Translator: CinderTL
After leaving the Nan family, Lin Wan'er drove Jiang Cheng to Nan Huaili's company.
Originally, Mrs. Nan had asked the butler to accompany them, but Jiang Cheng declined. Now, only Mrs. Nan, Nan Jin, the butler, and a maid remained at home.
If the butler left, there would be no one to help in case of an emergency.
However, before leaving, Jiang Cheng confirmed with Mrs. Nan, who assured him that everything at the company had been arranged and that they would be greeted by a designated person upon arrival.
They would be guided to understand everything they needed to know.
The surveillance footage had also been prepared.
Mrs. Nan reminded them not to disclose anything about the video, as the police had already taken the original footage.
After parking the car, they arrived at the company's entrance. Jiang Cheng took out his phone and dialed a number.
Soon, a woman in her early thirties rushed out.
She wore gold-rimmed glasses and a professional skirt, the standard attire of a secretary. Her appearance was average, but her figure was excellent, and she looked quite capable.
"Are you Mr. Jiang?" the secretary asked directly, holding her phone.
"Yes, I am."
"Please follow me," the woman said, turning around and leading them inside.
The woman's gaze swept over Lin Wan'er, seemingly more interested in her than in Jiang Cheng.
Perhaps worried about drawing too much attention, Lin Wan'er took a beige trench coat from the car and put it on, completely covering her body.
In response to the woman's interest, Lin Wan'er only gave her a glance, and the woman immediately looked away.
She led Lin Wan'er and Jiang Cheng to a less crowded room.
It looked like a small conference room. The woman turned around and poured a glass of water for each of them. "My name is Fang Weiwei, you can call me Weiwei. I'm Chairman Nan's assistant, and I was the first to notice his disappearance."
Even though there was no one around, the woman spoke in a low voice, clearly nervous, her hands instinctively clasped together.
She answered some basic questions, such as the time of Nan Huaili's disappearance and whether there had been any unusual signs before he went missing. Her answers matched what Mrs. Nan had said.
"Where is the surveillance footage?"
"It's with one of our technicians," Weiwei replied. "I've already notified him, and he'll be here soon."
Hearing this, Jiang Cheng frowned. "Why did you notify him? You could have just brought it to us."
Although his tone wasn't harsh, it was clear that he was dissatisfied with Weiwei's approach. Such matters were obviously better kept to as few people as possible.
How could someone who had been a secretary for so long not understand this?
"No, no," Weiwei hurriedly explained. "Mr. Jiang, you've misunderstood. There's a reason I asked him to come. He discovered something."
Her voice was very soft as she spoke the last sentence, and her expression revealed a sense of unease.
About five minutes later, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door, and a man with thick hair walked in.
He was slightly hunched and carried a black laptop bag.
The man introduced himself as Du Feng, primarily responsible for computer-related issues at the company. Without wasting any words, he immediately took out his laptop.
Looking at the surveillance footage, it appeared to have been shot from a position above the corridor, with a decent field of view.
Wei Wei pointed to a Gate not far away and said, "This is Director Nan's office. Only this Gate allows entry and exit."
Soon, the video began to change. A person walked from the corridor to the Gate, pushed it open, and entered.
Jiang Cheng noticed the time was 9:01 PM.
It was likely that Nan Huaili had just returned to his office after a social engagement, which aligned with what Mrs. Nan had mentioned—that he had called her around 8 PM to inform her he wouldn't be coming home that night.
Next, Du Feng operated the computer and began dragging the video progress bar forward.
Soon, Nan Huaili appeared for the second time. When the Gate opened, he was holding something that reflected a faint light.
It wasn't large and looked like a coffee cup.
This was confirmed by his assistant, Wei Wei.
She said it was the coffee cup Director Nan used, a cute little bear-shaped cup gifted to him by his daughter.
Director Nan had always treasured it.
Afterward, Nan Huaili walked out of the Gate, moved along one side of the corridor, and disappeared for about two minutes before reappearing in the video.
He returned with the cup, opened the Gate, and entered.
The time was now 11:44 PM.
Immediately after, there were no further appearances of Nan Huaili in the video. The next person to appear was Wei Wei, the woman beside them.
By then, it was already daylight.
She approached the door of Nan Huaili's office, knocked first, but received no response. She then began making a phone call.
In the video, Wei Wei made a noticeable pause, holding her earphone to her ear, and then, as if she had discovered something, her gaze immediately shifted to the office Gate.
Jiang Cheng could roughly guess that she had likely heard the ringing of a phone inside the office.
Nan Huaili's phone.
But just as Jiang Cheng was pondering this, he suddenly felt a change in the atmosphere around him. He looked at Du Feng and noticed his expression had turned extremely strange.
Wei Wei seemed similarly unsettled.
Lin Wan'er, however, appeared indifferent. She had always been laid-back, ever since Jiang Cheng had known her.
It seemed there were very few things in this world that could make her feel tense.
Even regarding Nan Huaili's life or death, Jiang Cheng felt she didn't care much.
Her presence at the Nan family seemed more like a gesture of courtesy.
Considering that they had even sent a technician to deliver the video, there was something intriguing about the situation.
"Did you notice something strange?" Jiang Cheng asked Du Feng directly.
Du Feng, who had been deep in thought, was momentarily stunned. Then, his expression turned fearful, as if he didn't understand how Jiang Cheng could know before he had even spoken.
Could it be... the police?
But a single glance from Jiang Cheng silenced him. Du Feng swallowed hard and whispered, "Wei Wei, could you check if the Gate is properly closed?"
Wei Wei walked over, opened the Gate, looked around, and found nothing unusual. She then closed it again and shook her head at the group.
Du Feng closed the video and then clicked on a rather inconspicuous folder on the desktop. Inside was a video clip lasting only 10 minutes.
It was extracted from the earlier footage, as just a few minutes later, the Gate opened, and Nan Huaili walked out, still holding the coffee cup.
Subsequently, Du Feng opened a software, and soon the video was narrowed down to a very small range. Then, it was slowed down, frame by frame.
It wasn't until a particular frame appeared that he stopped.
As the image was continuously enlarged, Jiang Cheng's pupils dilated, and his breathing became rapid.
(End of the Chapter)
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