579 The Secret About the Past 197 (1/2)

Half an hour later, she switched off the lights again and rinsed the glass with some water.

She then exited his room and brought the glass downstairs before returning to Tuoba Gucheng's room.

She knew that there was a window in his dressing room.

There were several trees outside the window, making it a blind spot of the surveillance cameras.

It was the best place she could sneak out of.

However, there was an anti-theft system installed on the window.

But it would not pose as a problem since she had already bought the necessary tools during her day off.

She removed the screws with a hex socket and pulled out the bolts with a pair of pliers. She managed to get rid of the anti-theft system of the window effortlessly.

In order to avoid suspicion, she decided to remove the bottom of the anti-theft window while leaving the top intact. She would put it back on when she gets back.

She then made her way down from the window using the rope.

An Xiaoning was wearing a surgical mask, a cap, and night-vision goggles. She sped off hastily.

She also managed to hide from the guards on patrol duty successfully.

It was more than difficult to execute her plans in the Autumn Palace.

Thus, she was naturally much more careful and alert.

She arrived in Tuoba Rui and Shi Xiaoyu's mansion according to plan.

The lights were still on, and there were several guards standing around the door.

She had already come up with a strategic plan beforehand.

She walked toward a spot that was a distance away from the guards on duty and moved into the darkness before latching the hook of her rope onto the wall. She then climbed up the rope and onto the balcony in a fluid motion.

However, her leg was scratched by the sharp, pointed ends of the balcony railing when she was climbing inside.

An Xiaoning could feel her blood flowing out of her wound. She wiped her wound clean with a tissue paper and waited until the bleeding stopped before walking to the side of the balcony.

According to the layout sketch, she was standing on the balcony of a room belonging to the bodyguards on the night shift.

Thus, the room was indeed empty when she entered.

That made it much easier for her to go about her plan.

Considering the fact that there would be surveillance cameras along the corridor, An Xiaoning decided to return to the balcony.

What she had to do now was to turn off the master switch and enter Tuoba Rui's study or Shi Xiaoyu's room within the shortest possible time.

However, it was obviously not quite possible to turn off the master switch herself since security was tight around the palace, which meant that there would definitely be people guarding it. Besides, the master control room must definitely be a distance away. Thus, the quickest solution at the moment would be to tamper with the electricity flow within the mansion.

That was an easy task.

After scrutinizing and analyzing the layout sketch, she walked toward the edge of the balcony and caught sight of a few electrical wires.

She took out a pair of electrical insulator gloves from the pocket of her shorts and sliced open the outer layer of the electrical wire before cutting the copper wires in half, successfully causing a power trip.

An Xiaoning immediately entered the room to see that the lights were all switched off along the corridors. However, there were infrared detection beams everywhere.

During her training at the exercise boot camp, not only did she learn combat defense and rock climbing skills, but she had also learned how to get past infrared detection beams.

She ought to get her money's worth, after all.

After evading the beams, An Xiaoning began approaching Tuoba Rui's study.

The door of his study was left ajar. She peeked in through the crack to see that the room was empty.

An Xiaoning then planted the listening device bug beneath his office desk, right against the leather seat, before hurrying out immediately.

She then proceeded to Shi Xiaoyu's bedroom.

An Xiaoning would have to go down the stairs to make her way to the first floor where Shi Xiaoyu's bedroom was located.

However, she was afraid that the power supply would be restored very soon. By then, she would be doomed when they find out that the wires had been cut, and she'd end up being trapped inside the mansion.

An Xiaoning sprinted toward the first floor. Fortunately, she did not bump into anyone else along the way.