She is the most beautiful rose

Chapter 262 Evidence Collection
Last night in my dream, I saw you again
Baby, they say I don't love you. 】

Early winter is extremely cold, especially at night.

The moment Shen Manzhi woke up, his face turned pale.

She was covered with a piece of clothing and reached out to move the mouse on the table.

It's time for evening self-study.

Fortunately, I only slept for two hours.

Bai Hu saw that she had woken up and pushed the thermal bag next to her over. "I ordered a meal. You didn't eat anything tonight."

In the end, Shen Manzhi did not leave with Zhou Mi. Less than half an hour after they arrived at the Internet cafe, she fell asleep on the gaming chair.

Baihu paused the chat on the page, hid the window, turned around and saw Shen Manzhi's empty eyes.

She has something on her mind.

Shen Manzhi rubbed his temple, leaned back and whispered, "Si Qi..."

Bai Hu immediately took over the conversation, "We have already contacted them. The day after tomorrow, the school will hold a board meeting on building a new school. Linjiang's people here will attend. As long as we get the school's concrete evidence about the wall-facing room and the teacher's gymnastics, it will be very advantageous for them in negotiations."

He unpacked the insulation bag and took out the lunch box. "As for the relationship between the school, the government, and the local financial group, Si Qi will use the power above to suppress it later, so you don't have to worry."

Shen Manzhi handed him his clothes, slowly sat up straight, and opened the lunch box, "Yes."

"Also, he asked me to tell you something, saying that you should go see him after you finish your work here, at the latest the day after tomorrow."

Shen Manzhi's hand stiffened as he pried open the chopsticks. He blinked and said nothing.

Baihu didn't know what kind of deal his ancestor had made with Si Qi, but it was nothing more than accepting a mission, and it could be a very dangerous one.

Shen Manzhi lowered his head to eat, and said in a muffled voice, "Let's talk about school."

"I just hacked into the school network. They must have turned off the surveillance. We have no idea what's going on in the school right now."

"The surveillance is turned off..."

Shen Manzhi frowned slightly. "Tomorrow the relevant departments or reporters will definitely come to investigate. The school has turned off the surveillance, which will definitely arouse suspicion, unless..."

"Unless they have already thought of a countermeasure, first of all, the surveillance issue can be pushed onto a third party, such as us. In addition, given the school's relationship with the higher-ups, as long as the investigation does not reveal the so-called wall-facing room, bullying, or corporal punishment, the matter will be easily settled."

Shen Manzhi nodded, "This is the best response to the footage exposed in the video."

"So turning off the surveillance is to destroy the evidence? That's too rushed in one night. Besides, how can they convince those punished students to keep their mouths shut?"

Shen Manzhi looked at the black code on the computer and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Put out the scapegoat."

Bai Hu was shocked. "You mean, the person who posted the video has already set up a trap and is waiting for you to jump?"

No matter which party visits tomorrow, the school can ensure that it will not be affected even if it has deep interests involved with the higher-ups, but other methods are needed to resolve the public opinion on the Internet.

For example, who shot the video?

Is it really exposing the facts, or is it a gimmick for traffic?

The school will definitely steer it towards the latter.

Then she will definitely be pushed in front of the public, and then it will be discovered that she is not a high school student at all, but an idle person in society. Why is she pretending to be a high school student?
What netizens like most is the reversal.

The video "exposed" some illegal and disorderly behaviors of the school, and everyone criticized the school. As a result, when things reached a climax, an official statement was suddenly released, saying that someone deliberately sneaked in and spread rumors in the dark!

The public likes to watch this so much that they forget why that person would risk his life to do such a "stupid thing".

In this way, she can still push her goal towards "getting traffic", and the school is just "innocently implicated".

It's a dead end no matter how you look at it.

Shen Manzhi packed up his lunch boxes and said calmly, "The problem lies with the person who posted this video."

"I think so too. The school was able to do public relations so quickly, or was confident that it could destroy the evidence in one night, which must have been earlier than the video was released."

It was because I had thought of a countermeasure that I posted the video online and brought her in.

Shen Manzhi remained noncommittal.

"It's eight o'clock now. The students haven't finished school yet. They probably won't move. I still have time to go back."

Bai Hu disagreed. "If it is as we speculated, the school must have known your identity. Wouldn't it be a trap for you to go back?"

Shen Manzhi shook his head, his expression sharp, "I recorded the entire process of going to the wall-facing room. I can't let them wipe out all the traces overnight. In addition, I want to confirm who is the person who posted the video."

"Isn't he from school?"

Shen Manzhi turned on the computer and quickly entered a website with his ten fingers. "I am too blurry in the video. He obviously wants to lure me into the game, but it seems like he is covering up something."

Baihu seemed to be thinking about something.

If the video was clear and Shen Manzhi was caught on camera, her identity would have been exposed online. The school would not need to do any public relations or welcome any reporters. All it would take was a little guidance of public opinion to ensnare her.

Why bother again?
Bai Hu saw her contacting people on the intranet, "Is this matter so serious?"

