The Awakening of the Substitute 9: The Scent of Perfume
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The live surveillance footage! 0
 
Not only was he monitoring me in the apartment, but he even… kept my images in his office! 0
 
A more insane and chilling thought suddenly pierced through my mind. 0
 
What if… what if the surveillance in his office wasn’t just live? 0
 
What if he had stored past recordings? 0
 
Ten years ago… that altered admission letter… 0
 
Lu Chen Zhou, how many secrets are you hiding?! 0
 
I sprang up from the ground and rushed to the door. 0
 
My fingers trembled with excitement and fear, struggling several times to insert the key into the lock. 0
 
I have to get to his office! 0
 
Now! Immediately! Right away! 0
 
While the live-stream incident was still fresh, while he might still be dealing with the mess online, while he hadn’t had time to destroy everything! 0
 
I need to find evidence! 0
 
Find the irrefutable proof of his meticulous schemes to ruin my life! 0
 
The night was deep, and the cold wind cut against my face like a knife. 0
 
I tightened my thin coat around me and nearly ran toward the parking lot. 0
 
My mind was blank, with only one thought screaming wildly: go to the top floor of Lu Group, to that space that symbolized power and control, Lu Chen Zhou’s exclusive domain! 0
 
The car sped down the empty midnight streets. 0
 
The city’s neon lights blurred into strange patches of color as they rushed past my eyes. 0
 
I gripped the steering wheel tightly, my knuckles turning white. 0
 
That familiar cedar scent belonging to Lu Chen Zhou seemed to linger at my nose, bringing with it a nauseating sense of oppression. 0
 
The Lu Group building loomed like a silent giant in the night. 0
 
In the dead of night, apart from the security guard on duty, the building was deserted. 0
 
 
With a decade's worth of understanding of Lu Chen Zhou's habits and his infuriatingly arrogant tendency to never change his password, I easily bypassed the security system and took the executive elevator straight to the top floor. 0
 
The elevator doors slid open silently. 0
 
A wide, cold corridor greeted me, echoing only with the sound of my footsteps. 0
 
I approached the familiar, heavy oak door. 0
 
Fingerprint unlock. 0
 
"Beep—" 0
 
The door opened. 0
 
A wave of rich, unyielding cedar scent enveloped me. 0
 
And a hint of… that subtle gardenia perfume that Su Qing often wore. 0
 
My heart tightened suddenly. 0
 
The office was dim, lit only by the city lights filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows. 0
 
I didn’t turn on the lights; instead, I moved directly toward the wall, guided by the faint glow. 0
 
Sure enough! 0
 
It was exactly as I had seen in the live stream! 0
 
The wall was plastered with countless photos of me! 0
 
In various angles and states! 0
 
Eating, daydreaming, sleeping, and even… crying. 0
 
In each one, the scar at the corner of my left eye was distinctly visible. 0
 
It felt like a cold, ruthless observation report spanning ten years. 0
 
In the bottom right corner of the last photo, a line of text stood out even more clearly—"Day 3782, she still hasn’t smiled." 0
 
The icy malice nearly froze me in place. 0
 
I forced myself to look away, my gaze sweeping across the massive desk before finally settling on the inconspicuous safe in the corner. 0
 
 
I know the password. 0
 
It's Su Qing's birthday. 0
 
How ironic. 0
 
My fingertips are cold as I input the password. 0
 
"Click." 0
 
The safe door opens with a sound. 0
 
Inside, there are no gold or silver jewels, no confidential documents. 0
 
Only a thick stack of design sketches. 0
 
The style is delicate and lively, infused with a unique talent. 0
 
It's Su Qing's style! 0
 
I tremble as I pick up the top sheet. 0
 
It’s a design for a necklace, featuring two flowers intertwined, each with a slightly different posture. 0
 
Twin Flowers. 0
 
In the lower right corner of the design, in the remarks section, a line of elegant handwriting pierces my heart like a poisoned dagger! 0
 
"For my sister Xiao Yan, the Twin Flowers series. May she find herself again." 0
 
 
 
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