Chapter 7: The Bloody Truth Behind the Password

Lin Mo escaped back to his safe hideout. His body ached all over, but his mind was unusually clear. Chen Wen was dead. Now, only he and Gu Dehai remained. He opened his laptop again and inserted the USB drive. Staring at the password input box, he fell into thought. Chen Wen had said the password was the founding date of the chemical plant, but Su Qing had changed the last two digits. "Where it all began..." Lin Mo muttered to himself. Did this phrase really only refer to the factory for Su Qing? Lin Mo picked up the old photograph again, carefully observing the details on the back. In the corner of the photo, there was a line of tiny handwriting: "Qing's birthday, also the beginning of the tragedy." Lin Mo's heart pounded. Su Qing was the daughter of the factory director who had committed suicide that year. She had changed her name and entered Gu Dehai's company not for blackmail, but for revenge. Lin Mo combined the founding year of the chemical plant with Su Qing's birth month and day. He took a deep breath, entered the string of numbers into the dialog box, and pressed the confirm button. The screen flickered. Password correct, folder opened successfully. Inside were dense documents, detailing the complete chain of evidence of how Gu Dehai had orchestrated the accident, bribed officials, and forced Su Qing's father to his death back then.