Shen Manzhi typed and negotiated with the other party, "No, the school affairs can be dealt with tomorrow. I estimate that I will return to Beijing the day after tomorrow."

the day after tomorrow……

Baihu thought of the man who had just come to look for his ancestors.

A few days ago at the highway service station, that man was present when Qin Yanfeng handed him the road surveillance footage saved by the old policeman.

"By the way, what should we do with the road surveillance we got earlier?"

Shen Manzhi's men paused for a moment, his eyes were dim, "Take it and go find Shen Duanwen to ask for a gold hairpin, and then send it to the capital."

Qin Juan told her that the gold hairpin that was auctioned overseas was returned to the Shen family by the Qin family.

With the surveillance footage of the road section where Zhan Yunqing was driving, the police can use it as evidence to reinvestigate after discovering any clues. Shen Duanwen will also be involved and will definitely consider handing over the hairpin.

Although doing so was not what Shen Manzhi wanted, she had no choice but to go on. Her ultimate goal was not Shen Duanwen, but the group of beneficiaries of the incident that year.

Baihu knew a little about this matter and knew how important this gold hairpin was to her. It was not only a relic of Ms. Zhan, but also contained a very important secret.

"For something so important, why don't you go there in person?"

Shen Manzhi closed the webpage and remained silent for a long time.

"No need."

They're not worth it.

Shen Manzhi returned to school before the end of the first evening self-study get out of class. Wearing a mask and with her hands in her pockets, she stood under the red maples on the green path of the senior teaching building and looked up at the dark sky.

After the first evening self-study get out of class, students left the classroom and noisy sounds were heard from the teaching building.

Shen Manzhi took off her mask and entered the teaching building. She fiddled with the clip of her tie, turned it to face forward, and walked towards the fourth floor as if nothing had happened.

Because it was during the break, no one paid much attention to her coming in from outside.

The wall-facing room in the senior high school teaching building is next to the grade director's office on the fourth floor. As school is about to end, the lights are still on in the teachers' offices in a row of buildings.

Several teachers came out to smoke and walked to the door of each class to check the situation.

Shen Manzhi looked down at her bracelet, which contained a message. She counted down silently in her mind, walked out of the stairs, and walked along the corridor in front of the classroom towards the classroom office.

Ten, nine, eight...

Along the way, I passed by students who were strolling around.

A teacher came out of the office holding a pile of books, walked to the shredder in the next office, and threw the books into the shredder one by one.

Five, four...

Shen Manzhi turned into the corridor in front of the office.

"Hey, that classmate..."

The teacher's voice was hoarse and deep, and it sounded behind Shen Manzhi.

Two, one.

The lights go out.

"power cut?"

"Alas!"

Sounds of surprise and delight came one after another, and it was during the break, so the whole building was filled with noisy sounds.

"Yeah, no need to go to evening self-study!"

"Maybe the call will come later."

Just as the words fell, in just a few seconds, the entire teaching building suddenly became as bright as day, and everything returned to normal.

"Tsk, that's boring." "It's a rare opportunity like this, and you're just faking it."

There was a chorus of "hushes" and just as the bell rang, the students returned to the classroom in groups of three or four.

The head teacher stood in the corridor holding a loud speaker and shouted with full energy, "Students, please go back to the classroom for self-study!"

After there were no more students in the corridor and the noise gradually died down, the head teacher put away the loudspeaker.

Turning around, he saw his teacher coming upstairs to look for him, panting, "Why did the power go out suddenly? I just contacted them and will move the things after the students finish school."

The head teacher looked at his phone and said, "Maybe the circuit breaker has tripped. Please call the control room of the logistics department and ask what's going on."

The teacher replied, “Yeah, OK.”

The head teacher put his hands behind his back, frowned, and looked back at the wall-facing room.

Shen Manzhi waited for a long time, until there was no sound outside, then he steadied his breathing, turned his wrist, and a small handheld flashlight slipped from his sleeve.

Entering the wall-facing room is a very small reception room with a door against the inner wall.

Shen Manzhi took out the fingerprint film he had prepared and put it on, and the door opened.

She pointed her collar clip towards the door and pushed it open with a small flashlight in hand.

Although I came here once the day before yesterday, I still felt a chill in my heart when I saw the scene again.

The head teacher did not punish her that day, but just used these things to scare her a little, hoping that she would abide by the school rules and study hard, otherwise she would bear the consequences.

Here, the cane and the ruler are nothing unusual.

There was a cold iron chair in the middle, with a thick metal chain dragging on the ground. Coils of various colors were connected around the chair and linked to the computer on the table next to it.

On the other side, there was a bed against the wall. The sheets were white, and there were spots of blood where the flashlight shone. There was still a table next to it, with a glowing instrument on it. The port was connected to a lot of electricity, extending to the bed and hanging down from the edge of the bed.

The empty space on the table was filled with various gauze, alcohol, iodine and other medical supplies, and a medical record was spread out next to it.

Shen Manzhi's face turned cold. He turned sideways, pointed the collar clip at the white wall, and quickly looked down.

Almost all of them record the date and student's name, describe the learning status, and record the process of improvement of learning attitude.

