Liangji Villa, business club office area.

"It should be in this location, right?"

At the door of the room used as the ward set, Douzi stood in the middle of the open door frame, comparing it with the secretly taken pictures on his mobile phone and pondering.

Most of the props in this room had been removed that day, but the bed and bedside table were still in their original positions, so it was not a big deal in comparison.

Song Yecheng opened the camera on his phone beside him, squatted down and tested the direction of the bed: "It should be this height."

Douzi also squatted down, looked at the picture on his phone, and then looked at the picture on his own phone: "Yes, yes, it's this height."

As he said that, he stood up again and tried to put the phone on the same level as Song Yecheng: "Hey? It really is a belly button."

As Song Yecheng said, for an adult of normal height standing, to take a photo from this height, they would have to lower the phone almost to the level of their abdomen.

"Please make way for a moment," Jiang Que said, leaning against the door panel and standing between the door and the wall. "I'll close the door."

The door was perpendicular to the wall, and he wanted to see behind the door panel, but the angle was not convenient and the light was not enough.

"Oh." The two of them walked into the room as instructed, leaving space in the door frame.

Jiang Que closed the door, took a step back, and glanced behind the door panel, sweeping over the curtain above and the door catch below, and finally fell on the door lock in the middle.

This door uses a ball lock, and the inside and outside handles are both spherical rotating types. The middle of the ball outside the door is the keyhole, and there is a button inside the door for locking.

Jiang Que didn't know what he was thinking of. He suddenly raised his hand and pressed the button with his thumb.

The door locked with a "click". This was a normal thing, but Jiang Que seemed to have sensed something and bent down to look at the button.

Douzi behind him wondered, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Que turned his head and looked at him: "Try pressing it."

Douzi blinked, and although he was confused, he still walked over obediently, reached out and turned the ball to pop out the button, and pressed it down with his thumb as he had done before.

There was another "click" and the door was locked again.

"Then what?" Douzi asked blankly.

Jiang Que turned around and asked, "What do you feel?"

Douzi was confused: "...W-What feeling?"

Song Yecheng seemed to realize something, took two steps forward, turned the door handle to eject the button again, and pressed it again.

As soon as he pressed the button, he immediately noticed something strange. He turned his head and looked at Jiang Que, then bent down and looked at the button closely.

Douzi, who was sandwiched between the two, was going crazy: "What the hell is going on?!"

Song Yecheng turned around and said, "Don't you feel sticky?"

Douzi had just assumed Jiang Que had asked him to test the sensitivity of the door lock and hadn't considered anything else. Upon hearing this, he quickly pressed the key again and felt it twice before finally realizing it: "Holy shit, is that true?"

Jiang Que was a little helpless. The reason why he didn't say it directly was because he was afraid that his words would give him some psychological hints, causing him to have an illusion even though he didn't feel it strongly. He didn't expect that if he didn't say it, he really wouldn't notice it at all.

At this time, all three of them bent down. Under such close observation, all the details on the door lock became extremely clear.

Soon, they discovered the reason why the button was sticky -

There was a layer of irregular glue-like traces attached there, and if you rubbed it with your hands, you could even rub out thin strips, which looked like the residue of some kind of adhesive.

"I see!"

This time Douzi finally became clever again: "Could there have been a pinhole camera stuck here, and now it's been torn off?"

In fact, Song Yecheng and Jiang Que had already thought of the possibility of a pinhole camera when they analyzed that there was no one at the door at the time the photo was taken. However, at that time they were not sure where on the door they could install the camera without being discovered, so they did not rush to draw a conclusion.

Seeing this trace, the two of them confirmed their guess. Song Yecheng nodded and said, "It might be the kind used for undercover investigations, a button-shaped camera with a diameter about the same size as this button."

Douzi uttered two "tsk tsk" sounds of condemnation and deep thought, while Jiang Que seemed to have thought of something and turned to ask, "Did Director Zhuang just say that he wanted to edit that scene for you?"

Hearing this, Song Yecheng instantly understood his intention. Without even asking, he stood up, unlocked his phone, and called Zhuang Yan.

The call was quickly connected: "Hello, Chengzi?"

"Uncle Zhuang," Song Yecheng said, "Are you editing the video?"

"Yes, it will be over soon."

Song Yecheng asked, "Did you edit in the scene where the police enter from Fang Zhi's perspective?"

Zhuang Yan, who was on the other side, seemed stunned for a moment. Then, a few questions came from the phone, as if he was confirming with the person next to him. After a moment, he replied, "It's been edited. The whole thing from the time you walked in to the time you were called out by the police is still there. What happened?"

Song Yecheng said: "Okay, then send it to me first. I want to see something, but it's not confirmed yet. I'll tell you when it's confirmed."

Zhuang Yan was so smart that he immediately guessed that this might be related to the secret filming, but after hearing what Song Yecheng said, he didn't rush to ask any further questions. He just replied "OK" and hung up the phone.

Two minutes later, the video file was sent.

