White-clad deliveryman serving wine (12)
Shu Changyan still tied that ugly-looking pendant to the car. The red and green color swayed as the car moved, and Shu Ningmiao could only turn her head away helplessly.
She bought an extra small building in the Lingtian District and moved out of the Shu family's house a few years ago. She usually goes back to her own house.
There are professionals who take care of housekeeping and cooking, which Shu Ningmiao knows nothing about, but Shu Changyan is quite good at cooking.
Shu Changyan stood in the kitchen, the setting sun casting its light on his face. A stray strand of hair fell across his cheek. Washed ingredients were piled on the stove. His fingers, which usually held a sword and a knife, pressed against the peeled potatoes, producing a steady chopping sound.
Since the start of the school year, she hasn't been back to her own house much. Shu Ningmiao was originally sitting at the table, acting as a hands-off manager, but now she suddenly remembered and stood up to look around the living room.
She was away from home for several months, yet there was no dust on the cabinets or display shelves. It's not surprising that the housekeeper regularly arranges for cleaning.
Temporary workers hired on a regular basis don't clean as thoroughly as long-term servants. Shu Ningmiao opened the bookshelf and found a thin layer of dust on the shelves that hadn't been wiped clean. If that was the case, it wasn't a big deal.
Shu Ningmiao turned on the flashlight on the terminal and shone it on the bookshelf. Under the reflection of the light, the dust marks on the shelves became clearer.
Logically, since it was covered in dust, all the shelves should have been covered in dust as well, but there were a few clean books on the bookshelf in front of her.
She tried taking out a book and putting it back, only to find that taking the book out had moved the dust along with it, leaving a few unevenly clean spots on the bookshelf shelf.
Someone entered her house and deliberately went through her books? Shu Ningmiao frowned slightly. The furnishings in the house had not been changed, except for this trace on the bookshelf.
During her time at the school, she had her house cleaned at least six or seven times, and even if someone had actually come in, all traces were cleaned up.
Nothing was missing from the house, yet they insisted on rummaging through the books on her bookshelf. Were they Prometheus's men?
Shu Ningmiao took down all the books without dust from their spines and opened them one by one. They contained her notes from her preparatory classes and some photo albums.
The notebook had no cover or writing on it, so the person searching for it probably thought it was her diary. Otherwise, she couldn't imagine that someone would be so kind as to sneak into her house just to peek at her course notes.
As for the photo album, Shu Ningmiao casually browsed through it and found that one photo of her and Shu Changyan was missing. It was probably taken during their preparatory year, and she had a backup of it on her terminal.
Shu Ningmiao found the picture on the terminal but couldn't see anything special about it. Shu Changyan stood in front of her with a smile, put his arm around her shoulder and made a peace sign, but she had a cold expression and no reaction. At that time, she was having a headache because of her father's madness and felt annoyed by everyone.
If there's anything special about this photo, it's the only one she has with Shu Changyan. Was the person who took it trying to investigate her personal relationships?
Although she didn't have much hope, Shu Ningmiao still sent a message to the housekeeper, asking him to pull up all the surveillance footage from the past few months outside the house.
Shu Changyan poured the cooked dishes into a white porcelain plate and brought them out. The simple dishes were steaming hot, emitting an enticing aroma that quickly filled the entire restaurant.
"I remember you liked to eat this."
"Really?" She suddenly remembered and brought it up: "Teacher Yelü Qi is in the hospital."
"I know." Shu Changyan lowered his eyes, unconsciously lowering his eyebrows. "Zhao and I have already gone to see it."
"He doesn't have gastrointestinal bleeding, does he?"
Shu Changyan nodded almost imperceptibly, without saying a word.
Someone had broken into the house, which was likely related to Prometheus. Shu Ningmiao didn't mention this, but casually chatted with him while eating.
The housekeeper quickly sent links to the videos from the past few months, guessing Shu Ningmiao's purpose, and asked her with concern if she had lost anything. He specifically added that he personally supervised the cleaning during that time, and the maids could not have tampered with anything.
There are a total of 5 cameras in front of and behind the house, so there are basically no blind spots. This is a wealthy area with good privacy, and unauthorized people cannot enter. If there are any unknown people loitering around, they will be more conspicuous than anything else and will be very easy to investigate.
Shu Ningmiao quickly scrolled through the document, and apart from the housekeeper bringing in staff to clean, there was no one else within a few meters.
If it wasn't the housekeeper who stole the footage, the surveillance video was very likely tampered with.
Shu Ningmiao didn't know how to read the data behind the video. Suddenly, an idea struck her. She put down her chopsticks and said to Shu Changyan, "I'm a little sleepy. I'll take a nap first."
"Remember to cover yourself with a blanket while you sleep." She ate half of her food and then stopped, but Shu Changyan didn't find it strange. He just told her to cover her stomach and got up to clear the dishes from the kitchen.
She leaned back on the sofa and could see Shu Changyan's calm back as he stood in front of the sink.
The sound of bowls and plates clattering was masked by the sound of flowing water and gradually became indistinct. Shu Changyan's presence increased the safety level of the surroundings. Shu Ningmiao closed her eyes and confidently focused her consciousness into the terminal.
Finding vulnerabilities in an operating system on a terminal requires a long period of learning, while the 'neural connection' method is obviously much simpler. This is the magic of superpowers. She found the surveillance video she had just watched, and the video data was presented in her mind in a wonderful and intuitive way.
With a single glance, she could see every second of the hundreds of hours of surveillance video. The images flashed by rapidly in the form of wave frequencies, with one segment having a discontinuous wave, as if it had been abruptly cut off in the middle.
