The story began this morning.
With only three days allotted, two had already been wasted. Freya had demanded that Qiu Xin Xue connect to the main control today so she could complete the task assigned by her organization.
Although Qiu Xin Xue was completely clueless about such matters, Freya's explanations, coupled with her own position in the technical department and her access pass, made it less difficult.
It wasn't particularly challenging to get close to the main control, which was adjacent to the technical department.
Deliberately avoiding cameras and colleagues, Qiu Xin Xue infiltrated the main control room during lunch break.
The room was filled with large mainframes, all bearing names she couldn't recognize.
"Main control... main control..." murmuring to herself, Qiu Xin Xue found the main control machine that Freya had described to her. "Found it!"
Her eyes lighting up, Qiu Xin Xue immediately took out her U-disk to connect to the main control, only to hear a cold male voice behind her say, "What are you doing?"
Startled, the U-disk in Qiu Xin Xue's hand clattered to the ground. She spun around and met a pair of sinister eyes.
Despite her panic, Qiu Xin Xue quickly composed herself, tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear, and smiled, saying, "Teacher Xia, scaring people can kill them!"
Within the department, both Qiu Xin Xue and Wu Hailong had to call Xia Shang, who interviewed them, "Teacher Xia."
"What is that?" Xia Shang ignored Qiu Xin Xue's coquetting, his gaze fixed on the metallic object at her feet.
"I... I don't know." Qiu Xin Xue knew she absolutely could not admit the item was hers. So she said, "I just saw this and was curious. I was about to pick it up to take a look when you startled me!"
Hearing Qiu Xin Xue's words, Xia Shang bent down and picked up the U-disk.
As Xia Shang bent down, Qiu Xin Xue glanced at his neck, calculating the probability of knocking him unconscious with a palm strike and causing amnesia.
It would be best to kill this scoundrel!
But... thinking of her current status as a celebrity, and how it would be inconvenient to have Nix people come to a large entertainment company like Gu Shi Entertainment in broad daylight, Qiu Xin Xue had to give up the idea.
"A U-disk?" Xia Shang stood up, examining the U-disk in his hand, then looking at Qiu Xin Xue. "It's not yours?"
"No, no!" Qiu Xin Xue quickly waved her hands.
"Since it's not yours, forget it. I'll have a colleague post a lost and found notice." Xia Shang clicked his tongue impatiently. "If it were yours, I would have returned it directly. Now... it's really troublesome..."
"Then, then, perhaps I should go!" Qiu Xin Xue's gaze was fixed on the U-disk in Xia Shang's hand. "I can find a colleague to post a lost and found notice too."
"No need. I happen to be going that way, it's on my route." Xia Shang turned and walked towards the exit.
"No, that!" Seeing this, Qiu Xin Xue bit her lower lip, looking troubled. This item absolutely could not fall into Xia Shang's hands!
"Oh, right, what are you doing here?" Xia Shang stopped and turned to look at Qiu Xin Xue, his sinister eyes full of doubt. "Unauthorized personnel are not allowed in the main control room. I informed you of this on your first day."
"Ah?" Qiu Xin Xue's heart skipped a beat. Then, she clasped her hands together and said in a娇嗔 tone, "I'm sorry~ I didn't know this was the main control room. I just saw the door was open as I passed by and got curious. I've never seen a place like this before~ Please forgive me, Teacher Xia!"
"Ugh..." Seeing Qiu Xin Xue like this, Xia Shang revealed a look of disgust, as if he had seen something dirty. "Can't you read? It says 'Main Control Room' at the entrance, with bilingual signage."
"S-sorry..." Seeing Xia Shang's gaze, as if he were looking at a cockroach, Qiu Xin Xue could barely maintain her act of being cute.
"Hurry up and get out. It's the last day. Don't cause any trouble." Xia Shang found it truly bothersome. He was not good at dealing with people, especially strangers who were clearly from different worlds.
Qiu Xin Xue walked out with slumped shoulders. When she reached the corner, she leaned against the wall, watching Xia Shang lock the main control room door and walk away with the U-disk.
If it were someone else, Qiu Xin Xue could at least get the item back. But this person was the gloomy, terrifying, unyielding, and stubborn Xia Shang!
Qiu Xin Xue felt her head swell.
With no other options, Qiu Xin Xue had to contact Freya.
When Freya heard that Qiu Xin Xue had messed up and even had her U-disk taken away, she almost swore.
"The item should have been sent to the lost and found by now. Go and get it back yourself," Qiu Xin Xue said listlessly.
"What a useless person!" Freya hung up the phone, gritting her teeth, and let out a cold snort.
Fortunately, she had disguised the information receiving and converting device as a U-disk, anticipating potential problems.
Even if someone found it, they would likely only think it was an ordinary online banking security shield and wouldn't realize it was an information receiving converter.
But the thought of Qiu Xin Xue failing at such a simple task still annoyed Freya.
A woman who looked good but was useless!
Gritting her teeth, Freya touched up her makeup before heading towards the lost and found.
The priority now was to retrieve the item and then figure out how to approach the main control room again.
This time, no matter what, she would succeed!
Meanwhile, after retrieving the U-disk, Xia Shang did not take it directly to the lost and found but first brought it back to his office.
He turned on his backup computer in safe mode and inserted the U-disk into the receiving port. He soon discovered the problem with the U-disk.
It wasn't a U-disk responsible for online banking security, but an information receiving and converting device with a powerful new digital virus.
Xia Shang found the presence of such a device in the main control room terrifying.
No matter who had brought this U-disk into the room, Xia Shang felt that person had to be expelled from Gu Shi Entertainment immediately.
After a three-second silence, Xia Shang made a decision. He had to make this person disappear as quickly as possible, never to return.
But how to do it?
Xia Shang paced out of his office and asked a passing colleague with a crew cut wearing a plaid shirt, learning a "good method."
By the time Freya arrived at the lost and found, she learned that Xia Shang had not yet sent the U-disk over.
She went to the technical department and found out that Xia Shang had gone to the cafeteria.
Freya cursed the irresponsible and unreliable Chinese trash under her breath and then followed him to Gu Shi Entertainment's cafeteria.
It was still lunchtime, and the cafeteria was crowded.
Freya found Xia Shang and clasped her hands, blinking her beautiful, captivating eyes. "I heard you found a U-disk. That U-disk is mine. Could you please return it to me? Pretty please~"
If it were another man, he might have already been dazed by this point. Unfortunately, she had encountered Xia Shang.