Chapter 96 Zombie Shadow Guard (4)
At the end of the corridor, the stairwell.
Xu Ming leaned against the wall and whispered on the phone: "He suspects me."
On the other end of the phone: “Are you sure?”
"I'm sure he was suspicious when I put something in his hangover tea. He obviously couldn't get up after drinking and adding drugs. But he just slept for a while in the car yesterday and woke up full of energy. He definitely didn't drink the hangover tea. He knew there was something in it."
On the phone: "That only means he is in good health, not necessarily that he knows there is something inside."
"No, he had a bodyguard the next day. He didn't have one before. If he didn't know someone was going to harm him, why would he suddenly hire someone?"
The other side: "He is worth so much, it is normal for him to have bodyguards. It is just for precaution, not necessarily because he suspects someone is trying to harm him."
Xu Ming: "No, the bodyguard destroyed the recorder as soon as he got in the car. He knew I had secretly installed surveillance cameras inside. If he didn't find any evidence about the hangover tea, then he knew this clearly."
There was silence on the other end of the phone: "Even if he knew there was something in the car, he might not know it was you. Otherwise, why didn't he come to you directly?"
Xu Ming: "No, he knew it was me. When I went to report the incident this morning, he had his bodyguards jump in front of me with weapons raised, almost catching me. He was clearly indicating that he knew I did it all. He must be... waiting for me to admit it myself. What should I do?"
"Well... don't panic." The voice on the phone said sternly, "No matter how he suspects or hints, as long as he doesn't point the finger at you, you must not admit it. The most important thing is, don't let him know that I'm in contact with you."
Xu Ming trembled with fear: "I think he already knows. Today... he even called me over and asked me to follow up on the explosion in the industrial park. This matter is obviously not my responsibility, but he asked me to follow up. He... he knows that I have contact with you, and he said this on purpose to test me."
There were a few ding-dong sounds on the other end of the line, and the phone seemed to have fallen to the ground. After a rustling sound, the man said in a stern tone: "This guy is so lucky. I could have taken his place in today's meeting, but... he is still alive and well! Well, whether he really knew or not, I must teach him a lesson at the meeting and let him know who has the final say!"
The meeting started at 1:30 p.m.
The company's senior executives took their seats. On Tao Xing's right sat a middle-aged man. Tao Xing glanced at his name tag. His surname was also Tao, and his name was Tao Lin. He had looked at the company's job title list and found that this Tao Lin was the vice president and the original owner's uncle.
The man nodded to him, then raised his eyes and looked at Shen Shang.
Tao Xing also gestured, then took a seat and watched the meeting recording provided by the secretary. Today was an ordinary quarterly meeting, and it would have been nice to just listen to the work reports from various departments.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the meeting, I suddenly heard someone sneering in the corner.
Tao Xing looked up: "Manager Li, do you have anything to say?"
Manager Li glanced at Tao Lin next to him.
Tao Lin nodded secretly.
Manager Li stood up in one go and said, "I don't have much to say, I just think this meeting is boring."
Tao Xing also thought so: "You can go first."
Manager Li was startled, then looked at Tao Lin and said with his neck stiff, "I am an important manager of the company. No one has the right to make me leave the meeting, but I don't want to listen." As he spoke, he threw the folder in his hand forward, and papers flew all over the conference room.
Then, he leaned back in his chair, half-lying down, and played games on his phone with the external speaker on.
The others were stunned. They stared at his arrogant behavior, then looked at Tao Xing cautiously.
Tao Xing narrowed her eyes slightly and called 080 out: "Is it possible for the original owner to hit someone?"
"Host, the original owner doesn't hit people." 080 said, "Host, please try not to ruin your character, otherwise it will be easy to be seen..."
The system didn't finish its words because it saw the host rolling up his sleeves.
After following the host through several worlds, the system knew clearly that it was unlikely that he would not take action.
"Then please be a little more polite..." the system had to say.
A piece of paper fell from the tossed documents and floated towards him.
Tao Xing's sleeves were half rolled up.
Suddenly, a shadow flashed by, and a wooden ruler came out from the paper, spun several times in the air, and suddenly hit Manager Li's chair.
The chair fell over with a clang, and the person on it fell to the ground with a "wow", while the wooden ruler spun back and was firmly held in Shen Shang's hand.
Everyone present widened their eyes in shock.
Is it so direct? Is it okay... like this?
Tao Xing brushed his sleeves, glanced at the people around him approvingly, and then looked forward.
