Chapter 257
After realizing something was wrong, Deng Yuqi immediately started an investigation within the Special Strategy Department. The entire Information Department screened the surveillance footage from that day and confirmed that the “Li Xiang” who had taken the Oddity Sample Data from Cheng Shengnan had indeed walked out of the Research Department building.
When they compared it with the surveillance footage inside the Research Department building, it clearly showed “Li Xiang” walking out of the break room, going all the way to the Logistics Department to submit files, and then returning to his office with the Oddity Sample Data.
After receiving the report from the Information Department, Deng Yuqi specifically watched the footage several times. Looking at the details shown in the surveillance video, “Li Xiang” had lunch with a few assistants, went back to the break room for a nap, but then got up after less than half an hour, went to his office to grab the files, and headed to the Logistics Department.
Deng Yuqi initially thought a shape-shifting oddity had infiltrated the Rong City branch, but it seemed that wasn’t the case at all. It looked more like Li Xiang was “sleepwalking.”
Li Xiang himself couldn’t believe it when he saw the surveillance footage, because he had no memory of doing any of those things.
Liu Jiayi, the current head of the Information Department, looked at the surveillance footage and said, “Look, when Director Li came out of his office, he was even communicating with his assistant. The assistant was the one who gave him those files.”
Li Xiang immediately turned to one of his subordinates and asked, “Where’s Xiao Xu?”
The person replied, “Xiao Xu is off today. I’ll call her right away.”
When the call connected, Xiao Xu said she was resting in her dorm and would get to the Information Department soon. While everyone waited for Xiao Xu, Deng Yuqi couldn’t help but look at Li Xiang and ask, “Could it be that you’ve been under too much research pressure lately, and you’ve developed a sort of ‘workaholic sleepwalking disorder’?”