Rebirth of Love: Jiang Ciyou's Counterattack Legend

Lu Jingchen knew that this investigation was arduous, like being in a thorn bush, and every step forward could hurt him. But his eyes were firm, and he had only one belief in his heart: he must find out the truth and save Jiang Ciyou's company.

At dawn, before the city fully woke up, Lu Jingchen had quietly left home. He was wearing a dark windbreaker and walking hurriedly, looking a little lonely on the quiet street. The first stop was Jiang Ciyu's company, where he would start looking for clues from the employees. Walking into the company gate, the usually bustling office area was now filled with a depressing atmosphere. The employees were whispering to each other and looked flustered. When they saw Lu Jingchen coming in, they all cast complicated glances at him, with expectations and suspicions.

Lu Jingchen went straight to the HR department and requested to retrieve all employees' recent work records, attendance records, and monitoring logs of entering and leaving important areas of the company. The HR specialist in charge of reception was busy operating the computer, with beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, and he would occasionally steal a glance at Lu Jingchen's stern face. The documents were printed out one by one, piling up like a mountain. Lu Jingchen sat in the conference room, flipping through them page by page, not daring to blink, for fear of missing any key information.

However, a whole morning passed and nothing was found. The records of the employees seemed to be normal and compliant, without any obvious abnormalities. Lu Jingchen rubbed his sore temples and took a deep breath. He knew that since the opponent dared to plan this conspiracy, he would definitely not leave such a flaw that could be easily discovered. He stood up and decided to change his mind and go to the technical department to check the recent access records of the company's network system, maybe he could find a breakthrough from there.

The atmosphere in the technical department became more solemn. The blue light of the computer screen flickered in the dim room. The technicians frowned and tried their best to check the system loopholes and try to recover the losses. After Lu Jingchen explained his purpose to his supervisor, the supervisor shook his head helplessly: "Mr. Lu, we have checked several times. The hacker's methods are extremely sophisticated. The intrusion traces have been cleaned up and there are almost no useful clues left." Lu Jingchen did not speak, but stared at the computer screen, his eyes seemed to penetrate the cold machine and find the secrets hidden behind it.

In the afternoon, the sun was scorching, but Lu Jingchen could not feel any warmth. His heart was filled with anxiety and worry. After leaving Jiang Ciyou's company, he went to various places that might be related to the case without stopping. He went to cafes and restaurants near the company and asked the clerks if they had seen any suspicious people frequently in contact with employees of Jiang Ciyou's company. In a cafe, the clerk recalled that there was a man wearing a baseball cap and a panicked look. He sat alone in the corner for several days, whispering to his mobile phone from time to time, looking sneaky. Lu Jingchen's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked about the man's appearance. The clerk tried his best to describe it, but the information was still vague and it was difficult to lock on to a specific target.

Not only that, but the people sent by Jiang Ciyou's husband and competitors to follow him followed him like a shadow, which added great obstacles to his investigation. Every time he felt that he was getting close to the truth, there would always be some accidents that broke the clues. Once, he followed the clues to an abandoned factory. Just as he was about to go in to check, several burly men suddenly rushed out from the dark, blocked his way, and warned him not to meddle in other people's business with fierce eyes. Lu Jingchen was not afraid at all. He looked at them and tried to get information from them, but these people were very stubborn and just kept threatening. Finally, seeing that Lu Jingchen refused to back down, they started to fight. Although Lu Jingchen was extraordinary, he could not beat four hands with two fists. After a fight, he was also injured, his clothes were torn, and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, but he gritted his teeth, forced these people back, and continued to investigate in depth in the factory.

As time went by, night fell quietly, the city lights were bright, but Lu Jingchen was still running on the streets. He was exhausted, his steps became heavier, but the persistence in his eyes never extinguished. In order to find a key witness, he squatted for several hours at the door of an old residential area where the witness might appear. Mosquitoes were rampant and bitten him all over, but he was unaware of it. He stared at the exit of the community for fear of missing his target. During this period, a kind-hearted aunt passed by and saw that he was disheveled and haggard. She thought he had encountered some difficulties and wanted to give him some food. Lu Jingchen declined the aunt's kindness, with only a desire for the truth in his heart.

