Chapter 34 - 34 030 The Trap Ahead

34: Chapter 030 The Trap Ahead 34: Chapter 030 The Trap Ahead Driving back to the villa, Ye Fan opened the front door to find the house so silent that even Aunt Liao, the nanny, wasn’t there. “Heh heh, I’m just too clever,” Ye Fan said with a grin as he closed the front door and headed for the stairs to the second floor. Reaching the top, he was greeted by a palette of serene and elegant colors, along with several pots of lush, vibrant houseplants, their gentle fragrance filling the upstairs. The living room here was clearly more cozy and refined than the one downstairs. Ye Fan didn’t waste time admiring these; his gaze swept across the area and noted one bathroom and a total of four rooms. “Uh, which one is her study?” he wondered. He approached the nearest door, placing his hand on the doorknob and applying a slight downward force. With a “click,” the door opened, and Ye Fan peeked inside to find an empty guest room. Closing that door, he moved on to the second, discovering a storage and gift room. The third door wouldn’t open. Upon opening the fourth, a delightful blend of scents wafted out. Ye Fan couldn’t help but take a deep breath—it was laced with Li Zhaojun’s body fragrance. Without needing to look, he was sure this was Li Zhaojun’s bedroom. Nevertheless, he couldn’t resist taking a few peeks inside. The room was cast in shades of pink, with light purple mosquito netting draped over the bed, which was neatly made. On either side of the large bed stood nightstands, followed by an intricately crafted vanity table, with a six-doored wardrobe further along, and opposite the foot of the bed a 52-inch LCD television on the wall. As expected of the master bedroom, an en suite bathroom was a given. Beyond these, there were full-length mirrors and photographs hanging on the walls and set upon surfaces. “She might have put her computer in the bedroom,” Ye Fan reasoned, giving himself an excuse to enter Li Zhaojun’s bedroom and have a closer look. “Smells so good,” he mused as he walked in, taking in the air forcefully and then his eyes instinctively landed on a life-sized portrait of Li Zhaojun on the wall. The portrait was large, a third larger than Li Zhaojun herself, showcasing her stunningly attractive figure and exquisitely beautiful face in full detail. In the photo, Li Zhaojun’s demeanor was different from her usual cold and haughty appearance—she wore a genuine, carefree smile. That smile was so sweet, and those eyes so bright and innocent. Ye Fan stared for a few seconds, then quickly turned his head away for fear that he might fall for this woman if he kept looking. Turning around, Ye Fan “searched” the bedroom for a while, of course not finding a computer, then his attention was drawn to the large wardrobe. “Um, it’s very likely she hid her laptop in the wardrobe, so I need to take a careful look,” he told himself, approaching and opening each pair of wardrobe doors. “Just some suits and dresses, no computer.” He then opened the second pair of doors. “Just some T-shirts and casual pants, no computer.” He promptly moved on to the last pair. Opening these doors greeted him with a scent unmistakably belonging to Li Zhaojun, and Ye Fan breathed it in, intoxicated: “So fragrant.” As he looked inside, his excitement piqued; it was full of Li Zhaojun’s personal clothing. After gazing intently and “searching” for a while, Ye Fan regretfully confirmed there was no laptop hidden there. He left Li Zhaojun’s bedroom and went back to the third door. This door was locked—definitely the study. “Heh heh, just a door; it’s no match for me,” he said, pulling out a set of keys. Among them was a particularly special key—an iron wire made of a tin-aluminum alloy, coiled up. Straightening the tin-aluminum alloy wire and inserting it into the keyhole, he pressed his ear against the lock, carefully twirling the wire. In no time, he wore a smug smile, stood up, and pulled out the wire. As he coiled the wire back up, he murmured to himself with delight, “Haha, haven’t used this technique in at least a year, and still, I’m so skillful.” He tucked away the keys, grasped the doorknob, turned it, and the door swung open promptly. Entering, he found himself indeed in Li Zhaojun’s study. The room was simply furnished: on the left side against the wall stood a large bookshelf filled to the brim with books, and below it were two desks joined together. Each desk had a computer on it—one a Lenovo desktop and the other a pink Apple laptop. Ye Fan walked over and booted up both computers. The Apple laptop didn’t have a startup password, so it booted up smoothly. The desktop Lenovo computer, on the other hand, required a startup password. However, this didn’t pose a problem for him. Although he wasn’t a hacker, cracking a simple startup password was easy for him. Soon enough, the desktop Lenovo computer turned