Chapter 404: The Four Young Thugs (1/2)

Unexpectedly, Lao Yao opened the door. Upon noticing me, he quirked his eyebrows and said, ”Xiao Song-song, what brings you here?”

With how neatly dressed he was, it seemed he wasn’t doing anything strange. It turned out to be a misunderstanding on my part. ”What were you doing in there?” I casually dropped the question.

”Playing games. I’ve taken a job working as a tester for a game company,” he replied.

I couldn’t help thinking this wasn’t at all in line with his character. Would he actually find a job with zero technical content just to earn money?

Upon entering his dormitory room, I saw VR equipment on the desk and a CD box with a muscular man in the most suggestive posture on the cover. I instantly understood what sort of game it was.

”Xiao Song-song, would you like to experience the feeling of being pinned down by a hunk?” he asked.

I quickly waved my hand, ”No, thank you! I'm in a hurry so please look at this for me.”

Lao Yao grabbed the CPU from my hand and stared. ”Holy shit!” he exclaimed.

Assuming Lao Yao had found something, I was about to ask when he placed the CPU on the desk and took the cabinet apart. ”Hey, don't open it!” I immediately stopped his actions.

Looking as if he had discovered a great treasure, Lao Yao gushed, ”This thing is awesome! The motherboard, hard disk, CPU and graphics card are all top-notch. Playing games on this would be so satisfying!”

”Is it very expensive?”

”You would need at least a hundred grand!”

Lao Yao plugged into the power and connected the monitor to start probing. He took one glance at the system and said, ”This was started yesterday.”

My heart sank. Perhaps we can’t find any clues.

The computer was almost empty with only some movies and landscape pictures, making the conversation preserved on QQ seem rather suspicious.

”Can chat records be forged?” I asked.

”Yes!” Lao Yao explained, ”All you have to do is change the time. Even entry-level hackers know how to do that.”

”Could you check to see what was deleted from the computer?” I furrowed my brows.

After fiddling with the keyboard for some time, Lao Yao shook his head, ”It's empty. This machine was only recently equipped.”

”He was ahead of us again!” I ranted through gritted teeth.

I thanked Lao Yao and took the CPU back to Zhao Dapeng’s apartment. When I exited the apartment building, I phoned Xiaotao to give her the green light.

Although I had never seen them before, they gave me a sense of déjà vu. My intuition told me that these were Zhao Dapeng's three partners in crime!

Rushing up for questioning would only startle them so I hid behind the flower bed and snapped a few photos with my cell phone. The oldest one answered a phone call, briefly exchanging a few words before turning to the other two and leaving together.

I called Xiaotao to inform her about my unexpected discovery. ”Did Zhao Dapeng just leave the station?” I queried.

”Yes, he left ten minutes ago!”