Just when he was about to despair, suddenly, a familiar figure walked out of the community. Lu Jingchen was instantly refreshed. He recognized that this person was a grassroots employee of Jiang Ciyou's company. He was taciturn on weekdays, but Lu Jingchen had a hunch that he might know something. Lu Jingchen walked up quickly and blocked the man's way. The employee was startled, his face turned pale, his eyes dodged, and he wanted to turn around and run away. Lu Jingchen grabbed his arm and said in a low but firm voice: "I know you have something to hide. Now the company is in such a big predicament. If you still have a little conscience, tell me everything you know." The employee struggled and muttered: "I don't know anything, don't ask me..." Lu Jingchen looked into his eyes and said word by word: "Do you think you can hide? If you confess now, there may be a way out. Otherwise, once the matter is exposed, can you bear the consequences?"

The employee's psychological defenses finally began to loosen under Lu Jingchen's relentless pressure. His body trembled, and his eyes were full of fear and hesitation. Lu Jingchen struck while the iron was hot and continued, "I know you may have been coerced. As long as you tell the truth, I will guarantee your safety and help you out of the predicament." After a long time, the employee slowly lowered his head and cried, "I said... someone gave me a large sum of money to let me... let me steal the company's confidential documents. I didn't want to do it, but I... I owed a lot of debts, and I really had no choice..." Lu Jingchen was delighted, knowing that he had finally found a key breakthrough. He quickly asked, "Who instructed you? Tell me the details."

The employee explained that it was a confidant of Jiang Ciyou's husband who found him and promised that as long as he completed the task, he would help him pay off all his debts and give him a generous reward. They agreed in advance that late at night, while the company's security was lax, the employee used his authority to enter the confidential archive room, copied the files, and then sent them to the designated person through an anonymous email. After hearing this, Lu Jingchen was furious. On the one hand, he hated these people's unscrupulous means, and on the other hand, he felt sad for Jiang Ciyou. The employee she trusted so much actually betrayed her in the face of interests.

But Lu Jingchen knew that now was not the time to vent his emotions. He had to strike while the iron was hot and dig deeper based on the clues provided by the employees to find solid evidence, thoroughly uncover the mastermind behind the scenes, give Jiang Ciyou justice, and get her company back on track. At this time, the hustle and bustle of the city gradually faded away, and everything was silent. Lu Jingchen dragged his scarred and exhausted body, holding hope, and headed towards the next goal. He knew that this difficult battle was about to see the dawn...

He came to the place mentioned by the employee for the late night meeting, a dark and deep alley. The moonlight cast a shadow on his lonely but determined figure. He carefully observed the surrounding environment, not missing any corner. There were some blurred footprints on the wall, which seemed to be left by someone fleeing in a panic; there were also several suspicious stains on the ground. Lu Jingchen squatted down, touched it lightly with his fingers, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, judging that it might be some kind of chemical reagent, perhaps related to the destruction of evidence.

Then, based on the appearance of the confidant described by the employee, he contacted some of his friends in the underworld and asked them to help keep an eye out. Although these friends are in a gray area, they are very loyal to Lu Jingchen and have promised to fully assist. While waiting for the news, Lu Jingchen was not idle. He returned home, turned on his computer, and hacked into some dark web platforms for illegal information transactions, trying to find transaction records of confidential documents from there. His fingers tapped quickly on the keyboard, his eyes fixed on the screen, lines of code flashed like flowing water, cracking the heavy encryption programs. Finally, his hard work paid off. He discovered that an anonymous account had recently frequently uploaded and downloaded sensitive information related to Jiang Ciyu's company's business. Although the account information had been disguised in multiple layers, Lu Jingchen gradually peeled off the disguise with his superb skills and locked a rough range.

At the same time, his informants in the business circle also reported that several unknown small companies had suddenly received a large amount of capital injection recently, and the flow of these funds was inextricably linked to the industries of Jiang Ciyou's husband and competitors. Lu Jingchen pieced these scattered clues together and gradually outlined a complete conspiracy in his mind: Jiang Ciyou's husband and competitors first bribed internal employees to steal secrets, and then sold the files to those small companies through the dark web, using the small companies to make advance arrangements to seize the market share of Jiang Ciyou's company, and at the same time created a public opinion crisis in an attempt to defeat it in one fell swoop.

