Chapter 95: Testing
Pei Yuezhou stood up and prepared to leave, with the fine touch of tobacco lingering on his fingertips.
As soon as I turned the corner of the corridor, I bumped into a figure in each other's peripheral vision.
Su Man was holding the folder, and both of them paused for half a second, then passed each other.
The phone in Pei Yuezhou's pocket suddenly vibrated. He pressed the answer button and spoke in a low voice, wrapped in the coolness of the corridor, very softly: "Speak."
On the other end of the phone was the voice of his assistant reporting on his work. He occasionally responded with "I see" or "The meeting has been postponed", and every word he said was filled with a sense of alienation and coldness.
There was no trace of emotion in his voice.
Su Man behind him suddenly stopped and his fingertips unconsciously clenched the edge of the folder.
This sound...
She couldn't help but look back and watched Pei Yuezhou's back as he walked towards the elevator.
The man had straight shoulders, his black shirt collar was neatly tied, his steps were steady and almost rigid, and even his back gave off an aura that said "keep away from strangers."
Su Man's thoughts instantly drifted back to that sultry afternoon many years ago.
At that time, she was worried about the laboratory affairs, and a high-end supercar with sharp lines suddenly stopped in front of her.
The dark curtains of the car were only slightly opened, and the voice from inside was low and vague, but it was full of unquestionable certainty: "If you want to enter the lab, I can help you."
Several bodyguards in black gathered outside the car, exuding an intimidating aura.
She didn't even see the person in the car clearly, she only remembered the voice coming through the fabric.
The voice was surprisingly similar to the one Pei Yuezhou was using when he was on the phone.
The elevator arrived at the floor with a ding, and Pei Yuezhou hung up the phone and stepped inside.
As the door slowly closed, he seemed to sense the intense gaze, and his eyes lightly swept to the end of the corridor, landing on Su Man's stiff figure, and quickly moved away.
Su Man abruptly withdrew her gaze, but her heart beat uncontrollably faster.
Did she remember it wrongly? Or...
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After Yu Zhi showed up on the first day of the summit, she stayed in the hotel for the next two days.
The phone screen was still stuck on the chat history with Yue Lingyao, in which she clearly stated that she would not attend tonight's closing dinner.
Just as my finger was about to swipe the screen, an anonymous email suddenly popped up, and the sender was a string of irregular garbled characters.
Attached are the financial transactions between Aether Labs and the Bangs Consortium many years ago, as well as fragments of the lab's old administrative archives.
The selection of members for the special task force needs to be confirmed by the funding party. At the time, the Bangs contact mentioned that Suman's research direction is highly consistent with the consortium's plans.
The screenshot is a partial screenshot of Bangs' internal grant approval form. The pixels are not high and there are slight scanning marks on the edges.
The key words of the laboratory special group can be clearly seen. There is a blurred signature in the approval column, and only the outline of the three words "Pei Yuezhou" can be barely seen.
All other details have been downplayed, leaving only fragments that are enough to evoke associations.
Yu Zhi's pupils dilated slightly.
She expected that person to take action, but she didn't expect him to bring such big news.
Xiaoshui's tone was full of disbelief: "This... is fake. You didn't even know Pei Yuezhou at the time, right? He had no reason to target you."
Yu Zhi was also very puzzled.
Is there some misunderstanding?
[I'm throwing this half-truthful evidence at you, perhaps to test your reaction.]
"Half-truths are the easiest to arouse suspicion. It seems... he can't sit still any longer."
Yu Zhi temporarily put aside the doubts lingering in her mind and did not rush to delete the email. She directly opened the anti-tracking program she wrote.
The moment the program started, the red warning light in the lower right corner immediately flashed at a high frequency, and a string of unfamiliar IP addresses were synchronizing her mobile phone location with extremely low latency.
The signal source was precisely locked near the monitoring system of the summit's main venue, the "Royal Exhibition Center."
"You've been staring at me for so long, and finally you've shown me the direction." Yu Zhi muttered to herself, tapping the screen a few times with her fingertips.
Instead of cutting off the other party's tracking, she deliberately turned off part of the phone's firewall, leaving the illusion that the device was easily tracked.
Seeing Yu Zhi opening the suitcase to look for clothes, Xiao Shui couldn't help but ask: "Master Host, what are you doing?"
Yu Zhi curled her lips into a smile and took out a dark green dress from her suitcase. "Let's go have a fight with our Ah Yue."
We finally managed to lure the other party out, so we have to make this scene more dramatic, right?
Otherwise, how can I be worthy of the other party's painstaking efforts?
Let him go, he's almost broken.
"Does it make you feel bad?" Yu Zhi couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly. "Don't worry, I will definitely comfort him after this matter is settled."
When Yu Zhi arrived at the banquet hall, Pei Youming was speaking on the stage.
She found an empty seat in the corner and sat down. Yue Lingyao was quite surprised to see her and walked over with champagne in hand: "Didn't you say you couldn't come?"
"I suddenly felt that I should show up at the closing ceremony." Yu Zhi smiled, and her tone was calm.
Her eyes swept across the surveillance camera in the banquet hall, and the red indicator light was dazzling.
Yue Lingyao didn't ask any more questions, but just smiled and clinked glasses with her.
After finishing his speech, Pei Youming was surrounded by a group of pharmaceutical company representatives and media asking questions as soon as he stepped off the stage.
Yu Zhi waited outside the crowd for nearly ten minutes before gently touching his arm: "Mr. Pei, can you please talk to me for a moment?"
Pei Youming suppressed his surprise, greeted the people around him politely, and followed Yu Zhi to a secluded place in the corridor.
"Little aunt."
Yu Zhi got straight to the point: "Pei Yuezhou will be here tonight, too."
This summit was also led by Bangs, and they are also the biggest beneficiary.
Although Pei Yuezhou, as the actual controlling shareholder of Bangs, will not show up, he is very likely to be present.
Pei Youming was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud: "Yes, my uncle didn't enter the venue, he's in the lounge on the third floor."
"Please lead the way."
Pei Youming hesitated for half a second, but in the end he didn't ask any more questions and just led her towards the elevator.
The camera at the top of the corridor turned silently, and the red indicator light swept across the figures of the two people, as if silently recording.
The lounge on the third floor was at the end of the corridor, and the door was ajar.
Pei Youming knocked on the door, and Pei Yuezhou's low voice came from inside: "Come in."
The moment the door was opened, the warm yellow light enveloped Pei Yuezhou's figure.
The man leaned back on the sofa, holding an unlit cigarette between his fingertips, the cigarette body pressed against his lips at an angle, and the lines of his profile were soft in the light.
He was looking at the documents with his eyes lowered, and his long eyelashes cast a light shadow under his eyes, which was even more alluring than the crystal chandelier in the banquet hall.
Hearing footsteps, he looked up, and the moment his eyes met Yu Zhi, his indifference suddenly shattered.
His Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he almost lost control of the cigarette between his fingertips. His knuckles turned a little white before he managed to steady himself.
There was a hint of tension in his voice that he wasn't even aware of.
"Zhizhi..."
He quickly stood up and asked, "Are you here to see me?"
Pei Yuezhou's eyes seemed to be instantly filled with starlight, glittering and so beautiful that one could not take their eyes away.
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