Chapter 358 Back to Reality (9) - Framing
Si Zhong asked curiously, "Why do you suddenly want to go see it?"
Ning Shu: "Because I wanted to see if you looked handsome when you were working hard."
Hearing these words, Ning Shu couldn't help but get goosebumps all over.
But all the cheesy sentimentality is merely a means to an end.
Si Zhong didn't really care, but the thought that his brother would definitely disagree made him hesitate.
Ning Shu knew he was about to agree, so she used all her skills to "persuade" him.
Under her sweet talk, he finally agreed.
When Ning Shu first went to Si Zhong's office, looking at the surrounding layout, it didn't seem like a commercial office, but more like a government building.
Sure enough, after she landed, she saw the three characters "Chongzheng Building" written on the gate.
"You... work for the government?" Ning Shu was surprised that he was actually in politics, and her heart sank.
"Um."
Si Zhong seemed unwilling to say more, so he stopped the conversation and only told her, "I have to get busy later. Be a good girl and wait for me in the office, okay?"
Ning Shu smiled and nodded, but her smile faded as soon as Si Zhong left.
What a joke! Her purpose in coming here was to find the truth. How could she possibly "obediently" wait for him and do nothing?
She looked around the office but didn't seem to find anything resembling surveillance.
Want to gamble?
If I give up this opportunity, I might never have the chance to come here again.
But directly looking at the documents would be too obvious. We need to find a way to get Si Zhong to arrange a position for her here.
If you want to know something, you'll find out eventually, and you can even exchange it with Li Dong then.
After making up her mind, Ning Shu walked to the sofa and sat down, thinking about how she should bring it up.
Suddenly, a light screen appeared in the void directly opposite the desk, startling Ning Shu.
She stood up and walked to the front of the desk.
The screen displayed several large characters: "Holographic Game Launch Plan".
What's going on?
She didn't touch anything, so how did this thing pop out out of nowhere?
A terrifying thought surfaced, and Ning Shu felt her hands and feet turn ice cold.
What's even more terrifying is the information revealed by these words: who exactly wants her to know that Si Zhong is related to the game?
She felt it couldn't be Si Zhong himself; he would have kept it a secret as much as possible.
What should she do? Leave immediately?
Before Ning Shu could figure out how to respond, the office door opened, and several guards entered, standing on either side of her.
Then, Si Zhong appeared before her, his eyes filled with disbelief and disappointment.
Behind him followed a man who looked similar to him, but with a more aloof demeanor—Si Chen.
This was Ning Shu's second meeting with him.
As soon as Si Chen entered, he said, "I told you, this woman is untrustworthy, but you wouldn't believe me... Arrest her."
He was speaking to Si Zhong in the first half of his sentence, and to the guards in the second half.
The official's voice was deep, and his demeanor became even more composed.
As soon as he finished speaking, the men surrounding Ning Shu tried to attack her.
Is this a sign that they're not even going to act anymore?
The frame-up is so obvious; they're trying to solidify her charges right from the start.
Before Ning Shu could figure out what to say, she saw the people around her about to attack her.
She shouted at Si Zhong, "Si Zhong, I didn't!"
"Brother, let me say a few words to her first." Si Zhong stopped them as soon as they made a move.
Si Chen glanced at Si Zhong, knowing he wouldn't give up until he achieved his goal, took two steps back, and waved to the group.
This means by default.
Si Zhong stepped forward and grasped Ning Shu's shoulders, asking with heartache, "Ning, why did you search my office?"
Ning Shu shook her head so hard it was practically a rattle drum: "I didn't, I don't know how it bounced out."
Before he could finish speaking, Si Chen sneered, "Stop making excuses. If you don't touch anything here, do you think it will just run out on its own?"
That's absolutely right!
Ning Shu felt utterly wronged. What had she done to offend the man in front of her that made him want to kill her right from the start?
She glared fiercely at Si Chen.
Si Chen remained expressionless, but he couldn't help but admire her for sitting there blankly without doing anything.
He thought that once she arrived here, she would immediately reveal her true colors, but he didn't expect her to be so patient.
Since she wouldn't fall for it, he would set a trap for her himself, so that even if she had ten mouths, she wouldn't be able to explain herself.
Ning Shu looked at Si Zhong: "I really haven't touched anything here. You can check the surveillance footage."
Si Zhong said helplessly, "There are no surveillance cameras here."
Ning Shu: !
Ning Shu never expected this to be the case. There was no surveillance footage? How did the other party frame him?
She looked at Si Chen in disbelief, but Si Chen still had that expressionless look on his face.
"...Fingerprints, you can check the fingerprints here. Whether I've touched anything here or not, you can find out with a simple check."
As soon as she spoke, Si Chen's face darkened, and Ning Shu felt that she had found a breakthrough.
Si Zhong agreed with her, after all, it was a good idea.
Ning Shu watched as Si Zhong called over the relevant technicians. While others were busy working, she stood aside and waited.
She was confident that she hadn't done it, so the other party definitely wouldn't find out anything.
All he could think about was how to question Si Zhong after proving his innocence, and why he had anything about the game.
Although she didn't see the specific details of this "plan," she felt from the wording that it must be related to the game she had experienced.
Si Zhong and the game definitely have an intricate connection, perhaps even deeper than An Ran described.
"Mr. Si, we found it. The fingerprints are concentrated here. We've compared them, and it's definitely... Miss Ning's."
The technician's voice was abrupt, interrupting Ning Shu's thoughts.
What? !
Ning Shu wondered if she had misheard. Where did her fingerprints come from?
She suddenly looked up at Si Chen and found that he was actually looking at her with a barely perceptible smile on his face.
But in an instant, that smile vanished, as if it had never existed.
She turned her head and saw Si Zhong looking at her with disappointment. She opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.
Ning Shu hadn't expected Si Chen to be so meticulous in his work, even arranging for fingerprints.
He had just been putting on an act in front of her, making her think she had found a way out.
It turned out to be nothing more than a tactic to lure the enemy into a trap.
Shameful, despicable, hateful!
Si Zhong really wanted to persuade his brother that he didn't care whether Ning Shu had done it or not, since he was the one who had wronged her first.
But her brother had strongly opposed her being with Ning Shu before, let alone bringing Ning Shu with her.
The other party finally compromised, but then wanted to make a bet with me.
They were betting on whether Ning Shu would reveal his true colors in his office, since they already knew that Ning Shu had been in contact with the resistance.
If Ning Shu does nothing, her brother will not object to them being together in the future.
If her brother's prediction came true, Ning Shu would have to hand the matter over to him.
But this is the result now.
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