a nightmare or a sweet dream, as long as he could dream about his family, at least he could see living people in his dreams.

But after dreaming for a long time, sometimes he would wake up with horror to find that the faces of his relatives in the dream seemed to be gradually blurred, as if he would forget everything after each dream. As he dreamed, he gradually forgot what people should look like, what his parents were like when they were young, what Chen Shiming was like when he was young... This panic seemed to have carried over from his previous life to the present. After his rebirth, he often had nightmares, dreaming of hospitals, dreaming of apartments... The scene of the day Chen Shiming committed suicide was repeated again and again, as if it was a mark reminding him of something.

The sound of raindrops was clearly audible in the dream. When he pushed open the door and walked into the apartment, he saw Chen Shiming sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed and his face tilted to the side, as if he had fallen asleep to the sound of the rain because of sleepiness. There were several financial newspapers he liked to read on the table and the TV remote control was within his reach... The only difference was that there was a half-drunk glass of water on the table and white pills were scattered on the carpet.

What was that day like? He called the police and an ambulance, but when the doctor arrived, he said the patient was already dead.

Chen Shiming seemed to have made sufficient preparations. He even sent a message to the nurse in advance telling him not to come... He did not leave a suicide note. He fell asleep quietly in the sound of rain, on the anniversary of Zhang Yazhi's death.

Many years later, Chen Qizhao still didn't understand why Chen Shiming committed suicide. He was used to seeing Chen Shiming, who was full of vigor and vitality in the business world, and he had also seen Chen Shiming, who accepted his paralysis with silence... A man full of pride looked like a sick dog when he accepted the fact that Chen was bankrupt and paralyzed. However, the more he thought about his past life and looked at the present Chen Shiming, the more he felt a clear sense of separation that made Chen Qizhao at a loss.

Chen Qizhao himself has no pride. His absurd experiences in his early years led to him being criticized by thousands of people later. His pride had long been worn away by reality. He admitted that he was a waste and had low expectations of himself. He had even less dignity when he was struggling in the business world and craving for opportunities. In the later stages, he was willing to sacrifice everything to achieve his goals... So he couldn't understand what the mentality of Chen Shiming, who was once so proud, was like after he lost his dignity. He even felt that if he had fewer arguments with Chen Shiming, he could make the other party feel a little more comfortable.

Later, when the person was gone, he regretted it again. He regretted not having quarreled with Chen Shiming more often.

At least the person is still alive in front of you, and you can have more hope in life.

The sound of rain in the dream became farther and farther away. Chen Qizhao woke up from the dream and realized that it was not raining outside, but the wind was a little strong.

He reached out to touch the phone that had fallen between the mattresses. When he found it, he discovered that it was out of battery. So he found the charger and plugged it in to charge it.

He stared at the leaky window for a while, and then said, "A long life is a good thing. If your life is too short, it would be too good for you, Lin Shizhong, don't you think so?"

Chen Qizhao also didn’t know whether Lin Shizhong lived a long life in prison after he was reincarnated in his previous life.

He didn't move, just sat on the bed and thought about his past life and how to make Lin Shizhong happy in this life.

After more than ten minutes, the charging phone turned on automatically.

Several text messages came in, attracting Chen Qizhao's attention. He reached out and unplugged the charger. Some of the text messages were from Xiao Zhou and some were from Chen Shiming. He did not reply to the calls. He glanced at the time and it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

The messages on WeChat were coming in, and he saw Zhang Yazhi's message first, so he clicked on it to read.

Zhang Yazhi didn't come to wake him up, but sent him a message on WeChat, saying that she would come downstairs to eat after waking up.

Chen Qizhao didn't have much appetite, so he didn't reply to the message. After logging out, he suddenly saw the chat message at the top, which was a message from Shen Yuhuai. He was so busy thinking about it that he forgot about it. He didn't send a message in the afternoon to ask whether Shen Yuhuai had arrived. As soon as he clicked on it, he saw the message from Shen Yuhuai.

The message contained two pictures, taken from different angles, showing a beautiful pot of succulents.

Even though Chen Qizhao didn't know how to grow these flowers and plants, he could see from the photo that the pot of succulents was growing very beautifully... He looked at it for a while, and suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a hand reflected on the glass behind the succulents. It seemed that Shen Yuhuai was holding a mobile phone and taking a picture of the succulents. He paused for a moment and enlarged the picture a little more.

