Chapter 48: The Secret in the Hard Drive

Du Long said, "Of course I'm interested, anything is better than the police station, right?"

Chen Boxiong smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. The work of the second team and the police station overlaps a lot... You'll still have to visit the public and investigate clues. During holidays, you'll be just as busy."

Du Long said, "I'm not afraid of that. Let's settle it then, Captain Chen, this matter depends on you!"

Huang Jiehao smiled and said, "Old Chen, you're really cunning, using a roundabout way to poach from me. How about it, are you free tonight? Crystal Palace, I'll treat you!"

Chen Boxiong shook his head and said, "No, I have two cases that haven't made much progress, no time to play. You guys go ahead and have fun. Du Long, wait for my good news..."

When they reached the ground floor, Wei Xingbang and others came over to congratulate Du Long. Then everyone prepared to disband. Since Du Long was not part of the official team, he stood aside, doing nothing. At this moment, Shen Bingqing found a chance to walk over and whispered, "Du Long, my brother's computer has always been unusable. When are you going to bring back the hard drive?"

Du Long thought for a moment, as if he had just remembered, and patted his head, saying, "Oh, I remember now. That hard drive... is completely broken. You should buy a new one. Hard drives are cheap and have plenty of storage now. Your brother's old computer should be upgraded anyway."

Shen Bingqing frowned and said, "Where is the hard drive? It contains some important data for our family. I have a friend who can repair hard drives. Give me the hard drive, and I'll take it to him for repair."

Du Long looked deeply at Shen Bingqing and said, "That's a problem. The hard drive... I already dismantled it and sold it as scrap metal."

"You!" Shen Bingqing was so angry he wanted to punch him, but he held back. He said, "Don't joke around, okay? The data on that hard drive is not important to you, but it is extremely important to me and my family. I apologize for what I did for my brother, and I am very sorry for what happened to you. I will compensate you when I have the chance. Please return the hard drive to me."

Du Long sneered and said, "Can an apology solve the problem? I am also very sorry about the hard drive, but it's gone. No matter how much you beg, it won't help."

Shen Bingqing said with a cold face, "Du Long, don't go too far!"

Du Long laughed and said disdainfully, "Going too far? What a ridiculous idea! I don't want to talk to you. If you have the ability, have your brother come to me!"

Shen Bingqing narrowed his eyes and said, "So the hard drive is fine, you just don't want to give it to me?"

Du Long became wary and replied, "The hard drive is broken and sold as scrap metal. That's it. Believe it or not, it's up to you!"

"What are you talking about? Get in the car, we're heading back!" Huang Jiehao called from the car.

Du Long turned and walked towards the minivan. Shen Bingqing followed silently, his face dark.

Everyone noticed the tension between the two. Huang Jiehao sighed inwardly. Although Shen Bingqing was now under his command, he still preferred Du Long. After all, Shen Bingqing was Shen Yujie's brother and had squeezed Du Long out.

The police car sped back to Xishan District. Huang Jiehao first dropped Du Long off at home, then drove back to the police station. In the minivan, which was gradually moving away, Shen Bingqing still coldly watched Du Long's back.

After Du Long got home, he immediately turned on his computer and opened a directory named "temp" on the hard drive. Inside this directory, there were three large clone files named c, d, and e. The largest was the d file, which was over 200GB. Du Long cleaned up the hard drive, deleting many movies he had watched, freeing up several hundred GB of space. Then he decompressed the three files into three subdirectories.

This was all the data from Shen Yujie's hard drive. Shen Yujie's hard drive was divided into three partitions, so Du Long now had three clone files. After expanding them, all the contents of Shen Yujie's hard drive were displayed before Du Long.

Du Long had the audacity to keep all the data, something even Ma Guangming hadn't anticipated. Curiosity is a human trait, and Du Long was no exception. He was not only interested in the video of Ma Guangming but also hoped to find something else on Shen Yujie's hard drive.

Du Long hadn't watched the video of Ma Guangming being filmed. He only planned to keep it as a safeguard. If his cooperation with Ma Guangming went well, the video would never resurface. But if there were problems, anything could happen.

Today, Shen Bingqing asked Du Long for the data on the hard drive, which piqued Du Long's interest. He had never had the time to check Shen Yujie's data. Since it was still early and he didn't have to go to work, he decided to explore the hard drive and see what secrets it held.

Du Long was not a computer expert, but he was proficient in basic applications. He first checked the file size of the C drive and looked at the default locations where the system stores files. Finding nothing, he directly deleted the few GB of files on the C drive.

The E drive also had a small capacity. People who know a bit about computers usually use the last drive for backup files or software, which wouldn't contain anything important. Du Long searched casually and saw that the E drive didn't seem to contain anything important, so he put it aside and focused on the D drive.

The D drive, after decompression, contained over 250GB of files. Fortunately, they were well-organized. Apart from other files, the directories named "Bingqing" and "Yujie" immediately caught Du Long's attention. He clicked into Shen Yujie's directory and quickly found the video folder.

Du Long frowned as he skipped through the video. The content became more and more exaggerated, making Du Long's eyes widen. This was too... too much. The mayor's dignified image in Du Long's mind crumbled.

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