Chapter 385 Looking for Someone
"Dad, it's okay."
Chen Hanxing comforted him, "He is a man who does great things. Helping us with this little bit is nothing. When it's over, we can just thank him properly."
…
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Zhou brought new news.
"We've found Zhao Feng. He lost everything in a casino. Our people have taken him to a safe place.
After a preliminary interrogation, he admitted that he had received money from Xuanyuan Ce to leak company secrets. He said that Xuanyuan Ce promised him a house after the deal was completed, but only gave him half of the money after the deal was completed. He has been asking Xuanyuan Ce for more money.
"Does he know anything else about Xuanyuan Ce?" Shen Hanxing asked.
"He said Xuanyuan Ce has a technical team under him that specializes in hacking other people's computers. He also said he met the leader of that team once. He was a young man with glasses. He didn't talk much, but his skills were very impressive."
Lin Zhou handed over the recorder and said, "This is the complete recording. You can listen to it."
Shen Hanxing put on the headphones, and Zhao Feng's voice was filled with drunken ambiguity and unwillingness. He spoke intermittently about how he was threatened and bribed by Xuanyuan Ce, and how he leaked company information step by step.
When he mentioned the technical director, his tone was filled with awe. "I don't know his name, but I know his codename is 'Ghost'. It's said that there's no system he can't hack into. Xuanyuan Ce was able to break into Kyoto's network thanks to him."
ghost?
Shen Hanxing's heart moved. She seemed to have seen this code name somewhere before. Yes, it was in that fund record, where a transfer note mentioned "ghost equipment maintenance fee."
"Can we find out the true identity of this 'ghost'?" she asked.
“It’s difficult.”
Lin Zhou shook his head. "This guy has a strong anti-reconnaissance ability. All traces have been cleaned up. We've been investigating for a long time, and all we know is that he's between 20 and 30 years old, male, and nothing else."
Shen Hanxing took off his headphones and tapped his fingertips lightly on the table.
Technical teams, ghosts, laboratories... there are more and more clues, but they still cannot form a complete chain. What is Xuanyuan Ce's ultimate goal?
In the evening, Qi Moxun suddenly called in a hurried tone.
"Han Xing, there's movement in the laboratory in the back mountain! A car drove in and it looks like they're transporting something!"
Chen Hanxing stood up suddenly: "What car? What are you transporting?"
"It's hard to see. The car is a closed truck with the curtains drawn tightly. Our people didn't dare get too close for fear of being discovered."
Qi Moxun's voice was filled with wind. "I suspect they want to move that 'goods'. Should we take action?"
Shen Hanxing's heart was beating like a drum. She subconsciously looked out the window. The child was playing with a ball in the courtyard with his mother, laughing crisply. She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
"Don't do it! We don't know what's inside, and it could be dangerous if we act rashly. Let's just watch and see where they take it."
"Okay." Qi Moxun responded, "I'll have the brothers follow closely."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Hanxing immediately contacted Lin Zhou: "Xuanyuan Ce's people are moving things from the laboratory, and Qi Moxun's people are following them. Can you send someone to support them? Ensure their safety."
"I'll send someone over right away."
Lin Zhou moved quickly, "Also, I just received news that Chen Mo went to the airport this afternoon and bought a ticket to fly abroad tomorrow. It seems he's planning to run away."
"Running away?" Shen Hanxing frowned, "Is their deal complete?"
"Very likely."
Lin Zhou said in a serious tone, "Xuanyuan Ce is going to clean up the traces."
Shen Hanxing walked to the French window, watching the sunset dye the sky orange, but her heart was cold.
What does it mean to clean up the traces?
This means that they may be about to take the next step, and that step may be more dangerous than the previous threat.
"Vice President Lin," she turned to look at Lin Zhou with a firm gaze, "help me get ready. I'm going to see Zhao Feng."
Lin Zhou was stunned: "Ms. Shen, have you forgotten what you said this morning? It's too dangerous."
"I know the dangers, but he's the only one who might know more right now."
Chen Hanxing's tone left no room for doubt. "Chen Mo is about to run away. Ghost can't be found. The things in the laboratory have been moved. We can't wait any longer. Zhao Feng hates Xuanyuan Ce for not giving him money. Maybe I can get some key information from him."
"But……"
"No buts."
Shen Hanxing interrupted him, “I will wear your bulletproof vest and be protected by your people throughout the process, so nothing will happen.
Tell Zhao Feng that I can help him get the remaining money, provided he tells me everything he knows."
Lin Zhou looked at the determination in her eyes and knew that he could not persuade her, so he could only nod and say, "I'll make arrangements and make sure everything goes well."
An hour later, Shen Hanxing was sitting in the car heading to a safe place, wearing a light bulletproof vest, but his heart was unusually calm.
She knew this move was risky, but she had no way out. In this battle, she had to take the initiative to protect the people behind her.
The night scene outside the car window quickly receded, and the neon lights flickered on her face.
She took out her phone and sent a message to Qi Moxun: [I'm going to see Zhao Feng. Let me know if there's anything going on in the lab.]
Then she turned off her phone, leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, there was only calmness and determination.
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The safe place is in a residential building in the old city. The corridor is filled with a damp and moldy smell, and the voice-controlled lights have poor contact. Every step requires stomping your feet hard to turn on the dim light.
Shen Hanxing followed behind Lin Zhou. The weight of the bulletproof vest made her shoulders feel a little heavy, but it made her feel more at ease.
The security door on the third floor was opened from the inside, and two bodyguards in black suits stepped aside to make way. A strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol came from the room.
Zhao Feng slumped on the sofa, his tie askew and his hair greasy and tangled. When he saw Chen Hanxing, his eyes lit up, but were then replaced by vigilance.
"Mr. Shen? Why are you here?"
"I've already resigned, and the Fu Group has nothing to do with me anymore. Aren't you divorced? Why are you still looking for me?"
He struggled to sit up straight, but was pushed back onto the sofa by the bodyguard. "Why are you arresting me? I'm warning you, illegal detention is against the law!"
Shen Hanxing sat down on the single sofa opposite him, with Lin Zhou and Su Qing standing behind her, forming an invisible oppression.
She didn't rush to speak, but just took out her cell phone and clicked on the photos of Zhao Feng squandering money in the high-end residential area.
"I resigned six months ago, and instead of going abroad, I'm living in a mansion. The money I have is enough for you to lose in a casino for six months. Vice President Zhao, it seems Xuanyuan Ce gave you more than half a house, right?"
Zhao Feng's expression changed, and he stiffened his neck and said, "I earned my own money, what does it have to do with you?"
“Earned it yourself?” Shen Hanxing chuckled and called up the remittance record of his account.
"The anonymous remittances that arrive on time on the 15th of every month are from sources that completely match Xuanyuan Ce's capital outflows. Do you think we can't find out?" She pushed the phone in front of Zhao Feng.
"Tell me, what did Xuanyuan Ce ask you to do? Besides leaking company secrets, you must know more."
Zhao Feng's eyes swept across the screen, his Adam's apple rolling and his eyes flickering.
He was silent for two full minutes, then suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter full of self-mockery.
"So what if I know? What can you do to me if I tell you? If I dare to sell out a man like Xuanyuan Ce, my whole family will die!"
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