Double evil in the business district

Xiao Yue stared at the number, her heartbeat racing. It repeatedly appeared near the receipts from Accountant Chen's falsified accounts, and also next to the dates in Wu Baoan's duty logs. Coincidence? Xiao Yue couldn't believe there were so many coincidences in the world. With trembling fingers, she dialed the number.

After a busy tone, a cold, robotic female voice came from the other end of the line: "The number you dialed is unavailable. Please check before redialing."

Unused number? Unconvinced, Xiao Yue redialed again and again, with the same result. A wave of frustration washed over her, but she didn't give up. This number had appeared far too often to be meaningless.

She began to look through other materials, trying to find any clues related to this number.

Some vague fragments of memory flashed through her mind: Accountant Chen answering the phone in a panic, and beads of sweat oozing from his forehead after he hastily hung up; Security Guard Wu whispering something into the phone in the duty room, a hint of fear in his tone...

Xiao Yue decided to start with Accountant Chen. She pretended to need to check the accounts and went to the finance office again. When Accountant Chen saw her, a subtle flash of panic flashed in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

"Miss Xiao, do you have any other questions?" he asked calmly.

"Accountant Chen, I'd like to confirm a few payments from last month." Xiao Yue calmly observed Accountant Chen's expression, trying to catch a glimpse of a flaw. "No problem, Miss Xiao, feel free to ask." Accountant Chen, forcing composure, flipped open the account book.

Xiao Yue casually mentioned a few accounts with dates close to those of the suspicious numbers. Accountant Chen's face paled visibly. He faltered as he explained, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. Xiao Yue felt a surge of joy, her suspicions becoming more certain.

Over the next few days, Xiao Yue continued her covert investigation. She searched everywhere for this mysterious phone number, but to no avail. She visited several telecom service centers, trying to find the number, but was consistently told it was unavailable. Could it be that this number simply didn't exist? Or was it being hidden by some special means?

Just when Xiao Yue was about to give up, she accidentally met a friend who worked in a telecommunications company.

She told her friend about the strangeness of the number. After listening, her friend thought for a moment and said, "This situation is rare, but it is not impossible. Some special numbers, such as those of confidential organizations or... some numbers that do not want to be tracked, are handled specially and cannot be tracked through normal channels."

Her friend's words gave Xiao Yue a glimmer of hope. She realized that the owner of this number might be connected to some secret within Shen's enterprise, or even to the conspiracy to frame her father. She became even more determined to get to the bottom of the matter.

One night, Xiao Yue called the number again. This time, the call actually went through! But before she could say anything, a deep, unfamiliar male voice came from the other end of the line: "Who are you?"

When Xiao Yue heard the unfamiliar male voice, her heart sank, nearly jumping out of her throat. She held her breath and tried to sound calm. "Excuse me, are you the owner of this number?"

There was silence for a moment on the other end of the phone, and then a chuckle was heard: "You have the wrong person." After that, the phone was hung up.

Xiao Yue held the phone, her palms cold. Who was this man? Why didn't he admit he was the owner of this number? Did he know something? A series of questions swirled in her mind, making her feel even more confused and uneasy.

Meanwhile, Shen Ting had noticed something strange about Xiao Yue recently. She was always preoccupied, with a hint of anxiety and unease in her eyes. He recalled the doubts Xiao Yue had raised with him, and a faint sense of unease crept in. He sent someone to secretly observe Xiao Yue, hoping to find out what she was investigating.

Shen Ting sat in the office, holding the information about the Xiao project in his hand, his brows furrowed.

Xiao Yue's father, the founder of Xiao Corporation, was imprisoned for commercial fraud, and all the evidence pointed to him. But Shen Ting felt that things were not that simple. Xiao Corporation had always had an excellent reputation in the industry, and Xiao's father was famous for his integrity. Could he really do such a thing?

Xiao Yue did not give up on tracking down the mysterious number. Through some connections, she finally got some information about the number.

The number was registered to a small company called "Galaxy Trading," a company that operated in a low-profile manner, with virtually no public information available. Xiao Yue dug deeper and discovered a hidden connection between the company and a previous project the Xiao family had collaborated on. This project was the key to the commercial fraud charges against Xiao's father.

Xiao Yue was shocked and excited by this discovery. She realized that she might have found the key to uncovering the truth. But she also faced a difficult decision: should she stay at Xiao Enterprise and search for more internal evidence, or investigate this mysterious small company herself?

If she left Xiao Enterprise, she might miss some important information, but if she didn't investigate "Galaxy Trade", she was worried that she would miss this key clue.

Just as Xiao Yue was hesitating, her phone rang. It was her friend who worked at the telecommunications company. "Xiao Yue, I found some information about Galaxy Trade. You'd better come over..."

Xiao Yue immediately realized that the situation might be more complicated than she thought. She grabbed her coat and hurried out of the office.

Just then, Xiao Yue's phone rang again. It was a call from a friend at the telecommunications company. "Xiao Yue, I just got word that the legal representative of Galaxy Trading will be at the company headquarters this afternoon. This is a rare opportunity, you must seize it!"

Xiao Yue was delighted. This was truly a godsend! She immediately decided to go to Galaxy Trade to investigate.

Xiao Yue hurried to the office building where Galaxy Trading was located, only to find the door to the archives room locked. Accountant Chen, who was in charge of the archives room, was standing at the door, looking at her with a half-smile.

"Ms. Xiao, where are you going in such a hurry?" Accountant Chen's tone was filled with sarcasm.

