Chapter 64 After the security captain left, the butler took the electric...
After the security captain left, the housekeeper came with the phone, saying that Mr. Wang was looking for him.
This Mr. Wang is Xia Yunzhou's most loyal subordinate. Xia Yunzhou would send him to do anything he didn't want others to know.
Xia Yunzhou took the phone and walked towards his room, gesturing for the housekeeper to leave.
The butler glanced at the wine glass in Xia Yunzhou's hand and suddenly said, "Would you like me to prepare a new wine glass for you?"
Xia Yunzhou glanced at the butler and prepared new cups.
In his ear, Mr. Wang was calling Xia Yunzhou's name, as if he had something urgent to report.
Xia Yunzhou didn't need any other cups, so he waved his hand, telling the butler to leave quickly.
The butler bowed slightly, then turned and left.
As the butler walked out, he thought to himself: If the master only takes a wine glass back to his room, wouldn't it be too impolite for the person in the room to not have a glass?
As he pondered this, the butler felt something was amiss, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
The butler stopped in his tracks, a voice screaming in his head: We must tell the master! The master doesn't know that person is in the room; the master is in danger!
Thinking of this, his eyes momentarily glazed over, then immediately cleared again.
The butler continued walking forward, seemingly forgetting the shout in his head just now; he only remembered the instructions given by the person in the room.
The man said, "Please give me a Black Forest cake, preferably freshly made, with less sugar. I don't like it too sweet."
The voice gradually overlapped with Xia Yunzhou's voice.
In the butler's mind, that person's image slowly overlapped with Xia Yunzhou's.
So in the housekeeper's mind, things became: only the master was in the room, so the master was safe.
Upon arriving at the kitchen, the butler told the chef, "The master wants to eat Black Forest cake."
The chef said, "Black Forest Chocolate? Doesn't the gentleman not eat chocolate?"
The butler nodded, then said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Well, the other gentleman doesn't like chocolate, so please prepare another mousse cake."
The butler thought to himself: The gentlemen have different tastes, so we need to adjust the menu.
The chef looked puzzled. Another gentleman? Wasn't there only one gentleman?
However, the butler left after speaking, and the chef had no choice but to start making the cake as instructed.
As he worked, he chatted with the cleaning lady who was resting nearby: "Is the housekeeper getting senile? Another gentleman has come out. And the other gentleman is allergic to chocolate. You see, if he brings the cake over, the other gentleman will definitely scold him."
The cleaning lady said, "No, the other gentleman came back a little earlier and went to his room first. He even said he wanted the Black Forest tea. I heard him."
The chef stopped what he was doing and looked at the cleaner: "Is the 'sir' you're talking about the same 'sir' I'm referring to? Did we have guests at the villa today?"
The cleaner said, "There are no guests, only gentlemen who have returned, but one gentleman returned earlier and the other later."
The chef was completely confused: "Which gentleman are you talking about? Are the two gentlemen the same person?"
The cleaner looked at the cook with the same look she'd seen a fool: "Besides Mr. Xia, are there any other gentlemen in this house?"
The chef was even more confused: "So you mean, one Mr. Xia came back first, and the other Mr. Xia came back later, so there are two Mr. Xias here now?"
The cleaner curled her lip: "What nonsense are you talking about? Of course there's only one Mr. Xia, not two."
The chef was speechless: "What nonsense are these people spouting today?"
The cleaner was also a little angry, feeling that she couldn't reason with the chef, so she turned away and stopped looking at him.
The cleaner recalled the events of the day clearly: one person returned first, and then Xia Yunzhou returned.
Xia Yunzhou's figure gradually merged with the figure of the person in front of him, and the person in front of him also became like Xia Yunzhou.
The cleaner thought: He wasn't wrong. There's only one gentleman in the villa, Xia Yunzhou. It's just that one came back first today, and the other came back later.
As he pondered this, the cleaner felt like something was amiss, as if he knew exactly what the problem was, but just couldn't quite put his finger on it.
So what exactly is the problem?
The cleaner thought for a while; it was time for him to leave work.
Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'd better go home first. Compared to going home, everything else is trivial.
Meanwhile, Xia Yunzhou walked into the room while answering a phone call.
After entering the room, he didn't turn on the light immediately, as he had both hands occupied. He was extremely familiar with the room and knew the location of things even without the light on.
He walked to the table, put down his wine glass, and said into the phone, "Found it?"
