Chapter 528 Manughter


    On Thursday, Brightness held a general shareholder''s meeting and invited many news media at home


    and abroad.


    Rose, the spokesperson of Brightness, took out the patent certificate of C technology and relevant


    parts. Without its authorization, no otherpany or person was allowed to use the same technology


    within five years.


    She also told the shareholders that the technology Seine used in the bid for the equipment was stolen


    from Brightness. At present, they had conclusive evidence and would sue Seine at any time.


    Hearing this, the crowd burst into an uproar, like a time bomb, starting the timer.


    What came next was that the stock price of Brightness soared and that of Seinepany plummeted


    on the contrary.


    What a y Essie was ying. Smart people could see it.


    This was a trap.


    Under the influence of the European debt crisis, the profit of Seine kept falling. Zac had made a bold


    decision for Essie to acquire thepany, which was the biggest threat to the Brightness.


    The senior executives of Seine decided to fight back. They wanted to survive in a desperate situation


    and turn the loss into profit by cooperating with Baker. At the same time, they gave a heavy blow to


    Brightness. However, they didn''t expect that they missed a step and fell into the cliff.


    Now, it would face the double hugepensation from Brightness and Baker. It was like a ball with


    only a big hole and could no longer be bulging. There were only two ways for Seine to get rid of the


    crisis. One was to dere bankruptcy, the other was to surrender to Brightness and ept to be


    acquired.


    The shareholders of Seine were unwilling to choose the former, not to mention that Essie had to whip


    them behind to speed up their pace.


    Now, there was another thing that needed to be solved by Essie. The thing was to find the chief culprit


    who leaked the technical secret.


    In fact, from the moment when Finney nted a virus in theputer and stole the technical


    information, Essie had found it. She pretended to know nothing and let Finney finish her work. She was


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    going to catch the big fish in one.


    When she found Finney, she burst into tears. "I''m sorry, Essie. I didn''t mean to do that, but I have no


    choice. If I don''t do as that person said, I''ll be in jail."


    Startled, Essie asked, "Finney, tell me what happened."


    Finney sniffed and sobbed, "I met a friend in the fitness club. She is a famous painter and has the


    same interests as me. We have a good talk. One day, she invited me to her house for fun. I went there


    without thinking. I didn''t expect that she was a lesbian and confessed her love to me. I was frightened


    and wanted to leave, but she grabbed me. We had a quarrel on the stairs. I pushed her down by


    ident. She died. I wanted to pretend that she fell off the building by ident, but I didn''t expect that


    someone took the video of that day and sent it to me. He threatened me that if I didn''t do as he said, he


    would hand the evidence to the police and put me in jail. "


    Essie''s two beautiful eyebrows twisted into a ball, and her intuition told her that there was something


    wrong with it.


    The next day, when the first ray of morning sunlight fell from the clouds, Zac and Essie drove Finney to


    a small vige in the suburb of Dragon City.


    The vige was extremely quiet. There were very few people and it was hard to see a house within two


    or three miles.


    The low pine trees around were closely connected, like the undting green waves. After they had


    gone for dozens of miles, a dark and gloomy mountain popped out. The shape of the mountain was


    very strange. From afar, it looked obscure, like strange water flowers stimted by the green waves.


    The vi where the female painter that Casey had lived was built at the foot of the mountain.


    The traffic here was very inconvenient. Without a private car, it would take more than forty minutes to


    find the bus back to the city.


    As soon as they got off the car, a gust of cold wind blew from the top of the mountain. Finney got goose


    bumps all over her body, which made her feel scared from the bottom of her heart. It was extreme quiet


    here. The sound of the water streaming in the nearest spring and the rustling wind in the farthest


    distance echoed in her ears, making her even creepier.


    It seemed that the vi had been abandoned for a long time. The Chinese photinia in the garden had


    withered, and the weeds swallowed the sound of footsteps.


    Zac used the tools he brought to open the door.


    It was the same as what Finney had seenst time. All the furniture was covered with white cloth, and


    there were white walls, white carpet and white curtains. It was nk and gloomy inside.


    The chill continued to climb up from the bottom of her feet, and her hair stood up one by one. She


    shivered again and held her arms.


    Noticing that, Essie reached out her hand and held her. "Don''t be afraid. I''m here with you."


    The living room was spacious and the stairs were built in the north. Finney walked a few steps forward


    and came to the stairs. "I was standing here at that time. Casey was in the middle of the stairs. She


    grabbed my arm, and I grabbed her wrist trying to get rid of her. Then she screamed and rolled down


    the stairs. "


    She walked to the stairs where Casey was lying. Zac touched the carpet under his feet, which was soft


    and thick. "Was it the same carpet before?"


