The Iron-Faced Judge and the Mysterious USB Drive
The atmosphere at the Feng Group the next day was even more somber than when a Siberian cold front swept through.
Because the legendary "Iron-Faced Judge," lawyer Zhang Deshuai, and her team have officially moved in.
Attorney Zhang was a woman in her forties with short, neat hair and a sharply tailored gray suit. She rarely smiled, and her eyes were as sharp as X-rays, easily piercing through any pretense in a person's heart.
Behind her followed a team of equally expressionless elite lawyers, each carrying a silver briefcase, walking with a powerful stride, like a group of men in black about to carry out a secret mission.
Their arrival caused a huge uproar among the group's senior management.
Everyone knows that Zhang Deshuai is ruthless and merciless when she takes action. Every case she handles is thoroughly investigated and found to have problems.
For a time, everyone in the group was in a state of panic, especially the senior executives who were not clean in their dealings. They were extremely uneasy, feeling like they were sitting on pins and needles, like they had a thorn in their side, like they had a fishbone stuck in their throat.
The atmosphere in Feng Jinhong's office had dropped to freezing point.
As he looked at the official notification document from Assistant Wang regarding the arrival of Zhang Deshuai's team, the gentle smile on his face finally began to falter.
"What does Jin Xuan mean by this?" he asked his confidant in an icy voice. "Are you serious with me?"
The trusted confidant answered tremblingly, "Vice President, it seems... yes. I've heard that Attorney Zhang's team has extremely high authority and can directly access the accounts and project records of all departments in the group over the past ten years."
Feng Jinhong's face darkened completely.
He never expected that his younger brother, whom he had always regarded as a "useless person," would have such a skill.
Inviting Zhang Deshuai to be the "supervisor" was tantamount to planting a bomb next to him that could explode at any time.
Meanwhile, in the CEO's office, Yu Jinli watched with great interest, like a spectator observing a melon.
Through the glass wall of her office, she watched as Zhang Deshuai swiftly took over a large conference room and began meeting with one pale-faced executive after another. Her admiration for Feng Jinxuan grew even stronger.
This guy may be a novice in the field of metaphysics, but he's an absolute master when it comes to manipulating power and fighting business battles.
Use open strategies to counter open strategies, and use rules to defeat rules.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
Is it pretty?
A cool, clear voice suddenly rang in her ear.
Yu Jinli was startled and turned around to see that Feng Jinxuan had been standing behind her at some point.
"It's...beautiful." She answered subconsciously, then realized it was inappropriate and quickly corrected herself, "I mean, Attorney Zhang's aura is really strong."
“She was my father’s most trusted legal advisor before his death.” Feng Jinxuan looked out the window, his eyes somewhat distant. “She was also the only person in the entire Yun City whom even my cousin had to be wary of.”
He paused, then turned to look at Yu Jinli, a barely perceptible sly smile flashing in his dark eyes.
"So, from now on, besides me, you'll have another powerful ally to rely on at the company."
Yu Jinli: "..."
Boss, could you please stop with such a serious expression and those inappropriate words?
In the afternoon, Yu Jinli was in her office studying the "Gathering Qi and Concentrating the Mind" method that the "Zhiyi" master had sent her when the internal phone on her desk suddenly rang.
It was the receptionist calling.
"Assistant Yu, you have a local package that you need to sign for."
express delivery?
Yu Jinli was a little confused, as she hadn't bought anything online recently.
She went downstairs and took a thin file bag from the deliveryman.
The envelope contained no sender's name, no address, only a hastily written mark of some unknown symbol.
An ominous premonition welled up in my heart.
She took the file folder, returned to her office, and closed the door.
She hesitated for a long time before carefully opening the seal.
The folder contained no letters, no documents, only a plain black USB drive.
What's this?
A prank? Or... a trap?
Could there be a virus inside?
Yu Jinli was torn between her inner turmoil and her own conscience.
Reason told her that she should immediately hand over this mysterious item to Assistant Wang or Feng Jinxuan for disposal.
But curiosity, like a kitten's claw, kept scratching at the bottom of her heart.
In the end, she couldn't resist the temptation.
She pulled a spare laptop out of the drawer; it wasn't connected to the company's intranet.
Taking a deep breath, she inserted the USB drive.
The computer did not display any virus warnings.
The USB drive contained only a lonely video file with a meaningless string of gibberish, much like Yu Jinli's current mood.
Yu Jinli felt her heart beating faster and faster uncontrollably.
She moved the mouse, double-clicked, and opened the video.
The screen flickered, and then a pale, familiar face appeared on the screen.
It's Sun Man.
In the video, she lacked her usual elegance and arrogance, appearing disheveled and haggard.
She seemed to be hiding in a small, dimly lit space, with the pipes and metal walls typical of cruise ships in the background.
The camera was shaky, clearly because she had recorded it hastily with her phone.
"I don't know... I don't know who else I can trust..."
Sun Man's voice was filled with despair and fear, sounding like she was crying, yet also like she was laughing.
"If...if you can see this video, whoever you are, please...please be very careful of Feng Jinhong!"
“He’s a devil! He’s a devil!” she cried, her voice shrill. “He ruined everything I had! He killed my father! He also…”
She seemed to want to say something, but fear prevented her from speaking.
She took a deep breath, as if using all her strength, before speaking haltingly:
"He's not human... He can... He can know what you're thinking..."
"He said...he said my mother...I...I'm not my father's biological child..."
He said that my existence itself is a joke...
At this point in the video, Sun Man was sobbing uncontrollably, her mental state completely broken down.
She covered her face and let out suppressed, painful wails.
Looking at the woman on the screen who was completely defeated, Yu Jinli felt a chill run down her spine and all the way to the top of her head.
She finally understood what Feng Jinhong had said to Sun Man on the deck that day.
To kill someone, you must also destroy their spirit.
How cruel.
At the end of the video, Sun Man seemed to remember something, suddenly raised her head, looked at the camera, and said in an almost pleading, urgent tone:
"Check his study! Behind the bookshelves in his study... there's a secret compartment! All the secrets... are in there! You must..."
Before he could finish speaking, the video suddenly went black.
Immediately afterwards, a muffled, low shout from a man was heard, followed by a short, sharp scream from a woman.
Then, the video ended completely.
Yu Jinli sat blankly in the chair, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
Who sent her this USB drive?
Was it Sun Man herself? Or... the shadowy figure who handed her the dagger in the darkness?
Regardless, this is a crucial clue obtained at the cost of lives.
Just as she was about to unplug the USB drive and go find Feng Jinxuan, the office door was pushed open from the outside.
Feng Jinxuan walked in carrying a cup of coffee.
He frowned instantly when he saw Yu Jinli's pale, distraught face.
"What's wrong?"
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