Xiao Yue's heart sank. She knew that Accountant Chen was Shen Ting's man, and it must be Shen Ting who asked him to stop her.

"Accountant Chen, I need to look up some information." Xiao Yue tried to keep his tone calm.

"Oh? What information do you want to check?" Accountant Chen asked slowly.

"Some information about the cooperation project with Galaxy Trade." Xiao Yue looked directly into Accountant Chen's eyes.

Accountant Chen smiled, a sly look flashing in his eyes. "I'm sorry, Miss Xiao, these documents are not convenient to access right now."

"Why?" Xiao Yue felt a surge of anger in his heart.

"Because..." Accountant Chen deliberately dragged out his words, "I forgot to bring my keys."

Xiao Yue looked at Accountant Chen's hypocritical smile, her anger almost boiling over. She knew Accountant Chen was deliberately trying to make things difficult for her, but why was he doing this? Why was he trying to stop her from investigating the truth?

Accountant Chen saw Xiao Yue's angry expression and felt secretly pleased with himself. He pulled a cigarette from his pocket, slowly lit it, took a deep drag, and then exhaled a cloud of thick smoke. The smoke lingered in front of Xiao Yue, making her feel suffocated.

"Ms. Xiao, I advise you to give up." Accountant Chen's voice was low and cold. "Some things, knowing too much is not good for you."

Xiao Yue pushed Accountant Chen aside and walked straight to the door of the archive room. She pulled the door handle hard, but the door didn't budge. She took a deep breath, turned and looked at Accountant Chen, her eyes firm and cold. "Accountant Chen, do you think this can stop me?"

Accountant Chen sneered, threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, and crushed it with his foot. "Ms. Xiao, you are too naive." He took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed a number. "Hello, Director Ma, she's here..."

Accountant Chen hung up the phone, a sinister smile on his face. He looked at Xiao Yue and said contemptuously, "Miss Xiao, just give up on this idea. No one can help you."

Xiao Yue ignored Accountant Chen's taunts and quickly walked to the door of the archives room, banging on the iron gate. "Wu Baoan! Wu Baoan!" She knew that the archives security guard, Wu Baoan, was an honest man and might be able to help.

Accountant Chen's face changed slightly when he saw this, and he quickly stepped forward to stop him. "I've already sent Wu Baoan away, so don't waste your energy."

Xiao Yue's heart sank, but she didn't give up. She looked around and noticed a small window next to the archives room. Although the window was not big, it was big enough for a petite girl like her to get in.

She quickly ran to the small window and pushed hard, but it didn't budge. She tried pulling hard, but that didn't budge. It looked like this window was locked too.

Xiao Yue bit her lip and thought quickly about the countermeasures. She noticed that the lock on the small window was an old-fashioned padlock, which was easy to pry open.

She pulled a pen from her bag, inserted the tip of the pen into the keyhole, and tentatively turned it. The lock made a slight click, but it didn't open. Undeterred, Xiao Yue continued to try patiently, adjusting the force and angle.

Accountant Chen watched Xiao Yue's actions with a disdainful smile on his face. "Don't bother, this lock is specially made, you..."

There was a "click" and the lock opened.

The smile on Accountant Chen's face froze instantly. He looked at Xiao Yue in disbelief, his eyes filled with shock and anger.

Xiao Yue ignored Accountant Chen's reaction. She quickly opened the window and nimbly slipped in.

The archive room was dimly lit, and the air was thick with the smell of dust. Xiao Yue covered her mouth and nose with her hands and, using the dim light, began to search for the information she needed.

Time passed by minute by minute. Xiao Yue flipped through a large number of documents, but still could not find any useful clues. Her heart sank gradually. Was it really going to be a failure this time?

Just when she was about to give up, she suddenly noticed a dusty cardboard box in the corner. She walked over and opened the box, which contained a pile of old documents.

Xiao Yue flipped through the documents and found that they were all old accounts from a few years ago. She was about to put the cardboard box back to its original place when suddenly, a note sandwiched between the documents caught her attention.

Written on the note was a line of words: "Galaxy Trading, a shell company, the whereabouts of funds are unknown."

Xiao Yue's heart trembled. These words were like a flash of lightning, piercing the fog that shrouded her heart. She finally found a glimmer of hope!

She carefully put the note away and quickly left the archive room.

When Accountant Chen saw Xiao Yue coming out of the archives room, his face turned even darker. He glared at Xiao Yue fiercely and said in a cold tone, "What did you find?"

Xiao Yue ignored Accountant Chen. She walked straight to the elevator and pressed the down button.

Accountant Chen quickly caught up with Xiao Yue and stood in front of her. "You can't leave!"

Xiao Yue looked at Accountant Chen coldly, "Do you think you can stop me?"

Accountant Chen didn't say anything. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed a number. "Director Ma, she found something..."

Xiao Yue ignored Accountant Chen. She walked around him and got into the elevator.

The elevator door slowly closed, blocking out Accountant Chen's angry gaze.

Xiao Yue looked at the changing floor numbers, her heart filled with hope. She knew that this was just the beginning and she still had a long way to go.

But she was not afraid because she had found her direction.

"Galaxy Trading" is just a shell company, and the real mastermind behind it is someone else. And this mastermind is likely the real culprit that led to the bankruptcy of Xiao's enterprise.

Xiao Yue took a deep breath and decided to immediately investigate the boss behind "Galaxy Trading".

She took out her cell phone and searched for the registration information of "Galaxy Trading".

The address displayed on the screen made her heart sink...

Suburban area, abandoned factory...