Chapter 71 Evidence


    The next day, Pe really dide to Garson Group, But she insisted that had to be in charge of se wouldn''t cooperate.


    I held a meeting and brought Casey with me to the conference room


    When Pe saw the two of us, her expression softened a bit, But then she got angry an


    She asked, "Ada, can you deal with Vivian? She''s seriously annoying Does Jute as through he ten


    That was when I found out. Apparently Vivian had just tried to suck up to Paris, only to get soaked nesest Unexpectedly, Vivian had burst into tears and even tried to use Pe


    I remarked, "Jude must be sick in the head! Why the hell did I ever like him back the tale


    Pe asked, "Were you? Why did you like him?”


    "Because he really was outstanding back then, and he was handsome I replied nkly


    Pe was genuinely at a loss for words because everything I said was true,


    Back then, Jude was dazzling, cheerful, and full of life. Wherever he went, he brought energy and sighness Buttow


    I took out the documents. "This time, Casey will be the lead. I''ll assist with the design


    Pe looked like she wanted to protest, but after ncing at Casey, she kept quiet.


    I exined, "Pe, I''m not trying to get out of it. I didn''t say anything at dinner yesterday, but actually the proetes working on with Dorian had its data deleted. It caused a major problem. I really don''t have the energy fight for


    Besides, I''d be gone soon anyway. I needed to help Casey establish herself


    Pe didn''t make things difficult. Our meeting went smoothly, and in the end, we signed the contrad


    When I got back to the office, I started investigating the deleted data incident.


    Many people in the design department had theirputers infected with a virus. It had already been checked. The vins had originated from myputer and then spread through the internalwork to others.


    Since myputer contained the most important files, the losses were substantial


    Other documents aside, the project with Elitara Group couldn''t afford any dys.


    I went straight to the Security Department to request the surveince footage.


    The person in charge looked troubled. "Mrs. Carson, I''m really sorry. The system was upgraded at the time, and a lot of videos were deleted."


    "An upgrade? Why at night?" I already had a bad feeling.


    Sure enough, the staff told me that Vivian had brought people over, iming it was at Jude''s request.


    Everyone knew about her rtionship with Jude, so no one questioned it and allowed the staff to proceed with the upgrade.


    I checked the system. It had indeed been upgraded to thetest version. Several days of footage were deleted and couldnt be recovered.


    I returned to my office feeling discouraged, thinking this incident might never be solved. I did have a few suspects. Dous s sudden disappearance that day was suspicious.


    But Randy was also on good terms with Vivian. Maybe he provoked me on purpose so someone else could take advantage. But I had seen him drinking that night, white wine and beer mixed. With that much alcohol, staying sober would''ve been nearly impossible.


    As I was going over everything in my head, Mahir Weiss from Design Department One knocked timidly on my door I responded, "Come in."


    Mahir pleaded, "Ada, I want to confess something. Please don''t be mad, okay? Dock my pay if you have to, b fire me."


    His guilty expression immediately raised all kinds of rms in my head.


    ase don''t


    But Mahir had always been diligent, only asionally cking off a bit. He was young and a bit flighty, but nothing more


    serious.


    Sessfully unlocked!


    I gave him a slight nod. "Go on. Be honest, and vil go easy on 0


    He sent me a video file, then exined, "Ada, I''m really sorry. I was upgrading a game and had left it on auto-mode. "Somehow, the live-stream function got turned on, but don''t worry, Myptop was in the hallway, definitely not inside the office."


    Chapter 71 Evidence


    I watched the footage. The angle was indeed from a hallway window, and it showed someone entering the office that night. Judging by the height and build, it was a man.


    But the angle was too low, and the person''s face couldn''t be seen clearly.


    Mahir kept apologizing, swearing he never brought theptop into the office and insisting he didn''t spread the virus.


    1 sighed. "If only it had been in the office. We might''ve seen who it was."


    Mahir nodded silently, watching me cautiously.


    Suddenly, a thought struck me. "Mahir, if you want to redeem yourself, help me with something."


    Soon, word spread that Mahir had forgotten to turn off hisptop and webcam that day.


    "Just have the tech team enhance the footage. We''ll definitely find that person." Mahir said loudly, proud like he was earning a gold star.


    I figured everything was on track, so I walked over.


    I said, "Just give me the original file. I''ll go find Jude and ask him to have


    someone enhance the video."


    1 exchanged a nce with Mahir, then took the USB drive he had prepared and left the office.


    But my luck really ran out today. The elevator was under maintenance.


    Fortunately, Jude''s office was only three floors up, so I turned into the stairwell.


    Just as I was about to exit the stairwell, hurried footsteps came from behind. I


    started to turn around. Then something


    struck the back of my head hard, and once again, I cked out.


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