Yan Feifan once again compared the manuscripts’ current position to his memory of how he had last left them. He confirmed they had indeed been moved.
He recalled the time Yu Youlian had told him a corporate spy had infiltrated the tech company to steal R&D data for the surgical robot. She had specifically warned him to be careful, as he might become a target too.
Ever since then, Yan Feifan had been extra cautious.
He had arranged the manuscripts with a few inconspicuous little details that only he could recognize.
Now, every one of those little details had been altered.
’If a meticulous thief had broken in and stolen any valuables,’ Yan Feifan thought, ’my sister and Su Ye would have told me the second I walked through the door.’
Du Qiu hadn’t been in for a few days. When she came in today to do a thorough cleaning, she would have only moved the desk and chairs, not his manuscripts.
’In other words, this intruder’s target was these manuscripts?’
’Or were they after me?’
Yan Feifan backed away from his desk and scanned the bedroom carefully.
He hadn’t noticed it before, but now that he was looking, he was shocked.
Although the bedroom was as neat and clean as ever, his eyes picked up numerous traces of things that had been disturbed and then meticulously put back.
’Zeng Ni?’
The thought barely crossed his mind before he dismissed it.
Given her personality and the lazy way she tidied up the guest room, there was no way she could have restored everything to its original state so perfectly.
A profound sense of unease washed over Yan Feifan.
He fought the urge to tell his sister and Su Ye, not wanting to frighten them.
After a moment’s thought, Yan Feifan took his phone to the attic terrace and dialed the number of Zheng Libing, the captain of the district’s criminal investigation team.
As soon as the call connected, he got straight to the point. "Mr. Zheng, I think a spy may have infiltrated my room."
"A spy?"
Zheng Libing’s voice was laced with astonishment, but it quickly turned serious. "Mr. Yan, what happened exactly?"
"Tell me everything."
Yan Feifan gathered his thoughts. "Mr. Zheng, I haven’t been home in four days. I just got back tonight and was about to do some work."
"But I discovered that my manuscripts and my room had been searched, and then someone carefully tried to put everything back the way it was."
"But I’m certain they were disturbed."
Zheng Libing’s voice cut in. "Is anything missing? Any valuables?"
Yan Feifan answered quietly, "I haven’t found anything missing yet."
"But those manuscripts contain crucial data for Baining Medical Technology’s surgical robot database. Their value is hard to estimate."
Zheng Libing made an instant decision. "Mr. Yan, I understand. I’ll bring a team over right away—"
"Not just yet!"
Yan Feifan cut him off. "Mr. Zheng, please wait until tomorrow, after we’ve all left for work."
"I don’t want to alarm my family."
Yan Feifan added a reminder, "Mr. Zheng, when you do come, could you also check if they’ve planted any cameras or listening devices in my room?"
"Right, I’ll be sure to check."
After replying, Zheng Libing changed the subject. "Mr. Yan, based on our current investigation into the Yv Yunzhi hijacking incident, it seems he planned the entire thing himself."
"We’ve found no evidence that Cao Ke, Pan Hong, and the third person knew about Yv Yunzhi’s plan."
Yan Feifan said, "Oh. If he’s the only bad guy, that’s the best possible outcome..."
After ending his call with Zheng Libing, Yan Feifan came down from the attic.
As he passed through the living room, his sister, who was chatting and watching TV with Zeng Ni and Yu Suye, called out to him.
"Running off to the attic alone with your phone... Feifan, you’re looking a little sneaky."
"I was discussing a private matter with a patient’s family."
Yan Feifan explained casually, then turned to Zeng Ni to change the subject. "So, Zeng Ni, you’re not planning on making a career out of being a middleman, are you?"
Zeng Ni said haughtily, "Of course not!"
"I’m just doing this to earn a little spending money. It’s not my fault all my savings got wiped out by a scammer."
She put on a miserable expression. "This life of begging for handouts is tough. I want to find something legitimate to do, like start a company or something."
"I just don’t have any good ideas."
Yan Feifan scoffed. "With your family’s connections, you can’t find a way to make money?"
Zeng Ni huffed. "None that are right for me."
"I want a project that doesn’t require a huge investment, and it has to be something I’m interested in."
"Feifan, do you have any ideas? If you do, you provide the idea, I’ll provide the money and manpower, and we can make a fortune together!"