Pei Shiyu looked at me with an impatient expression, which was irritating. I stood in a corner far away and saw her talking to the security guard. After a while, they started checking the surveillance footage. Just when I thought I wouldn't be needed, the security guard walked straight to me.

His previous stern attitude had vanished, replaced by a fawning tone: "Miss Pei wants to know approximately what time you arrived here last night?"

I avoided him and walked into the surveillance room. She had been hunched over the computer, but when she saw me enter, she immediately straightened up. This deliberate action was clearly meant to distance herself from me.

I didn't waste words and directly told them the time frame. The security guard, with his experience, immediately pulled up the footage from the gate at the time I specified. The image was clear. Zuo Er was still holding her bag when she got out of the car. I took out my phone from the bag and then put it back.

But when the footage replayed the moment she fell to the ground, Pei Shiyu's eyes sharply turned to me. Instinctively, I met her gaze, which was full of meaning. She didn't want to talk to me directly, yet she seemed to be blaming me for not taking good care of her.

I saw her move her lips, then simply close them. I wasn't happy about the unwarranted accusations today, so her expression now infuriated me...

"What do you want to say? Want to say I didn't help you up or something? Didn't you see your dad took over? The way you were acting last night was like a female hooligan. If you can't handle your liquor, don't overdo it. You drank like a lunatic. Who do you want to blame? I went to all the trouble to bring you back, and this is how you repay people?"

My rapid-fire words probably annoyed her quite a bit. I could see the muscles in her face twitching, and her beautiful eyes were now flashing with anger. I was waiting to see how she would explode when a pain suddenly shot up my leg. She used the pointed toe of her leather shoe to kick me in the leg, and she kicked hard.

Before I could react, she turned to leave. I started yelling after her, "What the hell is wrong with you? Don't think I wouldn't dare hit you. Try laying a hand on me again."

Pei Shiyu didn't even turn her head, as if saying another word to me would lower her status. I stared at her back and asked, "Don't need to investigate anymore? Then I'm going back."

This sentence finally made her turn around. The speed of her turn showed her current emotions...

"If the bag isn't found today, you will be responsible for all the losses!"

Her tone was very firm and conveyed the shrewdness of the business world. Seeing her attitude, I wanted to argue with her properly.

"I don't want to argue every time I see you. I already told Director Li that it doesn't matter whether we do business or not. I've already apologized for what happened before. I don't need to repeat how many times you and your dad hit me. Director Li is helping me because of our past relationship. If you feel uncomfortable, I can just give up cooperating with him. I'm also very uncomfortable every time we meet. If Director Li hadn't told me to take you home, who would want to meddle in your business? You saw in the surveillance footage that I took the phone to call your dad and then put it in your bag. After your dad helped you, I left. As for the bag being lost, it really has nothing to do with me. Isn't your attitude unreasonable!"

After speaking, I continued to look at her. After hearing what I said, her mood improved slightly...

"I'm tired of hearing about your relationship with Director Li. Since you brought me back last night, you have a responsibility to keep my things safe..."

I interrupted her: "I already handed you over to your dad. What else do you want me to do?"

"My dad is so old, how could he carry me?"

"You wouldn't have forgotten how your dad used to beat me up so quickly, would you? He came down and his tone wasn't good to begin with. He called the security guard himself and told them to carry you up. Logically speaking, I did what I was supposed to do. Since the things in the bag are important, arguing with me is useless. Finding it is the key."

"If I don't look for you, who am I supposed to look for?"

I quietly looked at her for a few seconds. If I continued to argue with her, it would never end. I realized that the obligation to find the bag had suddenly fallen on my shoulders.

I walked back into the surveillance room and started analyzing everything carefully, watching every detail with the security guard. I found that the security guard who carried her up was tall, and another security guard and her dad were following behind. But whether Pei Shiyu was holding the bag in her hand was obscured by them.

I switched back to the surveillance camera at the door. After Zuo Er was carried away, there was no bag on the ground. The high-definition image in the video was very clear.

I looked at Pei Shiyu beside me and asked, "Have you tried calling your own phone?"

"I haven't."

I was instantly speechless at her logic. Leaving aside whether she was intelligent, she wouldn't be so stupid as to run a group. A normal person would basically think of trying to call their own phone.

I took out my phone and handed it to her: "Dial your own number."

Pei Shiyu didn't take it and said, "Ask Director Li."

"What does that mean?" I looked at her blankly.

After a while, she pursed her lips and said, "I just changed the number, I don't remember it."

What a remarkable person. Maybe my expression was a little mocking, she glared at me and then turned away.

Just as I was about to call Director Li, he happened to call. He immediately asked, "Lin Che, have you found it yet?"

"Still looking, uh... give me her number."

"Who? Shiyu?"

"Yes, she doesn't know her number. Send it to me on WeChat, I'll call to see if it's turned off."

After Director Li hung up, he quickly sent Pei Shiyu's number. I immediately dialed it. The sound that came was that the phone was already turned off.

I originally thought it was simple, but things seemed a little tricky now. I imagined in my mind that if her bag was taken by a security guard, then the possibility of getting it back would become very slim. Since they took it, they definitely wouldn't admit it. Losing the job was secondary, and their reputation would also be affected.

"Have you searched the house?" I asked her.

Pei Shiyu didn't answer directly, using silence as a tacit agreement. I lowered my body and said to the security guard: "Call the two people from last night. The things in that bag are very important. The wallet and mobile phone are trivial matters. The USB drive inside involves a lot of things. If you can't find it, the losses will be great. Why don't you ask them privately? As long as they return the USB drive, that's fine."

The security guard didn't react to my words immediately. After a long while, he asked me, "You mean they took the bag?"

"There's no evidence whether they took it or not. There are only four people in total. I think you should ask them internally first. I'll give you some time. If you really can't find it, we'll have to call the police."