Chapter 117 Jinjiang First Launch

"Right next to me?" Xia Yu thought about it and immediately had the answer, "I know, it must be my colleague! I usually go alone and rarely interact with people. The only people who have always been by my side are my colleagues in the same work group. On the left of my workstation is Lingling, and on the right is the team leader. It must be one of them who did it!"

She thought again and overturned her guess: "No, it can't be them. They are also doing post-production. They have the original film materials in their computers. Why would they steal mine? This can only be done by outsiders."

Bai Mian did not directly mention the name, but instead tactfully prompted her: "Think about it, who can easily enter and exit your room? Who has touched your key?"

Xia Yu immediately understood: "It's the landlord! There are two keys to the rental house, one is in my hand, and the other is in the landlord's hand. The landlord sneaked into my room while I was away and copied the materials from the computer!"

She recalled her own experience of renting a house, and the more she thought about it, the more scared she became: "No wonder the landlord had to interview me before renting the house, and asked for my personal information clearly. When he heard that I was doing post-production for Guo Xiangxiang, he was very disdainful and said something like 'an old woman is already old, but she still pretends to be young on TV, how shameless'. I should have realized at that time that he was a fan of Guo Xiangxiang!"

"The place I rented was close to the subway station and the office building. Many people wanted to rent this room at that time. The landlord interviewed everyone one by one and finally chose me. I was surprised and didn't know what was special about me. Now I think he must have been attracted by my job!"

"I have a lot of variety show originals in my hands, and the landlord lives next door to me. He knows when I go out. As long as I go to work, he can get the key to enter my house and steal the materials. Even if I find out, he can openly say that he came to inspect the house. I can't do anything to him!"

When Xia Yu gave this analysis, the crowd around him exclaimed that it was wonderful.

"The landlord lives next door to you. Doesn't this match what the master said? The landlord is someone close to you!"

"Amazing! A master is a master!"

"I've never been to Beijing. Why is life in Beijing so troublesome? Finding a job requires an interview, renting an apartment also requires an interview. Life is so tiring!"

Xia Yu no longer cared about these things at this moment. Her last glimmer of hope was also extinguished. She asked Bai Mian helplessly: "Master, am I finished? The landlord is a hater of Guo Xiangxiang. Now that the original video is in his hands, he will definitely put it online!"

Bai Mian shook his head: "Have you ever thought about this question - if the landlord stole your materials, how did he know your computer password?"

Xia Yu also responded: "Yes, I have set a password on my computer. I can't turn it on without the password. I never tell my password to anyone except..."

Xia Yu recalled that once the company organized a dinner party and she sat at the same table with her colleagues from the work group. She drank too much that day and talked a lot of nonsense. She even didn't remember how she got home. Afterwards, her colleagues told Xia Yu that she talked about a lot of private things at the table that day, even her bank card password.

"It was probably that time that I told my laptop password and it was written down by my deskmate with ulterior motives," Xia Yu analyzed. "After all, the suspects are still my colleagues. This is strange. They have the materials in their hands, why would they steal mine?"

"Because of the watermark," Bai Mian said, "When the company gave you the original film, it put a watermark in an inconspicuous place. In this way, if the original film is leaked, we can find out which employee leaked it through the watermark and then hold him accountable."

"Oh, yes!" Xia Yu patted his head, "There's also the watermark thing. Our company breaks so many rules that I forgot about it! Now it makes sense. This person clearly had his own material, but he still wanted to steal mine because he wanted to get the material with my watermark and then post it on the Internet. This way, if the company investigates, only I will be held responsible, and that person can get away with it perfectly."

"That's right," Bai Mian concluded, "He wanted Guo Xiangxiang to be embarrassed online, but he didn't want to take responsibility, so he came up with this idea. It just so happened that you revealed your notebook password at the dinner party, so he chose you to be his scapegoat."

Xia Yu cursed: "How insidious and cunning! He dares to do it but dares not take responsibility, a coward! If the original video is really uploaded to the Internet, he will be happy, but I will be in big trouble! If I catch this guy, I will tear him apart in person!"

After she finished cursing, she thought of another question: "Master, since this person is my colleague, why didn't he just go to my workstation to copy it? Why did he have to go through so much trouble and sneak into my house?"

Bai Mian: "There are surveillance cameras above your workstations, which can record his every move. If he dares to do anything in the company, then once the company conducts a detailed investigation after the incident, he will definitely be caught."