Jiang Que and Douzi moved closer, and Song Yecheng did not delay either. After clicking on the video, he pressed the progress bar and scrolled back to the part where the couple heard the knock on the door. When Qiao Min and Fang Zhi turned their heads, there was a close-up of the closed door for a few seconds.

Song Yecheng pressed pause, dragged the screen with two fingers, and zoomed it to the maximum, focusing on the door lock.

"Damn, there really is something!" Douzi exclaimed.

The door lock next to them was made of aluminum alloy, and the entire body, including the button, was silver. However, the top of the button in the video was a light champagne gold, with two cross grooves like a cross screw, and an inconspicuous small hole at the intersection of the grooves.

After seeing the details clearly, the three finally confirmed that it must be a pinhole camera.

But it must be said that the button camera was cleverly chosen - if they hadn't already had their suspicions and used high-definition video to zoom in and confirm, they would have never discovered the trick, because the champagne gold and silver colors matched together so naturally, just like aluminum alloy and brass sheets, and the grooves on it were similar to keyholes, which would definitely make people mistakenly think that the original design was like this.

"But when was this glued on?" Douzi frowned. "Could it be when they were setting up the set?"

Song Yecheng pondered for a while and said, "I think it's unlikely. The entire props team must have been present when the set was being set up. It's too risky to do this in front of so many people. If we get caught, it will be a big deal."

Douzi nodded, and Jiang Que added, "And since the other party is deliberately spreading rumors, they must ensure that they can capture both the face and the bedside card. After installation, they may have to test the feasibility, such as lying in bed and using the receiver to confirm the shooting effect. So I tend to think that he will choose a time when there is no one around."

He paused, as if feeling his words weren't rigorous enough, and continued, "However, we can't rule out the possibility that he's very familiar with the equipment's range and possesses a certain degree of spatial imagination, allowing him to determine he can capture the desired content without even testing. If that's the case, all he has to do is install it, which would give him plenty of opportunities to do so."

Jiang Que rarely made lengthy speeches. Most of the time, even if he had an opinion, he wouldn't bother to speak out because it didn't concern him. But this time, he was clearly taking it to heart. Not only did he post a lengthy clarification on Weibo, complete with both text and pictures, but his analysis was also thoughtful and logical.

Douzi nodded repeatedly, but then he became worried and said, "What should we do now? This area is too large, isn't it?"

Jiang Que did not deny it. From the current perspective, the scope of suspicion is indeed very large.

After thinking for a moment, he opened the door and looked around in the corridor. When he turned around and was about to say something, he suddenly found that Song Yecheng's eyes were looking at him in a special way. To exaggerate a little, it was as if he was appreciating some precious work of art.

What he didn't know was that just as he finished speaking, Song Yecheng inexplicably had an inappropriate thought -

He felt that Jiang Que's wisdom and meticulousness were like jade buried deep in the mountains, usually hidden from view. But once revealed, he would exude a more charming charm than before.

Jiang Que didn't know what he was thinking. He looked at him puzzled for two seconds. Seeing that he just smiled, he didn't ask any more questions. He raised his hand and pointed at the flower basket on the upper right side of the door opposite: "Is that a surveillance camera?"

There is a decorative square flower basket above the door of each room in this corridor, and Jiang Que was pointing to one of them.

He had just looked into the corridor to look for surveillance. Although he did not see any obvious surveillance equipment, he discovered that this flower basket was different from the others because there was a flat square plastic box at the bottom of the basket.

The box was very inconspicuous, and its color happened to be the same as the base of the flower basket. If you didn't look closely, you might not be able to find it.

It looked like an electronic device, but because its appearance was more like a router, Jiang Que had never seen this style before, so he was not sure what it was.

Song Yecheng took two quick steps to the door and looked over there, but before he could say anything, Douzi excitedly replied, "Yes, yes, yes! It's a surveillance camera! That's the kind our company uses! It can shoot in three directions on three sides, covering the entire corridor, and it's ultra-high definition with no blind spots!"

Hearing what he said, it sounded like he was promoting a product. Song Yecheng and Jiang Que were both a little amused. Song Yecheng teased, "Did you take the advertisement behind my back? Why is there a voice-over as well?"

Douzi chuckled a few times, then immediately asked seriously, "What do we do now? Should we check the surveillance?"

In fact, judging from the location of this surveillance camera, it is obviously serving the corridor and certainly cannot see what is happening inside the room. But because it is right opposite this room on the set, it should be able to clearly capture the people entering and leaving here, and maybe even see the small area at the entrance.

Anyway, there is no other idea now, any possible way to find clues can be tried, so Song Yecheng and Jiang Que did not hesitate: "Okay, let's go and take a look."

Meanwhile, the capital.

Tong Qian’s office at Shengjing Entertainment.

beep--

The phone on the desk was put on speakerphone and redialed, and a series of dial tones immediately came from the loudspeaker.

This was the umpteenth time that Tong Qian had called Xu Yi. The prompt she had heard before was always that she was on the phone, so now her expression was almost numb as she looked at the phone.

The dial tone has ended at this point.

She was even prepared to hear "Hello, you dial...", but unexpectedly, what came the next second was not a female voice, but a "beep" sound waiting for the call to be connected.