"Sorry, boss, we haven't found the killer yet, but I've hired the industry's top psychological profiler to help us investigate."
"A psychological profiler? Did they discover something?"
"It has been discovered that psychological profilers have profiled the Baiyu Biological General Affairs Incident and the A City Development Bank Headquarters Incident."
"According to the psychological profiler, the two incidents are somewhat similar in terms of methods, and it is very likely that they were committed by the same person."
"The work of one person?" Gu Sheng's face flashed through Xia Yunzhou's mind.
Although the perpetrator has not yet been found in the incident at the headquarters of the Development Bank in City A, and no useful evidence has been found, this does not prevent Xia Yunzhou from suspecting that Gu Sheng was responsible for it.
The Baiyu Biotechnology General Affairs incident happened quite conveniently, just when he sent Gu Sheng to L City.
Xia Yunzhou squinted as he thought, then said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Any other discoveries?"
"Sorry, boss, there are no other findings at the moment."
Xia Yunzhou's voice deepened: "After investigating for so long, all you found was this ambiguous thing? What's the difference between keeping you around and keeping a pig around?"
The person on the other end of the phone fell silent, not daring to speak.
Xia Yunzhou continued, "I'll give you a week. You have to find out something for me, or I'll transfer you to Jiang Shi's side."
Jiang Shi is the man Wen Yan called Brother Jiang before.
His main duties within the organization were handling emergencies and investigating internal traitors.
Within the organization, being transferred to Jiang Shi's command was basically a sign that you were considered a traitor. Being transferred to his command meant that he would investigate you and then get rid of you.
This is also commonly used within organizations to deal with troublemakers or adversaries among their subordinates.
After all, many things seem insignificant on the scale, but once weighed, they can feel like a ton.
If you really want to investigate, you're bound to find something out.
The person on the other end of the phone repeatedly agreed, saying they would definitely find the real culprit.
After hanging up the phone, Xia Yunzhou was in a bad mood. The lack of progress made him very irritable.
And thinking of Gu Sheng, Xia Yunzhou finished the wine in his glass in one gulp.
Just then, the phone rang again in the room, but it wasn't in Xia Yunzhou's hands.
Upon hearing the phone ring, Xia Yunzhou remained silent for two seconds before picking up the phone and answering.
The person on the other end of the phone was clearly of higher status than Xia Yunzhou, and Xia Yunzhou spoke in a lower voice.
"Um."
"The investigation is still ongoing."
No, it won't.
“I am not Cheng Ruhui, and I will not allow this to happen again.”
"Yes, I already have someone I suspect."
"It's definitely him, but we don't have the evidence yet."
"Of course, no evidence is needed; I will deal with him immediately."
"Okay, I wish you a long life."
Without saying much, Xia Yunzhou hung up the phone.
His eyes were dark, and he whispered twice: "Gu, Sheng."
After speaking, Xia Yunzhou raised his head slightly. He had originally thought Gu Sheng was quite interesting and wanted to bring him to his side.
In retrospect, we shouldn't have kept him.
We'll just have to find some excuse to get rid of him.
Xia Yunzhou turned on a bedside lamp, and the soft light illuminated the entire room.
Just then, Xia Yunzhou caught a glimpse of a dark figure out of the corner of his eye.
Is anyone there?
Xia Yunzhou's body tensed instantly, and he reached for the pistol at his waist.
He looked at the dark figure, and the dark figure looked at him too.
The figure in black, Gu Sheng, tilted his head slightly and said with a smile, "Who did you just say you wanted to deal with?"
For a moment, Xia Yunzhou's breath caught in his throat.
Why was Gu Sheng here, and he didn't even notice?
Xia Yunzhou looked at the location of the door, then at Gu Sheng. Gu Sheng was closer to the door than he was, and if he tried to run, Gu Sheng would likely stop him.
but.
Xia Yunzhou gripped the gun tightly in his hand.
He looked at Gu Sheng's two hands resting on the sofa armrest.
Gu Sheng had nothing in his hands, but he had a gun, so the situation was in his favor.
Xia Yunzhou stared intently at Gu Sheng while pressing the emergency button by the bed.
Nothing happened.
Xia Yunzhou wasn't too surprised, after all, Gu Sheng had already run into his bedroom, so he must have tampered with his security system.
However, Xia Yunzhou was unaware that after he pressed the button, the red light in the security center turned on, and a sharp alarm sounded.