Xia Yu: "You are talking about those surveillances. Normally, no one watches them. We don't take them seriously. After all, a company has hundreds or even thousands of surveillances. How can we keep track of them all? Just like the last time, I copied the materials from the office computer, and no one noticed, except my team leader. He glanced at me silently at the time, and then pretended that he didn't see anything. I guess he acquiesced. Why should an employee embarrass another employee?"

At this point, Xia Yu suddenly stopped talking. She finally understood everything: "It was the team leader! He did it!"

Bai Mian nodded silently. Xia Yu said excitedly, "He is the only one who knows that I copied the materials back home. He is the one who has always been by my side. Moreover, he has a motive to do this! I remember two months ago, the team leader missed a frame when retouching the picture. Guo Xiangxiang called and scolded him in front of everyone. She also cursed his whole family to death. At that time, the team leader's daughter had just turned one month old. He couldn't stand such words the most!"

"So from that time on, he began to harbor hatred and came up with this method to take revenge on Guo Xiangxiang, and I, unfortunately, became the scapegoat he chose."

"I never thought that the team leader who always looked serious could do such a thing. He usually taught us to have a correct attitude and serve customers. It turns out that he hated Guo Xiangxiang in his heart and wished that Guo Xiangxiang would be completely confused!"

In excitement, Xia Yu finally recalled the memories of that night: "I remember that after I got drunk that day, it was the team leader who drove me home! We finished at twelve o'clock, but I didn't get home until two in the morning because the car was delayed on the road for a long time."

"I remember I was asleep in the back seat and mumbled out my home address. Then the team leader reached into my coat pocket and took out my home key. He then got out of the car and left. It took him a long time to come back. He must have gone to get a key duplication!"

"After that night, he had my house key and my address, so he could do it anytime he wanted!"

After thinking everything through, Xia Yu asked one last question: "Master, I don't understand. Since the team leader has obtained the original film material, why hasn't he posted it yet? As long as he posts it online, wouldn't his purpose be achieved?"

"He's waiting," Bai Mian explained. "He wants to wait until the day the variety show starts to release it. That way, Guo Xiangxiang's retouched face will form a sharp contrast with her original photo, and people will discuss it more. He wants Guo Xiangxiang to be severely slapped in the face and become a laughing stock on the Internet."

"Oh my god, he was so deliberate. He had done everything, but I didn't realize anything. If I hadn't come to you, his plan would have been implemented smoothly. On the day the variety show was broadcast, Guo Xiangxiang had a big accident. The topic would definitely be on the hot search, and I would be the sinner who caused all this. I would be fired, saddled with a huge penalty, and maybe even go to jail! It's really like a pot from heaven falling on someone's head while you're at home!"

Xia Yu was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. She hugged the fat orange in front of her: "Luckily, the big orange saw everything. It turns out that it has been so talkative recently just to tell me this! Baby, thank you!"

Daju raised his head proudly and put his face against Xia Yu's face.

After the intimacy, Xia Yu put the cat down and began to think about the next move: "What should I do next? Although the real culprit has been found, how to destroy the materials in his hands is still a problem. No one knows where he put the materials, and it happens that he is on annual leave recently and is not in the company. I can't find him at all."

The more Xia Yu thought about it, the more anxious he became: "Even if we find him, he won't admit it. Everything is just my speculation, and there is no evidence. Master, what should I do!"

Bai Mian said softly: "Actually, there is evidence. You should be mentally prepared."

Xia Yu was confused: "What kind of mental preparation do I need to make?"

Bai Mian spoke slowly: "The house you rented is full of cameras. In fact, you have been secretly photographed all the time."

"Ah——" Xia Yu let out a shrill scream. She stood up suddenly and looked at Bai Mian in disbelief.

Bai Mian patted her shoulder and said, "I know you can't accept it for a while, but this is the reality. Your current landlord is a pervert who likes to take secret photos. When he was renovating this house, he installed many hidden cameras in order to secretly take photos of the tenants who would move in in the future. When you rented the house, he wanted to interview you so that he could see your appearance with his own eyes. You said that you were surprised why the landlord chose you among all the tenants. Now I can answer your question - because you are young and beautiful, and he likes your appearance."

Xia Yu was so frightened that he was shaking all over and couldn't speak.

Bai Mian continued mercilessly: "Since you moved in, he has been watching your every move from next door. You know, he is a rich second-generation man who doesn't need to work and lives on collecting rent. He rarely goes out, and spying on you is his greatest pleasure."

Xia Yu gasped and reached out to stop Bai Mian: "That's enough, stop talking!"

Bai Mian closed his mouth, handed her a cup of hot water immediately, and waited silently for her to calm down.

After a long while, Xia Yu finally calmed down. She said tremblingly, "Master, please continue."