Ji Xingmi truly thought so, though finding it was another matter. Still, as a researcher, she shouldn't encounter much trouble, right? Lou Qiming took her words as idle chatter and didn't give them much thought.
Lou Qiming finally ruffled her hair and got into the car amidst Ji Xingmi's angry gaze. This time, he didn't look back, only waving goodbye with his back to them. Ji Xingmi waited until the car was far away before turning back, only to see Zhang Heng standing behind her, wiping away tears. It could be said she was particularly sentimental.
Ji Xingmi twitched her mouth and asked, "What are you crying for? Don't tell me you're reluctant to see him go?" If she remembered correctly, wasn't he the one who disliked Lou Qiming the most usually?
"Oh, we've been friends for so many years, and who knows if we'll see each other again with him gone. I'm just feeling sentimental!" How could this little girl not know how to comfort others? Couldn't she just pretend not to see it? So disrespectful to elders!
"Then cry your heart out. I'm going back." She couldn't stand this. Fortunately, Lou Qiming didn't see it, otherwise Zhang Heng would be teased by him for a lifetime.
Zhang Heng didn't stay there long either. After composing herself, she headed back. Since she was up early, she wasn't going back to sleep. She decided to go to the research lab. When they both arrived at the lab one after another, there was no one there yet. Zhang Heng saw Ji Xingmi standing motionless at the entrance, lost in thought.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Heng walked up to her and asked.
"Someone came in after we left yesterday!" Ji Xingmi looked around the room. Everything was slightly different from when she left. Although the changes weren't significant and it was clear an effort was made to restore it, Ji Xingmi still noticed something was amiss.
Zhang Heng frowned. "What?" This was a serious issue!
"We need to investigate thoroughly! It looks like they were looking for design blueprints. I have the overall blueprint, and what they got were only part blueprints that couldn't be pieced together." Ji Xingmi had taken precautions from the beginning. Although they had all become familiar with each other recently, she was still cautious about her own things. Now, she felt her foresight was quite remarkable.
Zhang Heng also realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately went out to find people. The situation wasn't obvious yet, so they couldn't make a big fuss. They had to conduct a secret investigation. Zhang Heng got busy, and Ji Xingmi also got busy, but she wasn't busy with this matter. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
This was a closed environment. Setting aside the fact that the person didn't get the blueprints, even if they had, they wouldn't be able to get out for a while. Therefore, she didn't concern herself with this matter. She figured Zhang Heng alone would be enough. Initially, she had hoped that with more people, she could be more relaxed, but now it seemed more people meant more trouble.
What was Ji Xingmi busy with? She was busy researching surveillance cameras! This technology existed, but it wasn't very useful; it couldn't even capture a clear figure. To make things easier for herself in the future, she decided to develop it. She realized she had created quite a few things to save herself trouble.
This matter was investigated in secret for a long time, and eventually, two people were taken away. One was from the research lab, and the other was a middle-aged woman who helped deliver food from the cafeteria. The delivery woman had no idea what was going on. She was just helping to deliver some things, thinking they were waste paper to be used for plastering walls. Moreover, the money they offered was substantial, more than her monthly earnings from delivering vegetables. How could she not be tempted?!
As for the person from the research lab, he met someone while visiting his family. They claimed they wanted to buy the blueprints for the research institute's mobile phones. He initially refused. He hadn't been heavily involved in the mobile phone project and didn't know the core content. Furthermore, all the data had been stored, and he couldn't access it. However, he couldn't withstand his wife's constant nagging, and his wife had already accepted the money and spent most of it. He didn't have the money to repay it immediately, and the other party was pressuring him. To avoid any trouble, he could only provide them with some old, discarded blueprints.
After doing it a few times without being discovered, he felt at ease. However, those people were never satisfied. Somehow, they got wind of their new research. They sent messages several times demanding new blueprints. He had no choice; his wife and children were in their hands. He had to risk stealing blueprints. But their current blueprints were decomposed, and each group worked on different parts, so they couldn't be assembled. After sending several sets of decomposed blueprints, they were still not satisfied, so he took a huge risk and rummaged through Ji Xingmi's belongings in the research lab. Unexpectedly, he was discovered after just one attempt, and the worst part was, he didn't find anything.
Ji Xingmi looked at the man and sighed. She didn't want to know his reasons. She took a glance and left. Because of this incident, both Number One and Old Hua received the news and took the person away directly. Where they were taken, no one knew. Furthermore, the security level of the research lab was upgraded again. This time, all the food delivery and cooking staff were replaced by the military's mess hall. Ji Xingmi also saw an old acquaintance, Uncle Gu.
"Wow~ We meet again, niece-in-law!" Gu Zhongli called out to Ji Xingmi directly.
Ji Xingmi glanced at him, remaining silent. At that moment, Uncle Gu seemed to recall something. He immediately restrained the teasing on his face and saluted Ji Xingmi.