Chapter 172 Young Madam, you... must be careful.
Under the pretext of giving Madam Shi a physical examination, Shi Hongzhen sent someone to take her to the hospital around 3 p.m., so that Qin Shuzhi could use the excuse of protecting her grandmother to transfer the shadow over there.
The Shi Group at the same time.
Li Sheng hurriedly stopped Shi Yuanxing, who was coming out of the office, and said, "President Shi, our people have found Qiao Wenbo's whereabouts."
Shi Yuanxing's eyes flickered, and just as he was about to leave with Li Sheng, someone blocked his way.
When Shi Yuanxing looked, he saw it was Tian Zhiyi, Shi Hongzhen's special assistant who had been by his side for many years.
"Young Master."
"What's wrong, Uncle Yi?"
Tian Zhiyi looked anxious and whispered to him, "I don't know who leaked the news about the missing research data. Now a group of directors have gone to the chairman's office to make a scene. Your father isn't here, and I can't handle it, so I have no choice but to ask you to go and take charge."
Shi Yuanxing's face darkened, and then he heard Tian Zhiyi say, "Leave Qiao Wenbo's matter to me?"
Tian Zhiyi has always been Shi Hongzhen's right-hand man, and Shi Yuanxing naturally trusts him. Moreover, stabilizing the company's senior management is of utmost importance at present.
Helpless, Shi Yuanxing could only nod and tell Li Sheng to tell Tian Zhiyi about Qiao Wenbo's situation and let him handle it.
Finally, he added, "Uncle Yi, let me know any updates on Qiao Wenbo's situation."
"must."
After Shi Yuanxing left, Li Sheng told Tian Zhiyi about the report from his subordinates that they had seen what appeared to be Qiao Wenbo's whereabouts, and then immediately chased after Shi Yuanxing in the direction he had gone.
After everyone had gone some distance, Tian Zhiyi called Shi Hongzhen, "Chairman Shi, the person has been left at the company."
Shi Hongzhen: "Yes, you go to the transaction site yourself and make sure Shuzhi is safe."
"yes."
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At 3:30, Qin Shuzhi got into Tian Zhiyi's car at the school gate.
At four o'clock, the car stopped at a bustling square.
Qin Shuzhi turned her head to look at Tian Zhiyi, who was driving, and asked, "Is the transaction going to take place here?"
Tian Zhiyi said, "This is the address that Qiao Wenbo gave me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Shuzhi's phone rang.
It is a spacecraft.
Qin Shuzhi suddenly looked at Tian Zhiyi.
Both of them knew that the caller was Qiao Wenbo.
Tian Zhiyi nodded, and Qin Shuzhi then pressed the speakerphone button.
After waiting for a while without any response, Qin Shuzhi spoke first, "I've arrived."
The next second, Qiao Wenbo's deep voice came from the phone, "Drive yourself, turn right and go around to the next traffic light."
Sure enough, he was very cautious.
Qin Shuzhi glanced at Tian Zhiyi and agreed, "Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Tian Zhiyi immediately handed her a miniature listening device. "Young Madam, wear this on your person so we can hear everything that's happening on your end. We'll stay by your side the whole time. If Qiao Wenbo does anything that's detrimental to you, or if you notice anything unusual, just give us a hint and our people will take action."
"If the situation is sudden or urgent and you cannot give verbal hints, press the listening device firmly here to cut off the signal. This means you are in danger and we will rescue you immediately."
Qin Shuzhi listened attentively, then nodded, "Okay, I understand."
She placed the listening device in a concealed yet easily accessible location in her collar.
"Young Madam, you... must be careful."
Qin Shuzhi looked up and saw that although Tian Zhiyi appeared calm, his eyes were full of worry.
Qin Shuzhi smiled reassuringly at him, "Uncle Yi, don't worry too much. He's just after money."
"Mm." Tian Zhiyi nodded.
