Chapter 381 - Mysterious dead man

"Jianyu, what are we missing?"

He exhaled loudly, "Start from the beginning and line up the sequence of incidents. Maybe we could get our answers."

She cocked her head and stared blankly while recalling everything, "Article publish…. Location tracked to Feng Corporation…. Security breach..... Vigilance system tampered…. Mr. Feng's computer and ID used...."

She paused.

Her head instantly snapped at Feng Jianyu as she looked at him with eyes as big as moon....

"MURDER"

"MURDER"

Both spoke in unison.

Moreover, isn't Rong Xiang said that the ID was missing and they don't know his name yet. Why would a security guard stroll around without ID? And even if they assume that the ID was stolen by the culprit, they checked earlier that none of the employees accessed the unauthorized zone.

"Let's go."

Instantly they left for the crime scene.

In the elevator, Xiu Mei saw Feng Jianyu scanning his thumbprint before he pressed the button 'G' for the ground floor. She saw there's another option for ID scanning.

"Where's your ID?" Suddenly she asked, "Why you and your brothers use a thumbprint to access the elevator? Why Rong Xiang had to use the digital ID to access it?"

"Because ID cards are only for employees while we have thumbprint facility.  In case of any unwanted situation, my brothers and father have their own individual passwords."

"Is this applicable to your office also?"

"Yes, but we had never share passwords with anyone not even between brothers. However, I know Junjie's password and used it once." A smile crawled upon his lips. Suddenly he was remembered about the time when Xiu Mei planned a surprise date for him in the castle and had sent a tuxedo for him in Junjie's office.

"Does anyone know Mr. Feng's password?"

"No" frowning he turned to face her, "You're thinking it right, father's room was accessed using his password."

"Yes… That's the only way by which the culprit could use his computer. Getting a thumbprint is not possible."

Xiu Mei suddenly went quite.

'Other than Mr. Feng, who else might know his password?' she pondered.

The answer was at the tip of her tongue but she didn't want to say it in front of Feng Jianyu. At least not until her doubt was confirmed.

Unknown to her even Feng Jianyu was thinking the same but he too kept the thought to himself.

*****

By the time Feng Jianyu and Xiu Mei reach there, the police had already begun with their investigation. A temporary barrier with yellow tape was created around the chamber with police and crime scene written on it.

Holding the flashlight in hand, few of the police officers were scanning the nearby area for any piece of evidence or footmark if left by the murderer.

Just as Xiu Mei reached the near the chamber and peeped down through the barricade. From her angle she didn't see anything but her nose scrunched, she reflexively pulled back and retched once.

Blood….

There's a strong smell of iron reverberated in the air that made her feel nauseous.

Feng Jianyu rubbed her back instantly, "You sit at the bench, no need to come down with me."

She closed her eyes once, took a few deep breaths and calmed herself down. "No, I'm fine." On seeing him shaking his head she insisted, "Please, let me see for what my enemy has lurked me to Feng Corporation." She held on to his hand, "Promise, I won't stay there long."

Feng Jianyu gave up in front of the stubborn girl. Anyways he would be there with her to manage everything. "Fine, but this is the last time I'm giving to your demand."

She scoffed internally, 'As if! I know you'll always give up in front of me.'

Crossing the barricade, they moved down the stairs. A gasp escaped her mouth when she saw the bloody mess in the corner of the room.

A man lay dead on the ground on his side with his entire body soaked in blood with a dagger stuck on his abdomen. On the wall near him, few wires were stained with blood, among them Xiu Mei saw the tampered fire.

Her conjecture was right.

"Boss…" Rong Xiang came forward. The investigating officer looked up and followed. No matter whether he was here for the investigation, Feng Jianyu was a respectable figure in the country. He cannot dare to look down at him.

"What's the update?"  Feng Jianyu came straight to the point.

"CEO Feng, we don't know the identity of this man yet, judging by his uniform he seems to be one of the security guards, but that's not certain.  Mr. Rong had set someone with a picture to check Feng Corporation's database, I hope we find a clue..."

While Feng Jianyu was taking updates with the investigation officer, Xiu Mei walked step by step towards the dead man without paying attention to anything.

Avoiding the blood puddle, she stood near the dead man, trying to see his face that was facing the wall.

She glanced at the officer who was taking fingerprints from the crime scene as the later flipped the body of the man to take a fingerprint from the dagger.

Instinctively she took a step back on seeing the man's horrifyingly opened eyes. Alright, seeing the eyes of a dead man was creepy and she was scared for a second.

He seemed to be a middle-aged man with a dark beard covering half of his face. Xiu Mei's brows furrowed, she crouched down to take a closer look when she spotted something near his collar.

It seemed to be a tattoo… tattoo of a red snake crawling from shoulder bone to the side of his ear.

Without touching the body she leaned closer to take a proper look…

"Ah!"

1 second…

2 second…

3 second…

A shrill shriek ripped the air….

Everyone jumped, even the officers investigating outside peeped inside to know what happened.

Feng Jinayu rushed out to Xiu Mei who has jumped away from the body and plastered herself on the wall. At this moment, she hugged her knees and her head was buried deep between them.