However, the security personnel who heard the sound were all dazed and did not react at all.
For security personnel, the sound of an alarm now signifies safety.
Xia Yunzhou snorted coldly: "You actually managed to sneak in here. I really underestimated you."
Gu Sheng gave a half-hearted look: "Infiltrate? That's a strange word."
He paused for a moment and said, "Speaking of which, there's something I've always wanted to ask you. What kind of existence do you really think I am? You know I can hypnotize people, you know I have hacking skills, you know I can infiltrate anywhere, but you didn't kill me."
"You say that those in positions of power always have the best information but make the worst choices. What about you? Aren't you doing the same thing?"
Xia Yunzhou took the gun from his waist, gripped it with both hands, and chuckled lightly: "Of course I'm different from them. How could I not have guessed you could sneak in? Did you think I didn't make any preparations?"
Gu Sheng blinked and suddenly asked, "Why did you spend so much money to have these goggles and headphones specially made?"
Xia Yunzhou said matter-of-factly, "Of course it's to prevent hypnosis. Do you think you can trick me into taking it off? I advise you not to waste your time."
Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow: "So, in your imagination, how did I hypnotize you?"
Xia Yunzhou didn't speak. In his imagination, Xia Yunzhou would take out a pocket watch like in the TV shows and hypnotize people by shaking the pocket watch.
Gu Sheng has nothing in his hands right now.
Alternatively, hypnotize people using a sound with a fixed frequency.
It's very quiet here now; there's not a sound at all.
Ignoring Xia Yunzhou's silence, Gu Sheng asked again, "In your imagination, to what extent can I hypnotize people?"
Xia Yunzhou frowned, wondering why Gu Sheng was asking him this.
According to the information Xia Yunzhou obtained, in the previous case in J City, after Gu Sheng hypnotized the suspect, the suspect confessed to what he had done.
Therefore, in his view, Gu Sheng's ability is to hypnotize people and make them reveal the things they are most ashamed of and least want others to know.
This was terrifying enough for Xia Yunzhou, after all, he did have many secrets he couldn't tell anyone.
Gu Sheng looked at Xia Yunzhou with eyes that seemed to see right through him.
Xia Yunzhou slowly raised his gun and said, "You..." Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Xia Yunzhou looked warily toward the door.
Gu Sheng, on the contrary, seemed quite relaxed.
The knocking continued.
Gu Sheng said to Xia Yunzhou, "You're wrong about one thing. I didn't sneak in."
After saying that, Gu Sheng said to the door, "Come in."
The door opened, and there stood the butler, carrying a tray with two cakes on it.
The butler walked in as if he hadn't seen Xia Yunzhou carrying a gun.
The butler placed a piece of cake next to Gu Sheng: "Your Black Forest cake."
Xia Yunzhou stared wide-eyed at the scene. His first thought was that the butler had betrayed him, but he immediately dismissed the idea. Xia Yunzhou had been raised by the butler, and the butler would never betray him.
Then the butler turned around and placed another piece of cake on the other table, saying to Xia Yunzhou, "This is a mousse cake prepared for you."
Xia Yunzhou glared at the butler and demanded, "You knew there were people here? Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"
The butler looked at Xia Yunzhou with a puzzled expression and said, "What are you talking about?" He had just given the cake to Gu Sheng, but seemed to have forgotten about it. "There is only you in this room, sir. There is no one else here."
Xia Yunzhou looked into the butler's clear eyes, then looked past the butler at Gu Sheng, who was gracefully picking up the cake and starting to eat. His breathing became rapid.
Xia Yunzhou shouted, "What's that behind you?"
The butler didn't turn his head, but looked straight at Xia Yunzhou with a kind smile: "Are you seeing things? There's nothing behind me."
Xia Yunzhou was breathing heavily, but he felt a wave of dizziness due to lack of oxygen.
Based on his understanding of the butler, he knew that the butler was not lying, or rather, what the butler said was what he believed to be the truth.
Xia Yunzhou looked past the butler at Gu Sheng, who in turn gave Xia Yunzhou a friendly smile.
Looking at the two smiling faces in front of him, Xia Yunzhou felt suffocated, and his hand gripping the gun turned white from the force.
Watching Gu Sheng eat the cake bite by bite without any sense of crisis.
Xia Yunzhou felt a chill, an unprecedented shiver creeping down his spine.
That feeling is called fear.
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