on. Anticipating that Li Zhaojun might use the desktop Lenovo computer for work at home, Ye Fan directly searched through the files on that computer. Before long, Ye Fan located a folder about the Biomedical New Project on the E drive. Upon opening the folder, he found a Microsoft Word document titled “Biomedical New Project Planning.” “Haha, found it!” Ye Fan laughed joyfully as he clicked to open the document to confirm it was the file he was looking for. “Ding!” A password prompt appeared. “Ugh? Another password,” he grumbled. “Does she feel exceptionally insecure or something? At her own home, she locks her study, separates her work and personal computers, requires a password to boot the computer, and even a Word document needs a password!” However, a mere password-protected Word document wasn’t going to stop him. After fiddling around for a bit, he successfully cracked the file password. Upon opening the document, Ye Fan quickly skimmed through its content and discovered that this was indeed the file he was looking for. Without hesitation, he took out his USB flash drive and copied the “Biomedical New Project Planning” onto it. Having successfully obtained the “Biomedical New Project Planning,” Ye Fan immediately shut down the computer and restored everything in the study to its original state before exiting the room. He then relocked the study door with the aluminum-iron wire… … After Ye Fan left the office, Lu Xiaoman sat restlessly, worried that He Jiaqiang might suddenly arrive. You see, the conflict between Ye Fan and He Jiaqiang was escalating. If He Jiaqiang found out that Ye Fan had left the company for personal matters midway, there would definitely be trouble. However, it’s said that what you fear usually happens. After ten o’clock, He Jiaqiang indeed entered the office. He Jiaqiang walked in, his belly protruding, and upon seeing Ye Fan absent, immediately asked, “Xiaoman, where’s Ye Fan? Isn’t he so late that he hasn’t arrived yet?” “No, no, that’s not it,” Lu Xiaoman tried hard to suppress her anxiousness and guilt but stuttered a bit and couldn’t dare to look He Jiaqiang in the eye. “He was on time for work today. Just now… he had diarrhea and went to the restroom.” “Hmph, the lazier one is, the more they poop and pee!” He Jiaqiang snorted coldly. Lu Xiaoman hurriedly diverted He Jiaqiang’s attention, “Manager He, do you need me for something?” “I have a recruitment task.” Despite Lu Xiaoman’s glaring blunder, He Jiaqiang uncharacteristically did not press further. He walked over, tossed a file onto Lu Xiaoman’s desk, and continued, “Tomorrow afternoon at seven o’clock, you’ll accompany me to meet with an important candidate.” “Seven in the evening?” Lu Xiaoman frowned and said, “That’s after work hours.” He Jiaqiang immediately retorted sharply, “Of course I know it’s after work hours. If it weren’t for after hours, when would people have time to talk with us? Do you think you can do a good job just by sitting in the office from nine to five, enjoying the air conditioning? Without a bit of dedication, why should the company pay you so much every month?!” “I’m sorry, I know I was wrong,” Lu Xiaoman said with her head lowered. He Jiaqiang didn’t scold her further but changed to a milder tone, “Don’t worry, you won’t be working for nothing, I’ll count a half day of overtime for you and you’ll get paid for it.” Sёarch* The NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. “Make sure you review the materials thoroughly, we can’t afford any slip-ups during the meeting.” After he finished speaking, his eyes, full of lewdness and greed, swept over Lu Xiaoman’s ample bosom before he turned and left. He Jiaqiang returned to his own office and shut the door. Immediately, he raised his fists and shook them vigorously, his face filled with excitement and anticipation, his sleazy little eyes brimming with avarice. “Lu Xiaoman, Lu Xiaoman, you’ll never escape my Five-finger Mountain! Tomorrow night, I’ll ***** her!” It turned out that because of Ye Fan’s appearance, He Jiaqiang felt that merely threatening and coercing Lu Xiaoman at work was not enough to subdue her. Moreover, he noticed that Lu Xiaoman’s relationship with Ye Fan was getting closer. He was worried that if Lu Xiaoman and Ye Fan became too close, she would tell Ye Fan about him forcing her to be his mistress. Thus, he needed to take control of Lu Xiaoman as quickly as possible. He had already set a trap, planning to drug Lu Xiaoman the following evening. “Hmph, even if I force myself on her, as long as I discuss the stakes with her afterwards, she will surely break and submit to me!” he thought smugly. “Considering how much she cares about her mother’s life and death and her own weak-willed nature, I’ll just give her another hundred thousand, threaten and entice her, and she wouldn’t dare call the police. Then she’ll become my forbidden fruit! Hahahaha…”