Lu Xuan did not leave immediately; he lurked patiently outside the door like an experienced hunter.
Generating dirt on someone takes a little time, and this time could be used to verify some of his suspicions.
A faint smile played on his lips, but his ears, like radar, picked up every slight movement inside the office.
Sure enough, as soon as he 'left', there was a subtle stir in the office.
Zhao Mengqi's vigilance was even lower than he had imagined, or perhaps, she was in a state of utter disarray at this moment, desperate for instructions.
"Click." The door lock made a soft sound.
Lu Xuan's figure flickered, and he silently hid in the shadow of the doorway of an empty office next door, like a civet cat, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes, fixed on Zhao Mengqi's office door.
He saw Zhao Mengqi's office door open a crack, and her well-maintained pretty face peeked out. She cautiously glanced left and right, and seeing the hallway empty, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, quickly pulled her head back, and then with a 'bang', completely shut the door, locking it from the inside.
"Heh, old fox, are you finally going to contact your superior?" Lu Xuan sneered inwardly, but his steps were as light as a cat's, and he tiptoed back to Zhao Mengqi's office door, pressing his ear against the cold door panel.
Unfortunately, the sound insulation of the door panel was unexpectedly good. Zhao Mengqi's voice inside was extremely low and intermittent; he couldn't hear what she was saying at all.
"It seems I'll have to send in my drone," Lu Xuan thought to himself. With a thought, he retrieved the tiny, grain-sized miniature nano high-tech drone from the inconspicuous glasses case in his pocket.
This thing was simply a divine tool for eavesdropping and secret filming!
The drone turned into an almost invisible faint light, silently drilling through the negligible gap beneath the door panel, then lightly flew to a hidden potted plant leaf in the office, its camera precisely aimed at Zhao Mengqi by the window.
At this moment, Zhao Mengqi was standing by the window, her back to the door, one hand holding her phone tightly to her ear, the other hand nervously covering the microphone, lowering her voice. However, the anxiety and unease in her tone were clearly discernible through the faint audio transmitted by the drone.
"…That Lu Xuan actually found me! Yes, it's him!" Zhao Mengqi's voice carried a hint of imperceptible tremor and panic. "And it's already afternoon, and that Luo Xiaoran you mentioned still hasn't shown up! Where is she?!"
The person on the other end of the phone seemed to say something, and Zhao Mengqi's speaking speed quickened: "I've already deployed the trending topics in the backend. As soon as Luo Xiaoran posts the message, I can immediately get her on the campus network's trending headlines! Everyone in the school will see it then!"
She paused, seemingly listening to the other party's instructions, and then raised her voice somewhat discontentedly: "You said it has nothing to do with me; I've done everything I can! And when Lu Xuan came just now, I guarantee I didn't reveal any clues. I just brushed him off with a few words! He definitely didn't see anything!"
At this point, she changed the subject, her tone revealing an urgent greed: "When are you going to transfer the remaining payment to me? Also, you promised me that my mother must have surgery tonight with the top surgeon at the Central Hospital! This matter cannot be delayed any longer!"
However, the person on the other end of the phone seemed to deliver news she found unacceptable, and Zhao Mengqi's voice suddenly became sharp: "What?! What did you say? I have to wait until the matter is done, until there's a result? That's not what you said back then! You said I just had to do what you asked, you didn't say there had to be a result!"
Her voice trembled slightly with anger and disbelief: "You…you're breaking your word! Do you believe I'll expose everything to that Lu Xuan right now! Let him come find trouble with you!"
"Beep…beep…beep…"
Her answer was a cold busy signal.
The other party had actually hung up directly!
"Ah—!" Zhao Mengqi let out a suppressed shriek. Her usually gentle and serene pretty face was now distorted with rage, no longer able to maintain her carefully feigned composure.
She spun around abruptly and violently swept the orchid she usually tended to so carefully off the windowsill!
"Crash!"
The valuable purple clay flowerpot shattered, and the emerald orchid leaves and damp soil scattered across the floor, a complete mess.
"How dare you lie to me! All of you dare to lie to me!"
Zhao Mengqi trembled with anger, and the graceful curves outlined by her dark green cheongsam now undulated with her heavy breathing.
She collapsed into a chair, her eyes filled with venom and a hint of despair.
Lu Xuan saw all of this clearly through the drone, a cold arc forming at the corner of his mouth.
She's already broken down? The real show is yet to come!
Just then, the system's notification sound rang out in his mind at the opportune moment.
【Ding! Dirt on target generated!】
【Option 1: Exchange 200 points for the complete dirt package.】
【Option 2: Exchange 1 dirt voucher for the complete dirt package.】
"Whoa, 200 points?" Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "It seems Director Zhao's dirt is quite substantial. However, compared to Bai Yanxi's dirt, which costs thousands of points, this is still just a drop in the bucket."
Points are meant to be used; spending them allows one to earn more rewards!
"Exchange!" Lu Xuan chose Option 1 without hesitation.
【Exchange complete! 200 points deducted from account balance, 1259 points remaining.】
Almost instantly, a complex and explosive stream of information, like a bursting dam, flooded Lu Xuan's mind and materialized as an encrypted PPT document on his phone's APP interface.
Lu Xuan opened the document and quickly scanned its contents.
【Dirt Core Details: Zhao Mengqi, Director of the Yanjing University Network Information Center, a seasoned reckless driver, two hit-and-run incidents! Was a kept woman during university!】
Lu Xuan's pupils suddenly constricted!
"My goodness!" He almost cried out, "A reckless driver? And two hit-and-run incidents?"