She moved closer to the bed, pointed her collar clip at the bed, and suddenly her body stiffened.

What did you kick with your toes?
At this moment, she heard the sound of the door opening. She quickly glanced at the only window in the room, but before she could run, a hand grabbed her leg.

The strength of her feet was restricted, so she could only half bend over. She made a decision in an instant, turned off the flashlight in her hand, twisted the sharp blade in an instant, and with the help of the man's strength, she crawled on the ground, rolled under the bed, and hid in the darkness.

As the man's hand covered her mouth, her knife was pressed against his throat.

The lights are turned on.

The person at the door took a quick look and closed the door after finding nothing unusual.

"What's wrong, Director?"

There are other people outside the door.

The head teacher shook his head. "It's okay. The task tonight is a bit heavy. I may be a little too worried."

"Director, you are too cautious."

"Be careful, Mr. Xu. You stay outside and watch. I still have some things to deal with..."

The sound gradually faded away and the door outside was closed.

The breathing of the two people under the bed became heavier.

Shen Manzhi moved his fingers slightly, and the flashlight came on again. The man was blinded by the light and turned his face away and blinked.

Just revealing that pretty face.

"Monitor?"

Shen Manzhi was quite surprised. She initially thought that the school was waiting here for her, but this person seemed to want to save her. She guessed that he might be the one who posted the video and was on the same front with her.

But what she didn't expect was that it was the monitor of her transfer class, Xiao Jingming.

Xiao Jingming didn't seem to be surprised. He pursed his lips and let go of his hand, but the next second the knife on his neck came closer.

Shen Manzhi smiled with a fake smile, "What are you doing here, squad leader?"

Xiao Jingming looked down at the clip on her tie.

"You are not Shen Ci."

Shen Manzhi's eyes turned cold.

Xiao Jingming remained calm and said, "I saw you in my brother's room."

"...?"

"You had long blond hair and carried a violin. You were eighteen years old, six years ago."

Xiao Jingming's brother?

Last name Xiao?

"Your brother?"

Xiao Jingming said calmly, "Xiao Yi."

It was the boy with milky blonde hair who was among Qin Yuan’s friends whom he met for the first time at the hunting ground. He was also the gangster who picked her up on a motorcycle on a rainy night in the chaotic neighborhood.

She asked him why he dyed his hair blonde?
Shen Manzhi's eyes were complicated. He turned him over and pressed him down, with the knife approaching again, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Jingming lay on his back on the ground, with no intention of fighting back. He looked into the woman's beautiful eyes and spoke word by word.

"I roughly know what you are going to do. I can get you out."

Shen Manzhi naturally didn't believe it, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Jingming looked dazed for a moment, "Same as you."

There was a sound outside the door again, and several people's voices were deliberately lowered.

"What happened, Director? Didn't you say that the students will start after school?"

"I'm still a little worried, so I'll prepare in advance..."

The head teacher was too sensitive and suspicious, so he planned to move the students to the wall-facing room in advance.

Xiao Jingming held Shen Manzhi's wrist, raised his index finger calmly, crawled out from under the bed, and pulled Shen Manzhi towards the window.

The first thing Shen Manzhi did after coming in was to open the window so that he could escape as quickly as possible in case of an accident.

Sure enough, at the critical moment, the two of them left the wall-facing room one after another.

They were all well prepared and quickly reached the ground by catching the ropes outside.

Xiao Jingming walked in front and said, "You can climb over the wall and leave from here. They probably don't know that we have been in there."

Shen Manzhi gradually stopped and looked at him meaningfully, "If I remember correctly, your father is a shareholder of this school, right? You said you have the same goal as me, do you want to drag your father into this personally?"

Xiao Jingming asked back, "Why can't I be saving him?"

It seems he knows a lot.

"You have such good grades. You could have finished high school peacefully and entered college to start a new life. There is no need to get involved in this matter. It will do no good to you and your father at all."

There was a moment of stagnation in Xiao Jingming's eyes, but after a moment, he curled his lips lightly, different from his usual cold and taciturn smile, "Sister, can't I be a good person?"

Shen Manzhi got a headache when he heard this name.

Fortunately, Xiao Jingming returned to normal. He said in a low and cold voice, "Because of my identity, I live a very normal high school student life, but many people here... no, most people, live a very painful life."

Shen Manzhi frowned.

"I don't know what your ultimate goal is, whether it's to gain traffic or to really get exposure, but at least, don't let it fall into the hands of these people."

"You know a lot."

He didn't comment, but just stepped back and said, "Someone from the inspection team may come tomorrow, so I won't help you."

After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving very decisively.

Shen Manzhi looked at his back and narrowed his eyes slightly.

No wonder he was so concerned about the freshman's every move, no wonder he returned the recorder to her and hid in the wall-facing room before her.

It turned out that he had been paying attention to this matter.

And he was smart enough to roughly guess how the school would handle the situation, so he hid here earlier than her?
Will he be the one who posted the video?

The first paragraph is excerpted from Teacher Li Zhi's "With You"