Looking at it this way...it seems that even a piece of fleshy flesh is not as beautiful as his hands.

Chen Qizhao thought without hesitation.

For some reason, the restlessness lingering in his heart dissipated a little. Chen Qizhao saved both photos. When he saw the time in the message column, he realized that the photo was sent an hour ago.

[-Zhao: I just fell asleep. ]

He added another sentence after he finished speaking.

[-Zhao: Succulents look very good. ]

Shen Yuhuai seemed to love growing these flowers and plants. Chen Qizhao recalled that the last time he went to Shen Yuhuai's apartment, there seemed to be a lot of plants on the windowsill. The other party hadn't replied to him yet. Chen Qizhao thought that Shen Yuhuai might be busy, so he left and planned to reply to other messages. Suddenly, he noticed that several red dots lit up in the Moments. He thought that he didn't seem to have posted anything on Moments recently, so he just switched in to see... The first four messages were all from Shen Yuhuai.

Ever since he was almost caught blocking his Moments last time, Chen Qizhao dealt with some of his Moments and changed them to be visible for one month.

Why did Shen Yuhuai suddenly like his circle of friends from a few weeks ago?

Late at night, Yan Kailin had just finished playing two games when he received a message from his brother Zhao.

[-Zhao: If your brother suddenly liked your Moments from a few weeks ago, what was the reason? ]

Yan Kailin was horrified when he saw this, and immediately made a voice call. As soon as the call was connected, he said, "Be careful."

Chen Qizhao was puzzled: “?”

"Generally speaking, when my brother starts to like my Moments, it means he has started to spy on your Moments, which is a very serious signal." Yan Kailin imparted his experience in a serious voice: "First I will give you a warning, and then I will use the big move. During this period of time, you should go out less. Maybe Brother Ming has already been stalking you."

Chen Qizhao: “Is it that exaggerated?”

Yan Kailin: "No, no, no, you don't understand the thoughts of older men. These people have bad tastes."

Chen Qizhao, who was mentally a bit older, said, "Oh."

Forget it, he shouldn’t ask Yan Kailin.

Chen Qizhao was about to hang up the phone when he suddenly thought of something and paused.

"If I were to look at other people's Moments, I wouldn't like something that was posted so long ago." Yan Kailin said earnestly, "Brother, don't disbelieve me! Who would scroll through your Moments so far back and like it? If they're not interested in you, then they must have some ulterior motive... Hey, hey?"

After Chen Qizhao hung up the call with Yan Kailin, he threw his phone aside.

He lay there thinking for a while, then took his phone back to look at it, but Shen Yuhuai hadn't replied to him yet.

Inexplicably, he was extremely curious about the reason why Shen Yuhuai liked his circle of friends... But as he thought about it, he felt sleepy again and fell asleep holding his phone. In his sleep, he did not dream about the dripping rainy day. Instead, he saw a large bony hand covering his face. The cold and minty feeling made him breathless. The other person's fingers brushed across his cheek, went down his face, and finally the fingertips scraped his throat.

The feeling of his fingertips scratching his skin was prickly and itchy. When Chen Qizhao woke up, it was dawn outside the window.

He sat up and touched his throat with his hand. The tingling sensation on his Adam's apple seemed clearly visible.

Chen Qizhao tried to scrape it with his fingertips, but the feeling in his dream was totally different. He felt a little annoyed for some reason, but with a slight movement he suddenly realized something.

He cursed under his breath and went straight to the bathroom to take a shower.

When they went downstairs, Zhang Yazhi saw the moisture on his hair and said something to him anxiously.

"Why are you taking a shower so early in the morning when you have a fever?" Zhang Yazhi asked, "What if you get a fever again later?"

Chen Qizhao was a little absent-minded. Facing Zhang Yazhi's nagging, he just said, "It's okay. I'm not that bad."

Chen Shiming, who was sitting on the other side, glanced at him and noticed that he was not in the right state. He said, "My father and I have cleared our time tomorrow morning. Pay attention to your diet today. Don't eat or drink after 10 o'clock in the evening. Go to the hospital for a physical examination tomorrow."