Chapter 23: Latent

  "Hello, young master."

  The young man nodded slightly and pushed open the villa's large door to enter.

  Zhou Jian had waited for half a day just for this moment, and like a nimble lynx, he jumped into the villa through the door gap just as the gate was about to close.

  That young man, as soon as he entered the door, was immediately greeted by a pretty girl in a maid's uniform, who carefully took off his coat. The man took advantage of this opportunity to lightly lift the girl's chin and said with a flirtatious tone: "Little **, have you been thinking about me lately?"

  The girl giggled and didn't mind the man's provocation at all, batting her eyelashes and saying, "Try it out later, young master, and you'll know."

  The man was apparently excited and teased, "Help me put away the bath water, I've been hungry for several days on the mainland this time."

  The woman gave the man a coquettish glance and said in a sweet tone, "I don't believe it, sir. You're not that honest. You must have gone to play with mainland girls."

  "How dare you suspect the master? Well, well, well, your guts are getting bigger and bigger. I'll have to punish you properly. Go, call Xiao Lan over too."

  "Young master is so greedy, wanting to double fly again."

  Zhou Jian could only sigh after hearing this conversation. His family actually had two female servants at home all the time, they really knew how to enjoy life.

  He had no interest in peeping at the two women, but before long, a faint moaning sound came from the bathroom, which made Zhou Jian feel depressed.

  He searched the entire first floor hall, but didn't find a safe. As for the bedroom, Zhou Jian didn't dare to push it open. Although he was certain there was no one inside, the two people on the second floor were highly vigilant and would definitely notice the sound of the door being pushed open. If the two maids had been outside, they might have been able to cover it up, but now that they were in the bathroom, if a noise came from the door, it would be unusual.

  So Zhou Jian temporarily gave up on the first floor and quietly came to the second floor along the stairs.

  To Zhou Jian's surprise, on the second floor, as soon as he went up the stairs, he saw a safe placed alone in the corner, and next to it sat a middle-aged man.

  The middle-aged man wore a white samurai uniform, sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, cultivating his spirit. Next to him was placed a three-foot-long Japanese sword, its ancient scabbard without any luster, but Zhou Jian had no doubt that hidden beneath its plain appearance was definitely a gleaming sharp blade.

  This guy is probably one of the two top players, but what's with the safe next to him? Is it really a safe for storing laptops? Since Zhou Jian couldn't use any non-game items while sneaking around, his tracker was always in his inventory. But seeing the top player here, that safe is probably not wrong.

  He thought the safe should be hidden in the master bedroom, but unexpectedly it was placed in the hall. But thinking about it, it's also understandable that a safe needs to be protected by bodyguards, and no one would like bodyguards coming in and out of their own bedroom all the time, unless they were beautiful female bodyguards.

  But Zhou Jian still felt that something was off. Could defeating this bodyguard really allow him to steal the laptop? It seemed too easy.

  Although the U disk demo video cannot be copied, there is a saying that nothing can't be opened in this world. Similarly, for real technical talents, it's likely that there are no files that can't be copied either. If Chu Qingyun's father's partner is a cunning and cautious person, he may have already found someone to copy the contents of Chu Qingyun's father's notebook and save them separately, and then destroy the files in the notebook.

  If so, it would be troublesome, Zhou Jian had no idea where he would hide things.

  Opportunity only comes once, and if you take action yourself, you will inevitably startle the snake in the grass. If you sneak back with an empty notebook, that person will definitely become vigilant and will not give you a second chance.

  Zhou Jian hesitated again and again, but still didn't dare to take action. If he failed, he wouldn't lose much, but Chu Qingyun and her sister would really lose everything.

  Those two sisters are so beautiful, if they lose the protection of wealth, who knows what will happen in the future. Zhou Jian thought about it and couldn't bear it, this time, he can't afford to lose.

  Like this, Zhou Jian quietly retreated, he needed more time to think.

  The next day, the sun was shining brightly on Hong Kong Island. Although it was already early December, the weather here remained warm due to its location south of the Tropic of Cancer, with evergreen trees everywhere.

  Zhou Jian quietly left the Jiuzong Mountain Villa District, a night of hunting, he didn't do anything.

  Consciousness left the ghost killer, Zhou Jian had dinner at the hotel and then slept for a few hours. The hotels on Hong Kong Island were ridiculously expensive, with prices exceeding one thousand per night. The one Zhou Jian found was already very cheap, at 500 yuan per night. Fortunately, he had borrowed 10,000 yuan from Xiang Chuyun, otherwise this kind of consumption would have been unaffordable for him.

  At 2 pm, Zhou Jian got out of bed. He wanted to call Chu Qingyun, but found that his mobile phone had no signal on the island. Although the island was said to be part of China's territory, making a call from an inland number here was considered an international long-distance call, and only certain cards could use international roaming after prior activation.

  However, this was not a problem. Zhou Jian had considered such a situation earlier and found an internet cafe to log in to "Shenmo". He contacted Chu Qingyun through Tianxin, but she was offline. Zhou Jian left a message: "The villa is heavily guarded, the formula has not been obtained yet, I need Miss Qingyun's cooperation, please notify the board of directors that the formula has been found and will be produced within a few days, I'll make another trip to Jiuzongshan Villa tonight, hoping to find the formula."

  Zhou Jian finished leaving a message and then quit "Shenmo", returned to the hotel, switched consciousness to Gui Sha's body, and walked towards Jiuzong Mountain again.

  ……

  At five o'clock in the afternoon, Azure Coast Villa District, Chu Qingyun logged into "Shenmo" and naturally received Zhou Jian's message.

  Deceiving the board of directors... Chu Qingyun slightly furrowed her brow, this was a huge lie, once she announced this matter at the board meeting, the news would definitely spread quickly to every shareholder and dealer of Yuntai Pharmaceutical Company.

  Then the next thing that will happen is that the stock price will rise, distributors will place orders, and some old customers will even pay in advance to get the goods first.

  Once the lie is exposed, this will be the last straw that crushes the camel, and the company may go bankrupt. Moreover, due to its own remarks causing stock market fluctuations, the securities exchange may even sue itself for releasing false business information, violating stock market rules, manipulating stock prices, and pursuing criminal liability.

  Chu Qingyun hesitated, although she trusted Zhou Jian very much, but this matter was too important. If Zhou Jian couldn't retrieve the secret formula, not only would she go bankrupt, but she might even end up in jail. Although it would be at most a few months, it would still be an indelible stain on her life.

  She vaguely guessed what Zhou Jian was going to do, he wanted to test the waters, but after all, he wasn't a business person and took everything too lightly. From the fact that he only left a message on QQ instead of buying a phone card to call her personally, it can be seen that Zhou Jian didn't know the consequences of his actions.