Chapter 32 Quickly Transmigrated! Got Bankrupt Overnight and Became the Young Master’s Bodyguard (35)
My heart sank. Was there really no hope? I took a deep breath and tried to stay calm. Bait? If this was a bait, then where was the real backup file?
I closed my eyes and my mind raced, recalling everything I had seen in the control room. Servers, cables, consoles, and… the clutter in the corner. Wait! Clutter?
I suddenly opened my eyes and looked at the corner behind Director Liu. There were some discarded hard drives and data cables piled there, covered in a layer of dust, and inconspicuous. Could it be that...
"What are you looking at?" Director Liu noticed my gaze and followed my line of sight. "It's just a pile of garbage. Do you expect to find treasures in it?"
The corners of my mouth slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible smile. "Maybe," I said casually, "I'm just curious, how can such a large enterprise like the Shen family have so many useless things."
Director Liu snorted coldly, obviously not taking my words to heart. "Stop playing tricks, Feng Ziang, and surrender obediently."
I pretended to give up and raised my hands. "Okay, I give up."
At the moment when Director Liu relaxed his guard, I suddenly rushed forward and knocked Detective Wu to the ground. In the chaos, I quickly rolled to the corner and grabbed a dusty hard drive.
"Catch him!" Director Liu's roar rang out again.
I held the hard drive tightly, avoiding the bodyguards' pursuit. The hard drive was so light that I doubted whether there was really anything inside. But this was my last hope, I couldn't give up!
I glanced at the label on the hard drive. There was a string of numbers on it: 19970815. This date... is my birthday! Could this really be...
"Don't let him run away!" Director Liu's voice was getting closer.
I ducked into the back of a server cabinet and connected the hard drive to a spare computer. The screen lit up and a hidden folder appeared before my eyes. My heart raced, and I clicked on the folder, and there it was, a video file.
I took a deep breath and clicked the play button. A familiar figure appeared on the screen - Maid Zhou. She looked flustered, holding a USB flash drive in her hand, and talking to a man in black.
"This is what you want," Maid Zhou said in a trembling voice, "Please, let me go..."
The man in black took the USB drive and sneered, "Don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised you."
The video ends here. I unplugged the hard drive and held it tightly in my hand. Although this video did not capture the face of the man in black, it was enough to prove that the maid was involved in this incident. The reason why Maid Zhou did not dare to tell the truth before was probably because she was threatened.
I must find Maid Zhou and ask her what happened. But I can't leave the monitoring room yet, because Director Liu's people are still outside. I looked around, looking for an escape route. Suddenly, my eyes fell on a vent in the corner of the wall... I walked to the vent, reached out and touched it, and found that the iron fence was a little loose.
I pushed hard...
The iron fence made a harsh friction sound. I held my breath and crawled sideways. The ventilation duct was narrow and dark, and the air was filled with the smell of dust. I couldn't help coughing a few times. I crawled along the duct, feeling extremely anxious.
I don't know how long I climbed, but I finally saw a ray of light ahead. I quickened my pace and climbed to the exit. I carefully poked my head out and found myself in a storage room. I jumped down from the vent and dusted myself off.
The storage room was full of clutter and dust. It was obvious that no one had been there for a long time. I searched the room carefully, hoping to find some useful clues. Suddenly, my eyes fell on an object covered with canvas. I walked over, lifted the canvas, and found that it was an old-fashioned video recorder.
I was delighted and quickly turned on the VCR and inserted a video tape. Snowflakes appeared on the screen, and then the picture slowly appeared. In the picture, Maid Zhou was talking to a man in black, and their conversation was exactly the same as the video I saw in the monitoring room.
It seemed that this video camera had recorded the entire incident. I continued to watch the video, hoping to find the identity of the man in black.
However, in the following days, my situation became increasingly difficult. Director Liu spread more rumors about me being a spy, and some of the Shen family's servants began to speak ill of me and even deliberately make things difficult for me.
"Are you the thief who stole the things?" A young maid pointed at my nose and cursed, "I never thought that the young master would hire a scum like you!"
"That's right. Looking at his poor appearance, he must have sold out the young master for money!" another servant echoed.
I clenched my fists and tried to hold back the anger in my heart. I knew that no matter how much I explained, it would be useless now. Only by finding the real mastermind behind the incident could I prove my innocence.
I continued to search for clues in Shen's house, trying to find the secret room. Based on the backup traces, I inferred that the room might be on the west side of the villa. There was a garden on the west side that few people went to, and there was an independent small building deep in the garden. I took advantage of the night and sneaked into the small building.
The small building was empty, and the air was filled with a faint moldy smell. I carefully explored every room, hoping to find some clues.
Finally, I found a secret door in a room on the second floor. I pushed the secret door open, and a small room appeared in front of me. There was only a table in the room, and a computer was placed on the table.
I walked over and turned on the computer. An encrypted video was displayed on the computer screen. I tried to enter several passwords, but none of them worked.
"Could this be the complete video I'm looking for?" I thought to myself, "But what's the password..."
Just when I was at a loss, I suddenly heard footsteps outside the door...
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and my heartbeat quickened. Could it be Director Liu? I quickly turned off my computer and hid behind a secret door.
The door was pushed open, and a tall figure walked in. In the dim light, I could see who it was - it was Shen Haoxuan.
Why did he come here? I was puzzled and didn't dare to make any sound.
Shen Haoxuan looked around the room, as if looking for something. He walked to the table and saw the computer. He reached out and turned on the computer, and the encrypted video was still displayed on the screen.
He stared at the screen for a moment, then turned around and looked at the secret door. My heart jumped into my throat. Did he find me?
Just when I thought I was about to be exposed, Shen Haoxuan suddenly turned around and left the room. I breathed a sigh of relief, my heart full of doubts. What on earth was he doing here? He saw the video on the computer, did he know something?
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