Chapter 164 +15 BONUS
No matter how difficult the password was, it was the same to Jennifer; it didn’t take much effort at all. Fifteen minutes was Jennifer being a bit more careful to avoid damaging any content on the hard drive. Otherwise, it would have been cracked live.
Chris stood next to Jessica. “How did you think of looking for it in the hospital?”
Jessica lifted her chin toward Roy’s direction. “Why do you think? Roy almost tore apart Mandy’s house but didn’t find the hard drive. The thing definitely wasn’t on Mandy. Over the past six months, the only place Mandy stayed for a long time was the hospital.”
“I increasingly feel it’s unlikely that Megan did it,” Chris said meaningfully. “But an impromptu kidnapping… no planning at all. It’s unlike what you know about Michael. Could there be someone else we don’t know about?”
There were still many people hiding behind the Hall family. When he first met Jaden, the latter said that the brainless people in the Hall family were not capable of preserving his father’s business empire to this day. There must have been someone guiding them.
“With Michael’s rebellious nature, I always felt he wouldn’t obey anyone else’s control. Since the divorce, he should have been gradually breaking free from that person’s grip. But that person never showed up, which I find very strange.”
Now, Jessica knew every respectable figure in the business world. Who could it be? Or maybe, even if that person appeared in front of her, she wouldn’t be suspicious?
“I’m in.” Jennifer was able to crack the code within 15 minutes. Everyone turned toward the computer at the sound. Jennifer wasn’t very curious about the contents and moved aside to give them space. She paced several times around Chris’s office.
Roy had already started copying everything from the hard drive.
“We were right; it’s related to Aitairy.”
Everything outside seemed so rushed; even the arrest plan was improvised by Jack.
“Now we’re just waiting for the suspect to show up. We’ll arrest them as soon as we see them. Captain Felton, anything else to watch out for?” Jack asked Roy on the phone.
Roy was still at the hospital, sending the hard drive’s contents to his email, then preparing to hand over the hard drive. The other side definitely knew Mandy’s family had called the police and would be more cautious.
“Ensure the hostage’s safety. The contents on Mandy’s hard drive are very important. Mandy must come back alive. I still have many questions for her.”
“Understood.”
Before seeing the hard drive, the kidnapper wouldn’t harm Mandy, but once the hard drive was handed over, it would be a race of who acted faster.
After Roy left, Jessica and Jennifer didn’t rush to leave.
“Mandy is quite a talented person. Even I couldn’t find such complete information anywhere else, even the files I destroyed before are all here.” Jessica looked at the files a few more times, then turned to Jennifer. “Don’t you think it’s a bit strange that Mandy appeared at such a critical moment?”
Jennifer nodded. “Yes, a little. Considering Mandy’s identity, she could have just published all this publicly without letting us know. But instead… maybe because she was delayed due to being hospitalized.”
Jessica shook her head cautiously. “No, Mandy’s car accident might not have been an accident. Someone might have deliberately caused it. She might have ended up in hospital because of the information on this hard drive. She sensed danger around her and cleverly hid the hard drive in the hospital flowerpot.”
Because only Mandy could answer these questions, Roy definitely insisted that Mandy be kept alive.