Manager Li got up from the ground, holding his waist. After looking around, he saw the "culprit", the ruler, which was caused by President Tao's bodyguard.
He relied on the fact that Mr. Tao would maintain his dignity in such occasions and that he couldn't do anything to him, but who would have thought that he couldn't do anything and that Mr. Tao started attacking him without saying a word.
How can it be considered not decent? It was the bodyguard who did it, not him personally.
When the president got serious, he didn't dare to say a word and just pulled his chair back obediently.
"You don't have to sit down." Tao Xing said, "From now on, you are no longer an important manager of the company. You have no right to attend this meeting. Go away."
Manager Li's face changed: "Mr. Tao, I..." He wanted to move forward, but as soon as he moved, the bodyguard's wooden ruler suddenly moved horizontally.
He shuddered, dared not say another word, and walked out tremblingly.
There was a moment of silence at the meeting. Tao Lin coughed lightly and twirled the pen in his hand.
The man opposite raised his eyes and looked at him, then nodded and said, "Boss Tao, Manager Li has been in the company for many years. Even if he has no merits, he has worked hard. Please give me some face and call him back."
Tao Xing looked at his name tag and said, "Director Wang, if you feel sorry for him, you can go out with him."
Director Wang was startled, stood up angrily, and slammed the table: "You are just a young man who has only been in office for a month, how dare you talk to me like this?"
His palm hit the table with a "bang" sound, and before he could finish his words, a wooden ruler suddenly flew towards him.
The wooden ruler flew past his face, bounced off the wall with a deafening sound, and then flew back with a "whoosh".
Director Wang was stunned and staggered into his chair.
Tao Xing: "Don't sit down, get out now."
Director Wang turned his chair and walked out quickly.
Tao Xing turned around and looked at Tao Lin.
Tao Lin smiled faintly: "Xiao Xing, you are a little angry. Everyone knows that these two people are close to me. Are you using them as a warning to me today?"
Tao Xing thought to himself, isn't this just a show of force for me? He also smiled and said, "Since Vice President Tao has a good relationship with them, why don't you go out and accompany them?"
Tao Lin's face changed and he threw the pen down: "Don't think I'm afraid of you!"
The pen fell on the table and bounced up again, flying past Tao Xing. With a "swoosh", it was cut into two pieces by the wooden ruler and fell to the ground with a clang.
Tao Lin was stunned for a moment, then he grabbed another pen from the folder and threw it vigorously: "Don't think I'm afraid of your bodyguard!"
“Swish…”
The wooden ruler rotated, and all the pens were cut into two pieces in the blink of an eye and fell to the ground.
The wooden ruler bounced across the table again, and with a loud "click", the corner of the table that Tao Lin was holding down suddenly broke.
Tao Lin's figure suddenly flashed downwards, with panic in his eyes.
Tao Xing: "Why don't you get out of here?"
The terrified man shook his hands and fled.
The conference room was quiet.
The rest of the people were honest and well-behaved, and the second half of the meeting went smoothly and quickly.
After the meeting, special assistant Xu Ming walked out in front and pressed the elevator button tremblingly.
During the meeting, the president kicked three people out in a row. He was so scared that his legs were weak when he walked.
The president kicked Tao Lin out, but didn't cause him any trouble. What was he keeping in suspense?
The exclusive elevator opened and three people walked in.
Xu Ming leaned against the wall and watched President Tao smile at Cang Shang, saying, "You performed very well."
He looked at Shen Shang again and said, "Thank you for the praise, master." Then he turned slightly sideways.
From this side, Xu Ming was facing him. He saw a blush on his face and the corners of his mouth seemed to be slightly raised.
Suddenly, the corner of his mouth pursed, and a gust of wind blew towards Xu Ming's hair and stopped on the top of his head with a "bang".
Xu Ming's face suddenly turned pale, his legs suddenly went limp, he knelt on the ground with his head in his hands, and said in a lost voice: "Boss Tao, I was wrong, I was wrong, I really didn't mean to drug you, and I didn't mean to install a surveillance device on you, please let me go, I beg you..."
Tao Xing: “…”
"What did you say?"
Xu Ming was stunned, and looked up tremblingly, seeing Shen Shang crossing the wooden ruler with a fallen leaf on it.
A leaf floated in from somewhere and suddenly flew around as the elevator started. Shen Shang thought it was a hidden weapon.
Xu Ming: “!!”
He looked at Tao Xing with a deathly pale face.
Tao Xing: "Say what you said again."
Xu Ming collapsed on the ground, knowing that he was dead.