In order to further confirm his inference, Lu Jingchen decided to take a risk. He disguised himself as an ordinary salesman and sneaked into the company of Jiang Ciyou's husband, trying to get close to the confidant. He deliberately created some minor troubles near the company to attract the attention of the confidant, and then took the opportunity to talk to him. The confidant was wary of him at first, but Lu Jingchen gradually won the trust of the confidant with his excellent social skills and some industry insider information prepared in advance. During the conversation, Lu Jingchen cleverly obtained information, and the confidant inadvertently revealed some key details, which were exactly the same as what the previous employees had said, and also mentioned some subsequent plans and arrangements. Lu Jingchen kept this information in mind without making a sound.

After leaving the company of Jiang Ciyou's husband, Lu Jingchen felt that he was very close to the truth. He contacted his media friends again and compiled the evidence he had into a detailed document, ready to announce it to the public at the right time to thoroughly expose this ugly conspiracy. However, just when he thought everything was under control, an accident happened again. He received news that Jiang Ciyou had been kidnapped, and the other party asked him to take all the evidence to an abandoned warehouse to exchange hostages. Lu Jingchen's heart instantly rose to his throat. He knew that this was the enemy's dying struggle, but he did not hesitate at all. He took the evidence and rushed to that dangerous place alone. He had only one thought in his mind: Jiang Ciyou must be rescued safely, no matter what the cost...

The warehouse was dark and damp, filled with a foul smell. Jiang Ciyou was tied to a pillar, with messy hair and terrified eyes. When she saw Lu Jingchen coming in, a glimmer of hope flashed in her eyes. Just as she was about to shout, the gangster next to her covered her mouth. Lu Jingchen suppressed his anger, looked at the gangster, and said calmly: "I'm here, everything you want is here, let her go." The gangsters laughed wildly, and the leader waved the knife in his hand and said viciously: "Do you think it's so easy to get away with it? Hand over the evidence first, and then die obediently!" Lu Jingchen looked around and found that there were five or six gangsters, all of them strong and armed with weapons. The situation was extremely critical.

But he did not panic. While pretending to obediently put down the file bag in his hand, he quietly observed the surrounding environment, looking for an opportunity to break through. Suddenly, he saw a pile of abandoned building materials in the corner of the warehouse, and an idea came to his mind. He deliberately said loudly: "Do you think you can succeed like this? I have expected this day to come. The evidence has been backed up and handed over to reliable people. If something happens to me, none of you can escape!" The gangsters showed a trace of panic on their faces. The leader was furious and rushed over to snatch Lu Jingchen's mobile phone to check if there was really a backup. Lu Jingchen took the opportunity to dodge sideways and pushed down a pile of building materials next to him. In an instant, the warehouse was full of dust, and the gangsters were caught off guard by this sudden change.

Lu Jingchen took advantage of the chaos to rush to Jiang Ciyou, untied the rope on her body, and pulled her out of the warehouse. The criminals came to their senses and chased after them. Lu Jingchen protected Jiang Ciyou and fought with the criminals while running. He suffered several more wounds on his body, but with his tenacious will and agility, he finally escaped from the warehouse with Jiang Ciyou. The two ran to a safe area panting. Jiang Ciyou threw herself into Lu Jingchen's arms, crying: "Why did you come to save me? It's too dangerous..." Lu Jingchen gently stroked her hair and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, everything will be fine."

After this thrilling incident, Lu Jingchen became more determined to bring the mastermind to justice. He took Jiang Ciyou back home, treated her wounds, reorganized the evidence, and contacted the police and the media. With the cooperation of the police, they quickly locked down the hiding place of the criminals and arrested them all. At the same time, they also found the ironclad evidence of the conspiracy of Jiang Ciyou's husband and competitors. The media reported it one after another, and public opinion was in an uproar. The public's attitude towards Jiang Ciyou's company changed instantly. Customers expressed their willingness to continue cooperation, and the company's stock price began to rise steadily.

During this difficult investigation, Lu Jingchen went through untold hardships and searched for hope in despair again and again. He used his courage, wisdom and firm love to support Jiang Ciyou, making their relationship more indestructible in the wind and rain, and allowing everyone to see the dawn that justice will eventually triumph over evil...