The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

Chapter 1595 - 1900: Spy (1)

"No, if it were hush money, then Liang Guang couldn’t have been killed."

After the three discussed for a while, Ling Chen seemed to have figured something out and said, "Perhaps I know the reason." Upon hearing this, Hu Fei and Kaelina simultaneously asked, "What reason?"

"This Liang Guang was the operator of the assassin intermediary website. Any information released would appear on the website’s backend. I suspect Liang Guang might have cracked that string of gibberish and learned its contents. However, even if information is deleted from many websites, records still remain in the backend. So, someone contacted Liang Guang, hoping he could completely delete that string of gibberish. Liang Guang might have discovered some important information from the decrypted gibberish, so he took the opportunity to blackmail the other party. That’s why Liang Guang’s account had an extra five million. However, those people, although they paid Liang Guang five million, only did so to temporarily silence him, preventing him from spreading the information. During this time, those people rushed to East Sea City, found where Liang Guang lived, and then silenced him. Only the dead can keep secrets forever."

After listening to Ling Chen’s analysis, Hu Fei and Kaelina both nodded in agreement.

"That’s indeed possible," Hu Fei said. "Operating an assassin intermediary website isn’t something ordinary people can do; only highly skilled hackers can keep such a website running securely. So, cracking that gibberish isn’t impossible for Liang Guang. The other party originally thought Liang Guang didn’t understand the gibberish’s meaning, so they only asked him to delete the backend records. But who would have thought that Liang Guang was bold enough not only to decrypt the gibberish but also to use the information as a bargaining chip to extort the other party. Hmph! I think this guy was simply courting disaster."

Ling Chen looked at the computer and server placed in the corner of the living room and said, "Since Liang Guang decrypted that string of gibberish, there might still be a record in his computer. Fatty, you’re the expert here. See if you can find any clues."

Hu Fei agreed, immediately turned on Liang Guang’s computer, but quickly discovered that the entire hard drive had been wiped, and the server was also malfunctioning. All data had been destroyed.

"No good," Hu Fei shook his head and said. "Those guys were very professional and didn’t leave a trace."

Ling Chen frowned slightly and said, "The police concluded Liang Guang committed suicide due to severe depression, but the computer data was destroyed, didn’t they suspect anything?"

"There was no sign or evidence of foul play at the scene, so of course, they concluded it was suicide," Hu Fei said while fiddling with the desktop computer and server.

"Fatty, what are you doing?"

"I’m taking the main unit back to see if I can recover the data... huh?" As he spoke, Hu Fei seemed to have discovered something, with a hint of doubt in his tone.

"What’s wrong?" Ling Chen and Kaelina quickly gathered around the computer desk.

"This wire is connected to the back of the main unit and seems a bit redundant," Hu Fei said, directly moving the main unit off the desk and unplugging the wire. Following the wire, Hu Fei quickly found a hidden cable on the floor under the computer desk, which passed through a hole in the wall corner.

"There’s something wrong with this wall," Hu Fei knocked on the wall, finding that it didn’t sound quite right.

"Let me," Ling Chen stepped forward and, without saying a word, punched directly at the wall. With a ’bang,’ the seemingly solid wall was instantly punched out into a large hole by Ling Chen. It turned out this wall was hollow, with a space inside. In the space, there were several devices similar to computer main units.

"Fatty, what is this?"

Seeing the machines inside, Hu Fei’s eyes couldn’t help but brighten up, grinning as he said, "This is a backup server. Liang Guang was quite clever to have kept a backup like this. Generally, people who operate websites will prepare a backup server to store all data and files. This way, even if the main unit has problems and all data files are destroyed, the backup server can be used to retrieve all the information."

"So, does it have everything we’re looking for?"

"Of course," Hu Fei nodded, twisting his bulky body, and moved the backup server out from the space in the wall.

"Alright, we’ve got what we need. Let’s go back and study it slowly."

Leaving Liang Guang’s house, the three took the elevator downstairs, ready to get in the car and leave. However, at this moment, three sedans suddenly rushed over from the surroundings, pinning the SUV they were about to drive in the middle.

Seeing this situation, Ling Chen immediately stopped, glancing at the three sedans. It seemed that Hu Fei and Kaelina weren’t wrong; indeed, someone had followed them. Moreover, these people were skilled enough not to be detected. As the car doors opened, a man wearing a suit and sunglasses stepped out from the front passenger seat.

The man glanced over Ling Chen, Hu Fei, and Kaelina, then pointed at the backup server in Hu Fei’s arms, saying, "I want that thing. Give it to me, and I’ll let you leave."

The man’s tone was commanding, not allowing for any refusal.

Ling Chen smiled slightly, looking at the man, and said, "This thing was found by us, why should we give it to you?"

"Friend, don’t refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. I’m giving you a way out. Do you really want to experience what it’s like to fly like Liang Guang did?"

"So, it was you who killed Liang Guang. Just as well, we’ve been wanting to find you, and here you are, saving us quite some effort. If you don’t mind, could you tell us who you are?"

The man in the suit narrowed his eyes coldly and said, "Cut the crap and hand over the goods quickly." Then the man in the suit reached for his waist, pulled out a dagger, and toyed with it in his hand.

"Sorry, I can give you anything else, but not this. If you really want it, you’ll have to take it yourself."

"Hmph! I see you want to die, brothers, kill them and get the stuff back," the man in the suit ordered.

Following the suit man’s command, seven or eight people jumped out of the three sedans, each armed with a dagger, their gleaming blades directed towards Ling Chen and his group as they slowly approached.

"Fatty, get in the car first, Kaelina, make sure he stays safe," Ling Chen instructed.

Hu Fei and Kaelina responded immediately, quickly opened the car door, got into the Range Rover SUV, and locked the doors to prevent those people from charging in.

Soon, a group of men fanned out and surrounded Ling Chen, pinning him next to the SUV. Looking at the enemies in front of him, the corners of Ling Chen’s mouth lifted slightly, and he suddenly asked an unrelated question, "Friends, don’t you watch TV?"

Hearing this, the group of men looked at each other, not knowing what he meant.