Chapter 177: Race Against Time

Entering the yard of Ye Mei’s house, the iron gate inside had an electronic lock and a telephone, double protection.

Ye Mei didn’t avoid it and pressed down a few numbers to open the electronic lock, then took out the key to open the door.

Ye Mei’s row of shoes were neatly placed on top of the shoe rack, Ye Mei who had taken off her sandals and put on her home slippers bent down to find Cheng Ming a pair of slippers before walking into the living room.

The slippers on the soles of her feet made a ‘snapping’ sound.

Ye Mei’s house did not have any special places, nor was it eerie. On the contrary, because it was a small detached villa, it was well lit, spacious and bright.

Cheng Ming curiously looked around, beside the TV set stood a frame, in it was a photo of a family of three, respectively Ye Mei, Ye Binsong and Ye Mei’s mother, I think.

It is a photo taken at the entrance of the villa, Ye Mei looks very small, still wearing the school uniform of elementary school, the three of them are happy and smiling brightly like flowers.

Cheng Ming has no deep impression of Ye Mei’s mother, only remember that she is a gentle and beautiful but frail woman, always frowning with a look of sadness sitting quietly in the corridor on a small bench.

Very generous, will bring them tasty snacks, to Xiaoli especially spoiled, sister likes to eat lollipop bad habit is Ye Mei’s mother brought up.

Ye Binsong first moved away from the silo is for his wife for a more comfortable environment.

But when Ye Mei’s mother died, Cheng Ming was not sure and did not invite them to the funeral. It could be that everything was kept simple, or that a rift had developed before then.

“Cheng Ming, what kind of drink do you want? There’s only water in the water dispenser at home, is it okay to eat watermelon? I bought it a few days ago, I can’t finish it alone, I’m afraid of wasting it, so I’ve been putting it away, I don’t dare to cut it up, I plan to eat it when my friends come over.”

“I’m all right, don’t I still have your dad?”

“Ah, my dad doesn’t like sweet, and neither does watermelon, so I’ll go cut up the watermelon, make yourself at home, and you can eat the peaches and grapes on the coffee table, I’ve washed them all, and the TV remote is on the couch.”

Yemi, who had walked into the kitchen, poked her head out and said, “It’s fine if you want to take a shower first, the bathroom is right next door.”

Cheng Ming certainly wasn’t in a hurry to take a shower and wandered around the house.

The layout of the first floor is living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and a grocery room under the stairs.

The study and bedroom were really on the second floor, but Cheng Ming couldn’t go upstairs rashly, it was very rude on the one hand, and it was also easy for Ye Mei to suspect his bad motives.

If his persona collapses, Cheng Ming will be kicked out of the house in minutes.

Cheng Ming was sitting upright on the sofa, Ye Mei, who came out with watermelon slices, saw this Cheng Ming and laughed softly, “You look too nervous too, don’t you? Relax, there are no outsiders.”

“Ahaha, first time, inevitably a little nervous.” Cheng Ming rubbed his thighs and laughed dryly.

“Eat, I don’t know if this watermelon is sweet or not, it looks quite red, watermelon seeds spit here.”

Ye Mei kicked the trash can to the two men with her foot, stepped on the pedals of the trash can, and opened the lid.

The two picked up the watermelon and ate it over the trash can before the juice ran down their palms and dripped onto the floor.

Seeing Cheng Ming finish a slice of watermelon, Ye Mei suggested, “Cheng Ming, why don’t you go take a shower first, you can save the watermelon for later, and I’ll go get the medicine box for you.”

Cheng Ming humbly said, “It’s better for you to take a shower first, the water in the pool has disinfectant in it, it’s not good for a girl’s skin.”

Cheng Ming wanted to take advantage of Ye Mei’s time to take a bath to go upstairs and do some surveying, the time left for him was actually not much, if Ye Binsong went home at noon to have lunch, the time left for Cheng Ming would be even less, it was now almost eleven o’clock.

“It’ll take me a lot of time to take a bath, you boys take a bath faster, right? Hurry up, hurry up, or else your arm is going to rot.” Ye Mei urged.

Cheng Ming had to get up and walk towards the bathroom.

Cheng Ming had no desire to take a bath and finished hastily.

Seeing Cheng Ming walk out of the bathroom at the speed of light, Ye Mei, who had the medicine box on her thighs, asked dumbfounded, “This is too fast for you, isn’t it? Did you really take a proper shower?”

“Boys bathing is just so fast!” Cheng Ming said with a thumbs up.

“Consider it done, give me your hand.”

Cheng Ming obediently turned his elbows toward Ye Mei, and had to suffer one more time for the sake of Jing Jing’s family.

“Does it hurt?”

“It’s okay.” Cheng Ming said through clenched teeth.

“Boys just love to show off, well, don’t exercise vigorously for a while and rest for two days.”

“I got it, thanks.”

“Then I’m going to take a shower too, you can watch some TV, if you don’t think it’s good, you can also put on a disk from the video player and watch it, I’ve rented some ghost movies, but I’m completely afraid to watch them alone.”

Ye Mei went upstairs first to get a change of clothes, Cheng Ming watched her walk into the bathroom, turned on the TV, turned the volume up to medium, and pretended he was watching TV.

