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This matter alarmed the chief director, Hong Liu, and Brother Wang led Jiang Zhiyu to the door of the chief director's office.

As I pushed open the door, I saw Hong Liu hang up the phone with a worried expression, his brows furrowed with barely concealed frustration.

"sit."

He pointed to the sofa, gesturing for Jiang Zhiyu to sit down, and handed him a glass of water.

Jiang Zhiyu took the water, sipped it twice, and asked, "Found it?"

Brother Wang handed over a tablet, on which was playing surveillance footage from near the door of room 310.

In the video, a man wearing a black windbreaker and a baseball cap is seen pacing furtively back and forth in front of apartment 310. He occasionally peeks into the corridor to make sure no one is around before suddenly pushing open the door and going inside. A few minutes later, the man hurriedly leaves the apartment, pulls his cap down low, and quickly disappears around the corner of the stairs at the end of the corridor.

Jiang Zhiyu frowned.

"There's one more." Brother Wang swiped the screen to continue playing the next video.

The second video clip was captured by the internal camera of Unit 310.

"The cameras in the dormitory are smartly programmed. To save power and storage space, they only turn on automatically when someone is detected in the room," Wang said, frowning. "This person clearly doesn't know about this mechanism."

In the surveillance footage, the door was pushed open forcefully, and the man strode into the room, closed the door behind him, and headed straight for Jiang Zhiyu's bed without the slightest hesitation.

He crouched down and carefully rummaged through Jiang Zhiyu's luggage. After fiddling with it for a while, he pulled out a doll keychain from deep inside the luggage and quickly stuffed it into the inside pocket of his jacket.

Immediately afterwards, he stood up and walked to the desk, opened the drawer and peeked inside. He casually pulled out Jiang Zhiyu's daily journal, flipped through a couple of pages, and threw it back. Suddenly, he paused and carefully took out a medicine box.

Jiang Zhiyu recognized it at a glance; it was the medicine he usually took. He didn't say anything and continued watching the screen with a calm expression.

The man in the video looked the medicine box over and over again, seemingly unable to understand the English on it, and then simply put it into his pocket.

He looked around one last time before opening the door and going out.

Brother Wang pressed the pause button: "That's it."

Hong Liu picked up the conversation: "The investigation into this matter has made some progress. We have found this person. He is an outsourced maintenance technician who colluded with internal staff. We haven't found out exactly who he is yet."

"Did I find my things?"

"The item wasn't in his possession; he transferred it to someone else last night."

Jiang Zhiyu closed his eyes briefly: "Why would you choose to steal my things?"

"..."

"He's an illegitimate child."

"The stalker promised to buy all your personal items at a high price. He was tempted, so he contacted an insider and learned about your comings and goings from that person. He then sneaked into the 310 police station."

"He said that in order to avoid making a big fuss, he deliberately chose to take the cheapest and most useless-looking items."

The rain was still falling outside the window, pattering against the windowsill, making a noisy and annoying sound.

Jiang Zhiyu gritted his teeth, his voice a little hoarse: "Director Hong, I will pursue this matter to the end. This is my bottom line."

Hong Liu rubbed his temples, his voice weary: "Don't worry, Zhiyu. We will definitely give you an explanation for this. We are truly sorry."

Wang Ge, who was listening silently to the side, had a solemn expression, but he couldn't help but glance at Hong Liu. He was somewhat surprised by Hong Liu's subtle attitude towards Jiang Zhiyu, an amateur trainee.

A brief silence fell over the director's office.

Jiang Zhiyu lowered his head and noticed that his hands were trembling slightly and uncontrollably.

"Can I borrow someone's phone?" He looked up, pressing his hand down at the same time.

"Please use this." Hong Liu handed him his own phone.

Jiang Zhiyu skillfully entered a phone number that he had already memorized.

"Hello, Dr. Shen, this is Jiang Zhiyu."

"Zhiyu? What's wrong?"

"Could you send me another copy of my medicine?" He asked, his eyes lowered, his voice growing softer and softer.

"Hmm? What about the one I gave you before?"

"Lost..."

"...I told you that the dosage can't be increased arbitrarily, do you remember?"

"I remember, it really was lost."

"Okay, give me the address."

"Okay, don't tell Brother Shi."

"Don't tell me anything?"

It is Lin Shi.

Jiang Zhiyu stiffened slightly, didn't turn around, and quietly said "Hang up" into the phone before quickly ending the call.

Lin Shi's suit was a little disheveled, with a few drops of water splashed on his shoulder, and his tie was forcibly pulled off and held in his hand.

He hurried over to Jiang Zhiyu, looked him up and down carefully, and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you alright?"

"It's nothing," Jiang Zhiyu replied softly, his gaze sweeping over Hong Liu, who was standing blankly to the side.

The other person looked embarrassed and helplessly spread his hands after meeting Jiang Zhiyu's gaze: "I know this sounds like I'm telling the parents, but I can't do anything about it."

"You're still trying to hide it from me?" Lin Shi gritted his teeth. "You said you were going to rest and recuperate, but you don't seem to be getting any better. And then you even lost your medicine."

"Not a single word is different," Jiang Zhiyu muttered softly.

Lin Shi confirmed Jiang Zhiyu's condition and turned to face Hong Liu without hesitation, instantly making the surrounding atmosphere sharp.

"Director Hong, this is a very serious social incident. First, we must report it to the police and handle it according to procedure, arresting those who should be arrested, compensating those who should be compensated, and making those who should be returned; second," Lin Shi took a deep breath, "issue an official announcement, stating that we will permanently reserve the right to sue all 'stalker' behavior."

Hong Liu hesitated for a moment: "If we call the police..."

"You found out who's working with him inside your show?"

"Not yet... for now..."

"Then let the professionals handle the professional matters." Lin Shi's eyes were sharp, and his tone was firm and unyielding. "The production team can't suppress the negative impact by hiding it or trying to reconcile. Only by facing the problem squarely and dealing with it seriously can we prevent similar incidents from happening again."

Looking at Lin Shi in front of him, Hong Liu had to realize once again that no matter how soft Lin Shi was in front of Jiang Zhiyu, deep down he was still a professional, strong, and unyielding top professional manager, with no room for bargaining.

"Okay." Hong Liu finally nodded.

Wang, standing to the side, was inwardly turmoil, his face tense as he raged with frustration.

Director Hong! You didn't say that this morning! You said you absolutely couldn't call the police! You wanted to minimize the negative impact! You wanted to try to reach a settlement if possible! If that didn't work, you could use moral blackmail, since Jiang Zhiyu and his agent are easy to talk to! What's going on now? I feel like his agent is about to tear you apart!

Lin Shi turned around and squatted down in front of Jiang Zhiyu, his tone softening: "Go back and get some rest first. Don't you have rehearsals this afternoon? I'll keep an eye on things here. Don't worry, I'll definitely find your tiger."

Jiang Zhiyu took another sip of water, looked away, and belatedly began to stubbornly insist, "I could handle it even if you didn't come."

"Yes, you're very capable. But I'm your manager, so you can rest assured that you have my back to you and go do your main mission." Lin Shi patted his shoulder with a smile, watched him get up and leave, and then turned back to look directly at Hong Liu.

"Alright, now it's time to catch the mice."