In the office, he confessed everything tremblingly. Tao Lin asked him to give the drugs and install the surveillance devices. Tao Lin gave him a lot of money, and he really didn't do anything else.
"Was the explosion in the industrial park caused by Tao Lin?" Tao Xing asked.
Xu Ming was shocked. After a while, he murmured, "You know?"
Tao Xing narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't know everything, but he had a suspicion. A merchant called him this morning and complained that the project manager behaved strangely before the opening. He kept hiding in corners and didn't allow others to get close.
Tao Lin is the project manager of this industrial park.
The explosion was indeed very strange. He remembered that it was launched in a regular pattern from several directions on the upper floor. Now thinking about it, it did not seem like the desperation act of a desperado, but rather it was planned in advance.
In the morning, Tao Xingduo mentioned that Xu Ming should follow up on this project, but it was unintentional. He didn't understand the division of labor among his special assistants, assistants, secretaries, etc., so he just called someone to give instructions when he answered the phone.
Xu Ming felt guilty and told Tao Lin that their contact had been discovered. Tao Lin became anxious and wanted to establish his authority at the meeting. However, he did establish his authority, but it was Tao Xing's authority.
Tao Xing was suspicious of Tao Lin and did not pay attention to what this special assistant did. However, this person admitted everything he did. After asking him in detail, he realized that it was all Cang Shang's credit.
Xu Ming trembled and said, "Yes, as soon as your bodyguard smiled, I knew something was wrong and I dared not hide it anymore."
Tao Xing looked at Shen Shang approvingly again, and then asked Xu Ming: "What was Tao Lin's purpose in making the explosion? Tell me what you know."
"He... he owes a lot of money. I don't know who he found, but he said that Mr. Tao's birth date and horoscope are compatible with the industrial park. On the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, he can use you... use you as a trigger to make the exhibition building explode and collapse according to the five elements or something. Then, he can lock all the bad luck onto you. Then, his luck will turn, and he can also take over Tao Corporation, killing two birds with one stone."
Tao Xing: “…”
I thought it was a business war, but it turned out to be metaphysics.
After being reminded, thinking back on it, the direction of the explosion was indeed a bit like the position of the Five Elements. This is an evil magic that suppresses and borrows luck. It combines a person's luck with a matching building first, and then the explosion of the building traps the person's soul, and the person's luck will be transferred out.
"I have said everything I should say. Mr. Tao, please forgive me." Xu Ming cried.
Tao Xing sneered, "To use a person as a trigger, you need that person to die. I thought you were just drugging me so that I couldn't make it to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. So, you actually want to kill me. You want to kill me, so how can I spare you?"
He did kill the original owner.
However, when Tao Xing came through, she changed the original owner's destiny, so the evil magic certainly could not succeed.
Tao Lin did not expect that he could wake up and go to the scene at that time, but the explosive equipment had been prepared, and there was no turning back, so he still did it according to the original plan. However, the plan was disrupted, and the time and sequence did not match. Therefore, Tao Xing said that it was just a bit like the position of the five elements.
Hearing this, Xu Ming's face changed drastically: "I really didn't mean it, Mr. Tao, I was just blinded by money, I won't dare to do it again..."
"Attempted murder, whether there will be a future or not, it's up to the police to deal with it, Tao Lin can't get away either."
The police were called and Xu Ming was taken out, and the office returned to peace.
Tao Xing turned around and looked at the shadow guard: "You have done a great service by finding them out."
Shen Shang nodded: "Thank you, Master. This is what I should do."
"Oh." Tao Xing walked around him and said faintly, "You smiled at Xu Ming. I thought you couldn't smile."
Shen Shang raised his eyes, paused, then lowered his head and said, "I wasn't smiling at him. I saw the fallen leaves and thought they were hidden weapons. I was nervous for a moment, and the corners of my mouth moved unconsciously."
"real?"
"Yes, I dare not deceive my master." Shen Shang lowered his head.
"Okay." Tao Xing sighed, "It's time to get off work and go home."
He walked out, and when he reached the door he turned back: "Then can you smile?"
Shen Shang paused and clenched the wooden ruler: "Yes."
Then, he slowly raised his head, pursed his lips and smiled.
This smile was so stiff that it seemed to be held up by a string, and it was filled with a weird feeling. Tao Xing shook her head helplessly and pinched his face: "It looks good, smile more in the future."
After saying that, he pushed the door open and walked forward.
The pinched cheek suddenly felt hot, and after a long time, the silent man dared to look up.
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