Ye Mei take a shower, ten minutes should be, if you finish the shower in advance and do not see others, Cheng Ming will use the reason of urinating to go upstairs to find a toilet to put it off.

Calculating the time Cheng Ming gently went upstairs, there are four rooms, the largest is the master bedroom, then the study, there is another one is Ye Mei’s bedroom, the smallest one is the baby’s room, specializing in a layer of wooden flooring, which is equipped with a baby crib, dolls, and wind chimes.

This is for Ye Mei in the future? It’s too early.

The bedroom and study were unlocked, which saved Cheng Ming a lot of effort.

Otherwise he would have to make up all sorts of reasons to get Ye Mei to open the door for him.

Ye Mei wasn’t necessarily going to believe his bullshit and open the door for him.

It may also be that Ye Bin Song feels that he doesn’t have to be so defensive at home, and locking the door tightly will also give people a very depressing feeling, right?

There was nothing to see in the master bedroom, it was empty, Cheng Ming went straight to the study.

A bookshelf, a computer, a bed, and a video camera on the computer desk.

Wow, this is expensive stuff.

Out of professional instinct, Cheng Ming didn’t go to the bookshelf to look for information, but opened the computer at the first time.

Instead of the desktop appearing directly, the computer requires a boot password.

It’s a Win98 system.

There are several ways to bypass the boot password.

The most violent is to discharge the motherboard, clear the bios information, and the boot password is cleared.

Furthermore, the boot disk was used to enter the dos system, but Cheng Ming didn’t bring the system CD-ROM drive with him.

You can also enter from Safe Mode, delete all users, and delete the password file.

But the easiest and simplest way is to set up a user yourself.

Cheng Ming used the last one.

The plain blue interface and the desktop is full of the usual office software.

Click on My Computer, and in the local disk, there are folders of software.

Cheng Ming ticked off the hidden items, and in addition to some system folders, an unfamiliar folder with the name 123 appeared.

There’s no documentation in there, it’s all video files.

Turn on the volume, memorize the value at this moment, and mute it again.

Tap on one of the videos to watch it.

I can’t believe it’s this kind of video, it’s so good.

Turn off the video and turn the volume back up to the value you just had.

Insert the CD-ROM and start writing.

Writing takes time, well over ten minutes.

Cheng Ming had to go downstairs and wait first, lest Ye Mei couldn’t find anyone else after her bath, and then find time to go upstairs to get the CD later, and also had to delete the newly set user name, and then cancel the file-hiding checkmark.

The video of the surveillance, Cheng Ming did not want to bother with it, but instead, it would be botched.

This is now really discovering something extraordinary, although at first glance, it seems to have no direct relationship with Uncle Lin’s case. But it will definitely be a killer blow to Ye Binsong’s reputation.

And Cheng Ming had only watched one video, the rest of the videos might be related to Uncle Lin’s case.

Ye Binsong is sophisticated, but he is also an organ.

He’d juggled well enough in an age when computers were still a novelty, but in Cheng Ming it was all just tricks.

Cheng Ming sat on the sofa and changed the TV station, the next step was to race against time to recover the CD-ROM before Ye Binsong came back.

The bathroom door slowly pushed open and Ye Mei, who had changed into a light blue camisole, walked up to Cheng Ming, who smelled a scent of shampoo.

Ye Mei’s long wet hair was twisted together, her face was flushed, her skin was delicate and white, her body was slender, and her breasts had a slight bulge.

Ye Mei looked at a piece of watermelon on the coffee table that wasn’t missing, crossed her arms and complained, “I’ve washed it for ten minutes, how come you haven’t eaten a piece of watermelon, it’s all oxidized, give it to me to eat.”

“I can’t eat, it’s lunch later.”

“Cheng Ming, are you going home for lunch?”

“Well, my parents are divorced, and I go back to eating with my dad, two big men, and usually just settle for whatever I can cook and eat with noodles, or just stir-fry yesterday’s leftovers.”

“How’s this going to work! That’s too un-nutritious, and you’re injured, all the more reason to eat well to replenish your body.”

“This little injury where there is still a need for big fish and meat to replenish the body ah.”

“You’ve grown too thin, you should eat more.” Ye Mei pinched Cheng Ming’s arm muscles and said, “This arm doesn’t look like a man at all.”

“When did your mom and dad get divorced? That’s the first I’ve heard of it.”

“Right after I finished my midterm exams, Leigh went with my mom and I went to live with my dad.”

“They seem to fight a lot, but don’t they make up quickly? It’s a good relationship, right?”

“Well, a little bickering might add a little lubrication to the love life. But it’s hard to keep fighting all the time. Didn’t your mom and dad ever fight?”

“No, not once, they’ve always had a good relationship. But after mom left, my dad kind of lost sight of the family and became a workaholic.”

“Ah, sorry.”

“It’s nothing, I don’t care, in that case, would you like to have a lunch at my place.”

“May I?”

“Of course, last time at the Dragon Mountain Hotel, you didn’t even eat properly, halfway through the meal, you ran off with that Chen guy, and I also know that my group of friends said very unpleasant things to you. So understand you, but today it’s just us, I must show you my cooking skills.”

“I’m actually pretty good at cooking and roasting, why don’t we get in the kitchen together?”

Cheng Ming raised his arms in a muscle-showing gesture.