Tong Qian sat up straight, and after two or three long beeps, she heard the voice "Hello?". The breath that had been hanging in her chest finally relaxed. "What's wrong with you? Why are you still on the phone?"

Xu Yi on the other side seemed to be in a bad mood: "Oh, my dad saw the trending search and called to scold me. I had a fight with him."

This situation was indeed similar to what Tang Yao had guessed. It was relatives and friends who saw the trending search and asked about it, which caused the call to be busy. However, Tong Qian didn't quite understand: "Why did your dad scold you? Didn't he know that we were filming? He didn't even ask first?"

"He knows," Xu Yi said sullenly, "but my sister gossips to him every day, saying that I'm having affairs with men and women on the set, and that those trending searches are nothing but smoke without fire."

Tong Qian hadn't known she had a younger sister, so hearing this, she knew the two sisters definitely didn't have a good relationship. Even so, she still found it incomprehensible: "How can you gossip about this? Your sister isn't on the set, and your dad believes her empty talk?"

Xu Yi on the opposite side suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, she suddenly said, "She's here."

"What?!" Tong Qian was completely stunned by these two words. After a while, she asked as if to confirm, "She is on the crew?"

"……Um."

Xu Yi responded reluctantly and said, "Do you still remember the cinema student who lived with us on the day you sent me to the crew?"

Tong Qian suddenly realized: "It's her? Then why didn't you say it then?"

Speaking of this, Xu Yi couldn't help but get angry: "...Because I don't want to acknowledge her! She's not my biological sister, she's just an illegitimate half-sister who's married into our family. Now that her mother is in power, she's even more unscrupulous. She follows me everywhere and tries to trip me up at every turn. She joined the group just to make things difficult for me."

Normally, she wouldn't say anything like that, but today, perhaps because she was so overwhelmed, she couldn't stop talking. "You saw how good she was at playing nice and pitiful in front of everyone else the other day? That was all practiced in front of my dad. She even told my dad that I got roles through connections and unspoken rules, but she truly relied on her acting skills, and she's definitely going to do better than me in the future."

After hearing this, Tong Qian was speechless for a moment.

She only knew that Xu Yi came from a well-off family, but she had no idea that there was such a complicated family relationship behind him, just like in a melodramatic wealthy family drama.

Looking back now, although Xu Yi is a little spoiled sometimes, she is not the kind of person who doesn't understand the ways of the world. On the contrary, most of the time, she is actually very good at building good relationships with people around her and gaining popularity for herself. This can be seen from the fact that she knew to prepare gifts for the entire crew when the filming was completed.

It would be unlikely for such a person to have a conflict with others over such a trivial matter as room allocation on the first day of joining the group, but she did just that. Thinking about it now, it is indeed quite abnormal.

But no matter what, what Xu Yi said was ultimately her own family affair, and Tong Qian, as an outsider, couldn't interfere, so she just got back to the point and said, "Alright, forget about that for now. Go to Weibo and clarify things first. You're the person involved, after all, and there are so many eyes watching you."

Xu Yi complained, but when he heard the serious business, he didn't hesitate and said, "Okay, then I'll hang up first and send it now."

Tong Qian didn't say anything more. After hanging up the phone, she immediately notified the public relations department and He Jingsheng, telling them that she had contacted Xu Yi.

After the notification, she reopened Weibo and soon saw Xu Yi's new post -

She didn't write a new clarification, but directly forwarded Jiang Que's Weibo and added a sentence exactly like Song Yecheng's words:

Xu Yi: Thank you, Teacher Bai, for clearing my name.

Her approach was actually quite clever. After all, both Song Yecheng and Jiang Que's Weibo posts had already topped the trending searches, so it would have been redundant for her to start another one.

Moreover, copying Song Yecheng's words has a wonderful advantage, because those words may seem like a coquettish act, but in fact they express a relaxed attitude in a nonchalant and joking tone. Not only does it make the rumormongers look even smaller and more ridiculous, it also gives passers-by a sense of grandeur.

Seeing that Xu Yi handled the situation so well, Tong Qian felt relieved and clicked on her homepage to take a look.

But when I saw it, I was shocked.

Xu Yi is a newcomer after all. Even with the bonus of the official movie announcement, her original number of fans was only around 100,000. But in just a few short Weibo posts, her number of fans skyrocketed nearly tenfold, and is now firmly in the millions.

In Tong Qian's career plan for Xu Yi, this level of achievement should have been achieved only during the promotional period before the movie was released, but unexpectedly, the goal was achieved ahead of schedule right after the filming was completed.

Not only that, in the short time that Tong Qian clicked on the homepage, the number of reposts, comments and likes on Xu Yi's latest Weibo post had quickly reached three digits, and was still soaring. The comments were full of comforting kisses, hugs, and head pats, as well as a lot of support and encouragement.

Seeing this scene, Tong Qian couldn't help but feel both amused and helpless, thinking that this was probably the so-called blessing in disguise. Although the rumor caught everyone off guard, it not only failed to discredit Xu Yi in the slightest, but also unexpectedly made her a little famous.

This is really...unpredictable.