278 Let the games begin

Sam went ahead and clicked on the laptop.

Video playing...

"So you mean to say that if I check all the flats in this building, I won't find anymore hidden cameras?" Wei's authoritarian voice could be heard clearly.

"Nooooo, I have already told you that he paid me a lot of money to look the other way when he came to visit flat number 6. I don't know what did he do once he went inside. I am just the manager here. He told me that he was shooting a porn video and that the woman staying here was a porn star. And I was not to tell this to anyone nor was I to stop any outsiders from coming to her flat. As per him, they had a shooting scheduled in the coming week and few people would be coming and going for the next couple of days to make arrangements. He even promised to share the video with me. And he seemed to have the access to the flat etc. So I didn't…" it was the obese manager of the building, speaking.

Wei had taken the video secretly ensuring that he got the manager's face clearly captured on the screen.

Unfortunately, Zhu Cheng hadn't gone himself to the site which is why Wei hadn't been able to gather proof against him being the main perpetrator. He had even checked the security cams in the building but Zhu Cheng had been smart enough to never turn up at her building.

"This is the bug which has been extracted from one of the blades of my ceiling fan. It was transmitting pictures and videos remotely to some IP address. In this short a time, we haven't been able to trace the person behind it but I won't rest till we don't catch him," Sam said, deadly intent behind her words.

"Uh, sorry to interrupt you here, Sam. Before I forget, Mr. Zhu Cheng, we would like our technical team to look at your phone and find out as to how did the pictures reach you. If I am not wrong, you have claimed that the pictures have been sent by Sam's phone. Is that correct? In that case, I will have my person see if Sam's phone has been cloned by someone or is it that you have been mistaken," Wei uttered the words with feigned calmness.

Zhu Cheng went pale at the thought of his phone being taken away by these people.

He hurried with his explanation, "no, you must be mistaken. I never said that the pictures had been sent by Sam. I just said that I had received her uh… compromised pictures. Frankly, I got so flustered seeing them that I didn't pay attention to who was the sender. I do have the pictures on my phone but have deleted the message."

Mr. Li frowned and turned to look at his son in-law. He clearly recalled that Cheng had said that Sam had forwarded these pictures to him. So why was he claiming otherwise now?

"Ah, is that the case? That's unfortunate but don't worry. The deleted messages can easily be retrieved through technology these days," Wei's words rang in the hall.

"Ah, but I am not done yet, Wei. There is the matter of my throwing myself at Zhu Cheng in another video, which is still pending, right?" Sam reminded him.

She clicked on the next video which was the one which her father had sent her. After playing it, she went on the next one which looked to be the same as previous one but had been enhanced digitally.

The man and the woman in the video had their backs towards the camera but thankfully they had been facing the window. The technician had enhanced the reflections caught on the window and though they weren't precise due to lack of light there, but had been clear enough to make out that it wasn't Sam who was holding Zhu Cheng from the waist.

"Since someone had access to my flat, they had the access to my clothes as well. So at least this proves that the acts have been carried out by the same person. Now my question is to Zhu Cheng. I can understand that you could have been 'flustered' looking at the pictures. But how is it that you couldn't figure out who was the woman who was hugging you that night? Did you not turn around and confront her?" Sam asked her shaky looking brother in-law this question.

Zhu Cheng could sense all eyes on him at that moment. He was still reeling under the shock that things had gone south without him realising it. Why had no-one informed him that the building's manager had been found out?

He had assumed that Sam would never be able to get out of this web which he had weaved but she had turned the tables instead and trapped him.