Chapter 821 Chen Bao extra (19)
Zhou Mian was quick-witted, and before long she was having a lively chat with the "young man" on the other end of the internet.
Seeing that things were going smoothly, the person guarding her nodded: "Good, you have a pretty good ability to adapt to changing circumstances."
Zhou Mian was actually extremely disgusted by these kinds of flattery, but on the surface, she remained calm and looked satisfied after being praised: "Thank you, brother."
The guard behind her was called "brother" by her, and he couldn't help but feel a little flutter in his heart.
He'd been working here for quite a while, and it was rare to meet such an understanding girl, especially since she was beautiful and had a sweet voice.
"Hey, you did a good job, you deserve praise, don't be shy..." he said, reaching out his hand as he did so...
Just as he was about to put his arm around her shoulder, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Brother!"
The voice was clearly not as melodious as the girl's; instead, it was a burly male voice.
The guard frowned, then turned around and saw a tall, imposing young man walking over.
Seeing that the other person was a greenhorn who had just been selected to study, he couldn't help but frown even more deeply.
Murong Chen, however, was very enthusiastic, with an expression of admiration on his face: "Brother, I heard from them that you have been working here for many years. You must be the most experienced one here. I just arrived and don't know many things. Can I learn more from you?"
Upon hearing this, the guard felt that although his voice was not as pleasant as the girl's, what he said was still acceptable, and his dissatisfaction at being interrupted earlier lessened somewhat.
He waved his hand at Murong Chen and put on airs, saying, "These are all minor matters. The main reason you're here is to listen, observe, and learn more, you know? Our boss likes people who are useful."
He pointed to his head.
"Brother, you really are experienced; what you said makes so much sense! A single conversation with you is worth more than ten years of study! Brother, these are some I brought in from outside; want one?"
As he spoke, Murong Chen took a cigarette out of his pocket.
The guard paused, then subconsciously took the cigarette, smelled it, and then looked at Murong Chen with a start: "Marlboro?"
"Brother, you really know your stuff!"
"Wow, you can even bring in such good stuff from outside?"
"Hehe, I hid it in a hidden compartment in my bag. It wasn't seen during the inspection, and I forgot about it. I only remembered it yesterday when I was packing my backpack. How about we go over there and smoke it, bro?"
He pointed to the smoking room not far away as he spoke.
The guard glanced at Zhou Mian beside him, and Zhou Mian quickly said, "Don't worry, brother, I'll say everything as we did during the training this morning. I'll show you the chat history later!"
The man on the other end of the computer, who was guarding the computer, had clearly taken the bait, and the guard relaxed his vigilance a little: "Okay, you can chat here, I'll come and check later."
Zhou Mian immediately nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, brother."
The guard looked satisfied, and then Murong Chen pulled him to the smoking area on the other side to light a cigarette.
Before leaving, Murong Chen turned and gave Zhou Mian a look.
Zhou Mian secretly gave him an OK sign.
Seeing the two leave, Zhou Mian looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to her, quickly took out the USB drive that Murong Chen had given her from her pocket and quickly plugged it into the computer.
She remembered that this device could only allow the computer to be unmonitored for three minutes, so she quickly logged into the QQ account that Murong Chen had given her and added the other party's contact information as he had instructed.
As the time passed while waiting for the other party's agreement, Zhou Mian's anxiety grew.
Meanwhile, in the smoking room, the pager of the guard who had just spoken to Zhou Mian rang.
"A132, A132."
The guard quickly took the cigarette out of his mouth and then answered the pager: "A132 received."
"The computer you're overseeing is currently in offline mode. What exactly is the situation?"
The guard was taken aback and quickly looked through the smoking room in Zhou Mian's direction.
However, because Zhou Mian's back was completely blocking the computer screen, he couldn't see what the problem was, and could only say, "We're investigating, we're investigating."
"Report the findings after investigation."
"Okay, okay."
After the call ended, the guard didn't even bother to smoke. He quickly pushed open the door to the smoking area and hurried towards Zhou Mian.
Murong Chen was at the entrance of the smoking area, pouring the guard a glass of water in a fawning manner, when he saw the guard push open the door and rush back.
His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly grabbed him: "What's wrong, bro?"
"Hey, don't worry about it." With that, the man pushed him aside and quickly headed towards Zhou Mian.
Without saying a word, Murong Chen quickly followed.
At the same time, Zhou Mian's friend finally accepted her request, and she quickly sent her location to the other party.
Her attention was completely focused on the computer, and she didn't notice at all that the guard was now only a few meters away from her.
"Hey, brother, you're walking too fast, wait for me!" Just then, Murong Chen suddenly raised his voice.
Zhou Mian's back stiffened suddenly, but fortunately her mind didn't stop. Instead, she quickly directed her hands to log Murong Chen offline on QQ.
At the same time, the guard patted her shoulder: "You..."
"Ouch—"
Before the guard could speak, Murong Chen "accidentally" fell forward, spilling the glass of water he was pouring for the guard all over Zhou Mian's computer motherboard.
With two "sizzling" sounds, Zhou Mian's computer flickered a few times before going completely black.
guard:"……"
He turned his head and glared angrily at Murong Chen: "What are you doing, you brat!"
Murong Chen quickly apologized: "I'm so sorry, big brother. I was chasing you so fast that I accidentally... Oh dear, what should I do? Should I help you fix it?"
He was about to step forward when the guard pushed him aside, saying, "What are you going to fix? Go away, get out of here."
He squatted down to examine it, and after a while said with frustration, "It's over, the motherboard must be burned out."
He frowned as he looked at Zhou Mian: "Was there anything unusual about your computer before it was burned?"
Zhou Mian exclaimed "Ah," glancing at Murong Chen out of the corner of her eye. Seeing him nod almost imperceptibly, she quickly said, "Yes, it suddenly lost its internet connection, and I can't send messages to the other party. I don't know why."
"No wonder, the supervisor said you were offline and they couldn't see what was happening on your end. The signal was probably unstable." The guard scratched his head.
“That’s possible. We’re underground, aren’t we?” Zhou Mian asked tentatively. “So, brother, what do we do now?”
"Turn on a new machine first, and I'll explain the situation to the monitoring team." He said this while talking to the other party on the walkie-talkie and turning on a new computer for Zhou Mian.
Zhou Mian nodded: "Oh, okay."
As she walked towards the new computer, she secretly gave Murong Chen an "OK" sign while shielding him from view.
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