Shu Ningmiao stopped to watch the video carefully. About an hour of data was missing in the middle of the video. The time was around 3 p.m. the day after she was attacked. The data had been completely deleted from the system and replaced with data from the previous hour, so the frequency looked very strange.
As expected, it's related to the people of Prometheus. It was that 'neural connection' ability user who did it. Shu Ningmiao frowned. They've already lost two ability users, are they still not planning to give up?
Just as she was about to pull herself out of consciousness, the surrounding data suddenly changed, and a familiar, overlapping voice suddenly rang out in the silent space, as if talking to itself: "I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Shu Ningmiao's pupils contracted, and she moved with lightning speed, retreating a great distance from her original spot before slowly standing up and staring intently in the direction from which the voice came: "You deliberately took the photos, wanting me to check the surveillance footage?"
But how did he realize she was watching the surveillance video? Was he watching that link 24/7?
"Do you know what an intrusion detection system is? An IDS system can monitor network traffic and system behavior, and can detect whether there is abnormal activity or malicious attack." He seemed to know Shu Ningmiao's doubts and explained with great interest, seemingly very proud of these things: "As long as the IDS system is installed on the terminal, when it detects suspicious activity, such as unauthorized access, abnormal data traffic or attack behavior, it will trigger an alarm and notify me."
The other person's voice was still that of a mix of men, women, young and old, making it impossible to tell who it was. But Shu Ningmiao felt that he was really not like You An. If You An could speak such a long passage without pausing, he wouldn't have ranked last in the written test on the basics of supernatural abilities.
His tone was tinged with resentment: "The Omniscient can actually imitate the abilities of others. No wonder Pine has gathered and protected the Omniscient so closely."
He was completely wrong. No wonder Yu Lu said that the people of Prometheus didn't know what the Omniscient One was. If that's the case, why were they so obsessed with those who possessed the "omniscient" ability? They were clearly against Pandora and the ability, yet they were so superstitious about the power of the ability.
But this person was clever; he realized she could steal his powers and set up this electronic trap based on the powers she had stolen.
Shu Ningmiao raised her eyes: "What do you want to tell me?"
“No.” The voice suddenly turned cold: “Since you are determined to collude with the Pinheid government, we have nothing to talk about.”
Shu Ningmiao was completely baffled. If he had nothing to say, why did he deliberately leave this trap? He couldn't do anything to her in this system; she could withdraw her consciousness at any time.
The overlapping voice in the data chuckled sarcastically: "I've been waiting for you to come out of Kornunos again for a long time."
The trap was only used to detect when she would return home.
It was Shu Ningmiao herself who gave them the opportunity. At this time, leaving the safest campus and returning alone to the remote wealthy villa area, no matter how strong she was, she would not have a chance of winning against several battle-hardened superhumans in a closed space.
The boy quickly withdrew his consciousness from the terminal, clutching it tightly with lingering fear. As long as Shu Ningmiao remained alive, she was the biggest threat to him.
He had never attacked anyone through neural connections; at most, he had only briefly controlled other people's consciousness. He never imagined that his superpower could be used to give people psychological suggestions in this way.
Although it occurred within the data stream, the suggestion could no longer be removed through neural connections. If he went to see a psychiatrist, the medical records at Cornunos's clinic would be easily accessible to Shu Ningmiao.
Although she had covered up the traces through various means, Shu Ningmiao would never give up so easily. Rather than waiting to be killed, she would rather strike first.
The last time they failed because the open space gave her too many opportunities. This time, they had scouted and marked the room beforehand. More importantly, one of the superhumans in charge had the ability to "compress space." Different superhumans have different powers in different places, and no one can defeat such a superhuman in a confined space.
He breathed a sigh of relief, finally free from worrying about the class schedule and nervously hiding from Shu Ningmiao.
There was a knocking sound outside the dormitory. He felt a jolt and opened the door. There was You An's smiling face. When he opened the door, You An looked back like a thief, his eyes glancing around guiltily, as if afraid of being overheard.
He took a deep breath, pulled You An's arm in, and closed the door.
You An casually sat on the floor of his dormitory, blinking at him, and asked, "Is what you're saying true? Aren't they really a couple? But I can't tell at all... Shi Yu is still holding her hand."
“Really.” He emphasized, “What does holding hands mean to these upper-class people? If they really have a political marriage, Shu Ningmiao will definitely keep a bunch of lovers.”
Yu An blushed, feeling that what he said was a bit inappropriate, but he swallowed the words back awkwardly. He looked uneasy: "Ren Nagi, I always feel a little insecure."
Rennagi thought for a moment, then took out the photo, about half the size of her palm, from her textbook. Shu Ningmiao looked much younger in the photo, her gaze unpleasant as she looked at the camera.
He handed the photo to You An and said, "Here you go."
"How did you get this photo?" You An was startled, her fingers involuntarily stroking the photo as she asked uncertainly, "Who is the other person?"
Rennagi had never seen the other person's face in the photo, but that didn't stop him from making up a story: "It's a friend of mine. I got it from him. He's also the one who told me about Shi Yu and her. Keep it safe, don't let anyone find out."
But if it turns out to be nothing, or even better.
You An held up the photo with both hands, looking up at it. The girl with long black hair in the photo looked unhappy, but she was still incredibly cute. He happily hooked his arm around her neck, his eyebrows relaxed and his eyes bright: "Good brother, I'll definitely treat you to a meal when I succeed."
Having just overused his powers to notify others, Rennagi's face was somewhat pale. A hint of panic flashed in his eyes as he turned his head slightly, not looking directly at You An.
Although it was unlikely that Shu Ningmiao would come back alive, just to be on the safe side, he continued as planned: "Don't forget, whatever you do, don't tell her about your special ability... Someone like her would never be interested in your special ability."
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