She also prayed in her heart that Qiao Wenbo was really just trying to protect himself. After all, everyone knew that the young mistress was the young master's darling. If something happened to her, Shi Dong would have a hard time explaining it to the young master.
After that, Tian Zhiyi got out of the car, and Qin Shuzhi drove alone to the next intersection.
As the car approached the next traffic light, the phone on the center console rang again. Qin Shuzhi pressed the speakerphone button and heard the other end say, "Go through the traffic light, then turn left."
Qin Shuzhi glanced at the green light at the intersection ahead, which had only three seconds left. She had no choice but to do as she was told, stepping on the gas to cross the traffic light and then turning left.
She glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that all the cars behind her were stopped by the red light.
After that, following Qiao Wenbo's instructions, she drove around in circles for a while.
Finally, it stopped at one place.
Qin Shuzhi looked out through the car's windshield and saw an abandoned warehouse ahead.
"I'm outside the abandoned warehouse."
While she appeared to be speaking to Qiao Wenbo on the other end of the call, she was actually reporting her location to Tian Zhiyi on the other end of the bugging device.
As soon as she finished speaking, a black sedan drove out of a passageway inside the warehouse, its headlights flashing.
Qiao Wenbo's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Get out of the car and come in."
Qin Shuzhi got out of the car as instructed and walked through the gate of the abandoned warehouse.
The warehouse was quiet and empty, with no one around except for the black sedan in front.
Qin Shuzhi took a deep breath and calmed himself before walking to the driver's seat.
The car window rolled down, and Qiao Wenbo inside said to her calmly, "Get in the car."
Qin Shuzhi was somewhat wary. "You should come down."
Unexpectedly, Qiao Wenbo was even more cautious than her. He glanced towards the gate and said, "Get out of the car. I'm not safe."
"..."
All right.
Qin Shuzhi could only get into the passenger seat of his car.
Tian Zhiyi, who had silently followed from outside, looked a little nervous as he watched Qin Shuzhi get into the car.
He immediately signaled to his bodyguards to set up defenses around the area and increase vigilance.
Inside the car.
Without uttering a single unnecessary word, Qin Shuzhi asked, "Where are the documents?"
Qiao Wenbo took out a document from the side and handed it to her. "I have never opened the document, but you can open it to check if it is true or false."
Qin Shuzhi took it and found that the seal was intact, and the shape of the seal was exactly the same as the photo she had seen in Shi Hongzhen's study.
This is the seal used exclusively for top-secret documents of the Shi Group, and outsiders cannot imitate it.
It is clear that this file has never been opened.
But just in case, Qin Shuzhi opened the file and checked its contents one by one.
In Shi Hongzhen's office, she had seen the electronic version of the design draft in his confidential files.
After verifying that the document was indeed the original research manuscript and that there were no missing chapters or pages, Qin Shuzhi held the document tightly in her hand and made a deal with him, "I will call Dad to transfer the money after I get off the bus."
Qiao Wenbo's eyes were dark, and his face no longer held the gentle and polite demeanor he once had.
He said firmly, enunciating each word clearly, "You can only get off the bus after I receive the payment."
Helpless, Qin Shuzhi could only call Shi Hongzhen in front of him, "Dad, I got the documents, and they're all intact."
Less than five minutes after hanging up the phone, Qiao Wenbo's phone rang.
He looked down at his text message. Qin Shuzhi said, "The money has arrived. Can I go now?"
Qiao Wenbo nodded, and Qin Shuzhi didn't dare to delay for a moment. He gripped the research and development materials tightly in his hand, turned around, and opened the car door.
However, the moment her hand touched the car door, before she could even open it, a strong electric current suddenly surged through her shoulder. In an instant, her whole body went numb and limp, and her consciousness began to blur.
Qin Shuzhi, clinging to his last shred of consciousness, laboriously raised his trembling hand to press the bugging device at his collar.
However, it was too late.
In the last second before she lost consciousness, she saw the warehouse door close quickly...
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