Gu Yibei turned his gaze to Principal Zhang's face, one hand in his pocket: "It seems I'll need to trouble Principal Zhang to make a trip to the monitoring room."
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When Principal Zhang led Gu Yibei and Ji Zhinan to the monitoring room, there were two security guards on duty.
Upon seeing Principal Zhang, the security guard was flattered and quickly stood up from his seat: "Principal Zhang, what brings you here?"
Principal Zhang waved his hand, not having time for idle chatter, and went straight to the point: "Check the surveillance footage in the lobby of the administration building."
Upon hearing this, the two security guards exchanged glances, looking troubled.
Principal Zhang sensed something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"
One of the security guards stepped forward with an awkward smile and said, "Principal Zhang, the security camera in the lobby on the first floor of the administration building is broken."
"It's broken?" What a coincidence, of all times it had to break down.
"Yes," another busy security guard nodded, "We discovered the problem this morning, but haven't had time to report it yet."
"..." This is a problem. If the camera is broken, it won't be able to capture who spilled the oil on the stairs.
To prove that the surveillance system was indeed broken, the security guard pulled up the surveillance footage from the lobby on the first floor of the administration building, randomly typed a few keys on the keyboard, and the screen went completely black.
"Principal Zhang, look."
"This..." Principal Zhang looked at Gu Yibei with difficulty, not knowing what to do.
The man's expression remained unchanged as he calmly asked, "Apart from the one in the lobby on the first floor, are all the other surveillance cameras functioning normally?"
The two security guards glanced at Gu Yibei furtively, not answering immediately. Only after receiving a look from Principal Zhang did they quickly nod and say, "Yes, yes, everything else is normal."
The man's thin lips curled into a smile: "Then please pull up the surveillance footage outside the monitoring room and see who else was here in the hour before we arrived."
The two security guards' expressions changed drastically, Ji Zhinan remained calm, while Principal Zhang looked puzzled.
"Mr. Gu, why are you checking the surveillance footage from an hour ago..."
Principal Zhang fell silent before he could finish speaking, because he had figured it out.
Principal Zhang's face immediately turned ugly. He stared at the security guard and said, "Go check the surveillance footage!"
The security guards were panicked, their eyes clearly showing their disarray, and they spoke evasively: "Principal Zhang, what happened that you suddenly came to the monitoring room? You..."
Principal Zhang gave him a look, and the two security guards immediately fell silent.
Gu Yibei stepped forward and typed a few words on the keyboard. Suddenly, the previously dark computer screen popped up with a picture, which was taken from the lobby on the first floor of the administration building.
The security guards' already pale faces turned even paler. Seeing them like this, Principal Zhang became even more certain that they had something to hide.
Principal Zhang looked coldly at the two of them: "Aren't you going to confess yet?"
Things had come to this point, and there was no use in trying to cover it up anymore. The two security guards bowed and apologized profusely with long faces.
"Principal, we're so sorry, we just made a mistake in a moment of confusion..."
“We shouldn’t have lied, Principal Zhang, please give us another chance. I have elderly parents and young children to support…”
Principal Zhang showed no mercy and pressed, "What happened? Tell me!"
One of the security guards tremblingly pulled a card from his pocket: "It's the daughter of the Mu Group. She wants us to delete all the surveillance footage from the lobby on the first floor of the administration building, and then break the cameras. If we do as she says, she'll give us 200,000 yuan each. Here's the card..."
The two men, both in their forties, placed the card on the table next to them and were on the verge of tears.
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