The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 75: Mantis trying to stop a chariot (45)

"Hara, this is what was stolen from you," Bae Yong-jun picked up the empty memory card slot and looked at Goo Hara beside him, "The memory in your phone."

"Mo? How come?"

"Editor-in-Chief, I'm going to get the charger..."

Goo Hara quickly stood up and wanted to charge her phone and open it to see what was going on, but Bae Young-jun stopped her.

"No need, my phone is broken." He picked up the phone and shook it, and a rattling sound came from it.

He took the phone, pressed a paper clip against the gap next to the memory card slot, twisted it, and pushed it. The back cover popped up with a slight click.

When I opened the back cover, I found that the inside was in a mess. All the parts were destroyed and scattered everywhere. Only an empty shell of the phone was left.

"Hara, the thief is afraid, afraid of what's in your phone."

"The things in my phone..." Goo Hara's face was full of shock.

She just looked at the contents of the safe to confirm that nothing was lost, but she never expected that the thief's target was the things stored in her mobile phone, and she was almost deceived.

"What on earth is the purpose? Do this?"

"Hara, are you familiar with Zico?" Bae Young-jun asked.

"Zico? He's okay, but I'm not very familiar with him." Goo Hara was stunned for a moment, "Editor-in-chief, you said Zico?"

"You're friends with him, right? Do you remember him sending you anything weird?"

"Strange thing?" Goo Hara frowned.

"Take a look at this." Pei Yongjun took out his cell phone, played the variety show clip of "Golden Phone", and handed it to her.

"...Brother, is the golden phone still there..."

"...He was lying on the bed, holding his phone and looking at it."

Goo Hara's eyes suddenly widened. "Him! Zico and Jung Joon-young are, are..."

She knew about Jung Joon-young and immediately understood what Bae Yong-joon meant.

"It's just a suspicion, but it seems very likely at this point. The photos and videos Jung Joon-young secretly filmed were likely shared with others, and Zico might be one of them."

"What happened today wasn't a coincidence, nor was it the work of a seasoned criminal. It was a premeditated theft. The perpetrator must be someone you know. That's how they were able to avoid the cameras on the road and at the door, know the layout of your second floor, and know the location and combination of your safe."

"Hara," Bae Young-jun looked into Goo Hara's eyes, "There must be something in your phone that they're afraid others will know. Do you remember?"

"Have Zico or Jung Joon-young ever sent you anything weird?"

"Strange things?" Goo Hara frowned, pressed her fingers on her temples, and tried hard to recall.

"Or..." Pei Yongjun took out his cell phone and pulled up a list. The names on it were one after another, all of whom were friends of Zheng Junying and Zico.

"Have these people sent anything weird again? While you were using this phone."

Goo Hara pointed at the list, recalling each one carefully, and suddenly a familiar name appeared.

"Jong Hoon Oppa?!"

It’s FT Island’s captain, Choi Jong-hoon, who is Zico’s good friend.

"Are you familiar with him?" Pei Yongjun asked.

"Yes, he wrote a song for us. I remember it now!" Goo Hara opened her eyes wide and recalled a strange thing in her memory.

"I remember it was last year, he had his birthday and invited a few close friends to dinner. They created a group and Zico was in it. Then, it seemed like that night, everyone dispersed."

"They said they were going to a nightclub, so I went home first. On the way home, Zico suddenly posted a video in the group chat." "It must have been at a nightclub, with men and women. He seemed to be filming the girl next to him. The girl seemed drunk and didn't move, and he was holding her wrist and yelling."

"I didn't know what he meant when Jong Hoon Oppa suddenly disbanded the group chat."

The more Goo Hara spoke, the more she felt something was wrong. "Editor-in-Chief, they are..."

"They are committing a crime." Pei Yongjun said in a cold tone, "They are even proudly recording the crime, but they sent it to the wrong group that night."

In excitement and after drinking, he sent a message to the wrong group chat, which was then seen and saved by Goo Hara. This is why they had to destroy Goo Hara's phone.

Because the evidence of the crime is kept inside.

Goo Hara took out her phone and scrolled through the chat history until she finally found the group chat. The time and people matched, but the content of the group chat could no longer be seen because it had been disbanded.

"Editor-in-chief nim, Sulli is here too! It may also be on her phone." Goo Hara looked at the members of the group chat and immediately called Choi Sulli.

Du~du~du~
But the phone didn't connect.

"You haven't woken up yet?" Goo Hara checked the time. "Shouldn't you be?"

"I sent her home last night. She said she had to go to the company today and it might not be convenient now." Pei Yongjun remembered what Choi Sulli told him last night.

"Oh, I'll ask later." Goo Hara held the phone tightly, frowning, with a complicated expression.

Such a terrible criminal was hiding among her friends, and he was so brazen that he sent the video before committing the crime in front of her. She had been secretly filmed and tortured, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

"Why? How could this happen?" Goo Hara bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes. "What happened to that girl? I should have known something was wrong at the time."

Her tearful eyes were filled with self-blame and regret.

"Rats hide in dark sewers. If no one cleans them up, they'll become rampant and think they're some great monster."

Bae Young-jun said in a deep voice, looking at Goo Hara.

"But if you catch one, you'll find it's just a mouse, and it's afraid of even the sun."

"They disbanded the group chat and even went to the trouble of destroying your phone. This can only prove one thing, that is..."

"They are also afraid, very afraid."

"Hala, don't blame yourself."

"Wait here until I contact Shirley. Officer Jin and I will check the surveillance footage." He looked at Jin Rongmin. "Officer Jin, if we pull up the surveillance footage from the intersection last night and compare it with the footage near Zico's residence, we'll probably be able to figure out which car it was."

"Okay, I'll call the station right away." Jin Rongmin immediately called the police station.

"I'm Jin Rongmin. I need to check the surveillance footage of the theft at 39 Donglu."

"Mo?" he suddenly shouted, "What did you say? The case was taken away by the District Procuratorate?"

"The prosecutor is also involved in such a small case? Who took it away?"

"Zhu, Xian, Ying?" He repeated word by word and looked at Pei Yongjun.

"Hmm?" Pei Yongjun raised his eyebrows.

These rats will resist.

interesting.

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