The forensic team immediately rushed to the burgled safe. Surveying the chaotic scene, they deftly began collecting samples. Hearing the commotion, Su Kaiming arrived on the scene. He directed the staff, "Leave no stone unturned."
"Sure, boss," they replied.
Given the size of the vault, the sampling process took a while. But Su Kaiming waited patiently.
"Boss, we've completed the sampling. There are indeed fingerprints in a couple of places. Now we just need to match them," reported one of the forensic experts.
Su Kaiming nodded. "Good. I need the results as soon as possible." With fingerprints in hand, things were bound to get easier.
At the Su Corporation, panic still hung in the air. Su Yue walked over with a slight frown. He saw the forensic team bustling around and a group of jittery employees huddled together, whispering about the strange events of the day.
"Who on earth broke into the safe?"
"I heard five hundred million yuan is missing!"
"Right. Do you think it's the same person?"
"Come on, of course it is! The chairman is trying to get to the bottom of it. He suspects it's someone from within the company!"
Early that morning, the person in charge of the vault noticed something amiss. The door was ajar. Upon entering, they found the safe had been pried open. At the same time, the accountants in the finance department detected a discrepancy in the company's finances. A huge sum of money had vanished without a trace!
"But it could be a thief, couldn't it?"
"Yeah. Why not check the surveillance footage?"
As Su Yue approached, he heard their whispers and felt a twinge of annoyance. "Aren't you all supposed to be working? What's all this gossip about?"
"Ah... General Manager," they stammered, quickly sitting up straight. Oops! Caught gossiping during work hours! "Sorry, sorry."
Su Yue rolled his eyes and headed straight for the chairman's office. Without bothering to knock, he walked in. "Big Brother, what's going on?"
"What do you mean 'what's going on'? Can't you see for yourself?" Su Kaiming was busy operating the computer, not even bothering to look up. His tone was impatient.
This time, Su Yue refrained from arguing. "Big Brother, the data is gone?"
"As you can see."
"Five hundred million yuan is missing too?" Su Yue continued.
"Yeah."
Su Yue jumped up in disbelief. "What's the security system in this company for? This is the first time something like this has happened in ages..." It was so embarrassing, such a disgrace to the Su family. "If this gets out, how much criticism will we face?"
Su Kaiming let out an impatient sigh. "Su Yue, if you've got any ideas, share them. If you're just here to pick a fight, you might as well go back to work."
"All the employees are accounted for. If someone stole something and didn't run, it can't be an insider." The thief must have fled long ago. Who would stick around and wait to be caught?
"Why can't it be an insider? Only someone from within the company could have found the vault so easily," retorted Su Kaiming.
Su Yue stared at him for a while. "But you can't just ignore the external suspects, can you?" What was Su Kaiming thinking, focusing solely on the internal staff?
"I don't need you to tell me how to do my job," Su Kaiming sneered.
"You..." Su Yue shook his head. "I'm done playing this game with you, Big Brother. You're such a weirdo." Searching for the culprit inside and outside the company wasn't mutually exclusive. What was Su Kaiming up to? "I'm going home. Call off the security guards!"
Due to Su Kaiming's lockdown order, security guards were stationed downstairs. No one in the company was allowed to leave until the culprit was found.
"No. I'm going to find the culprit!"
"You're just..."
Before Su Yue could finish his sentence, there was a knock on the door. Su Kaiming called out, "Come in."
A forensic expert entered, holding a record book. He looked at Su Kaiming and said, "Boss, this is the fingerprint information of the employees collected from your company."
Su Kaiming took it and asked, "So, do you have any results?"
The expert nodded. "Yes, we do."
Su Yue was about to leave the chairman's office when he heard the expert's words. He was shocked. Was the culprit really from within the company?
The expert took out a document from his bag. "Boss, take a look. This is the suspect's fingerprint, which matches exactly with the one collected from the scene."
He unfolded the document. "It matches a person named Su Yue."
Su Yue?
There was a moment of silence. Su Kaiming suddenly turned to Su Yue. "Su Yue, so it was you!"
Su Yue was completely stunned. How could it be him? He had done nothing! How... He snapped back to reality when he heard Su Kaiming's voice and immediately began to defend himself. "Big Brother, don't you know how I feel about the Su Corporation?"
Su Kaiming sneered. "I only believe what I see." After all, the document said it all.
"What?" Su Yue snatched the document and scanned it quickly. Then he flew into a rage. He tore the document into pieces and threw them into the air. "This is impossible! I didn't do it..." What was going on? He was willing to stake his life on it. He had never done such a thing!
"Then how do you explain this?" Su Kaiming demanded sternly, standing up. "Su Yue, what do you want to do to the company?"
Su Yue was desperate. "I... I really didn't do it!"
As the tension between them escalated, the forensic expert was terrified. He fled the room immediately. He was just a junior staffer. He didn't want to get involved in this rich people's drama. His job was just to check fingerprints. As for the rest... he knew nothing.
After the expert left, Su Yue exploded. His eyes were red with anger. "I didn't do it. Don't you dare frame me!"
Su Kaiming said, "Su Yue, I really misjudged you. I thought you might have had issues with me, but at least you were diligent at work. I never thought... Where did you hide the data and the money?"