    Finney nodded, "it has always been like this. Casey said it was made of cashmere, and she inhaled


    dust several times a day."


    After thinking for a while, her eyes suddenly shed. She rubbed the surrounding carefully with her


    feet, and a strange expression appeared on her face. "That day, there was another carpet on the


    carpet, about the size of half a bed, and it was exactly the same as the one below. I didn''t notice that if


    it was here before. If I didn''t take it carefully, it should be hard to notice it. On that day, the corners of


    the carpet were upturned, so I saw it clearly. "


    Her words immediately attracted the attention of Zac. He examined the surrounding carefully several


    times, but did not find the ovepping carpet.


    He walked up the stairs and searched the floor and wall at the corner for a long time. Suddenly, his


    eyes focused on the corner where the ceiling and wall met. There were several holes, as if it had been


    unscrewed there. After thinking for a while, he turned to ask Finney, "do you still keep the video sent by


    that person?"


    She shook her head and said, "I was afraid of being seen, so I deleted it that night."


    "Do you remember where the video was taken?"


    Finney walked back and forth in the living room for a few circles, and then stood at the corner of the


    stairs. "If I remember correctly, it should be at this angle. The picture is very stable and there is no


    feeling of shaking. It doesn''t seem to be taken by hand."


    "That''s right." Zac nodded and pointed to the corner of the roof. "If I''m not wrong, there might be


    cameras installed here."


    "Camera?" Said Finney in a low voice. Why didn''t she think of it? At that time, only the two of them


    were present. In such a remote ce, no outsider would normally pass by. The video might have been


    shot through the camera.


    At this time, Zac''s voice came again, "think about it carefully. Can you see clearly from the video that


    the female painter fell down by herself or by you idently?"


    "The video is very short. I... I just saw that when I shook my arm, Casey fell down. " She lowered her


    head dejectedly. At that time, she also hoped to see the w, so she watched the video again and


    again. But from the video, it was easy to believe that Casey was really pushed down by her


    carelessness. After a moment of silence, she asked, "why did Casey install cameras here?"


    "It''s normal. Many vi owners will install cameras at home for the sake of security, but..." He changed


    his tone, "what we need to know now is who took away this video?"


    "Is it Marina, another friend of Casey?" Finney cried out. Casey was an outsider with a very entric


    character. She didn''t go out every day, and except for her friend Marina, she had almost not contact


    with anyone else.


    Finney recalled every detail of that time. Although a month had passed, her memory was still fresh...


    The living room was deathly silent.


    Caseyy motionless on the carpet. Her face was as pale as wax, without any color of blood. There


    was blood on the corner of her mouth and on her forehead.


    She called 120 in a hurry.


    Soon, the ambnce arrived. The nurse lifted Casey into the car. When she was about to follow them,


    she was stopped. "If you are not her family, don''t follow us. Hurry up and inform her family."


    She was at a loss and her mind went nk. After the ambnce left, she remembered that she didn''t


    have the contact information of Casey''s family at all.


    Just when she was at a loss, a harsh bell rang, as if a saw had torn the surrounding air.


    Casey''s phone was left in the living room. It was from Marina. She hurriedly told him about Casey''s


    injury. She wanted to find out other people''s phone numbers in her phone''s address book, but there


    was only Marina''s number in it.


    The second day, she called Marina and wanted to ask about Casey''s condition. Unexpectedly, she got


    the news of Casey''s death. When she fell down the stairs, her head was hit seriously and she died not


    long after she arrived at the hospital.


    Marina also asked her to go to the vi on Wednesday to mourn Casey. When she knew that Casey


    was dead, she panicked and worried that she had pushed Casey down.


    On Wednesday, she went to the vi alone.


    That day, it was gloomy and dark.


    The vige was quieter than usual, and the dense pine forest around was dark under the cover of mist.


    From time to time, the sound of cold wind whistling came from the col, like the destion of ghosts.


    The front of the vi was full of flowers, which were in clusters. They were so dense that the leaves and


    branches could not be seen. There was only a bright red color. The first time she came here, she


    stayed here for a while to appreciate these beautiful flowers.


    But today, they seemed to be extraordinarily gorgeous, excessively and strangely gorgeous, as if they


    had been tainted with blood after killing. She hurriedly turned her head away and walked forward.


    The door was slightly open. When she slowly pushed it open, she couldn''t help shivering as if a gloomy


    cold wind wasing at her.


    The living room was covered by a vast, single white color. The cold color expelled all the anger, and


    also deeply hurt her eyes.


    Marina stood there, her face as pale as the surroundings.